Edmond Baughan (abt. 1771 - bef. 1850)

Born about 1771 in Cumberland County, Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Baughan — married 1811 in Meriwether, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died before May 1850 before about age 79 in Meriwether County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

No document has been found to document the exact date of Edmond's birth. Edmond Baughan was recorded as age 50 to 59 on the 1830 Census [born between 1770 and 1780]. He is the son of Tucker Baughan. It should be noted in all the numerous indentures recorded regarding the transfer of lands for Edmund as well as his will, no document has been found with the middle name Pendleton or any other middle name. Based on the 1768 Cumberland County, Virginia List of Tithes as well as deeds recorded in Cumberland County, his parents lived in Cumberland County, Virginia when he was born. As with most of the Baughan family, there were various spellings of the name Baughan over the years; however, Edmond signed his name as Baughan on his Last Will and Testament.

Although Edmond has not been found on the Cumberland County, Virginia tax list, Edmond Baughan and Tucker Baughan were listed among the Names of Residents of Cumberland County Prior to the Establishment of the Republic in 1789.^[1]

Edmond married about 1807 to Elizabeth [unknown birth surname]. According to his will written in 1847, he had been married 40 years.^[2] He was perhaps previously married since he pointed out in the will the number of years he had been married to Elizabeth.

He was in Georgia by 1811 based on the Census records for his son, Hilliard H. Baughan. Some descendants claim he was in Oglethorpe County breifly; however, no Edmond Baughn was recorded on the tax digest for Oglethorpe County from 1795 to 1823. Edmond Baughan was in Meriwether County, Georgia in 1830. The 1830 Census for Meriwether enumerated the household of Edmond Baughan with:

one male 10-14, one male 15-19, one male 50-59 [born 1770-1780],

one female under 5, two females 5-9, one female 10-14, one female 40-49

one female slave age 10 to 24^[3]

On the 25th of December 1830, Joseph Baughan was witness to an indenture for Edmund Baughan of the county of Coweta for the purchase of land in the county of originally Troup then Meriwether known by the number 49 in the ninth district.^[4] This connection of Joseph Baughan and Edmund Baughan in Georgia helps to confirm they were perhaps the two sons, of that name, named in the will of Tucker Baughan of Cumberland County, Virginia recorded on the 25th day of April 1825.^[5] Documents concerning the settlement of the estate of Tucker Baughan in 1838, recorded that "Thomas M. Isbell made oath before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid that Joseph Baughan, Edmund Baughan and Peyton Baughan were now residents out of the Commonwealth."^[6] A notice was published in the Richmond Enquirer in October and November of 1838 stating:

"The defendants, Joseph Baughan, Edmund Baughan and Peyton Baughan, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing by satisfactory evidence, that they are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, it is therefore ordered, that the said defendants, Joseph Baughan, Edmund Baughan and Peyton Baughan, do appear here on the 4th Monday in December next, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-house of this county." ^[7]

On the first day of May 1845, Clement Y. Allen of Pike County sold to Edmund Baughan of Pike lot number 110 in the Second District of formerly Monroe, now Pike containing 202-1/2 acres of land.^[8] Also on the 4th day of November 1845, Edmund Baughn of the county of Meriwether sold to Clement Y. Allen of the county of Pike a parcel of land in the ninth district of formerly Troup then Meriwether containing 202-1/2 acres.^[9]

On the 24th of July 1847, Edmond Baughan of Pike County, Georgia wrote his Last Will and Testament naming these legatees:

wife, Elizabeth

daughter, Emeline Thrash, now wife of Willis T. Thrash

son, Hilliard H. Baughan, Executor^[2]

The will was proven at a court held May term 1850 in Meriwether County, Georgia which suggests he passed away before May 1850. The 1850 Census for Meriwether County, taken on the 1st of November, enumerated the household of his wife, Elizabeth "Bond" [enumerator's error].^[10] The fact that his son, Hilliard, was enumerated in the household before Elizabeth's helps to prove the last name was misspelled by the enumerator.

Children

• Emeline Baughan (married Willis T. Thrash)^[2]
• Hilliard H. Baughan^[2]

Slaves

• one female slave age 10 to 24 was enumerated on the 1830 Census.^[3]

The Appraisement of the goods and chattels of Edmund Baughan, late of the county of Meriwether, dated the 15th of June 1850, recorded these slaves:

• one Negroe Man Ned,
• one Negroe Man Wilson,
• one Negroe Man Aaron,
• Woman Dilsey & Child^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Hopkins, Garland Evans. Cumberland County : tax petitions since 1776, with names of residents of the county prior to 1789. Reprinted from the Cumberlander, a column by Garland Evans Hopkins) Names of Residents of Cumberland County Prior to the Establishment of the Republic in 1789. Page 26 - B, citing Edmund Baughan, Tucker Baughan.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Meriwether County, Georgia, Wills 1831-1903, page 154-155, citing Edmond Baughan. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images]. Film 005765146. image 101 of 705. Accessed 28 January 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (14 August 2015), Georgia > Meriwether > Not Stated > Page 169, line 9, citing household of Edmond Baughn. image 40 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Meriwether County, Georgia Deed Book B, page 138,citing Edmund Baughan, Jesse S. Marshall. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film 008317749. image 373 of 556. Accessed 31 Jan 2021.
5. ↑ Will Book No. 8, 1824-1832, Page 90, 93, citing Tucker Baughan. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images. Film 007644345. image 353 of 785 page 93 image 354 of 785. Accessed 28 January 2021.
6. ↑ Library of Virginia. Virginia memory. Chancery Records Index. Cumberland Co., Index Number 1838-018. G. Walton vs Joseph Baughan Etc. page 20, citing Joseph Baughan, Edmund Baughan, Peyton Baughan. Digital images: Library of Virginia. Virginia memory. Accessed 28 January 2021.
7. ↑ Richmond Enquirer, Volume 35, Number 50, 30 October 1838, Page 4, column 2, citing Joseph Baughan, Edmund Baughan and Peyton Baughan. Virginiachronicle. Library of Virginia. Accessed 31 Jan 2021.
8. ↑ Pike County, Georgia Deeds Book H, page 24, citing Edmund Baughan from Clement Y. Allen. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images]. Film 008152118. image 348 of 656. Accessed 28 January 2021.
9. ↑ Meriwether County, Georgia, Deed Book I, Page 61-62, citing Edmund Baughn, Allen Clement Y. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film 008317753. image 346 of 644. Accessed 31 Jan 2021.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 11 July 2019), Georgia > Meriwether > Meriwether county > 59 Division, Page 386 (791), 1 November 1850, household #1281, line 21-24, citing household of Elizabeth Bond,image 183 of 204; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ Meriwether County, Georgia, Probate, Annual returns, Colume C, 1845-1852, Page 612-13, citing Appraisal Edmond Baughan, Page 706, citing Hilliard Baughan Exer. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film #005765151, Page 612-613 image 328 of 474; Page 706, image 375 of 474.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 October 2022, 17:52), entry for Edmond Baughan (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K4KC-G85 ); contributed by various users. [It should be noted that family trees are not a reliable source, and only sources listed on such trees should be researched for to stated information included in tree.]

Acknowledgements

5 March 2023, Baughan-182, created on the 28th of January 2021, by Brenda Breland Shaffer was merged with Baughan-241 created on the 13th of January 2023 by Miyako Jones. Only sources on Baughan-241 was the 1830 Census as well as will source already listed on Baughan-182. Jones added link to the Familysearch tree now posted under see also.