Charles Kavanaugh (abt. 1722 - bef. 1796)

Born about 1722 in Essex, Virginia,

Ancestors

Died before 4 Oct 1796 before about age 74 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Charles was born about 1722. Charles was the child of Philemon Kavanaugh and Sarah Williams. Charles passed away in 1796. ^[1]

Charles Kavenaugh was the 4th child & 1st son of Philemon Kavenaugh & Sarah Williams Kavenaugh.

Culpeper County, Virginia - Deed Book A Page 489 - 1753: Charles Kavanaugh and Ann his wife made a deed to Robert Coleman for 100 acres "being the land which Philemon Kavanaugh deceased by deed of gift gave to Elizabeth Yancey, daughter of Lewis Davis Yancey, but she dying without issue the fee simple reverted to Charles Kavanaugh, heir at law of Philemon Kavanaugh

Culpeper County, Virginia - Deed Book C Page 596 - 1761 Charles Kavanaugh and Ann his wife deed to Davenport Burkett 481 acres.

Culpeper County, Virginia - Deed Book F Page 55 - 1768 Charles Kavanaugh gave power of attorney to William Brown

[Possibly because he was leaving Culpeper] Charles at a very early period moved to Kentucky.

Court Records - Madison County, Kentucky 1788 - Ordered that it be certified that proof was made to the court that Charles Kavanaugh, senior was the elder son of Philemon Kavanaugh, deceased, formerly of Culpeper County.

Culpeper County Virginia Deed Book T Page 421 - 1797 Ann Kavanaugh, Joseph Ellison and Mary his wife, William Kavanaugh and Hannah his wife, Charles Kavanaugh and Frances his wife, Peter Woods and Jael his wife, James Moore and Sarah Ann his wife - all of Madison County, Kentucky deed 127 acres of land to Jechonias Yancey, 240 acres to Richard Henry Yancey, 96 acres to William and Major Yancey.

Court Records - Madison County, Kentucky 1788 - Ordered that it be certified that proof was made to the court that Charles Kavanaugh, senior was the elder son of Philemon Kavanaugh, deceased, formerly of Culpeper County.

Culpeper County Virginia Deed Book T Page 421 - 1797 Ann Kavanaugh, Joseph Ellison and Mary his wife, William Kavanaugh and Hannah his wife, Charles Kavanaugh and Frances his wife, Peter Woods and Jael his wife, James Moore and Sarah Ann his wife - all of Madison County, Kentucky deed 127 acres of land to Jechonias Yancey, 240 acres to Richard Henry Yancey, 96 acres to William and Major Yancey.

He never owned 40, 000 thousand acres and the following is ____???

Events: The said Charles Kavanaugh held the title to forty thousand acres of land in what was then Essex County, Va., the tract extended westward and above the Beverly line up Muddy Run to Judge Field's mills across by Poor Town to Gibson's mills on Mountain Run, a portion of which he bequeathed to his daughter Mildred and has never been out of the Yancey family, and is this day owned by Benjamin M. Yancey, a great grand-son of Lewis Davis Yancey and his wife, the said Mildred Kavanaugh and by their great, great grandson, James William Yancey, the latter's place "Arlington." *[1]

Events: It seems that it was many years from the death of Philemon Kavanaugh, senior, before his estate was finally settled. Said Charles Kavanaugh had a wife, but who she was is in the dark, and he raised if not more, one child, a daughter: 1. Mildred Kavanaugh, who became the wife of Lewis Davis Yancey. Mr. Yancey about the year 1710, settled in the part of the Country that in 1749 helped form the County of Culpeper, and they had a daughter: 1. Elizabeth Yancey, to whom Philemon Kavanaugh, senior, gave one hundred acres of land on Muddy Run. In 1642 five Welchmen, John Yancey, Charles Yancey, William Yancey, Joel Yancey and Robert Yancey, came to Virginia, with Sir William Berkely, afterwards Governor, and settled in the James River country. From one of these four last named emigrants (Yancey) from Wales, sprang Lewis Davis Yancey, who settled as aforesaid in Culpeper County, Va., about 1710, or rather in what was subsequently Culpeper County. He married Mildred Kavanaugh, daughter of Charles Kavanaugh, of Irish parentage. Mr. Yancey died and was buried on the estate, the portion now owned by his great grand-son James William Yancey, known as "Arlington"

Buried OCT 1796. Madison, Kentucky, United States.

Will: 4 OCT 1796. Madison Co., Ky.

LifeSketch Note: Charles Frederick Kavanaugh Birth: circa 1726 (69) Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States Death: October 13, 1795 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States A Patriot of the American Revolution Immediate Family: Son of Phi.

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Buried OCT 1796. Madison, Kentucky, United States.

Will: 4 OCT 1796. Madison Co., Ky.

LifeSketch Note: Charles Frederick Kavanaugh Birth: circa 1726 (69) Orange, Orange County, Virginia, United States Death: October 13, 1795 in Madison County, Kentucky, United States A Patriot of the American Revolution Immediate Family: Son of Phi.

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Hutch Hutcheson, Saturday, August 23, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.