Zachariah Vaughan

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1831-05-02

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1923-04-12

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"Zachariah Vaughan" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013908, (accessed May 19, 2025).

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Overton County, Tennessee, farmer and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of Stephen Vaughan and Delany Vaughan. Married to Amanda Vaughan. Father of James M. Vaughan, William J. Vaughan, Irvin Vaughan, Lee Ann Vaughan, and Henry Vaughan. Farmer and student in Overton County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Overton County in 1860. Served in Shaw's Battalion Tennessee Cavalry (C.S.A.) as a private. Captured at Columbia, Kentucky, on September 2, 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on October 14, 1863. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.) as private from October 8, 1863. Reported as deserted from Camp Nelson, Kentucky, on January 30, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, District 10, p. 55A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, West Fork, District 10, p. 257.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Overton County, Mount Pisgah, District 8, p. 335A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0149.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #520275, Certificate #.
Find A Grave, "Zacarie Taylor “ZACK” Vaughn (1831-1923)," Memorial #23668593, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23668593 (accessed January 11, 2021).

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