GREENVILLE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA VAUGHAN FAMILY INITIAL DRAFT Comparison of Names of Children of Abraham Vaughan in VA with the Same Names in Greenville, SC |
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Genealogy Facts Is Centered on Finding Provable Sources That Prove Basic Facts or Relationships among Our Ancestors. This Document Veers a Little into Probable, Likely Possible or Speculative. The Purpose Is Not to State These as Postively True Facts, but to Promote Dialogue and Suggest Research. Comments Will Be Very Much Welcome and Appreciated. All of these settled, within a five to ten year period, in a tight “nest” on four creeks on the east and southeast side of Metro Greenville, SC. Many relationships among them are provable. Some are not yet proved. Any information positive or negative will help us all. If you or any of your Vaughan relatives are males that are a direct male to male descendant of any of these Vaughan men, please consider being yDNA tested by FTDNA.com. |
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Abraham’s LWT was very traditional. It has all the appearances that he named his “adult sons” first in birth order; followed by his “adult or married daughters in birth order; followed by three then “dependant” children. Ligon Vaughan is also likely a son. However, he died before Abraham, with no surviving children. |
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Last Records in VA |
Early Record in SC |
Probability |
William Vaughan |
NA Stayed in Charlotte, VA |
NA |
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William Vaughan (Up to 3 Possible Cousins in Amelia County) |
Abraham’s cousin Lewis of Amelia County had a son named William, b. 1856-1859 |
1787 Land Warrant 1787 Survey 104 Acres 1799 Deed 96 District, SC |
Possible Match |
Felix Vaughan b. abt. 1766 |
Pd Personal Tax 1787 (one year only) |
1800 Grant Survey Spartanburg SC 1802 Chancery Case Felix Not in VA 1803 Chancery Case Felix moved to GA 1810 Census SC Spartanburg, SC |
Definite Match |
Bolling Vaughan |
d. in VA 1815 [Relying on Family Search] |
NA |
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John Vaughan (Elder) |
Last Pd Tax 1798 1802 Chancery Case John Not in VA 1803 Chancery Case John moved to GA |
Many Found in SC One is found in Greenville on nearby Rocky Cr. |
Possible Match |
John Vaughan (Younger) |
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Lewis Vaughan |
1801 m. Mary Childrey Pd Personal Tax 1815 Pd Land Tax 1817 Deed 1818 |
1808 Deed 1810 Census Lewis and L. Greenville, SC 1850 Census Spartanburg, SC |
Definite Match |
David Vaughan |
Personal Tax 1804 |
1807 VA Deed (Sold Land) Then a resident of SC 1810 Bought land from father in law. Greenville, SC |
Definite Match |
Bailey Vaughan |
d. 1795 w/o children |
NA |
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Milly Smith |
1789 m. Benoni Smith (not research after married) |
Not Found |
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Sally Mahany |
1784 m. Perry Mahany (not research after married) |
Husband Perry Mahaney 1810-1830 Census 1819 Misc 1825 Deed Greenville SC |
Definite Match |
Nancy Childrey |
1792 Jeremiah Childrey (not research after married) |
? |
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Molly Vaughan |
d. 1799 Virginia w/1 child |
NA |
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Ligon Vaughan Deceased - Not in LWT |
d. about 1792 w/o children |
NA |
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David Vaughan is the “anchor” as he is found in Abraham’s estate papers living in Greenville, SC. The dates of all of the last records of these ancestors in Charlotte County, Virginia dovetail nicely with their arrival in Greenville, SC. This makes the matching records of Lewis and Felix Vaughan Perry Mahany is extremely strong matches due to the relative uncommon names they each have. Records in the South Carolina Archives and local church records have not been searched as of May 2026.. |
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Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com |
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