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- Vaught history
Added by rogersmailis on 11 Jan 2008
Originally submitted by brendaemery69 to all my kin on 18 Apr 2007
John Andrew (Andreas) VAUGHT (VOGT), SR. was born about 1721 in Carlsbad, Germany. He died about 1787 in Montgomery County, VA.. John Andrew (Andreas) VAUGHT was born about 1721 in Carlsbad, Germany. He was naturalized in 1744 in General Court, VA. "The Virginia Germans" by 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 Risenbach," took his oath. With him John Paul Vogt of Frankfurt and Andrew Vogt of "Carlsbad In Germany" became subjects. He died after 1787 in Montgomery Co. VA.16 (Pp 6-7,11, from MS, Feb.1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, now deceased, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or Neighbors to the Cherokees".)
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 Creed, 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 1770's 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 assumptin other than land association and the lack of any other known Vaught in the area at that time in 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 headwters 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 Creed 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.
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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 Creed 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 alread 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 vally near Harrisonburg, VA. "Oxcarts" p 788 and 789 have Andrew Sr.'s Cripple Creed 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 thre 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 for 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
Above information obtained by the VAUGHT ASSOCIATION
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1721 - 1787 (66 years)
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