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Our knowledge about John Baughman comes from his estate proceedings filed in Lancaster county as well as the estate settlement papers found in Frederick County, VA
Data source and researcher is Douglas Mumma, 2123 Farmington Place, Livermore, CA 94550
Jost Hite had been involved in numerous land acquisitions and subsequent lawsuits due to his failure to present valid titles to the lands he sold. In Frederick County a very large lawsuit between Jost Hite and Lord Thomas Fairfax involving 40,000 acres. One case heard in Augusta County involved about 4,000 acres, including the 1,500 acres which Hite sold to John Baughman in 1737. A George Mumma(h) is mentioned in two quit claim deeds filed in this suit.
From an examination of the first quit claim deed filed in 1763, we learn that a John Baughman of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, purchased 1,585 acres of land in Orange County, Virginia in 1737 from Jost Hite, but Hite never conveyed title to Baughman. Created and signed in Lancaster County, the document conveyed title of Baughman?s Virginia land to one of his daughters and her husband in the settlement of John's estate. A careful search of Lancaster County deeds did not reveal this deed. Another copy of this deed has also been discovered in the Virginia State Library with the survey of his land. The reasons for the various court actions are not important, however, in determining the existence of George's first wife.
John's six daughters are named in the document with their husbands: Alice Baughman, deceased, who married George Mumma of Lancaster County; Barbara Baughman, who married Benjamin Lehman of Frederick County, Virginia; Mary Baughman, deceased, who married Nicholas Bower of Lancaster County; Ann Baughman, deceased, who married Sebastain Weidman of Lancaster County; Elizabeth Baughman, who married Joseph Charle of Lancaster County; Christina Baughman, who married Nicholas Young of Lancaster County. Barbara and her husband, Benjamin Lehman, took possession of this Virginia land as part of the settlement of John Baughman?s estate. The other heirs gave them a "quit claim" for ?100 pounds. All of the heirs signed the document. George Mumma signed his name with an "X".
The bond on the estate of John Baughman shows that the letters of administration were issued to George Mumma and Nicholas Bower, which further connects George Mumma and Nicholas Bower with John Baughman.