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Vaught Cemetery
Cracker's Neck Road, Johnson County, Tennessee

Index of Surnames Included

You may click on one of the surnames below to go to the first image with that surname. Click here to go to the first grave marker listing or here to see views of the cemetery or views of the cemetery.

Location

Located on Cracker's Neck Road on right about 1/4 mile from bridge on the Nannie S. Vaught property, Johnson County, Tennessee.
See the views below.

Pictures Taken

These pictures were taken at Vaught Cemetery in Cracker's Neck Road, Johnson County, Tennessee on 15 March 2003 by Basil McVey and he is the owner of all images unless otherwise noted. I have pictures of each of these markers, but they are not published at this time. If you would like a copy, please send me an email.

Sources of Names Listed

Jeffrey L. Carrier visited the Vaught Cemetery on September 2, 1979. The listing that follows is derived from the readings and photographs taken by Basil L. McVey on 15 March 2003. We have used a listing by location in the cemetery. Some of the markers are stacked together (some of which could not be read). This is a complete listing of the readable markers on 15 March 2003.

Information in brackets [sample] was added by Basil McVey unless indicated otherwise.

Views of Vaught Cemetery

The views are noted with the approximate location in the cemetery.

Vaught Cemetery Markers

Inf Child Vaught
of J. B. & R.
Vaught
Born &
Died
Oct. 10, 1870
In
Memory of
Infant Child Vaught
of J.B. & R.
Vaught
Born & Died
Jan. 10, 1862 2
Sacred to
Nancy Wagner
June 4, 1868
Mar. 15, 1869
In
Memory of
Wm Wagner
May 16, 1862 2
June 5, 1862
Age 21 Ds.
Sacred to
Rebecca L. Wagner
Feb. 15, 1855 2
Mar. 15, 1857 2
Joseph Newton Vaught
July 16, 1876
Jan. 1892

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Louisa J. Vaught
His wife
1838-1924
[Louisa J. Mast d/o Joseph C. Mast and Celia _____
w/o Joseph L. Vaught]
Joseph L. Vaught
1838-1897
Joseph L. Vaught
Mar. 4, 1838
May 16, 1897
Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord
[s/o John Smith Vaught and Rebecca Shoun
h/o Louisa J. Mast
Marker is now outside the fenced in area]
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John M. Vaught
1872-1912
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Edward J. Vaught
Jan. 26, 1874
Aug. 4, 1943
Ella Vaught
Nov. 6, 1866
June 13, 1946
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Roscoe Vaught
May 19, 1879
Dec. 1, 1918
"He was the
sunshine of
our home"
Smith Netherly Twins
Dec. 23, 1909
Joseph L. Stephens
May 14, 1873
July 16, 1929
(and
Julia L. Stephens
July 28, 1871
Dec. 12, 1951
Wagner B. Stephens
Dec. 17, 1913
Mar. 5, 1937
(and
W. B. Stephens Jr.
Apr. 1, 1937
Apr. 28, 1937
Infant Child Vaught
Sacred to
Inf Child
of J. L. & L.
J. Vaught
Born & Died
June 15, 1857
Sacred to
James W. Vaught
Dec. 15, 1863
Mar. 15, 1864 2
In
Memory of
James Wilburn Vaught
Sept. 25, 1859 2
Jan. 15, 1860 2
In
Memory of
Henry C. Vaught 2
Nov. 12, 1859 2
Sept. 18, 1863
Nellie B. Vaught
Nov. 6, 1880 2
Oct. 17, 1881 2
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David H. Vaught
March 1, 1849
Dec. 24, 1891
Evelyne Vaught
May 6, 1854
March 20, 1937
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Lillie Vaught
Feb. 9, 1887
Mar. 29, 1961

In Memory of
Rebeca Vaught
Wife of
J. S. Vaught
June 4, 1813 2
Apr. 28, 1853
Age __Y 10MS __
[Rebecca Shoun d/o Leonard Shoun and Barbara Virginia Slemp
w/o John Smith Vaught] From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
John S. Vaught
June 13, 1810
May 14, 1885
[Is this John Smith Vaught and did he have three wives: Rebecca, Rachel and Nancy?]
(and
Rachel Vaught
Wife of
John S. Vaught
June 4, 1813
Apr. 28, 1851
(and
Nancy E. Vaught
Wife of
John S. Vaught
Nov. 29, 1829
Apr. 9, 1906

Memory of
Margaret Vaught
Dec. 23, 1833
Sept. 15, 1846
12 YS. 8 MS. 22 DS.
-----
Jacob S. Vaught
Sept. 12, 1857
Dec. 29, 1938
Callonia E. Vaught
August 5, 1859
April 21, 1944
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Polly C. Dunn
May 24, 1873
Aug. 16, 1935
At Rest
Joseph Boman
Son of
D.B Boman & 2
Mary Boman 2
Nov. 30, 1898
Nov. 9, 1901
Gone but not forgotten
Dale E. Vaught
Sept. 27, 1926
June 12, 2000
(and
Nannie S. Vaught
Apr. 8, 1932
[still living]
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Jacob Raymond Vaught
August 14, 1890
March 5, 1970
Gertrude Cole Vaught
January 16, 1897
April 22, 1966
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Ella Mae Vaught
Oct. 30, 1928
Jan. 14, 1968
Fosty
1977-1986
[Devoted pet of Dale and Nannie Vaught]
Rebecca Louise Vaught
July 10, 1878
Oct. 1890
[Marker is now outside the fenced in area]

Sources

1. Photos taken, readings and genealogical research by Basil L. McVey.
2. Upon A Lonely Hill The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee by Jeffrey L. Carrier
3. Members of the JCTCuzins list at eGroups.com

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This page added 29 July 2003 and last updated 7 March 2005.

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