Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJames Boughan 
Birthabt 1740
Deathbef 1770
FatherJohn Boughan (~1706-1776)
MotherCary Caston (<1715-1784)
Documentation
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On 21 February 1780, “John Boughan came into court and made oath that he is heir at Law to his Brother James Boughan who enlisted in one of the Virginia Regments [sic] raised for the immediate Defence of this state in the war between the King of Great Britain and the Fench [sic] King that he served untill the same was Disbanded and that neither he the said James nor any person for him hath made proof of the said service before any Court within this Commonwealth or obtained any Land in consequence thereof which is ordered to be certified to the Register of the land office.” [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 29, page 462.]
On 21 February 1780, “John Boughan came into court and made oath that he is heir at Law to his Brother James Boughan who enlisted in one of the Virginia Regments [sic] raised for the immediate Defence of this state in the war between the King of Great Britain and the Fench [sic] King that he served untill the same was Disbanded and that neither he the said James nor any person for him hath made proof of the said service before any Court within this Commonwealth or obtained any Land in consequence thereof which is ordered to be certified to the Register of the land office.” [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 29, page 462.]