VIRGINIA CHANCERY CASES - PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY Containing Vaughan Surname Before 1850 Note: The first part of this table includes Vaughan Estate cases in the LVA Chancery Case Index for Prince Edward County as of August 24, 2017. These cases are highlighted in green. The first part is organized by estate in order of the first case to appear under the estate. The second part of this table has all other cases in Prince Edward County containing a Vaughan and is organized in case order without any grouping. 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 Vaughan Chancery Cases Before 1850 |
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Index Number |
County |
Plaintiff(s) |
Defendant(s) |
Surname |
Will |
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James Vaughan m. Sally, widow of Joseph Mason |
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1793-019 |
Prince Edward Co |
James Vaughan & Sally Vaughan, widow of Joseph Mason |
Peggy Mason by Et al |
Mason, Parkerson, Vaughan |
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1792 Petition for dower and distribution. Joseph Mason d. 1789 intestate with one child Peggy. Plat 103 ½ acres: 43 3/4 acres dower; and 59 3/4 acre to orphan. [Pleadings mention a mother-in-law, but she does not receive anything from the estate.] |
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Richard Vaughan m. Mary widow of Josiah/Isaiah Jackson |
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1801-003 |
Prince Edward Co |
Richard Vaughan & his wife Mary, late widow of Josiah Jackson |
Exr of Josiah Jackson |
Jackson, Vaughan |
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1800 Petition for dower and distribution. Josiah Jackson’s children: Coleman Jackson, Millington Jackson & Sarah Jackson. |
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1804-011 |
Prince Edward Co |
Coleman Jackson by Et al |
Exr of Isaiah Jackson |
Crute, Jackson, Vaughan |
1794 Isaiah Jackson of Chesterfield Co VA |
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1803 Petition. Isaiah Jackson’s children: Coleman Jackson, Millington Jackson & Sarah Jackson. The widow Miriam married Richard Vaughan [forfeiting her dower rights conditioned that she not remarry]. Dower was forfeited. |
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Jack Vaughan m. (1) Nancy widow of John Haskins and daughter of Christopher Walthall Martha Ann Vaughan, dau. of Sally, widow of Christopher Walthall |
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1816-001 |
Prince Edward Co |
Henry Walthall |
Patience Walthall et al Exrs of Christopher Walthall |
Haskins, Lockett, Vaughan, Walthall |
1799 Christopher Walthall of Prince Edward Co VA 1814 Patience Walthall of Prince Edward Co VA |
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Father Christopher Walthall died testate. Widow Patricia Walthall. Other sons John Walthall, Branch Walthall. Three daus. Nancy Walthall m. (1) John Haskins (2) Jack Vaughan, Elizabeth Walthall m. (1) Edward Haskins (2) Edmund Lockett & Obedience Walthall. Nancy died in the lifetime of her mother. Obedience died intestate in the lifetime of her mother. Patience Walthall has also died. Martha Ann Vaughan dau. of Sally Walthall, wife of Christopher Walthall appears in the case header. See case for more details. |
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Richard Vaughan m. Sally Oliver |
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1816-011 |
Prince Edward Co |
Hezekiah Featherstone & Wife Et al |
Waller Ford Exr of Mary Dupuy |
Dupuy, Featherstone, Ford, Jackson, Oliver, Vaughan |
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1809 Petition. Hezekiah Featherstone & his wife Polly, Richard Vaughan & his wife Sally, Curtis Jackson, admr. of his late wife Elizabeth Jackson, John Oliver & Benjamin Oliver. Mary Dupuy died testate in Nottoway Co. Left slave to Anne Oliver who has died a minor after Mary Dupuy. John Oliver, Benjamin Oliver, Polly Featherstone, Sarah Vaughan & Elizabeth Jackson are siblings of Anne Oliver. |
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1822-018 |
Prince Edward Co |
John Oliver Et al |
Samuel Ford, guardian of Ann Oliver |
Crenshaw, Dejernete, Dupuy, Featherston, Ford, Gears, Jackson, Oliver, Overton, Vaughan |
1793 Mary Dupuy of Nottoway Co VA |
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< 1818 Petition for distribution. Hezekiah Featherstone & his wife Polly, Richard Vaughan & his wife Sally, Curtis Jackson, admr. of his late wife Elizabeth Jackson, John Oliver & Benjamin Oliver. Mary Dupuy died ca 1793. Gift of a slave to Ann Oliver, dau. of John Oliver. Lydia Oliver, mother of Ann Oliver m. William Jackson and is now dec’d. Plaintiff’s are siblings of Ann Oliver. |
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Jack Vaughan m. (2) Martha widow of Thomas D. Ligon |
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1823-013 |
Prince Edward Co |
Jack Vaughan & his wife Martha |
Henry V. Watkins, admr of Thomas a Ligon |
Ligon, Vaughan, Watkins |
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Petition for dower and distribution. Thomas D. Ligon, former husband of Martha Vaughan d. intestate. He left three children Mary V. Ligon, James Ligon & Thomas Ligon. 484 acre plat and surveyors report in the file. There is no division of the land shown on the plat. |
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Jack Vaughan m. Martha Ligon, widow of Thomas D. Ligon and mother of Mary Ligon. |
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1837-005 |
Prince Edward Co |
James D Ligon Et al |
Betsy Ann Vaughan by Et al |
Crute, Ligon, Vaughan |
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Petition is missing. Estate of Mary Ligon. Plaintiffs: James D. Ligon, Thomas W. Ligon, Venable Crute & his wife Louisa & Mathew Vaughan. Defendants: Betsy Ann Vaughan, Elizabeth Vaughan, Matilda Vaughan & Samuel Vaughan. Jack Vaughan is gdn. for the minor defendants. Estate divided into ten parts 2 each to James D. Ligon & Thomas W. Ligon; and 1 each to the other parties. |
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1839-017 |
Prince Edward Co |
Thomas W Ligon Et al |
Henry N. Watkins, Admr of Mary V Ligon |
Crute, Ligon, Lockett, Vaughan, Watkins |
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See 1837-005. Petition. Mary V. Ligon is sister of the whole blood to the Ligon plaintiffs and of the half blood of the remaining parties. Betsy Vaughan now married to Stephen Lockett. Each of the 10 lots was worth $1185. |
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Thomas Vaughan m. Lenia Ellington, dau. of Mat John Ellington |
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1823-016 |
Prince Edward Co |
Thomas Vaughan & Wife Lenia |
John Deshazor & his wife Patricia, formerly Ellington |
Deshazor, Ellington, Farley, Vaughan, Yarborough |
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1817 Petition. John Ellington d. testate. Daus. Francis Farley & Elizabeth Farley, Polly Yarborough, Mourning Ellington & Patience Ellington. Widow Elizabeth Ellington. Children William Ellington, Creed Ellington & Lenia Ellington, Patricia Deshazer. Estate divided into 5 shares distributed to William F. Ellington, John Deshazor, Thomas Vaughan, John W. Ellington, Creed Ellington. Elizabeth released her doer rights. |
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James Vaughan m. Sally Mason dau. of ____ Mason and Sally Hudson Francis Vaughan m. Magdeline Mason dau. of ____ Mason and Sally Hudson |
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1835-017 |
Prince Edward Co |
Thomas Hudson |
Edmund Locket, Sheriff Admr. of Estate of John Hudson |
Angel, Bennatt, Brown, Bruce, Burton, Carter, Clark, Clay, Dejernett, Doswell, Eanes, Fowlkes, High, Hudson, Jeffreys, King, Knight, Law, Leigh, Locket, Mason, Meriwether, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Roberts, Robins, Seay, Vaughan, Wootton |
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124 pages. 1824 petition. [Note: This case is very complex in determining who are all the parties and how they are related. From what I can gather, Robert Hudson died without children. He had six? siblings: four of the whole blood and two of the half blood. A number of his siblings predeceased him. Whole Blood 1. John, dec’d, Edmund Locket, Sheriff Admr., Elizabeth Hudson, widow, Lane Overton, Macness Rowtile? & his wife Polly, Thomas Hudson, & Lemuel Furguson & his wife Sally. 2. William, dec’d. Children: John B. Hudson, Robert Hudson, Thornton Hudson, Thomas Robins and Nancy his wife, formerly Hudson, Richard High & Judith his wife formerly Hudson. 3. Edward, dec’d (Thomas C. Clarke, admr with will annexed) 4. Sally m. _____ Mason, dec’d. John Law & his wife Polly formerly Mason, James Vaughan & his wife Sally formerly Mason, Thomas Doswell in right of his wife Elizabeth. Also Francis Vaughan & his wife Magdeline formerly Mason, James Miller & Patsey his wife formerly Mason, Thomas Moore & his wife Susannah formerly Mason. Half Blood 5. James, dec’d (Amelia Co). Eaton, William, Irby, Mary/Polly (wife of William Morgan) & Rebecca (wife of Edward Bruce) 6. Thomas (of Amelia Co.) |
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1846-006 |
Prince Edward Co |
William Doswell Et al |
H N Watkins Et al |
Doswell, Hudson, Mason, Miller, Moore, Philips, Taylor, Vaughan, Watkins |
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Plaintiffs: William Doswell, Thomas Doswell, Allen Phillips & his wife Elizabeth M. formerly Doswell, Morris Taylor and his wife Mary formerly Doswell, children of Thomas & Elizabeth Doswell, dec’d. Elizabeth was one of the children and heirs at law of Sally Mason, formerly Sally Hudson, a daughter of Robert Hudson, dec’d. [the prior companion case states Sally is a sister of the whole blood to Robert Hudson].. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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Zedekiah C. Vaughan (of Charlotte Co.) m. Anna Wilbourne dau. of William W. Wilbourne |
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1843-029 |
Prince Edward Co |
William W. Wilbourne |
William F Gaines |
Gaines, Lee, Margaret (Slave), Moss, Vaughn, Welborn, Welbourne, Wilbourne |
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Injunction to stop sale of slaves. William W. Wilbourne loaned slaves and property to Zedekiah C. Vaughan who m. his dau. Anna in Nov 1840... Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1845-030 |
Prince Edward Co |
William W Wilbourne |
Winfree & Williamson] |
Vaughan, Wilbourne, Williams, Williamson, Winfree, Winfree & Williamson] |
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Debt involving Z. C. [Zedekiah C.] Vaughan. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1774-004 |
Prince Edward Co |
John Vaughan |
William Ford Et al |
Anderson, Ford, Ford Anderson & Ford], Vaughan |
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Debt. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1788-002 |
Prince Edward Co |
Nicholas Vaughan |
Robert Walton |
Vaughan, Walton |
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Debt. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1798-003 |
Prince Edward Co |
Legt(s) of James Griffin |
William Baldwin & Wife |
Baldwin, Bauldin, Collicott, Davis, Griffin, Hawkins, Johnson, Knight, Mason, Nance, Rowlett, Stampen, Trammill, Vaughan, Wiltsher, Wootton |
1777 James Griffin of Prince Edward Co VA |
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77 pages. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1801-004 |
Prince Edward Co |
William Singleton |
Edmund D Ford |
Ford, Harrell, Leneve, McGehee, Singleton, Vaughan, Whitwort |
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Land Dispute. 15 Jan 1796 deposition by Nicholas Vaughan. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1803-013 |
Prince Edward Co |
James Vaughan |
Edward Hudson Exr |
Hudson, Nash, Vaughan, Walker |
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Suit about a bond. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1805-001 |
Prince Edward Co |
James Vaughan |
Thomas Jeffries & Co] |
Jeffries, Thomas Jeffries & Co], Vaughan |
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Suit about a debt. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1805-014 |
Prince Edward Co |
Coleman Jackson by Et al |
Arthur Jackson Et al |
Clarke, Crute, Jackson, Phillips, Rice, Vaughan, Walton |
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See 1804-011. Sale proceeds divided 3 ways. |
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1809-009 |
Prince Edward Co |
William Keeling |
Fawleigh Kendall |
Dejarnet, Dejernatt, Dupuy, Keeling, Kendall, Pegram, Perkinson, Vaughan |
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40 pages. Business dispute. File includes affidavit of James Vaughan. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1810-007 |
Prince Edward Co |
James Vaughan, Adms of Hampton Wade |
James Vaughan Et al, Adms of Hampton Wade Et al |
Baird, Gooch, Jeter, Johnston, Stokes, Vaughan, Wade, Webb |
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Contract Dispute. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1810-018 |
Prince Edward Co |
Thomas Bradshaw & Wife Et al |
Benjamin Borum Exr |
Bagby, Borum, Bradshaw, Dickerson, Foster, Ham, Leaton, Moses (Slave), Seat, Vaughan |
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52 pages. Estate of Edmund Borum, dec’d. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1812-007 |
Prince Edward Co |
Essex Worsham |
Owen Smith Et al |
Akin, Akin & Hannon], Bayne, Betts, Booker, Borum, Coleman, Dunnavant, Ellett, Ellington, Elliott, Foster, Fowlkes, Hamblen, Hannon, Hobson, Hutson, Nunnelly, Pemberton, Penick, Piller, Smith, Vaughan, Waddell, Wootten, Worsham |
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191 pages. Suit about a debt. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1813-018 |
Prince Edward Co |
Harwood Cary |
Isham Rice |
Allen, Baker, Cary, Gilchrist, Rice, Thackston, Vaughan, Wilson, Womack |
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43 pages. Contract dispute. 7 Jul 1812 Affidavit of Zedekiah Vaughan. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1813-023 |
Prince Edward Co |
Edmund Booker & Wife |
Exrs of Robert Foster |
Booker, Crute, Dickerson, Foster, Jones, Vaughan |
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39 pages. Estate of Robert Foster. Suit against former guardian. 28 Dec 1811 affidavit of Dr. Jack Vaughan. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1822-022 |
Prince Edward Co |
Admr of Absolom Farmer |
John Hurt Et al |
Atkinson, Booth, Clarke, Craddock, Cunningham, Dillon, Farmer, Foster, Hurt, Jeter, Lockett, Motley, Nunely, Nunnelly, Pettus, Pulliam, Rice, Vaughan, Webster, Willard, Williamson, Wright |
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58 pages. Contract dispute about a distillery. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1829-019 |
Prince Edward Co |
Samuel Cary & His Wife Mary Ann |
Joseph Berry and Thomas Vaughan, excr or admr of Forest Farly, who was admr. of Joseph Farley, Abraham Hatchett & Joseph Fowlkes |
Berry, Cary, Farley, Fowlkes, Hatchett, Vaughan |
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No petition in file which consist mainly of subpoenas. |
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1831-031 |
Prince Edward Co |
George R Motley |
Children of Richard Marshall |
Eens, Marshall, Motley, Motly, Vaughan |
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Henry N. Vaughan was one of the commissioners. |
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1835-001 |
Prince Edward Co |
Peter Foster & Wife Et al |
Adms of America Todd, Admr of Peter Jones Et al |
Bass, Branch, Featherstone, Foster, Harrison, Jones, Knight, Miller, Perkinson, Smith, Todd, Vaughan, Webster, Westbrook, Wilkinson, Womack |
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504 pages! Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1837-012 |
Prince Edward Co |
William White & Co] |
Thomas Gibson Et al |
Anderson, Booker, Branch, Burge, Cox, Ford, Fowlkes, Francisco, Franklin, Gibson, Godsey, Johnson, Ligon, Raine, Randolph, Redford, Rowton, Taylor, Vaughan, White, William White & Co] |
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237 pages. Debt. Willis Vaughan ca 1812 involved. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1837-057 |
Prince Edward Co |
Robert B Gibson |
William White & Co] |
Anderson, Booker, Cox, Davis, Ford, Fowlkes, Francisco, Franklin, Fretwell, Gibson, Godsey, Johnson, Ligon, Lockett, Overton, Pearce, Pettus, Raine, Randolph, Redford, Routon, Strong, Taylor, Vaughan, White, William White & Co], Wilson, Woodson |
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95 Pages. Debt. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1838-012 |
Prince Edward Co |
Joseph Baker |
Agnes W. McRoberts, William L Morton |
Baker, Butt, Crawford, McRoberts, Morton, Oswald, Pattillo, Rice, Vaughan, Wood |
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104 pages. Bond. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1841-047 |
Prince Edward Co |
Owen H Tucker |
John W Wilson Et al |
Farrar, Farrar & Vaughan], Matthews, Pilkerton, Tucker, Vaughan, Wilson |
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29 pages. Debt. Stephen C. Farrar and Henry M. Vaughan merchants. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1843-001 |
Prince Edward Co |
Henry E Scott |
Thomas a Morton Et al |
Alexander, Day, Fowler, Hobson, Lyle, Madison, Marshall, Mitchell, Morton, Nelson, Rice, Richardson, Scott, Vaughan, Warwick, Watkins, White |
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107 pages. Debt of Charles Morton, dec’d of Buckingham Co. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1844-003 |
Prince Edward Co |
Clement C Read |
Henry N Watkins Et al |
Read, Rice, Vaughan, Venable, Watkins, Wood |
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Petition. Clement C. Read, James D. Wood, Nathaniel E. Venable & Francis Vaughan . John Rice and his wife Judith A. W. Rice executed a deed dated 8 Apr 1843 to Henry N. Watkins for the benefit of sundry creditors. Subsequent deed to plaintiffs. Dispute as to the amount that is the excess... Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1846-015 |
Prince Edward Co |
Monroe R Flippin |
James Nunnally Et al |
Flippin, Flournoy, Nunnally, Vaughan, Witt |
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49 pages. Debt. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1847-014 |
Prince Edward Co |
Jesse Michaux Shff & Archbald Vaughan |
Merrit H Steger Et al |
Allen, Almond, Almond & Ranson], Anderson, Bruce, Chappell, Farmers Bank of Virginia], Hellmand, Hilliard, Michaux, Nash, Price, Price & Anderson], Ranson, Rice, Steger, Thomas B & M V Rice], Tuggle, Vaughan |
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Debt. Vaughan not found in the first few pages. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1847-024 |
Prince Edward Co |
Henry Jackson by Et al |
John H Smith Et al |
Farmers Bank of Virginia], Jackson, Labby, Long, Partin, Peters, Smith, Sowers, Vaughn, Wilkinson |
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96 pages. Three slaves conveyed in trust to A. Vaughan that grantor did not have title to. Suit to recover. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1849-002 |
Prince Edward Co |
Elizabeth R Pettus Widow Et al |
Admr of William White |
Fretwell, Lockett, Overton, Pettus, Vaughan, White, Woodall, Woodruff |
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Estate of William White. George W. Vaughan commissioner. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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1849-016 |
Prince Edward Co |
Thomas Ballow |
John Thackston |
Ballow, Blanton, Boatwright, Cole, Daniel, Farmville Seminary, Fournoy, Furguson, Hawkins, Hilliard, King, Martin, McGehee, Partin, Read, Scott, Southall, Thackston, Vaughan, Venable |
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207 pages. Partnership dispute. Stopped. Further research may be warranted. |
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NEW CASES TO REVIEW |
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1899-008 |
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Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com |
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