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

 

 

Family of Josiah Vaughn (b. ~1810 KY; d. 1873 MO)

 

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)

 

Deposition of Daniel A. Stevens, Fed. Soldier vs. Lydia & Virginia Taylor, Nancy Vaughn, Mary Vaughn, and Others, taken Feb 14, 1865 at Kansas City, MO.

 

Statement of Susan Vaughn of Jackson Co, MO (15 years old, daughter of Mary & Josiah Vaughn) taken March 29, 1865 at Gratiot Prison, St. Louis, MO.