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     Nealy Shaw was born in February 1894 at Kaufman, Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.¹

     Sallie L. (?) married Lucien W. Shaw, son of James S. "Jim" Shaw and Hestie/Hortie Sheehee, circa 1900 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.¹

     Willie Shaw was born circa 1878 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA; Aged 2 in 1880.¹
     Willie Shaw was listed as a resident in John Nelson Shaw and Benton Paramalee's household in the census report on 23 June 1880 at Precinct 6, Kaufman Co., Texas, USA; p. 193-B, lines 41-45, dwelling 338, family 389
Name     John N. Shaw
Age     21
Birth Date     Abt 1859
Birthplace     Mississippi
Home in 1880     Precinct 6, Kaufman, Texas, USA
Street     52
Dwelling Number     388
Race     White
Gender     Male
Relation to Head of House     Self (Head)
Marital Status     Married
Spouse's Name     Benton Shaw
Father's Birthplace     Mississippi
Mother's Birthplace     Mississippi
Occupation     Farming
Neighbors     View others on page
Household Members (Name)     Age     Relationship
John N. Shaw     21     Self (Head)
Benton Shaw     22     Wife
Willie Shaw     2     Daughter.¹

     FlaueFlaud Shaw was born circa 1881 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Sam Shaw was born circa 1883 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Jodie Shaw was born circa 1888 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Grover Shaw was born circa 1893 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Pauline Shaw was born circa 1896 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Ella Shaw was born in February 1881 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Carrie J. Shaw was born in May 1882 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Mattie Shaw was born in January 1884 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Allie Shaw was born in April 1885 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Aoveno Shaw was born in August 1888 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Robert D. Shaw was born in April 1890 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Gladdis Shaw was born in October 1898 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Sallie R. Lail was born in 1876 at Kentucky, USA. She married Hamilton P. Shaw, son of James S. Shaw Jr. and Martha Kyle, on 5 February 1894 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA,
; From Ancestry.com:
Record
Source

     Winnie Shaw was born in February 1896 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Ham L. Shaw was born in January 1898 at Kaufman Co., Texas, USA.
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     Henry Vaught Sr. was born on 26 February 1783 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA; Spurling [1994:V:18] has a summary of the proposed "tentative family of Andrew Vaught Jr. and his wife Betsy Dobler..." and their proposed dates of birth.
     For Henry she says:
     Birth Date:     26 Feb 1783
     Tolerance of the circa:     ---
     Source of birth date:     Baptism record in Wythe co., VA.^2,3 He was baptized after 26 February 1783 at Kimberly Lutheran, Mount Airy, Richmond Co., Virginia, USA.⁴ He married Catherine Whittenberger, daughter of John Henry Whittenberger Sr. and Mary Hoyle, circa 26 April 1804 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.^5,6,7,8
Henry Vaught Sr. died between 1840 and 1850 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA.⁹
     GAV-3.

Reference: Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth --> Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth Dobler -->
Henry Vaught and Catherine Witenberger --> Therington + James + William + Girl + Henry + Montgomery + 3 boys

CHILDREN OF HENRY VAUGHT AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE WITENBERGER
(Henry s/o Andrew s/o Andrew s/o John P. Vaught)

Henry and Catherine were m in 1804 in Blount Co., TN. Henry was b26 Feb. 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA. Catherine was b ca 1780. There may have been 9 children. Henry and Catherine died ca 1840-50 in Franklin Co., AL. Known children were Therington, James, William, Montgomery, and Henry. There was a girl b 1810-20 and 3 boys b ca 1820-25. The 3 boys may have been Andrew, N., and W. E.

Therington Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1805 in Franklin Co., AL. He was m and had 3 girls by 1830 and was living in Pike Co., AL.

James McElder Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1807 in Franklin Co., AL. He m Lucinda Birdwell 9 Sept. 1832 in Lawrence Co., AL. Lucinda was b ca 1812. They went to TX ca 1842. Children of McElder and Lucinda were Susan Caroline Vaught, Sarah Jane Vaught, William McElder Vaught, Mary Ann Vaught, Henry Vaught, Roman Vaught, Lavina Vaught, Margaret Vaught, and James D. Vaught. (source---Mack Lamar Vaught of Houston, TX and 1850 C Rusk Co., TX)

William K. Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1810 in TN. He m Liza Hunt 16 Nov. 1843 in Madison Co., AR. Liza was b ca 1816.
Children of William and Liza were Margaret Vaught, Eliza Jane Vaught, and Julia Vaught. (source---1850 C Madison Co., AR and marriage rec for AR)

Henry Vaught, s/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1815 in Franklin Co., AL. He m Emeline ca 1850. Emaline was b ca 1829 in TN.

Montgomery Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1817 in Franklin Co., AL. He bought land in Franklin Co., AL in 1834. It is recorded under Colbert Co. Deeds. Colbert Co. was formed from Franklin Co. in 1867.

Andrew Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1820 in AL. He m Louisa ca 1842. She was b ca 1825 in TN. They were in Titus Co., TX in 1850. Children of Andrew and Louisa were Martha Vaught, William Vaught, and Nancy Vaught. (source---1850 C Titus, Co., TX)

N. Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1823 in AL. He m Mary ca 1858. She was b ca 1824 in TN. They may have married in GA. Their first child was b in GA. They were in Jasper Co., TX in 1860. Children of N. Vaught and Mary were Frances Vaught, William M. Vaught, James Vaught, Joanna Vaught, and a girl b ca 1860. (source--- 1860 C Jasper Co., TX)

W. E. Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1825 in AL. He m Sarah A. ca 1850 in TN. She was b ca 1832 in TN. Children of W. E. Vaught and Sarah were C. C. (a boy) Vaught and Mary A. Vaught. (source---1860 C Madison Co., TX)
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Letter from Helen Spurlin (January 1995):
     As you already know there are very few documents for the Vaughts. The box of Vaught land records I am not going to touch for you, it is not necessary. "Oxcarts" p 786 and 787 have John Paul's land and Andrew Sr.'s land in the Vaught valley near Harrisonburg, VA. "Oxcarts" p 788 and 789 have Andrew Sr.'s Cripple Creek property and show how it was divided up. George is a proven son (a German birth Fraktur that will be in Vol 3) and the circumstantial evidence of the land shows that Christley and Henry are also sons. The land that was Andrew Sr.'s in the Dutton Valley and went to Gaspar shows Gaspar as a probable son. John is not so clear. He had land elsewhere, but do not know where. So did David. In 1781 Gaspar, John, Christley, David, and George were in the same Militia Company. Andrew Jr. has no land deeds in VA. Since he went to SC in 1786/7, he did not take any of the division of land in 1786. That is my guess. History books seem to indicate that a lot of the settlers in SC that later became TN, did no recording of their land and paid no taxes. If they did the records would be in a SC archive that I have not located. When TN became a state in 1795 they still did not record. But by 1800 TN was ready to remedy the situation, land was recorded, and taxes collected. The records for Blount Co. are missing. There are some land records in the court records in Blount Co. after 1805. Too late for us. My sister, Mickey Martin, is the map expert. She has a degree in Geology from the U of Colorado, worked at Cal Tech for the Army during World War 2 on weather maps for the "D-day" invasion. ... She did all the land records and maps for the Vaught books. Another reason that I am not going into them at this time. And I am still too sick to do so. I will try to send you the other source material.
Respectfully,
Helen Spurlin
p.s.     The title of Vol 5 will be "In the Shadow of the Cherokee"

(4)     Henry Vaught     s/0 Andrew and Betsy Vaught FIRM
     b 26 Feb. 1783 Montgomery Co., VA
     m Catherine Whitenbarger in 1804 or 5 Blount Co., TN
          b c1787
          d c1840-1850 Franklin Co., AL.
     d c1840-1850 Franklin Co., AL.

Source     for (4):
Catherine's birthdate is by subtracting 18 from 1805. The death
dates are due to the disappearance of Henry and Catherine from the
census in AL.¹⁰

Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger lived at Franklin Co., Tennessee, USA; Spurlin [1994:V:19]: "Henry Vaught was in Franklin Co., AL by 1810."¹¹

Henry Vaught Sr. appeared in the census of 1815 at Tax List, Madison Co., Alabama (the Mississippi Territory), USA; Ancestry.com - Alabama, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
     Name:     Henry Vaught
     State:     AL
     County:     Madison County
     Township:     Mississippi Territory
     Year:     1815
     Database:     AL 1811-1819 Tax Lists Index
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Alabama Census, 1810-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.¹²
Henry Vaught Sr. was mentioned in a land transaction on 10 September 1834 at Morgan Co., Alabama, USA,
Memo: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
     Name:     Henry Vaught
     Issue Date:     10 Sep 1834
     Place:     Morgan, Alabama, USA
     Land Office:     Huntsville
     Meridian:     Huntsville
     Township:     6-S
     Range:     5-W
     Section:     14
     Accession Number:     AL1260__.299
     Document Number:     5454
     Text:     "Whereas John Bodry of MOrgan County Alabama Assignee of Henry Vaught of Morgan County Alabama has deposited in the General land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Huntsville whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Henry Vaught according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the northwest quarter of the sourth east quarter of Section fourteen in township Aix of Range fice, West in the District of Lands subject to sale at Huntsville Alabama, Containing forty acres and twenty five hundredths of an acre ... tenth day of September ... one thousand eight hundred and thirty four"
     Original URL:     https://glorecords.blm.gov/sea...
     Source Citation: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.¹³

Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger appeared in the census of 1840 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 231, line 15
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹⁴

     Catherine Whittenberger was born circa 1780.³ She married Henry Vaught Sr., son of Andrew Vaught Jr. and Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler, circa 26 April 1804 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1784-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Tennessee Marriages to 1825. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.^4,5,6,7
Catherine Whittenberger died between 1840 and 1850 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA.³
     Catherine Whittenberger and Henry Vaught Sr. lived at Franklin Co., Tennessee, USA; Spurlin [1994:V:19]: "Henry Vaught was in Franklin Co., AL by 1810."⁸ GAV-3.

.⁹ Catherine Whittenberger was also known as Catherine Witenberger. Catherine Whittenberger was also known as Catherine Whittenberg.
; 2 Mar 2019: I have identified John Henry (aka John George Henry) as the father of Catherine based on a positive link shown by Ancestry.com's "ThruLines" DNA matching tool which shows a positive match between my DNA and that of others linked to Catherine, and showing her father. See attached images.
     Based on this DNA match, I have added tentative ancestors for Catherine back two generations.

15 Aug 2021: New results on Ancstry's ThruLines show possible links to the HOYLE family and indicate that the mother of Catherine and wife of John Henry Whittenberg was a Mary Hoyle. (See attached image). However, I have not been able to find enough data to support the link for the moment. the birth dates given on various family trees for Mary Hoyle range from 1739 to 1765.
     There is a page posted on Ancestry from an unidentified book. This discusses "the daughters of Peter Hoyle" and says "Mary Hoyle, the daughter of the pioneer, married John Henry Whittenburg. I think the Whittenburges lived in N. C. till at least one of their daughters was grown up..." There is no other information to confirm that this is the same John Henry Whittenburg/Whittenberg who was the father of Catherine (Whittenbarger) Vaught.
27 Dec 2021: New DNA results on Ancestry’s ThruLines show that I have five DNA matches with descendant of four other possible children of John Henry and Mary (Hoyle) Whittenburger:

Catherine Whittenberger and Henry Vaught Sr. appeared in the census of 1840 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 231, line 15
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹⁶

     Andrew Vaught Jr. was born circa 1757/58 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.² He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler, daughter of Jacob III Tobler and Anna Maria Hough, circa 1778 at Virginia, USA.^3,4,2

Andrew Vaught Jr. died before 1805 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA.⁵
      ; Andrew didn't pay his taxes in Wythe Co (Montgomery) VA in 1787. Subsequently moving in 1790 to TN (TN was made out of parts of No. Carolina) Sold their property in Wythe Co. in 1792.

David Vaught and Margaret Tobler followed them to TN a short while later.

It is rather interesting move was made shortly after the Paris Treaty (1783) ending the Rev. War and also interesting to note that previously the long time residents of Fincastle, Virginia; namely the Doak family, the Finley's and the Breckinridge family had moved to Blount County, Tennessee prior to this time. Although the Rev. War was over there were many things that created unrest and uncertainy. They undoubtedly wished to go where they had friends and further opportunities.
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It appears that all of Andrew and Elizabeth's sons were married after the move to SW VA about 1770. Many of the Vaught's in SW VA were sympathetic to the Loyalists and not to the Revolution, on April 1779, in Wythe Co., VA, Michael Henninger claimed in court that a group of 4,000 men under John Giffith (Griffith?) had shown Loyalist sympathies. This group included John and David Vaught and the "old Vaught" who owned the mill. At the trial these men, John and David were released on their good behavior. Andrew Vaught of Cripple Creek was included in the group of Loyalist sympathies by the testimony of Peter Kinder on 17 Aug 1780. (this would have been Andrew Vaught, Jr.) These Germans took their oath to King George seriously, they nearly all named a son George. John and David Vaught were later fined 1,000 pounds each. John, David and Andrew Vaught went to Tennessee by 1792. It is possible that John and David left the County and State rather than pay such a heavy fine.⁶ GAV-4.

; Per Helen Spurlin (1/29/94 telcon): Andrew was one of seven sons of John Andrew VAUGHT and Elizabeth ___?___. Andrew went to Franklin Co. AL around 1797. His brother David arrived there around 1792.

(Pp. 10, from MS, Feb. 1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, P. O. Box 1377, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, Telephone: 916-644-5615, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or "Neighbors to the Cherokees".)

Andrew Vaught Jr., s/o Andrew and Elizabeth Vaught, was b ca 1757/8 in Augusta Co., VA. He was the last of the seven sons to appear in the records. Andrew Jr. married Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler ca 1778. She was the daughter of Jacob Dobler. Betsy was b ca 1759/60 and d sometime before Sept. 1817. Andrew went to TN circa 1787.
Children of Andrew and Betsy could be Cathren, Mary, Henry, Rachel, Joseph, John, William, Elizabeth, Hiram, Isaac, and Sally.

(Pp. 15-20, from MS, Feb. 1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, P. O. Box 1377, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, Telephone: 916-644-5615, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or "Neighbors to the Cherokees".)

SECTION 3. JOHN PAUL VAUGHT THIRD GENERATION
CHILDREN OF DAVID VAUGHT AND ANDREW VAUGHT JR.

Andrew Vaught Jr. did not pay his taxes in Wythe Co., VA in 1787. The reason given on the tax list was that he had gone to NC. However, in 1787, TN was part of NC. David Vaught and his wife Margaret sold their land in Wythe Co., VA in 1792 and went to TN after that.
David and Andrew Jr. married sisters. The Doblers were a Wythe Co., VA area family. John Vaught was in Fincastle Co., VA in 1772. All the family was there by 1774. Was John the only one of the sons to go to Fincastle Co. in 1772 or did other older or younger brothers go with him? It is likely that one or two did, to clear land, etc. Gaspar, brother to David, Andrew, and John, was married by 1774 to Elizabeth Butcher. The Butchers were an Augusta Co., VA family, not Wythe Co. Gaspar was probably not one of the sons to go south in 1772. George was not married, was most likely the oldest son and may have traveled with John. David was about 17 in 1772 and probably did not go south in 1772. That would mean that he could not have married before 1774 but he could have married as early as 1774/75.
Jacob Dobler (or Tobler) in his will dated 1817 in Wythe Co., VA names his five children as Margaret Vaut, Anne Cook, Sarah "Sally" Miller, Esther Davis, and Susannah Miller. He names his daughters Betsy Vaut and Rachel Marshall as deceased and also the wife of Michael Cassell (his daughter Catherine) as deceased. His only son was Jacob Dobler, Jr. Margaret Dobler Vaut was listed first as if she might be the eldest child of those still living. She may even be the oldest child. Jacob Dobler and Anna Maria Hough were married 23 Sept. 1756 in Bethel, PA. ("Early Settlers of Old Mount Airy" by J. Cameron) Therefore Margaret could have been born circa 1757.
David Vaught was in the militia in 1774, so had to be at least 17 and born before 1757. He may have been born circa 1754/5. Andrew Vaught Jr. was not in the militia in the early 1770's and the reason may be that he was not old enough. Andrew Vaught Jr. was the last of the seven brothers to appear in the original records of Wythe Co., VA and was probably one of the younger brothers, born circa 1757-1759. It is assumed that Andrew Vaught Jr. is younger than David Vaught and that Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler is younger than her sister Margaret. Betsy may be 3-6 years younger.
David Vaught is in the 1800 tax list of Blount Co., TN. No other Vaughts are listed there at that time. Andrew Vaught in the Blount Co., TN militia in 1801 was probably the Andrew Vaught who married Susanna Broyles in 1800. He will be referred to as Andrew(III). In 1798 an Andrew Vaught is on the tax list in Grainger Co., TN. In 1802 Andrew is on the Anderson Co., TN tax list. Anderson Co. was formed from Grainger and Knox in 1801. After 1802 this Andrew disappears from Anderson Co. Anderson Co. is only a short distance (30 miles?) across 2 rivers from Blount Co. This could be Andrew Vaught, Jr. He may have returned to Blount Co. and died there. Maybe Andrew Vaught Jr. was in Blount Co. until Cathren's marriage in 1797 and returned before Mary's in 1802? Perhaps Andrew had land in Anderson Co., TN but lived elsewhere, or vice-versa. Many of the early Blount Co., TN records are missing so it is not possible to know for sure. David Vaught and his wife Margaret Dobler and Andrew Vaught and his wife Betsy Dobler died before 1820 in Blount Co., Monroe Co., or Anderson Co., TN. It will be difficult to determine their families. Some clues do exist. Margaret Dobler Vaught (born circa 1757 married circa 1776)could have had children from 1777 to 1800. Betsy Tobler Vaught(born circa 1759/60 married ca 1778) could have had children from 1779 to 1802. This is, admittedly, a conservative estimate and intended only as a guide in analyzing the marriage applications of early Blount Co., TN that follow:

Cathren Vaut to George Broiles 16 Jan 1796
Sarah Vaught to Ephraim Howard 23 Jun 1797
Andrew Vaught to Susanna Broiles 16 Dec 1800
Mary Vaught to Jacob Broiles       19 Apr 1802
Henry Vaught to Catherine Witenberger 26 Apr 1804
Jacob Vaught to Polly Calbourne 16 Apr 1805
Rachel Vaught to John Condron       27 Jun 1805
Elizabeth Vaught to Benjamen Franks 27 Feb 1807
Kity Vaught to John Howard 8 Oct. 1807
Peggy Vaught to James Madden 24 Aug. 1809
Mary Vaught to David Waid 8 Dec 1812
Malinda Vaught to Michael Ghormley 12 Feb 1814
Joseph Vaught to Eavy (Pross?)      16 Mar 1816
Anna Vaught to Willis Webb 16 July 1817
Elizabeth Vaught to Joshua Parks       13 July 1820
David Vaught to Nancy Harmon 5 Aug. 1820

All the above marriages are for Vaughts who were born 1777 to ca 1800. Therefore the above Vaught children are children and not grandchildren of either Andrew Jr. or David Vaught. The earliest marriages above (1796, 1797) are for Vaught girls. The next marriage was that of Andrew Vaught (III). He left a will. His children are known. Next, another Vaught girl married in 1802. The first unknown Vaught birth of concern here would not be until 1805 and would be from Henry Vaught and Catherine Witenberger.
Starting with Andrew Vaught Jr. where two children of Andrew and Betsy are known from the Kimberling Church baptismal records of Wythe Co., VA (by name Mary and Henry), other children of Andrew may be decided upon by using circumstantial evidence related to the known children. Other children of Andrew and David born in VA were not in the baptismal records there.
"The Broyles Family" by Arthur Leslie Keith (1970) has the family of Adam Brile (Broyles) and his wife Elizabeth as:

George Broyles married Cathren Vaut
twins Jacob Broyles and married Mary Vaut
Isaac Broyles
Adam Broyles
Mary Broyles
Rebecca Broyles
Susanna Broyles married Andrew Vault (i.e. Vaught)

The Broyles that married Vaughts were brothers and sister. In the days when transportation was by foot, by boat, or by horse, children, in general, married neighbors. The Broyles, Franks, and Vaughts were neighbors on 9-mile creek in Blount Co., TN. They were within walking distance of Chota, the main capitol city of the Cherokee. It is reasonable to assume that the Vaughts who married into the Broyles were sisters and brother. That then gives four children to Andrew and Betsy Vaught: Andrew III, Cathren, Mary, and Henry.
The 1810 census in Madison Co., AL has George Broiles, George
Broiles Jr., Jacob Broiles, and John Condron. Rachel Vaught who married John Condron, could be a sister of Cathren Vaught Broiles, wife of George Broiles, and a sister of Mary Vaught Broiles, wife of Jacob Broiles. Later, Joseph Vaught and Benjamin Franks were in Madison Co., AL also. Joseph was still in Blount Co., in 1816. Although Joseph went to Madison and Jackson Co., AL he did return to Lawrence Co., TN by 1850. By 1840 Cathren Broyles, widow of George Broyles, was in Jackson Co., AL living next to Hiram Vaught and Benjamen Vaught. Hiram Vaught, Isaac Vaught, John Vaught, and William Vaught were in Jackson Co., AL before 1820. William Vaught is a known brother to John Vaught and Benjamin is a s/o John Vaught. Hiram and Isaac are only 7-11 years younger than John so they are probably younger brothers of John. Sally Vaught was in AL before she married. When the family went to AL, it looks as if John and William had the younger brothers, Hiram and Isaac, with them, and either Cathren or Mary had the younger sister, Sally, with her. Why didn't Andrew III keep the younger children since he was staying in Blount Co.? Because he was not a part of the family? Benjamin Franks and his wife Elizabeth Vaught are also in Jackson Co., AL by 1840. Benjamin Franks of Madison Co., AL sold land in Jackson Co., AL to Hiram Vaught of Jackson Co., AL on 8 Oct. 1834. If it is assumed that these Alabama Vaughts and Broyles were one family, then a total of three assumptions have been made. Each assumption is based on some evidence, but weak enough evidence that the conclusion must at this time be only an assumption.
Joseph, John, William, Elizabeth, Hiram, Isaac and Sally would have been born in TN.
Andrew (III) stayed in Blount Co. and died there. The only reason that Andrew (III) may be a son of Andrew Jr. is because he married Susanna Broyles. Now that a pattern is clear for the children of Andrew Jr., namely that they all went to AL before 1810, it is seen that Andrew (III) does not fit the profile for the rest of the above tentative family. If he was a son of Andrew, why did he not keep any of Andrew's minor children when the rest of the family went to AL.? David Vaught was older than Andrew, Jr. and Margaret Dobler was older than Betsy Dobler. Andrew (III) was the oldest of the children and therefore could be a son of David and Margaret, the oldest. Germans did not have a habit of naming their children after themselves or their parents. They did name their children after the Godparents. Andrew. Jr. could be the Godparent of David's 1st child and will be placed throughout the rest of this book under David.
The John Vaught who went to MO was b ca 1790 in VA so he was a son of David rather than Andrew Jr. as Andrew Jr. was in TN and David was in VA in 1790. The John who married Nancy Hatfield is claimed to be a son of a William Vaught who lived in the Washington D. C. area all his life and was born in Germany. No proof is given. John had a son, Caswell, who went to Blount Co., TN from AL to marry Sarah Broyles. Cathren Vaught, widow of George Broyles, was living next door to Benjamin Vaught, son of John and Nancy Vaught, in Jackson Co., AL in 1840. Because of the Broyles connection, it is more likely that John Vaught is a son of Andrew and Betsy Vaught, rather than "William".
Since Hiram and Isaac seem to have a connection to John in AL, they could be sons of Andrew also. Henry Vaught was in Franklin Co., AL by 1810. The early exodus from TN (including the youngest children) would seem to indicate that the mother and father were dead by 1809. It is known that Betsy (Dobler) Vaught was dead at some time before 1817. Andrew Jr. does not appear again in any TN records after 1802 and if he did he could be confused with Andrew (III).
Therington Vaught in AL could have been b ca 1805 and be a grandson of Andrew Jr. or he could have been born ca 1804 and be a son of Andrew Vaught Jr. He will be treated as a grandson in this book.
A Gaspar Vaught was married and working for the government as an artist to the Cherokees in TN in 1797. His existence is a contribution of Kay Gunn of Dallas, TX. He was at the Tellico Blockhouse in 1794. He is in the Blount Co., TN records in 1787 as a "chainman". He would have been at least 15 or 16 to be a chainman for a surveyor. He would be too old to be a son of either David or Andrew who married ca 1775/78. He may have traveled from Montgomery Co., VA with Andrew Vaught, Jr. in 1787. He might have been born circa 1772, married circa 1791. It is not known for sure when Gaspar (Sr.?), brother of David and Andrew Vaught married, but it is conceivable that he married circa 1768/71 in Augusta Co., VA. However, Gaspar (Sr.?)'s last child was b in 1800. If he had Gaspar (Jr.?) in 1772, then Gaspar (Sr.?) had children for a span of 28 years. This is possible. This Gaspar (Jr.?) is at Lookout Mountain (near Chattanooga) in 1802. His children would be marrying somewhere other than Blount Co., TN and therefore would not be in any of the early Blount Co. marriage applications listed above. It is said in Chattanooga today that Gaspar returned to Blount Co., TN but the date that he did so was not reported to this compiler.
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Letter from Helen Spurlin, January 1995:
     As you already know there are very few documents for the Vaughts. The box of Vaught land records I am not going to touch for you, it is not necessary. "Oxcarts" p 786 and 787 have John Paul's land and Andrew Sr.'s land in the Vaught valley near Harrisonburg, VA. "Oxcarts" p 788 and 789 have Andrew Sr.'s Cripple Creek property and show how it was divided up. George is a proven son (a German birth Fraktur that will be in Vol 3) and the circumstantial evidence of the land shows that Christley and Henry are also sons. The land that was Andrew Sr.'s in the Dutton Valley and went to Gaspar shows Gaspar as a probable son. John is not so clear. He had land elsewhere, but do not know where. So did David. In 1781 Gaspar, John, Christley, David, and George were in the same Militia Company. Andrew Jr. has no land deeds in VA. Since he went to SC in 1786/7, he did not take any of the division of land in 1786. That is my guess. History books seem to indicate that a lot of the settlers in SC that later became TN, did no recording of their land and paid no taxes. If they did the records would be in a SC archive that I have not located. When TN became a state in 1795 they still did not record. But by 1800 TN was ready to remedy the situation, land was recorded, and taxes collected. The records for Blount Co. are missing. There are some land records in the court records in Blount Co. after 1805. Too late for us. My sister, Mickey Martin, is the map expert. She has a degree in Geology from the U of Colorado, worked at Cal Tech for the Army during World War 2 on weather maps for the "D-day" invasion. ... She did all the land records and maps for the Vaught books. Another reason that I am not going into them at this time. And I am still too sick to do so. I will try to send you the other source material.
Respectfully,
Helen Spurlin
p.s.     The title of Vol 5 will be "In the Shadow of the Cherokee"

(3)     Andrew Vaught, Jr.     s/o Andrew Sr., and Elizabeth Vaught
     NOT SO FIRM
     b c1757 in Augusta Co., VA
     m Elizabeth Tobler/Dobler 01778
      b c1760
      d before 1817
     d c1803 in Blount Co., TN

Source for (3)
Andrew Vaught, Jr. has only a little circumstantial evidence that he
is the s/o Andrew Vaught Sr. He attended the same church that the
rest of the family on Cripple Creek attended and is in the church
records. George Vaught (a firm s/o Andrew Sr.) was a sponsor
(i.e. Godparent) for the birth of your Henry. The only other reference
to Andrew, Jr. is in the 1787 tax list where it is said that they could
not collect taxes from him as he had removed to SC. I have a copy,
don't know where. I have been and still am elated that I have found
all 7 given names of the 7 brother's wives, and 6 of the 7 surnames
for the wives. The Tobler will only gives Betsy Vaut and not the
name of her husband. Gaspar Vaught, one of the brothers, also
married an Elizabeth. It was not until the old letter on p 797 "oxcarts"
surfaced that it was determined that Gaspar' 5 wife was a "Butcher".
That left Andrew Jr. as the husband of Betsy Tobler. George and
Christian/Christley's wives are in the Phillippi estate settlement deeds.
Gaspar's wife Elizabeth is in the census in KY and the surname from
the above letter. John's wife Esther is in his will and on land sales.
David's wife Margaret is in a land sale and listed as Margaret Vaut in
the Tobler will. Andrew's wife in the baptismal records is Elizabeth
and in the Tobler will is Betsy Vaut. Henry married twice. The first
wife is only on the marriage fractur pp 800- 801 "Oxcarts". Henry's
second marriage to Esther Baugh is in the Wythe Co., VA marriages.
Andrew Jr.'s death is discussed in Vol 5. There is a theory, proposed
by Kay Gunn, based on a family saying handed down in her family that
there was Indian blood on her Elizabeth Vaught Franks line. The only
way she can see this as true is if Betsy Dobler died early enough in TN
that Andrew Jr., married as a 2nd wife, a Cherokee woman, and that
they married before Elizabeth Franks was born. That would put the
2nd marriage at c l781-l787 (i.e. before they went to TN) and would
make Elizabeth, Hiram, Sally, Isaac, and possibly William, children of
a 2nd marriage. She has found no proof as yet. I do not believe this
theory.

from KIMBERLING CHURCH, WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA: ANNOTATED BAPTISMAL AND CEMETERY RECORDS By Beverly Repass Hoch, Mary B. Kegley and Timothy D. Smith
BORN BAPTIZED FATHER AND MOTHER BAPTISMAL SPONS.
August 21,     Maria     Andreas Wocht          Martin Kimmerling
1781               Elisabett Wochten          Elisabett Kimmerling

ANDREAS WOCHT ANDREW VAUGHT, sometimes VAUT) was mentioned in Captain Buchanan's Company of Militia. He entered land on the North Fork of Cripple Creek which included 364 acres settled in 1772 and surveyed in 1774. Vaught also had an inte[rest in a tract on Reed Creek which dated from 1762. He was a Tory during the Revolution (Kegley and Kegley, E. A., I, p. 37; Kegley, E. A., II. pp 47, 119, 413; Kegley, Militia, p. 9). MARTIN KIMMERLING [KIMBERLING], SR., was a resident of Black Lick 1n northwestern Wythe County and gave the land 1n 1797 for the 'the two Duch Lutheran and Prisbaterian Reformed) congregations" and the church was known as Martin Kimberling's Meetinghouse, later Kimberling Church. He married ELIZABETH KIRKSTETTER on April 4, 1758 (Kimberling Family Records; Wythe County Deed Book 2, p. 10; Gose, p- 169; Stover, p. 67).⁷ Andrew Vaught Jr. was also known as Andrew Vaut Listed in Jabob Dobler's will as "Vaut."⁶

; per Spurlin [1994:V:10]: "Andrew Vaught Jr., s/o Andrew and Elizabeth Vaught, was b ca 1757/8 in Augusta Co., VA. He was the last of the seven sons to appear in the records. Andrew Jr. married Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler ca 1778. She was the daughter of Jacob Dobler. Betsy was b ca 1759/60 and d sometime before Sept. 1817. Andrew went to TN circa 1787.
     Children of Andrew and Betsy could be Cathren, Mary, Henry, Rachel, Joseph, John, William, Elizabeth, Hiram, Isaac, and Sally."²
; per Spurlin [1994:V:12]: "The Vaughts in sw VA were suimpathetic to the Loyalists, and not to the revolution. on 18 apr 1779, in Montfomery County, Michael Henninger claimed in court that a group of 4,000 men under John Griffith had shown Loyalist sympathies. This group included John and David Vaught and "the old Vaught who owned the mill". At the trial of these men, John and David were released on their good behavior. Andrew Vaught of Cripple Creek was included in the group with Loyalist sympathies by the testimony of Peter Kinder on 17 Aug 1780 (This would have been Andrew Vaught, Jr.) These Germans took their Oath to King George seriously. They nearly all named a son "Groerge". John and David Vaught were later fined 1000 pounds each.. John, David, and Andrew Vaught went to TN ca 1787 to 1795. It is possible that John and David left the county and state rather than pay such a heavy fine."²

Andrew Vaught Jr. appeared on the census of 1782 in the household of David Vaught at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA;
The 1782 Personal Property and Land Tax Lists contain the following "VAUGHT/VAULT" records, all of whom seem to match the VAUGHT brothers. The "Barber" VAULT listed is unknown.
1782 Montgomery County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List
     Name          Tithes     Slaves     Horses     Cattle
     Vaught, Andrew     1          3     3
     Vault, Chrisley     1          5     5
     Vault, David          1          4     6
     Vault, Gasper     1          5     2
     Vault, Henry     2          13     11
     Vault, John          1          5     12
The 1782 Montgomery County, Virginia Land Tax List
     Name          Acreage     Value     Tax
     Vault, Andrew     400          70     14/     
     Vault, Barber     200          20     4/     
     Vault, David          133          20     4/     
     Vault, George     363          40     8/     
     Vault, John          250          50     10/.^8,2,9

Andrew Vaught Jr. and John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught appeared in the census of 1787 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA;
     from Spurlin [1994:V:7]: "A tax list of 1787 in Montgomery co., VA lists both Andrew Vaught, Sr., and Andrew, Jr. so Andrew, s/o John Paul Vaught, was still alive in 1787."¹⁰

Andrew Vaught Jr. lived between 1790 and 1801 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA; Based on birth locations of children.² He witnessed the marriage of George Whitten Broyles and Cathren Vaught on 16 June 1796 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA; Spurlin [1995:V:16] give date of marriage license as 10 June 1796.
Ancestry.com - Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002
     Name:     George Broyles
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     16 Jun 1796
     Marriage Place:     Blount, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Cathern Vaut
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^11,12

     Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler was born in 1757 at Jonestown, Swatara Township, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Tobler database cites: "Early Settlers of Old Mt. Airy Virginia", by Joseph Rodney Cameron, Sr.
     Spurlin [1994:V:10] says "ca 1760".^2,3 She married Andrew Vaught Jr., son of John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught and Elizabeth (?), circa 1778 at Virginia, USA.^4,5,3

Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler died before 17 September 1817 at Blount Co., Tennessee, USA.^2,3
     Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler was also known as Maria Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler.^2,3 GAV-4. Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler was also known as Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler.⁶ Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler was also known as Maria Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler.^2,3

; per Spurlin [1994:V:10]: "Andrew Vaught Jr., s/o Andrew and Elizabeth Vaught, was b ca 1757/8 in Augusta Co., VA. He was the last of the seven sons to appear in the records. Andrew Jr. married Elizabeth "Betsy" Dobler ca 1778. She was the daughter of Jacob Dobler. Betsy was b ca 1759/60 and d sometime before Sept. 1817. Andrew went to TN circa 1787.
     Children of Andrew and Betsy could be Cathren, Mary, Henry, Rachel, Joseph, John, William, Elizabeth, Hiram, Isaac, and Sally."³

Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler appeared in the census of 1782 at Tax List, Virginia, USA;      per Spurlin [1994:V:10]: "Henry is on the 1782 tax list, so is at least 16 in 1782 and b before 1766."³
Elizabeth "Betsy" Tobler is mentioned in the will of Jacob III Tobler on 16 September 1817;
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF JACOB DOBLER
     In the name of God, amen: I Jacob Dobler, Sr. of Wythe County in the State of Virginia now of sound and disposing memory, do make this my last Will in manner and form following that is to say.
     First, it is my will that all my just debts and funeral expense be punctually paid and discharged.
     Secondly, it is my will that after the payment of my debts aforsaid that Mary my wife shall have my Negro Boy named Moses, and my Negro girl named Mary and I give and bequeath the said Negroes Slaves, Moses and Mary, to Mary my wife and her heirs forever. It is also my will that Mary my wife shall have the following property to wit: One black mare with her colt, if she shall have one, two cows and two calves, four head of sheep, eight head of hogs, choice of my stock, one other beef cow or steer, all my meat, salt, and grain of every description or kind, all my hay, one women's saddle, one riding bridle, one bed with it's furniture, one painted cupboard or kitchen dresser, all my cupboard furnitures including my pewter, two brass candlesticks, one little wheel, two chests, one small table, one teakettle, one looking glass, one set of fire dogs, one pair of tongs and shovel, one hand bellows, two pots, and one dutch oven, one small skillet, two chairs, two water buckets, one washing tub, one small tin trunk, one flare hackle, one brass wire sifter, one coffee mill, all my wool, flare and thread, two pot hooks, two hogsheads, three milk crocks, one watering pot, one bead stead without a bed, one garden hoe and spade, one ax, and I give and bequeath all the above mentioned property of every description or kind to Mary my wife and her heirs forever.
     Thirdly, it is my will and order that Henry Huddle who I constitute and approve to be my executor of this last will, and shall as soon as conveniently he can after my decease sell all the balance of my personal property and divide the price thereof amounts my five children; Margaret Vaut, Anne Cook, Sally Miller, Esther Davis and Susanna Miller and the heirs of my daughter Betsy Vaut, deceased shall have her equal part equally divided amongst them.
     4th I give and bequeath my son in law Michael Cassell $2 and no more for his share.
     5th I give and bequeath Jacob Dobler $2 and no more for his share
     6th I give and bequeath to my daughter Rachel Marshall $2 and no more for her share.
     7th It is my will and order that Henry Huddle, who I have appointed to be my Executor to this my will shall keep Ann Cook, equal parts in his own hands or put it into the hands of any person he may think proper and advance the same to her in such sums and at such time as he may find that she stands in need of the same and if it should so happen that Ann Cook should die while the whole or any part of her share remain not paid to her it shall be equally divided amoungst my five children named in the third section of this my will.
     8th If it should happen at my decease that I should have any money in hand or debts due to me in that case it is my will that my executor shall collect the same and pay the whole amount thereof to Mary my wife and I give and bequeathe the said money and debts to her and her heirs forever.
     And I do hereby make null and void all and every other or former wills and acknowledge this to be my true last will and testament this sixteenth day of September one thousand eight hundrend and seventeen.
     s/s Jacob Dobler (Seal)
     In the presence of George Weaver Reuben Elbon Martin Groseclose
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     NOTE: REUBEN ELBON may have been md to MARGARET _____? 30 Aug 1787     a 2nd marriage for Margaret as her 1st marriage was to ABRAHAM NISWANGER born c 1744 in Frederick Co., VA who died 8 Mar 1785 in Frederick Co., VA (of SWISS origin). Abraham descends from a John Jacob NISWANGER born about 1720 in PA who died 7 May 1754 Frederick Co., VA and was s/o Christian NEUSCHWANGER and Maria Magdalena HERR. (ref: EVAB8GC database of Tresa Evans of Altamont, IL)
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     At a court held for the County of Wythe at the Courthouse on Tuesday the 9th of December 1817
     This the last will and testament of Jacob Dobler, deceased was proven by the auth. of George Weaver, Reuben Elbon and Martin Groseclose the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded; and on the motion of Henry Huddle the executor named therein who made oath to the same and entered into bond with James Davis and Christopher Brown his security in the penalty of six thousand dollars, certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form. Teste R. Crockett, C.C.⁷

     W. E. Vaught was born between 1820 and 1825 at Alabama, USA; Age 38 in 1860 census; 50 in 1870 census.^2,5,6,7 He married Sarah A. (?) in 1850 at Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name:     W E Vaught
     Gender:     Male
     Birth Place:     AL
     Birth Year:     1825
     Spouse Name:     Sarah A
     Spouse Birth Place:     TN
     Spouse Birth Year:     1832
     Marriage Year:     1850
     Marriage State:     TN
     Number Pages:     1
     Source Citation: Source number: 10783.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JDM
     Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.²
W. E. Vaught died between 17 August 1870 and 4 June 1880 at Madison Co., Texas, USA; M. E. appears in the 1870 census, but his wife, Sarah, appears alone, as a widow in the 1880 census, both censuses in Madison Co. (though M. E. could have died elswehere). GA Vaut.^7,8
      ; (pp. 40, from MS, Feb. 1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, P. O. Box 1377, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, Telephone: 916-644-5615, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or "Neighbors to the Cherokees".)

Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth --> Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth Dobler -->
Henry Vaught and Catherine Witenberger --> Therington + James + William + Girl + Henry + Montgomery + 3 boys

CHILDREN OF HENRY VAUGHT AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE WITENBERGER
(Henry s/o Andrew s/o Andrew s/o John P. Vaught)

Henry and Catherine were m in 1804 in Blount Co., TN. Henry was b26 Feb. 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA. Catherine was b ca 1780. There may have been 9 children. Henry and Catherine died ca 1840-50 in Franklin Co., AL. Known children were Therington, James, William, Montgomery, and Henry. There was a girl b 1810-20 and 3 boys b ca 1820-25. The 3 boys may have been Andrew, N., and W. E.

W. E. Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1825 in AL. He m Sarah A. ca 1850 in TN. She was b ca 1832 in TN. Children of W. E. Vaught and Sarah were C. C. (a boy) Vaught and Mary A. Vaught. (source---1860 C Madison Co., TX.) W. E. Vaught was also known as M. E. Vaught Spurlin says "W. E." but various records seem to read "M. E."^9,5,2

W. E. Vaught was listed as a resident in Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger's household in the census report in 1840 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 231, line 15
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.¹⁰

W. E. Vaught and Sarah A. (?) appeared in the census of 10 July 1860 at Madison Co., Texas, USA; p. 453, lines 6-9, dwelling 253, family 253
     6 VAUGHT, M. E. 35 [1825] M Farmer $1465 AL
     7 " , Sarah A. 28 [1832] F TN
     8 " , H. C. 9 [1851] M TN Attended School
     9 " , Mary A. 7 [1853] F TN Attended School.⁶

; Ancestry.com - Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869
     Name:     M E Vaught
     Birthplace:     Alabama
     Registry Date:     3 Aug
     County:     Madison
     Line Number:     21
     Archive Name:     Texas State Library and Archives
     Archive Collection Title:     1867 Voter Registration Lists
     Archive Reel Number:     8
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: 1867 Voter Registration Lists. Microfilm, 12 rolls. Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas.⁵

W. E. Vaught appeared in the census of 10 August 1870 at Beat 7, Madison Co., Texas, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
     Name:     M E Vaught
     Enumeration Date:     10 Aug 1870
     Place:     Beat 7, Madison, Texas, USA
     Schedule Type:     Agriculture
     OS Page:     3
     Line Number:     24
     
     Source Citation: Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 7, Madison, Texas; Archive Collection Number: T1134; Roll: 10; Page: 3; Line: 24; Schedule Type: Agriculture
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.⁹

W. E. Vaught and Sarah A. (?) appeared in the census of 16 August 1870 at Midway, Madison Co., Texas, USA; p. 306-B, lines 12-17, dwelling 122, family 122
     12 VAUGHT, M. E. 50 [1820] M W Farmer $1000 $600 AL
     13 " , Sarah 38 [1832] F W Keep House TN
     14 " , H. C. 19 [1851] M W Farm Laborer TN
     15 " , M. H. 18 [1852] F W TN
     16 " , Weaver 10 [1860] M Mulatto? Work farm TX Cannot Read Cannot Write
     17 MITCHELL, Ed 20 [1850] M W Farm Laborer TX.⁷

     William K. Vaught was born circa 1810 at Tennessee, USA.³ He married Liza/Eliza Hunt on 16 November 1843 at Madison Co., Arkansas, USA.³

      ; Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth --> Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth Dobler -->
Henry Vaught and Catherine Witenberger --> Therington + James + William + Girl + Henry + Montgomery + 3 boys

CHILDREN OF HENRY VAUGHT AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE WITENBERGER
(Henry s/o Andrew s/o Andrew s/o John P. Vaught)

Henry and Catherine were m in 1804 in Blount Co., TN. Henry was b26 Feb. 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA. Catherine was b ca 1780. There may have been 9 children. Henry and Catherine died ca 1840-50 in Franklin Co., AL. Known children were Therington, James, William, Montgomery, and Henry. There was a girl b 1810-20 and 3 boys b ca 1820-25. The 3 boys may have been Andrew, N., and W. E.

William K. Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1810 in TN. He m Liza Hunt 16 Nov. 1843 in Madison Co., AR. Liza was b ca 1816.
Children of William and Liza were Margaret Vaught, Eliza Jane Vaught, and Julia Vaught. (source---1850 C Madison Co., AR and marriage rec for AR.)³

William K. Vaught and Liza/Eliza Hunt appeared in the census of 4 November 1850 at Bowen Township, Madison Co., Arkansas, USA; p. 285-B, lines 24-28, dwelling 525, family 535
     24 VAUGHT, William K. 45 [1805] M Farfmer TN
     25 " , Eliza 34 [1816] F TN
     26 " , Margarett 5 [1845] F AR
     27 " , Eliza Jane 3 [1847] F AR
     28 " , Julia 9/12 [Feb 1850] F AR.⁴

     Liza/Eliza Hunt was born circa 1816.² She married William K. Vaught, son of Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger, on 16 November 1843 at Madison Co., Arkansas, USA.²

     Liza/Eliza Hunt and William K. Vaught appeared in the census of 4 November 1850 at Bowen Township, Madison Co., Arkansas, USA; p. 285-B, lines 24-28, dwelling 525, family 535
     24 VAUGHT, William K. 45 [1805] M Farfmer TN
     25 " , Eliza 34 [1816] F TN
     26 " , Margarett 5 [1845] F AR
     27 " , Eliza Jane 3 [1847] F AR
     28 " , Julia 9/12 [Feb 1850] F AR.³

     Henry Vaught Jr. was born circa 1815 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA. He married Emaline (Emeline) (?) in 1850.

      ; per Helen Spurlin (1/29/94 telcon). Henry stayed in Tennessee.² (an unknown value.)²

Henry Vaught Jr. was listed as a resident in Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger's household in the census report in 1840 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 231, line 15
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.³

Henry Vaught Jr. appeared in the census of 1850 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; This seems to be Henry Jr. and his wife, plus a second unidentified male 21-45.
Ancestry.com - Alabama State Census, 1820-1866
p. 52, line 25
     Name:     H A Vaught
     County:     Franklin
     Census Year:     1850
     White Males <21:     0 [aft 1829]
     White Males >21:     2 [bef 1829] Henry c1815, Unknown?
     White Males 18-45:     2
     White Males >45:     0
     White Females <21:     0
     White Females >21:     1 [bef 1829] Emeline c1829
     Total Inhabitants:     3
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry.com World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124.
     Alabama Department of Archives and History.⁴

Henry Vaught Jr. and Emaline (Emeline) (?) appeared in the census of 4 November 1850 at District 5, Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 111-B, lines 1-3, dwelling 123, family 123
     1 VAUGHT, Henry 35 [1815] M Farmer TN
     2 " , Emeline 21 [1829] TN
     3 BLASSINGIM, John 21 [1829] M Laborer TN.⁵

Henry Vaught Jr. appeared in the census of 1855 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; This seems to be Henry Jr. and his wife, plus a second unidentified male 21-45.
Ancestry.com - Alabama State Census, 1820-1866
p. 22, line 31
     Name:     H A Vaught
     County:     Franklin
     Census Year:     1855
     White Males <21:     0
     White Males >21:     1 [bef 1834] Henry c1815
     White Females <21:     2 [aft 1834] Unknown?
     White Females >21:     1 [bef 1834] Emeline c1829
     Total Whites:     4
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama State Census, 1820-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry.com World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124.
     Alabama Department of Archives and History.⁶

     Emaline (Emeline) (?) was born circa 1829 at Tennessee, USA. She married Henry Vaught Jr., son of Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger, in 1850.

     (an unknown value.)¹

; (pp. 40, from MS, Feb. 1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, P. O. Box 1377, Diamond Springs, CA 95619, Telephone: 916-644-5615, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or "Neighbors to the Cherokees".)

Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth --> Andrew Vaught and Elizabeth Dobler -->
Henry Vaught and Catherine Witenberger --> Therington + James + William + Girl + Henry + Montgomery + 3 boys

CHILDREN OF HENRY VAUGHT AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE WITENBERGER
(Henry s/o Andrew s/o Andrew s/o John P. Vaught)

Henry and Catherine were m in 1804 in Blount Co., TN. Henry was b26 Feb. 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA. Catherine was b ca 1780. There may have been 9 children. Henry and Catherine died ca 1840-50 in Franklin Co., AL. Known children were Therington, James, William, Montgomery, and Henry. There was a girl b 1810-20 and 3 boys b ca 1820-25. The 3 boys may have been Andrew, N., and W. E.

Henry Vaught, s/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1815 in Franklin Co., AL. He m Emeline ca 1850. Emaline was b ca 1829 in TN.¹

Emaline (Emeline) (?) and Henry Vaught Jr. appeared in the census of 4 November 1850 at District 5, Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 111-B, lines 1-3, dwelling 123, family 123
     1 VAUGHT, Henry 35 [1815] M Farmer TN
     2 " , Emeline 21 [1829] TN
     3 BLASSINGIM, John 21 [1829] M Laborer TN.²

     Montgomery Vaught was born circa 1817 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA.
     Montgomery Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction
Memo: per Helen Spurlin (1/29/94 telcon): Montgomery VAUGHT bought land in 1834 in Franklin Co., AL
Spurlin [1994:V:40:]: "Montgomery Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1817 in Franklin Co., AL. He bought land in Franklin Co., AL in 1834. It is recorded under Colbert Co. Deeds. Colbert Co. was formed from Franklin Co. in 1867."^3,4

Montgomery Vaught was listed as a resident in Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger's household in the census report in 1840 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA; p. 231, line 15
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.⁵
Montgomery Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction on 9 April 1842 at West of Huntsville, Madison Co., Alabama, USA,
Memo: Montgomery Vaught of Franklin County, Alabama ...for the North West quarter of Section Three in fractional Township Four, of Range Fifteen, West of Huntsville, lying in Alabama, in the District of Sands subject to sale at Pontotoc, Mississippi, containing one hundred and fifty nine acres and twenty hundredths of an acre.


Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 (This transaction was recorded at Pontotoc, MA, but was for land in AL):
     Name:     Montgomery Vaught
     Issue Date:     9 Apr 1842
     Place:     Colbert, Mississippi, USA
     Land Office:     Pontotoc
     Meridian:     Huntsville
     Township:     4-S
     Range:     15-W
     Section:     3
     Accession Number:     MS2940__.296
     Document Number:     10287
     Original URL:     https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
     Source Citation: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.⁶

     Therington Vaught was born circa 1805 at Franklin Co., Alabama, USA.³ He married Sarah Barefield on 10 November 1826 at Marengo Co., Alabama, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
     Name:     Thorton Vaught
     Gender:     Male
     Spouse:     Sarah Barefield
     Spouse Gender:     Female
     Marriage Date:     10 Nov 1826
     Marriage Place:     Marengo
     Performed By:     Minister of the Gospel
     Surety/Perf. Name:     Daniel Monaghan
     OSPage:     132
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
     Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.


Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969
     Name:     Thorton Vaught
     Spouse:     Sarah Barefield
     Marriage Date:     10 Nov 1826
     County:     Marengo
     State:     Alabama
     Performed By Title:     Minister of the Gospel
     Performed by Name:     Daniel Monaghan
     Source information:     Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
     Original data:
      Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.
      Dodd, Jordan R., et. al. Early American Marriages: Alabama to 1825. Bountiful, UT: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx.
      Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
      Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.^4,5
     Therington Vaught mentioned with Henry Vaught Sr. and Catherine Whittenberger at Franklin Co., Tennessee, USA; Spurlin [1994:V:19]: "Henry Vaught was in Franklin Co., AL by 1810."⁶ Therington Vaught was also known as Thornton Vaught Spurlin [1994] calls him "Therington", but other records name him as Thornton.^4,3,7

;      Henry and Catherine were m in 1804 in Blount Co., TN. Henry was b26 Feb. 1783 in Montgomery Co., VA. Catherine was b ca 1780. There may have been 9 children. Henry and Catherine died ca 1840-50 in Franklin Co., AL. Known children were Therington, James, William, Montgomery, and Henry. There was a girl b 1810-20 and 3 boys b ca 1820-25. The 3 boys may have been Andrew, N., and W. E.
     Therington Vaught, s?/o Henry Vaught and his wife Catherine Witenberger, was b ca 1805 in Franklin Co., AL. He was m and had 3 girls by 1830 and was living in Pike Co., AL.³

Reference: Spurlin [1994:V:40]: says "He was m and had 3 girls by 1830 and was living 9in Pike Co., AL." She does not name his wife or the daughters. at Pike Co., Alabama, USA.⁸
Therington Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction on 1 July 1831 at Perry Co., Alabama, USA,
Memo: Note: This is a joint deed by Lewis BARFIELD and Thornton VAUGHT. Lewis may be his brother-in-law.
Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
     Name:     Thornton Vaught
     Issue Date:     1 Jul 1831
     Place:     Perry, Alabama, USA
     Land Office:     Cahaba
     Meridian:     St Stephens
     Township:     16-N
     Range:     6-E
     Section:     31
     Accession Number:     AL0260__.121
     Document Number:     6233
     Text:     Whereas, Lewis Barfield & Thornton Vaught of Perry County have deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Cahaba wereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Lewis Barfield & Thornton Vaught according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the South East quarter of Section thirty one in Townshipo sixteen of Range Six in the district of lands subject to sale at Cahaba, Alabam contining one hundred and sixty acres according to the official plot of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General land Office by the Surveyor General which said tract has been purchased by the said Lewis Barfield & Thornton Vaught...as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.
     Original URL:     https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
     Source Citation: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.⁷
Therington Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction on 1 July 1831 at Marengo Co., Alabama, USA,
Memo: Land Record #2: Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
     Name:     Thornton Vaught
     Issue Date:     1 Jul 1831
     Place:     Marengo, Alabama, USA
     Land Office:     Cahaba
     Meridian:     St Stephens
     Township:     17-N
     Range:     5-E
     Section:     4
     Accession Number:     AL0260__.123
     Document Number:     6235
     Text:     Whereas, Thornton Vaught of Perry County has depositied in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Cahaba whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thornton Vaught according to the provisions of the act of Congress of the 24th of April 1820, entitled "An act making futher provision for the sale of the Public Lands," for the West Half of the NorthWest quarter of Section four in Townshipo seventeen of Range five in the disctrict of lands subject to sale at Cahaba Alabama containing seventy ninve acres and niney eight hundredths of an acre...
     Original URL:     https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=AL0260__.123&docClass=STA&sid=z3naphw3.rc3
     Source Citation: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.


Land Record #3: Ancestry.com - Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
     Name:     Thornton Vaught
     Land Office:     Cahaba
     Document Number:     6235
     Total Acres:     79.98
     Signature:     Yes
     Canceled Document:     No
     Issue Date:     1 Jul 1831
     Mineral Rights Reserved:     No
     Metes and Bounds:     No
     Statutory Reference:     3 Stat. 566
     Multiple Warantee Names:     No
     Act or Treaty:     April 24, 1820
     Multiple Patentee Names:     No
     Entry Classification:     Sale-Cash Entries
     Land Description:     1 W½NW ST STEPHENS No 17N 5E 4
     Source Information: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1996.^9,10
Therington Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction on 2 November 1837 at Demopolis, Marengo Co., Alabama, USA,
Memo: Land Record #4: Ancestry.com - Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
     Name:     Thornton Vaught
     Land Office:     Demopolis
     Document Number:     11988
     Total Acres:     36.6
     Signature:     Yes
     Canceled Document:     No
     Issue Date:     2 Nov 1837
     Mineral Rights Reserved:     No
     Metes and Bounds:     No
     Statutory Reference:     3 Stat. 566
     Multiple Warantee Names:     No
     Act or Treaty:     April 24, 1820
     Multiple Patentee Names:     No
     Entry Classification:     Sale-Cash Entries
     Land Description:     1 SENE ST STEPHENS No 15N 5E 1
:TAB:Text:     Whereas Thornton Vaught of Perry County Alabama, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Demopolis whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thorton V[aught ... for the South East quarter of the North East Quarter, of Section one, in Township fifteen, of Range five East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Demopolis, Alabama, containing thrity six acres and sixty hundredths of an acre
     Source Information: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
     Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1996.^11,12,13

     John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught was born circa 1721 at Karlsbad, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.² He married Elizabeth (?) in 1743 at Orange Co., Virginia, USA,
; Spurlin [1994:V:6] says m. ca 1741-1744
     Ancestry.com - U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
     Name: Elizabeth Vaught
     Gender: Female
     Spouse Name: Andrew Vaught
     Spouse Birth Place: Ge
     Spouse Birth Year: 1721
     Marriage Year: 1743
     Marriage State: VA
     Number Pages: 1
     Source Citation: Source number: 576.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JMS.


Per Spurlin letter of Jan. 1995: "Elizabeth, Andrew Vaught's wife, is in the records on p 3 "Oxcarts". We were told that "Ermentrouts" had always lived in the Frieden Church valley. There are references to Frieden Church as Ermentrouts church. How can this be when the Vaughts owned all the land there from 1744 to 1779? one way would be that Andrew married Elizabeth (Ermentrout?) A wild guess of mine. It would not surprise me however, if Andrew married Elizabeth someone-else!"^3,1,4
John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught died circa 1787 at Tax List, Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA; from Spurlin, p. 7: "In 1786, George Vaught granted 572 acres on the headwaters of Cripple Creek, to Henry Vaught and to Christley Vaught for 20 pounds. On the same day, Henry granted 130 acres of his share to Christley Vaught for 10 opounds. In 1788, the old survey (1753-54) was assigned to Gaspar Vaught, viz, 200 acres to Adam Dutton and 200 acres to Philip Dutton. In 1790 (Survey Book D, p. 61, item 463) Gaspar Vaught re-surveyed the 600 acres on Reed Creek that were in the name of Andrew Vaught. The old survey was apparently being settled.
     The above land maneuvers tend to paint a pirture of estate settlement, and it is possible that Andrew Vaught, Sr. [i.e., John Andrew], died ca 1787 in Montgomery co., VA.^5,6
     GAV-5.

;

     Andrew Vaught, s/o John Paul Vaught and his wife Maria Catharina, was b ca 1721 in Carlsbad, Germany. His name has appeared as John Andrew (Johan Andreas Paulus Vogt?). Andrew married Elizabeth ca 1741-1744, when he was about 20-23. Chalkley item (3) above indicates that Andrew's wife was named Elizabeth. They were most likely married in the Piedmont of VA but might have been married in the Shenandoah Valley. Both locations were in Orange Co., VA in 1741-1744. (see E. Kay Kirkham's "The Counties of the United States and Their Genealogical Value" 3rd edition-1965)
     In the 1750's Germans began to survey land in southwest VA. The Indian wars with both the Cherokees and the Shawnees stopped the move to Southern VA until after 1770. Treaties were signed 1770-1773 and the surveying resumed about 1773. The settlers moved south from the Shenandoah Valley following the Indian path between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachians. These immigrants passed the German settlements on the headwaters of the James River and settled on Reed Creek and Cripple Creek, which were tributaries to the New River. (see map p ???) Seventy-five German families were there before the Revolution. John Andrew Vaught was assignee of John Parkes for 600 acres on the head of Reed Creek, surveyed in 1753-54 and Andrew was to pay the interest on the land starting in 1762. Andrew sold land in the Peaked Mt. area to his brother, Gaspar, in May 1762, and again in Feb. 1763. Andrew is mentioned on a road crew in the Shenandoah Valley in 1768. In 1774 Andrew again sold land in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1772, the name John Vaught appears on the militia lists from southwest VA. More of Andrew's family does not appear there until 1774. Most records for Andrew Vaught and his sons are from what is today the Wythe Co. area. In 1770 Reed Creek and Cripple Creek were in Botetourt Co., VA. From 1772-1777 the area was Fincastle Co., VA. In 1777 the area became Montgomery Co., VA. Wythe Co., VA was formed in 1790. During the mid 1770s in southwest VA, Vaughts other than Andrew and his son John began to appear in the records. These are probably sons of Andrew Vaught, Sr., who were reaching adulthood. The records from 1774 to 1787 yield the names Andrew Vaught, Sr., George Vaught, John Vaught, Gaspar Vaught, Andrew Vaught, Jr., Christian Vaught, David Vaught, and Henry Vaught. No land settlements or probate have been found for Andrew Vaught or his brother Gaspar Faught, sons of John Paul Vogt. Therefore, to list the children of both takes some guesswork. There is no evidence that Andrew's brother Gaspar or any of Gaspar's children ever moved to this southwestern part of VA. A German birth fraktur exists that states the parents of the babe, Andrew, were George and Christiana (Phillippi) Vaught and the grandparents were Andrew and Elizabeth Vaught. John Paul's son Andrew is known to have a wife Elizabeth. The date on the fraktur, Feb. 1787, is the right time period to provide proof that Andrew had a son George. The other 6 men above are assumed to be more sons of Andrew. There is, so far, no proof of this assumption other than land association and the lack of any other known Vaught in the area at that time to whom the other 6 Vaught men could have belonged.     A tax list of 1787 in Montgomery Co., VA lists both Andrew Vaught, Sr., and Andrew Vaught, Jr. So Andrew, s/o John Paul Vaught, was still alive in 1787. In 1786, George Vaught granted 572 acres on the headwaters of Cripple Creek, to Henry Vaught and to Christley Vaught for 20 pounds. On the same day, Henry granted 130 acres of his share to Christley Vaught for 10 pounds. (see maps pp. ???,???) In 1788, the old survey (1753-1754), was assigned to Gaspar Vaught, viz., 200 acres to Adam Dutton and 200 acres to Philip Dutton. In 1790 (Survey Book D, p 61, item 463) Gaspar Vaught re-surveyed the 600 acres on Reed Creek that were in the name of Andrew Vaught. The old survey was apparently being settled.
     The above land maneuvers tend to paint a picture of estate settlement, and it is possible that Andrew Vaught, Sr., died ca 1787 in Montgomery Co., VA.
     No evidence of any possible daughters of Andrew has been found.
     It appears that at least five of Andrew and Elizabeth's sons may have married after the move to Southwest VA in 1774. Gaspar was married circa 1769-73 in Augusta Co., VA. No record for John's marriage has been found. He may have been married in Augusta Co., VA ca 1769. These dates result from current knowledge and update the information in Vaught Vol. 1, 1st edition, Vaught Vol. 2 and Vaught Vol. 4. The seven sons of Andrew and Elizabeth follow.
     The Vaughts in SW VA were sympathetic to the Loyalists, and not to the Revolution. On 18 Apr. 1779, in Montgomery County, Michael Henninger claimed in court that a group of 4,000 men under John Griffith had shown Loyalist sympathies. This group included John and David Vaught and "the old Vaught who owned the mill". At the trial of these men, John and David were released on their good behavior. Andrew Vaught of Cripple Creek was included in the group with Loyalist sympathies by the testimony of Peter Kinder on 17 Aug. 1780. (This would have been Andrew Vaught, Jr.) These Germans took their Oath to King George seriously. They nearly all named a son "George". John and David Vaught were later fined 1000 pounds each. John, David, and Andrew Vaught went to TN ca 1787 to 1795. It is possible that John and David left the county and state rather than pay such a heavy fine.
     Two of Andrew's sons went to Pulaski Co., KY, Gaspar in 1809 and Henry in 1811. Two sons remained in Wythe Co., VA and died there, Christley in 1830 and George in 1835. Of the 7 sons of Andrew listed above, three left wills George, Christley, and John. This helps determine their families. Henry's family can be put together from several sources, but primarily from the sale of his land ca 1850 in Pulaski Co., KY. That left, by default, only Gaspar, s/o Andrew, as the available parent of any open-ended Vaughts in Wythe Co., VA during the time period 1792-1809.

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Letter from Helen Spurlin, January 1995:
     As you already know there are very few documents for the Vaughts. The box of Vaught land records I am not going to touch for you, it is not necessary. "Oxcarts" p 786 and 787 have John Paul's land and Andrew Sr.'s land in the Vaught valley near Harrisonburg, VA. "Oxcarts" p 788 and 789 have Andrew Sr.'s Cripple Creek property and show how it was divided up. George is a proven son (a German birth Fraktur that will be in Vol 3) and the circumstantial evidence of the land shows that Christley and Henry are also sons. The land that was Andrew Sr.'s in the Dutton Valley and went to Gaspar shows Gaspar as a probable son. John is not so clear. He had land elsewhere, but do not know where. So did David. In 1781 Gaspar, John, Christley, David, and George were in the same Militia Company. Andrew Jr. has no land deeds in VA. Since he went to SC in 1786/7, he did not take any of the division of land in 1786. That is my guess. History books seem to indicate that a lot of the settlers in SC that later became TN, did no recording of their land and paid no taxes. If they did the records would be in a SC archive that I have not located. When TN became a state in 1795 they still did not record. But by 1800 TN was ready to remedy the situation, land was recorded, and taxes collected. The records for Blount Co. are missing. There are some
land records in the court records in Blount Co. after 1805. Too late for us. My sister, Mickey Martin, is the map expert. She has a degree in Geology from the U of Colorado, worked at Cal Tech for the Army during World War 2 on weather maps for the "fl-day" invasion. ... She did all the land records and maps for the Vaught books. Another reason that I am not going into them at this time. And I am still too sick to do so. I will try to send you the other source material.
     Respectfully,
     Helen Spurlin
     p.s.     The title of Vol 5 will be "In the Shadow of the Cherokee"


     (2)      John Andrew Vaught     (Andrew Vaught, Sr.)
          s/o John Paul and Maria Katrina Vaught FIRM
          b c1721 at Carlsbad, Germany (8 - 10 miles down the river from Frankfort)
          m Elizabeth     in 1744
          d c1787 in Montgomery Co., VA


     Source for (2):
     The document on p 799 '"Oxcarts" is a bit hard to read so I will transcribe the important part:
     ".. .John Paul Vaught made oath in open court that this is the first time of proving his importation into this Colony and that he imported Mary Catherine his wife John Andrew and John Casper his two sons and Catherine Margaret and Mary Catherine Vaughts his two daughters..."
     Elizabeth, Andrew Vaught's wife, is in the records on p 3 "Oxcarts". We were told that "Ermentrouts" had always lived in the Frieden Church valley. There are references to Frieden Church as Ermentrouts church. How can this be when the Vaughts owned all the land there from 1744 to 1779? one way would be that Andrew married Elizabeth (Ermentrout?) A wild guess of mine. It would not surprise me however, if Andrew married Elizabeth someone-else!^7,4 John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught was also known as Andrew Vaught Sr.⁸

; per Chalkley [1912, Vol 1, p. 440] from Deed Book 12, "Page 507.--18th August, 1766. Release of dower in deed, 16th February, 1763, by Andrew Balfaut to Christian demons, by Elizabeth, wife of Andrew."⁹ He witnessed the immigration of John Paul (Johann Paulus) Vogt and Maria Catharina (Margret) (?) on 12 October 1733 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; List of foreigners imported in the ship Charming Betsy, John Bull, Master, from London. Qualified Oct. 12, 1733.

ANDERICH, Christian
BURGER, Nicholas
GRUBER, Hans Peter
HETZEL, Nicholas
KETTNER, Geo. Michale
KETTNER, Johan
LANG, Johannes Jr.
LANG,Johannes
LEIBEGOOD, Ulrich
LIEBEGOOD, Johan
LUDI, Samuel
MOCKLEI, Henrich
SPAG, Adam
STOCKER, Peter
VOGT, Hans Paul

(The original list is herewith given)
Names of Men Age
ANDERECK, Christian...............................28
BURGER, Nicholas.....................................20
GRUBER, Peter...........................................34
HETSELL, Nicolas......................................__
IMLER, Wilhelm.........................................55
KATNER, George.......................................18
KATNER, Johan.........................................40
LEBEGOOT, Ulrich....................................45
LEEBEGOOT, Johan Pieter.........................16
LONG, Johan Jr...........................................15
LONG, Johan...............................................45
LOODY, Samuel.........................................18
MEAKLE, Henry........................................34
SPAG, Adam..............................................60
STOCKER, Peter.......................................53
VOGT, Johan.............................................53

Names of Women
BURGER, Anna.........................................25
BURGER, Margaretha...............................50
GRUBER, Anna.........................................24
HELTZEL, Maria Dorothea.......................30
IMLER, Anna............................................20
KATNER, Feronica...................................34
LEEBEGOOT, Susanna.............................36
LONG, Anna..............................................36
LOODY, Maria..........................................46
MECKLE, Susanna....................................35
STOCKER, Anna.......................................51
VOGT, Maria.............................................46

Names of Boys
BREITENGROSS, George..........................13
BURGER, Philip.........................................12
GRUBER, Martin.........................................1 1/2
HELTSEL, Hans Jacob.................................1 1/2
HELTZEL, Christoffel..................................4 1/2
IMLER, Ludwig..........................................11
IMSLER, Johan............................................7
KATNER, Henrich Adam.............................8
KATNER, Johan Henrich.............................9
LEEBEGOOT, Adam.................................13
LEEBEGOOT, Jacbo.................................10
LONG, Johan Georg....................................1
SPAG, Adam.............................................12
VOGT, Andreas.........................................12
VOGT, Caspar............................................8

Names of Girls
BURGER, Margaretha................................6 months
BURGER, Margaretha..............................10
HELTSEL, Eva Catherina.........................12
IMLER, Catherina.....................................20
IMLER, Sabina.........................................18
KATNER, Maria.......................................11
MECKLE, Maria........................................3 1/2
LEEBEGOOT, Anna...................................8
LEEBEGOOT, Maria..................................5
LONG, Barbara..........................................4
LONG, Catherina........................................8
LONG, Maria............................................10
LOODY, Dorothea.......................................9
LOODY, Elisabeth.......................................9
LOODY, Maria............................................3 1/2
MECKLE, Catherina....................................6 months
STOCKER, Barbara..................................13
STOCKER, Maria.....................................17
VOGT, Catherina......................................18
VOGT, Maria............................................16

Source: Wil Vaught, 31 July 1999 email (wil.vaught@gods-open-door.org), citing: http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/imm10b.htm.¹⁰ John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught was naturalized in 1744 at General Court, Virginia, USA; "The Virginia Germans", Klaus Wust, The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville (no date), p. 50:
     Some Germans went to the colonial capital for the ceremony. The clerk of the General Court recorded detailed information on each case and by doing so gave some indication of the places In German-speaking lands where the immigrants came from. Not all of the place names can be identified although the clerks of the court in Williamsburg struggled valiantly with the phonetic reproductions of German geographic names. Opequon settler Peter Stephan "of Hildelburgh" (Heidelberg) "on the River Mayne, in the Empire of Germany, who has resided for the space of seven years or more In that part of Orange County designed to be called Frederick," in October 1743 became a royal subject. A year later, "John Bum Gardner" (no doubt Hans Baumgartner), "native of Risenhach," took his oath. With him John Paul Vogt of Frankfurt and Andrew Vogt of "Carlsbad In Germany" became subjects. He witnessed the naturalization of John Paul (Johann Paulus) Vogt on 20 October 1744 at General Court, Virginia, USA; "The Virginia Germans", Klaus Wust, The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville (1969), p. 50:The residence requirement was fixed at seven years prior to application. Upon taking a prescribed oath before the chief judge or any other judge of the colony, else foreign-born Protestant was, with a few limitations, granted the same rights which every natural-horn subject of Great Britain enjoyed. Numerous adult members of the Robinson River colony were naturalized at Orange County court in January and February 1742/43. The county clerks usually failed to specify the place of origin other than with the general remark "born In Germany.
     Some Germans went to the colonial capital for the ceremony. The clerk of the General Court recorded detailed information on each case and by doing so gave some indication of the places In German-speaking lands where the immigrants came from. Not all of the place names can be identified although the clerks of the court in Williamsburg struggled valiantly with the phonetic reproductions of German geographic names. Opequon settler Peter Stephan "of Hildelburgh" (Heidelberg) "on the River Mayne, in the Empire of Germany, who has resided for the space of seven years or more In that part of Orange County designed to be called Frederick," in October 1743 became a royal subject. A year later, "John Bum Gardner" (no doubt Hans Baumgartner), "native of Risenhach," took his oath. With him John Paul Vogt of Frankfurt and Andrew Vogt of "Carlsbad In Germany" became subjects. In April 1745 the General Court dispensed with the requirements for swearing the oath and submitting proof of having received the holy sacrament within three months prior to their appearance for Philip Lung of Saarbrucken and Nicholas Lung, "a native of Wigsden," both Mennonites from Massanutten. They were admitted to naturalization upon simple "affirmation" as "Quakers."^11,12
John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught lived with John Paul (Johann Paulus) Vogt and Maria Catharina (Margret) (?) on 24 March 1750 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA; per Chalkley [1912, Vol 1, p. 309] "John Paul Vaught (?) and Catherine, (?) Caspar Paul Vought and Elizabeth, hi wife, vs. Robert Hooks - 24th March, 1750."¹³
John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught was mentioned in a land transaction between 1753 and 1754 at Head of Reed Creek, then Botetourt Co., now Wythe Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Spurlin [1994:V:6]: "The settlers moved south from the Shenandoah Valley following the Indian path between the blue Ridge and the Appalachians...passed the headwaters of the James River and settled on Reed Creek and Cripple Creek, which were tributaries to the New River. Seventy-five German families were there before the Revolution. John Andrew Vaught was assignee of John Parkes for 600 acres on the head of Reed Creek, surveyed in 1753-54 and Andrew was to pay the interest on the land starting in 1762."¹

; per Chalkley [1912, Vol 2, p. 444] "Page 177.--1756: Processioned by Robert Hook and Pat. Frazier, viz: For Edward Beard, for Margt. Laburn, for James Craig, for Gasper Vought, for James Craig (same as above), for Henry Pirkey, for Mathew Thompson, for Andrew Leeper, for Henry Leaburn, for John Bell Vought, for John Stevenson, for Wm. Beard, for Archibald Huston."¹⁴
In John Paul (Johann Paulus) Vogt's will dated 9 October 1759 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA, John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught was named as an heir; Chalkley [1912, Vol. 3, p 64] "9th October, 1759. Johan Paul Faught's (John Bellfaught) will--Wife, sole executrix; wife, Mary Katrine; 3 children, Katrine Cleman, Andrew and Casper Faught. Teste: Archd. Huston, Peter Funk, Catrine Funk. Proved, 18th August, 1761, by Huston and Peter Funk. Mary Catrine qualifies, with Christian Cleman, Geo. Trout (signed, Cath. Fought)."
Chalkley cites Augusta Co. Will Book 3, p. 50


Ancestry.com - Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
     Name: Johan Paul Faught [Johan Paul Vaught]
     Date: 9 Oct 1759
     Location: Augusta Co., VA
     Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
     Remarks: Johan Paul Faught's (John Bellfaught) will - Wife, sole executrix; wife, Mary Katrine; 3 children, Katrine Cleman, Andrew and Caspar Faught. Proved by Huston and Peter Funk. Mary Catrine qualifies. (signed, Cath. Fought).
     Description: Decedent
     Book: WB3-50
     Prove Date: 18 Aug 1761
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
     Original data:
          Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
          Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
          The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses.^15,16,17
; per Chalkley [1912, Vol 1, p. 94] from Will Book 3, "Page 311.--17th May. 1759. Samuel Scott's estate settlement, by Robert Scott and Robert Hooks, executors. Paid Thos. Stevenson, Christopher Zimmerman, Robt. McFarson, David Nelson, Henry Downs, Saml. Wilkins, Wm. Craig, Wm. Snodon, Margaret Fowler, William Jordan, Jno. Vought, Patrick Cain, Doctor Harrison, Hugh Thompson, Jonathan Gibson, Jas. Beard; 1 coffin for Samuel Scott; 1 coffin for George Scott; keeping 3 negroes one year, nine months, bv R. Scott. Vendue to, viz: David Crighton, Jno. Paul Fought, David Logan, Jas. Underwood, James Berkley, widow McDonald, Patrick Quin. Joseph Kinkade, John Love, Bernard Man, Jacob Pence, John Wilkins, Ann Scott."
per Chalkley [1912, Vol 3, p. 94] Augusta Co., VA, "Will Book 3, Page 448.--17th May. 1759. John Bellfaught estate sold at Venude to, (among others) Catrina Faught, Andrew Faught, and Caspar Faught. In the settlement of the estate the balance due the heirs was divided wqually between Andrew, Casper and the wife of Christian Clements. Recorded 21 May 1766."^18,17
John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught and Gaspar Faught were mentioned in a land transaction between May 1762 and February 1763 at "Peaked Mt. area", then Botetourt Co., now Wythe Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Spurlin [1994:V:6]: "Andrew sold land in the Peaked Mt. area to his brother, Gaspar, in May 1762 and again in Feb. 1763."¹
John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught and Elizabeth (?) were mentioned in a land transaction on 12 February 1763 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA,
Memo: Spurlin [1994:V:7]: "He appears as teste on a document in 1763" [citing Chalkey] August Co., VA, "(eed Book 11, p. 107) - 12 Feb 1763 Andrew Belfaught and elizabeth his wife to Christian Clemans for 5 pounds; 266 acres, part of 400 acres patented to John Balfaut 20 Feb 1745. Teste: George Faut. (compiler's note: The date on the patent is 20 Sep 1745 not 20 Feb 1734.)^19,20"

; per Chalkley [1912, Vol 1, p. 393] "Page 107.--12th February, 1763. Andrew ( ) Balfaut and Elizabeth ( ) (Faut) to Christian Clemans. £5, 266 acres, part of 400 acres patented to John Balfaut, 20th February, 1745. Pat. Frazier's line. Teste: George Faut. Delivered: Christian Clemmons, May, 1766."²¹

John Andrew (Andreas) Vaught and Andrew Vaught Jr. appeared in the census of 1787 at Montgomery Co., Virginia, USA;
     from Spurlin [1994:V:7]: "A tax list of 1787 in Montgomery co., VA lists both Andrew Vaught, Sr., and Andrew, Jr. so Andrew, s/o John Paul Vaught, was still alive in 1787."²⁰