MORGAN COUNTY, ALABAMA

VAUGHAN FAMILY

Land Grants

BK/PG

DATE

FROM

TO

Melkijah Vaughan

BLM #7

1 May 1824

United States - Morgan Co., Al.

Jacob Surratt, assignee of Melkijah Vaughan

80.03

7S, 1E Section 6 Huntsville Meridian

W ½ of SW 1/4 Note: This land is in Morgan County right on the Marshall County line about 3 miles SW of the Tennessee R.

BLM #210

8 Jul 1818

United States - Morgan Co., Al.

Milkijah Vaughn

40 @2

7S, 1E Section 6 Huntsville Meridian

NW 1/4 of SW 1/4: 40 acres; and SE 1/4 of SW 1/4: 40 acres. Note: The BLM does not show Melkijah Vaughan on this grant on their Internet database.

BLM #2527

8 Jul 1818

1 Aug 1829

United States - Morgan Co., Al.

John M. A. Wallis

Melkijah Vaughn

79.90

7S, 2W Section 1 Huntsville Meridian

E 1/2 of NE 1/4: 79.9 acres.

Margaret Matthews Cowart, Old Land Records of Morgan County, Alabama.

Bureau of Land Management Database, https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx

 Note: It appears Melkijah Vaughan was in Alabama even before it was a territory. Additional Research would include research of Dorothy Williams Potter, Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-

1823 (1990) .

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com