John Crawford Vaughn Letter
This collection consists of a single letter addressed to Darius Waterhouse from John Crawford Vaughn dated April 11, 1849. Vaughn writes to Waterhouse concerning an unpaid balance of $26.72. In the letter, Vaughn expresses the importance of paying all unpaid finances.
Dates
- 1849 April 11
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection consists of a single letter addressed to Darius Waterhouse from John Crawford Vaughn dated April 11, 1849. Vaughn writes to Waterhouse concerning an unpaid balance of $26.72.
Biographical/Historical Note
John Crawford Vaughn was born February 24, 1824 on a farm in Monroe County, Tennessee. He attended Bolivar Academy in Madisonville, Tennessee from 1830-1841. At the age of 23, Vaughn volunteered to fight in the Mexican-American War. He was elected captain and marched his troops into Mexico City; however his regiment never saw any action. He left the military in 1848 and returned to Tennessee and built a hotel in the new railroad town of Sweetwater. While on business in Charleston, South Carolina, Vaughn witnessed the attack on Fort Sumter. When he returned to Tennessee, his prior military service brought him to the rank of Colonel. He guided his unit into Fort Manassas, where Vaughn and his troops participated in the Southern counterattack that collapsed the Federal right flank. In 1856 he was elected sheriff of Monroe County. Vaughn was indicted for treason in October of 1865, moved his family to Georgia for a few years, and then returned to Tennessee to be elected to the state assembly. In 1874, he pleaded guilty to using bogus identities to defraud the widow's pension and was fined $1000. Vaughn died on September 10, 1875 in Georgia.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in 1966.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository