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1779 - 1833 (53 years)
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Name |
Christopher Chaffin |
Born |
22 Aug 1779 |
Goochland Co. VA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
ca 1833 |
Logan Co. VA/WV |
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
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Person ID |
I13775 |
Master File |
Last Modified |
25 Jun 2012 |
Father |
Christopher S. Chaffin, b. ca 1757, Cumberland Co. VA , d. 10 Oct 1836, Tazewell Co. VA (Age ~ 79 years) |
Mother |
Mary Ann Vawter, b. Aug 1761, Essex Co. VA , d. 04 Jun 1841, Clermont Co. OH (Age ~ 79 years) |
Married |
22 Aug 1778 |
Powhatan Co. VA |
- 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
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Family ID |
F7676 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Mary (Polly) Roberts, b. 1780, North Carolina , d. Dec 1854, Canada Creek, Wayne Co. KY (Age 74 years) |
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
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Children |
| 1. Alafiar Chaffin, b. ca 1806 |
| 2. Mary Ann Chaffin, b. 1810, Floyd Co. KY  |
| 3. Pleasant Chafin, b. 1815, Virginia , d. 19 Dec 1880, Logan Co. WV (Age 65 years) |
| 4. William Chaffin, b. 1818, Kentucky  |
+ | 5. Nathaniel (Nathan) Chaffin, b. 1820, Pike Co. Kentucky , d. aft. 1880, West Virginia (Age 61 years) |
| 6. Margaret Chaffin, b. Dec 1824, Kentucky  |
| 7. Elizabeth (Betsy) Chaffin, b. 1828 |
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Last Modified |
23 Apr 2013 |
Family ID |
F7653 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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