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John Vaughan (abt. 1760 - 1821)

John Vaughan
Born about in Caroline, Virginiamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 16 Aug 1783 in Amherst County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 in Woodford County, Kentuckymap
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Contents

Biography

Marriage

"John Vaughan son of Martin Vaughan and Ellender his wife and Elizabeth Looney daughter of David Looney and Mary his wife was married on the 16th of August 1783."[1]

Court Cases

Court Order Book
March 1780
Amherst, Virginia
Cornelius Vaughan in the service of America - Plaintiff by Peter Carter, his attorney
Against
Joseph Edwards and Nelly his wife,
William Edwards and Anne his wife,
and John and Mary Vaughan, Infants Defendants
Joseph Edwards is appointed Guardian to the Defandants John and Mary to defend this suit
Decreed that David Crawford, Roderick McCulloch and Matthew Tucker do divide among the Plaintiff and the Defendants the slaves mentioned in the Bill, etc [2]

In 1791 suit was brought in Amherst County, VA by John Vaughan, Michael Stucker and Nancy his wife, Larkin Sandidge and Mary his wife, against Edward Carter and Nancy, his wife, to prove that the will of Cornelius Vaughan was invalidated by reason of the fact that he was not of legal age at the time the will was made, also to recover that part of the estate of Cornelius Vaugahn, to which Cornelius Vaugahn, the younger, would have been entitled as heir of his grandfather Cornelius Vaughan, the elder, were he now alive, and of which the Defendant had possessed herself.[3]

Family

Will of Cornelius Vaughan
Written: August 20, 1779
Probated: September 3, 1781
Legatees:
Brother, John Vaughan
Sister, Ann Edwards
Sister, Mary Ann Vaughan
My wife, Ann
Witnesses: John Merritt, William Carter, Mary Ann Ware.
Administrators: wife and friend, Peter Carter[4]

Guardian Bond - Estate of William Edwards
5 November 1793
Woodford, Kentucky, United States
James & Cornelius Edwards (orphans of William Edwards deceased) choose John Vaughan as their guardian. Richard Young was security.[5]

Guardian Bond - Estate of William Edwards
October 1800
Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
Cornelius Edwards, orphan of William Edwards, chooses James Edwards as his guardian. John Vaughan was surety.

Will of David Looney[6]
Dated: 1 May 1801
Sullivan County, Tennessee
Wife
My three sons: David, Abraham and Joseph
Grandson: Isaac Acuff Looney
David Taylor, son of Jeremiah Taylor
son-in-law: Jeremiah Taylor
Daughter: Annis, wife of Hugh Crawford
Son: Robert
Daughter: Sarah, wife of Samuel Gregg
Daughter: Elizabeth, wife of John Vaughan
Daughter: Jane, wife of Samuel Carruthers
Daughter: Mary, wife of Jeremiah Taylor
Witnesses: Alexander Greer and John Williams
Executors: son Abraham Looney, John Spurgin Esq. and wife Mary Looney

William Pemberton married Jane Vaughan on 16 September 1813 in Woodford, Kentucky. John Vaughan gave consent as the father of Jane. James Walker and Squire B. Spar[?] witnessed the consent. Squire B. Spar was surety. [7]

Probate

Administrators Bond - Estate of John Vaughan
3 December 1821
Woodford, Kentucky, United States
William Pemberton and John Dale appointed as Administrators. Bondsmen were Andrew Combs, Cornelius Edwards and Rawleigh Dale.

Division - Estate of John Vaughan
7 January 1822
Woodford, Kentucky
Legatees:
John Dale
William Pemberton
James Vaughan
Alpheus Vaughan [8]

Sources

  1. Kentucky Historical Society. 1965. Kentucky Ancestors Vol 17 No 3 - Vaughan Family Bible. (Vaughan Bible Records are from Family Bible which belonged to Lovica Vaughan (so written inside back cover). The Bible was printed for Matthew Carey, No. 118 Market Street, Philadelphia, October 27, 1802. The Bible was found ln the attic of the home of Miss Margaret Veeder Kirk, Shelbyville, Kentucky in July 1978 and is now in the possession of Mrs. Barbara B. Llndauer, New Carrollton, MD)
  2. Sweeny, Lenora Higginbotham. 1998. Amherst County, Virginia in the Revolution: including extracts from "Lost Order Book", 1773-1782. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press.
  3. Title: Amherst County Chancery Suits Author(s): Lenora Higginbotham Sweeny Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Jul., 1939), pp. 318-324 Publisher(s): Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1925264
  4. Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
  5. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PK-XC4
  6. Tilton, Leroy W. 1963. Early Looney's in America Part 7. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].
  7. "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-FW3G : 17 May 2018), John Vaughan in entry for William Pemberton and Jane Vaughan, 16 Sep 1813; citing Marriage, Woodford, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 252,328.
  8. "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DL-N94X-Q?cc=1875188&wc=37R1-N3X%3A173854201%2C1561685602 : 27 March 2015), Woodford > Will records, 1814-1826, Vol. E-G > image 297 of 588; county courthouses, Kentucky.




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