Christopher Chafin

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Cus Chaffin [Cris Chaffin]
Age: 11
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 32, Logan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 549
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffin 35
Polly Chaffin 34
Mary A Chaffin 16
Peggy Chaffin 14
Thomas Chaffin 13
Cris Chaffin 11
Josh Chaffin 9
Edwd Chaffin 7
Wm Chaffin 5
Chloe Chaffin 3
Elizabeth Chaffin 2

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Chaffins
Age in 1860: 20
Birth Year: abt 1840
Home in 1860: Logan, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lonsville, Kentucky
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffins 45
Mary Chaffins 40
Christopher Chaffins 20
Joshua Chaffins 19
William Chaffins 15
Cloe Chaffins 13
Elisabeth Chaffins 11
Nathan Chaffins 10
Jno Lewis Chaffins 8
Evaline Chaffins 6
Nancy Chaffins 4

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Chaffins
Age in 1870: 30
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hardy, Logan, West Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rich Creek
Household Members:
Christopher Chaffins 30
Jane Chaffins 25
John B Chaffins 7
Polly Chaffins 5
Elizabeth Chaffins 4
Lauria B Chaffins 1

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Chafin
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hardee, Logan, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jane Chafin
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Laborer
Household Members:
Christopher Chafin 40
Jane Chafin 36
John B. Chafin 17
Polley Chafin 15
Elizabeth Chafin 13
Plesant Chafin 5
Nancy Chafin 3
Floyd Chafin 1

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Chafin
Age: 60
Birth Date: Nov 1839
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1900: Lee, Mingo, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jane Chafin
Marriage Year: 1863
Years Married: 37
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Christopher Chafin 60
Jane Chafin 56
Victoria B Chafin 18
Christopher Chafin 14
Ella Chafin 11
Floyd Burgess 13 [grandson]
Ella M Steele 10 [granddaughter]

1910 United States Federal Census about Christopher Cafin
Name: Christopher Cafin [Chafin]
Age in 1910: 70
Birth Year: abt 1840
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1910: Lee, Mingo, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Jane Chafin
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Household Members:
Christopher Chafin 70
Jane Chafin 66
Ellen Chafin 19
Marry Chafin 12

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Christopher Chafin
Age: 81
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: West Virginia
Home in 1920: Logan, Logan, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: West Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Pleasant Chafin 44
Cordelia Chafin 44
John B Chafin 24
Bessie Chafin 11
Pearl Chafin 9
Violet J Chafin 3
Christopher Chafin 81

DEATH RECORD

West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: C. C. Chafin
Death Date: 27 Feb 1922
Death Place: Mingo, West Virginia
Father Name: Plesant Chafin
Mother Name: Polly Cheetham
FHL Film Number: 1952975

Died:
West Virginia Death Certificate
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=162392&Type=Death

West Virginia Vital Records
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2930179&Type=Death

Christopher married Jane Curry 1863, Logan Co. WV. Jane was born May 1844, Logan Co. WV; died 18 May 1916, Logan Co. WV. [Group Sheet]

1. Pleasant Chafin was born 20 Dec 1875, Logan Co. WV; died 26 Mar 1921, Logan Co. WV; was buried , Barnabus, Logan Co. WV.

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CENSUS RECORDS

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Pleasant Chapin [Pleasant Chafin]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Logan, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Pleasant Chaffin
Age: 35
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 32, Logan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Family Number: 549
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffin 35
Polly Chaffin 34
Mary A Chaffin 16
Peggy Chaffin 14
Thomas Chaffin 13
Cus Chaffin 11
Josh Chaffin 9
Edwd Chaffin 7
Wm Chaffin 5
Chloe Chaffin 3
Elizabeth Chaffin 2

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Pleasant Chaffins
Age in 1860: 45
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Logan, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lonsville, Kentucky
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffins 45
Mary Chaffins 40
Christopher Chaffins 20
Joshua Chaffins 19
William Chaffins 15
Cloe Chaffins 13
Elisabeth Chaffins 11
Nathan Chaffins 10
Jno Lewis Chaffins 8
Evaline Chaffins 6
Nancy Chaffins 4

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Plesant Chafin
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1815
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Hardee, Logan, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Polley Chafin
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Plesant Chafin 65
Polley Chafin 62

Pleasant married Polly Chapman 1833, West Virginia. Polly was born 1816, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Polly Chaffin
Age: 34
Birth Year: abt 1816
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: District 32, Logan, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Family Number: 549
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffin 35
Polly Chaffin 34
Mary A Chaffin 16
Peggy Chaffin 14
Thomas Chaffin 13
Cus Chaffin 11
Josh Chaffin 9
Edwd Chaffin 7
Wm Chaffin 5
Chloe Chaffin 3
Elizabeth Chaffin 2

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Mary Chaffins
Age in 1860: 40
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Logan, Virginia
Gender: Female
Post Office: Lonsville, Kentucky
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Pleasant Chaffins 45
Mary Chaffins 40
Christopher Chaffins 20
Joshua Chaffins 19
William Chaffins 15
Cloe Chaffins 13
Elisabeth Chaffins 11
Nathan Chaffins 10
Jno Lewis Chaffins 8
Evaline Chaffins 6
Nancy Chaffins 4

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Polley Chafin
Age: 62
Birth Year: abt 1818
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Hardee, Logan, West Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Plesant Chafin
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Plesant Chafin 65
Polley Chafin 62

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Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Polly Chapman
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1816
Spouse Name: Pleasant Chafin
Birth Place: KY
Spouse Birth Year: 1815
Marriage
Year: 1833
Number Pages: 1

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]

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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.

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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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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]

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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]