1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Dwelling 518, Family 578
Boughan, James H., 27, male, manager, born in Virginia
Boughan, Martha, 26, female, born in Virginia
Boughan, Hunter, 6, male, born in Virginia
Boughan, Hancock, 4, male, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 282, Family 277
Boughan, James H., 37, farmer, $2200 real estate, $1000 personal estate, born in Virginia
Boughan, M. E., 36, female, born in Virginia
Boughan, H. H., 17, male, born in Virginia, in school
Boughan, J. H., 13, male, born in Virginia, in school
Boughan, J. C., 10, male, born in Virginia, in school
Boughan, L. C., 8, male, born in Virginia
Boughan, Ada G., 4, female, born in Virginia
Conolly, John, 17, laborer, born in Virginia

1860 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 374, Family 360
Micou, Cath C., 59, farmer, $400 real estate, $10900 personal estate
Micou, Olympia H., 30
Micou, E. R., 26, male
Boughan, Jno. H., 26
All born in Virginia.

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Household 347, Family 347
Micou, Catherine C., 70, keeping house, $3000 real estate, $725 personal estate, born in Virginia
Micou, Olympie, 35, without occupation, born in Virginia
Boughan, Hancock, 25, farmer, born in Virginia
Pendleton, Conway, 9, at home, born in Virginia
Pendleton, Agnes, 7, at home, born in Virginia
Pendleton, Robert L., 6, at home, born in Virginia
Pendleton, Catherine, 4, at home, born in Virginia

On 21 December 1875 in Essex County, Virginia, John H. Boughan was married to Marion M. Boughan by Peter Ainslie. He was 27, single, born and residing in Essex County, son of James H. Boughan and Martha Ellen Micou, occupation farmer; she was 25, single, born and residing in Essex County, daughter of Edward R. Boughan and Sarah E. Croxton. [Essex County Marriage Register, Book 1, page 40.]

In 1878 (birth of Mary) he is listed as a lawyer.

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 21
Page 204 (25)
Boughan, Jno. H., white, male, 30, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Mary M., white, female, 27, wife, married, keeping house, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Kittie C., white, female, 2, daughter, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

John H. Boughan married Sarah A. Sadler on 17 June 1884 in Essex County, Virginia. He was 38 and widowed; she was 28 and widowed. Both were born and living in Essex County. He was a farmer. The parents were James H. Boughan and Martha Ellen Micou, and Col. Evan Rice and Dorothea Smith. Peter Ainslie performed the ceremony. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register Book 1, page 76]

On 9 July 1908, John H. Boughan was married to Sophia Brooks in Essex County, Virginia. He was 58, single, born in Essex County and residing there, son of Jas. H. Boughan and Martha E. Micou, occupation farmer. She was 24, single, born in Essex County and residing there, daughter of Jonas Brooks and Tiney Carter. The minister was J. T. T. Hundley. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 173.]

The Essex County Birth Register has a birth of an unnamed child, listed as “Baughn (not given)”, 3rd child, to Hancock Baugh (sic), 65, farmer born in Virginia and living in Essex; and Lucy Brooks, 25, of Virginia.

On 10 February 1918, John Hancock Boughan died in the Central District of Essex County, Virginia. He was male, white, married, born in 1846, age 72, occupation farmer, born in Essex County, father James Henry Boughan who was born in Essex County, mother Martha Ellen Micou who was born in Essex County. Cause of death was valvular heart lesions probably mitral. Informant was R L Pendleton of Pauls x Roads, Virginia. Buried “by friends” in Essex County at Pauls x Roads on 12 Feburary 1918. [Certificate of Death, Commonwealth of Virginia, 3309.]