STOKES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

VAUGHAN FAMILY

Wills Through 1865

Zebulum Vaughan

NC Stokes

NC Stokes WB 03.220

Witnesses:

William Roal

John P. Hale

17 Apr 1828

Mar 1831

Wife Polly, then to her children

Son Pleasant

Son Jesse

Son John (to divide with his sisters when of age)

Son Reuben

Son Elijah

STOKES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

VAUGHAN FAMILY

Loose Estate Files Through 1865

Joseph Vaughn

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1804

John Vaughn admr.

25 Aug 1804 Inventory

31 Aug 1804 Sale

Mar 1805. Petition for dower by widow Elizabeth Vaughn. Awarded 133 1/3 acres.

Petition of John Terry and his wife Ann for their share of personal property.

14 Mar 1806 Distribution to heirs: (Img 21)

John Terry

John Willson

David Murphy

John Vaughn

William Willson

Susanah Vaughn

Michel Vaughn

Lashey Vaughn

Joseph Vaughn

Elizabeth Vaughn, widow

2 Mar 1818. Elizabeth Vaughn gdn. of minor heirs.

Gdn bond for Theodocia Vaughn, Mitchell Vaughn

Elizabeth Vaughan

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1822

John Vaughn, admr.

4 Sep 1822 Inventory

5 Oct 1822 Sale (Purchasers names make it clear she is the widow of Joseph Vaughn, d. 1804)

Zebulon Vaughan

NC Stokes

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1831

137 Pages Long!

12 Mar 1832. Guardian Bond of Alexander King & Anne Jackson for: Arcady Vaughan, Elijah Vaughan, Polly Vaughan, John Vaughan & Lucinda Vaughan. Img 17/137.

Dec 1844. William Roark, successor gdn. of Arcady Vaughan, Polly Vaughan & Lucinda Vaughan. Img 31/137.

Petition of Lucinda Vaughan. Img 52/137

John Vaughan

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1853

Joseph Vaughn, admr., then later T. W. David and Wyatt B. Vaughn admr.

Sep 1853. Petition for dower by Ann Vaughn, widow

28 Oct 1853. Sale.

Dec 1853. Award of Dower.

30 Apr 1855 Sale of Land

23 Jun 1855. Notice of Sale

Distributions to Ann Vaughn, J. B. Vaughn, Jane Vaughn, E. B. Vaughn, Ira E. Gentry, Eliza Hopkins, Landin Carter & his wife Nancy.

Joseph Vaughn

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1853

Spring 1857. Petition for Sale of Land. Widow Mahala Vaughn, Emily Vaughn m. Peter Webster, Mary Ann Vaughn, m. Jesse Mitchell, Jane Vaughn, m. Charles Mitchell & [James J. Vaughn, Elvira Vaughn, John William Vaughn, Joseph B. Vaughn], minors. [Note: The file is 110 pages long and the first 3 pages identify everyone so nothing else has been abstracted so far.]

Ann Vaughan

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1859

11 Apr 1859. Inventory, J. B. Vaughn, excr. Note: Did not find her will in the index.

Jane H. Vaughan

Stokes, NC

Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 Loose Estates

1859

J. B. Vaughn, admr.

11 Apr 1859. Inventory.

Petition of J. B. , Wyat B. , Landon Carter & his wife Nancy, Louis Hopkins, widow of Alexnder G.Hopkins, Ira Gentry & his wife Elizabeth, (Peter Webster & his wife Emly, Jesse Mitchell & his wife Mary A., Charles Mitchell & his wife Jane, of full age; and James F., John, Joseph B. and Elivira Vaughn, minors) [Children of Joseph, d. 1853]; and John Vaughn, Rufus Vaughn and Mitchell Vaughn, children of Elihu Vaughn & his wife Ruth, dec’d. [Ruth was Jane’s sister and Elihu B. Vaughan was her brother in law] All of these are siblings of Jane who d. intestate without husband or children

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