John Vaughan was born to Henry Vaughan, Jr. and Mary Humphrey Vaughan. Young John, loyal to his family's new land, was eager to preserve his country's resistance to tyranny and oppression of England. On January 2, 1777, the fourteen-year old gave his age as sixteen to enlist as a private in Captain Wiley's company in Regiment No. 8, commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line. He served the United States "for a term during the war." His regiment fought at the battle of Saratoga and later in the main ar my of General Washington in New Jersey. Although honorably discharged at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, Private Vaughan remained eager to serve the United States and rejoined the military. This time he fought in the Indian War which brought him to the South. There he met his bride, then migrating to Amelia Island, FL to make their home on a sea cotton plantation. He also served in the War of 1812. The "Old Nest", which is the name of his plantation, is the final resting place for this American First Patriot and members of his family.
John Vaughan was born to Henry Vaughan, Jr. and Mary Humphrey Vaughan. Young John, loyal to his family's new land, was eager to preserve his country's resistance to tyranny and oppression of England. On January 2, 1777, the fourteen-year old gave his age as sixteen to enlist as a private in Captain Wiley's company in Regiment No. 8, commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line. He served the United States "for a term during the war." His regiment fought at the battle of Saratoga and later in the main ar my of General Washington in New Jersey. Although honorably discharged at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, Private Vaughan remained eager to serve the United States and rejoined the military. This time he fought in the Indian War which brought him to the South. There he met his bride, then migrating to Amelia Island, FL to make their home on a sea cotton plantation. He also served in the War of 1812. The "Old Nest", which is the name of his plantation, is the final resting place for this American First Patriot and members of his family.
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER
1775 PATRIOT
