EVELYN JOYCE DANIEL VAUGHN

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EVELYN JOYCE DANIEL VAUGHN

 This issue features the lineage of Evelyn Joyce Daniel Vaughn. Evelyn was born December 26th, 1946 in Surveyor, West Virginia, to Norman Lee Daniel and Alice Haseltine Clay Daniel. Her Grandparents were Pierce Clay and Elsie Deck Clay, her great-grandparents were Henry and Ida Clay.

 Evelyn’s family moved from Surveyor to Laeger, West Virginia in the summer of 1957, where she attended the Laeger Jr. High School for 3  years and High School where she graduated in 1964.

 In 1965 Evelyn met Billy Vaugh, and they married the same year. In 1967 the Vaughns moved to Roanoke, Virginia where they still live and have raised their family of 3 children, Bill Franklin Vaughn, Brenda Leigh Vaughn, and Kevin Wayne Vaughn.

They also have 8 grandchildren: Corin, Dustin, Caleb and Dylan Vaughn are the children of Christina (Bamicoat) and Kevin Vaughn, Peyton is the daughter of Brenda Vaughn. Shawn, Andrew, and Michael Grishman are the sons of Patricia Grishman Vaughn and stepsons of Bill Franklin Vaughn.

 Evelyn is a very active and energic person, she works for Hanover Direct, Inc. in Roanoke, Virginia, and in her spare time she enjoys taking care of her grandchildren, walking and reading. If you have a connection with Evelyn’s line and would like to contact her, you can reach her at 6419 Garman Dr., Roanoke, Virginia

 

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From left to right, Alice Clay Daniel, with daughters Evelyn Vaughn, and Sharon Brown

 

 The following is from a school project that Evelyn researched on her family.

 Mitchell Clay ( The elder, or senior)

 Mitchell Clay was born in 1735, the son of William Mitchell Clay and unknown mother, in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Phoebe Belcher in Bedford County, Va. On April 23, 1774, he obtained a Crown Grant from Lord Dunamore, then Royal governor of Virginia for 803 acres of land described as being “situated on both sides of Bluestone Creek, a branch of New River and called Clover Bottom.” With his family he moved to his new estate in the spring of 1775.

 For the next eight years Mitchell Clay occupied himself with the task of clearing his land and such other duties as would naturally revolve upon one occupying a wilderness country. In August of 1783, however, there occurred the famous Shawnee Massacre, in which tow of his children, Bartley and Tabitha were killed outright, and a third, Ezekiel, carried captive to Chillicothe, and there burned at the stake.

 Following the massacre at Clover Bottom in which the son and daughter lost their lives, settlers from the New River country pursued the savages and overtook a portion of them. The main body having in the meantime divided on Pond Fork, Boone Country. In the fight that followed, two sons of Mitchell Clay, David and Mitchell, the younger, were participants. It was in retaliation for losses inflicted upon their comrades on Pond Fork that the savages burned Ezekiel Clay at the stake upon their arrival at their village on the Pickaway Plains, near the present city of Chillicothe, Ohio.

 After this disaster came upon his family, Mitchell Clay moved to the New River country near Pearisburg, where he acquired on the opposite side of the river from where the town now stands, a tract of land which later was known as the Johnston farm. He resided there until his death in 1811.

 It is a fact worthy of note that Mitchell Clay , the younger, with his two brothers, David and Ezekiel, were soldiers in the army of General Andrew Lewis in the battle of Point Pleasant, October 10,1774, during the Revolutionary War.

 Seven sons and seven daughters, 14 children in all, were born to Michell and Phoebe Clay. The sons were, David, Mitchell, Charles, William and Henry in addition to the son killed by the Indians, Bartly and Ezekiel. The daughters were, Tabitha, Naomi, Patience, Rebecca, Obedience, Mary and Sarah.

 From an unknown newspaper article August 17, 1931:

“Clay Family Plans Great Gathering of Descendents of Pioneer Mitchell Clay”

“History of Family Which Originated at Lake Shawnee in 1775 Proves an Interesting One”

A meeting of the Mitchell Clay Memorial Association composed of descendents of the orginial settler in what is now Mercer County, will be held at Lake Shawnee September 13,  1931. The Clay gathering wil, very appropiatedly, be held on the very ground upon which the family progenitor settled in 1775.

Addresses will be made by descendents of each of five daughters of Mitchell Clay. Of the 6 daughters, much is to be said. All married men of distinction and all save one have descendents residing in Raleigh County.

Naomi Clay m. Joseph Hare April 9, 1789 no children survived

Patience Clay m. George Chapman Nov. 5, 1789 and Moved to Kentucky

Rebecca Clay M. George Pearis, October 5, 1784, a captain in the Revolution and founder of Pearisburg, Va. (A. B. Maxwell, attorney in Beckley is a grandson of this union.

Obedience Clay m. Capt. John French, January 8, 1787

Mary Clay m. Ralph Stewart on January 25, 1788, they moved to Wyoming County where many descendents now live.

Sarah Clay m. John Peters, in Feb., 1800

 The sons of Mitchell Clay were very active in the history of Montgomery and Giles Counties Virginia. They were men of splendid physical proportions and men of exceptional attainment for their day and opportunities. Their caliber is amply attested to by a Montgomery Court order entered June 4, 1799, in which three of them were recommended to the governor of Virginia for commissions as officers in the same battalion.

 These three, Mitchell, Charles, and William were choses by the court for the ranks of Captain, Lieutenant, and ensign respectively of the Second Battalion, 86th Regiment  Virginia Militia. The spectacle of three  brothers occupying as many ranking positions in a military unit is to say the least, unique.

 Mitchell Clay the younger, son of the Clover Bottom settler died on Breckenridge, Raleigh County, near Bolt, West Virginia, in 1850.

 From Past-Herald Centennial Edition, Saturday Morning, August 26, 1950

 Judge W.A. Riffe, a student of the early settlers in Raleigh Country, gave this information:

 Clay John T. and Meredith       

            These two brothers were originally from Giles County, Virginia. John T. moved to Marsh Fork, where he was a land holder and the first sheriff of Raleigh County. Meridith settled on Miller’s Camp Branch. His first land grant was dated 1834. John T. and Meredith were sons of Mitchell Clay Jr. and grandsons of Mitchell Clay Sr., who settled on the Clover Bottoms of Bluestone in 1775.

             Meredith Clay’s land was sold in later years by his son Leftridge, to the promoters of the coal company which opened the mines at Eccles, WV. The family cemetery, though overgrown with brush and undergrowth, contains the remains of many of the Clay Family. The monuments still readable for the old settlers, Meredith and his wife Nancy contain these markings:

Meredith Clay

Born Jan. 2, 1812

Died Jan. 31, 1898

His memory Esteemed

 

Nancy (Bailey) Clay

Born Aug.12, 1816

Died May 28, 1891

Her End was Peace

 Sons of Meredith and Nancy Clay who served in the Civil War on the Union side were Booker and Jackson Clay. Captain Turner was commissioned to raise a company of 50 scouts in Raleigh County on Feb. 11, 1864, they were disbanded on May 11, 1864. In addition to the sons of Meredith Clay who served were the following Clays, George A., Ralph, and William K.

 The children of Meredith and Nancy Bailey Clay were

  1. America Clay married William Burgess
    1. John Burgess
    2. Russell Burgess
  2. Charlotte   (died young)
  3. Amanda Clay married a Mr. Kncaid

      Children’s names unknown

  1. Lucinda Clay married John Patton
    1. John Patton Jr. m. Elizabeth Clay
    2. Sylvester Patton m. Magdalene Clay
    3. William Patton m, Eliza Clay
    4. Mary Ann Patton m. Lewis Hutchinson
    5. Francis Patton m. Jack Hutchinson
    6. Eliza Patton m. Chester Stanley
    7. Harriet Patton died young
    8. Judith Patton m. Rush Brown
    9. Hansford Patton (facts unknown)
  2. Booker Clay m. Lucinda Mc Million
    1. Mary Mc Million m. Cal Stover
    2. Eliza Mc Million m. Bill Patton
    3. Nancy Mc Million m. Josephus Smith
    4. Marshall Mc Million m. Margaret Cooper
    5. Newton Mc Million m. Delia Daniels
    6. Lewis Mc Million moved to Nicholas County
    7. Peter Mc Million m. Harriet Williams
    8. Henry Mc Million m. Mattie Mc Million

 

  1. Richard Clay married Mandy Webb
    1. Ellen Clay m. Floyd Mc Million
    2. Evalina Clay m. Jeff Bolt
    3. Victoria Clay m. James Mc Million
    4. Sherman Clay m. Miss Wiseman
    5. Anthony Clay died young
  2. Jackson Clay m. Aletha Mc Million
    1. Allice, died young
    2. Perry Clay m. Sarah Godby
    3. Magdalene Clay m. Sylvester Patton
    4. Belle Clay m. Frank Clay
    5. Ola Clay died without issue
    6. Mandeville Clay m. Mary Elizabeth Curtis ( Mollie)
    7. Elizabeth Clay m. John Patton
    8. Kenny Clay died young
  3. Leftridge Clay m. Pauline Daniel
    1. Windsor Clay no information known
    2. Dora Clay m. Mr. Aliff
    3. Lucy Clay died young
    4. Viola Clay m. (1)Quincy Clay (2) Mr. Streeter
    5. J. Hugh Clay m. Hallie Smith
    6. Milton Clay no information known
    7. Effie Clay m. Olaf Ottoson
    8. Aletha Clay m. Mr. Bare
    9. Jason Clay no information known
    10. Jennis Clay  no information known
  4. Floyd Clay m. Miss Williams
    1. Amos Clay
  5. Jermyn Clay m. Jennie Aliff

            a. Quincy Clay

 Tracing the Clay Family to Evelyn Daniel Vaughn

 1. John Clay arrived on The Treasurer 1612-1613 m. Elizabeth

2. Charles Clay b.1638 m. Hannah Wilson

3. Henry Clay b. 1672 m. Mary Mitchell

4. William Mitchell Clay b.1710

5. Mitchell Clay b. 1736 m. Phoebe Belcher 1760

6. Mitchell Clay Jr. b. 1769 m. Judith Clay

7. Meredith Clay b. 1812 m. Nancy Bailey    (brother John T. Clay 1st sheriff of Raleigh County in 1850)

8. Booker Clay

9. Henry Clay b. 1879 d. 1955 m. Ida Hendrick , 12 children

10.Pierce Clay b. 1901 m. Elsie Deck

  1. Edith Elizabeth Clay m. A. E. Shrewsbury
    1. Mark Samuel Shrewsbury
    2. Rebecca Shrewsbury
    3. Yvonne Shrewsbury
  2. Eulice Clinton Clay m. Helen Coleman
    1. Bonnie Clay
  3. William Harrison Clay m. Hazel Farmer
    1. William Harrison Clay ll  (child, Michael)
    2. Ronald Eugene Clay m. Jessie

a.       Rhonda

b.      Brian

    1. Susan Clay
  1. Alice Haseltine Clay m. Norman Daniel
    1. Evelyn Joyce Daniel m. Bill Vaughn

a.       Frankie Vaughn

b.      Brenda Vaughn

c.       Kevin Vaughn

    1. Alan Lee Daniel m. Emerlean Estep

a.       Heather Estep

b.      Christopher Alan Estep

    1. Alton Ray Daniel m. Sandra Gaye Poe

a.       Melody

    1. Sharon Gail Daniel m. Joe Brown

a.       Joanne Brown

b.      Amanda Brown

    1. David Michael Daniel
  1. Ruth Joyce Clay m. Alan Grey Kincaid
    1. Vicki Jean m. Steve Legg

a.       Steven Legg

    1. Rickey Alan Kincaid m. Debra Case

a.       Rickey Jr.

    1. Sandra Kay Kincaid
    2. Jeffery Paul Kincaid
    3. Joyce Ann Kincaid
  1. Mary Louise Clay M. Johnny Johnson
    1. Anita Catherine Johnson
    2. Michael Dale Johnson

 

 

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