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Boat(w)right Family Genealogy in America
Generation 6
6-14. NANCY BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1760 in Hanover County, Virginia.
6-15. JANE BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1762 in Hanover County, Virginia. She married (1) FNU SMITH before 1798. She married (2) PETER GIBBONS on 16 Feb 1810 in Cumberland County, Virgina. She married (3) WILLIAM HUDSON on 09 Dec 1822 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-16. JOHN JOSEPH BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 31 Dec 1764 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1814 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He married FRANCES ELIZABETH TINSLEY 24 Nov 1785 in Powhatan County, Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM WYATT TINSLEY and ELIZABETH HARRISON. She was born 1767 in Amherst County, Virginia, and died 1830 in Blountsville, Blount County, Alabama.
Notes for JOHN JOSEPH BOATWRIGHT:
See link for copy of John Joseph Boatwright and Frances Elizabeth Tinsley Marriage Record.
It must be noted, Mr. Edward Johnston (kirksi@excite.com) has helped prove that John Boatwright married to Jerusha B. Penick is, in fact, the Revolutionary War Veteran who filed Pension Claim Number S. 5290.
A number of Boatwright descendants have mistakenly claimed John Joseph Boatwright, married to Frances Elizabeth Tinsley in Cumberland County, Virginia, was the veteran. Mr. Johnston states, "Frances Elizabeth Tinsley Boatwright was a widow when she moved to Logan County, Kentucky and John, her husband, died in Cumberland County, Virginia sometime in 1814 per Court records of Cumberland County, Virginia 1814-1816 on microfilm at Virginia State Library and not in Kentucky after 1833". The John Boatwright in Prince Edward County, Virginia that applied for a military pension in 1833 is not John Joseph Boatwright.
An examination of the census records, marriage records, etc. of Prince Edward Co., VA along with the witnesses John named, under oath, who could "testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution", further proves this position. One of the witnesses named was Nathaniel Penick, a brother of John's wife Jerusha B. Penick Boatwright.
Ricker's notes from "The Boat(w)right Family of Southeastern Virginia" states that, "four of
his sons, described as 'tall, rawboned men, from 6'2" to 6'4" in stocking feet,' also enlisted in
the Continental Army. Three were killed by Indians who were with the British in a battle at
Craney's Island at the mouth of the Roanoke River in Virginia."
It is presumed that Ricker is talking about the War of 1812 as John's sons would have been too young to have fought in the Revolutionary War.
From Gary Shanklin: This past week I received copies of documents from Logan County, Kentucky that detail a land dispute over the land of Frances Tinsley Boatwright after her death on 30 Jun 1836. I am attaching a photo of the list of the children in the court filing. It really helps to clarify this family. I have posted most of the findings into my tree on Ancestry.com which is named Shanklin-Brumfield.
Some of the findings are the approximate time of death for Prior and Marlow before 1836; the children of Marlow; and additional children that have not been connected in the past including Alexander T, Ann that married Phineas Bradley, and Susanna that married Oliver Bales, Benjamin H, John Daniel and Francis Washington. The document also states that Prior's children are unknown and that Prior was deceased in Jul 1836 when the dispute was filed.
I believe that Naomi Brockman's brother Samuel married Mary the daughter of Marlow since he helped Marlow's daughter Arabella with the security bond to marry Littleton Sanford. Source: Gary Shanklin
Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1791 Date: March 21, 1791 Name of Person Chargeable with Tax: John Boatwright White Male Tithes: John Boatwright Total: 1 Blacks above 16: 2 Blacks between 12 and 16: 0 Horses: 2 Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1800 Date: March 10, 1800 Persons Name Chargeable with the Tax: John Boatright Blacks above 16: 1 Blacks between 12 and 16: 0 Horses: 7 Tax: $1.28
7-68A. i. ANN B. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1785, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-68. ii. ANEAS BOATWRIGHT, b. 1786, Cumberland County, Virginia; d. 1814,
War of 1812.
7-69. iii. TECUMSEH BOATWRIGHT, b. 1787, Cumberland County, Virginia; d. 1814,
War of 1812.
7-70. iv. RICHARD BOATWRIGHT, b. 1788, Cumberland County, Virginia; d. 1814,
War of 1812.
7-71. v. MARLOW P. BOATRIGHT, b. 12 Apr 1789, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Bef. Jul 1836, Tennessee.
7-72. vi. POWHATAN VALENTINE BOATRIGHT, b. 13 Jul 1790, Cumberland County,
Virginia; d. 21 Dec 1880, Zion Hill,
Union Parish, Louisiana.
7-73. vii. MAJOR POWHATES BOATRIGHT, b. 13 Feb 1792, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Oct 1842, Trigg County, Kentucky.
7-74. viii. PRIOR J. BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Oct 1793, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Bef. Jul 1836 in Kentucky.
7-75. viii. LITTLEBERRY BOATRIGHT, b. 12 Oct 1794, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 06 Mar 1861, Powhatan County, Virginia.
7-76. ix. LENEARCE BOLIN BOATRIGHT, b. Abt. 1795, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 1900, Carlsbad, Eddy County,
New Mexico.
7-78. x. CARY HARRISON BOATRIGHT, b. 03 Dec 1800, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 18 Mar 1870, Otterville, Cooper County,
Missouri.
7-79. xi. BENJAMIN H. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1802, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Abt. 1843, Clinton County, Illinois.
7-79A. xii. ALEXANDER T. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1804, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-79B.xiii. JOHN DANIEL BOATRIGHT, b. Abt. 1805, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Nov 1840, Washington County, Illinois.
7-79C. xiv. SUSANNAH P. BOATRIGHT, b. Abt. 1808, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 30 Sep 1840, Todd County, Kentucky.
7-79D. xv. FRANCIS WASHINGTON BOATRIGHT, b. Abt. 1811, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 1859, Washington County, Illinois.
6-17. SALLY BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1765 in Hanover County, Virginia.
6-18. JAMES MARTIN BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1767 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1850 in Campbell County, Virginia. He married (1) SARAH "SALLY" THOMAS 28 Sep 1789 in Cumberland County, Virginia, daughter of JAMES THOMAS and ELIZABETH CHILDRESS. She was born 1768 in Campbell County, Virginia, and died 1815 in Campbell County, Virginia. He married (2) RHODA MOORE 16 Dec 1816 in Campbell County, Virginia, daughter of MATTHEW MOORE. She was born Abt. 1780 in Virginia.
Notes for JAMES MARTIN BOATWRIGHT:
James BOATWRIGHT, son of Daniel & Jane Martin BOATWRIGHT, was born in Hanover or Cumberland County, VA in 1768. He married Sally Thomas in 1789 and removed to Campbell County, VA about 1790. He married Rhoda Wood in that county and died in there, leaving a will naming Rhoda and children. Upon moving to Campbell County, James and his family became Quakers which met at the South Quaker Meeting House in Lynchburg.
South Quaker Meeting House Lynchburg, Virginia
1. From Shirley Mae Hicks Boatwright (Topeka):
a. Will In Campbell County, VA Book 10, pg. 422, 23. b. Re. Will bk #3, pg 169, 7 June 1769? Prob. 25 May 1801, Cumberland County, Va. c. Buried on his plantation in the Boatwright Cemetery. No marker.
2. James' middle initial provided in e-mail note from Kat Hartfield Bryan, (iowakat@uswest.net).
3. Birth date shown by Ricker variously as 1765 or 1768.
4. LDS Ancestral File: (AFN: 1VCJ-Z3R)...shows birthdate 1767.
ABT 1800 Moved from Cumberland County to Campbell County, VA
Marriage Records:
Marriage to Sarah Thomas: Source: Elliott, Katherine, comp., Marriage Records 1749-1840
Cumberland County, VA,(1969)
Marriage to Rhoda Moore: Source: Marriage records of Campbell County, VA, Book #1- 1782-.
Will: 23 MAR 1850 Campbell County, VA, Source: Will book of Campbell County, VA, Book 10, Page 422.
Burial: on his plantation in the Boatwright Cemetery. No marker.
Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1791 Date: March 23, 1791 Name of Person Chargeable with Tax: James Boatwright White Male Tithes: James Boatwright Jr. Total: 1 Blacks above 16: 0 Blacks between 12 and 16: 0 Horses: 1 Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1800 Date: April 19, 1800 Persons Name Chargeable with the Tax: James Boatright Blacks above 16: 0 Blacks between 12 and 16: 0 Horses: 2 Tax: 24 cents 1810 Census: Name: Boatwright, James Township: Lynchburg County: Campbell State: Virginia Year: 1810 Roll: M252_68 Page: 19 Image: 39 1 male over 45, 1 male 16 to 26, 1 female over 45, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10 to 16, 2 females 16 to 26; 3 slaves 1820 Census: Name: James Boatwright Township: Lynchburg County: Campbell State: Virginia Year: 1820 Roll: M33_129 Page: 130 Image Number: 138 1 male: over 45, 3 females: 16 - 26, 1 female: 26 - 45 1830 Census: Name: Boatright, James Township: Not Stated County: Campbell State: Virginia Year: 1830 Roll: 194 Page: 347 Household: 1 male: 60 - 70, 1 female: 30 - 40, 1 female: 50 - 60, 3 total 1840 Census: Name: Jas Boatwright Township: Southern District County: Campbell State: Virginia Roll: 553 Page: 16 1 male: 70 - 80, 1 female: 70 - 80, 1 male slave: 0 - 10, 2 male slaves: 10 - 24. 2 male slaves: 24 - 36, 1 female slave: 36 - 55, 8 total, 7 agriculture
7-80. i. DANIEL DAVID BOATWRIGHT, b. 1790, Campbell County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 23 Mar 1850, Hendricks
County, Indiana.
7-81. ii. JANE M. "JENNY" BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1792, Campbell County,
Virginia; d. 10 Sep 1873, Otter River,
Campbell County, Virginia.
7-82. iii. MARY "POLLY" M. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1796, Campbell County,
Virginia; d. Bef. 1850, Campbell
County, Virginia.
7-83. iv. ANNE BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1797, Campbell County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 23 Mar 1850, Boone County, Indiana.
7-84. v. FRANCES TINSLEY "FRANKIE" BOATWRIGHT, b. 04 Jan 1799, Campbell
County, Virginia;
d. 25 Jan 1865, Big Spring,
Breckinridge County,
Kentucky.
7-85. vi. ESTHER BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1799, Campbell County, Virginia;
d. Aft. 11 Nov 1850, Weeping Water, Cass
County, Nebraska.
7-86. vii. CHARLOTTE "LOCKEY" BOATWRIGHT, b. 11 Feb 1802, Campbell County,
Virginia; d. 11 Apr 1883, Jackson,
Highland County, Ohio.
6-19. VALENTINE MARTIN BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1770 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died 28 May 1849 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He married SARAH SALLY MEADOR 27 Dec 1792 in Cumberland County, Virginia, daughter of JEHU MEADOR and SARAH ATKINSON. She was born 1772 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 18 Mar 1829 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Notes for VALENTINE MARTIN BOATWRIGHT:
Most of the information concerning the family of Valentine Boatwright is taken from Norman Hurd Ricker's book, "The Boat(w)right Family of the Southeastern United States", and from the will of Valentine Boatwright.
See link for copy of Valentine Boatwright Bible Pages.
See link for copy of letter from Valentine to his son, Valentine Boatright.
WILL OF VALENTINE BOATWRIGHT
In the name of God Amen. I, Valentine Boatright of the County of Cumberland being Sick and Weak in body But of sound mind, and disposing memory for which I thank God. And calling to mind the uncertainty of life, I desire to dispose of all such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with. I therefore desire that after my just debts and funeral expenses be paid to dispose of my property as herein after expressed.
Item the First: It is my Will and desire that my negro man Monday(?) be kept leased out by my Executor herein after named, and the monies arising from the lease of the said negro man Monday be paid to my daughter Rebecca Hamilton annually during her life, or during the lifetime of the said negro if he should not live as long as my Daughter Rebecca and if the said negro man Monday shall be living at the death of my daughter Rebecca then I give the said negro to my grand daughter Judith Ann Hamilton, and her heirs forever.
Item the Second: I leave (my man Jack) to my Daughter Mary Brown during her life and at the death of my daughter Mary I give the said negro Jack to my grand daughter Ann Maria Brown to (illegible) her heirs forever.
Item the Third: I give the proceeds of the sale of my land which I have sold myself to my sons to be equally divided among them. That is to say my sons Meador Boatright, Jonas Boatright, and Valentine Boatright.
Item the Fourth: I have given to my son Daniel Boatright, his proportional part of my Estate during my life, so that nothing (illegible) to him.
Item the Fifth: It is my will that my negro woman Liantha (?), select a home among my children, and the One she selects to live with, shall keep her during her life.
Item the Sixth and Lastly: I appoint my friend V. L. Royals (?) my Executor to this my last Will and Testament revoking all former wills made by me.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 18th day of April 1849.
Witnesses:
Z. Talley Valentine (X) Boatright (?) Hamilton (his mark) Alexander Ransome Robert I. Meador
Note: At a court held for Cumberland County the 28th day of May, 1849, This Last will and Testament of Valentine Boatright deceased was presented in Court proved by the oath of Zack Talley, One of the subscribing witnesses thereunto and continued for further (illegible).
And at a Court held for said County the 25th day of June 1849 The (illegible) was again presented in Court and further proved by the oaths of Alexander Ransome and Robert I. Meador, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Vincent L. Royals, the Executor in said will named who made oath (or both) (illegible) and together with William H. Hobson and Willis (illegible) his (next two words illegible) entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $3500.00 conditioned as the Law directs, a certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate of the said will in (next two words illegible). Test.
B. B. Woodson
NOTE: The above transcribed will was copied from a Xerox of the original, complete with grammatical errors. All entries in parenthesis except for "my man Jack" in the third paragraph are mine and not part of the original document.
BIOGRAPHY: [Roberta Ann Blomberg
BIOGRAPHY: [David Rains quoting Shawnda Kimmel]:
Valentine and Sarah had two additional children:
Judith Boatwright, 15 July 1803-Jan. 1814;
Sarah Boatwright, 1807-18 March 1829.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1793:
1793 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Valentine Boatwright: free white tithable, 1; horse, 1.
CUMBERLAND CO., Witness, 1796:
April 1796 -- Court Attendance Bk., pg. 94 [source?]:
Valentine Boatwright, witness 2 days, 47 miles, 5.84 in Prince Edward District Court case:
James Boatwright and Joshua Thomas against the Commonwealth.
CUMBERLAND CO., Will -- Heir, 1797:
wr. 21 April 1797/pro. 26 March 1798 -- Bk. 3, pg. 114-115 [VaStLib, microfilm 18]:
Will of Daniel Boatwright: To my son Valentine: L100, to be raised by the sale of land in
Buckingham Co. To my three sons John, James and Valentine: my negro man Sam, for their
natural lives to be used well and not to be sold or hired out, to work 12 months at a time in
rotation according to their ages. At the death of all three to become free and independent.
Execs.: John Boatwright, Valentine Boatwright, John Martin. Wits.: Frederick Jones, James
Boatright Jr., John Stratton Jr.
CUMBERLAND CO., deed, 1797:
20 June 1797 -- Bk. 8, pg. 48-49 [VaStLib, microfilm 4]:
Joseph Meador to Valentine Boatwright: L75 current money -- 60 acres,
adjacent John Meador's mill pond.
16 April 1799 -- Bk. 8, pg. 285 [VaStLib, microfilm 4]:
Wife Charlotte releases dower right.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1798:
1798 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Valentine Boatwright: horses, 2; tax, .18.
CUMBERLAND CO., deed, 1798:
26 May 1798 -- Bk. 8, pg. 222 [VaStLib, microfilm 4]:
Valentine Boatwright to James Baughan: L4 10 shillings current money -- 3 acres on south
side of Horn Quarter Road.
CUMBERLAND CO., deed, 1798:
26 May 1798 -- Bk. 8, pg. 223-224 [VaStLib, microfilm 4]:
Moses Hubbard to Valentine Boatwright: L7 10 s. -- 5 1/2 acres north side of Horn Quarter
Road.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1801:
1801[VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Valentine Boatwright: slaves 12-16 yrs., 1; horses, 1; tax, .56.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1803:
1803 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Valentine Boatwright: slaves 16+ yrs., 1; 12-16 yrs., 1; horses, 1; tax, 1.00.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1804:
1804 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Valentine Boatwright: free white tithables, Valentine, 1; slaves, Cinthy, 1; horses, 1; tax, .56.
CUMBERLAND CO., Election, 1805:
22 April 1805 -- deed Bk. 10, pg. 15-25 [VaStLib, microfilm 5]:
Val Boatwright for John Randolph (110/317), John Hatcher (88/273), Trederick Jones (15/ ?)
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1809:
1809 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Vaul Boatwright: free white tithables, 1; slaves 16+ yrs., 1; horses, 2; tax, 1.12.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1810:
1810 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites 1; slaves 16+ yrs 3; horses 2; tax 1.56
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1812:
1812 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites, 2; slaves 16+ yrs., 2; slaves 12-16 yrs., 1; horses, 3; tax, 1.68
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1815:
1815 [VaStLib, microfilm 93]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites, 2; slaves 16+ yrs., 3; slaves 9-12 yrs., 1; horses, 3; cattle, 11; tax,
4.23 1/2
CUMBERLAND CO., Landowner, 1815:
1815 -- [source?]:
Vaul Boatwright: Groom Quarter Creek, 6 miles north of courthouse.
CUMBERLAND CO., Marriage Bond, 1815:
25 Oct. 1815 [VaStLib, microfilm 41]:
Clement Bradley & Mary Boatright. Bond, Clement Bradley and Valentine Boatright. Wit.:
John MCormack.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1817:
1817 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: white males, 2; slaves 16+ yrs., 2; horses, 2, tax, 1.76.
CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Accounts -- Heir, 1817:
1817 -- Will Bk. 6, pg. 150-151 [VaStLib, microfilm 19]:
Estate of Daniel Boatwright: 1817 To Valentine Boatright, exec.: J.M. Hudgins -- crying
property at sale $5; J. Baughan, inv./acc. of sale, $5; cash for tobacco, $12.24. Estate - $51.35
1/9 to be divided among 9 distributees: Ann Boatright, Jane Smith, Sally Boatright, Eliz.
Martain, Easter Martain, Milly Right, Drusille Meader, Rhody Meader, Locky Sleger.
Recorded April Court 1819.
CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Sale -- Purchaser, 1817:
18 Nov. 1817 -- [source?]:
Clement Bradley, estate appraisal: slaves, stock, plantation and household items -- value
$1,907.98.
23 Nov. 1817 -- Will Bk. 6, pg. 217 [VaStLib, microfilm 19]:
sale: most purchases by Chesley Brown, some by Valentine Boatright: tobacco, raw hides, iron
spoons, plow, ax, cupboard, books, costing a total of $34.90 and a still, $100.65.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1819:
1819 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: white males, 2; slaves 16+ yrs., 2; horses, 13, tax, 1.76.
CUMBERLAND CO., Census, 1820:
1820 -- B's pg. 2, 14 up [Hampton, microfilm 130]:
Vaulentine Boatwright: Males: 10-16 yrs., 2; 18-26 yrs., 1; 45+ yrs., 1.
Females: 45+ yrs., 1. Slaves, male: 0-14 yrs., 1; 14-26 yrs., 1; 26-45 yrs., 1; female: 0-14 yrs.,
2; 26-45 yrs., 1. Agriculture: 6.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1821:
1821 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: white males, 3; slaves 16+ yrs., 3; tax, 1.99.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1823:
1823 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: horses, 1; stud cost, 70; tax, .12.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1829:
1829 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: slaves 16+ yrs., 5; horses, 3, tax, 2.30.
CUMBERLAND CO., Census, 1830:
1830 -- pg. 184, 3 up [Hampton, microfilm 192]:
Valentine Boatwright: Males: 20-30 yrs., 1; 50-60 yrs., 1.
Slaves, male: 0-10 yrs., 2; 10-26 yrs., 2; 36-55 yrs., 1. Total, 7.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1831-33:
1831-33 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: not listed.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1834-36: [younger Val?]
1834-36 [VaStLib, microfilm 94]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites, 1; no tax.
CUMBERLAND CO., Witness, 1834:
25 July 1834 -- deed Bk. 21, pg. 469 [VaStLib, microfilm #?]:
William S. Dunkum to Chesley Brown: 171 1/2 acres (south of Valentine Boatwright); wit.:
Valentine Boatwright.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1837: [younger Val?]
1837 [VaStLib., microfilm 95]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites, 1.
CUMBERLAND CO., Personal Property Tax, 1844: [younger Val?]
1844 [VaStLib., microfilm 95]:
Vaul Boatwright: whites, 1; slaves 16+ yrs., 1; tax, .40
CUMBERLAND CO., Will, 1849:
wr.18 April 1849/pro.28 May 1849 -- Bk. 11, pg. 432-433 [VaStLib, microfilm 20]:
Valentine Boatright: Negro man Monday be hired out and the earnings paid to daughter
Rebecca Hamilton; at her death he be given to granddaughter Judith Ann Hamilton. "My man
Jack" loaned to daughter Mary Brown; at her death to grand daughter Ann Maria Brown. The
proceeds of the sale of the land to sons Meador Boatright, Jonas Boatright and Valentine
Boatright, to be equally divided among them. Son Daniel Boatright already having received
his proportion of the estate. Negro woman Cinthia select a home "among my Children; the one
she selects, keeping her during her life. Exec.: friend V.C. Ryals. Wits.: Z. Talley, J. Ann
Hamilton, Alexander Ransome, Robert J. Meador.
CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Appraisal/Accounts, 1849:
28 June 1849 -- Will Bk. 11, pg. 515-516 [VaStLib, microfilm 20]:
Valentine Boatright, estate: Appraisal of 3 slaves and 4 bonds totaled $1,634.88,
including bond of $50 on Chesley Brown due 1 Jan. 1850.
1 July 1850: balance of $561.16 to be distributed per will. Executor VC Ryals.
CUMBERLAND CO., death -- Daughter, 1859:
20 Feb. 1859 -- # 29- [source?]:
Mary Brown, dropsy, 60 yrs.; parent, Vaul Boatwright; born/lived in Cumberland Co.; spouse,
Chesley Brown; information -- husband.
CUMBERLAND CO., Will, 1808:
wr.10 Feb. 1808/pro. 25 Sept. 1808 [source?]:
Jehue Meadors Senior --
...granddaughter Mary Boatwright -- negro girl Corsey.
...rest of estate (4 slaves, cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, plantation utencils and interest in negros
bought from son Jonas) be equally divided among "my six children" Anne Robinson, Polly
Anderson, Sally Boatright, Jehue Meadors, Joseph Meadors, Franky Meadors.
CUMBERLAND CO., Census, 1810:
1810 -- pg. 141B, 7 up [Hampton, microfilm #68]:
Valentine Boatright: Male: 0-10 yrs., 3; 10-16 yrs., 4; 26-45 yrs., 1.
Female: 0-10 yrs., 1; 10-16 yrs., 2; 26-45 yrs., 1. Slaves, 6.
CUMBERLAND CO., Census, 1820:
1820 -- B's pg. 2, 14 up [Hampton, microfilm 130]:
Vaulentine Boatwright: Males: 10-16 yrs., 2; 18-26 yrs., 1; 45+ yrs., 1.
Females: 45+ yrs., 1. Slaves, male: 0-14 yrs., 1; 14-26 yrs., 1; 26-45 yrs., 1; female: 0-14 yrs.,
2; 26-45 yrs., 1. Agriculture: 6.
"Valentine Boatright lived on a farm a few miles from Cumberland and Court House, VA. Was
the owner of several slaves at the time of his death, about 1840. My father and I were on
the old place when on a trip to that county in 1903, and the place is yet known as the 'old
Boatright farm'. There are no buildings on the place at present. A few miles from the place
is the farm owned by a sister during her life time. Grandfather Valentine and Grandma are
buried on the place. The farm of 50 acres was sold a few years previous for $125.00. The
old house was still standing, and in a very good state of preservation."------G.W. Boatwright,
March 18, 1906.
Sarah apparently died before 1808 as she is not mentioned in her father's will, or she is the
same person known as Sally Meador.
6-20. ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1772 in
Hanover County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1843. She married JOHN MARTIN 05 Mar 1789 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, son of ORSON MARTIN and ANNA FORSEE. He was born 1764
in Cat Tail Branch, Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Aug 1843 in Cat Tail Branch,
Cumberland County, Virginia.
Marriage: 02 Mar 1789, VA, Cumberland Co (Source: (1) Elliott, Katherine, comp., Marriage
Records 1749-1840 Cumberland Co., VA, (1969)., (2) 1st Cousins)
6-43. i. ORSON MARTIN, b. 1789, Cumberland County, Virginia;
ii. VALENTINE MARTIN, b. 1797, Cumberland County, Virginia; d. 1879;
m. Serena Yancey.
6-21. ESTHER JUDITH BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 17
Feb 1773 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died 29 Dec 1857 in Campbell County, Virginia.
She married STEPHEN MARTIN 1795 in Cumberland County, Virginia, son of ORSON MARTIN
and ANNA FORSEE. He was born 09 Dec 1765 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 17
Jan 1857 in Appomattox County, Virginia.
They moved to Campbell County, Va., about 1791, per Elzey Arledge.
There is considerable confusion here between the Arledge work and the 1965 John R. Martin
work. I have added those children Arledge did not show, and tried to footnote differences.
CUMBERLAND CO., Will -- Heir, 1797:
wr. 21 April 1797/pro. 26 March 1798 -- Bk. 3, pg. 114-115 [VaStLib, microfilm 18]:
Will of Daniel Boatwright: To daughter Esther Martin: one negro girl Aggy now in her
possession. Balance of personal estate after death of wife to be divided between all
daughters or their representatives/heirs.
CUMBERLAND CO., Estate Accounts -- Heir, 1817:
1817/rec. April 1819 -- Will Bk. 6, pg. 150-151 [VaStLib, microfilm 19]:
Estate of Daniel Boatwright: Estate of $51.35 1/9 to be divided among 9 distributees:
Ann Boatright, Jane Smith, Sally Boatright, Eliz. Martain, Easter Martain, Milly Right,
Drusille Meader, Rhody Meader, Locky Sleger.
His will is filed in Campbell Co., Va.
Military chaplain during Revolution
Will recorded 9 Feb 1857, Campbell County, Virginia
6-22. MILDRED "MILLY" BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt.
1776 in Hanover County, Virginia. She married GEORGE A. WRIGHT, Aft. 1797.
6-23. DRUCILLA BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 06 Jun
1777 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died 08 Dec 1843 in Virginia. She married JEHU
MEADOR in Cumberland County, Virginia. He was born 23 May 1772 in Cumberland County,
Virginia, and died 19 Feb 1820 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Surname may be MEADOW.
i. DANIEL BOATWRIGHT MEADOR, b. 27 Feb 1797, Cumberland County,
Virginia.
ii. SALLY HUBBARD MEADOR, b. 10 May 1798, Cumberland County, Virginia.
iii. JANE MEADOR, b. 07 May 1799, Cumberland County, Virginia.
iv. HUBBARD MEADOR, b. 10 Jul 1800, Cumberland County, Virginia.
v. SWANN MEADOR, b. 24 Apr 1802, Cumberland County, Virginia.
vi. WILLIAM MARTIN MEADOR, b. 03 Sep 1803, Cumberland County, Virginia.
vii. RHODA MEADOR, b. 17 Oct 1806, Cumberland County, Virginia.
viii. JEHU MEADOR, b. 01 Jul 1808, Cumberland County, Virginia.
ix. MICHAJAH SINGLETON MEADOR, b. Abt. 1810, Cumberland County,
Virginia.
x. VALENTINE MEADOR, b. 16 Jan 1814, Cumberland County, Virginia.
xi. JOHN ISHAM MEADOR, b. 28 Sep 1815, Cumberland County, Virginia.
xii. FRANCES ANDERSON MEADOR, b. Abt. 1817, Cumberland County, Virginia.
xiii. DRUCILLA MEADOR, b. 03 Nov 1819, Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-24. RHONDA BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt.
1780 in Hanover County, Virginia. She married JONAS MEADOR.
6-25. LOCKEY BOATWRIGHT (DANIEL6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt.
Abt. 1782 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 05 Apr 1820 in Powhatan County,
Virginia. She married ISHAM STEGAR 10 Oct 1803 in Cumberland County, Virginia, son
of JOHN STEGER and SARAH HARRIS. He was born 29 Mar 1778 in Powhatan County,
Virginia, and died 17 Jun 1845 in Powhatan County, Virginia.
i. RHODA ANN STEGAR, b. 15 Nov 1805, Powhatan County,
Virginia; d. 18 Feb 1874;
m. JAMES MEADOR; b. 29 Sep 1807,
Cumberland County, Virginia.
ii. DANIEL BOATWRIGHT STEGAR, b. 27 Jul 1808, Powhatan
County, Virginia;
d. 18 Feb 1874.
iii. JANE CATHERINE STEGAR, b. 23 Mar 1810, Powhatan County,
Virginia; d. 10 Oct 1887.
iv. SARAH HARRIS STEGAR, b. 05 May 1812, Powhatan County,
Virginia; m. JAMES EDWARD COOKE,
12 Nov 1834, Powhatan County,
Virginia; b. Abt. 1811, Cumberland
County, Virginia; d. 22 May 1855,
Chesterfield County, Virginia.
v. JOHN PERRATT STEGAR, b. 18 Jan 1815, Powhatan County,
Virginia; d. 24 Dec 1879.
6-26. BENJAMIN CHESLEY BOATWRIGHT (BENJAMIN6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was
born Abt. 1773 in South Carolina, and died Bef. 1850 in Madison County, Florida. He
married (1) MARTHA WALKER. She was born Abt. 1774 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1800 in
South Carolina. He married (2) ELEANOR CHAPMAN Abt. 1800 in McIntosh County, Georgia.
She was born Abt. 1774 in Georgia, and died Bef. 1860 in Gadsden County, Florida.
1850 Census:
Name: Eleaner Boatwright
Date: November 29, 1850
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: abt 1774
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 7, Gadsden, Florida
Page: 209
Roll: M432_58
living with son Beniah and family
6-27. CHESLEY JOHN DANIEL BOATWRIGHT (BENJAMIN6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt.
1775 in South Carolina, and died Bef. 1830 in South Carolina.
6-28. JAMES BOATWRIGHT (BENJAMIN6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born Abt. 1778
in South Carolina.
6-29. BENJAMIN BENONI BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 08
Sep 1769 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 13 Jun 1816 in Powhatan County,
Virginia. He married ELIZABETH BLACKBURN 19 Apr 1797 in Powhatan County, Virginia,
daughter of JAMES BLACKBURN and RHODA BAUGH. She was born 01 Jul 1779 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 11 Sep 1862 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
He is generally known as "Benjamin"; however, in his youngest brother's list of the children of
James Boatwright, his name is shown as "Benoni-called Benjamin." Some documents spell
his name as Benjamine.
(BENONI)..."Son of my sorrow", a Biblical reference, Genesis 35:18. Story of Rachel, wife of
Jacob: "As she breathed her last-for she was dying-she named her son Ben-Oni, but
his father named him Benjamin."
Norman Hurd Ricker indicates Benjamin was reported as a tithe by his father James which
was required when he was age 16 but common practice not to do so until "reminded by the Court".
Benjamin was required to report himself at age 21; he did not, so was residing elsewhere in
September 1790.
Norman Hurd Ricker also indicates that records reflect Benjamin served as a Private in Captain
Hudson M. Wingfield's Infantry Company of the 4th Virginia Regiment from 03/16/1814 to 04/11/1814
at Norfolk, Virginia. He also served as a Private in Captain Jesse Woodson's Company of the
1st Regiment at Holly Springs from 10/01/1814 to 11/04/1814 as a substitute for Richard
Boatright. He further served in Captain John Pollock's Light Infantry Company, 1st Battalion,
7th Regiment of the Virginia Militia from 12/28/1814 to 02/21/1815 as a substitute for Shadh Alvis,
Sr.
Benjamin died intestate. Elizabeth Blackburn, his widow, was appointed Administrator of his
estate after his death in 1816. She moved to Kentucky with some of her children about 1821.
A petition filed in Garrard Co., KY circuit court by William Blackburn of Powhatan Co., Va.
claimed that she illegally removed property of Benjamin's estate from Virginia jurisdiction.
William had signed a surety bond for Elizabeth and he wanted to be removed from responsibility.
See record of Benjamin's Estate: Powhatan Co., Va. Will book 5, pp 105 & 122.
Source: David C. Rains
Benjamin was probably born in that part of Cumberland County, Va. which later became a part
of what is now Powhatan County. Powhatan County was created in the year 1777 from
portions of Cumberland and Chesterfield counties. He died in Powhatan County, Va. 13 June
1816. He apparently was a large land owner. See: Powhatan Co. Virginia Will Book 5, p. 105
for probate record; Estate inventory... Will Book 5, p. 122.
The marriage records of Powhatan County show that Benjamin married Elizabeth Blackburn
19 April 1797. She was a daughter of James Blackburn and Rhoda Baugh who were then
residing in Buckingham Co., Va. The witnesses to this marriage were: John Radford and
Judith Blackburn. See: Powhatan County, Va. - Marriage Records (1777-1853), Pg 34.
Benjamin Boatwright was listed in the 1810 census of Powhatan County. He and a William
Blackburn are listed next to each other, which would indicate that they were enumerated at the
same time. It is assumed that William Blackburn was a brother of Elizabeth Blackburn.
Deed William Blackburn to Benjamin Boatright 100 acres Recorded 10-23-1812, Deed Book 4
(1809-1814), Page 445-447, Reel 3.
Deed George Mosley to Benjamin Boatwright Book 5, Pg 145.
Deed William Blackburn to Benjamin Boatright 1/2 acre recorded 8-17-1814.
Deed Book 5, Pg 95-97, Reel 3.
Real estate Devisees: Clestly, John, Leonard, Daniel, James, Benjamin, Dan'l and William
Boatright, Aug 1815. Will Book 5, Page 86.
Deed Richard Watkinson to Benjamin Boatwright Book 5, Page 211.
Deed George Mosley to Benjamin Boatwright Book 5, Page 422.
July 17, 1816
Powhatan County Will Book 5, Page 105
Benjamin died 6-13-1816 intestate. William Blackburn, Uncle of Elizabeth Blackburn,
Widow of Benjamin, and George Mosely accompanied her to Powhatan County Court where
she was appointed Administratrix.
Know all men by these presents, that we Elizabeth Boatwright, George Moseley, and Wm.
Blackburn, are held and firmly bound unto Thomas Miller, John H. Steger, Jesse Hughes, and
Littleberry H. Mosby, Gentlemen, Justices of the County of Powhatan, now sitting, in the just
and full sum of Five Thousand Dollars: to the payment whereof, well and truly to be made to
the said Justices, or their successors, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our, and each of our
heirs, executors, and Administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents: Sealed
with our seals and dated this 17th day of July 1816, in the 41st year of the Commonwealth.
The condition of the above obligation is such, that if the said Elizabeth Boatwright,
Administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of Benjamin Boatwright, deceased, do make
a true and perfect inventory of all and singularly the goods, chattels, and credits of the said deceased,
which have; or shall come to the hands, the possession or know-ledge of her, the said
Administratrix, or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her, and the
same so made do exhibit into the said County Court of Powhatan, when she shall be thereto
required by the said Court; and such goods, chattels, and credits do well and truly administer
according to law; and further do make a just and true account of her actings and doings
therein, rest of the said goods, chattels, and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the
account of the said Administratrix, the same being first examined and allowed by the Justices
of the said Court, for the time being, shall deliver and pay unto such persons respectively, as
are entitled to the same by law; and if it shall hereafter appear, that any last will and testament
was made by the deceased, and the same be proved in Court, and the executor obtain a
certificate of Probate thereof, and the said Elizabeth Boatwright do in such case, being
required, render and deliver up her Letters of Administration, then the above obligation to be
void, else to remain in full force.
Signed, sealed and acknowledged:
in presence of Powhatan County : Elizabeth Boatwright (Seal)
Court and ordered to be recorded: George Moseley (Seal)
Page 122, Will Book 5, Powhatan County VA:
Benjamin Boatwright's Appraisement: An Inventory and appraisement of the estate of a
personal kind belonging to Benjamin Boatwright, decd lately of Powhatan County VA, to wit:
Follows itemized household, livery and farming goods.
Page 124, Will Book 5, Powhatan County VA:
In obedience to an order of the worshipful the Court of Powhatan County, we, the
undersigned, being first sworn, having viewed and appraised the personal estate of Benjamin
Boatwright decd and find it to consist of the articles above specifyed, and of the value above
stated. Given under our hands this 16th day of August in the year 1816.
Peter Dupery
John Maxey Jun (Jr)
Joseph B. Davis
At a Court of monthly sessions holden for the County of Powhatan on the 21st day of August
1816.
This appraisement of the personal estate of Benjamin Boatwright deceased was presented in
Court and was by the Court ordered to be recorded.
Wm S. Dance, C.
Without prior approval of the Court, Elizabeth moved the family and Estate Property of
Benjamin to Kentucky; leaving her Uncle William Blackburn responsible under bond to the
Court for administration of the Estate, and without the ability to perform. William Blackburn
took legal action to protect his bond.
To the Honorable Judge of the Garrard (County KY) Circuit Court in Chancery sitting, the
orator, William Blackburn, complaining, showeth unto your honor that Benjamin Boatright,
late of Powhatan County Virginia, departed this life intestate on the day of June, 1816 in said
County of Powhatan, and on the 17th day of July 1816, Elizabeth Boatright, his widow, who is
made defendant hereto, qualified as his Administratrix in the County Court of said County and
then and there entered into an Administration Bond with George Mosely and your orator, as
her securities in the penalty of $5,000 dollars a copy of which bond for greater certainty is here
exhibited marked Exhibit A.
The personal estate constituting appoints and then have aforesaid addition was appraised to
$2,674.60 dollars as will appear by reference to a certified copy of said appraisement here
exhibited and marked B. decedent at his death left the following children, the following heirs
to wit: Martha, James, William, Eliza, Allen, RhodeAnne, Lucy, and Benjamin Boatright.
The last five of whom are infants. About three years ago, said Administrator, with the said
children, who are also made defendants, removed to Garrard County, in Kentucky, without
having returned any Inventory of said estate, or have made any settlement thereof with the
County Court of Powhatan, that he knows of, and bringing with her all or most of the said
estate, or its proceeds, she made no allotment for distribution of said estate among said
children, but is managing and disposing of the same, as if it were her own.
Your orator is apprehensive that said estate may be wasted or illegally and improvidently
managed to his eventual injury as security as aforesaid. By removal to Kentucky said
Elizabeth has become unexcessible by the County Court of Powhatan. In this predicament
your orator does not only endanger of ultimate liability and loss as security but is removeless
except in your Court of Chancery.
In tender consideration whereof and as he is remidiless at law, he prays interposition of your
Honor he prays that defendant may be compelled to answer this bill. He prays that you will
restrain by interposition from sellers or otherwise, putting out of her hands said property or any
part thereof until this bill be heard and disposed of, he prays that on the final hearing your
Honor will make said injunction perpetual or take said estate out of the possession of said
Administrator unless you will indemnify your orator aforesaid any liability as security as
aforesaid, that you will compel said heirs to make distribution among them-selves of the said
estate liable to such distribution or waive any claim hereafter on your orator as security as
aforesaid. And that you will grant such other and faithful relief as may be just and proper.
William Blackburn
G. Robertson, as Council
Source: David C. Rains
See picture of Elizabeth taken in 1860, at age 80.
According to Denny Boatright, the original Boatwright Homestead was purchased by
Benjamin Daniel Boatwright, the youngest son of Benjamine (Benoni) and Elizabeth
Blackburn Boatwright, on August 31, 1835. His mother, Elizabeth, lived in the house until
she died in 1862. The property consisted of 175.4 acres and the log house and the sale is
recorded in Madison County deed Book W, page 100.
After the death of Eliza in 1920, Madison County deed Book 95, pages 327-329, indicate that
the homestead was deeded to one of her sons, Thomas A. Todd. Todd and his family made the
property their home until 1928 and also acquired an additional, adjoining 79.66 acre farm
known as the "Miracle Place".
In 1928 the farm was sold to Thomas Todd's brother, George Boatwright Todd, as recorded in
Madison County deed Book 106, page 598. Todd apparently lived there until 1950 when the
land was sold to Harold E. Richardson for $28,000. George as the last of the Boatwrights or
their descendants to own the property.
On December 2, 1973, Richardson sold the farm to J.W. Ramsey for $102,000. During
Ramsey's ownership, the old homestead went to ruin and the solid walnut logs were sold off.
The only thing remaining is the main rock chimney.
Source: David C. Rains
Powhatan Co., Va. Circuit Court Clerks office...Marriage Register
1777-1853, p.34...Witnesses: John Radford and Judith Blackburn.
1821 Moved to Kentucky after Benjamin's death.
Buried in Boatwright Burial Ground, George Todd Farm, one mile up
Paint Creek from Mr. Ralston's house.
1. See Ricker, "Boat(w)right's of Southeastern USA", p. 160. There were many claims of
Cherokee Indian Heritage made to Dawes commission in 1890's based on belief that Elizabeth
was descended from an Indian tribe. Many claims refer to "Polly Carter, daughter of James
and Rhoda Blackburn and a half-sister of Elizabeth." Her name was said to appear on the Rolls
of 1835 (and 1852) - East of the Mississippi River. ( See also Cherokee Citizenship
Commissions Docket Books - Dockets #89,
#90, and #180. wherein 'Elizabeth Blackburn' is shown as ancestor of persons granted
citizenship.)
2. RGB: "Boatwright's of Virginia", 1961...
"In the 1820 census of Powhatan County, Va., we find the widow, Elizabeth Boatwright and
children still living in Powhatan County; Benjamin, the husband and father had died in 1816.
She was Administrator of the Estate.
"...This writer has a photostat copy of what appears to have been a daguerreotype picture of
Elizabeth Blackburn taken about 1860 with this notation on the back: "Elizabeth Blackburn
born July 1, 1779 - Cumberland City, Virginia."
(Note: Denny Boatright of Springfield provided a copy of this photo in 1998. There is a
very poor xerox copy in notes of W.E. Boatright accompanying material submitted by Norman
Ricker to LDS,
microfilm #1597698. See p. 241 of material following "Index and Outline").
"In 1821, Elizabeth, a widow, went to Madison county, Kentucky taking with her all of the
children with the exception of Martha Gill who was then married to James Kelley and James
Blackburn who was also either married or soon to be married. His marriage is recorded as 17
Oct 1821. Elizabeth settled near Kirksville, Kentucky.
3. A law suit was brought against Elizabeth by William Blackburn of Virginia who was an
administrator of James' Will claiming Elizabeth improperly removed portions of James' estate
to Kentucky.
See "Garrard County Index to Circuit Court Chancery", Vockery, Kentucky..V872:
Book 9, p. 329, June, 1827
defendant: Elizabeth Boatwright
Adversary: William Blackburn'
Box: 17
Bundle: 68
Suit: 522
In those days, especially in rural areas, the family cemeteries were likely to be often in the
thoughts and affections of the living as they paused to remember and honor the memories of
loved ones no longer present in person. These old cemeteries were an essential part of the old
homestead once established since sickness and dying was always close by for the young as well
as for the aged. Many a grieving mother was able to look from the porch to a not too distant
hillside and have their thoughts drawn to the grave of a little child given up too early in
life. Children's lives in turn, were often graced by thoughts of loving parents whose tired
bodies "lay-a-molden" in their graves in these same parcels of sacred earth.
Such was the case at the old Boatwright homestead that served at least three generations of
Boatwrights and Todds before the house was torn down and the old logs sold off. Elizabeth
Blackburn Boatwright, a widow who left the grave of her husband behind in Virginia, would see
one of her married daughters placed in an early grave at age 34 on the hill she could see from
her kitchen window, and then the same year, a daughter-in-law who died at age 29, just one month
after giving birth to Elizabeth's lovely granddaughter, whom the widow and her grieving son
would be left to raise.
By the time Elizabeth herself would be laid to rest in this cemetery in 1862, her brother James
Blackburn III and his wife, Nancy, also would be buried nearby. They would not survive to see a
few years later both Union and Confederate armies march along Paint Lick Creek and stop at the
old Gum Springs, just down the hill from the cemetery. In 1881, another married daughter,
Martha Gill Kelly, would be brought by loved ones to the family burial site, and then in 1885,
Elizabeth's son Alexander Allen Boatwright would be laid beside his wife, Margaret Elizabeth
Joplin Boatwright, and mother. His only child, Eliza Ann would- together with husband William
Letcher Todd- raise her family nearby but they would move their burial plans to the Manse
Cemetery in Old Paint Lick and begin a new family remembering-site there.
In 1871, almost in a straight line up the branch that ran in front of the Mitchell place before
emptying into Paint Lick Creek, the funeral for another of Elizabeth Blackburn's siblings was
observed in yet a third family cemetery. Rhoda Ann Blackburn had married John Patterson,Jr,
back in Virginia, and then raised quite a family of second generation Kentucky Pattersons on
part of the Patterson homestead. Rhoda Ann herself had attended the graveside services of her
brother and sister, James Blackburn III and Elizabeth Blackburn Boatwright (both died in 1862),
as well as relatives in the two cemeteries nearby. But it would be the Patterson Cemetery that
would turn out to be the largest of all and the one that now, all these generations later,
would become the object of loving efforts from many grateful descendents to see it restored and
cared for.
One personal story will serve to illustrate the place these cemeteries were able to hold in the
minds and hearts of living family members even hundreds of miles away. My great-uncle, John
Todd, was born and raised in the old Boatwright home. He married a third cousin who was
orphaned at an early age and then raised by John's parents. Permelia Gates was the daughter of
Agnes Patterson and James Gates, both buried in the Patterson cemetery. Agnes was the daughter
of John Patterson Jr. and Rhoda Ann Blackburn, also buried in the same cemetery. John and
Permelia's first two children died in infancy and are buried there. Later they moved their
family to Afton , Oklahoma and raised a large extended family. Descendents tell how often
Permelia would talk of the cemetery back in Garrard County, Kentucky where her little babies,
her parents, and grandparents were all buried.
The Mitchell Cemetery no longer has any of the head stones "above" ground. The Boatwright
Family Cemetery is smaller and tended to by a few of us who are direct descendents on behalf of
most of the Boatwright clan that moved on west and southwest. This cemetery holds an added
significance to this writer because my Grandmother Todd's parents, John and Miriam Hunt were
among the last to be buried there in the early 1900's.
There is something very special about these old family plots and the lives that came to their
earthly end there. God has often blessed our lives with their memories and the heritage He has
passed on to us through each one. It is not only a joy to thankfully honor their memory when we
have opportunity, but it gives us a perspective reaching back generations and reminds us that
we are all standing on the shoulders of some pretty remarkable people. In these three
cemeteries there are among others, a few Virginian families represented that contributed to our
lives and the Paint Lick community- Blackburns, Boatwrights, Mitchells, and Pattersons.
Source: Rev.John Paul Todd is a member of the Paint Lick Family Cemetery Preservation Committee
of the Friend's of Paint Lick. He may be contacted at e4unity@cs.com
Burial: Boatwright Cemetery on George Todd farm, Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky
7-105. i. MARTHA GILL BOATWRIGHT, b. 02 Mar 1798, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 25 Nov 1881, Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.
7-106. ii. MARIAH B. BOATWRIGHT, b. 24 Nov 1799, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 17 Sep 1800, Powhatan County, Virginia.
7-107. iii. JAMES BLACKBURN BOATWRIGHT, b. 26 May 1801, Powhatan County,
Virginia; d. Abt. 1875, Doniphan County, Kansas.
7-108. iv. WILLIAM VAN RENSELEAR BOATWRIGHT, b. 19 Oct 1803, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 28 Apr 1867, Darlington, Gentry County, Missouri.
7-109. v. ELIZABETH REDFORD BOATWRIGHT, b. 18 Jun 1806, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 22 Oct 1840, Madison County, Kentucky.
7-110. vi. ALEXANDER ALLEN BOATWRIGHT, b. 03 Jan 1808, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 21 Jan 1885, Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.
7-111. vii. RHODA ANN BOATWRIGHT, b. 20 May 1812, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 31 May 1895, Platte County, Missouri.
7-112. viii. LUCY ANN BOATWRIGHT, b. 11 Aug 1814, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. 05 Nov 1876, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri.
7-113. ix. BENJAMIN DANIEL BOATRIGHT, b. 11 Dec 1816, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. Abt. 1889, Paint Lick, Garrard County, Kentucky.
6-30. SAMUEL BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 17 Apr 1771
in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 1844 in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He married (1)
NANCY SMITH in Fluvanna County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT SMITH and JANE. She was
born 1777 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 03 Dec 1862 in Fluvanna County,
Virginia.
Source of Nancy Smith Boatwright photo is Dan Boatwright.
1. From "Old William Boatright and descendants", Floy B. Chancey....Samuel was married in
Grainger Co.. TN
2. Mentioned in father's Will. One of Exhibitors.
3. Samuel's family information provided by Gerald Martin Boatwright who received it from:
4. Samuel's WILL provided by Gerald M. Boatwright:
I, Samuel Boatwright of Fluvanna Co VA,...
My beloved wife Nancy shall have all my lands. All perishable property shall be sold and
equally divided between children (viz) Mickelberry, the children of my dau Sally Bragg
deceased, Daniel, Martha A Parrish, my 2nd dau, Henry H , James W,and my 2 sons
Robert S and Drury W and dau Jane Ann. I appoint my 2 sons Robert S and Drury W executors.
I set my hand and seal 30 Mar 1844.
At court Fluvanna Co 22 July 1844, three of witnesses presented will
to be recorded.
certificate was granted for obtaining probate
Source of photo is Dan Boatwright.
6-31. JESSE BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
30 Aug 1772 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He died Bef. 1814 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
Not mentioned in father's will, so was probably deceased before 1814.
6-32. ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
07 Nov 1773 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-33. MARTHA "PATSY" BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
09 Nov 1775 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-34. DANIEL BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 13 Apr 1777
in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 1856 in Murray County, Georgia. He married
ELIZABETH CARPENTER 15 Dec 1813 in Elbert County, Georgia, daughter of JOSHUA
CARPENTER and LEAH SMITH. She was born 1800 in Virginia, and died 1864 in Murray
County, Georgia.
There has been some disagreement among researchers as to whether Daniel's name was
"Daniel" or "David". It appears to be Daniel in the handwritten list previously referred to from
Chesley Hood Boatwright's bible and is definitely Daniel in the handwritten copy of his
father's will written in 1814.
Names and birth dates of James' children were taken from pages found in family Bible of
Chesley Hood Boatright (b. 25 Nov 1797).
Information verified in 1907 interview between CS Cornelius and Daniel J. Boatwright.
Notes for ELIZABETH CARPENTER:
Will of Joshua Carpenter dated 7-29-1841 proved 11-6-1843. Wife Agnes. Friends John B Wade
and Thomas Asku Executors. Witnesses: Alexander Graham, John McDoogle, William C Wright.
Son Martin Carpenter and daughters Hester Carpenter under age), Susanna Hanna and her heirs,
Benhemiah Nelams (Nelms); Sons James Carpenter, Absolom Carpenter, Joshua S Carpenter;
daughters Elizabeth Boatright, Fonda Hammond and Leah Bond. (Named in that order) Pg 310,
Vol I, Historical Collections of GA Chapter of DAR.
6-35. SARAH "SALLY" BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
11 Jun 1779 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1813 in Cumberland County,
Virginia. She married LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT
15 Jul 1809 in Cumberland County, Virginia, son of JESSE BOATWRIGHT and
JUDITH TABB. He was born 1776 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died
Abt. 1826 in Wilkes County, Georgia.
Langhorne Boatwright, son of Jesse and Judith Tabb Boatwright, married two of his
1st cousins, Sarah "Sally" Boatwright and Mary Ann "Polly" Boatwright, both
daughters of James and Mary Kidd Boatwright.
Marriage: 15 Jul 1809, VA, Cumberland County (Source: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850,
"Electronic," Langhorne Boatright / Sally Boatwright / 15 July 1809 / Cumberland
County).
6-36. JOHN BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
01 Oct 1780 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He died Abt. 1790 in Cumberland County,
Virginia.
Believed to have died young as a later son of James and Mary Boatwright was also named John (John Wade,
born August 22, 1795).
6-37. JAMES BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
04 Jan 1782 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1840 in Wilkes County,
Georgia. He married NANCY STINSON, 03 May 1807 in Wilkes County, Georgia,
daughter of GEORGE STINSON and PHOEBE. She was born Abt. 1789 in
Georgia.
William Nolan vs John Moss and James Boatright. Dated 6-23-1819, July Term, found for the
Plaintiff. Bk RR Pg 637, business contract involving James Nolan's Gin on 10-28-1818.
(GA Archives: ---unable to locate Wilkes County Bk RR ca 1819; did search index to Wilkes
County Superior Court Minutes 1817-1821 w/negative results; no ref this case in Civil &
Criminal Case Files of Superior or Inferior Court; remains vol of Sup Ct Min 1818-1822 not
indexed (contains less than 500 pgs so quoted ref page 637 not there).
Source: Author: Ricker, Norman H.
Phoebe Stinson, dated her will 10-8-1831; proved 9-8-1836 (See Documentation). Documents
her daughter, Nancy Boatright to be the wife of James Boatright.
6-38. NANCY ANN BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
05 Apr 1783 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She died Apr 1833. She married
SKIP HARRIS STEGAR on 03 Dec 1805 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
She is referred to as "Ann Stegar" in her father's will and as "Ann called Nancy" in Chesley Hood
Boatwright's Bible.
This is probably the "Anne Boatwright" found in the Cumberland County marriage records as marrying Skipp
H. Stegar on December 3, 1805.
6-39. WILLIAM BENJAMIN BOATRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 29 May
1784 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 08 Aug 1875 in Madison County, Arkansas.
He married (1) JAMIMA BEAN BOWEN 22 Jul 1808 in Grainger County, Tennessee, daughter
of JOHN BOWEN and SARAH BEAN. She was born Abt. 1790 in Tennessee, and died 10 May
1818 in Grainger County, Tennessee. He married (2) NANCY MORGAN 29 Apr 1821 in
Grainger County, Tennessee. She was born 15 Feb 1804 in Tennessee, and died 11 Apr 1860
in Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
Various dates of birth have been found for William. We use the date shown, May 29, 1784, as
this is the date found in his father's bible, as recorded by his youngest brother, Chesley Hood
Boatright. A xerox copy of this recording is in my possession.
See link for copy of marriage license to Jamima Bean Bowen.
See link for copy of marriage record to Nancy Morgan.
It should also be noted that the 1850 census records his second wife's age as 41 in 1850. We
show a date of birth for this wife, Nancy Morgan, as February 15, 1804, which would make
her about 46 years of age when the census was taken rather than 41 as shown in the census
records.
Unfortunately, the source for Nancy's date of birth was lost before it was recorded with these
records, so we cannot positively verify her actual date of birth.
The 1850 census also records the fact that Elizabeth Waits, age 6; John Waits, age 4; and John
Wells, age 19, were all living in William's household in 1850.
Source: David C. Rains
Buried at Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Married by Samuel Yancey
1. Mentioned in father's Will.
2. It is possible that this is the same person referred to as "Old William Boatright", (see "Old
William Boatright and His descendants", by Floy B. Chancey of Fort Smith Arkansas, 1996.)
Although no definitive data is available, Mrs. Chancey proposes that "Old William Boatright"
was one of the son's of James Boatwright (b. ca 1745) based on the closeness of the families of
Chesley Hood, Samuel (b. 1771) and "Old William". There is a nagging difference in the birth
dates of "Old William" (26 April 1777 ) and the date of James son, 29 May 1784.
Ricker gives Birth date as ca. 1793, death ca. 1887.
3. Due to the apparent closeness of the families of "Old William" and Chesley Hood
mentioned above, this individual is being cataloged as James' son until it is shown not to be
true.
4. Excerpt from "Old William Boatright and His descendants" by Floy B. Chancey, Ft. Smith,
AR. 1996:
There is WILLIAM BOATRIGHT, born 29 May 1784, the eleventh child of JAMES
BOATRIGHT (b. ca. 1745) that could possibly be OLD WILLIAM; however, the difference in
birth dates (1784 vs. 1777) seem to indicate that OLD WILLIAM was not the son of JAMES.
[On the other hand] there is a possibility that OLD William did
not know the actual date of his birth and used 26 Apr 1777 instead of 29 May 1784. The 1850
Census of Madison County, AR shows OLD William to be 63 years of age. That would mean
his birth year would be 1887 (could be error by census taker). The 1860 Census of Madison
Co., AR has OLD WILLIAM, age 83, living with C. H. BOATRIGHT (his son). That would
mean his birth year would be 1777. In the 1870 Census of Madison county, OLD WILLIAM is
listed as being 93 which would make his birth year 1777. No documents have been found at
this time to prove OLD WILLIAM's birth date.
Another reason why OLD WILLIAM could be the son of JAMES is the fact that SAMUEL, b.
17 Apr 1771, and CHESLEY HOOD, b. 25 Nov 1797, both sons of JAMES, moved to
Grainger Co., Tennessee and (were) living in the same area where OLD WILLIAM lived near
Bean Station in 1808-1818.
OLD WILLIAM, SAMUEL and CHESLEY HOOD were married in Grainger County, Tennessee.
After OLD WILLIAM moved to Arkansas (ca. 1832) CHESLEY HOOD stayed in Tennessee
moving to Anderson County where he remained until the 13th of October, 1849 when he
moved his family to Arkansas and settled in Madison County near Huntsville where OLD
WILLIAM was living. This would indicate that OLD WILLIAM, SAMUEL and CHESLEY
HOOD were very close relatives, if not brothers. OLD WILLIAM named one of his sons after
CHESLEY HOOD, another indication that the families were one and the same.
Notes from Dale R. Boatright: Contrary to speculation, William Boatright could write
as evident in 1812 Pension correspondence. In addition to being blacksmiths, his sons John,
James, William McLean, and Chesley Hood Boatright were JP's and Chesley Hood was at one time
Madison County, Arkansas County Treasurer.
Our family records have William's middle initial as "B". Because the Arkansas relatives who
originally recorded the family information lived around him during his lifetime, I am sure that
it is "B" - Source: Mary Jester, great, great-granddaughter of William B. Boatright
Around 1831, A wagon train from White and Grainger Counties of Tennessee went to
the area that would become Madison County (Arkansas). Among those on this trip
were the following:
According to a letter written by James Upton, these people settled in the area
south of Huntsville near the War Eagle River that would come to be known as
Bowen township.
When William Boatright came to Huntsville, he was living with his second
wife, Nancy Morgan Boatright. He was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church about 1840, when the town was new.
Died giving birth to daughter Nancy.
6-40. DRURY BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 11 Jun 1785 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-41. SUSAN BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
22 Jan 1787 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She died Bef. 1814.
As she is not mentioned in his father's will, it is believed that she died before 1814.
6-42. MARY ANN "POLLY" BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
27 Mar 1788 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She married
LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT Abt 1813 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, son of JESSE BOATWRIGHT and JUDITH TABB.
He was born 1776 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1826 in Wilkes County,
Georgia.
Langhorne Boatwright, son of Jesse and Judith Tabb Boatwright, married two of his
1st cousins, Sarah "Sally" Boatwright and Mary Ann "Polly" Boatwright, both
daughters of James and Mary Kidd Boatwright.
See link for land deed in Jones County, Georgia
See list of children under LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT
6-43. JUDITH BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 27 Oct 1789 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Jun 1858. She married ORSON MARTIN 04 Oct 1813
in Cumberland County, Virginia, son of JOHN MARTIN and
ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT. He was born 1789 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
I link Daniel to his parents, Orson Martin and Judith Boatwright via an 1860s case
found in Cumberland County chancery records. It involves a claim against Orson’s estate. The
case, in fact, links Daniel only to Orson. However, Judith is Orson’s wife according to marriage
records as well as Virginia death records which combine to show Orson and Judith were married
before and after Daniel’s birth.
The clearest proof that Orson and Daniel are father and son is on page 45 of the file as it
appears in the online record. It is page 2 of an 1866 letter written by the plaintiff
John F. Palmore to the judge. A paragraph beginning about halfway down the page reads:
“That in the year 18__ the said Orson Martin departed this life intestate leaving as his heirs
at law & entitled to his estate four children. Daniel Martin. Frances N. the wife of
Drewry W Boatwright.[illegible; but likely “Susan”] C. Martin & Aletha A. Bagby the wife of
James M. Bagby. And the following children of Austin W. Martin [a.k.a. Orson] a deceased son.
Phineas E. Martin. Virgil E. Martin. Mary E. Martin & Cadmus A. Martin – all of whom are infants
under the age of twenty one years. And that administration on his Estate was granted to Madison
Flanagan by the County Court of Cumberland.”
Source: Sean Oberle, descendent of Judith and Orson Martin.
6-44. DRUCILLAH BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
27 Apr 1791 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She married DANIEL D. SMITH on 22 Aug 1815 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-45. LEONARD D. BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 03 Apr
1793 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1856 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
He married SUSANNAH STOKES ROGERS 20 Dec 1815 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She was
born 01 Nov 1789 in Virginia.
Burials in Boatwright/White/Shepherd Cemetery (Source: Jay Porter, great great grandson of
Virgilia Adelaide Boatwright and Charles Eugene Porter):
Row 1: (furthest west) from south to north: T.E. Hudgins, Josephine Tucker, Tom Tucker, Dallas Tucker, Robbie Tucker, Jimmie Shepherd, Guy Shepherd, Maria Boatwright Shepherd, *Tiny Boatwright.
Row 2: from south to north: *Mary Boatwright, *Suanne Rogers Boatwright, *Leonard Boatwright, *Baby Susie Boatwright, John M. Shepherd, Catherine Boatwright Shepherd, Dickie White, Richard Ross White, Varna Shepherd White.
Row 3: (furthest east) from south to north: *Porter Baby, * Gillie Porter’s Mother (Mary P. Boatwright), *Father (William L. Boatwright) and *Brother (James Boatwright) (order not certain), *Gillie Porter (Virgilia Adelaide Boatwright Porter), Helen Shepherd Tucker Carrington, Collie Carrington.
* marked by river or field stones
Edw & Martha Walters to Leonard Boatright 12-24-1838, Bk 23, Page 326, 310 Acres
Will 5-26-1856, Bk 12, Page 400.
Est Inv & Appr 7-28-1856, Bk 12, Page 403.
6-46. JOHN WADE BOATWRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 22 Aug
1795 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 03 Aug 1860 in Madison County, Arkansas.
He married SALLY W. SPAULDING 01 Jan 1828 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, daughter
of JOHN SPAULDING and JUDITH BURTON. She was born 1797 in Prince Edward County,
Virginia, and died Bef. 1860.
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1861, Richmond, Virginia:
On the 3d day of August, at Little Spring, Madison County, Arkansas, J. W. Bootwright, aged 65 years.
6-47. CHESLEY HOOD BOATRIGHT (JAMES6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 25
Nov 1797 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died 27 May 1867 in Madison County,
Arkansas. He married LOUISA TAYLOR 29 Mar 1818 in Grainger County, Tennessee,
daughter of HUGHES TAYLOR and ELIZABETH CANNON. She was born 16 Aug 1801 in
Bean's Station, Grainger County, Tennessee, and died 23 Dec 1875 in Madison County,
Arkansas.
Unless otherwise noted, sources for information concerning the descendants of Chesley Hood
Boatright are Verna Boatright Milstead, Dennis Guy Boatright, Ruth Boatright Parker, Kristin
Vaughn, Norman Ricker, Betty Busbee, and David Michael Boatright.
Cemetery information and photo source is Craig's page:
The following paragraph concerning Chesley Hood is taken from the "History of Northwest
Arkansas", the chapter on Madison county, Page 1102. It is an excerpt of a biography which
discusses Charles S. Keeney, his wife Mary Elizabeth Boatright, and Charles' family.
"The mother was a daughter of the Rev. Chesley Boatright, a minister of the Missionary
Baptist Church. The Boatright [p.1102] family of America belonged to the King's body guard,
and escaping settled in America prior to the Revolution, in which they took an active part. A
number of the family also did honorable service in the War of 1812. The Rev. Chesley
Boatright was a native of Virginia, and came to Madison County as a missionary of the Baptist
Church when the country was but sparsely settled. He established the first Baptist Church in
Northwest Arkansas, and was one of the best known men in the Cherokee Nation."
Chesley Hood Boatright was ordained a Baptist minister in 1833 at the Hebron Church, Knox
County, Tennessee.
Buried in Boatright Cemetery, east of Buckeye, Madison County, Arkansas.
Last Will and Testament of C. H. Boatright, deceased. In the name of God, Amen. I, Chesley
H. Boatright of Madison and State of Arkansas, being weak in body but of sound mind and
memory and considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being so found and blessed by
Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner
and form following; that is to say I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Louisa Boatright,
the following described real and personal effects, to wit all my lands, farming implements,
household and kitchen furniture and two head of horses, and all other stocks and property
indiscriminately, to have and to hold as her own and to fully enjoy the same during her life. I
do also appoint my eldest son, James H. Boatright, as guardian to see to and superintend all
business for my beloved wife, Louisa and pay all my just debts and to collect all money
coming to me. I do also will and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary E. Keeny the sum of two
hundred and forty four, already having been paid, dollars. I also give and bequeath Rietta J.
Johnson the sum of seventy five dollars. I also do will and bequeath unto my two
grandchildren, Mary Louisa Johnson and James Q. Johnson the sum of thirty dollars, each, to
be paid to them term of five years after the death of my beloved wife Louisa. And also having
paid unto Harvey W. Boatright, while living in the State of Arkansas and Madison County, the
sum of one hundred dollars leaving him no more heirship in my real or personal effects and I
also will and bequeath unto my daughter, E. V. T. Evans the sum of one hundred dollars. I also
will and bequeath unto my daughter Martha E. J. Hamor to a comfortable support for her and
her daughter, C. W. Hamor and a full right to live on and enjoy a full privilege during her
widowhood or natural life. And also I will and bequeath unto Joseph M. Evans a horse and
saddle to be valued at forty dollars if he remains subject to the will and order of my beloved
wife, Louisa, until he be twenty one years old. But and if he, the said J.M. Evans refuses to be
obedient and should become recreant, then this part of my will is to be null and void. And I
also will and bequeath unto my son, James H. Boatright, at the decease of my beloved wife,
Louisa, and at the death or end of widowhood of my daughter, M. E. J. Hamor, that James H.
Boatright is to be the full and legal possessor and owner of all my property, real and personal
and I hereby make this my last will revoking all previous wills heretofore by me made. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 17th day of May 1867. C. H.
Boatright {seal} Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named C. H. Boatright to
be his last will and testament in the presence of us, who at his request and in his presence have
hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same. L. R. Furgerson {seal} R. S. Sheilds
{seal} W. W. Evans {seal} I, W. A. Gage, Clerk of the Circuit Court and ex officio recorder of
Madison County, Arkansas, hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the will of C. H.
Boatright as the same appears of record in the record of wills in my office. Witness my hand
and seal this 23 day of Jan. 1880. W. A. Gage, Clerk
Chesley Hood Boatwright was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, Heretofore I have
spelled it “Boatwright” and sometimes “Bootright” (having the impression that someone of
his early ancestors was a maker of “boots). But the people generally have spelled him
Boatwright, and doubtless he is connected, historically, with the Boatwrights of Virginia. So I
have changed the spelling. In his twentieth or twenty-fist year young Boatwright came to
Grainger County, Tennessee, and married Louisa Taylor, a daughter of Elder Hughes Owens
Taylor, one of the early settlers of the “new country of Grainger”. About the year 1825 he
moved to Anderson County. In 1830 he was “licensed” to preach by Mt. Hebron Church in
Knox County. The first Friday in November 1833, he was ordained by the authority of Bethel
Church, Anderson County, which had just been constituted (March 29, 1833) of sixteen
constituent members mostly from Mt. Hebron Church, and recognized by a “presbytery”
consisting of Elders Joshua Frost, Issac Long, Noah Cate, and Samuel Love. Doubtless some
or all of these men officiated in the ordination of the subject of this sketch. Elder Boatwright
served Bethel Church as pastor from 1840-1845, and from 1848 to 1851. In the fall of 1831 he
engaged himself to teach a school of several months near Coal Creek. About the same time he
began a meeting in the neighborhood, preaching nights. Elder Joshua Frost and James Hickey
joined him in the meeting, ably assisting in the work.
…” A revival broke out, Clear Branch Church (now Longfield) was the result. Boatwright
became the first pastor and continued as pastor and moderator of the church till he moved to
Arkansas in October of 1849, a period of about fifteen years. He died in Arkansas, but the date
of his death, and the place of his burial are not known to the writer.” (W. L. Riggs)
In 1846 Clear Branch Church (C.H. Boatwright, pastor) was the largest church in the Northern
Association, reporting a membership of 228. This association was formed in 1839; it came off
the Powell’s Valley Community, on account of its opposition to the cause of benevolence.
This new and vigorous interest entered at once into the business of domestic missions,
employed Messrs. C.H. Boatwright, J. Aldridge, and William Hinckle to travel and preach
among their feeble churches, and in destitute regions around them. In 1842 their missionaries
reported as follows: “ Traveled upward of 3,000 miles, and baptized 300, save one.”
(Benedict).
On Friday, 1 November 1833, Chesley H. Boatright was ordained as a minister of the Bapist
church, by the authority of Bethel Church in Anderson County, Tennessee (2).
About 11 o’clock on Saturday, 13 October 1849, Chesley and his family began their journey to
the State of Arkansas (3). After settling in Madison County, he established the first Baptist
Church in Nothwest Arkansas. * He also did some missionary work with the Indians of
Oklahoma. Goodspeed (in History of Northwest Arkansas) states that Reverand Chesley H.
Boatright was one of the best known men in the Cherokee Nation.
The book, Histroy of Arkansas Baptists, lists C.H. Boatright, Huntsville, under the heading -
Missionary Baptist Preachers - 1855.
Their daughters, Cynthia Emily and Rachel Louisa, both died in 1840, aged 16 years and 12
years, respectively.
Their oldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, married Calvin L. Keeney in 1842 in Anderson County,
Tennessee (4). Their sons James Hughes and Harvey Woodson, also married in Tennessee.
At the time Chesley H. and Louisa Boatright moved to Arkansas, they had one son, Chesley
Taylor, and five daughters left at home. Chesley Taylor was 15 years old at the time they
moved to Arkansas, and he later returned to Tennessee (5). James Huges Boatright and his
family moved to Arkansas in 1854, and Taylor made the trip with them on horseback, riding
with the wagons. Taylor went back again to Tennessee, and back to Arkansas, until he made
five trips from Tennessee, all on horseback (6).
Rietta Jehoshebeth was the first of the daughters to marry in Arkansas; she was married on
December 24, 1851 to Jacob Queener Johnson.
Edna Ann, the next to the youngest daughter, died Febuary 23, 1862 at the age of 20.
Chesley Taylor Boatright married Elizabeth West in January 1861. Just two years later, on
January 11, 1863, he died while serving in the Army.
Source: David C. Rains
High atop a beautiful little hilltop in Madison County AR. sits what is now called the "Old"
Boatright Cemetery. It rests on what used to be known as "Boatright Mountain" It is on private
land, and is somewhat difficult to reach. It is in what is basicaly, pasture land for cattle and is
unkept. (There are now plans, with gracious permission from the landowner, to put up a fence
around this quiet little resting spot to protect it. (It has been partialy bulldozed at least once) It
seems that it never had more than ten graves in it. Unfortunately, these are the only remaining
stones which have names inscribed on them, they were carved by James Hughes Boatright,
who used the "Bootright" spelling for a time.The stone for his son Wm. T., who died in 1885,
has the "Bootright" spelling. (See Boatright Cemetery) James Hughes died in 1910, his stone
reads Boatright. Source is Craig's page:
Sources:
Family History: Southern Genealogies #1, 16OOs-I800s
Historical Southern Families, Vol. XIII, Chesley Hood Boatright and Records of the Baptist
Church, Hawkins County, Tennessee, Page 123, Genealogy.com, July 9, 2001
6-48. JESSE BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1773 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-49. RICHARD BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1774 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1850 in Christian County, Kentucky. He married
JANE JARATT 19 Dec 1808 in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia). She was
born 1794 in Virginia.
Boatwright House, Pemborke Road on Sominco Farm. Constructed circa 1808, It is the oldest rock
house in the county. Known as Rodman Meacham farm for years, now owned by Mr. & Mrs.
George W. Schlegel, Jr.
Court recorded transactions:
1813 - Jesse & Judith Boatright to Richard Boatright, Mar 1813, Bk 12, Page 208, 96 Acres.
1816 - Jesse & Judith Boatright to Richard Boatright, 4-3-1816, Bk 13, Page 286.
1821 - Deed Edward Johnson to Richard Boatright, Bk 7, Page 802.
1832 - Deed Richard & Jane Boatright to Elizabeth K. Ronald, Bk 12, Page 70.
6-50. LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1776 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1826 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He married
(1) SARAH "SALLY" BOATWRIGHT
15 Jul 1809 in Cumberland County, Virginia, daughter of JAMES BOATWRIGHT and
MARY KIDD. She was born 11 Jun 1779 in Hanover County, Virginia, and died
Abt. 1813 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He married (2)
MARY ANN "POLLY" BOATWRIGHT
Abt. 1813 in Virginia, daughter of JAMES BOATWRIGHT and MARY KIDD. She
was born 27 Mar 1788 in Cumberland County, Virginia, and died in Georgia.
Langhorne Boatwright, son of Jesse and Judith Tabb Boatwright, married two of his
1st cousins, Sarah "Sally" Boatwright and Mary Ann "Polly" Boatwright, both
daughters of James and Mary Kidd Boatwright.
Marriage: 15 Jul 1809, VA, Cumberland Co (Source: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850,
Langhorne Boatright / Sally Boatwright / 15 July 1809 / Cumberland County)
6-51. EDWARD BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1778 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-52. THOMAS BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1781 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1821 in Cumberland County, Virginia. He
married NANCY OSLIN 05 Dec 1821 in Cumberland County, Virginia. She was born
1790 in Virginia.
6-53. JENNY BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1783 in
Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-54. WADE BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1783 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1860 in Warren County, Tennessee. He married
ELEANOR P. STONE 05 Nov 1816 in Amherst County, Virginia, daughter of
HEZEKIAH STONE and JANE. She was born 24 Apr 1788 in Fluvanna County,
Virginia, and died 10 Jun 1855 in Warren County, Tennessee.
Eleanor P. Stone Boatwright, d/o Hezekiah and Jane Stone; w/o Wade Boatwright; born
Fluvanna County, Virginia April 24, 1788. Married Nov 14, 1816; joined the Methodist
Episcopal Church August 25, 1841. She died in Warren County, Tennessee June 10, 1855.
left widower, 5 children . Nashville Christian Advocate 1852-1856.
6-55. JOHN BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1784 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1840 in Campbell County, Virginia. He married
JANE. She was born 1801 in Virginia.
6-56. WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1785 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Aft. 1860 in Georgia. He married
LUCINDA PARSONS, daughter of SAMUEL PARSONS and ANN BRADFIELD. She
was born 09 May 1809 in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia, and died Aft. 1880 in Georgia.
There is no mention of William in Jesse Boatwright's will, this may be due to William
moving away to Georgia prior to Jesse's death. It is my "best guess" that William
is the son of Jesse. - Source George Boatright
6-57. MOLLY BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
1786 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-58. BETSY BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
1787 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-59. SALLY BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born
1788 in Cumberland County, Virginia.
6-60. BENJAMIN BENONI BOATWRIGHT (JESSE6, BENONI5, JOHN4, JOHN3, JOHN2, Not Yet Determined1) was born 1789 in
Cumberland County, Virginia, and died Bef. 1880 in Highland County, Ohio. He married
MARY W. JOHNSON Abt. 1816 in Virginia. She was born 1795 in Virginia, and died
Bef. 1860 in Highland County, Ohio.
Benjamin's father, JESSE BOATWRIGHT refers to Benjamin as "Benoni" in his 1821 will.
Benoni was also the name of Jesse's father and Benjamin's grandfather.
(BENONI)..."Son of my sorrow", a Biblical reference, Genesis 35:18. Story of Rachel,
wife of Jacob: "As she breathed her last-for she was dying-she named her son Ben-Oni,
but his father named him Benjamin."
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More notes for Valentine Boatwright:
Cumberland County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1800
Date: March 24, 1800
Persons Name Chargeable with the Tax: Valentine Boatright
Blacks above 16: 0
Blacks between 12 and 16: 0
Horses: 2
Tax: 24 cents
CUMBERLAND CO., deed, 1800:
24 April 1800 -- Bk. 8, pg. 347 [VaStLib, microfilm 4]:
Hezekiah Bradley to Valentine Boatwright: L140 -- 112 acres south side of Horn Quarter
Road.
Census 1810:
Name: Boatright, Valentine
Township: Cumberland
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 141
Image: 275
1 male 26 to 45, 3 males 10 to 16, 4 males 26 to 45,
1 female 26 to 45, 1 female under 10, 2
females 10 to 16; 6 slaves
Notes for SARAH SALLY MEADOR:
Children of VALENTINE BOATWRIGHT and SARAH MEADOR are:
7-87. i. REBECCA BOATWRIGHT, b. 01 Oct 1795, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 09 Mar 1874.
7-88. ii. MEADOR BOATRIGHT, b. 19 Jul 1796, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 07 Dec 1876, Scott County, Virginia.
7-89. iii. MARY BOATWRIGHT, b. 09 Apr 1799, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 20 Feb 1859, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-90. iv. JONAS BOATRIGHT, b. 30 Jul 1801, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 25 Jan 1871, Highland County, Ohio.
7-91. v. JUDITH BOATWRIGHT, b. 15 Jul 1803, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Jan 1814, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-92. vi. VALENTINE BOATRIGHT, b. 14 Oct 1805, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 31 May 1884, Scott County, Virginia.
7-93. vii. SARAH BOATWRIGHT, b. 1807, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 18 Mar 1829, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-94. viii. DANIEL BOATRIGHT, b. 20 Aug 1810, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 13 Oct 1873, Jasper County, Iowa.
Notes for ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for JOHN MARTIN:
Lived on the Cat Tail Branch in Cumberland Co., VA on the land his grandfather Valentine
had owned.
Child of ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT and JOHN MARTIN is:
Notes for ESTHER JUDITH BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for STEPHEN MARTIN:
Children of ESTHER BOATWRIGHT and STEPHEN MARTIN are:
i. DELILIAH MARTIN, b. 12 Nov 1796, Appomatox County, Virginia;
d. Abt. 1882.
ii. ABNER MARTIN, b. 04 May 1798, Appomatox County, Virginia;
d. 03 Oct 1861, Henry County, Virginia.
iii. DANIEL LIVINGSTON MARTIN, b. 04 May 1798, Appomatox County,
Virginia; d. 1841; m. NANCY R. GARRETT,
1834.
iv. SILAS BOATWRIGHT MARTIN, b. 26 May 1801, Appomatox County, Virginia;
d. 1807. (Drowned in a pond on old farm)
v. JONATHON MARTIN MARTIN, b. 12 Aug 1803, Appomatox County, Virginia;
m. SALLIE DAY, 1826, Roanoke County,
Virginia.
vi. JAMES ORSON MARTIN, b. 21 Oct 1805, Appomatox County, Virginia;
Aft. 1879, Rockingham County, North Carolina;
m. MARY DECATUR JONES, 24 Oct 1826, Henry
County, Virginia; b. 13 Feb 1810;
d. 18 May 1894, Henry County, Virginia.
vii. JANE ANN MARTIN, b. 09 Nov 1805, Appomatox County, Virginia;
m. JOHN T. REYNOLDS, 17 Nov 1826.
viii. STEPHEN LAFAYETTE MARTIN, b. 07 Feb 1807, Appomatox County,
Virginia; 25 Nov 1862, Barnsville, Clinto
County, Montana; m. MARGARET PERSINGER,
30 Jan 1832, Roanoke County, Virginia.
ix. VALENTINE MARTIN, b. 13 May 1809, Appomatox County, Virginia;
25 Nov 1883, Appomatox County, Virginia;
m. ELIZABETH J. PLUNKETT, 04 Mar 1834.
x. EDDA MARTIN, b. Abt. 1811, Appomatox County, Virginia.
xi. ANN MARTIN, b. Abt. 1813, Appomatox County, Virginia.
xii. SAMUEL GILBERT MARTIN, b. 15 May 1816, Appomatox County, Virginia;
d.21 Jun 1887; m. NANCY BURTON STONE.
xiii. SUSAN ELIZABETH MARTIN, b. Abt. 1818, Appomatox County, Virginia;
m. JAMES M. STONE, 25 Jul 1846.
Notes for JEHU MEADOR:
Children of DRUCILLA BOATWRIGHT and JEHU MEADOR are:
Notes for ISHAM STEGAR:
1810 Census:
Name: Isham Steger
Township: Powhatan
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
1 male: under 10, 1 male: 26 - 44
2 females: under 10, 2 females: 26 - 44
6 total
1820 Census:
Name: Isham Stegar
Township: Jefferson
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
1 male: under 10, 1 male: 10 - 16, 1 male: 26 - 45, 1 male: over 45
1 female: under 10, 2 females: 10 - 16
1 male slave: under 14, 2 male slaves: 14 - 26
3 female slaves: under 14, 3 female slaves: 14 - 26
16 total; 4 agriculture, 2 manufacturing
Children of LOCKEY BOATWRIGHT and ISHAM STEGAR are:
Notes for BENJAMIN CHESLEY BOATWRIGHT:
1800 Census:
Name: Boatright, C
Township: St Bartholomew
County: Colleton
State: South Carolina
Year: 1800
Roll: M32_48
Page: 172
Image: 260
1 male 16 to 26, 1 male over 45, 2 males under 10,
1female 16 to 26, 1 female over 45, 2 females 26 to 45,
2 females 10 to 16.
1810 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Chesley
Township: Not Stated
County: Colleton
State: South Carolina
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_60
Page: 608
Image: 320
1 male 26 to 45, 1 male under 10, 1 male 10 to 16,
1 female 26 to 45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 10 to 16.
1820 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatright
Township: Not Stated
County: Wilkes
State: Georgia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_9
Page: 157
Image Number: 261
2 males: 0 - 10, 1 male: 10 - 16, 1 male: 16 - 18, 1 male: over 45,
1 female: 0 - 10, 2 females: 10 - 16, 1 female: 26 - 45
1830 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Benjn
Township: Magnolia
County: Leon
State: Florida
Year: 1830
Roll: 15
Page: 132
1 male: 0 - 5, 1 male: 15 - 20, 1 male: 20 - 30, 1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 20 - 30, 1 female: 50 - 60,
1 female slave: over 55,
8 total,
1840 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatright
County: Madison
State: Florida Territory
Roll: 36
Page: 37
Household:
1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 40 - 50,
1 male slave: 36 - 55,
1 female slave: 24 - 36,
4 total, 2 agriculture
Notes for ELEANOR CHAPMAN:
Children of BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT and MARTHA WALKER are:
7-95. i. CHESLEY JOHN DANIEL BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1795, St. Bartholemew
Parrish, Colleton District, South Carolina;
d. 17 Sep 1859, Suwannee County, Florida.
7-96. ii. REBECCA BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1798, St. Bartholemew Parrish, Colleton
District, South Carolina.
Children of BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT and ELEANOR CHAPMAN are:
7-97. iii. FRANCIS BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1801, Georgia; d. Bef. 1860, Baker
County, Georgia.
7-98. iv. SARAH BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1803, Georgia.
7-99. v. DAWSON BOATWRIGHT, b. 10 Jan 1808, Georgia; d. Abt. 1858, Leon
County, Florida.
7-100. vi. ELLEN BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1810, Georgia.
7-101. vii. BENIAH BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1814, Georgia; d. Bef. 1870, Leon
County, Florida.
7-102. viii. ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1815, Georgia.
7-103. ix. JOHN W. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1816, Georgia. d. 04 Apr 1867, Early
County, Georgia.
Notes for CHESLEY JOHN DANIEL BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Chesy (Unknown) Boatright
Township: St Bartholomews Parish
County: Colleton
State: South Carolina
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_118
Page: 28
Image Number: 90
2 males, 10 - 16, 1 male, 16 - 18, 1 male, 16 - 25, 2 males, 26 - 45,
1 male over 45,
1 female, 0 - 10, 1 female, 16 - 25, 1 female, 26 - 45, 1 female over 45,
4 slaves
15 total
Child of CHESLEY BOATWRIGHT and UNKNOWN is:
7-104. i. JOHN CHESLEY DANIEL BOATWRIGHT, b. 13 Dec 1803, St. Bartholemew
Parrish, Colleton District, South
Carolina; d. 16 Mar 1861, St.
Bartholemew Parrish, Colleton
District, South Carolina;
Notes for BENJAMIN BENONI BOATWRIGHT:
See link to Benjamin Boatwright Bible Pages.
From "Boatwright's of Virginia", R.G. Boatright, 1961:
Powhatan County, Virginia - Property Tax List – 1800
Date: May 4, 1800
Name of Person Chargeable with Tax: Benj. Boatright
White Male Tithes: Ben Boatright
Blacks above 16: 0
Blacks between 12 and 16: 1
Horses: 2
Tax: 68 cents
1810 Census:
Name: Boatright, Benjn
Township: Powhatan
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_70
Page: 234
Image: 441
3 males under 10, 1 male, 26 to 45,
1 female under 10, 1 female, 10 to 16,
1 female, 26 to 45,
4 slaves
ESTATE RECORDS OF BENJAMIN BOATRIGHT (SON OF JAMES)
Powhatan County, Virginia:
His
Wm. X Blackburn (Seal)
Mark
1 negro man Nelson $500.00 (Willed by James to William)
1 D_______Len 500.00 (probably Darkie)
1 negro Woman Grace 300.00
1 negro Child Archer 200.00
1 D______ Daniel 150.00
1 D______ George 100.00 (Willed by James to Benjamin)
Notes for ELIZABETH BLACKBURN:
On June 30, 1852, the Homestead and property was deeded to Alexander A. Boatwright,
another son, by the other children and heirs. Alexander was a widower at that time and lived
with his mother, Elizabeth, and his daughter, Eliza Ann. Alexander was an ordained Baptist
minister. The property and homestead were deeded to his daughter, who had married William
Letcher Todd, upon Alexander's death in 1885.
The two photos of the partial fireplaces is all that is left of the Boatwright homestead in
Kentucky. Source: Denny Boatright took these photos in the late 1980's.
Cemeteries mean many different things to different people. There was a time not too long ago in
our American society that they were much more a part of our regular family activities. I have
been told by many of the older generation of picnics fondly remembered in which large extended
families would gather in the cemetery to celebrate one of the annual civil holidays or perhaps
an important family anniversary.
Another of Elizabeth Blackburn's brothers, William Blackburn, married Isabella Mitchell, the
daughter of William and Elizabeth Mitchell, homesteaders across Paint Lick Creek at the old
Mitchell place. Her mother, Elizabeth Leavell Mitchell, was the daughter of Isabella Miller,
the first child born to William Miller and his wife at Fort Paint Lick in 1781. Both William
Mitchell Senior and William Miller were born in the same year (1747) and in the same area of
Virginia .These two generations of Mitchells were buried in their own family plot on the
Mitchell farm along with several other relatives. Isabella's mother was buried there in 1863,
the year following the death of Elizabeth Blackburn, her husband's sister, and her father died
and was buried in the same cemetery in 1888.
1820 Census:
Name: Elizabeth Boatwright
Township: Scottville
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_135
Page: 80
Image Number: 35
1 male: 0 - 10, 1 male: 10 - 16, 1 male: 16 - 18, 1 male: 16 - 26,
2 females: 0 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 16, 1 female: 16 - 26, 1 female: 26 - 45
4 male slaves, 0 - 14, 3 males slaves, 14-26, 2 male slaves over 45,
1 female slave, 14 - 26, 1 female slave, 26 - 45,
20 total
1830 Census:
living with son Alexander in Amelia County, Virginia
1840 Census:
living with son Alexander in Madison County, Kentucky
1850 Federal Census:
Madison Co., KY, p. 225 (#375) (Individals Identified by Denny Boatright,
Springfield, MO....
Elizabeth Boatright 71
Alexander 42 (son, Alexander Allen)
Sally A. 24 (dau of James
Blackburn Boatright/Mary Elam)
Martha 19 (dau
of James Blackburn Boatright/Mary Elam)
Elline 15
(presumed to be Ellen Miller, ggrandmother of Denny)
Eliza A. 11 (dau of Alexander
Allen)
Martha G(ill) Kelley 51 (dau of
Elizabeth, widow of James Kelley)
1850 Census:
Name: Elizabeth Boatright
Date: August 31, 1850
Age: 71
Estimated birth year: abt 1779
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 1, Madison, Kentucky
Page: 225
Roll: M432_211
1860 Census:
Name: Elizabeth Boatwright
Date: July 9, 1860
Age in 1860: 81
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Division 1, Madison County, Kentucky
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Molelos
Roll: M653_384
Page: 0
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Alexander Boatwright (son)
Children of BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT and ELIZABETH BLACKBURN are:
Notes for SAMUEL BOATWRIGHT:
Much of the information concerning the descendants of Samuel Boatwright was received from
Dennis Guy Boatright. He gives Gerald Martin Boatright and Audry B. Nash as his sources
for this information.
Audry B. Nash
Rt 1 Box 557
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Witness
J W Boatwright
Talton D Hall
Sam'l L Diggs
Henley Eskew
NOTE: Appears to be listed twice on the 1810 census:
1810 Census (listing 1):
Name: Boatright, Samuel
Township: Cumberland
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 136
Image: 263
1 male: 0 - 10, 4 males: 10 - 15, 1 male: 26 - 44
2 females: 0 - 10, 1 female: 26 - 44
2 slaves
1810 Census (listing 2):
Name: Boatright, Samuel
Township: Cumberland
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 142
Image: 277
1 male: 0 - 10, 4 males: 10 - 15, 1 male: 26 - 44
2 females: 0 - 10, 1 female: 26 - 44
2 slaves
1820 Census:
Name: Saml Boatwright
Township: Columbia
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_134
Page: 66
Image Number: 71
3 males: 0-10, 2 males: 10 - 16, 2 males: 16 - 18, 2 males: 16 - 26,
1 male: over 45,
1 female: 0 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 16, 1 female: 16 - 26, 1 female: 26 - 45,
1 female: over 45.
1830 Census:
Name: Boatright, Samuel
Township: Not Stated
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Year: 1830
Roll: 195
Page: 351
Household:
3 males: 15 - 20, 2 males: 20 - 30, 1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 50 - 60,
9 total
1840 Census:
Name: Samuel Bootright
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Roll: 558
Page: 279
Household:
2 males: 5 - 10, 1 male 10 - 15, 1 male: 60 - 70,
2 females: 20 - 30, 1 female: 50 - 60,
7 total
Notes for NANCY SMITH:
1850 Census:
Name: Nancy Boatwright
Date: September 25, 1850
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: abt 1777
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Fluvanna County, Virginia
Value of Real Estate: $2,065
Page: 45
Roll: M432_944
1860 Census:
Name: Nancy Boatwright
Date: July 25, 1860
Age in 1860: 83
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Fluvanna County, Virginia
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $1,616
Post Office: Palmyra
Roll: M653_1345
Page: 676
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Nancy Boatwright
Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Nancy Boatwright
Birth Date: abt 1776
Death Date: 3 Dec 1862
Death Place: Fluvanna County, Virginia
Death Age: 86
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: Robt. Smith
Mother Name: Jane Smith
Spouse Name: Sam Boatwright
FHL Film Number: 2056980
Children of SAMUEL BOATWRIGHT and NANCY SMITH are:
7-114. i. JAMES W. BOATWRIGHT, b. Fluvanna County, Virginia.
7-115. ii. JANE ANN BOATWRIGHT, b. Fluvanna County, Virginia.
7-117. iii. MARTHA A. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1797, Fluvanna County, Virginia.
7-118. iv. HENRY H. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1798, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 1880, West Virginia.
7-119. v. MICKLEBERRY BOATWRIGHT, b. 14 Sep 1799, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. 27 Dec 1887, Wright Township,
Hillsdale County, Michigan.
7-120. vi. DANIEL BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1801, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 1870, Montgomery County, Missouri.
7-121. vii. SARAH "SALLY" BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1805, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 1838.
7-122. viii. ROBERT S. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1810, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. Jun 1893, Albemarle County, Virginia.
7-123. ix. WILLIAM BUCK BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1812, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
7-124. x. DRURY WILSON BOATWRIGHT, b. 24 Jun 1814, Fluvanna County,
Virginia; d. Bef. 1900, Fluvanna
County, Virginia.
Notes for JESSE BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for DANIEL BOATWRIGHT:
1830 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Daniel
Township: Not Stated
County: Elbert
State: Georgia
Year: 1830
Roll: 17
Page: 130
Household:
1 male: 5 - 10, 2 males: 10 - 15, 1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 0 - 5, 2 females: 5 - 10, 1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 30 - 40,
9 total
1840 Census:
Name: Daniel Boatright
Township: District 874
County: Murray
State: Georgia
Roll: 47
Page: 271
Household:
2 males: 5 - 10, 1 male: 10 - 15, 2 males: 20 - 30, 1 male: 60 - 70,
1 female: 10 - 15, 2 females: 15 - 20, 1 female: 40 - 50,
10 total, 4 agriculture, 1 over 20 that can't read or write
1850 Census:
Name: Daniel Boatright
Date: October 26, 1850
Age: 73
Estimated birth year: abt 1777
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Murray County, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: $2,000
Page: 227
Roll: M432_78
1850 Census:
Name: Elisabeth Boatright
Date: October 26, 1850
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1800
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Murray County, Georgia
Page: 227
Roll: M432_78
Children of DANIEL BOATWRIGHT and ELIZABETH CARPENTER are:
7-125. i. WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT, b. 1816, Elbert County, Georgia; d. Arkansas.
7-126. ii. JAMES MADISON BOATWRIGHT, b. 11 Sep 1817, Elbert County, Georgia;
d. 10 Jan 1888, Murray County, Georgia.
7-127. iii. LEAH BOATWRIGHT, b. 1820, Elbert County, Georgia.
7-128. iv. ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT, b. 1822, Elbert County, Georgia.
7-129. v. JOSHUA R. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1823, Elbert County, Georgia; d. Bef. 1900,
Alabama.
7-130. vi. RHODA MILLIGAN BOATWRIGHT, b. 09 Jan 1823, Elbert County, Georgia;
d. 08 Jun 1896, White Cloud, Doniphan
County, Kansas.
7-131. vii. JOHN BOATWRIGHT, b. 1825, Elbert County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1846,
Murray County, Georgia.
7-132. viii. MARY A. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1828, Elbert County, Georgia.
7-133. ix. DANIEL JONES BOATWRIGHT, b. 23 Aug 1831, Elbert County, Georgia;
d. 04 Apr 1907, Cuba, Johnson County,
Texas.
7-134. x. WILLIAM CARTER BOATWRIGHT, b. 22 Sep 1833, Elbert County, Georgia;
d. 23 Jan 1896, Johnson County, Texas.
7-135. xi. NATHANIEL C. BOATWRIGHT, b. 02 Jun 1835, Elbert County, Georgia;
d. 29 Jun 1901, Henderson, Rusk County,
Texas.
Notes for SARAH "SALLY" BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Langhorn Boatwright
Township: Columbia
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_134
Page: 71
Image Number: 75
4 males: 0 - 10, 1 male: 26 - 45,
3 females: 10 - 16, 1 female: 26 - 45
Notes for JOHN BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for JAMES BOATWRIGHT:
Title: "Index & Outline: The Boat(w)right and Allied Families"
Publication: LDS Library, Salt lake City, Utah, 1989
Note: Material Compiled by Lt. Col. Wm. E. Boatright, Cabool, Missouri
Georgia Marriages to 1850
Name: Nancy Stinson
Spouse: James Boatright
Marriage Date: 3 Mar 1807
Marriage County: Wilkinson
Marriage State: Georgia
1810 Census:
Name: Boatright, James
Township: Cumberland
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 142
Image: 277
1 male: 10 - 15, 1 male: 26 - 44,
1 slave
1820 Census:
Name: James Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Wilkes
State: Georgia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_9
Page: 181
Image Number: 283
2 males, 0 - 10, 1 male, 16 - 26, 1 male, 26 - 45,
1 female, 0 - 10, 2 females, 10 - 16, 1 female, over 45,
6 slaves
14 total
1830 Census:
Name: Boatright, James
Township: District 180
County: Wilkes
State: Georgia
Year: 1830
Roll: 21
Page: 318
2 males: 10 - 15, 1 male: 50 - 60,
2 females: 15 - 20, 1 female: 20 - 30, 1 female: 40 - 50,
1 male slave: 0 - 10, 1 male slave: 24 - 36,
2 female slaves: 10 - 24, 1 female slave: over 55
12 total
Notes for NANCY STINSON:
Children of JAMES BOATWRIGHT and NANCY STINSON are:
7-136. i. HICKERSON STINSON "DECK" BOATWRIGHT, b. 11 Nov 1816, Tennessee;
d. 05 Feb 1875, Holmes County,
Mississippi.
7-136A. ii. JAMES WADE BOATWRIGHT, b. 15 Feb 1820, Wilkes County, Georgia;
d. 21 Nov 1870, Alabama.
7-137. iii. JOHN BOATWRIGHT, b. 1826, Wilkes County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1858,
Alabama.
Notes for NANCY ANN BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for WILLIAM BENJAMIN BOATRIGHT:
The 1850 Madison County, Arkansas, census, from which the list of William's children by his
second wife is taken, indicates that he was 63 years of age in 1850. This would make his birth
year 1787 rather than 1784, but we regard his father's bible records as more accurate than the
census.
War of 1812 Vet.
William B. and Levica (McElhaney) Bowen and family
Henry and Mary (Counts) Bowen and family
John & Hannah (Bowen) McElhaney and family
Nicolas Bowen and family
John W Bowen
Joseph C Bowen
Mary Adams
Sarah Adams
David & Anney (Bowen) Jackson and family
John Bowen & Jane (Bridgeman) Bowen and family
William & Nancy (Morgan) Boatright and family
Isaac Counts and family
1820 Census:
Name: William P Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_130
Page: 99
Image Number: 191
1 male: 26 - 45.
1 female: 0 - 10, 1 female: 16 - 26
1830 Census:
Name: Boatright, William
Township: Not Stated
County: Grainger
State: Tennessee
Year: 1830
Roll: 180
Page: 397
1 male: 5 - 10, 2 males: 10 - 15, 2 males: 15 - 20, 1 male: 20 - 30,
1 male: 40 - 50,
2 females: 0 - 5, 1 female: 5 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 20 - 30,
12 total
1840 Census:
Name: William Boatwrght
Township: Wonagle
County: Madison
State: Arkansas
Roll: 19
Page: 34
1 male: 15 - 20, 1male: 50 - 60,
2 females: 0 - 5, 3 females: 5 - 10, 2 females 10: - 15, 1 female: 30 - 40
He applied for a land grant under the Bounty Land Claim, an act of Congress
in 1850, and he received 80 acres. then he applied a second time under the
act of 1855. William has three deeds.
1850 Census:
Name: William Boatright
Date: November 13, 1850
Age: 63
Estimated birth year: abt 1787
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: $500
Page: 297
Roll: M432_27
1860 Census:
Name: Wm Boatright
Date: September 8, 1860
Age in 1860: 83
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Huntsville
Roll: M653_45
Page: 526
Year: 1860
Head of Household: C H Boatright
living with son, Chesley
1870 Census:
Name: William Boatright
Date: August 1, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1777
Age in 1870: 93
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: War Eagle, Madison, Arkansas
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Huntsville
Roll: M593_58
Page: 456
Image: 430
Year: 1870
Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for JAMIMA BEAN BOWEN:
Notes for NANCY MORGAN:
1850 Census:
Name: Nancy Boatright
Date: November 13, 1850
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1809
Birth place: Tennessee
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): War Eagle, Madison County, Arkansas
Page: 297
Roll: M432_27
Burial: Huntsville Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and JAMIMA BOWEN are:
7-138. i. JOHN CALVIN BOATRIGHT, b. 1809, Grainger County, Tennessee;
d. 1865, Huntsville,Madison County,
Arkansas.
7-139. ii. JAMES H. BOATRIGHT, b. 1812, Grainger County, Tennessee;
d. Bef. 1900, Madison County, Arkansas.
7-140. iii. WILLIAM MCLEAN BOATRIGHT, b. 01 Mar 1814, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 04 Sep 1889, Carroll
County, Arkansas.
7-141. iv. NANCY PALESTINE BOATRIGHT, b. 10 May 1818, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 08 Oct 1892, Witter,
Madison County, Arkansas.
Children of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and NANCY MORGAN are:
7-142. v. CHESLEY HOOD BOATRIGHT, b. 19 Aug 1824, Tennessee; d. 10 Jan 1863,
Huntsville, Madison County, Arkansas.
7-143. vi. SARAH BOATRIGHT, b. 1826, Tennessee.
7-144. vii. JEMIMA BOATRIGHT, b. 15 Aug 1828, Washington County, Tennessee;
d. 21 Jan 1890, Ozark, Franklin County,
Arkansas.
7-145. viii. MARY ANN BOATRIGHT, b. 1829, Tennessee.
7-146. ix. ORLENA BOATRIGHT, b. 1830, Tennessee; d. 1843, Madison County,
Arkansas.
7-147. x. RACHEL A. BOATRIGHT, b. 10 Jan 1832, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 09 Feb 1897, Boone County, Arkansas.
7-148. xi. MARGARET ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT, b. 1833, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 1833, Madison County, Arkansas.
7-149. xii. WILLIAM W. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1834, Tennessee. d. 16 Jan 1920,
Los Angeles County, California.
7-150. xiii. TENNESSEE BOATRIGHT, b. 10 Jan 1837, Madison County, Arkansas;
d. 22 Jun 1913, Springtown, Parker County,
Texas.
7-151. xiv. MARTHA MATILDA BOATRIGHT, b. Abt. 1838, Madison County, Arkansas.
7-152. xv. ELIZABETH SARILDA BOATRIGHT, b. 07 Nov 1843, Huntsville, Madison
County, Arkansas; d. 22 Jul 1918,
Franklin County, Arkansas.
Notes for DRURY BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Drury Boatwright
Township: Scottville
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_135
Page: 80
Image Number: 35
1 male: 26 - 45,
Notes for SUSAN BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for MARY ANN "POLLY" BOATWRIGHT:
Notes for LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Langhorn Boatwright
Township: Columbia
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_134
Page: 71
Image Number: 75
4 males: 0 - 10, 1 male: 26 - 45,
3 females: 10 - 16, 1 female: 26 - 45
Children of MARY ANN BOATWRIGHT and LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT are:
Notes for JUDITH BOATWRIGHT:
Children of JUDITH BOATWRIGHT and ORSON MARTIN are:
7-124. i. FRANCES NESBETT MARTIN, b. 04 Apr 1818, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 13 Jun 1901, Fluvanna County, Virginia.
ii. DANIEL MARTIN, b. Abt. 1820, Cumberland County, Virginia.
iii. ALETHA ANN MARTIN, b. Abt. 1826, Cumberland County, Virginia.
iv. SUSAN C. MARTIN, b. Abt. 1827, Cumberland County, Virginia.
v. ORSON W. MARTIN, b. Abt. 1831, Buckingham County, Virginia.
Notes for LEONARD D. BOATWRIGHT:
Leonard owned Boatwright Island, located in the
James River, between Cumberland and Fluvanna counties, Virginia, after the passing
of his father, James.
See link for copies of Leonard Boatwright Bible Pages.
Deed of Trust, Mary Johnson to Leonard Boatright 2-25-1833, Bk 2, 1 Page 145.
1820 Census:
Name: Leonard W Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_130
Page: 99
Image Number: 191
3 males: 0 - 10, 1 male: 26 - 45,
1 female: 16 - 26, 1 female: 26 - 45, 1 female: over 45
1830 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Leonard
Township: Not Stated
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Year: 1830
Roll: 192
Page: 183
1 male: 0 - 5, 3 males: 10 - 15, 1 male: 30 - 40,
2 females: 5 - 10, 2 females: 40 - 50, 1 female: 70 - 80,
1 male slave: 36 - 55,
2 female slaves: 0 - 10, 1 female slave: 10 - 24,
14 total
1840 Census:
Name: Leonard D Boatright
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Roll: 554
Page: 280
Household:
1 male: 10 - 15, 1 male: 20 - 30, 1 male: 40 - 50,
1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 50 - 60,
2 female slaves: 10 - 24, 1 female slave: 24 - 36, 1 female slave: over 55,
10 total, 4 agriculture, 1 insane
1850 Census:
Name: Lennard Boatright
Date: September 4, 1850
Age: 57
Estimated birth year: abt 1793
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Cumberland County, Virginia
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: $1,308
Page: 319
Roll: M432_941
Burial: Boatwright/White/Shepherd Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia
Notes for SUSANNAH STOKES ROGERS:
1850 Census:
Name: Susanna Boatright
Date: September 4, 1850
Age: 64
Estimated birth year: abt 1786
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Cumberland County, Virginia
Page: 319
Roll: M432_941
1860 Census:
Name: Susan S Boatright
Date: July 7, 1860
Age in 1860: 70
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Cumberland County, Virginia
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: View image
Post Office: Columbia
Roll: M653_1341
Page: 956
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Susan S Boatright
Burial: Boatwright/White/Shepherd Cemetery, Cumberland County, Virginia
Children of LEONARD BOATWRIGHT and SUSANNAH ROGERS are:
7-153. i. WILLIAM L. BOATWRIGHT, b. 21 Sep 1816, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 20 Oct 1860, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-154. ii. JAMES ALLEN BOATWRIGHT, b. 27 Apr 1818, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 03 Jun 1864 in Cold Harbor, Hanover County,
Virginia.
7-155. iii. ROBERT D. BOATWRIGHT, b. 31 May 1820, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-156. iv. CATHERINE J. BOATWRIGHT, b. 08 Jan 1823, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-157. v. MARY A. BOATWRIGHT, b. Dec 1829, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 28 Aug 1862, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Notes for JOHN WADE BOATWRIGHT:
High atop a beautiful little hilltop in Madison County AR. sits what is now called the "Old"
Boatright Cemetery. It rests on what used to be known as "Boatright Mountain" It is on private
land, and is somewhat difficult to reach. It is in what is basicaly, pasture land for cattle and is
unkept. (There are now plans, with gracious permission from the landowner, to put up a fence
around this quiet little resting spot to protect it. (It has been partialy bulldozed at least once) It
seems that it never had more than ten graves in it. Unfortunately, these are the only remaining
stones which have names inscribed on them, they were carved by James Hughes Boatright,
who used the "Bootright" spelling for a time.The stone for his son Wm. T., who died in 1885,
has the "Bootright" spelling. James Hughes died in 1910, his stone
reads Boatright. Source is Craig's page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boatrightcemetery/
1830 Census:
Name: Boatwright, John W
Township: Not Stated
County: Prince Edward
State: Virginia
Year: 1830
Roll: 201
Page: 104
Household:
1 male: 30 - 40,
1 female: 30 - 40,
2 total
1860 Census:
Name: J W Boatright
Date: July 10, 1860
Age in 1860: 65
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Richland, Madison County, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Wesley
Roll: M653_45
Page: 406
Year: 1860
Head of Household: C H Boatright
Burial: Boatright Cemetery, On Brush Creek, Madison County, Arkansas
Notes for CHESLEY HOOD BOATRIGHT:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boatrightcemetery/
Will of Chesley Hood Boatright:
Burnett, James John, Sketches of Tennessee’s Pioneer Baptist Preachers, (Marshall and
Company, Nashville, 1919), pp 59-60.
This exhausts my “notes”. It is a regrettable fact that so little definite information is obtainable
in regard to a minister of so great prominence and of such ability and personal force as
Chesley H. Boatwright seems to have had. He was active in the ministry for twenty years,
before leaving the State and was widely known in several counties and associations. He was a
strong man, and made an impression wherever he went. I have heard many of the old people of
the country speak of him with profound respect, and incidentally, have noted his name in
connection with the founding of churches and the ordination of ministers not a few.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~boatrightcemetery/
These are the names for the graves with no name, or which are unmarked: Henry Chesley
Boatright Born Dec.12, 1884, died July 4, 1887 at the age of 2 1/2 of "chronic diarrhea". He
was the son of James Kennon and Louisa Catherine Hiett Boatright, who later moved to
Texas. Chesley Taylor Boatright, born June 13, 1834, died Jan. 11, 1863. Son of Chesley
Hood and Louisa Taylor Boatright. He was killed in the civil war. Lucy Amanda Laws Hiett,
born Aug. 15, 1835 in Tenn. She was James Kennon Boatright's Mother-in-law. She and her
husband, John Jackson Hiett had moved to Cook Co. Texas where he died in 1877, shen then
moved back to Madison Co. AR.
1830 Census:
Name: Boatright, Charley H
Township: Not Stated
County: Anderson
State: Tennessee
Year: 1830
Roll: 175
Page: 184
Household:
1 male: 0 - 5, 1 male: 5 - 10, 1 male: 30 - 40,
1 female: 0 - 5, 1 female: 5 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 20 - 30,
7 total
1840 Census:
Name: Chesly H Bootright
Township: Not Stated
County: Anderson
State: Tennessee
Roll: 517
Page: 25
Household:
1 male: 5 - 10, 1 male: 10 - 15, 1 male: 15 - 20, 1 male: 40 - 50,
2 females: 0 - 5, 1 female: 5 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 15 - 20,
1 female: 30 - 40,
10 total
1850 Census for Madison County, Arkansas
#113 - PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP
Chesley H BOATRIGHT 51 m VA Baptist minister $350
Louisa 45 f TN
Reeta 18 f TN
Chesley 16 m TN farmer
Martha 14 f TN
Nancy 12 f TN
Edna 10 f TN
Eliza 8 f TN
Gerry CLAYPO 19 m MO laborer
1850 Census:
Name: Chesley H Boatright
Date: October 10, 1850
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1799
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Prairie, Madison County, Arkansas
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Value of Real Estate: $350
Page: 255
Roll: M432_27
1860 Census:
Name: C H Boatright
Date: July 10, 1860
Age in 1860: 62
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Richland, Madison County, Arkansas
Occupation: Baptist Minister
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $1,170
Post Office: Wesley
Roll: M653_45
Page: 405
Year: 1860
Head of Household: C H Boatright
Notes for LOUISA TAYLOR:
1850 Census:
Name: Louisa Boatright
Date: October 10, 1850
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1805
Birth place: Tennessee
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Prairie, Madison County, Arkansas
Page: 255
Roll: M432_27
1860 Census:
Name: Louisa Boatright
Date: July 10, 1860
Age in 1860: 59
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Richland, Madison County, Arkansas
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Wesley
Roll: M653_45
Page: 405
Year: 1860
Head of Household: C H Boatright
Burial: Boatright Cemetery, Boatright Cemetery near Buckeye, Madison County, Arkansas
Children of CHESLEY BOATRIGHT and LOUISA TAYLOR are:
7-160. i. MARY ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT, b. 22 Mar 1819, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 1889.
7-161. ii. JAMES HUGHES BOATRIGHT, b. 21 Feb 1821, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 08 Sep 1910, Madison
County, Arkansas.
7-162. iii. CYNTHIA EMILY JANE BOATRIGHT, b. 17 May 1823, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 11 Jan 1840,
Grainger County, Tennessee.
7-163. iv. HARVEY WOODSON BOATRIGHT, b. 02 Nov 1825, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 01 Nov 1853, Campbell
County, Tennessee.
7-164. v. RACHEL LOUISA BOATRIGHT, b. 23 Feb 1828, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 10 Mar 1840, Grainger
County, Tennessee
7-165. vi. RIETTA JEHOSABETH BOATRIGHT, b. 26 Feb 1832, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 26 Sep 1912, Johnson,
Washington County, Arkansas.
7-166. vii. CHESLEY TAYLOR BOATRIGHT, b. 13 Jun 1834, Grainger County,
Tennessee; d. 10 Jan 1863, Madison
County, Arkansas.
7-167. viii. MARTHA ELEANOR JANE BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Sep 1836, Grainger County,
Tennessee.
7-168. ix. NANCY KESIA "KAY" BOATRIGHT, b. 21 Feb 1839, Arkansas;
d. 26 May 1864, Fayetteville,
Washington County, Arkansas.
7-169. x. EDNA ANN BOATRIGHT, b. 11 Jun 1841, Arkansas; d. 23 Feb 1862,
Madison County, Arkansas.
7-170. xi. ELIZA VIRGINIA BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Nov 1843, Arkansas.
Children of JESSE BOATWRIGHT and UNKNOWN are:
7-171. i. FRANCIS BOATRIGHT, b. 1790, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. Bef. 1840, Cumberland County, Virginia.
7-172. ii. CHARLES BOATRIGHT, b. 1802, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. West Virginia.
Notes for RICHARD BOATWRIGHT:
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: Richard Boatwright
Bride Name: Jane Jarratt
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1808
County: Greenbrier
State: Virginia
1810 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Rich D
Township: Goochland
County: Goochland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 421
Image: 802
1 male 26 to 45, 1 male under 10, 1 female 16 to 26;
2 slaves
1820 Census:
Name: Richard Boatwright
Township: Scottville
County: Powhatan
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_135
Page: 80
Image Number: 35
2 males, 0 - 10, 1 male, 10 - 16, 1 male, 26 - 44,
2 females 0 - 10, 1 female, 26 - 44,
13 male slaves, 0 - 14, 5 male slaves over 45,
1 female slave, 0 - 14, 3 female slaves, 14 - 26, 2 female slaves,
26 - 45, 4 female slaves over 45,
35 total
1840 Census:
Name: Richard Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Christian
State: Kentucky
Roll: 107
Page: 193
1 male: 5 - 10, 1 male: 20 - 30, 1 male: 60 - 70,
1 female: 5 - 10, 1 female: 10 - 15, 1 female: 40 - 50,
1 male slaves: 10 - 24, 3 male slaves: 36 - 55,
2 female slaves: 0 - 10, 1 female slave: 10 - 24, 1 female slave, 24 - 36,
14 total, 7 agriculture
Notes for JANE JARATT:
1850 Census:
Name: Jane Boatwright
Date: September 3, 1850
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: abt 1794
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 2, Christian, Kentucky
Page: 380
Roll: M432_196
Children of RICHARD BOATWRIGHT and JANE are:
7-173. i. DAVID J. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1812, Goochland County, Virginia;
d. Kentucky.
7-174. ii. JOHN W. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1816, Powhatan County, Virginia;
d. Abt. 1850, Christian County, Kentucky.
7-175. iii. RICHARD BOATWRIGHT, b. 1822, Powhatan County, Virginia.
Notes for LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Langhorn Boatwright
Township: Columbia
County: Fluvanna
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_134
Page: 71
Image Number: 75
4 males: 0 - 10, 1 male: 26 - 45,
3 females: 10 - 16, 1 female: 26 - 45
Notes for SARAH "SALLY" BOATWRIGHT:
Children of LANGHORNE BOATWRIGHT and MARY ANN BOATWRIGHT are:
7-176. i. MARY ANN BOATWRIGHT, b. 09 Jul 1813, Cumberland County, Virginia;
d. 22 Feb 1887, Wilkes County, Georgia.
7-177. ii. JAMES D. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1814, Wilkes County, Georgia;
d. 08 Oct 1862, Knoxville, Knox County,
Tennessee.
7-178. iii. JESSE L. BOATWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1815, Wilkes County, Georgia;
d. Abt. 1836, Wilkes County, Georgia.
7-179. iv. CHESLEY W. BOATWRIGHT, b. 18 May 1817, Fluvanna County, Virginia;
d. 25 Aug 1873, Fayette County, Georgia.
7-180. v. RADAMANTHUS M. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1822, Wilkes County, Georgia;
d. 22 Oct 1889, Wilkes County, Georgia.
Child of EDWARD BOATWRIGHT and UNKNOWN is:
7-181. i. EDWIN BOATWRIGHT, b. 1798, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Notes for THOMAS BOATWRIGHT:
War of 1812 Service Records
Name: Thomas Boatwright
Company: 1 REG'T (YANCEY'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 19
Roll Exct: 602
Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: Thomas Boatwright
Bride Name: Nancy Oslin
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1821
County: Cumberland
State: Virginia
Notes for NANCY:
1850 Census:
Name: Nancy Boatright
Date: October 8, 1850
Age: 60
Estimated birth year: abt 1790
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Not Stated, Cumberland, Virginia
Value of Real Estate: $500
Page: 322
Roll: M432_941
Child of THOMAS BOATWRIGHT and NANCY is:
7-185. i. JESSE BOATWRIGHT, b. 1810, Cumberland County, Virginia.
Notes for WADE BOATWRIGHT:
1810 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Wade
Township: Not Stated
County: Bedford
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_67
Page: 4
Image: 5
1 male 26 to 45
War of 1812 Service Records
Name: Wade Boatwright
Company: 5 REGIMENT VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 19
Roll Exct: 602
War of 1812 Service Records
Name: Wade Boatwright
Company: 7 REG'T (SAUNDERS') VIRGINIA MILITIA.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 19
Roll Exct: 602
1820 Census:
Name: Wade Boatwright
Township: Lynchburg
County: Campbell
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_129
Page: 144
Image Number: 152
1 male: 0 - 10, 2 males: 26 - 45,
1 female: 0 - 10, 1 female: 26 - 45
1850 Census:
Name: Wade Boatright
Date: November 12, 1850
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: abt 1783
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 12, Warren County, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: $200
Page: 74
Roll: M432_898
1860 Census:
Name: Wade Boatright
Date: July 6, 1860
Age in 1860: 77
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Not Stated, Warren County, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: McMinnville
Roll: M653_1274
Page: 435
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Wade Boatright
Notes for ELEANOR P. STONE:
1850 Census:
Name: Elener P Boatright
Date: November 12, 1850
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1788
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 12, Warren County, Tennessee
Page: 74
Roll: M432_898
Children of WADE BOATWRIGHT and ELEANOR STONE are:
7-186. i. THOMAS EDWARD BOATWRIGHT, b. 1820, Virginia; d. 1870, Dekalb County,
Tennessee.
7-187. ii. JUDAH BOATWRIGHT, b. 1828, Warren County, Tennessee.
7-188. iii. LUCINDA EVALINE BOATWRIGHT, b. 01 Oct 1830, Warren County, Tennessee;
d. 19 Mar 1865, Warren County, Tennessee.
Notes for JOHN BOATWRIGHT:
1810 Census:
Name: Boatwright, John
Township: Goochland
County: Goochland
State: Virginia
Year: 1810
Roll: M252_68
Page: 420
Image: 801
1 male 16 to 26
1820 Census:
Name: John Boatwright
Township: Lynchburg
County: Campbell
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_129
Page: 137
Image Number: 145
1 male: 26 - 45,
1 female: 26 - 45, 3 females under 10
Notes for JANE:
1840 Census:
Name: Jane Boatright
Township: Lynchburgh
County: Campbell
State: Virginia
Roll: 553
Page: 41
1 male: 5 - 10,
1 female: 0 - 5, 3 females: 20 - 30, 1 female: 90 - 100,
1 male slave: 10 - 24,
7 total
Child of JOHN BOATWRIGHT and JANE is:
7-189. i. JOHN W. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1809, Goochland County, Virginia; d. Bef.
1900, Warren County, Ohio.
Notes for WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Wm Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Jones
State: Georgia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_7
Page: 154
Image Number: 161
1 male, 26 to 45,
24 slaves
1830 Census:
Name: Boatright, William
Township: Not Stated
County: Fayette
State: Georgia
Year: 1830
Roll: 17
Page: 182
1 male: 0 - 5, 1 male: 40 - 50,
2 females: 0 - 5, 1 female: 20 - 30.
1840 Census:
Name: Wm Boatwright
Township: Capt Simms District
County: Fayette
State: Georgia
Roll: 41
Page: 216
2 males: 5 - 10, 1 male 10 - 15, 1 male: 20 - 30, 1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 0 - 5, 2 females: 10 - 15, 1 female: 30 - 40.
1850 Census:
Name: Wm Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1785
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Value of Real Estate: $4,000
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69
1860 Census:
Name: W Boatwright
Date: June 18, 1860
Age in 1860: 75
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1860: Northen District, Clayton, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $2,000
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M653_117
Page: 107
Year: 1860
Head of Household: W Boatwright
Notes for LUCINDA PARSONS:
1850 Census:
Name: Lucinda Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1802
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69
1860 Census:
Name: Lewsinda Boatwright
Date: June 18, 1860
Age in 1860: 55
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Northen District, Clayton, Georgia
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M653_117
Page: 107
Year: 1860
Head of Household: W Boatwright
1870 Census:
Name: Lucinda Boatwright
Date: June 20, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810
Age in 1870: 60
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Not Stated, Clayton, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $1,120
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M593_144
Page: 89
Image: 180
Year: 1870
1880 Census:
Name: Lucinda BOATRIGHT
Date: June 16, 1880
Age: 77
Estimated birth year: <1803>
Birthplace: Georgia
Relationship to head-of-household: Mother-in-law
Home in 1880: District 1272, Douglas, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Father's birthplace: GA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Census Place: District 1272, Douglas, Georgia;
Roll: T9_144; Family History Film: 1254144; Page: 167B;
Enumeration District: 49; Image: 0595.
living with daughter, Martha
Children of WILLIAM BOATWRIGHT and LUCINDA PARSONS are:
7-190. i. JAMES M. BOATRIGHT, b. 1827, Fayette County, Georgia;
d. Bef. 1900, Clayton County, Georgia.
7-191. i. MARTHA BOATRIGHT, b. 1829, Fayette County, Georgia.
7-192. iii. CHESLEY BOATRIGHT, b. 1832, Fayette County, Georgia;
d. Bef. 1865, Civil War.
7-193. iv. WILLIAM VAUGHN BOATRIGHT, b. 08 Aug 1833, Fayette County,
Georgia; d. 03 Jan 1904 Douglas
County, Georgia.
7-194. v. HARRIETT BOATRIGHT, b. 1836, Fayette County, Georgia.
7-195. vi. JOHN BOATRIGHT, b. 1837, Fayette County, Georgia.
Notes for BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT:
1820 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatwright
Township: Not Stated
County: Prince Edward
State: Virginia
Year: 1820
Roll: M33_131
Page: 148
Image Number: 157
1 male, 26 - 45,
1 person engaged in manufacturing
1830 Census:
Name: Boatwright, Benjamin
Township: Not Stated
County: Prince Edward
State: Virginia
Year: 1830
Roll: 201
Page: 106
1 male: 0 - 5, 1 male: 5 - 10, 1 male: 30 - 40,
1 female: 0 - 5, 1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 30 - 40,
1 male slave: 24 - 36,
7 total
1840 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatwright
Township: Bloomfield
County: Jackson
State: Ohio
Roll: 405
Page: 48
2 males: 5 - 10, 2 males: 15 - 20, 1 male: 50 - 60,
1 female: 0 - 5, 1 female: 15 - 20, 1 female: 40 - 50,
8 total
1850 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatwright
Date: August 10, 1850
Age: 61
Estimated birth year: abt 1789
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Liberty, Highland, Ohio
Occupation: Farmer
Page: 92
Roll: M432_694
1870 Census:
Name: Benjamin Boatright
Date: June 3, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1784
Age in 1870: 86
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Brush Creek, Highland, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Carmel
Roll: M593_1222
Page: 5
Image: 10
Year: 1870
Notes for MARY W. JOHNSON:
1850 Census:
Name: Mary W Boatwright
Date: August 10, 1850
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1795
Birth place: Virginia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Liberty, Highland, Ohio
Page: 92
Roll: M432_694
Children of BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT and MARY JOHNSON are:
7-196. i. RUFUS BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT, b. 1817, Prince Edward, Virginia;
d. 29 Aug 1894, Kearney, Buffalo County,
Nebraska.
7-197. ii. JESSE J. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1825, Prince Edward, Virginia.
7-198. iii. AGNESS BOATWRIGHT, b. 1828, Prince Edward, Virginia.
7-199. iv. JOHN J. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1831, Prince Edward, Virginia;
d. 11 Aug 1908, Bourbon County, Kansas.
7-200. v. WILLIAM B. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1833, Prince Edward, Virginia.
d. Bef. 1870, Highland County, Ohio.
7-201. v. MARY A. BOATWRIGHT, b. 1836, Prince Edward, Virginia.
Boatwright/Boatright Family Genealogy Website
created by George Boatright, boatgenealogy@yahoo.com
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