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1691 - 1752 (~ 61 years)
Generation: 1
1. | John Vawter was born ca 1691, Essex Co. VA; died 16 Nov 1752, Culpepper Co. VA. John married Margaret Noell ca 1715, Essex Co. VA. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Noell) was born ca 1695, Essex Co. VA; died 21 Oct 1756, Culpepper Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 2
2. | Richard Beverly Vawter (1.John1) was born ca 1725, Essex Co. VA; died 23 Mar 1803, Culpepper Co. VA. 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]
Children:
- 3. Mary Ann Vawter was born Aug 1761, Essex Co. VA; died 04 Jun 1841, Clermont Co. OH.
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Generation: 3
3. | Mary Ann Vawter (2.Richard2, 1.John1) was born Aug 1761, Essex Co. VA; died 04 Jun 1841, Clermont Co. OH. Mary married Christopher S. Chaffin 22 Aug 1778, Powhatan Co. VA. Christopher (son of John Chaffin and Mary Canutt) was born ca 1757, Cumberland Co. VA; died 10 Oct 1836, Tazewell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 4. Christopher Chaffin was born 22 Aug 1779, Goochland Co. VA; died ca 1833, Logan Co. VA/WV.
- 5. Tabitha Chaffin was born 22 Nov 1780, Goochland Co. VA; died 1852, Ohio.
- 6. Edwin Chaffin was born 1781, Goochland Co. VA.
- 7. Stanley Chaffin was born 1783, Cumberland Co. VA; died 1808, Wayne Co. VA/WV.
- 8. Omego Chaffin was born 12 Mar 1784, Charlotte Co. VA; died 09 May 1865, Salem, Forsyth Co. NC.
- 9. Thomas Chaffin was born 1786, Charlotte Co. VA.
- 10. Martha Chaffin was born 1789, Charlotte Co. VA.
- 11. Ruth Chaffin was born 1790, Charlotte Co. VA.
- 12. Margaret Chaffin was born 1791, Charlotte Co. VA.
- 13. Elizabeth Chaffin was born May 1794, Tazewell Co. VA; died 02 Aug 1857, Tazewell Co. VA.
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Generation: 4
4. | Christopher Chaffin (3.Mary3, 2.Richard2, 1.John1) was born 22 Aug 1779, Goochland Co. VA; 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
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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