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Generation 7

7-190. JAMES M. BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 1827 in Fayette County, Georgia, and died Bef. 1900 in Clayton County, Georgia. He married MARY E.. She was born 1847 in Alabama.

Notes for JAMES M. BOATRIGHT:

1850 Census:
Name: James Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 23
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69

1860 Census:
Name: J M Boatwright
Date: June 18, 1860
Age in 1860: 31
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Northen District, Clayton, Georgia
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M653_117
Page: 107
Year: 1860
Head of Household: W Boatwright

1870 Census:
Name: James M Boatwright
Date: June 22, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Age in 1870: 42
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Not Stated, Clayton, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $432
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M593_144
Page: 92
Image: 186
Year: 1870

1880 Census:
Name: James BOATRIGHT
Date: June 18, 1880
Age: 52
Estimated birth year: <1828>
Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Farming
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: Precinct 2, Camp, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Mary BOATRIGHT
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Census Place: Precinct 2, Camp, Texas; 
Roll: T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 43C; 
Enumeration District: 7; Image: .

Notes for MARY E.:

1870 Census:
Name: Mary E Boatwright
Date: June 22, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Age in 1870: 23
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Not Stated, Clayton, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Jonesboro
Roll: M593_144
Page: 92
Image: 186
Year: 1870

1880 Census:
Name: Mary BOATRIGHT
Date: June 18, 1880
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: <1840>
Birthplace: Alabama
Occupation: Keeping House
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Home in 1880: Precinct 2, Camp, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Spouse's name: James BOATRIGHT
Father's birthplace: ---
Mother's birthplace: ---
Census Place: Precinct 2, Camp, Texas; 
Roll: T9_1295; Family History Film: 1255295; Page: 43C; 
Enumeration District: 7; Image: .

1990 Census:
Name: Mary Boatright
Date: June 14, 1900
Home in 1900: Abernathy, Cleburne, Alabama
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Georgia
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Occupation: Day Laborer
Census Place: Abernathy, Cleburne, Alabama;
Roll: T623 9; Page: 9B; 
Enumeration District: 140.

1920 Census:
Name: Sallie Boatwright
Date: January 16, 1920
Home in 1920: Newman, Coweta, Georgia
Age: 70 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
BirthPlace: Georgia
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Georgia
Mother's Birth Place: Georgia
Marital status: Widow
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Census Place: Newman, Coweta, Georgia;
Roll: T625_246; Page: 19B; 
Enumeration District: 32; Image: 653.
living with son James and family

Children of JAMES BOATRIGHT and MARY E. are:

8-552.    i. WILLIAM C. BOATRIGHT, b. 1869, Clayton County, Georgia.

8-553.   ii. LUTHER J. BOATRIGHT, b. 1871, Clayton County, Georgia.

8-554.  iii. HARRIETT BOATRIGHT, b. 1872, Clayton County, Georgia.

8-555.   iv. ALLIS BOATRIGHT, b. 1875, Clayton County, Georgia.

8-556.    v. ALMER BOATRIGHT, b. 1878, Clayton County, Georgia.

8-557.   vi. JAMES MADISON BOATRIGHT, b. 19 Oct 1883, Clayton County, Georgia; 
                                       d. 17 Dec 1963, Coweta County, Georgia.
8-558.  vii. MARY A. BOATRIGHT, b. 1887, Clayton County, Georgia.

7-191. MARTHA BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 1829 in Fayette County, Georgia.

Notes for MARTHA BOATRIGHT:

1850 Census:
Name: Martha Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69

7-192. CHESLEY BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 1832 in Fayette County, Georgia, and died before 1865 during the Civil War. He married ELIZABETH GREGORY 11 Sep 1861 in Burleson County, Texas, the daughter of JESSE GREGORY and THURZA FLEMING. She was born Abt. 1839 in Alabama.

Notes for CHESLEY BOATRIGHT:

He joined the Waul's Legion and was killed in the civil war.

It is "best guess" that Chesley was the son of William and Lucinda Boatright.

1850 Census:
Name: Chesley Boatright 
Date: November 17, 1850
Age: 18 
Estimated birth year: abt 1832 
Birth place: Georgia 
Gender: Male 
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia 
Page: 58 
Roll: M432_69

WAUL'S TEXAS LEGION. A legion is a military unit composed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery components. Waul's Texas Legion, the only true legion of Texas troops in the Confederate States army, was raised in and around Brenham in spring of 1862 by Thomas Neville Waul.qv It originally consisted of twelve companies of infantry, six companies of cavalry, and a six-gun battery of field artillery with a total complement of 2,000 men. The first infantry battalion was originally commanded by Lt. Col. Barnard Timmons and the second by Lt. Col. James Wrigley. The cavalry battalion was first led by Lt. Col. Leonodias Willis and the artillery battery by Capt. William Edgar. The legion was assigned first to Arkansas and Louisiana. There, owing to the difficulty associated with commanding mixed arms, it was stripped of its cavalry and artillery components. In October 1862 the infantry companies were transferred to Mississippi and reorganized into two battalions of six companies each. Attached to Gen. John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg, the legion played a stalwart role in that city's defense. With the exception of a single company, then on detached duty, it was captured with the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Paroled by mid-July, the members of the legion reorganized in Houston and were assigned to duty protecting the Texas coast in the region of Galveston. With Waul's promotion to brigadier general, Timmons was promoted to colonel and assumed command of the legion, serving in that capacity until the end of the war.

Child of CHESLEY BOATRIGHT and ELIZABETH GREGORY is:

8-559.    i. LOUEMMA BOATRIGHT, b. 04 Jul 1862, Texas; d. 14 Jun 1908, 
                                 Salt Lake City, Summit County, Utah.

7-193. WILLIAM VAUGHN BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 08 Aug 1833 in Fayette County, Georgia, and died 03 Jan 1904 in Douglas County, Georgia. He married MARTHA HUGHES WATSON, 24 Dec 1853 in Campbell County, Georgia, daughter of JOHN WATSON and ELIZABETH GOOLSBY. She was born 06 Oct 1837 in Georgia, and died 11 Dec 1912 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

Notes for WILLIAM VAUGHN BOATRIGHT:

1850 Census:
Name: William Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69

1860 Census:
Name: Wm V Boatright
Date: July 17, 1860
Age in 1860: 26
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: District 5, Carroll, Georgia
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Chanceville
Roll: M653_113
Page: 416
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Wm V Boatright

1870 Census:
Name: Wm Boatright
Date: July 4, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Age in 1870: 35
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Pumpkin Town District, Campbell, Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: $1,000
Post Office: Powder Springs
Roll: M593_139
Page: 49
Image: 222
Year: 1870

1880 Census:
Name: William V. BOATRIGHT
Date: June 21, 1880
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: <1832>
Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Home in 1880: District 1260, Douglas, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Martha H. BOATRIGHT
Father's birthplace: GA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Census Place: District 1260, Douglas, Georgia; 
Roll: T9_144; Family History Film: 1254144; Page: 172C; 
Enumeration District: 49; Image: 0604.

1900 Census:
Name: William V Boatright
Date: June 15, 1900
Home in 1900: Conners, Douglas, Georgia
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: 1834
Birthplace: Georgia
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Occupation: Farmer
Census Place: Conners, Douglas, Georgia; 
Roll: T623 194; Page: 11B; 
Enumeration District: 25.

Burial: Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia

Notes for MARTHA HUGHES WATSON:

1860 Census:
Name: Martha Boatright
Date: July 17, 1860
Age in 1860: 21
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: District 5, Carroll, Georgia
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Chanceville
Roll: M653_113
Page: 416
Year: 1860
Head of Household: Wm V Boatright

1870 Census:
Name: Martha Boatright
Date: July 4, 1870
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Age in 1870: 33
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1870: Pumpkin Town District, Campbell, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate: $0
Post Office: Powder Springs
Roll: M593_139
Page: 49
Image: 222
Year: 1870

1880 Census:
Name: Martha H. BOATRIGHT
Date: June 21, 1880
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: <1838>
Birthplace: Georgia
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
Home in 1880: District 1260, Douglas, Georgia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Spouse's name: William V. BOATRIGHT
Father's birthplace: VA
Mother's birthplace: GA
Census Place: District 1260, Douglas, Georgia; 
Roll: T9_144; Family History Film: 1254144; Page: 172C; 
Enumeration District: 49; Image: 0604.

1900 Census:
Name: Martha H Boatright
Date: June 15, 1900
Home in 1900: Conners, Douglas, Georgia
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: 1838
Birthplace: Georgia
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Census Place: Conners, Douglas, Georgia; 
Roll: T623 194; Page: 11B; 
Enumeration District: 25.

1910 Census:
Name: Mary H Boatright
Date: April 25, 1910
Age in 1910: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
BirthPlace: Georgia
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Georgia
Home in 1910: Atlanta Ward 6, Fulton, Georgia
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Female
Census Place: Atlanta Ward 6, Fulton, Georgia;
Roll: T624_192; Page: 12B; 
Enumeration District: 89; Image: 884.
living with daughter Lenora and family

Burial: Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia

Children of WILLIAM BOATRIGHT and MARTHA WATSON are:

8-560.    i. JOHN PENDLETON BOATRIGHT, b. 27 Feb 1855, Georgia; d. 13 Mar 1937, 
                                        Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia. 
8-561.   ii. WILLIAM MONROE BOATRIGHT, b. 28 Sep 1856, Georgia; d. 06 Jan 1932, 
                                        Cullman County, Alabama.
8-562.  iii. LOUISA LUCINDA BOATRIGHT, b. 18 Sep 1858, Campbell County, Georgia; 
                                        d. 07 Sep 1946, Douglas County, Georgia.
8-563.   iv. MARY ELIZABETH BOATRIGHT, b. 14 Nov 1860, Georgia.

8-564.    v. LIONEL MONROE BOATRIGHT, b. 26 Dec 1865, Georgia; d. 25 Feb 1935,
                                        Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.
8-565.   vi. ALONZO FRANKLIN BOATRIGHT, b. 25 Apr 1869, Georgia; d. 22 Apr 1915, 
                                          Brown County, Texas.
8-566.  vii. EMILY BOATRIGHT, b. 05 Feb 1871, Georgia; d. 05 Feb 1871, Georgia.

8-567. viii. RUFUS OSCAR BOATRIGHT, b. 15 Jan 1872, Georgia; d. 25 May 1959, 
                                     Carroll County, Georgia.
8-568.   ix. J. W. BOATRIGHT, b. 09 Apr 1874, Georgia; d. 09 Apr 1874, Georgia.

8-569.    x. ARTHUR COLQUITT BOATRIGHT, b. 18 May 1875, Georgia; 
                                         d. 16 Mar 1944, Fulton County, Georgia.
8-570.   xi. LENORA ETHEL BOATRIGHT, b. 18 Jan 1878, Georgia.

7-194. HARRIETT BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 1836 in Fayette County, Georgia.

Notes for HARRIETT BOATRIGHT:

1850 Census:
Name: Harriet Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Female
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69

7-195. JOHN BOATRIGHT (WILLIAM⁷, JESSE⁶, BENONI⁵, JOHN⁴, JOHN³, JOHN², Not Yet Determined¹) was born 1837 in Fayette County, Georgia.

Notes for JOHN BOATRIGHT:

1850 Census:
Name: John Boatright
Date: November 16, 1850
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Birth place: Georgia
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): District 29, Fayette, Georgia
Page: 58
Roll: M432_69

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