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John Henderson Vawter

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John Henderson Vawter

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8 Jun 1877 (aged 77)
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Greenville, Monroe County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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He was the son of Margaret Henderson and William Boulware Vawter.

Note: From a letter from the VA State Library dated 22 Jul 1932, "John H. Vawter was a member of the House of Delegates representing Monroe Co. in 1830/31, 1831/32, 1847/48 and Jan 1852." He inherited his father's estate and continued to reside there until his death. He was a successful planter and a civil engineer of considerable ability, locating nearly all of the Middle Tennessee Railroad. He was a long time surveyor of Monroe Co. and before the war he represented that county in the Virginia Assembly. From the summer of 1862 till the close of the war he was a captain on the staff of General John Echols, CSA. He had four sons in the Confederate army, John William, Louis Addison, James Elliott, and Charles E. Vawter.

1850 Monroe Co. VA census:
John H. Vawter...... 50 Surveyor b. VA
Clara Vawter...... 39 "
John W Vawter....... 15 "
Elizabeth M Vawter......... 14 "
Louis (?) Vawter........ 12 "
James Vawter......... 10 "
Charles Vawter....... 9 "
Matilda Vawter......... 6 "
Sarah Vawter......... 4 "
Joseph Vawter....... 1 "
He was the son of Margaret Henderson and William Boulware Vawter.

Note: From a letter from the VA State Library dated 22 Jul 1932, "John H. Vawter was a member of the House of Delegates representing Monroe Co. in 1830/31, 1831/32, 1847/48 and Jan 1852." He inherited his father's estate and continued to reside there until his death. He was a successful planter and a civil engineer of considerable ability, locating nearly all of the Middle Tennessee Railroad. He was a long time surveyor of Monroe Co. and before the war he represented that county in the Virginia Assembly. From the summer of 1862 till the close of the war he was a captain on the staff of General John Echols, CSA. He had four sons in the Confederate army, John William, Louis Addison, James Elliott, and Charles E. Vawter.

1850 Monroe Co. VA census:
John H. Vawter...... 50 Surveyor b. VA
Clara Vawter...... 39 "
John W Vawter....... 15 "
Elizabeth M Vawter......... 14 "
Louis (?) Vawter........ 12 "
James Vawter......... 10 "
Charles Vawter....... 9 "
Matilda Vawter......... 6 "
Sarah Vawter......... 4 "
Joseph Vawter....... 1 "

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