FL BOATRIGHT FL
BenjaminJR Leon FL Admr of Dawson Boatwright Est.
BenjaminJR1833 FL Leon FL 1856m BenjaminJohnRobert b 1-23-1833 m Amanda
Geddie 12-4-1856 Leon Co. Son of
Dawson/MaryHowell Green.
Benjamin 1846 FL Leon FL Benjamin b ca 1846 FL. Son of Beniah/
Mary.
Benjamin 1830 GA Madison FL Benjamin b ca 1830 Wayne Co GA d during
civil war period. He never married.
Son of Chesley b 1797 SC.
Benjamin Madison FL 1840c
Bouriah Leon FL 1840c
Bennet 1840 GA Gadsden FL 1850c Bennet b ca 1840 GA. Son of Elizabeth
Boatenrighter.
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CharlesTC 1848 FL Leon FL CharlesThaddeusChristopher b 10-1-1848
m AliceCatherine Killen 9-20-1879,
Bazette, Navarro Co TX. He d 8-25-1914,
Terrell, Kaufman Co TX. Son of Dawson/
MaryHowell Green.
ChesleyJ Columbia FL 1850c Chesley J or D No Twp 074.
ChesleyTC 1832 FL Leon FL Son of Dawson b 1808.
Chesley 1797 SC Madison FL Chesley b ca 1797 SC m Rachel LNU Wayne
Co GA d Madison Co FL bur Moseley Hall
Cemetery, Madison Co FL. Son of
Benjamin/Eleanor.
Chesley 1797 SC Madison FL Believed to be the son of Benjamin. He
is bur in Mosely Hall Cem Madison Co FL
He lived in SC, GA and FL.
*MarthaA b 1-4-1819 Wayne Co GA m (1)
ca 1838 Mr Blitch (b ca 1816) (2) ca
1849/50 ThomasTidwell Hurst (b ca 1816)
She d 1886 Suwanee Co FL.
*Harriette b ca 1821 Wayne Co GA. She
m (1) ca 1839 Jim Smith (b ca 1818) (2)
Tom Quiette (b ca 1818).
*Elizabeth b ca 1823 Wayne Co m ca 1841
RichardMacon Hurst (b ca 1820).
*Emanuel b 1-10-1825 Wayne Co GA m ca
1846 Betty Stanford (b ca 1828) d
7-30-1900.
*Benjamin b ca 1830 Wayne Co GA d during
civil war period. He never married.
*JohnWilson b 4-18-1833 Wayne Co m (1)
ca 1854 Eliza Mills (b ca 1836) (2)
Mahalia Bailey (b ca 1840). He died
8-31-1908.
ChesleyJD Manatee FL He m Lavina Hilliard in Ware Co GA.
Her parents, Benjamin Hilliard and wife
Mary, moved to Hillsborough County FL
when Mary was five yrs old; she was
left with relatives (Daniel Wilkinson
and fam of Wayne, now Brantley Co GA)
where she grew up and married in Ware
Co GA.
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Dawson 1808 GA Leon FL Dawson b 6-10-1808 possibly Wayne Co GA
He d near Tallahassee, Leon Co FL m
MaryHowell Green (1813-1861) on
8-25-1831. Son of Benjamin b 1786 SC/
Eleanor.
Dawson 1808 GA Leon FL 1825r Son of Benjamin/Eleanor, b 6-10-1808 GA
Moved with parents fm Wayne Co GA to
Leon Co FL ca 1825, d age 48 yrs 3 mo 8
days, bur Morehead Cem, Tallahasse.
His Est probated 10-25-1856. His son,
BenjaminJohnRobert was Admr and Gdn of
four minor chldn: Thaddeus, Edward,
Green, and Eliza. Bonded by James
QuincyAdams Boatwright, BenjaminJohn
Robert Boatwright, his sons, and Beniah
Boatwright, prob Dawson's younger bro.
He m MaryHowell Green (1816-1861) on
8-25-1831 Leon Co FL; she prob dau of
ThomasJefferson/Agnes of Williamsburg
District SC, b 1-31-1816. Grandfather
Green moved from Williamsburg to Leon
Co FL in 1828. ThomasJefferson could be
father or Grandfather of MaryH. She d
age 45 yrs 1 day on 2-1-1861 near
Tallahassee FL Her Est probated Leon
Co 7-22-1861, son BenjaminJohnRobert
was Admr. All of Dawson/Mary's chldn
b near Tallahassee, Leon Co FL.
*BenjaminJohnRobert b 1-23-1833 m Amanda
Geddie 12-4-1856 Leon Co.
*JamesQuincyAdams b 11-7-1834 m Mary
Alligood 11-5-1857 Leon Co.
*FrancisD b 3-31-1837 was in and did not
return from Civil War m Sarah (Sallie)
Wallace Leon Co.
*Agnes b 7-1-1839 m CharlesL Alligood
12-24-1857 Leon Co d 8-26-1876 Leon Co.
*MaryHowell b 3-9-1842 d age 2 yrs 6 mo
27 days on 10-5-1844 Leon Co.
*ElizabethJane b 8-24-1844 d age 4 yrs 6
mo 18 days on 3-11-1849 Leon Co.
*DawsonWages b 2-16-1847 d age 7 mos and
22 days on 10-7-1847.
*CharlesThaddeusChristopher b 10-1-1848
m AliceCatherine Killen 9-20-1879,
Bazette, Navarro Co TX. He d 8-25-1914,
Terrell, Kaufman Co TX.
*Edward b 5-18-1851 d age 22 yrs 1 mo
17 days on 7-4-1872 Leon Co.
*Green b 7-5-1853 d age 18 yrs 8 mo 11
days on 3-15-1872 Leon Co.
*Eliza b 7-27-1856 m Isaac Alligood 1874
at Tallahassee FL.
Dawson 1808 GA Leon FL 1831m He m in Leon Co 8-24-1831. He was a
Farmer.
Dawson Leon FL 1850c 8th Div 060.
Dawson 1808 GA Leon FL 1856d He son of Benjamin b 1770 resident of
Wayne Co GA & Leon Co FL. Dawson b
Wayne Co GA 1808 d Leon Co FL 1856.
*ChesleyThaddeusChristopher b FL moved
to TX.
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Edward 1843 FL Gadsden FL 1850c Edward b ca 1843 FL. Son of Elizabeth
Boatenrighter.
Edward 1851 FL Leon FL 1872d Edward b 5-18-1851 d age 22 yrs 1 mo
17 days on 7-4-1872 Leon Co. Son of
Dawson/MaryHowell Green.
Elizabeth 1817 GER Gadsden FL 1850c She HH 354. Boatenrighter.
*John b ca 1838 England.
*Bennet b ca 1840 GA.
*Edward b ca 1843 FL.
/John Nule (or Neele), a tailor, b ca
1825 Germany (Her brother?)
/Susan, a negro, b ca 1825 FL.
/Mary, a negro, b ca 1847 FL.
Emanuel 1825 GA Madison FL Emanuel b 1-10-1825 Wayne Co GA m ca
1846 Betty Stanford (b ca 1828) d
7-30-1900. Son of Chesley b 1797 SC.
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Frances 1803 Leon FL 1830c Francis AKA Frank b ca 1803 res Leon Co
FL in 1830 with wife aged 20-30 and two
sons under age five. Indications are
he left FL by 1840. Son of Benjamin/
Eleanor.
FrancisD 1837 FL Leon FL FrancisD b 3-31-1837 was in and did not
return from Civil War m Sarah (Sallie)
Wallace Leon Co. Son of Dawson/Mary
Howell Green.
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Green 1853 FL Leon FL 1872d Green b 7-5-1853 d age 18 yrs 8 mo 11
days on 3-15-1872 Leon Co. Son of
Dawson/MaryHowell Green.
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JAMES
JamesQA 1834 FL Leon FL 1857m JamesQuincyAdams b 11-7-1834 m Mary
Alligood 11-5-1857 Leon Co. Son of
Dawson/MaryHowell Green.
JOHN
JohnD Columbia FL 1850c No Twp 074.
John 1838 ENG Gadsden FL 1850c John b ca 1838 England. Son of Eliza-
beth Boatenrighter.
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Lawson Leon FL 1840c (Could this be Dawson?)
P
Pheroby Columbia FL 1850c No Twp 074.
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William 1854 Orange FL 1874m Frances Davis 2-15-1874, dau William/
Nancy Turner (dau Jesse Turner). Davis
said to have come from Blackshear
(Pierce & Ware Cos) GA. Sirname spel-
led Boatwright.
IL BOATRIGHT IL
ILLINOIS
A
Alexander 1777 IL Crawford IL ----m Alexander AKA Alec b ca 1777 prob VA.
He is believed to have d in TX. He m
at or near Palestine, Crawford Co IL,
and was in business there. He moved to
TX. Son of WilliamP/Polly Pig.
Alexander 1866 IL Saline IL Alexander b 10-9-1866 d 4-8-1897 at his
father's home at Brushy Creek, m Almina
Jane Killman ca 1887. Son of JohnA/
MarthaA Vineyard.
AmericusD 1831 IL Saline IL AmericusDaniel AKA Mack b Brushy Twp
2-14-1831 d 4-29-1919, Saline Co m Mary
Omohundro ca 1852. Son of Daniel/Polly
Gasaway.
Anderson 1852 IL Saline IL Anderson b 10-1-1852 Brushy Twp d
5-4-1934 m CynthiaJ Norman (1850-1927).
Son of Robert/MaryE Allen.
Anthony 1870 IL Saline IL Anthony b 1870 Brushy Twp d 1913 m
Dennie Gasaway. Son of Robert/MaryE
Allen.
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CharlesA 1864 IL Saline IL CharlesArbor b 9-3-1864 d 4-29-1929 at
Dover, Pope Co AR m MaryAnn Abney at
Galatia, Saline Co. Son of JohnA/
MarthaAnn Vineyard.
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Daniel 1802 IL Crawford IL Daniel b 12-23-1802 d 8-22-1886 at or
near Galatia, IL. He m (1) ca 1824
Polly Gasaway (2) Jane Jordan ca 1864.
Son of WilliamP/Polly Pig.
Daniel 1802 IL Crawford IL Son of WilliamP/Polly Pig, b 12-10 or
23-1802. He moved from Rutherford Co
TN to Galatia, Saline Co IL with his
sister, NancyBoatright Gasaway and her
husband Thomas in 1814 when he age 12;
he res with them until grown. He m ca
1824 (1) Polly Gasaway b ca 1805 d
1861, and res N of Brushy Creek, Brushy
Twp, Saline Co, IL.
All their children b Brushy Twp:
*Jerusha b ca 1825 d young.
*Robert b 12-12-1826 d 1881 m ca 1847
MaryE Allen (ca 1829-1881).
*JohnA b 5-2-1828 d 12-3-1887 Brushy
Twp m ca 1852 MarthaAnn Vineyard Saline
Co.
*AmericusDaniel AKA Mack b 2-18-1831
4-29-1919, Saline Co m ca 1852 Mary
Omohundro
*Isabelle b ca 1834 m ca 1852 Starling
Clark
*Nancy b ca 1836 m ca 1854 Washington
Abney
*Patsy b ca 1838 d young.
*Harmon b 1-6-1841 bur Brushy Cem m
LucyAnn Brown on 10-30-1862.
*Charlotte b ca 1843 d 1894 m ca 1864
R.Nelson Rice.
*Lewis AKA Buck b 8-29-1849 d 11-3-1912
m Mollie Reed ca 1870.
Daniel m (2) in 1864 JaneJordan Rice b
ca 1814, Widow of Luther Rice, ca 1864.
Jane m Luther Rice ca 1832; note that
Daniel m his dau Charlotte's MIL as
Jane was the mother of R.Nelson Rice.
*Caledonia AKA Donia b 12-8-1865 Brushy
Twp m ThomasF Morris ca 1885 d 7-9-1935
Daniel 1860 IL Saline IL Daniel b 1-8-1860 Brushy Twp d
9-29-1935 at Harrisburg, Saline Co IL,
m (1) SarahStone (1863-1886) Saline Co
(2) Mary Reynolds (1870-1929) Saline Co
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
H
Harmon 1841 IL Saline IL Harmon b 1-6-1841 Brushy Twp bur Brushy
Cemetery m LucyAnn Brown on 10-30-1862.
Son of Daniel/Polly Gasaway.
HenryL 1861 IL Saline IL HenryLewis b 2-2-1861 d 4-5-1941 at his
home Brushy Creek, m (1) Jane Stone in
Saline Co (2) SusanElizabeth Evans.
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
JAMES
James 1781 IL Crawford IL James b ca 1781 prob VA. He m at or
near Palestine, IL, and raised a family
there. Son of WilliamP/Polly Pig.
JOHN
JohnA 1828 IL Saline IL JohnA b 5-2-1828 Brushy Twp d 12-3-1887
Brushy Twp m MarthaAnn Vineyard ca 1852
Saline Co. Son of Daniel/Polly
Gasaway.
JohnA 1828 IL Saline Co IL Son of Daniel/Polly Gasaway, b 12-3-28
at his home Brushy Twp, bur Brushy Cem
He a farmer, miller and coffin maker.
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A member of Brushy Primitive Baptist
Church. The hse he built ca 1858 on S
side of Brushy Creek in which he raised
his family still stood in Dec 1965, but
turned into a barn. Personal data is in
William E. Boatwright manuscript titled
The Boat(w)right And Allied Families,
Pg 1641. JohnA m MarthaAnn Vineyard
(1831-1918) prob Saline Co IL. She b
1-12-1853 Brushy Twp. All children
were b in Brushy Twp:
*Thomas b 10-17-1853. He d of measles
at his father's home 12-28-1880 in
Brushy Twp. He m Martha Harrison.
*Lavine b 9-24-1858 d 5-29-1917 in
Williamson Co IL m Rev Wesley Manier.
*Daniel b 1-8-1860 d 9-29-1935 at
Harrisburg, Saline Co IL, m (1) Sarah
Stone (1863-1886) Saline Co (2) Mary
Reynolds (1870-1929) Saline Co.
*HenryLewis b 2-2-1861 d 4-5-1941 at his
home Brushy Creek, m (1) Jane Stone in
Saline Co (2) SusanElizabeth Evans.
*Polly b 6-5-1862 d 6-5-1887 Saline Co m
Mr Guye.
*CharlesArbor b 9-3-1864 d 4-29-1929 at
Dover, Pope Co AR m MaryAnn Abney at
Galatia, Saline Co.
*Alexander b 10-9-1866 d 4-8-1897 at his
father's home at Brushy Creek, m Almina
Jane Killman ca 1887.
*William b 1869 d 1915 Saline Co, m
Venie Guye ca 1889 Saline Co.
*JohnJ b 1870 d 10-23-1935 Saline Co, m
(1) Talitha Pemberton ca 1881 (2)
Hattie Zinn ca 1922.
*MackC b 9-29-1872 d 3-27-1961 William-
son Co IL m Cora Blackman.
*StephanLeonard b 11-27-1874 d 7-5-1963
Saline Co m Anna Mitchell.
*Allen b 5-5-1876 d 7-8-1960 at Harris-
burg, IL m SarahCatherine Patterson.
JohnJ 1870 IL Saline IL JohnJ b 1870 Brushy Twp d 10-23-1935
Saline Co, m (1) Talitha Pemberton ca
1881 (2) Hattie Zinn ca 1922.
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
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Lewis 1849 IL Saline IL Lewis AKA Buck b 8-29-1849 Brushy Twp
d 11-3-1912 m Mollie Reed ca 1870.
Son of Daniel/Polly Gasaway.
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M
MackC 1872 IL Saline IL MackC b 9-29-1872 Brushy Twp d
3-27-1961 Williamson Co IL m Cora
Blackman. Son of JohnA/MarthaA
Vineyard.
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Robert 1826 IL Saline IL Robert b 12-12-1826 Brushy Twp d 1881 m
MaryE Allen (ca 1829-1881) ca 1847.
Son of Daniel/Polly Gasaway.
Robert 1826 IL Saline IL 1848r Son of Daniel/Polly Gasaway, was b on
12-12-1826 at Brushy Twp, Saline Co IL
d 6-11-yr unknown, Saline Co IL. He
was a farmer. He m MaryE Allen d 1881
Saline Co IL bur old Brushy Cemetery
Brushy Twp.
All chldn b Brushy Twp, Saline Co IL:
*WilliamRiley b 1-17-1848 d 1-22-1918
Brushy Twp, m NancyJ b 5-28-1854 d
7-29-1943.
*Patsy b 11-1-1850, m R.Frank Stone,
killed in an accident on 6-18-1910
Saline Co.
*Anderson b 10-1-1852 d 5-4-1934 m
CynthiaJ Norman (1850-1927).
*LucyJane b ca 1854.
*SamuelMarshall b 8-22-1858 d 10-9-1916
at Marion in Williamson Co IL, m Martha
Jane Reed (1860-1937) 7-17-1881 in
Saline Co.
*Scott b 4-22-1862, m LucyE, killed in
an accident 10-8-1906 at Marion, Wil-
liamson Co.
*EmilyJane b 5-11-1867 d 9-9-1927 Saline
Co m Valintine Stone (1861-1962).
Anthony b 1870 d 1913 m Dennie Gasaway.
S
SamuelM 1858 IL Saline IL SamuelMarshall b 8-22-1858 Brushy Twp d
10-9-1916 at Marion in Williamson Co IL
m MarthaJane Reed (1860-1937) 7-17-1881
in Saline Co. Son of Robert/MaryE
Allen.
Scott 1862 IL Saline IL Scott b 4-22-1862 Brushy Twp, m MaryE,
killed in an accident 10-8-1906 at
Marion, Williamson Co. Son of Robert/
MaryE Allen.
StephanL 1874 IL Saline IL StephanLeonard b Brushy Twp 11-27-1874
d 7-5-1963 Saline Co m Anna Mitchell.
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
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Thomas 1853 IL Saline IL Thomas b 10-17-1853 Brushy Twp. He d
measles at his father's home 12-28-1880
in Brushy Twp. He m Martha Harrison.
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
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WilliamP 1755 VA Crawford IL Born in VA, emigrated to Wake County NC
then to Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co TN.
He m Polly Pig, b ca 1758, in Nov 1776,
prob in VA. They had seven chln:
*Alexander AKA Alec b ca 1777 prob VA.
He is believed to have d in TX. He m
at or near Palestine, Crawford Co IL,
and was in business there. Moved to TX
*William b ca 1779 prob VA. He m at or
near Palestine, Crawford Co IL and
raised a family there. He moved to
Pueblo CO.
*James b ca 1781 prob VA. He m at or
near Palestine, IL; raised family there
*Betsy b ca 1783 prob VA m Osborn Powell
and raised a family near Bethel Creek,
believed to be on the Williamson/Saline
Co line in IL.
*Nancy b ca 1781 in VA m ThomasF Gasaway
Sr (1786-1843) in 1812 prob near Mur-
freesboro, TN d 1854, Galatia, Saline
Co IL. She was affiliated with the
Regular Baptist Church.
*Patsy b ca 1793 prob VA.
*Daniel b 12-23-1802 d 8-22-1886 at or
near Galatia, IL. He m (1) Polly
Gasaway ca 1824 (2) Jane Jordan ca 1864
William 1779 IL Crawford IL William b ca 1779 prob VA. He m at or
near Palestine, Crawford Co IL and
raised a family there. He moved to
Pueblo CO. Son of WilliamP/Polly Pig.
WilliamW 1823 Crawford IL 1845r WilliamWalters, son of James/Elizabeth
Walters. He res Cordele, Crisp Co GA
at one time.
*FredGrant b ca 1845 Crawford Co IL.
He res Cordele GA in 1928, an Attorney
at that time.
WilliamR 1848 IL Saline IL WilliamRiley b 1-17-1848 Brushy Twp
1-22-1918 Brushy Twp, m NancyJ b
5-28-1854 d 7-29-1943.
Son of Robert/MaryE Allen.
William 1869 IL Saline IL William b 1869 Brushy Twp d 1915 Saline
Co, m Venie Guye ca 1889 Saline Co.
Son of JohnA/MarthaA Vineyard.
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IOWA
D
Daniel 1810 VA Jasper IO 1838r Son of ValentineSr, b 8-20-1810 in
Cumberland Co VA. He moved to Highland
Co OH in 1836, then to IO in 1838. He
was a farmer and auctioneer. He m
Elizabeth Montgomery ca 1834.
*BollyB or BoleyB b ca 1833 prob Cumber-
land Co VA. She d 1909 at Bethany,
Harrison Co MO. She married.
*MadisonValentine b 1835 prob Cumberland
Co VA d 1907 Kellogg, Jasper Co IO m
(1) Amanda Selph in 1861 (2) MaryEliza-
beth Auten in 1867.
*John b ca 1837 prob Highland Co OH d
young at Kellogg. He was a school
teacher, believed not to have married.
*Nancy b ca 1839 prob Jasper Co IO res
in CA m Mr Winters ca 1857.
*Susan b ca 1841 prob Jasper Co IO m Mr
Charity ca 1859 res Halls Summit KS;
she living there in 1928.
*Anna b ca 1843 prob Jasper Co. m Mr
Zimmerman ca 1861 res MO.
*Molly b ca 1845 prob Jasper Co.
Daniel 1829 Polk IO Believed to be son of Daniel/Sophie
Wickersham. Tradition he b VA, however
his Army Discharge 12-8-1864 shows him
30 years old and b Montgomery, Daviess
Co IN; another rcd he b 2-17-1832; his
gravestone b 1829. His gravestone he d
3-23-1911; a rcd(?) shows 3-11-1911.
He d Lancaster, Atchison Co KS bur at
Lancaster. Tradition he left Roanoke,
Roanoke Co VA in early youth, settled
in IO, enl Company I, 39th Regt IO Inf
Commanded by LT R.C. Hunter 8-12-1862
Medical Discharge from svc of USA
12-8-1864 Keokuk, IO. He 5' 7 3/4"
tall, blue eyes, light complex, brown
hair. He a farmer when enl. Tradition
his father and bros on CSA side; result
family completely seperated. After
disch he homestead near Lancaster, KS
where lived rest of life. He m (1)
Martha Callender (b 1840) 1-15-1859;
she d 2-5-1892 bur Maple Grove Cemetery
Effingham, Atchison Co KS. Mar (2)
HelenaLouise (Kapelle) Benton (1866-
1927), a Widow. She dau HenryE Kapelle
and Louise Salter, b 11-14-1866 in
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