Aristophus T Vaughan (1742 - 1842)

Born 1742 in Cherokee Indian, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1842 at about age 100 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

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Aristophus (Aris) T. Vaughan is buried in Floyd County, KY at 2 Tara Lane, Prestonsburg, Ky. Also at the Intersection of N Lake Drive & Hwy 114, Prestonsburg, KY. GPS Bearing N 37 deg, 41.702' and W 082 deg, 46.048'.

Aris took part in the battle of Guilford Court House on March 25, 1781. He signed the Oath of Allegiance to the United States in January 1777. He provided material aid to a hospital for Revolutionary War soldiers. Source Approved Supplemental Application for Richard Wayne Osborn, National Number 150208, Missouri State number 2058. This lineage is from Richard Wayne Osborn to Glen Wilson Osborn to Vern Ross Osborn to Andrew Jackson Osborn, born in Floyd County, KY, who married Elizabeth Burchett, to her father Thomas James Burchett who married Letitia Vaughn all also of Floyd County, KY. Letitia Vaughan's father was Leroy Vaughn a son of Aris Vaughn, Jr. then to the patriot Aristophus T. Vaughn.

Proof of his full first name is found in the 1790 tax digest of Campbell Co., VA. His name traces back to Aristippus, a Libyan philosopher, who studied under Socrates and later adopted the “ethical hedonism” philosophy.

Aris Vaughan appears in a number of early tax digests in Virginia.

King and Queen Co. 1783, 1787

Campbell Co. 1790-1791

Henry Co. 1793-1810

He did not pay his taxes consistently until 1793 in Henry Co. After he left Henry Co., VA he next appeared in the 1820 Census of Floyd Co., KY. He is said to have died in 1842 in Floyd Co., KY at the age of 100 years old! He was too old to be the son of William Vaughan and Fereby Benton; and all his records are in VA rather than NC.

His possible and probable sons are as follows

Richard b. < 1765 (Probable) Campbell, VA 1786-1790

Phill b. < 1768 (Probable) Campbell, VA 1789-1791

Reuben b. <1772 (Possible) Henry, VA 1793-1796

William b. abt. 1775 (Possible) Henry, VA 1793-1796

Gabriel b. abt. 1779 (Probable) Henry, VA 1800-1805

Aris, Jr. b. abt. 1786, King and Queen Co., VA (Probable) Henry, VA 1807-1810

Frederick b. abt 1788 (Possible) Henry, VA 1809-1811

? 1794-1800 Floyd, KY 1820 Census

King and Queen County, Virginia Personal Taxes 1783, 1787. ^[1]

Campbell County, Virginia Personal Taxes 1790-1791. ^[2]

Henry County, Virginia Personal Taxes 1793-1810. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Floyd County, Kentucky Taxes 1837. ^[6]

1820 Census. ^[7]

1830 Census. ^[8]

1840 Census. ^[9]

1842 Tombstone. ^[10]

24 Apr 1836. Ayres Vaughn to Leroy Vaughn (grandson) Horse. Gift. (Son William W. Vaughn.) Witnesses: H. C. Harris, Leroy Vaughn. Recorded 14 May 1836. ^[11]

Ayres died on 18 Feb. 1842 in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Kentucky and was buried at Auxier Relocation Cemetery, Auxier, Floyd County, Kentucky. His memorial has a photo of a modern stone and links to those of two sons.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VAKingandQueen/VAKingandQueen_County_Tax_Personal_1782-1795_Vaughan.htm
2. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VACampbell/VACampbell_County_Tax_Personal_1782-1795_Vaughan.htm
3. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VAHenry/VAHenry_County_Tax_Personal_1782-1795_Vaughan.htm
4. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VAHenry/VAHenry_County_Tax_Personal_1796-1809_Vaughan.htm
5. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/VA/VAHenry/VAHenry_County_Tax_Personal_1810-1823_Vaughan.htm
6. ↑ https://www.genealogyfacts.org/GFData/KY/KYFloyd/KYFloyd_County_Tax_1824-1837_Vaughan.htm
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLN-Y9C : accessed 27 September 2021), Ayres Vaughan, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 33, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 186,182.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPB-KMQ : 20 February 2021), Ares Vaughan, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing 92, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 36; FHL microfilm 7,815.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-YVC : 8 December 2020), Aris Vaun, Floyd, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 250, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7763482/ayres-t-vaughan
11. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky Deed Book D.108.
12. ↑