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I also wish to let CHAUDOIN researchers know that I am creating a GEDCOM to
upload to WorldConnect created from Family Group Sheets found in the estate
records and from many who have shared lineages with me. I know this will
take much time to create, so will probably upload things a little at a time,
as I proceed. Just know that I am working on that part also. I have the
last GEDCOM shared by Robert Righter before his death, but he left out
birthdates which will be needed to set parameters for privacy on the
uploaded GEDCOM for those born after 1920. I am using his file as the
skeleton for adding other information to it. He indicated that his lineage
in the book Chaudoins of Virginia contained errors, so I will present what
he has shared for his line.
With the holidays ahead, progress on this project will be slow, but I will
continue work on sharing and uploading to the GEDCOM. If anyone has
comments, corrections, etc. please feel free to contribute your information.
Hopefully we can move forward with correct data as known at this time.
Audrey
Austin M. Chaudoin
b Abt. 1817 Green County, Kentucky
d 23 February 1847 Buena Vista, Mexico
"Whereas, I, Austin M. Chaudoin of Green County, Ky am entitled an
individual interest in the estate of my Grandfather Andrew Chaudoin Dec'd in
conjunction with my Brothers & Sisters, we being the children and heirs of
David Chasudoin, who was a son of sd. Andrew Chaudoin, & whereas I am now on
the eve of leaving this State for Texas in the Volunteer Company, raisedfor
that purpose and may never return, & whereas I am desirous of securing the
said undivided interest I own in said estate to my mother Sarah Chaudoin &
giving to her full and complete control of any right and title & interest in
said estate, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my mother said
Sarah Chaudoin my true and lawful attorney in fact for me & in my name to
receive and receipt for or to sell and convey any & all of my said interest
in and to the said estate ofmy Grandfather aforesaid of every description,
both real and personal of whatever may be coming to or due me & I do hereby
fully authorise the Administrators of sd. Andrew Chaudoin, Thomas & John
Chaudoin to pay over to said Sarah all my interest in said estate, & I do
hereby authorise said Sarah torecipt to said Administrators for all of my
paid Interest in said estate, and to receive into her possession all of my
said interest from said Administrators of every Kind or description & to
Keep and control, to use and enjoy the same she may think fit in any and
every way thought fit and proper & I do hereby furthermore declare that in
the event of my never returning or in the event of my death, I do hereby and
by these presents desire that my said mother shall have and enjoy as her own
forever all my right, title, & undivided interest of every Kind and
description in &to the estate aforesaid both real and personal. In
testimony whereof I the said Isaac [sic] Chaudoin hath here set my hand &
seal this 3rd June 1846.
Austin M. Chaudoin (seal)
Test: S. a. Spencer
John C.Gum"
"At a county court held for Green County at the Courthouse in Greensburg on
the 19th Aprl. 1847.
The foregoing instrument of writing purporting to be a power of atty
transfer or will of Austin M. Chaudoin was produced in court & proven by the
oaths of S. A. Spencer & John C. Gum the two sub_____ witnesses thereto have
been signed sealed and ackl'd. by the said Chaudoin as his __ __ ___ deed or
his last will and testament ______ was approved of by the court and ordered
to be recorded where upon the same with this certificate hath beenduly
admitted to record in my office this 14th May 1847.
John Barret C.G.C. [Clerk of Green County]
By A. J. Overton, J.C."
[Source: Oct 2006, Document from Jeter Grimsley to R. S. Sanders and found
in the CHAUDOIN research papers from the estate of R. S. Sanders]
[The above document was transcribed to the best of my ability this 28th day
of October 2006. A few words could not be recognized and at one point the
original must have been folded making a word or two invisible. ASH]
Marriage Record
Estate Records of R. S. Sanders
(from Jeter Grimsley to R. S. Sanders)
1786
Buckingham County, Virginia
Marriage Bond: Andrew Chaudoin--Mrs. Sarah Matthews, widow
"Know all men by these presents that we Andrew Chaudoin and John Wheeler are
held and firmly bound unto the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth of
Virginia and their successors in the sum of fifty pounds current money, to
which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs
[________] firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and dated the
20th day of December 1786. Whenever a marriage is shortly intended to behad
and solemnized between Andrew Chaudoin and Sarah Matthews (widow). Now the
consideration of the above obligation is such that if there be no lawful
cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void,
else to remain in full force and value.
s/ Andrew Chaudoin (seal)
s/John Wheeler (seal)
T/Copy Teste Rolfe Eldridge CBC [Clerk of Buckingham County]
DECLARATION of SERVICE
Andrew Chaudoin
Transcribed by Jeter Grimsley of Virginia (probably ca 1975)
Found in the Estate Papers of R. S. Sanders
1832 August 22
STATE OF KENTUCKY, GREEN COUNTY (--)
On the 22nd day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Green Circuit
court for the county and state aforesaid Andrew Chadoin a resident of the
county and state aforesaid, aged 71 years next November who being first duly
sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in
order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress of
the 7th day of June 1832. That he was drafted for 18 months as soldier in
the Continental army of the United States in Revolutionary War in Buckingham
county, state of Virginia, which was the place of his residence at the time
of his being drafted as above stated. the time of his being drafted was
sometime in the year 1781, the month he cannot remember. he served in the
company commanded first by Captain Love[ly] tho the officers of the company
were changed frequently, sometimes he thinks the company was commanded by
Capt. Crawford. the Regiment was commanded by Col. William Davis. He
recollects [Von Stueben] was an officer in the army at the same time & was
with the troops when they were stationed at Chesterfield Courthouse Virginia
which was the place of Rendezvous. He served out 14 months of his time and
procured a substitute of the name of John Pea[ce] [could it be Pearce...ash]
to serve the remainder being four months as will appear by a discharge from
Gen'l Muhlenberg dated 26 Septr 1782 which is marked so & made a part of
this declaration. He served also two tours in the militia during the
revolutionary war, the first for three months according to the best of his
recollection & another for one month in the Virginia Militia. This service
he is unable to prove by any [person] that he knows of except a brother who
only knows that he went from his home [and that he served] as a soldier &
return[ed] after being in the army some considerable time---while in the
Militia he was in the Company commanded by Capt. [Homer] Harris, and the
second tour he was in the company commanded by Captain James [Benny]--The
Regiment he does not now remember who commanded--he does not remember that
they had any colonel--the first tour was in service to Old Williamsburg &
from there to Little York the second was guarding Hessian prisoners as the
Albemarle Barracks--He hereby relinquishes ever claim whatsoever to a
pension or annuity Except the present, and declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of any agency in any state--Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year aforesaid.
/S/ Andrew Chadoin
Personally appeared in open Court in the Green circuit court [ holden] for
Green County Kentucky on the 22nd day of August 1832 Francis Chadoin who
being first duly sworn makes the following statement in relation to the
military service of Andrew Chadoin in the above declaration, to wit, he
states that he is a brother of the applicant and they both resided in the
state of Virginia the said Andrew Chadoin resided in Powhatan county and the
said Francis in Buckingham, that he states thate he has a perfect
recollection that the said Andrew left home twice to serve in the militia to
the best of his recollection the first time was three months, and the second
one month He also states that after the periods of three and one month had
expired--the applicant returned home--he states he has no recollection of
the year that these services were performed, tho it was during the american
revolution, it was always spoken of and understood that he had served a tour
for eighteen months, or at least part of that tour--This conversation &
report was common and believed amongst the acquaintance ofhis brother and no
one ever doubted that he had served as he has stated -- He knows himself
that his brother was from home for a year or more, as it was then & always
since has been stated in the service of his country as a soldier of the
revolution--He was not himself in the service with his brother but does not
doubt his services as stated but upon the contrary, he served as stated.
Subscribed and sworn to this day & date above named---the brother's place of
residence when the 18 months service was performed was in Buckingham county
Virginia but when he served the other tours he lived in Powhatan county,
same state.
/S/ Francis Chadoin
Jeter Grimsleys indicates:
1. Although a discharge is mentioned, I did not find a copy with the
declaration in the pension file.
2. The original declarations were in very dim, hard to read longhand. Some
words were illegible. Words which I have underscored [bracketed above by
ASH] represent my best efforts, but may not be accurate.
3. Spelling and punctuation are as in the original declarations and I have
place in the typed lines the same number of words as was in the handwritten
documents.
4. Andrew's statement was followed by what appears to be the testimony of
an acquaintanceto his good reputation. the name was completely obliterated
and the testimony so illegible that I could not salvage it, even with a
magnifying glass.
5. The statement of Francis Chaudoin was started on the last page of the
paper on which Andrew's statement was written.
Hello, All,
As many of you know, I offered to pay for the mailing of a set of papers
bought at an auction by Lisa Hardin of KY in October on RootsWeb's CHAUDOIN
Message Board. These papers appear to be the collection of research and
correspondence with R. S. Sanders, who is apparently desceased as of this
writing. R. S. Sanders was an original member of our private CHAUDOINLINE
Message Board back around 1990. If this is the case, we have lost three
dedicated CHAUDOIN researchers who graciously shared their research with
us...namely, Jeter Grimsley who corresponded with me before "Chaudoinline"
Board and who it appears shared with others including R.S. Sanders; Robert
Righter who originally corresponded as "Spatch" and had a website uploaded
at one time; and now R. S. Sanders, if these papers are from his estate.
I will be posting on the CHAUDOIN Discussion List information from the
papers and items found within these estate records, so make sure that you
are subscribed to the Discussion List if you wish to receive the
information. To subscribe, send e-mail to: Chaudoin-request(a)rootsweb.com
and in Subject and Body of Message, write only the word...subscribe . If
you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
AudreyHancock1939(a)sbcglobal.net
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gateway link from the Message Board to the Discussion List. I will be
posting this note to both places today.
Audrey
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: CHAUDOIN
Classification: Query
Message Board URL:
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Message Board Post:
Hello, All,
As many of you know, I offered to pay for the mailing of a set of papers bought at an auction by Lisa Hardin of KY in October on RootsWeb's CHAUDOIN Message Board. These papers appear to be the collection of research and correspondence with R. S. Sanders, who is apparently desceased as of this writing. R. S. Sanders was an original member of our private CHAUDOINLINE Message Board back around 1990. If this is the case, we have lost three dedicated CHAUDOIN researchers who graciously shared their research with us...namely, Jeter Grimsley who corresponded with me before "Chaudoinline" Board and who it appears shared with others including R.S. Sanders; Robert Righter who originally corresponded as "Spatch" and had a website uploaded at one time; and now R. S. Sanders, if these papers are from his estate.
I will be posting on the CHAUDOIN Discussion List information from the papers and items found within these estate records, so make sure that you are subscribed to the Discussion List if you wish to receive the information. To subscribe, send e-mail to: Chaudoin-request(a)rootsweb.com and in Subject and Body of Message, write only the word...subscribe . If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
AudreyHancock1939(a)sbcglobal.net
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Audrey
I have an Eliza Chaudoin married George W. Fields in 1834 in Green County,
Kentucky. I have not been able to connect her to the family. There is a
legal document where Eliza Field infant orphan chose Andrew Chaudoin as her legal
guardian. She would have been 5 at the time if it is my Eliza. I would
love to make a connection.
Thanks,
Martha
if anyone has chaudoin's kentucky could you please repeat them, I would
appreciate it. I have been out of genelogy and would like to re-start. (Any John
Chaudoin's 1700's-1800's?)
married in to Skaggs family eventually.
Thanks, Janice