NameJohn Boughan
Birthbef 1776
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
Documentation
On 5 August 1796, John Boughan of the County of Essex and Parish of St Anne sold to Augustin Boughan. For £135 current money of Virginia, an undevided twelfth part of a tract of Land belonging to the estate of Griffing Boughan bordering the lands of Colo Wm Waring Senr, Capt Wm Waring Junr, Richard Vawter and the estate of Thos Bridgforth deceased. Signed John Boughan. Witnesses: Thos Hill, Thomas Boulware, Ro. Hill. Ordered recorded 19 September 1796. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 34, pages 333–334.]
On 21 April 1830, a deed was executed between Benjamin Boughan of the first part, Henry H. Boughan of the second part, and a John Boughan of the third part, all of the County of Essex. Whereas John Boughan is security to Benjamin Boughan in two bonds for $50 each dated 16 March 1830, one to James Garnett and the other to William A. Wright, and whereas Benjamin Boughan seeks to indemnify John Boughan, for $1 paid by Henry H. Boughan, Benjamin Boughan sells to Henry H. Boughan title to land bounded by Mrs. Sally Crow and others, a tract on which Hunley Moody lives, to which he is entitled as one of the heirs of Caty Moody decd who was before her marriage Caty Boughan. Henry H. Boughan is to sell this land to the highest bidder and to pay John Boughan. Signed Benjamin Boughan, Henry H. Boughan. Witnesses: Wm H. Frank, Geo: A. Daingerfield, Henry A. Lumpkin. Ordered recorded 22 April 1830. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 43, pages 174–175.]