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Matthew LAFFOON, Sr.

Male 1728 - 1789  (~ 62 years)


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  • Name Matthew LAFFOON  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Between 1727 and 1728  VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Mar 1789  Brunswick Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I9053  Rootballs
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

    Family ID F3404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary LNU,   b. Between 1730 and 1735, Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1807, Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1749  VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mary LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1749  [Natural]
     2. Rebecca LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1751  [Natural]
     3. William LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1754  [Natural]
     4. Matthew LAFFOON, Jr.,   b. Between 1760 and 1761  [Natural]
     5. James M. LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1763  [Natural]
     6. Stephen Dennis LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1765, Lunenburg, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1844, Surry Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)  [Natural]
     7. Simon LAFFOON,   b. Between 1772 and 1782  [Natural]
     8. Elizabeth LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1773  [Natural]
     9. Daniel LAFFOON,   b. 05 Nov 1775, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Apr 1862, Rome, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Natural]
     10. Lucretia LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1777  [Natural]
     11. Celah Hill LAFFOON,   b. Abt 1786  [Natural]
    Family ID F3403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

  • Notes 
    • 1. 10 Aug 1759: Virgina Land Patent Book 34 p. 440 Lunenburg Co. Grant To MATTHEW LAFFOON and NATHANIEL LAFFOON, 400 acres, west or upper fork of Great Creek adjoining Dix's line.
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      2. 10 Aug 1759: Land Patent in Lunenburg, Virginia, Matthew witnessed patent. Matthew owned land adjacent to Stephen Caudill's 400 acres purchased in 1759.
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      3. 21 Jan 1778: Brunswick County, VA - Deed Book 13 (partial) Page 168 - 169
      Matthew Laffoon of Brunswick Co., VA to William Hammonds, 200 lbs, 200 acres, Lunenburg County, VA upper side Great Creek, but one-half of the said 200 acres belongs to Daniel Epperson, sold to him by Matthew and the same dividing line is to stand good - the said patent dated 10 Aug 1759.

      Matthew Laffoon, Mary (Her Mark) Laffoon

      Wit: Samuel Rudder, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Apperson, James (X) Dix

      Page 257 - 258
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      4. 22 May 1779: William Hammonds of Brunswick Co., Va to Matthew Laffoon of Lunenburg Co., 200 lbs, 200 acres, Lunenburg Co., VA on Great Creek, Rudder's line, Dennis' line, to the Muddy Branch. Wit: Samuel Rudder, DAniel Apperson, Samuel Rudder Jr. Page 417 - 418
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      5. 22 May 1779: Matthew Laffoon of Lunenburg Co., VA to William Hammonds of
      Brunswick County, VA 500 lbs, 201 acres, Shining Creek, adjoining Owen Strange, Singleton, Sisson and Hawthorne. Wit: Charles Edmunds, William (his mark) Haymore, Samuel Roberts.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S248] Monticue, Catherine S.

    2. [S239] http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/lunenburg/census/sun009.txt, Lunenburg Co. Tithables, 1772, p.305.
      Reports one tithe. Listed as "Constable".

    3. [S232] Laffoon, Charles Edwin.