FOURTH GENERATION

134. Margaret Spencer "Polly" VAUGHT was born on Feb 19 1811 in White County, Illinois. She died on Nov 3 1844 in White County, Illinois. She was buried in Herald's Cemetery, Herald's Prairie, White County, Illinois. Death date on tombstone according to the White County Cemetery records - Nov 3 1841 (1841 must have been misread on the tombstone as Fanny was born in 1844 and Fanny was 6 years old in the 1850 census records.)

She named a daughter Eliza and her daughter Fanny Hoskins 6 yrs was visiting Abram and Eliza Vaught on Oct 12th 1850 when the census taker came by: leading me to believe that these are Margaret's parents. Fanny was also found at her parents home when the 1850 census taker came there.

She was apparently called Polly and joined the Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church by experience in Feb. 1836. (A Nancy and Isaac Vaught also joined the church that month. Not a brother and sister according to the list in the will of sister, Eliza J. Vaught.

She was listed as excluded and then in 1836 Margaret Hoskins joined by letter and was later listed as dead in the church meeting minutes.

Researcher: Jeannette Maxey, May 2, 1999 BillMaxey@compuserve.com

She was married to Robert Coleman HOSKINS (son of James A. HOSKINS and Rebekah SMITH) on Nov 27 1830 in White County, Illinois. Robert Coleman HOSKINS was born on Jul 14 1805 in Kentucky. He died on Sep 11 1853 in Norris City ?, White County, Illinois. He was buried in Herald's Cemetery, Herald's Prairie, White County, Illinois. Listed as the head of the household on the 1830 White Co. census with one woman aged 40-50 and one 60-70 (whose mother was this woman James or Rebecca's-no other notice of her has been found - 1995).

- 1840 Rebecca, his mother was listed as head of a household separately from Coleman's location.

In 1827 Coleman joined the Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church by experience. In July 1832, he reported himself to the congregation for being intoxicated. They forgave him. He was ordained by this church to as a preacher of the Old School Baptist. Also joining the Lick Creek Primitive Baptist Church was his sister Nancy in 1826 and Margaret Hoskins (sister or wife?) in 1836. By 1839 the church ordained him to preach according to the church meeting minutes.

He arrived in White County, Illinois as a young lad. First wife Margaret S. Vought, second wife Mrs. Lucretia Chapman, lived to 86 years. (Historical Sketch of White County, Illinois. 1883)

By the 1850 census Rebecca Hoskins, his mother, was living with Coleman Also on the 1850 census, Fanny Hoskins was listed both with her parents and while visiting Abram and Eliza Vaught.

Submitted by Jeannette Maxey, May 2, 1999. Margaret Spencer "Polly" VAUGHT and Robert Coleman HOSKINS had the following children:

+368 i. Eliza Jane HOSKINS.
+369 ii. Rebecca Ann HOSKINS.
+370 iii. Martha HOSKINS.
+371 iv. Mary HOSKINS.
+372 v. William Franklin HOSKINS.
+373 vi. Frances "Fanny" HOSKINS.

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