On 17 March 1767, a deed was executed from Benjamin Baughan of Charlot County, Colony of Virginia, planter, to James May of Essex County, Virginia, for £15 one parcel of land in Essex County being all that tract and parcel of land that James Baughan senior, deceased, gave unto his son Abnor Baughan, deceased, and bequeathed unto his son the said Benjamin Baughan and his heirs and assigns forever containing by estimate 50 acres the same more or less, according to the land that James Baughan lawfully gave by will unto his son Abner Baughan and his heirs and assignes forever. Witnesses: Thomas Barker, Benja Croxton, Mary Croxton. Recorded 17 March 1767. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 30, pages 132-133.]