A case was in chancery court beginning by 21 August 1797, with Rowzee, Catharine, Milley, Henry and Elizabeth Boughan, infants under the age of 21 years by John Boughan their next friend, plaintiffs, against Augustine Boughan, defendant. This case was continued through 1798. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 34, pages 77 and 231.]

An article by Emily Emerson Lantz in the Baltimore Sun of Sunday, 11 June 1905 states in part: “George Washington Banks, third son of Richard P. and Elizabeth (Tunstall) Banks was born in Tappahannock, Essex County, VA in 1775 and named for the famous George Washington a personal friend of his father. He married first in 1798 Kitty Baughan, daughter of Griffin Baughan, and, second, Charlotte Hayward Martin of Snow Hill, MD.”

The Richmond Enquirer for Tuesday, 8 November 1814 had this item: “Died on Sunday last in the 32nd year of her age, Catherine, amiable consort of Maj. Geo. W. Banks of Essex; within four weeks she and her two charming daughters died.” (Tyler’s Quarterly, Lyon G. Tyler, Ed., Kraus Reprint Co. Millwood, N.Y. 1978, Vol. XVI, p. 28.)