Brief Life History of George A
When George A Vaughn was born in 1828, in Georgia, United States, his father, William Vaughn, was 30 and his mother, Pensey Reid, was 32. He married Mary Chance on 25 April 1849, in Carroll, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Carroll, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1861.
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- Geo A Vaughen, "United States Census, 1860"
- George A. Vaughn, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
- Geo Vaughan in entry for Henderson Carrington Vaughan, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832 · Worcester v. Georgia
In 1830, U.S. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which required all Native Americans to relocate to areas west of the Mississippi River. That same year, Governor Gilmer of Georgia signed an act which claimed for Georgia all Cherokee territories within the boundaries of Georgia. The Cherokees protested the act and the case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case, Worcester v. Georgia, ruled in 1832 that the United States, not Georgia, had rights over the Cherokee territories and Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee Nation were voided. President Jackson didn’t enforce the ruling and the Cherokees did not cede their land and Georgia held a land lottery anyway for white settlers.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Vaughan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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