VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
JANUARY 1985
EDITOR: Verna Baker Banes
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BETSY DUNN, 3357 Spring Valley Court, Mountain Brook, AL 35223 is descended from ISHAM
C. VAUGHAN who emigrated from TN into north AL and settled near Elkmont ia the northwestern
section of Limestone Co. She is interested in finding others •ho have a HUNDLEY VAUGHAN &
ELIZABETH WRAY in their line. These were the parents of her Ishaiii C. Vaughan and who died
when he was young. They probably died in Williarason Co TN. Their two children Isham b 1835 and
WILLIS BASIL b 1838 were reared by an uncle in Nashville (name unknown). Isham C. eloped with
MARY JANE A;KEN in early 1860's while she was a student at the Athens Female Institute. Their
daughter WILLIE DEAN VAUGHAN, b 1865, m JOEL WOOLEY LEGG. Son WILLIS BASIL
VAUGHAN (known as •B" ) m CASTERIA VIRGINIA REDUS, b 1842.
LANELL DUNN, 5713 Schutz, Houston, TX 77032 sent these Vaughan names from the 1830
Brunswick, VA census; JAMES (60-70); JOHN H. (30-40); THOMAS R. (20-30); JESSE (70-80)
Rev. war soldier; IRENA (female 40-50); ROBERT, SR. (50-60); and AVERITTE (30-40). Other
info; ROBERT VAUGHAN, SR. m LUCY HUNT HARWELL in 1802. Their dau MARY M. b ca
1811 m CHARLES R. KING in 1831.
JANICE GOOCH, 59 West Sumner Ave., Martinsville, IN 46151 has a copy of a pamphlet called The
Voices of Old Men, A Story of the Vaughan Family, by Henry P. Scalf, copyright 1965- It's a reprint
from Voices of old men recall family history for cgurt in Floyd Co KY TIMES, Prestonsburg, KY, August
1964. The pamphlet discusses The family of WILLIAM PATRICK VAUGHAN & FAIR-A-BEE-
LUNAH, Cherokee maid in then western NC. They had at least two sons and several daughters. The two
known sons were WILLIAM VAUGHAN & AYRES T. VAUGHAN. Ayres b 1742 was among "the
earliest hooeseekers to Eastern KY had left the ancestral acres long before his brothers and sisters migrated
to AR. He had first gone north to VA and along the way had married and had several children. Then he took
his family to the Big Sandy River and settled near Blockhouse Bottom, which was founded by the HARMONS
and AUXIERS in the early 1790's. One o£ Ayres' sons was WILLIAM W., named for Ayres' father and brother.
Ayres died in 1842 at the home of a son on the river farm north of Prestonsburg. Buried in the family cemetery,
his stone says "A.T.V. age 100 DSD, Feb. 18, 1842." Sweetens Cover, near present Fayetteville,
TN is referred to as the family home base.
Notice the similiarities between this story and the VAUGHAH PIONEERS by Lewis Vaughan? Wonder how
these families fit together.
MABEL HARP, 401 S. Powell, Wagoner, OK 74467: Family of JOHN VAUGHAN, JR (son of JOHN
S NANCY CALLICOTT VAUGHAN) b 1795 and SUSAN SNAPP: All children b in Hawkins Co TN-
Birth years are approximate.
SARAH ANN b 1838 m 1856 DAVID A. SHELTON
GEORGE A b 1838 m 1861 LUCY ELIZABETH HARTLEY
JAMES b 1840 m 1863 AMANDA J. DAVIS. NANCY b 1843
JOHN b 1845 MARY b 1847
ROBERT b 1851 m REBECCA ANDERSON MANDA b 1855
This data came from 1860 TN census and Hawkins Co Marriage Records.
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