Vaughn Loften

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There is one "Vaughn Lofton" listed in the US Census records, a black man living in Davidson County, TN in 1900. His given age was 42, which would have made him eight years old in 1866. Perhaps the "Vaughn Loften" of the court records is a relative of his.

The Freedman's Bank Records list a Tennessee-born "Vaughn Lofton" as being 19 years old in 1872. That would have him born in 1853, but he still would have been only 13 years old in 1866.

Sources

"Recorder's Court." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/

"The Five B's C Stars." Daily Union and American [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866: 3. Web, Chronicling America. 11 Apr. 2014. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038519/1866-09-18/ed-1/seq-3/

"A Freedman's Club." Republican Banner [Nashville, TN], 18 Sept., 1866.

"United States Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NSYS-DQP : accessed 28 January 2015), Vaughn Lofton, ; citing bank Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 928,581.

 

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It is not clear whether BBBBBC was an actual club, or merely an informal group of players saddled with a sarcastic moniker in a local newspaper. He was fined $9 for playing base ball on the sabbath (September 16, 1866).

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Club	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Player
Brownlow's Black Boys Base Ball Club	1866