On 19 June 1837, Wm. B. B. Seward and Richd. J. Muse were bound in the penalty of $50 for Wm. B. B. Seward’s administrator of the estate of John Foreacres, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, pages 138–139.]

On 30 June 1837, an inventory and appraisal of the estate of John Foreacres, deceased, was made by Reuben B. Boughton, Broockes Boughton, and Richard J. Muse. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 141.]