NELSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA VAUGHAN FAMILY Chancery Cases Before 1850 Notes have been added as the case files are reviewed. These notes are not in much detail. The cases can be readily reviewed online. Additions, corrections or suggestions are welcome. David Robertson davidhr@hushmail.com |
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Index Number |
County |
Plaintiff(s) |
Defendant(s) |
Surname |
Will |
Scanned / Original/ Microfilmed |
1810-007 |
Nelson |
Josiah Jinkins |
James Wright, et al |
Bibb, Cabell, Jinkins, Loving, Montgomery, Stevens, Vaughan, Wright |
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Debt. |
1823-002 |
Nelson |
Thomas Dixon By, et al |
Robert Garland, et al |
Burks, Coffey, Dixon, Dodd, Foster, Garland, Hight, Jacobs, Loving, Monroe, Perry, Phillips, Ryan, Strickland, Vaughn, Witt, Woods |
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65 pps. Thomas Dixon and orphan boy of color sought his freedom as his mother Judah Vaughan was emancipated. |
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1823-011 ✔ |
Nelson |
Almond Vaughn & Wife |
Samuel Nevill By, et al |
Edmunds, Lewis, Nevill, Vaughan, Vaughn |
1811 Samuel Edmunds of Nelson Co VA |
6 pps. |
Almond Vaughan and his wife Samaria L, granddau. of Samuel Edmunds. On 18 Sep 1811 he deeded her slaves while she was still a minor. She is now an adult and wants the slaves partitioned. [Her father was Cornelius Neville.] |
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1824-003 |
Nelson |
Richard Bryant |
John Higginbotham, et al |
Bryant, Higginbotham, McCleland, Patteson, Ryder, Vaughan |
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16 pps. Suit on a bond. |
1835-010 |
Nelson |
Rowland Edmunds |
George Vaughan, et al |
Edmunds, Kinney, Loving, Mays, Nevil, Nevile, Vaughan, Vaughn |
1815 Samuel Edmunds of Nelson Co VA |
43 pps. Dissolution of Partnership |
1838-019 |
Nelson |
Rowland Edmunds |
George Vaughan & Wife, et al |
Edmunds, Nevil, Vaughan |
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5 pps., Division of Slaves |
1840-009 ✔ |
Nelson |
Richard C Fortune & Wife, et al |
Samuel Hansbrough, et al |
Arrington, Fortune, Guy, Hansbrough, Landrum, Loving, Smoot, Staples, Timberlake, Vaughan, Walker |
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Plaintiff’s are Richard C. Fortune m. Mary M. Vaughan, Irvine Guy, gdn. for Susan L. Guy, the only dau. of Nancy L. Guy, dec’d, formerly Nancy L. Vaughan (one of the daughters of Sukey Vaughan), Lucinda Vaughan, minor by her next friend George Vaughan, Thomas Smoot, Jordan Arrington & his wife Poley, formerly Polly Staples. Their grandmother Elizabeth Loving made her will 28 Nov 1808, probated in Nelson County, naming daus. Sally Loving, Peggy Loving, with a remainder to Mary Staples and Sukey Vaughan. Peggy Loving m. William Walker and had several children, Sally Loving m. Samuel Hamsbrough. Sally d. w/o issue in 1837. Sukey Vaughan d. before Sally and left Mary M. who m. Richard C. Fortune and Nancy who m. Irvin Guy. Sukey had a dau. Betsy who m. William Vaughan and Nancy who m. WilliamGuy. Betsey had one child Lucinda L. Guy. Mary Staples d. before Sally . Mary left females: _____(dec’d) m. Thomas Smoot and had Polly who m. Jordan Arrington, Elizabeth m. Christopher Timberlake. Sally m. John Smoot, Nancy m. Burton Landrum. Case started 1837; and ended in 1840. |
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1841-054 |
Nelson |
William Vaughan, et al |
Alexander Marr, et al |
Bibb, Bowles, Cabell, Camden, Claiborne, Harvey, Harvie, Marr, Vaughan, Whitehead |
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28 pps. Debt. |
1841-055 |
Nelson |
George Vaughan Jr |
Harris, et al |
Harris, Vaughan |
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6 pps. debt. |
1842-011 ✔ |
Nelson |
George Vaughan Jr & Wife, et al |
Excr, of Rowland Edmunds |
Edmunds, Mays, Shelton, Vaughan |
1836 Rowland Edmunds of Nelson Co VA |
10 pps. |
George Vaughan Jr and wife Polly Clough Vaughan have children Floyd J., Mary Louisa, George W. and Lafayette M. Vaughan, all minors. In 1836, Rowland Edmunds made his will and made a gift to his dau. Polly Clough Vaughan for life and then to her descendants. Case was to close out the estate early, because it was too small. |
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1842-019 ✔ |
Nelson |
Excr, of Rowland Edmunds |
Admr. of James Neville |
Edmunds, Faver, Lewis, Mays, Monday, Neville, Peck, Shelton, Vaughn |
1836 Rowland Edmunds of Nelson Co VA |
15 pps. |
Jefferson L. Edmunds, son of Rowland Edmunds who m. [Elizabeth] Neville, sister of James Neville [9CZJ-2XH].... |
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1843-001 ✔ |
Nelson |
Admrs. of Mary Nevil |
Rowland Edmunds, et al |
Brown, Edmunds, Hargrove, Jopling, Murray, Nevil, Shelton, Vaughan |
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32 pps |
Mary Neville, widow of James Neville [LTRR-95L]. [Lot of Neville information] George Vaughan m. Alice Neville, widow of Alexander Brown. [Note: Familysearch shows that Alcey Edmunds m. Cornelius Nevil and later m. George Washington Vaughan. There is no mention of an Alexander Brown.] |
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1845-043 |
Nelson |
George Vaughan Jr., F L Whitehead, et al, Floyd L Whitehead, et al |
Sterling Claiborne, et al, G H Mitchell, et al, George H Mitchell, et al, G H Mitchell, et al, George H Mitchell |
Bibb, Booker, Brown, Claiborne, Clarkson, Coleman, Crews, Digges, Estes, Falconer, Faulconer, Fortune, George H Mitchell & Co], Goodwin, H R & J B Hargrove], Hambleton, Hamilton, Hargrove, Harris, Hight, Hill, Hopkins, Jenkins, Kidd, Lofftus, Lofftus & Hargrove], Loving, Mitchell, Patteson, Perkins, Roberts, Spencer, Stevens, Stockton, Trevey, Trevy, Vaughan, Webb, Webb Booker & Hamilton], Whitehead, Wills |
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517 pps.!, Too large and complex. Skipped |
1845-047 |
Nelson |
Hezekiah W Hargrove & Wife |
Beverly Hargrove, et al |
Allison, Allison & Watt], Bolton, Booker, Brown, Cunningham, Dillard, Gardner, Hamilton, Hargrove, Hill, Hopkins, Horsley, Hubbard, Hubbard Gardner & Co], J P Taylor & Co], Johnson, Johnston, Loving, Lyell, Lyell Johnson & Lyell], McCraw, Melton, Powell, Read, Rives, Rives & White], Rutherford, Shipman, Smith, Taylor, Vanlew, Vanlew& Smith], Vaughan, Watt, Webb, Webb Booker & Hamilton], White |
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14 pps. Case only has a series of summons of large numbers of people. |
1850-008 |
Nelson |
Admr. of Micajah Pendleton |
Richard Phillips, et al |
Bibb, Christian, Claiborne, Digges, Estes, Fryman, Garland, Harris, Horsley, Lofftus, Patteson, Pendleton, Phillips, Thompson, Vaughan, |
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More on the estate of Rowland Edmunds |
1850-028 ✔ |
Nelson |
Stephen Watts, et al |
Admr. of Martha Watts, et al |
Christian, Horsley, Neville, Phillips, Staples, Vaughan, Watts |
1833 Martha Watts of Nelson Co VA |
40 pps. |
Martha Watts, grandmother of petitioners made her will 16 Mar 1833. ... George Vaughan, Jr. (He is a defendant and not an heir.) Plaintiffs are children of Henry W. Watts, dec’d., children of James H. Watts, Lewis Staples in right of his deceased wife Elizabeth Watts, The children of Mathew Horsley. |
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Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com |
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