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Gen 204 Deeds

 

           Will Substitute - Either in a Group or in a Series of Deeds


County Book.Page

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Location

VA Brun DB 16.053

31 Oct 1794

William Vaughan

Irene Vaughan & Sinah Vaughan

Gift Deed for love & affection. Slave deed. Witnessed by Robert Gee & James Bass. Recorded 22 Dec 1794.

VA Brun DB 16.258

12 Feb 1795

William Vaughan

Ireany? Vaughan,

daughter of Grantor

Ref 16.053. Slaves. Recorded 25 Jan 1796.

VA Brun DB 16.278

30 Jan 1796

William Vaughan

James Vaughan

Gift Deed for love & affection. Slave deed. Witnessed by Frederick Maclin, Thomas Lanier, Frederick Maclin, Jr. Recorded 22 Feb 1796.

VA Brun DB 17.250

18? Mar 1798

William Vaughan

James Vaughan,

son of Grantor

Slaves and personal property. Frederick Maclin, Sally Vaughan, James Bass. Recorded 25 Jun 1798.

 

           Sale By Heirs


TN Wilson

DB O.309

5 Mar 1830

William Williams, in right of his late wife Jane, Benjamin Clayton & his wife Lockey, Peter R. Vaughan & his wife Lucy, Smith Prewet & his wife Polly, John Word & his wife Elizabeth, heirs and devisees of Roger Quarles, Dec’d., of Wilson & Rutherford Counties; Joseph Johns, excr. of Abner Johns & his wife Sally, both dec’d., also heirs and devisees of Roger Quarles, Dec’d.

William Cummings

300

 

           Where the Purchaser Came from


County Book.Page

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Location

VA Brun DB 06.630

22 Dec

1760

John Willis

William Vaughan of Southampton County

300

Little Creek, Road to Hicks Ford.

£110. Tract 1: 150 acres conveyed by Samuel Harwell to Thomas Stagg 25 Jun 1748 conveyed to John Willis 25 Nov 1755. Tract 2: Adjacent 150 acres on north side of road to Hicks Ford part of a larger tract belonging to John Willis. Witnesses: Drury Stith, John Clack Will Thornton. Recorded on 21 Dec 1760. Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., Brunswick County Deed Books, Volume 3, 1755 - 1764, Page 51, #406. [Note: See also Deed Book 11, Page 210]

 

           Where the Seller Moved to [Note: This deed is also giving the wife’s first name.]


County Book.Page

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Location

VA Brun DB 33.216? 316?

25 Oct 1843

William B. Vaughan

& his wife Eliza of Bedford Co.

Nathaniel Mason

504

$500. Dower lands of Margaret Wyche, formerly Vaughan. Witnesses: None. Recorded Oct 1843.

 

           Exactly Where They Lived


County Book.Page

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Location

VA Brun DB 05.396

17 Mar

1753

Joshua Mabry and His Wife Lucrecia Mabry

John Petway

390

Both Sides of Three Creeks at Mouth of Long Branch

£100. Tract 1: 164 acres joining William Smith, Meredith, Samuel Russell, Said Joshua Mabry, Hinchia Mabry Jr.; and Tract 2: 226 acres on both sides of Three Creeks at mouth of Long Branch adjacent Peebles, William Vaughan. Witnesses: Samuel Smith, Peter Smith, David Smith. Recorded on 22 May, 1753. Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., Brunswick County Deed Books, Volume 2, 1744-1755, 1764, Page 81, #603.

 

           Distinguish Between Two People With the Same Name using a combination deeds and tax digests

           Clues on Other Family Members - from witnesses and adjacent owners.

           Creek Where They Lived

           Can Build a Time Line using deeds and tax digests

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