Virginia Chancery Cases - Petersburg City

Containing Vaughan Surname Before 1850

Case Number

Location

Petitioner

Respondent

Surnames

Will

Comments

Daniel Vaughan

1825-004

Petersburg City

Elizabeth Vaughan

Daniel Vaughan, Admr of David Vaughan et al

Vaughan

 

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Dec 1817 Petition of Elizabeth Vaughan Vs. Daniel Vaughan, as Admr. of David Vaughan and as Gdn. Of Ann Vaughan, Mary Vaughan, Rebecca Vaughan and Richard Vaughan, Minor Children of David Vaughan for Dower and Accounting. Consent Order Granted.

1825-008

Petersburg City

William B. Green & Wife

Admr of David Vaughan

Vaughan, Green

 

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Petition of William B. Green & His Wife Ann H. Green for Distribution of 1/4 of the Estate of David Vaughan. Estate Divided.

1826-002

Petersburg City

Ann Maria Green

Heir(s) of David Vaughan

Vaughan, Green & others.

 

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Petition to Divide the Dower of Elizabeth Vaughan, Dec’d., Widow of David Vaughan, Dec’d. Ann Maria Green Was Minor Dau. Of William B. Green & His Wife Ann H. Green (Formerly Vaughan). Sale Ordered.

Peter Vaughan

1835-021

Petersburg City

Alfred J. Vaughan, Admr. of Lemuel H. Vaughan

Heir(s) of Peter Vaughan

Vaughan and a long list of other names.

Peter Vaughan, d. 1816

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178 Pages! Dec 1831 Petition. This is a nasty one! Petitioners Alfred J. Vaughan & Benjamin J. Vaughan, sons of Peter Vaughan; and Burwell Aldridge and his wife Martha Aldridge (widow of Peter). Peter E., son of Peter d. intestate leaving sons James B. Vaughan and Peter E. Vaughan. Alfred and Benjamin and their mother alleged were defrauded by the older siblings, who had claimed that Peter was not lawfully m. to Martha Boisseau. Requested the following be made defendants: Benjamin Boisseau, admr. of Lemuel H. & as gdn of his children James B. Vaughan & Benjamin B. Vaughan; James H. Boisseau, individually and as admr. of Thomas H. Boisseau, dec’d and as admr. d.b.n. of James B. Vaughan, dec’d.; Anna B. Cogbill (who d. during the case), formerly Vaughan; James P. Boisseau; and Alexander G. Strachan & his wife Mary G., Thomas J. Epps & his wife Sarah (formerly Vaughan); Mary B. Vaughan, Benjamin Vaughan and James B. Vaughan, minor heirs of L. H. Vaughan. [Stopped reading after about 15 pages.]

Agnes Hawks m. John M. Vaughan

1839-001

Petersburg City

Reuben Earles & Wife

Lewis Hawks

 

 

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Heirs and Distributees of Randolph Hawks. Petitioners Include John M. Vaughan and His Wife Agnes, Formerly Agnes Hawks. [Stopped]

Jeremiah Vaughan

1847-010

Petersburg City

Claiborne Vaughan, et Al

Children of Peter Vaughan, Dec’d.

Smith, Tucker, Vaughan

 

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Nov 1840. Petition of Claiborne Vaughan, Eliza Vaughan, James Smith & Wife Rebecca, Robert W. Smith & His Wife Sally W., William M. Vaughan, Asa Tucker & His Wife Martha (Dau. Of Peter Vaughan), Frances Vaughan (Dau. Of Peter Vaughan). Jeremiah Vaughan d. without Issue and Never Having Been Married. He Had Six Siblings Claiborne Vaughan, Eliza Vaughan, James Smith & Wife Rebecca, Robert W. Smith & His Wife Sally W., William M. Vaughan & Peter Vaughan, Dec’d. Children of Peter Were Martha, Frances Vaughan, and Minors: William Vaughan, Sally Vaughan, Mary Vaughan, Peter Vaughan, Rosemia Vaughan & Stith Vaughan. Petition to Sell House and Lot and Divide the Proceeds. Answer Filed the Same Day. Sale Ordered and Proceeds Were Divided.

James B. Vaughan & Benjamin B. Vaughan

1849-016

Petersburg City

Mary A. Boisseau Widow of Benjamin Boisseau

James B. Vaughan

Boisseau, Vaughan

 

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10 Dec 1845. Petition of Widow, Her Children (All Named) and Benjamin B. Vaughan Against James B. Vaughan, a Minor. James B. Vaughan and Benjamin Vaughan Were Children of Thirza? Vaughan, Dec’d, Dau. Of Benjamin Boisseau. Alleged James B. Vaughan Should Pay a Fair Price of Land He Was Living On. Answer Filed the Same Day. Has a Plat for 552 ½ Acres on Hatcher’s Run and Keys Rd. Court Appointed Commissioners to Set the Value of the Land. Court Ordered a Survey of the Land. James B. Vaughan Ordered to Pay $1657.50 for the Land, but Not until the Guardian Account of Benjamin B. Boisseau Is Filed and Approved by the Court. Case Was Consented to by All of the Parties.

Other Cases

1795-005

Petersburg City

Simon Turner

James Vaughan

 

 

 

1799-004

Petersburg City

William Vaughan

James Littlejohn

 

 

 

1810-002

Petersburg City

William Vaughan

Michael W. Hancock

 

 

 

1818-001

Petersburg City

David Vaughan

William Edwards

 

 

 

1822-003

Petersburg City

Reuben Vaughan

Edmund Hardy

 

 

 

1833-018

Petersburg City

Thomas Jordan

John G. Rieves

 

 

 

1833-020

Petersburg City

Mary Bolling

Alexander Cunningham

 

 

 

1833-024

Petersburg City

William H. Bowers

James H. Stubbs

 

 

 

1834-005

Petersburg City

William B. Green Gdn.

Richard F. Vaughan

 

 

 

1834-017

Petersburg City

Exx of Edward Davenport

Admx of Daniel Vaughan

 

 

 

1836-016

Petersburg City

Thomas D. Watson

William Wynne

 

 

 

1836-019

Petersburg City

Augustine Burge, Thomas Davis,

Ira a Easter, John Frith, William Grigg, William Hawthorn, Peter Pride, Fanny Vaughan, Charles Williamson, Edward Worsham

Bolling Harwell

 

 

 

1837-018

Petersburg City

Bennett Aldridge & Wife

Admx of John G. Boisseau

 

 

 

1837-027

Petersburg City

Exr of Robert Bonner

Augustine Burge

Exr of S. Leath

Stephen Leath

 

 

 

1839-008

Petersburg City

Elizabeth Eckles

Heir(s) of Ephraim Eckles

 

 

 

1839-056

Petersburg City

Richard H. Vaughan

Richard H. Vaughen

Armistead & Harrison

 

 

 

1840-047

Petersburg City

Armistead V. Procise

Alfred J. Vaughan Admr of Susan Wynn

 

 

 

1840-065

Petersburg City

Edward Watkins

Admr of John Watkins

 

 

 

1840-082

Petersburg City

Markey D. J. Anson

Daniel Vaughan

 

 

 

1841-011

Petersburg City

A. V. Procise

Admr of Susan Wynn

 

 

 

1841-023

Petersburg City

Alfred Jefferson Vaughan

Margarett Kinney

 

 

 

1842-035

Petersburg City

Admx of Robert C. Williams

Henry Williams

 

 

 

1843-009

Petersburg City

N. M. Martin & Donnans

W. W. Daniel

 

 

 

1845-028

Petersburg City

Archibald Wynn

Jedediah T. Atkinson & Wife

Exr of Mary S. Wynn

 

 

 

1845-032

Petersburg City

Archibald Vaughan

Petition of William C. Flournoy

Merit H. Stegar

John Woglam

 

 

 

1846-012

Petersburg City

Admx of Benjamin Boisseau

James B. Cogbill Surv partner

 

 

 

1848-012

Petersburg City

Kelly Ball & Co.

Cook

George H. Pierce

 

 

 

1848-020

Petersburg City

Robert R. Collier

Algernon Sidney Robertson

 

 

 

1850-001

Petersburg City

Gdn(s) of Patrick Boisseau

Patrick Boisseau

 

 

 

1850-023

Petersburg City

William H. Beatty Hayes & Heyer]

Charles Kent

Henry Thweatt

George H. Peirce

Benjamin F. Williamson

 

 

 

NEW FILES TO REVIEW

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1874-039

 

 

 

 

 

 

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