Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameCary Ann St. John 
Birth1813
DeathOct 1816
FatherThomas St. John
MotherCary Caston Boughan (1788-1813)
Documentation
On 16 September 1823, a bill was submitted to the Superior Court of Chancery in Fredericksburg District. Orators Thomas St John and James Howerton jr of Halifax county in the state of Virginia. That the sd Thomas St. John on 25 October 1821 was indebted to Philip Howerton of the said county $115.25 and to Isaac Brookes of Essex County $98.01. To secure the debt he conveyed his interest in the estate of Major Vaughan Senr decd [alias Major Boughan] and Major Vaughan junr decd [alias Major J. Boughan]. Mentions children of Major Boughan. That Thomas St. John married Cary Boughan soon after the death of the said Major “—upon the lands and at the dwelling house of the said Major decd—that all of the sd heirs and coparceness of the sd Major, were at and after the marriage of the sd Cary…” “before her death which happened sometime in the year 1813, a daughter called Cary Ann who survived her mother and lived to the age of about three years, and then died sometime in or about the spring of the year 1816.” In 1818 Thomas St. John instituted suit to recover rents of the mill. That Major James Boughan died sometime about November in the year 1814, unmarried and without issue. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 46, items 46-F-49 and 50.]
A loose paper from about 1823 from St. John vs. Boughan, marked “notes for plts” states that Major Boughan died in 1811. Defendants “admit that Major Boughan died intestate about the __ day of Augt 1812”. That “the plt T. St John married Cary B. [sic] after the decease of her father some time about the close of 1812. That she lived only until the __ day of Octr 1813. [The above also in 46-F-31.] Answer of the defendants dated 22 April 1824 signed by John Boughan, Thomas Boughan, Josiah Minter, Catharin [sic] Minter, Mary Boughan, Elizabeth Boughan, Lucy Boughan. [All very literate, nice looking signatures.] [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 46, item 46-F-63.]
In November 1829, in the case of Thomas St John, and James Howerton in his own right and as administrator of Casy Ann St. John decd., plaintiffs, against William Ransome executor of Thomas Boughan deceased, Marenda Boughan widow of said Thomas & others, defendants, “The Subpœna awarded in this case to answer the amended bill being returned executed on the defendants William Ransome and Marenda Boughan three months since filing the said bill and the service of the subpœna having elapsed and they still failing to file their answers, the said bill of the plaintiffs is taken for confessed as to those defendants, and the court will proceed at a future day to decree the matter thereof unless the said defendants on or before the tenth day of the term next after they shall have been served with a copy of this order shew cause to the contrary.” [Land Causes Superior Court of Chancery, 1823–1831, Volume 2, District of Fredericksburg, Virginia, pages 167–168.]
On 27 August 1831, in the case of Thomas St John and James Howerton in his own right and as administrator of Casey Anne St John deceased, plaintiffs, against William Ransome Exor of Thomas Boughan who was administrator of Castone Boughan deceased who was adminsitrator of Major J Boughan deceased & others, defendants, “By consent of the parties by Counsel the Court doth order that this Cause be removed to the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of Essex—“ [Chancery Order Book 1831–1835, Superior Court, District of Fredericksburg, Virginia, page 6.]
A loose paper from about 1823 from St. John vs. Boughan, marked “notes for plts” states that Major Boughan died in 1811. Defendants “admit that Major Boughan died intestate about the __ day of Augt 1812”. That “the plt T. St John married Cary B. [sic] after the decease of her father some time about the close of 1812. That she lived only until the __ day of Octr 1813. [The above also in 46-F-31.] Answer of the defendants dated 22 April 1824 signed by John Boughan, Thomas Boughan, Josiah Minter, Catharin [sic] Minter, Mary Boughan, Elizabeth Boughan, Lucy Boughan. [All very literate, nice looking signatures.] [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 46, item 46-F-63.]
In November 1829, in the case of Thomas St John, and James Howerton in his own right and as administrator of Casy Ann St. John decd., plaintiffs, against William Ransome executor of Thomas Boughan deceased, Marenda Boughan widow of said Thomas & others, defendants, “The Subpœna awarded in this case to answer the amended bill being returned executed on the defendants William Ransome and Marenda Boughan three months since filing the said bill and the service of the subpœna having elapsed and they still failing to file their answers, the said bill of the plaintiffs is taken for confessed as to those defendants, and the court will proceed at a future day to decree the matter thereof unless the said defendants on or before the tenth day of the term next after they shall have been served with a copy of this order shew cause to the contrary.” [Land Causes Superior Court of Chancery, 1823–1831, Volume 2, District of Fredericksburg, Virginia, pages 167–168.]
On 27 August 1831, in the case of Thomas St John and James Howerton in his own right and as administrator of Casey Anne St John deceased, plaintiffs, against William Ransome Exor of Thomas Boughan who was administrator of Castone Boughan deceased who was adminsitrator of Major J Boughan deceased & others, defendants, “By consent of the parties by Counsel the Court doth order that this Cause be removed to the Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery for the County of Essex—“ [Chancery Order Book 1831–1835, Superior Court, District of Fredericksburg, Virginia, page 6.]