In 1843, orators & oratrix James H. Boughan, Richard P. Banks and Martha A. Banks his wife who before her intermarriage was Martha A. Boughan, Edward R. Boughan, Theodore P. Boughan, the two last infants under twenty one years of age by Richard A. Boughan their next friend, complained that Henry H. Boughan departed this life about the      day of     1843 intestate leaving your complainants James H. Martha Edward R. Theodore and Richard A. Boughan his only offspring and heirs at Law, and a widow Eliza Boughan. That the said Henry H. Boughan being much embarassed in his circumstances and being anxious to secure & save harmless all who were securities for him and to provide for the payment of all his debts did on or about the 21st of April 1843 (together with his wife Eliza Boughan) execute a deed of trust conveying all his estate both real and personal to Muscoe Garett and Richard A. Boughan to secure all his securities and the payment of certain debts (listed in the bill). That Henry H. Boughan & wife were to remain in quiet and peaceable possession of the property conveyed by said deed until the 20th day of April 1844 at which time if the debts were not paid the trustees could procede either at their own discretion or at the request of any security or creditor to sell for cash the said property and discharge the debts. That it will take the greater part if not the whole of the property to pay off the debts and that to attempt to keep the property together will create great waste and loss and that to postpone the sale of the Land until next April (1844), a time at which farmers have all planted their crops and made their arrangements for the year, will cause a very great loss to creditors and the complainants. They request that the land be sold partly for cash & partly on a credit until the 1st day of April 1844. The trustees Muscoe Garnett and Richard A. Boughan have declined doing so alledging that they have no authority. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 40, item 40-E-1-21.]

1850 U.S. Census, Town of Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia
Dwelling 18, Family 18
Croxton, Frances G., 43, female, $1,500 real estate, born in Virginia
Croxton, Susan, 18, female, born in Virginia
Croxton, Margaret, 15, female, born in Virginia, attended school
Croxton, Richard, 7, male, born in Virginia, attended school
Farland, Zebulon, 25, male, merchant, $2,500 real estate, born in D. Columbia
Farland, Mary, 22, female, born in Virginia
Farland, Joseph, 1, male, born in Virginia
Boughan, Theodore, 21, male, clerk in store, born in Virginia

On 15 April 1867, Edgar Roy Micou and Theodore P. Boughan were bound $300 for Edgar Roy Micou’s administration of the estate of Martha E. Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 28, page 682.]

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Millers Tavern Post Office
Page 109
Dwelling 2, Family 2
Boughan, Theodore P., 41, male, white, dry goods and grocer merchant, value of personal estate $1,000, born in Virginia
Boughan, Luther, 15, male, white, attending school, born in Virginia
Boughan, Silas W., 13, male, white, attending school, born in Virginia
Boughan, Ossie, 11, male, white, attending school, born in Virginia
Boughan, Mary S., 7, female, white, at home, born in Virginia
Boughan, Henry W., 5, male, white, at home, born in Virginia
Boughan, Margarette L., 2, female, white, at home, born in Virginia
Boughan, Margarette A., 35, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Croxton, Francis G., 65, female, white, without occupation, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $500, born in Virginia
Shearwood, Thereza, 25, female, white, domestic servant, born in Virginia
Harris, Emily, 35., female, black, domestic servant, born in Virginia, cannot read or write
Carter, Jane, 20, female, black, domestic servant, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

On 25 August 1872, Theodore Boughn was baptised by immersion. [South Farnham Parish Register, 1870–1901, page 22.]

On 20 May 1876, a deed of trust was arranged between Thomas Boughan of the first part and George Croxton of the second part. Thomas Boughan conveyed two yoke of oxen, four cows and their future increase, one wagon, and all his household and kitchen furniture in trust for payment of $182 plus interest thereon, due by bond on that date to Theodore P. Boughan. Thomas Boughan was to keep possession of the property for the duration of the bond, which was five years with interest payments annually. Signed Thomas Boughan. Ordered recorded 20 May 1876. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 52, page 957.]

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Tappahannock Village, Enumeration District 17, page 135D
Water Lane
Dwelling 35, Household 35
Boughan, Theodore, white, male, 50, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Margaret, white, female, 44, wife, married, keeping house, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Luther, white, male, 24, son, single, clerk in store, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Silas, white, male, 22, son, single, “Engineer in B. Mill”, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Mary, white, female, 15, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Henry, white, male, 13, son, at school, attended school within the year, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Maggie, white, female, 11, daughter, at school, attended school within the year, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Boughan, Susan, white, female, 4, daughter, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Croxton, Francis, white, female, 73, mother in law, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Fauntleroy, William, black, male, 26, laborer, single, works in saw mill, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

“On last Saturday night, the stable and barn of Mr. T. P. Boughan, near Tappahannock, were entirely destroyed by fire, including a large lot of long forage, two reaping machines and several plows. It was with great difficulty that he saved his horses, as the fire spread very rapidly, and but for prompt assistance, all of Mr. Boughan’s houses, including his dwelling, would have been consumed. Mr. Boughan is insured, but the amount is not known.” [Northern Neck News, 15 February 1884, page 3 column 1.]