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From: "Edward A. Black, Sr." <>
Subject: [VACULPEP] [Fwd: {not a subscriber} VAUGHAN, SPINDLE, COOPER]
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:07:38 -0800


Pam McCoy wrote:

> Surname: SPINDLE, VAUGHN (maybe VAUGHAN), COOPER
>
> I'm looking for information about a couple of families which may be in
> someone's Culpeper history. Based on a description from my Great-Aunt, I
> have the following:
> "Around the latter part of the 18th Century, possibly the Revolutionary War
> period, Elizabeth Roe SPINDLE with her brother, Will, and their parents came
> to America from England. Elizabeth SPINDLE married Gustavius VAUGHN and
> lived near the Culpeper (County, Culpeper) Courthorse, Virginia. Their
> plantation was named "Cherry Grove". They owned slaves and sometimes sent
> Negroes to the Potomac to get oysters by the wagon load."
>
> "Hester Anna Roe VAUGHN (daughter of Elizabeth and Gustavius), maiden name
> of Elizabeths' mother was ROE) was born May 7, 1815 and had several brothers
> and sisters. When she was 16 years of age she wne with a sister and husband,
> Mr. and Mrs. John SHEPHERD to Nicholasville, Kentucky to live. There she met
> and married Larkin Warner COOPER on July 7, 1836."
>
> I'd be interested in any clues you may be able to share...

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