Robert Vaughan, Jr.
Elsie Motley
Amelia and Nottoway Counties, Virginia
Submitted by Mary Gregg
SOME DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT VAUGHAN, JR. AND ELSIE
MOTLEY OF AMELIA AND NOTTOWAY COUNTIES, VIRGINIA.
Mary Gregg. April, 1993
Note from Mary Gregg: In 1988, a correspondent sent me information on this family
which she had received from Vaughan Motley Bryant. He had gotten it from Thomas
Motley- Freeman. I have added information of my own, and what follows below is the
combination from all sources.
1. Robert Vaughan, Jr. (born in Amelia County, Virginia,
perhaps on January 21, 1736 as given by Mr. Motley-Freeman;
died in Nottoway County, Virginia, December 5, 1805 [Will in
Nottoway County WB 2:226], son of Robert and Martha
(--------) Vaughan of Prince George and Amelia Counties,
Virginia, as is proved by a deed of gift recorded in Amelia
County Deed Book 5, page 435:
April 22, 1756. Robert (X)
Vaughan and Martha, his wife,
of Raleigh Parish, Amelia
County, to Robert Vaughan, Jr.
of same, for love and affection
for their son...200 acres on
the lower side of Flatt Creek
joining William Booker,
Vaughans Creek, the first
branch making out of the creek
below said Vaughan's plantation
where he now lives...
Robert Vaughan, Jr. married,
in Amelia County, on
February 22, 1759, Elsie
Motley (born in Amelia County,
Virginia, February 2, 1739),
daughter of Joseph Motley
and Elizabeth Forrest, and
had children:
2. Robert Vaughan who married,
in Amelia County,
January 20, 1799, Sarah (Truly)
Craddock, daughter
of John Truly and Jane Hatchett,
and widow of William
Craddock. His father bequeathed
him land in Henrico
County.
3. Martha Vaughan (born 1762;
died in Charlotte County,
Virginia, June 15, 1840)
married, in Amelia County,
December 27, 1784, Thomas
Cook (died September 7,
1819), a Revolutionary War
veteran.
4. Ann Vaughan married _______ Wright
X 5. James Vaughan
6. Joseph Vaughan
7. Elizabeth Vaughan married _______ Hundley
8. John Vaughan who was living
in Charlotte County,
Virginia, in 1805
X 9. Asa Vaughan married Jane Truly
10. Mary Vaughan
5. James Vaughan married, in Amelia County, February
22, 1810, Jane Hatchett Craddock, daughter of Sarah
Truly and William Craddock, and ward of the groom's
brother, Robert Vaughan, who had married the bride's
mother. James' will is recorded in Nottoway County,
Virginia, Will Book 6, page 408. He bequeathed to his
wife, Jane H. Vaughan, and nominated his "nephews
James A. Vaughan and Albert G. Vaughan" to be
executors. James A. qualified and made bond of
$100,000. Legatees were son and daughters:
11. Martha A. E. Vaughan married _______ Mills
12. Joseph N. M. Vaughan
13. Frances J. Vaughan. She
may be Frances J. Vaughan
who married Francis Dyson
in Amelia County, July 11,
1836, and perhaps lived in
Nottoway County in 1850.
14. Sarah E. L. R. Vaughan
15. Julia Ann T. Vaughan
16. Amelia E. Vaughan
9. Asa Vaughan (born in Amelia County, Virginia, September
17, 1777; died there May 31, 1820) married, in Amelia
County, November 10, 1803, Jane Truly (born March 19,
1787; died in Amelia County May 18, 1856), daughter of
John Truly and Jane Hatchett. Jane Truly was the sister
of Sarah (Truly) Craddock who married Asa's brother,
Robert Vaughan. Asa and Jane (Truly) Vaughan had
children, all born in Amelia County:
17. Sarah Vaughan (born between 1805 and 1815) married
Martin Vaughan of Prince Edward County.
18. Mary Ann Vaughan (born
1805-1815) Mr. Motley-
Freeman wrote, "She married
her double first cousin James
Armstead Vaughan (born ca
1800; living, in 1850, in Amelia
County), a son of Sarah (Truly)
(Craddock) and Robert
Vaughan, Jr. and bore three
children before her decease
about 1840. James Armstead
was subsequently remarried.
19. James Parham Vaughan.
Untraced. Perhaps did not
marry.
20. Sidney Vaughan. No records found.
21. Asa Vaughan (born July
6, 1812; died in Lawrence
County, Alabama, to which
place he had removed in 1844,
and buried in a field about
3 to 5 miles southwest of
Hillsboro, Alabama) married,
February 21, 1841, in Amelia
County, Julia Ann Walthall
(born March 17, 1822; died in
Lawrence County, Alabama,
October 4, 1888), his first
cousin once removed - a cousin
of his mother. "Also Julia
Ann was a sister of Mary
Walthall who married Asa's
brother, Henderson."
22. Henderson F. Vaughan married,
in Amelia County,
January 26, 1846, Marianna
Barrett Walthall, daughter
of A. B. Walthall, and, according
to Mr. Motley-Freeman,
Henderson's first cousin
once removed No records found.
23. Martha Elizabeth Vaughan
(born January 18, 1816;
died November 19, 1855) married,
on May 18, 1833, her
double first cousin, Albert
Galletin Vaughan, son of Robert
Vaughan and Sarah Truly.
They had three children. In
1850, Martha E. was head
of a household in Amelia County,
so probably Albert G. had
predeceased her.
24. Elsie Amanda Vaughan (born
ca 1818). Mr. Motley-
Freeman wrote, "About all
that is known about Elsie
Amanda is that she married
Benjamin Boisseau of Dinwiddie
County, Virginia...They had
two children."
25. Judith Frances Vaughan
(born ca 1818), twin of Elsie
Amanda. She "died in early
childhood..."
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