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 23 September 1877, Luther Boughan, an adult, was baptised by immersion in the Rappahannock River. [South Farnham Parish Register, 1870–1901, page 26.]

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 31 July 1917, Luther Boughan died in Petsworth District, Gloucester County, Virginia. He was male; white; married; born 25 August 1855; age at death 61 years, 11 months, 6 days; occupation storekeeper; born in Tappahannock, Essex County; father was Theodore P. Boughan, who was born in Tappahannock, Virgina; mother was Margaret Ann Croxton, who was born in Tappahannock; information provided by Mary M Boughan, Pampa, Virginia; attended from 1 May 1916; death occurred at 6 p.m.; cause of death diabetes mellitus; disease contracted at Burhans Wharf, Middlesex County; place of burial Salem Church; date of burial 1 August 1917. [Commonweath of Virginia Certificate of Death 19734.]