VAUGHAN, ETC NEWSLETTER
November 1985
EDITOR; Verna Baker Banes
Page 42
MORE ON THE VAUGHAN - SMITH - BONARD - ARMSTRONG FAMILIES
JEAN BULLION, 1941 Llano, Port Neeches, TX 77651 sent this copy of the original baptismal
record of ELIZABETH SMITH, wife of (1) ROBERT ARMSTRONG and (2) EDMUND VAUGHAN. This was sent to her by the pastor of Eglise St. martin De Tours in St. Martinville, LA. The dates
dispute Judge Albert Tate's theory that the Smiths were in Louisiana before 1791. This seems to be impossible as Elizabeth Smith was born at Crooked River, Bahama Island 19 Dec 1791. See page 35
of the June 1985 NEWSLETTER.
She says she had heard the same story on how Edmund Vaughan came to LA as did Sherrill Bourn
of Florida. This story came down through Jean's family:
"Jim Vaughan, born in Dublin, Ireland in 1712, moved to Virginia in 1732 or 34 with his wife. They
had 9 children, the youngest being Edmund. Edmund was born in Planter, VA in 1774. He shot a
man; and believing he had killed him, he ran to South LA and stopped in the settlement called "New Town" which is now New Iberia. There he married Elizabeth Smith and had 8 children."
Anyone else have something interesting to add to this intriguing story?
VAUGHAN-BRADFORD-AMBROSE CEMETERY
Judge Albert Tate, Jr., Room 300,
600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA
70130-3479
Sent records of headstone inscriptions as copied in 1983 by Claude and Linda Slaton and Mary Sue Levert Ivy.
The Vaughan stones are:
W. H. VAUGHAN
Born September 25, 1869
Died Sept. 10, 1916
Died Oct. 31, 1853
Footstone: W. H. V. F.
Footstone next to the above, the headstone is gone:
Newton, son of W.H. & E.L. VAUGHAN
Jan. 6, 1903
Sept. 7, 1905
James VAUGHAN
Born March 6, 1807
Died Sept. 21, 1886
Other inscriptions seem to indicate that the wife of
H. H. BRADFORD was VICTORIA E. VAUGHAN.
This small family cemetery is located close to the Amite River in north-eastern East Baton Rouge Parish. It is 9 miles east of Airline Hwy on Greenwell Springs Road on a turn-off called Magnolia Bend Road.
If you have any questions, suggestions, corrections, and/or additional information contact me,
Linda CONAWAY Welden at:
Linda_Welden@vaughan-vaughn.org
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