"John Vaughan was born about 1762. After his service in the Revolutionary War. John came from Maryland to Charlotte County, VA, where he first met his wife, Nancy Callicott, in 1788. They were married in Halifax County, VA in 1794, and moved to Hawkins County about 1800. John and Nancy Callicott Vaughan had 11 children. One son, Samuel N., born 1814. In his will, dated 27 December 1841, John Vaughan included a provision for Samuel to inherit this property, their first home. In this Will, the property is described;".....I do give and bequeath unto my sons Samuel N. Vaughan and Benjamin Vaughan during their natural lives and then to their lawful heirs forever all my lands on the north side of Clinch Mountain, it being about 110 acres and 10 acres on the south side to Copper Ridge whereon the said Samuel N. Vaughan now lives, to be equally divided between them according to quality..." For more information from this pages link.
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"1842 - 1863
Following John Vaughan's death,(1858) Nancy stated in a revolutionary pension affidavit …after her marriage she and her husband resided in the State of Virginia six years and then they moved from the State of Virginia about the year 1800 and came to Hawkins county Tennessee. She added that they settled on or near Clinch River some 5 or 6 miles from where she was living in '58 (with a daughter) in Hawkins County–(changed to Hancock County, Tennessee), on the land, and in the house, Samuel Vaughan had inherited."
"1887- Having no children, Carter and Sarah live on the farm until Sarah passes away in 1906.Carter remarries a year later to a Matilda Eidson.They live on the farm until the death of Carter Vaughan on January 11, 1911. He and Sara are buried in marked graves in the Vaughan Cemetery. They had no children and though Carter had remarried, he leaves the house to his nephew, James Warner.(Son of his youngest sister Matilda and husband Lewis Warner). In the end Carter’s second wife, Matilda Eidson gets the farm. She is also buried in Vaughan Cemetery.
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