Matthew Laffoon, Sr

1728 - 1789

• Name	Matthew Laffoon
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	Between 1727 and 1728	VA
  Gender	Male
  Will	25 Mar 1789	Brunswick Co, VA   [1]
  	Recorded 4/27/1789 in Will Book 5, p. 291
  Death	Between 25 Mar and 27 Apr 1789	Brunswick Co, VA   [2]
  Person ID	I1540	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary ???,   b. Between 1730 and 1735, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 30 Dec 1807, Lunenburg Co, VA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1749	VA
  Children	1. Mary Laffoon,   b. 1749, VA d. 13 Feb 1846, Pickens Co, SC (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rebecca Laffoon,   b. 1751, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. Between 1818 and 1820, Green Co, KY (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Laffoon,   b. 1754, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. Between 29 Nov 1821 and 01 Feb 1822, Hopkins Co, KY (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Matthew Laffoon, Jr,   b. Between 1760 and 1761, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 17 Apr 1815, Lunenburg Co, VA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. James Laffoon,   b. 25 Mar 1763, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 27 Dec 1852, Fayette Co, KY (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Stephen Dennis Laffoon,   b. 1765, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 14 Nov 1844, Surry Co, NC (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Elizabeth Laffoon,   b. 1773, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 11 Oct 1798, Brunswick Co, VA (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Simon Laffoon,   b. Between 1774 and 1782, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. Aft 1850, Clinton, MO (Age > 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Daniel Laffoon,   b. 05 Nov 1775, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA d. 01 Apr 1862, Rome Township, Quaker Bottom, Lawrence Co, OH (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Lucretia Laffoon,   b. 1777, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Celah Hill Laffoon,   b. 1786, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Between 1727 and 1728 - VA Marriage - 1749 - VA Will - Recorded 4/27/1789 in Will Book 5, p. 291 - 25 Mar 1789 - Brunswick Co, VA Death - Between 25 Mar and 27 Apr 1789 - Brunswick Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] See Documents. [S77] Will.