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Matthew Laffoon, Sr

Male 1728 - 1789

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  • Name Matthew Laffoon
    Suffix Sr
    Birth Between 1727 and 1728  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Will 25 Mar 1789  Brunswick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Recorded 4/27/1789 in Will Book 5, p. 291 
    Death Between 25 Mar and 27 Apr 1789  Brunswick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I1540  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Family Mary ???,   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 1749  VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Laffoon,   b. 1749, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1846, Pickens Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Rebecca Laffoon,   b. 1751, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1818 and 1820, Green, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. William Laffoon,   b. 1754, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 29 Nov 1821 and 01 Feb 1822, Hopkins Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Matthew Laffoon, Jr,   b. Between 1760 and 1761, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1815, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. James Laffoon,   b. 25 Mar 1763, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1852, Fayette Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Stephen Dennis Laffoon,   b. 1765, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, 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)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Elizabeth Laffoon,   b. 1773, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Oct 1798, Brunswick Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Simon Laffoon,   b. Between 1774 and 1782, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Clinton, MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Daniel Laffoon,   b. 05 Nov 1775, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Apr 1862, Rome Township, Quaker Bottom, Lawrence Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Lucretia Laffoon,   b. 1777, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Celah Hill Laffoon,   b. 1786, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between 1727 and 1728 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1749 - VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Recorded 4/27/1789 in Will Book 5, p. 291 - 25 Mar 1789 - Brunswick Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 25 Mar and 27 Apr 1789 - Brunswick Co, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


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      ** See transcribed will **

      A lawsuit styled "Laffoon & others vs. Lafoon Infants" 24 March 1794 included plaintiffs Mary, widow and relict of Matthew Laffoon, Cornelius and Mary Keith, William and Rebecca Hawks, Benjamin and Elizabeth Moore, William Laffoon, Matthew Laffoon, James Laffoon, and Stephen Dennis Laffoon and defendants Simon, Lucretia, and Selah Hill Laffoon. The court ordered the estate of Matthew Laffoon divided. The same parties were back in court 23 Aug. 1796 to make the division of the estate. Matthew’s personal property was valued for £97.6 and the sale of his land at Bears Element brought £39.12, the Stiles tract, £40.6, and Hicks, £24.6. Mary gave her son Simon 60 acres 24 April 1799, and was paying taxes in Brunswick County in 1800. In 1800 Daniel, Selah, James, Lucretia, and Simon, "heirs of Laffoon," deeded 100 acres in Lunenburg County to their brother Matthew for £50.
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      - Note - The terms of Matthew's will stated each child would get a portion of their legacy when they reached age 21 - In March 1789 when Matthew wrote his will and then died in April - the youngest child Celah was 3 yrs old - until she reached age 21 the land was to be rented and then sold and divided equally among wife Mary and all the children - which wouldn't happen for another 18 years - thus the lawsuit above was filed --
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  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Military documents.

    2. [S77] Will.


 

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