Mary Ann Chaffin

Notes:

History of Logan County, W.Va. by Henry Clay Ragland Chapters 13-22 - The Genealogical Section
CHAPTER XXI

Christopher Chafin who came from Montgomery County, Va., settled near the mouth of the Elk Fork of Pigeon. He married a Miss Roberts and first settled near Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, where several of his children were born. He then moved to the Elk Fork of Pigeon, where he lived for many years and then mysteriously disappeared. His sons were Stanley, who died unmarried; William, who married Sarah Deskins; Joshua who married Sarah Collins; Nathan, who married Matilda Varney; Pleasant, who married Nancy White, and Thomas, who married Jennie Horn. His daughters were Bettie, who married Harrison Blair; Alafair, who married ____ Nelson, and Margaret, who married James Copley. John Chafin, who was for a long time clerk of the circuit and county courts of this county, and Francis M. Chafin, who was sheriff of the county, were sons of William Chafin, and John B. Wilkinson, the present prosecuting attorney of the counties of Logan and Mingo, is his grandson.

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Christ Chafin [Christopher Chafin]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Tazewell, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8

Christopher married Mary (Polly) Roberts. Mary (daughter of William Bailey Roberts and Lydia Ponder) was born 1780, North Carolina; died Dec 1854, Canada Creek, Wayne Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Pike Co. KY Marriage Consents

9 Oct 1837 - Nathaill Chaffin and Mertilda Varna. "Clerk certified that 'the Orial concent of [strikethrough] Polly Chaffin [strikethrough] - Andrew Varney was given authorising me to issue these Licens." Married 19 Oct 1837.

Bond 9 Oct 1837 - marriage of Nath'l. Chaffin and Matilda Varney; letter of consent 30 Sep 1837 for "my son Nathan Chaffin and Matilda Varney" signed by Polly Chaffin; consent for Matilda by father - Andrew.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Christopher Chafin
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1780
Spouse Name: Mary Roberts
Spouse Birth Place: NC
Spouse Birth Year: 1785
Number Pages: 1

Notes:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE

Feb. 1776 at age 18, he traveled to Prince Edward County and enlisted as a private in the Continental Army, 4th Va. Regulars.(Capt. John Morton's company, under Col. Robert Lawson) His unit marched to Norfolk and fought Dunmore and stayed until late 1776. Then to Trenton, New Jersey at Christmas and fought the Hessians. The unit then marched to Princeton and fought the British. Christopher was sent to Philadelphia to guard prisoners. Next to Albemarle, Virginia and then to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and discharged at age 20 in February 1778. Christopher's revolutionary war claimed is Virginia 26433. Pension established at $80/year (application in Tazewell Co., VA, age 76.

Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers 1818-1864 - Va: Richmond & Wheeling, vol 1, Alyson Trubey Pierce, 1996: p. 99. Chaffin, Christopher, Richmond, 1832. Tazewell Co., VA 19 Sep 1836, Christopher Chaffin (signature), former private, resident of this county for about 24 years and previous thereto of Wythe Co., appoints Charles M. Mitchell Attorney to collect pension due from 4 Mar to 4 Sep 1836; wit. Thomas Peery, J. C. Spotts, Richmond - 26 Sep 1836. Thomas M. Mitchell collected $40.00.

Note citation in article, "1776 Valley Forge 1777 Jessie Baker in Press Observer, Dec. 23, 1976: One Christopher Chaffin Was There" by . Listed as a Montgomery Co. soldier in Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800.
Alexander Lee testified that Chris was a resident of Cumberland Co. when he enlisted in Prince Edward County.

OTHER HISTORICAL SOURCES

Bradshaw, History of Prince Edward County, Christopher and Isham Chaffin on payroll of Capt. John Morton's Co. of Regulars, 28 June to 28 July 1776.

Bickley, History of the Settlement of Indian Wars of Tazewell County, pp 197-203, Listed as citizen under orders as defense against the Indians in Tazewell County.

Annals of South West Virginia, Listed as posted at one of the Tazewell area forts, and also as a Montgomery County resident from the revolution.

Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, 1800-1922, Mentions him in 1818, appointed constable in 2nd Battalion in the room of John Belshe; on 2 July 1834 was 77 years old, a private, receiving and annual allowance of $80; on tax lists 1816, 18, 19, 20; and in 1820 Tazewell Census: He, over 45; 1 male 0-10, 2 females 0-10, 3 females 16-28, 1 female over 45.

Schreiner-Yantis, Netti, 1800 Tax Lists and Abstracts (Tazewell).

Shreiner-Yantis, Netti, 1815 Tax Lists of Tazewell Co., VA.

Christopher married Mary Ann Vawter 22 Aug 1778, Powhatan Co. VA. Mary (daughter of Richard Beverly Vawter and Frances Towles) was born Aug 1761, Essex Co. VA; died 04 Jun 1841, Clermont Co. OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Christopher Chafin
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1757
Spouse Name: Mary Ann Vawter
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1760
Marriage Year: 1778

William married Lydia Ponder. Lydia (daughter of Daniel Ponder, Jr. and Elizabeth Patterson) was born 1776, York Co. SC; died Jan 1848, Wayne Co. KY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812
Name: John
Relationship: Son
Parents: Christopher Chaffin and Sarah Chaffin
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1716
Baptism Date: 29 Apr 1716

John married Mary Canutt. Mary (daughter of Earl Canute and Ann) was born 1721, Middlesex Co. VA; died 1757. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: "I Descend from some of the Planters of Old Rappahannock, VA", by W.T. Vawter (Bicknell p. 255) Vol. 5, #2, June 1974 Northeast Texas Genealogical Society Quarterly.

RICHARD VAWTER was the son of JOHN II & MARGARET NOELL. RICHARD married FRANCES TOWLES, dau. of STOKLEY & ANN VALLOTT and was a planter of Madison Co. 1740-1803.

Richard married Frances Towles 17 Aug 1758, Middlesex Co. VA. Frances (daughter of Stokeley Towles and Ann Vallott) was born 08 May 1730, Middlesex Co. VA; died 11 Nov 1811, Madison Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Source: "I Descend from some of the Planters of Old Rappahannock, VA", by W.T. Vawter (Bicknell p. 255) Vol. 5, #2, June 1974 Northeast Texas Genealogical Society Quarterly.

RICHARD VAWTER was the son of JOHN II & MARGARET NOELL. RICHARD married FRANCES TOWLES, dau. of STOKLEY & ANN VALLOTT and was a planter of Madison Co. 1740-1803.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Richard Beverly Vawter
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Spouse Name: Frances Towles
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1730

Notes:

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Henry Roberts
Year: 1768
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 1217.6
Primary Immigrant: Roberts, Henry
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 6. Oxford Circuit, 1663-1775: Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. 95p.
Page: 25

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Roberts
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Wayne, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3

Henry married Catherine Ecton. Catherine was born 1745, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Henry Roberts
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Wayne, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3

Daniel married Elizabeth Patterson 1775, York Co. SC. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Patterson and Sarah) was born 1755, Augusta Co. VA; died 1817, Craven Co. SC. [Group Sheet]