Lauderdale County, Alabama
Samuel Vaughn Cemetery
Laud Cem # 683 T2S, R12W, Sec 34
Surveyed June 2016 by Robert Torbert
Location: From Florence, go W on AL 20; Lt on CR 14 just beyond Eleven Grove Church to mailbox 7976 on the Lt side of the Rd. Contact David Murphy at Murphy Brothers Landscaping for permission to visit the cemetery. It is in the middle of the pasture to the N of the driveway, with a fence around it. Two of the stones are broken, with pieces missing. Another reported stone says 9 yr old boy killed in hunting accident
Other Information:
1850 Census of Laud Co AL 1860 Census of Laud Co AL
Samuel Vaughn c1790 VA Farmer John P. Houston c1830 TN Phycisian
Nancy c1814 NC Virginia V. (Vaughn) c1840 AL
Virginia c1840 AL Lizzie A. C1859 AL (7 months)
Pleasant c1885 VA Overseer
Sarah Armstead c1849 AL
1870 Census of Laud Co AL
Jennie Houston c1840 AL
Lizzie c1860 AL
Samuel c1862 AL
Ross c1864 AL
Mary c1865 AL
Nancy c1867 TX
Joseph c1869 TX
Virginia M. Vaughn married John P Houston 7AP1857 in Laud Co AL; she died in Waco TX in 1881 & is buried in 1st Street Cem. John P. Houston c1831 TN died in 1871 & is buried in 1st Street Cem. He served as Pvt in the 43rd Reg TN Inf in CSA. They had a daughter: Elizabeth Allen 14MY1860 - 28DE1935 who married Judge Benjamin Franklin Ballard & died in Laredo TX.