Notes for Christopher Chafin II: Cumberland County Order Book 10 1772-1774, page 219 At a court held for Cumberland County the twenty fourth day of May in the thirteenth year of the reign of our sovereign lord king Georg the third and in the year of Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventy three. Present George Carrington ) John Netherland ) Littleberry Mosby ) Gentlemen William Smith & ) Robert Smith ) Ordered that the church wardens of Littleton Parish bind Christopher Chaffin orphan of Christopher Chaffin deceased to Thomas Tinsley black Smith according to law. George Carrington 1776-Fall: Battle with Dunmore at Norfolk; then to Trenton, Valley Forge, Princeton, Philadelphia. Enlisted Continental Army, 4th Va. Regulars, in Prince Edward County, VA, Feb. 1776 (Capt. John Morton's company, under Col. Robert Lawson); was at Valley Forge for Christmas 1776, then to Princeton. Payroll for Capt. Morton's Co., 28 June- 28 July 1776, L2. Pension established at $80/year (application in Tazewell Co., VA, age 76. YCSH, p. 19-20. Note citation in article, "1776 Valley Forge 1777: One Christopher Chaffin Was There" by Jessie Baker in Press Observer, Dec. 23, 1976. 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. 1783 (Prince Edward) VA, June, -see court record ref. debt. 1796, per daughter Tabitha, were still in Goochland Co. Chris said that before 1812 he was in Wythe Co., VA. He is listed as a Montgomery Co. soldier in Summers: Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800. 1800 (Rockingham) NC census, p.438: 20201-30010-00 1803 (Wythe) VA 12 Feb: William Chaffin allowed 1 day as witness and travel 30 mi. & returning and 2 ferriages. 1805 all of family lived in Burlington (Lawrence) OH, per family tradition and some obscure citations. It is likely, since there are many Roberts families there, and that is who son Chris married. 1810 (Wythe) VA no Christopher: Coleman, Joshua, Robert, Solomon, Thomas, Sr. & Jr., Rebecca, Reuben. 1810 Census (Washington) VA lists a Chris 45+, and that seems likely. Son Christopher also there; and a Robert 45+ (who's he?) 1811 Tax (Greenup) KY (could be son) 1820 (Tazewell) VA census, p. 245: 1m<10; 1m 45+; 2f <10; 3f 16-26; 1 f 45+ (son?) 1823 (Pike) KY tax list (could be him or son): 1 male over 21 with 2 horses. 1836 - Last signature, Sept. 19--appointment of Charles Mitchell, atty (below)
Note a Christopher listed in Stokes/Rockingham Co., NC in late 1700's. By 1801 his 100 ac. on Hogan's Ck. sold by Sherrif of Rockingham (abandoned?); Omega Chafin, Sr., whom we lose track of quickly, is in Wythe Co., VA with a Christopher in 1806, and then goes to Stokes Co. after the 1810 Rockingham Census is made. In 1800 tax list, Joseph Berry, whoc is later with Chris in Lawrence Co., is in Wythe Co., VA, but there are no Chafin's there. According to Tabitha's deposition, the family lived in 1796 in Goochland Co., VA, which is where John (Chris's grandfather) had settled and died. In Dec. of 1836, Mary Ann moved, taking the children from apparently the South Point, OH area to Clermont Co, first to Cincinnati, then later to settle in Clermont Co. at Felicity with Tabitha and her new husband.
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.
Entire War Pension Record (photo & transcribed) on file.
Index to Revolutionary War Service Records, 460. 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, 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. Kegley, Mary B., Abstracts of Court Orders of Wythe County. Harman, John N., Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia, 1800-1922. Doran, Michael F., Atlas of County Boundary Lines VA. DenBoer, Gorden, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries of Kentucky. Kegley, Mary B., Early Adventurers on the Western Waters. Cameron, Joseph P., Early Settlers of Old Mt. Airy, Wythe County, VA. Chaffin, William L., History of Robert Chaffin and His Descendants, (1912). Pendleton, William C., History of Tazewell County and Southwest VA, 1748-1920. Bickley, History of the Settlement of Indian Wars of Tazewell County. Index to Revolutionary War Service Records. Hoch, Beverly R., Kimberling Church, Wythe County, VA. Jones, Helen B., Land Books, Tazewell County, VA, 1801-1820. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia. Bundy, Nellie W., Skethces of Tazewell County, Virginia's Early History. Wilson, Thurman Robert, Tazewell County Cemeteries. Tazewell County Historical Society, Tazewell County Heritage, 1799-1995. Haga, Pauline A., Tazewell County, VA Marriages, 1800-1853. Douthat, James L., Tazewell County, VA Survey Book 1. Peery, Rose B., Tazewell County, VA: Some Old Cemeteries. Roberson, Rhonda S., Tazewell County, Virginia Marriage Register 1. Presgraves, James S., Wythe County Chapters. Murphy, Matilda W., Wythe County, VA Tax Lists 1793-1800.
More About Christopher Chafin II and Mary Ann Vawter: Marriage: 22 Aug 1778, (Powhatan), VA.
Marriage Notes for Christopher Chafin II and Mary Ann Vawter: The minister for this marriage was Rev. John Hyde Saunders, who was ordained in 1772 by Bishop of London to serve James City parish; was there until 1785. It was in near ruins at his arrival. He was followed there by Bishop Madison, who more or less closed it down.
Children of Christopher Chafin II and Mary Ann Vawter are:
+Christopher Chafin III, b. Bet. 1782 - 1785, (Tazewell or Goochland), VA, d. Abt. 1834.
Christopher Chafin II (b. 1757, d. 10 Oct 1836)
Notes for Christopher Chafin II: