John Daniel Vaughn

   Another name for John was John D Vaughan.

  General Notes:

John D Vaughn orginal spelling of his last name was Vaughan In Va and Tn but changed in IL by the census takers.

1820 Smith County TN for John D Vaughan
Microfilm #M33-125 page 94 Line 2086
1 - White males 0 to 10 years of age(b. 1810-1820)
1 - White males 0 to 10 years of age(b. 1810-1820)
1 - White males 0 to 10 years of age(b. 1810-1820)
1 - White males 26 to 45 years of age (This is John D. Vaughn) (b. 1775-1795)
John D Vaughn would be 30 years old here he was born 1790.
1 - White female 0 to 10 years of age(b.1810-1820)
1 - White female 16 to 26 years of age (Celia Wood) Wife of John D. Vaughn)(b. 1794-1804)

1830 Census Madison County IL for John D Vaughan
188 13 Vaughn, John pg0187.txt
1 male 0-5 years of age (b. 1825-1830)
1 male 5-10 years of age (b. 1820-1825)
1 male 5-10 years of age (b. 1820-1825)
1 male 10-15 years of age (b. 1815-1820)
1 male 10-15 years of age (b. 1815-1820)
1 male 15-20 years of age (b. 1810-1815)
1 male 40-50 years of age (b. 1780-1790) John D Vaughan
1 female 0-5 years of age (b. 1825-1830)
1 female 5-10 years of age (b. 1820-1825)
1 female 15-20 years of age (b. 1810-1815)
1 female 30-40 years of age (b. 1790-1800) Celia (Wood) Vaughan

1840 Census Jefferson County IL for John D Vaughan
J D Vaun (Note Spelling) Image 316a John D Vaughn
1 male age 5 - 10 (b. 1830 - 1835) Thomas S Vaughn
1 male age 5 - 10 (b. 1830 - 1835) George Carroll Vaughn
1 male age 5 - 10 (b. 1830 - 1835) ?
1 male age 5 - 10 (b. 1830 - 1835) ?
1 male age 10 - 15 (b. 1825 - 1830) Samuel Vaughn
1 male age 10 - 15 (b. 1825 - 1830) Jason Vaughn
1 male age 15 - 20 (b. 1820 - 1825) Christopher Guess Vaughn
1 male age 20 - 30 (b. 1810 - 1820) James Vaughn
1 male age 20 - 30 (b. 1810 - 1820) ?
1 male age 40 - 50 (b. 1790 - 1800) J D Vaughn - John D Vaughn
1 female age 5 - 10 (b. 1830 - 1835) ?
1 female age 10 - 15 (b. 1825 - 1830) Mary Vaughn
1 female age 40 - 50 (b. 1790 - 1800) Celia (Wood) Vaughn

1850 Census Jefferson County IL for John D Vaughn
John D Vaughn was entered 2 times in this census. I do not know why for sure. It may be that he moved from the Spring Garden township to the Dodds township. At one point in his life it was said that he lost everything. I believe it was at this time that it happened. I also believe he moved with or close to his son James Vaughn.
First entry:
VAUGHN, John D. M 60 b.VA Farmer over 30 yrs. marked (b. 1790)
Vaughn, Celia F 53 KY (b. 1797)
Vaughn, Carroll M 17 IL (b. 1833)
Vaughn, Thomas M 16 or 14 IL (b. 1834-1836)
Second entry:
VAUGHN, John D.M 61 b.TN Farmer over 30 yrs. marked (b. 1789)
Vaughn, Cela or Celo F 56 TN (b. 1794)
Vaughn, George C. M 18 IL Laborer (b. 1832)
Vaughn, William R. M 21 IL Laborer (b. 1829)
Vaughn, Thomas S M 16 IL Laborer (b. 1834)

  Research Notes:

History of John Daniel Vaughan as it was published in Jefferson County IL:

From The History of Jefferson County, IL
John Daniel Vaughan / Vaughn
*(born 1790 Bedford County, VA \endash Vaughan was original spelling of his last name)*

Of a little later date came a number of, among whom we may mention John D. Vaughn, who came about 1830 or 1832. He came from Madison County, but was originally from, Tennessee and settled on Section 22. He died eventually in Dodds Township and is buried at the Arnold Graveyard in that township.
He had twelve children, and ten of them grew up and raised families of their own. Many descendants are still living here. Mr. Vaughn was a liberal-spirited man, full of energy and enterprise, and did much to better the condition of the neighborhood in which he lived.
He engaged in a general mercantile business, and would exchange goods for pelts and venison hams. These he would haul to St. Louis by wagon, bringing back goods in return. He was a carpenter, and built many houses in the township. But finally he was unfortunate in becoming surety for friends, through which means he lost heavily and died a comparatively poor man. He was ever ready to take hold of anything to make money. On one occasion he and his son Christopher G. hired to some cattle dealers to drive cattle from this section up into Michigan, a distance of about 600 miles, for which he received 75 cents per day and his son 50 cents per day. Returning home, they walked the entire distance, often walking forty miles a day.

*( )* Words added to understand purposes or known facts.
Of a little later date came a number of settlers *(to Jefferson County, IL)*, among whom we may mention John D. Vaughn, who came about 1830 or 1832 *(came in 1832)*. He came from Madison County, IL *(he was in Madison County, IL from 1828-1832)* here *Jefferson County, IL)*, but was originally from Tennessee *(in 1828 he left the Smith - Macon County, TN area, He shows up on the 1820 Smith County, TN census)*, and settled on Section 22 *(Spring Garden Township in Jefferson County, IL)*. He died eventually in Dodds Township, *(in Jefferson County, IL)* and is buried at the Arnold Graveyard in that township.
He had twelve children, and ten of them grew up and raised families of their own. Many descendants are still living here. Mr. Vaughn was a liberal-spirited man, full of energy and enterprise, and did much to better the condition of the neighborhood in which he lived.
He engaged in a general mercantile business, and would exchange goods for pelts and venison hams. These he would haul to St. Louis by wagon, bringing back goods in return. He was a carpenter, and built many houses in the township. But finally he was unfortunate in becoming surety for friends, through which means he lost heavily and died a comparatively poor man. He was ever ready to take hold of anything to make money. On one occasion he and his son Christopher G. hired to some cattle dealers to drive cattle from this section *(22)* up into Michigan, a distance of about 600 miles, for which he received 75 cents per day and his son 50 cents per day. Returning home, they walked the entire distance, often walking forty miles a day.

This part is from John Daniel Vaughn's sons bio Christopher Guess Vaughn of Jefferson County, Illinois:

The paternal grandfather (John D. Vaughn) of our subject was a blacksmith by trade, which vocation he followed in Tennessee when locating there among the Indians. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Vaughn went to Madison Co., Il in 1828, and in 1832 came to Jefferson County, IL and located three-quarters of a mile southwest of Spring Garden TWP, where they passed the greater part of their lives. The father (John D. Vaughn) took great interest in military affairs, and although not a soldier was called "Captain" Vaughn. He was a devoted member of the Christian Church, with which body his family was also connected.
SOURCE PORTRAITS and Biographies Clinton, Washington, Marion, and Jefferson Counties Illinois
Chapman Publishing Co 1894

Vaughn Family website: http://www.waynevaughn.com

  Noted events in his life were:

• Travel: Smith County, TN to Madison County, IL., 1828, Madison County, IL. John D Vaughan left the Smith County, TN area around 1828. I believe he was really in the Macon County, TN area at this time. Macon County, TN was part of Smith County, TN at one time. I also believe he went to Madison County, IL because of the new land opening up and that he had relatives already in the area.

• Travel: Madison County, IL to Jefferson County, IL, 1832, Jefferson County, Illinois.

John married Celia F Wood, daughter of Peter Wood and Unknown, about 1810 in KY or TN. (Celia F Wood was born in 1793-1797 in Kentucky, died after 1860 in Jefferson County, Illinois and was buried in Arnold Cemetery, Dodds Township, Jefferson County, Illinois.)