VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
JANUARY & APRIL 1984
EDITOR; Verna Baker Banes
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VAUGHN M. BRYANT, Bt. 19, Box 253, Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913 wrote, "My
research in the family has been limited to my gr grmother, MARY JANE VAUGHN BRYANT and
her sister, MARTHA VAUGHN BRYANT, who m brothers, JAMES S JOHN BRYANT, respectively.
MARY JANE & MARTHA were daus (among several children) of THOMAS VAUGHN who was s of
THOMAS VAUGHAN, Rev. War soldier born in Albemarle Co VA in 1756 and died in Lincoln Co
KY 1834. He m first ABIGAIL FRANKLIN ca 1780, by whom he had 4 daus and sons THOMAS &
JAMES, both of whom moved to Monroe Co MQ.--James in the late twenties and Thomas sometime
after 1834 as he was in KY at time of his father's death, when I was checking land records of Lincoln Co
KY, I found said THOMAS VAUGHAN and his many land negotiations in the Crab Orchard area. It
was there I found where our line dropped the "a", as said Thomas signed his name Vaughan, but in
naming son Thomas administrator of his estate (James having already migrated to Monroe Co MO), I
noted that Thomas purposely dropped the "a" and also that James had done the same when he sold
his property in 1828. This had always puzzled me as I never knew if my Vaughns (Vaughans) in VA
dropped the "a" way back there or at a fairly late date. The two BRYANT brothers, JOHN S JAMES,
had evidently known the Vaughn girls in KY. JOHN BRYANT seems to have married Martha in KY
after returning from his earlier explorations in MO; but James then seems to have followed John to
Jackson Co Mo and then gone to Paris, MO to marry Mary Jane in 1852, as their marriage is recorded
in Monroe Co. This made for many double cousins." THOMAS VAUGHN m ABIGAIL FRANKLIN
ca 1780. Their children were: MARX b 1781, a WILLIAM FARTHING. JAMES b 1782, m. ISABEL
DAVIS. THOMAS b 1784, m ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS. ELISHA b 1786 m ELIZABETH MASON.
LOIS b 1789. ELIZA b. 1793. Children of THOMAS VAUGHN and ELIZABETH MCWILLIAMS:
JOHN A. b 1815. Oliver P. b 1817. ARTHUSA b 1820. THOMAS b 1822. MARTHA A. b 1824,
m JOHN BRYANT. MILDRED b 1825. ELIZABETH b 1826. ZARELDA b 1829, m JOSHUA
ALLAN GORE. MARY JANE b 1831, m JAMES M. BRYANT. MELISSA b 1833, m MARTIN
BODINE. SARAH (SALL2) b 1836, m ARMSTEAD ALEXANDER.
THOMAS D. VAUGHAN, Rt 1, Box 295-A, Pell City, AL 35125 gives this additional information about
his family. (See April 1984 issue, p. 16): AUGUSTUS FRANKLIN VAUGHAN b 1874, m MATTIE
LUZINKA KILGROE. Their children: LEROY b 1897. JOE b. 1899 m MABEL E. BRAGG.
BENJAMIN FLEET b 1901, m AUDREY LEE ROBERSON. LEONARD P. b 1903. VIDA BELL
b 1906, m F. W. JACKSON. DALTON b 1908, m GERTRUDE HARRIS. REECE b 1911, B
VERA BENEFIELD. RUTH b 1915, ml TOM DRUMMONDS & m2 HERBERT CROFT.
AGAIN, THANKS TO VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS THAT HAVE GIVEN PUBLICITY TO THE
NEWSLETTER.
•ROOTS ON THE TREE" by Lynn Boyd Reener, 609 W. Buchanan, Litchfield, IL 62056.
NATCHEZ TRACE GEN. SOC., PUBLICATION, P.O. BOX 420, FLORENCE, AL 35631.
Although my name was listed as Verna Baker Jones (rather than Banes!).
HUNTING FOR BEARS, INC. ' P.O.- Box 355, No. Salt Lake, Utah 84054
MONTGOMERY CO IL GEN. SOC QUARTERLY
DETROIT FREE PRESS
BITS OF BARK, Batesville Genealogical Society, Batesville, AR 72503
JACKSONVILLE, TX DAILY PROGRESS, Marietta Childs, Columnist.
NORTH VERNON PLAIN DEALER NEWSPAPER, North Vernon, IN, Lilian Carmer, Columnist.
ARKANSAS GAZETTE, Box 1821, Little Rock, AR 72203
ARKANSAS FAMILY HISTORIAN, tMargaret Hubbard, Rt. 6, Box 238, Hot Springs, AR 71901.
TIMES-UNION & JOURNAL, Jacksonville, FL
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