In Loving Memory of Mr. JOSEPH VAUGHN Wednesday, December 5. 1984- 12:30 P.M. J. HEARNE SUNNYSIDE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL 5640 REED Road HOUSTON, TEXAS 77033 Rev. LUTHER LEVI Officiating "ENCASED IN WHITE IN OUR PRECIOUS MEMORIES, ARE TWO BELOVED FOOTPRINTS. ONE PORTRAYS LOVE MADE MANIFEST IN LIFE, THE OTHER REMINDS US OF THE HONOR OF DEATH TO THOSE WHOSE TRUST STAYED IN THE LORD " "SLEEP ON BROTHER JOSEPH VAUGHN, WE LOVED YOU, BUT GOD LOVED YOU BEST" OBITUARY On February 4, 1896, a baby boy was born to Hubbard VAUGHN and Ella ADAMS VAUGHN, in Campti, Louisiana. He confessed Christ at an early age, under the administration of the late Rev. A.J.Harris, Sr. of St. Peter Baptist Church in Campti, Louisiana God called him from labor to rest , December 2, 1984 at 11:30 A.M. JOSEPH VAUGHN was a Honorary Mason and a member of Lodge # 14 in Richmond, California . He leaves to mourn a devoted wife, Mrs. Mattie D. VAUGHN ; two daughters, Leola ALCORN of Houston , Texas and Jereline STEVENS of Hosston, Louisiana ; one brother Richard VAUGHN of Vallajo, California ; twenty -six grandchildren, seventy great-grandchildren, fifty great-great-grandchildren; one first cousin and a host of other relatives and friends. INTERNMENT - Golden Gate Cemetery (Houston, Texas) Valerie Vaughn (VVAUGHN@aol.com) Joseph Metoyer (Jmet40@aol.com)

Just wanted to let everyone know that all of the postings to the Natchitoches mailing list will be saved in the Natchtioches Parish archives. So if at any time now or in the future you need to go back and look at a message they will be there!!!! That way you don't have to store them for future reference!!!! Gaytha Thompson Submit your Family Group Sheet today to the Louisiana Family Group Sheet Project!! <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/group.htm">LAGenWeb Archives Family Group Sheet Project ...</A> List Owner for LAGRANT-L@rootsweb.com (Grant Parish) LANATCHI-L@rootsweb.com (Natchitoches Parish) <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/natchito.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Natchitoches Parish, Louisi...</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/grant.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Grant Parish, Louisiana Tab...</A>

Below is a transcript of marriage certificate for son of Robert and Amelia VAUGHN/VAUGHN and Luevenia MARSHALL ________________________________________________________________________ ____ STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES Know All Men By Thee Presents That we Willie Vaughn as principal, and John Stephens as security, are held and firmly bound unto his Excellency the Govenor of the State of Louisiana, in the full sum of Five Hundred Dollars, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severaly , by these presents. Dated at Natchitoches, La. this 28th day of June A.D., 1895 Whereas a License has been this day issued by the clerk of the District Court , in and for the Parish of Natchitoches, to unite in the Bonds of Matrimony the above bounden Willie VAUGHN and Nancy Allen. Now, Therefore, the condition of the above obligation is such that if there exist no legal impediment to this alliance, then the said obligation to be null and void, else to remain in full force and virtue in law. Then it is signed. Both men made their mark no actual signatures. ======================================================================== ==== 2nd Part : MARRIAGE LICENSE STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES To any Person Authorized to Celebrate Marriage, in and for the Parish of Natchitoches-GREETING: You are Hereby Licensed and permitted to unite in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony, according to law and established rules, Mr. Willie Vaughn and Nancy Allen Witness, my hand and Seal of Office as Clerk of the District Court, in and for the Parish of Natchitoches, this 28th day of June A.D., 1895 Can not make out the signature. Clerk ======================================================================== ===== 3rd Part : STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES BE IT REMEMBERED That, by virtue of a License issued by the Clerk of the District Court of the Parish of Natchitoches, I Blank Space have celebrated marriage between Mr Blank Space and M Blank Space and have joined them together in Holy Wedlock, according to Law, this Blank Space day of Blank Space A.D., 189 Witness : None listed Parties : None listed Valerie (Vee) Vaughn VVAUGHN@aol.com

Please forgive the two posts sent a minute ago with no address or anything ! I was just excited to join the list and see so many LA researchers in one spot ! Valerie (Vee) Vaughn VVAUGHN@aol.com

VAUGHN family was from Louisiana the Campti area the family then migrated to Clearlake also in Louisiana. There were 16 children born to Lee Andrew and Luevenia MARSHALL VAUGHN . Okemah Oklahoma was the next migration point for the family where some of the children were born. Luevenia MARSHALL VAUGHN 12/8/1897 to 4/5/1945 is buried in North Fork Cemetery in Oklahoma.

The following is a transcript of the marriage certifcate of my earliest VAUGHN/VAUGHAN ancestor to date STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES Be it remembered that on this day 22nd Sept. 1866. Personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace in and for said Parish. Robert VAUGHN and Amelia LONDON who having produced the license required by law and no just impediment being suggested were with consent and in the prescence of the undersigned witnesses by me joined in wedlock and pronounced husband and wife . In testimony whereof the said contracting parties and said witnesses being unable to write have affixed their ordinary marks with my signature this day and date above named Puckettes Plantation in the Parish aforesaid. Robert VAUGHN, Amelia LONDON, Henry SMITH, Aleck PORTER, Peter GRAY, Chas. J.C. PUCKETTE Justice Peace ward No.4

In a message dated 98-03-19 08:38:03 EST, you write: << From what I understand Clear Lake is in Natchitoches Parish ! I have a slew of folks from Campti and they all agree on that point. BTW one of my cousins who is from the area is wanting to subscribe but he keeps getting an error message when he tries ? He asked me to passs on his information in the hopes of a manual subscription ? Jmet40 is his screen name here on AOL . Thanking you in advacne for your help . Vee Vaughn >> Thanks for the info Vee and consider your cousin subscribed. I will do it manually right now. I don't know why he would be getting an error message, but sometimes these things just happen........................... Gaytha

I am in hopes that someone might can help me out with some information about Clear Lake Cemetery and St. Peter's Chapel. My husband's great grandfather E. C. Thompson is buried there and I need to find out where the death records for that cemetery would be. I wrote to the Diocese in Alexandria and they said there was a portion of the records they did not have and that the church in Natchitoches should have them......well I wrote to Natchitoches and the reply came back that they didn't have them. I will be in Natchitoches next week and am going back up to the cemetery and get it copied so Glenda and I can post it on the Natchitoches Parish Page and the Archives............but I really need to find out some history and information on the Chapel and the cemetery. Also........when I get that far up on the lake and in the woods I am unsure just where the Parish line is. So the other question is...........is it in Natchitoches or Winn Parish? Gaytha Thompson Submit your Family Group Sheet today to the Louisiana Family Group Sheet Project!! <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/group.htm">LAGenWeb Archives Family Group Sheet Project ...</A> List Owner for LAGRANT-L@rootsweb.com (Grant Parish) LANATCHI-L@rootsweb.com (Natchitoches Parish) <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/natchito.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Natchitoches Parish, Louisi...</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/grant.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Grant Parish, Louisiana Tab...</A>

Hi, Just want to let you know that Booty Cemetery is complete now. It has been on the Natchitoches Parish LaGenWeb site for a while now but was only a partial listing. Elaine Barber made a trip to the Kisatchi area in February and "read" the whole cemetery. Check it out at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~lanatchi/bootycem.htm Glenda Myers

Gaytha, My great-grandmother was Rosannah Sophia Rinkel (Wrinkle) b. 12-17-1823 d. 6-29-1913. She was married to James Beasley. The information I have shows that Charity was a sister of Rosannah's, but I have that the father was Abraham Wrinkle. I'm sooooooo confused. I'm sure it's all the same family, but possibly I have cousins listed as sisters. Abraham was married to Nancy Sarah Madden. Does this hook up with anything that you have? Thanks for your hardwork on this project. You, your daughter, and Glenda are to applauded!! Carolyn Dodd Cade

In a message dated 98-03-18 22:22:03 EST, you write: << My great-grandmother was Rosannah Sophia Rinkel (Wrinkle) b. 12-17-1823 d. 6-29-1913. She was married to James Beasley. The information I have shows that Charity was a sister of Rosannah's, but I have that the father was Abraham Wrinkle. I'm sooooooo confused. I'm sure it's all the same family, but possibly I have cousins listed as sisters. Abraham was married to Nancy Sarah Madden. Does this hook up with anything that you have? Thanks for your hardwork on this project. You, your daughter, and Glenda are to applauded!! Carolyn Dodd Cade Carolyn, I'm sorry..........I didn't mean to confuse you......but in this copy that I have..... it shows John Wrinkle & Sarah Wrinkle as the parents and Charity and Nancy Wrinkle as the children. Charity married John Bludworth and Nancy married 1st John Vashery and 2nd to Absalom Hyer. Now in this document is says that Abraham Wrinkle, Davie Wrinkle and Daniel Brown made the valuation of the property. I have not researched the Wrinkle line as I was only interested in the Bludworth part of the line. I will get this typed up tomarrow and upload it to the archives so you can print a copy from there. I should have it done by tomarrow night. I can only speak for myself and my daughter and I am sure Glenda feels the same way............what we do is a labor of love............... Gaytha Thompson Submit your Family Group Sheet today to the Louisiana Family Group Sheet Project!! <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/group.htm">LAGenWeb Archives Family Group Sheet Project ...</A> List Owner for LAGRANT-L@rootsweb.com (Grant Parish) LANATCHI-L@rootsweb.com (Natchitoches Parish) <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/natchito.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Natchitoches Parish, Louisi...</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/grant.htm">USGenWeb Archives:Grant Parish, Louisiana Tab...</A> >>

Hi folks, Does anyone have any info on the Oak Grove Cemt which is right outside of Natchitoches???? >From what I can tell the church itself is not there and I'm having trouble running down who it is that I need to talk to. I've sent mail but have had no reply. Any info would be appreciated. Kay A poor swamp baby lost in the hills of Tennessee

In a message dated 98-03-17 18:02:05 EST, you write: << Hi, I am Rachel Grace and I am researching my husband's line. We live in Baton Rouge. He is from here but I am from Virginia. His mother's side of the family is from Natchitoches. Her lines are WILLIAMS, PAYNE, BLANCHARD, BLUDWORTH, ROQUIER, AND PRUDHOMME. I have alot of information but I am always looking for more. Rachel Grace HGRACE5366@aol.com Grace, Did you know that there was a book written on the Bludworth Family from Natchitoches Parish? My great grandfather was James L. Bloodsworth (note the spelling) but from the southern part of Vernon Parish. I had thought at one time that he might have been realted to the Bludworth's from Natchitoches Parish, but mine came from Georgia to La. Anyway that is how I found the book. Erbon Wise's wife wrote it as this was her family line. If you don't have it I can give you the address to order one if you are interested. I have a copy of the agreement between Charity Bludworth and her mother Sarah Wrinkle pertaining to the estate of John Wrinkle, Charity's father. I got a copy of it and several more Bludworth files in my search to try to tie my James Bloodsworth into this line. I will be getting it typed up and posted to the Natchitoches Archives along with the other information I have on that family. Gaytha Thompson Submit your Family Group Sheet today to the Louisiana Family Group Sheet Project!! <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/group.htm">LAGenWeb Archives Family Group Sheet Project ...</A> List Owner for LAGRANT-L@rootsweb.com (Grant Parish) LANATCHI-L@rootsweb.com (Natchitoches Parish) >>

Hello friends and cousins from Natchitoches Parish: My name is Glenda Myers and I am the coordinator for Natchitoches Parish LaGenWeb Project. I am acquainted with most of you from getting your requests to be added to the surname page or your queries. A few of you are cousins who've contacted me because we share common ancestors and we found each other through the queries or surname page. This mailing list should be a help to all of us as we research in Natchitoches. I appreciate very much the efforts of our listowners, Gaytha Thompson and Kay Thompson-Brown. Gaytha said there were 38 of us yesterday (the first day!) and the list will grow larger as time goes by. Did you notice that we added two new cemetery listings to the "cemetery page" last week. They are Robeline Cemetery and Shiloh Cemetery and they were submitted by Nelda Liles. http://www.rootsweb.com/~lanatchi/cemetery.htm Nelda's working on the Provencal Cemetery, Harmony, and the Old Bethel Cemeteries and we'll let you know when they're ready for you to check out. Glenda Myers

Hello, I am Theresa C. Garza (Freeman,Barbo,Davis). I now reside in Texas but I was born in Natchitoches, La. I was adopted at birth and do not know my birth parents. I have begun a search of the records but have not found much so far. In case some do not know, there is a group forming.... .........a new organization the name of which will be The Adaesanos Foundation. It is named for the original inhabitants at Los Adaes but anyone who has a historical interest in or genealogical connection to Los Adaes or descendants of Spanish families in the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands can be a member. The first organizational meeting will be held here at the Cammie Henry Research Center, Third Floor, Watson Library, NSU, on March 28, at 2:00 PM. Contact for info.....NSFRE7236@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU Regarding the LANATCHI email.... I subscribed to the 'D' digest form of the list and received a short email from the list on Tuesday, Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:33:01 -0800 (PST). It appeared as thought there should have been more to the mail..it listed 5 'items' and the subscribe unsubscribe directions, but nothing else. I am unsure as to whether this was intentional or if my ISP cannot handle list forums. As this list is new these quirks are to be expected. The mail read: LANATCHI-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 1 Today's Topics: #1 TEST MSG [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #2 Another Test [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #3 Test [Diggersinc <Diggersinc@aol.com>] #4 tesrt [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #5 [LANATCHI-L] WELCOME [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] but nothing else. Is this what everyone else got or am I not getting it all? Thanks to all and heres to a prosperous 'list". Theresa

Theresa and anyone else who received those messages as you listed.............my daughter and I were trying to test out the list to make sure that it was working properly before we sent out emails that it was up and running. I guess that anyone who signed on in Digest mode got all those test messages................sorry..................but this is our first time at having a mailing list and we wanted to make sure everything was ok. Gaytha In a message dated 98-03-17 21:21:38 EST, you write: << Regarding the LANATCHI email.... I subscribed to the 'D' digest form of the list and received a short email from the list on Tuesday, Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 09:33:01 -0800 (PST). It appeared as thought there should have been more to the mail..it listed 5 'items' and the subscribe unsubscribe directions, but nothing else. I am unsure as to whether this was intentional or if my ISP cannot handle list forums. As this list is new these quirks are to be expected. The mail read: LANATCHI-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 1 Today's Topics: #1 TEST MSG [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #2 Another Test [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #3 Test [Diggersinc <Diggersinc@aol.com>] #4 tesrt [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] #5 [LANATCHI-L] WELCOME [LaFamTree <LaFamTree@aol.com>] but nothing else. Is this what everyone else got or am I not getting it all? Thanks to all and heres to a prosperous 'list". Theresa

In a message dated 98-03-17 15:18:57 EST, calocade@kalama.com writes: << My father, Louis Dodd, was born and raised in Natchitoches Parish. Most of his life he lived in Kisatchie, with his Granny Beasley. One of his great-uncles was married to Parilee Alto Whatley who was the daughter of Sampson Whatley. I have limited information on the Whatley's, but will share what I have on the descendants. I am going to be in Natchitoches/Kisatchie/Provencal in April, and hope to get more information. I plan to visit the Beasley/Boswell Cemetery and will record as much as I can for the archives and Natchitoches Parish page. Carolyn Dodd Cade >> Thanks Carolyn, We will look forward to any info that you can share with the list. Kay

Hello, I am Brenda Reynolds from Longview, TX. Details to follow on my Natchitoches ancestors.

My father, Louis Dodd, was born and raised in Natchitoches Parish. Most of his life he lived in Kisatchie, with his Granny Beasley. One of his great-uncles was married to Parilee Alto Whatley who was the daughter of Sampson Whatley. I have limited information on the Whatley's, but will share what I have on the descendants. I am going to be in Natchitoches/Kisatchie/Provencal in April, and hope to get more information. I plan to visit the Beasley/Boswell Cemetery and will record as much as I can for the archives and Natchitoches Parish page. Carolyn Dodd Cade

Hi, I am Rachel Grace and I am researching my husband's line. We live in Baton Rouge. He is from here but I am from Virginia. His mother's side of the family is from Natchitoches. Her lines are WILLIAMS, PAYNE, BLANCHARD, BLUDWORTH, ROQUIER, AND PRUDHOMME. I have alot of information but I am always looking for more. Rachel Grace HGRACE5366@aol.com