Trouble
for the Vaughn’s in Jackson County, Missouri during the Civil War
Josiah Vaughn settled in Jackson County, Missouri about 1837 and his brother Reuben settled there about 1843. They bought land near each other in Washington Township, Jackson County. They were farmers there, and this is where they raised their children. They did not have any slaves, but they were southern sympathizers and when the Civil War broke out, the sons from these two families fought for the south. William Clarke Quantrill and Quantrill’s Raider’s were also in Jackson County and the Vaughn’s were caught up in Quantrill’s cause to use guerilla warfare against the Union troops. The Vaughn families helped Quantrill and his men with food and shelter. Many of the Vaughn sons rode with Quantrill. So, the Vaughn’s were trouble for the Union Army and the Federal Government in Jackson County, Missouri during the Civil War.
Family
of Reuben Vaughn (b. ~1806 KY; d. 1876 MO)
Rebecca (Harper) Vaughn (b. ~1815 KY; d. 1846 MO)
1st
wife of Reuben Vaughn
Anna (Reese) Vaughn (b. ~1817 TN; d. aft.1880)
2nd
wife of Reuben Vaughn
Children:
Robert Thomas Vaughn (b. 1831 KY; d. 1920 NE)
son
of Rebecca (Harper) & Reuben Vaughn
Louisa Francis Vaughn (b. 1834 IL, d. 1915 KS)
daughter
of Rebecca (Harper) & Reuben Vaughn
Mary Ann Vaughn ( b. 1840 IL; 1928 MO)
daughter
of Rebecca (Harper) & Reuben Vaughn
William Henry
Vaughn (b. ~1841 IL; ~1895 MO)
son of Rebecca (Harper) & Reuben Vaughn
James Newton
Vaughn (b. 1845 MO; d. 1924 MO)
son
of Rebecca (Harper) & Reuben Vaughn
John L Vaughn (b. 1850 MO; d. 1931 MO)
son
of Anna (Reese) & Reuben Vaughn
Emily J Vaughn (b. 1851 MO, d. 1873 MO)
daughter
of Anna (Reese) & Reuben Vaughn
Mary (Fuqua)
Vaughn (b. ~1818 KY, d. ~1865 MO)
wife
of Josiah Vaughn
Children:
William Hansford Vaughn (b. 1833 IL; d. 1917 CA)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
John R Vaughn (b. 1835 IL; d. 1912 CA)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Thomas Vaughn (b. ~1838 MO; d. ~1862 MO) Nancy Jane
Vaughn (b. ~1833 KY; d. 1865 MO)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn wife
of Thomas Vaughn, son of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Daniel C Vaughn (b.
1839 MO; d. 1913 TX)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
James Vaughn (b.
~1842 MO; d, 1853 MO)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Martha Jane Vaughn (b. ~1844 MO; d. ~1872 MO)
daughter of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Margaret (Maggie) Ann Vaughn (b. ~1847 MO; d.
aft.1870)
daughter
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Susan E Vaughn (b. ~1849 MO; d. aft.1872)
daughter
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Alexander Vaughn (b. ~1853 MO; d aft.1870)
son
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Sarah L Vaughn (b. 1857 MO; d. 1892 AR)
daughter
of Mary (Fuqua) & Josiah Vaughn
Jackson County, Missouri Vaughn Women taken Prisoners during the Civil War
Below are transcriptions from Civil War era documents pertaining to the Vaughn women and their children taken prisoner by the Union Army.
Roll
of prisoners confined at Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 10th 1864.
Nancy J. Vaughn
Susan Vaughn
Richard Vaughn
Josiah Vaughn
Martha Lindsey
Susan Lindsey
Emma Lindsey
Charges:
Aiding & harboring bushwackers and giving
information to same.
Remarks:
Arrested Aug. 31, 1864 in Jackson Co., Mo., by
Kansas troops and
sent to this office Sept. 21 with two affidavits
which are enclosed
and is all the evidence forwarded with the
prisoners. These affidavits
are transmitted together with such other affidavits
and evidence as I
have been able to obtain.
Their relationship are all
in the Rebel army or bushwacking in
this immediate vicinity and their presence is
dangerous and irritating
to loyal people.
Jim Vaughn, a brother of one of the prisoners was
hung in this city one year ago by Gen. Blunt for being
a bushwacker
and another brother was shot in the brush by federal
troops. They
are considered dangerous persons for the reasons
above set forth
and I would recommend that they be sent to St. Louis
or elsewhere
for purpose of breaking a regular bushwackers
rendezvous.
J.
C. McCall, Capt., Asst. Pro. Marshal
Statement of Nancy
Vaughn a prisoner taken Feb 11, 1865 made at Kansas City, MO.
Statement of Mary
Vaughn a female prisoner taken Feb. 14, 1865 made at Kansas City, MO. (Note on the back
of Mary Vaughn’s statement)