Genealogy Report: DESCENDANTS OF JAMES BOATRIGHT (B. ~1745)
DESCENDANTS OF JAMES BOATRIGHT (B. ~1745)
21.Martha Gill3 Boatwright (BENJAMIN (Benoni)2, JAMES1 Boatright)84 was born 2 Mar 1798 in Powhatan County, VA, and died 25 Nov 1881 in Paint Lick, KY..She married James Kelley 27 Aug 1818 in Powhatan Co., VA85.
Notes for Martha Gill Boatwright:
1.RGB:
" Family records show the date of Martha's marriage as being 4 Sep 1818, and that she married G. Kelly.It is likely that the county marriage record indicates date marriage license was issued rather than actual date of marriage.I have been unable to find any further record of her or her descendants".
(Note: Family Bible page shows Martha married 'Jas. Kelley', dgb)
2.1850 Fed. Census for Madison Co., KY (p. 225) shows Martha, age 51,living in household of Elizabeth Boatright.
More About Martha Gill Boatwright:
Burial: Boatright Burial Ground,Paint Lick, KY86
Child of Martha Boatwright and James Kelley is:
| 70 | i. | Edward J.4 Kelley87, born 10 Aug 1819 in Madison Co., KY. |
23.James Blackburn3 Boatright (BENJAMIN (Benoni)2 Boatwright, JAMES1 Boatright)88 was born 26 May 1801 in Powhatan Co., VA89, and died ca. 1875 in Doniphan Co., KS90.He married (1) Mary Page Elam91 17 Oct 1821 in Powhatan County, VA.She was born ca. 180492.He married (2) Rebecca A. Underwood93 ca. 1839 in KY94.She was born 1819 in KY.
Notes for James Blackburn Boatright:
Notes and facts from R.G. Boatright:
1.Several claims of Cherokee Heritage have been filed based on statements that James' Mother, Elizabeth was 1/2 Cherokee.
2. Census Records:
a.1830Graves Co., KY
b.Descendants are found in 1850, 1860 census' Nodaway Co., MO.
c.1850, Madison Co., KY, 224, Family #366.
James Boatright49
Rebecca30
?(Unreadable)10
Samuel8
William6
Lucinda3
3." In 1824, James appears in Madison County, Kentucky, where he and his wife Mary P.executed a Deed to his widowed mother, Elizabeth Boatwright, of Madison County, Kentucky, for 1/8th part of certain lands being that land on which his deceased father, Benjamin Boatwright, lived at the time of his death; said land consisting of 190-3/4 acres, and described as lying on both sides of the main Buckingham Road.This deed was made and signed in Madison County, Kentucky, on September 10, 1824 (see: Virginia Deed Book #9, p. 62).
"We next find that he and his wife and four children are listed in the 1830 Census of Graves County, KY.His children were listed as 10 years of age and under.His brother, William Vanis also listed in the same Census.
"In June, 1928, William L. Boatright, then Attorney General for the State of Colorado, and from whom I obtained much of the early family history, stated in a letter to me that his grandfather, William Van Boatwright, with his family left Kentucky and came to Platte County, Missouri, about 1851-1852, where he had a sister, Rhoda Annliving there with her husband James Foley.Also, another sister, Lucy, who had married Isaac Cox, was living in Nodaway County, Missouri.With this information, we might assume that James Blackburn Boatwright may also have come West and settled in Missouri about the same time.I have been unable to find any other trace of him.
"Marvin W. Boatright of St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1953, states that his great-grandfather was named "Jimmy" and he was born in 1827 in Montgomery County, Missouri, but he knew nothing of any earlier ancestor.
"In the 1860 Census of Gentry County, Missouri, we find listed a James Boatright, age 31, with his wife, Anna and children Daniel and Senatovia.Also we find William, with his wife, Sallie and other members of his family.The 31-year-old "James"could well have been"Jimmy" referred to by Marvin Boatright.
"There are quite a number of Boatwright families living in and around St. Joseph, and Kansas City, Missouri.However, those whom I have contacted were unable to furnish me with sufficient information to establish their early ancestors."
4.RGB:
James Blackburn Boatwright did not migrate to Kentucky with mother, Elizabeth. (A paper by James P. Todd of Paint Lick, KY, says James Blackburn Boatright migrated to Kentucky with his widowed mother.)In either case, it appears that James Blackburn moved around quite a bit.
5. Date of death approximated from Dawes Commission affidavit filed by husband of Jame's granddaughter.See "Notes" for son, Jasper.Denny Boatright, Springfield, MO, gives date of death about 1875 in Doniphan Co., KS.
More About James Blackburn Boatright:
Fact 1 1: Madison County, Kentucky
Fact 1 2: ca. 1855, Moved to Platte County, Missouri95
Occupation: Farmer
More About Mary Page Elam:
Fact 1: Middle name "Page" from Denny Boatright
Notes for Rebecca A. Underwood:
1.See 1850 Census, Madison Co., KY, p. 224:
James Boatright 49
Rebecca 30
Hamilton 10
Samuel 8
William 6
Lucinda 3
Children of James Boatright and Mary Elam are:
| 71 | i. | Richard J.4 Boatright96, born 16 Nov 182297.He married Mary Ann Blackburn 6 Apr 1837 in Madison Co. KY98. | ||
| 72 | ii. | Elizabeth Boatright98, born 24 Mar 1824 in KY; died 17 Oct 1824. | ||
| + | 73 | iii. | Sally Ann Boatright, born 16 Dec 1825 in Madison Co. KY; died 28 Sep 1905 in Clark Co., IL. | |
| + | 74 | iv. | Benjamin G. Boatright, born 4 Nov 1827 in Graves Co., KY; died in Jasper Co., MO. | |
| 75 | v. | Nanby (Nancy) J. Boatright98,99, born 4 Nov 1829 in KY; died 11 Mar 1914 in MO.She married William Benn Cook. | ||
| 76 | vi. | Martha A. Boatright100, born Nov 1831. | ||
| 77 | vii. | James Elam Boatright100, born 12 Aug 1834.He married Orlena ? 1855 in CA. | ||
| + | 78 | viii. | Jasper Boatright, born ca. 1836. |
Children of James Boatright and Rebecca Underwood are:
| 79 | i. | Frances4 Boatright100,101, born 1840 in KY. | ||
| 80 | ii. | Samuel Boatright102,103, born 1842 in KY.He married Sarah A. ?. | ||
| 81 | iii. | William Boatright104,105, born 1844 in KY.He married Isabella ? ca. 1867. | ||
| 82 | iv. | Lucinda Boatright106,107, born 1846 in KY. | ||
| 83 | v. | Josephine Boatright108, born 1854 in KY. |
24.William van Renselear3 Boatwright (BENJAMIN (Benoni)2, JAMES1 Boatright)109 was born 19 Oct 1803 in Powhatan County, VA, and died 28 Apr 1867 in Darlington, Gentry County, MO.He married Salley Wadkins Gates110 8 Mar 1825 in Garrard County, KY111, daughter of Jacob Gates and Susannah Gates.She was born 29 Jun 1806 in VA, and died 13 Sep 1885 in Darlington, Gentry County, MO.
Notes for William van Renselear Boatwright:
--From "Boat(w)right's of Virginia", R. G.Boatright, 1967:
" William Van moved with his mother and younger brothers and sisters from Virgina to Madison County, Kentucky in 1821.He married and went to Graves Co., Kentucky where we find him andhis family listed in the 1830 Census. (Also, see 1850 Census, Graves Co, p. 434, dgb)
"Their first 3 childrenwere born in Madison County and all the others were born in Graves County, Kentucky.
"In 1851, William Van and his family moved from Graves County, KY to Platte County, Missouri, where he lived a year or so before moving to a farm near Darlington in Gentry County.He lived there until his death.All of William Van Boatwright's children seem to have dropped the letter "w" from their surname.
"There were four of the sons who served in the Civil War...two on the Union side and two on the Confederate side.We do not know which other than Joseph Marion served on the Confederate side.(See Francis Alexander Boatright, dgb)
"From Mrs. R. C. (Lorene) Wallace of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, a great-granddaughter of Jacob Gates Boatrightwe learn that William Van Boatwright's correct middle name was "Van Renselaer".No doubt in transcribing the name "Van", it has often been written "Von".Mrs. Wallace also notes that Fannie Sloan, a daughter of Mary Ann Elizabethsays that her mother's name was Mary Ann 'Eliza', not Mary Ann Elizabeth."
2.Floy B. Chancey in "Old William Boatright and His Descendants", 1995, quotes from biography of William T. Boatright (Son of William Van):
" ...the family (William Van, wife and children) moved to Missouri and with them on thistrip was a colored woman who had been a slave for the Boatright family, and had helped to raise William.Her name was Mariah, but she was called Aunt "Rier" by everyone.Aunt Rier went with them not as a slave but as a trusted member of the household.During the Civil War she kept William's money and hid it in a secret hiding place.He did not know where the money was, but when he needed any, he went to her for it.That way, they could tell the marauders that he did not keep any money.William built a small house in his back yard for Aunt Rier and she lived and died there.She is buried in the Boatwright Cemetery in Darlington, Missouri."
More About William van Renselear Boatwright:
Burial: Boatright Cemetery, Darlington, Missouri
Fact 1 1: Darlington, Missouri
Fact 1 2: Bef. 1830, Movedto Graves Co., KY
Fact 1 3: 1851, Moved to Platte Co., Missouri
Fact 1 4: 1852, Moved to Gentry Co., Missouri
More About Salley Wadkins Gates:
Burial: Boatright Burial Ground, Darlington, MO.
Fact 1 1: Darlington, Missouri
Fact 1 2: Bef. 1830, Movedto Graves Co., KY
Fact 1 3: 1851, Moved to Platte Co., Missouri
Fact 1 4: 1852, Moved to Gentry Co., Missouri
Children of William Boatwright and Salley Gates are:
| + | 84 | i. | Susan Frances4 Boatright, born 18 Aug 1826 in Madison Co., KY; died 12 Nov 1921 in Darlington, MO. | |
| + | 85 | ii. | Elizabeth Jane Boatright, born 19 Feb 1828 in Madison Co., KY; died 25 Dec 1906 in Darlington, MO. | |
| 86 | iii. | Rebecca G. Boatright112, born 5 Jan 1830 in Madison Co., KY; died 30 May 1830113. | ||
| + | 87 | iv. | Jesse Stinson Boatright, born 11 Dec 1830 in Graves County, KY; died 9 Nov 1905 in Wagoner,OK. | |
| + | 88 | v. | Benjamin Allen Boatright, born 11 Mar 1833 in Graves County, KY; died 18 Jan 1853 in Gentry County, MO. | |
| + | 89 | vi. | Jacob Gates Boatright, born 5 Sep 1835 in Graves County, KY; died 26 Aug 1923 in Pickering, Nordaway County, MO. | |
| + | 90 | vii. | Francis Alexander Boatright, born 17 Jan 1838 in Graves County, KY; died 27 Dec 1918 in Weleetka, OK. | |
| + | 91 | viii. | Joseph Marion Boatright, born 18 Feb 1841; died 1865 in Perryville, KY. | |
| + | 92 | ix. | Mary Ann Elizabeth (Eliza) Boatright, born 20 Jan 1844; died 5 Nov 1920 in Darlington, MO ?. | |
| + | 93 | x. | William Taylor Boatright, born 5 Nov 1847 in Graves County, KY; died 22 Dec 1933 in Norwich, Sumner County, KS. | |
| + | 94 | xi. | James Blackburn Boatright, born 19 Oct 1850 in Graves County, KY; died 31 Dec 1931 in Colorado Springs, CO. |