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N O R M A N H U R D R I C K E R, J R.
BOATRIGHT FAMILY NAME * S. CAROLINA
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FIRST NAME UNKNOWN
Boatwright SC 1775 Boatwright/James Ravenel Plat for 500A
in St Bartholomews Parish 3-25-1775.
Archives 0009 003 0015 00293 02
Boatwright Colleton SC 1775 Boatwright/Memorial for George Harkness
500A on Cross Swamp, Colleton County
9-7-1775 Archive 0030 002 0002 00329 05
Auditor General Memorials 1731-1775.
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Alijah Marion SC 1830c Pg 007. Marion District.
Alijah 1805 Marion SC 1830c Pg 007. Males 20-30=1
Females -5=1 20-30=1
Abijah Marion SC 1840c Pg 158.
Abijah 1810 SC Marion SC 1850c Wife Rebecca b ca 1805 SC.
All children b SC:
*Sarah b ca 1832.
*James b ca 1834.
*Susan b ca 1836.
*Robert b ca 1839.
*William b ca 1844.
*Micajah b ca 1845.
Abner 1807 GA Pickens SC 1850r He and family res Pickens Co 1850/60
Wife Delphia b 1820 GA.
*Charlotta b ca 1841 SC.
*Pendelton b ca 1843 SC.
*Manda b ca 1845 SC.
*Vestior b ca 1848 SC.
*Ardenson b ca 1850 SC.
*DevonJ b ca 1858 SC.
Abner 1807 GA Pickens SC 1850w His Father William's Will. Mother was
Elizabeth. Sis Nancy m John Moss.
Abner 1807 GA Oconee SC 1901d He b 7-28-1807 d 11-15-1901. Married
Delphia b 8-3-1816 d 8-20-1913. Both
buried in family cemetery (only two)
Boatright Mountain, Oconee SC.
AiriahJ 1841 SC Lexington SC 1860c Parents William/Dempsey.
AllenM 1852 SC Richland SC Son of SampsonJ/Eleanor Miot.
AllenMiddleton b 8-22-1852 m Margaret
MarionRoosevelt Fleming 10-1-1889 d
8-17-1917.
AllenM 1852 SC Richland SC 1889m AllenMiddleton b 8-22-1852 d 8-17-1917
m 10-1-1889 MargaretMarionRoosevelt
Fleming dau JohnL of Augusta GA. He a
son of JamesSampson/Ellen Miot.
*Eleanor.
*MargaretRoosevelt - DAR Appl 114,213.
Anthony 1750 SC 1790c Pg 48 Males +16= 1, -16= 0, Fem= 3, S=0
Ardenson 1850 SC Pickens SC 1850c Son of Abner/Delphia.
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Berry 1830 SC Colleton SC 1850c Son of JohnCD/Sheba.
Benjamin SC 1778p He enlisted in the 5th Regt 5-27-1778
and was a Fifer on 11-2-1778. N.A. 853
BenjaminM 1818 SC Richland SC Son of JamesS/Elizabeth Faust.
BenjaminMiddleton b 11-1818 d 1-14-1836
bur Methodist Churchyard, Columbia SC.
BenjaminM 1818 SC Richland SC 1836d BenjaminMiddleton youngest son of James
and Elizabeth of Columbia SC 1-14-1836.
BenjaminM 1818 SC Richland SC 1836d His middle name Middleton b 11-1818 d
1-14-1836. He a bro of JohnHenry.
BenjaminM 1836 SC Richland SC Son of BurrelThomas/Sophia Watson. He
b 7-23-1836 d 8-29-1899 at Ridge Spring
m IdaPauline Nicholson.
Benjamin 1827 SC Richland SC 1860c Wife was Mary b 1834 SC.
*Martha b 1855 SC.
*Elizabeth b 1857 SC.
*Caroline b 1859 SC.
Benjamin 1836 Edgefield SC 1899d He b 7-23-1836 SC d Ridge Spring SC on
8-29-1899. Bur Old Watson Family Sect
in Ridge Spring Cem, Saluda Co SC.
Also bur there Elijah Boatright d age
60 11-2-1894.
Burrell 1824 VA SC Wife's name Unknown.
Believed to have emigrated from VA to
SC to GA.
*James b ca 1847 SC.
BurrillT 1809 SC Edgefield SC 1888d BurrillThomas b 2-21-1809 m Sophia
Watson. He d 9-23-1888. Bro of John
Henry Boatwright b 1815.
BurrelT 1809 SC Edgefield SC 1831m Sophia Watson dau Elijah/Cloe Watson on
11-15-1831. He of Columbia, she of
Edgefield District.
*SallyA m JohnT Nicholson 4-8-1856 by
Rev Brooker, all of Edgefield District.
BurrellT 1809 Edgefield SC 1831m Sophia Watson (1814-1890) dau Elijah/
Chloe Wimberly; res Ridge Springs SC.
He the son of James b 1773/Elizabeth
Foust.
*SallieAnn b 1838 m JohnThrewitz Nichol-
son in 1856. He b 1835.
*Elijah m Frances Ann Porther.
*James b 1833 d 1896 m (1) Rebecca
Kinnerly (2) AgnesLouise Strohecker.
Burrel Edgefield SC 1840c Pg 124.
B.T. 1809 SC Edgefield SC 1860c Farmer 25,000/70,000. Wife Sophia b1815
*Benjamin b 1838 SC.
*Frost(m) b 1842 SC. Ridge P.O.
*Sumter(m) b 1844 SC.
*Daughter m JohnT Nicholson 4-8-1856.
(Edgefield Advertiser)
(SallyA dau of BurrelT m JT Nicholson)
BurrellT 1809 SC Richland SC His name BurrellThomas son of James/
Elizabeth Faust.
BurrelT 1809 SC Richland SC BurrelThomas, son of James/Elizabeth
Faust, b 2-21-1809 at Columbia SC. He
d age 79 yrs 7 mo 2 days on 9-23-1888
Ridge Spring, Edgefield Dist (now
Saluda Co) SC. Farmer and owner of
land between Trenton and Batesburg; a
charter member of Ridge Spring Baptist
Church. He and his MIL gave original
Church land; he also gave land on which
Methodist Episcopal Churches were built
He m Sophia Watson 11-15-1831 SC, dau
Elijah Watson/Chloe Wimberly. She b
1814 at Ridge Spring d 1890 bur Ridge
Spring.
All children b Edgefield District SC:
*James b ca 1833 d 1896 m (1) Rebecca
Kennerly 3-5-1857 Edgefield Dist (2)
AgnesLouise Stohecker 2-23-1869 at
Charleston Co. SC.
*Elijah b ca 1834 d 11-21-1894 at Ridge
Spring m (1) SarahJane Prothro
1-25-1859 (2) FrancesAnn Prothro, a
cousin of his 1st wife.
*BenjaminMiddleton b 7-23-1836 d
8-29-1899 at Ridge Spring m IdaPauline
Nicholson.
*SallyAnn b 10-9-1838 m JohnThreewitz
Nicholson.
*Faust b 7-30-1841 d 8-25-1892. He
never married.
*Sumpter b 1844 d 2-16-1891 m Adelina
Nicholson in 1869.
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C. 1755 Colleton SC 1800c Pg 172. 20101-02121
Calvin 1840 SC ChesterfldSC 1850c Son of Lewis/Elizabeth Davis.
Carrie SC Carrie Quattlebaum Boatright Ailsen.
*JimmieEppie Boatright.
Cashire Colleton SC 1840c Pg 257, St Barth
Casseda(f)1824 SC Edgefield SC 1850c Enumerated with Penelope Toney b 1780
NC. Name fol Casseda is Lavinia b
1839 SC (Boatright?).
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Cealey Marlboro SC 1820c Pg 071. 200000-01000
Charles Barnwell SC 1810c Pg 090.
Charles 1775 Barnwell SC 1820c Barnwell.
Charles 1775 Barnwell SC 1820c Pg 003. 100010-40100
Charles Barnwell SC 1830c Pg 123, Barnwell.
CharlesR 1892 SC Edgefield SC ----m CharlesRene' b 8-8-1892 m Orell Kaguiga
of Dallas TX. He son of James b 1833.
Chesley SC 1825 Chesley Tx Rtn for 1,755A & 8 slaves in
St Bartholomews Parish.
Archives 0015 052 1824 011501 00
Chesley Colleton SC 1810c Pg 319.
ChesleyJ Colleton SC 1820c Colleton.
Cheslin 1820 SC ChesterfldSC 1850c Wife Hanna b ca 1824 SC.
*Harriet b ca 1842 SC.
*Cheslin b ca 1845 SC.
*Mary b ca 1847 SC.
*Shela b ca 1850 SC.
Cheslin 1845 SC ChesterfldSC 1850c Son of Cheslin/Hanna.
ChestneyJ 1770 Colleton SC 1820c Pg 043. 021121-10111
ChesleyJD 1829 Beaufort SC 1828b He b there, Parents unknown. Moved to
Clinch Co GA then Appling Co GA ca 1854
ChesleyJD 1829 SC Beaufort SC 1878d He b Beaufort District SC, par unknown.
He to Appling Co GA 1854, where bros &
sis res 8-10 yrs He m Lavina Hilliard
(b Ware Co GA 1841 dau Benjm/Mary).
Her par to Manatee Co FL she age 8-10
she res with rel Daniel Wilkinson
Wayne Co GA; m there 1858.
*Mary Elizabeth b 1859 m BenF Cowart
1-28-1884.
*Eliza b 1863 m WilliamJackson Gunter
2-28-1889.
*Catherine b 1865 m HughF McLean
12-30-1886.
*C.J.D. (John) b 1867 killed 1937 by hit
and run driver, never m.
*Lavina b 1869 m M.C.P. McLean
12-30-1887.
*AdamBenjamin b 1872 never m.
*Duncan b 1873 died young.
*Laura b 1874 m VanceyF Allen.
*WilliamHenry b 1876 m Lillie Bennett
10-14-1897 dau of Hampton.
*Nessie b 1877 d young.
They lived Ware Co until 1863 removed
to Clinch Co GA (on FL border). He d
there 1878 bur fam cem on his farm.
Later Shiloh Meth Ch built opposite the
Cem now Shilo Ch Cem. Lavina Hilliard
Boatright d 1908 bur by him. Son W.H.
bought and resided on farm until died.
Columbus 1849 SC Barnwell SC 1850c Son of George/Frances.
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Daniel 1790 Aiken SC Son of Edmond b ca 1768. Tradition is
he moved from VA to SC ca 1800. Daniel
m Mrs. Celia Sentitet (b ca 1793), a
Widow. Only one child identified:
*JamesWashington b 1827 d 1815 prob at
Tallassee, Elmore Co, AL.
Daniel Craven SC 1756 Plat for 50A in Craven County 6-11-1756
Archives 0009 003 0006 00157 01
Secretary State, Surveyor General.
Daniel SC 1776+ Acct Audited (File # 565) of claims
growing out of the American Revolution.
0015 003 0010 00342 00
Comptroller General 1778-1804.
Daniel SC 177?p He served under CPT John Chesnut in the
militia and was at the fall of Charles-
ton. A.A. 565; X963; yearbook 1897.
Daniel Craven SC 1750l Thomas Grace paid and bought land then
conveyed same to Daniel Boatright.
Daniel 1783 Lexington SC 1810c Pg 067. 0001-0001
Daniel Marion SC 1810c Pg 085. 101 -0001
Daniel 1783 Marion SC 1820c Pg 054. 300110-00010
Darilee(Daniel)1783 Marion SC 1830c Pg 007. Males 5-10=1 15-20=1 40-50=1
Females 15-20=1
Daniel Lexington SC 1830c Pg 359, Lexington.
Daniel Marion Sc 1840c Pg 175.
Daniel Edgefield SC ----w SC Wills Vol 2 (1836-53) Bk D Pg 527.
DevonJ 1858 SC Pickens SC 1860c Son of Abner/Delphia.
Drewery 1775 ChesterfldSC 1820c Pg 121. 210010-10010
Drury 1790 ChesterfldSC 1830c Pg 236. Chesterfield
Drury 1790 ChesterfldSC 1830c Pg 236. Males -5=1 5-10=1 30-40=1
Females -5=1 5-10=1 30-40=1
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Edmond 1768 Aiken SC 1800r His son:
*Daniel b ca 1790.
Elbrey 1765 Barnwell SC 1800c Pg 44. 33000-10010
Elija 1835 SC Edgefield SC 1860c Wife SarahJ. Mount Willing P.O.
*Infant b 1860, 4 mo old on 8-30-1860.
Elijah 1836 Edgefield SC 1894d He d 11-2-1894 age 60. Bur Old Watson
Family Section in Ridge Spring Cemetery
Saluda County SC; also bur there was
Benjamin Boatwright b 7-23-1836 SC.
Elijah 183? Edgefield SC ----m FrancesAnn Prother. He son of BurrellT
*Corrie m Elmer Cheek.
*Sophie m Rev JohnA Brunson.
Elijah 1810 SC Marion SC 1860r Wife Rachel b ca 1808.
All children b SC:
*Susan b ca 1832.
*James b ca 1835.
*Robert b ca 1841.
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Elijah 1834 SC Richland SC Son of BurrelThomas/Sophia Watson. He
d 11-21-1894 at Ridge Spring m (1)
SarahJane Prothro 1-25-1859 (2) Frances
Ann Prothro, a cousin of his (1) wife.
Ellen 1820 NC Richland SC 1860c HH #685/695. Columbia P.O.
*AnneR b 1844 NC.
*Florence b 1845 NC.
*Hattie b 1847 NC.
*Eleanor b 1851 SC.
*AllenM b 1850 SC.
*Asa (or Ada) b 1855 SC.
*Samuel b 1856 SC.
EmileP 1876 SC Edgefield SC ----m Sadie Brown of Augusta GA (No children)
Son of James b 1833.
Erwin 1834 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of George/Elizabeth.
Euriah Lexington SC 18??m Dr. Euriah Boatwright m MaryAnn
Quattlebaum; she b Lexington District
SC in 1848.
*Amanda m Carlisle of Greenunrd SC.
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Faust 1841 SC Richland SC Son of BurrelT/Sophia Watson.
He d 8-25-1892 unmarried.
Florence Pendleton SC ----m JohnE Lewis, son of JamesOverton Lewis
and Mary Lorton. She of Columbia SC.
Foster 1830 SC Fairfield SC 1850c Winnesboro P.O.
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George Barnwell SC 1840c Pg 207.
George 1808 SC Barnwell SC 1850r Wife Frances b ca 1819; they res in
Barnwell Co in 1850 and 60.
All children b SC.
*James b ca 1837.
*William b ca 1840.
*Victoria b ca 1845.
*Jane b ca 1847.
*Columbus b ca 1849.
George 1823 SC ChesterfldSC 1850c Son of Lewis/Elizabeth Davis.
G.W. 1815 SC Lexington SC 1838 Witnessed deed George Toney to Timothy
Toney 1500A in the fork Edisto on
McTier creek, waters of S. Edisto on
4-26-1838.
George 1815 SC Lexington SC 1860r He res Lexington County in 1850, and in
Steidman, Lexington Co SC in 1860.
Wife Elizabeth b ca 1819 SC not listed
in 1860c but gave birth to last child
in 1859. All chldn b SC:
*Erwin b ca 1834.
*GeorgeW b ca 1836.
*Patience b ca 1838.
*Levana b ca 1841.
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*William b ca 1848.
*Jones b ca 1850.
*Elizabeth b ca 1852.
*Isadora b ca 1854.
*JamesB b ca 1856.
*HenryB b ca 1859.
GeorgeW 1836 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of George/Elizabeth.
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HenryB 1859 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of George/Elizabeth.
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Jackson 1817 SC Richland SC Son of JamesS/Elizabeth Faust.
He b 3-25-1817 d 6-27-1818, age 3 mos.
Jacob SC 1790c Pg 48 Males +16= 1, -16= 1, Fem= 3, S=0
Jacob 1765 Marlboro SC 1800c Pg 59. 41010-11010
Jacob 1750 Cheraws SC 1800r He res there 1790 m ca 1771. In 1800
Jacob res Marlboro (cut from Cheraws);
his family consisted of himself, his
wife, seven sons and three daughters.
JacobR 1850 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of Thomas/MarthaC.
Jones 1850 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of George/Elizabeth.
JAMES
James 1847 SC SC Son o Burrell b 1824 VA who is believed
to have emigrated from VA to SC to GA.
Mother's name unknown.
James 1837 SC Barnwell SC 1850c Son of George/Frances.
James 1852 SC Colleton SC 1860c Son of JohnCD/Sheba.
James 1833 Edgefield SC 1857m Rebecca Kennedy of Columbia 3-5-1857
by Rev. William Martin.
James 1833 SC Edgefield SC 1860c Wife RebeccaH (Kennedy) b 1835 SC.
They m 3-5-1857 (Edgefld Advertiser)
*Martha b 1859.
James 1833 SC Edgefield SC 1869m James of Ridge Section m AgnesLouise
Strohecker, youngest dau of the late
JohnLewis Strohecker of Charleston, at
St Lutheran Church 2-23-1869 by Dr.
John Bachman.
James 1833 SC Edgefield SC 1896d Son of BurrellThomas/Elizabeth Foust.
M (1) Rebecca Kinnerly his first cousin
the dau Eli Kennerly/Martha Boatright.
M (2) AgnesLouise Strohecker.
*James m Lillian Gray of Macon GA.
*MarthaRebecca.
*PurvisJenkins b 5-11-1870 m Elizabeth
Heard of Florence SC.
*Ethel b 11-27-1873 d Nov 1938 m Robert
Lockwood Clancy of Charleston; res in
Savannah GA (no children).
*EmilePhillips b 2-29-1876 m Sadie Brown
of Augusta GA (No children).
*JohnAnderson b 3-2-1878 m Lexie Hannah.
*HenriettaMoore b 8-5-1880 m Benjamin
Boatwright b 1-14-1881 d 5-21-1955, son
of Benjamin/Ida Nicholson. They were
cousins. DAR #113,017.
*FrankMcClung b 8-26-1882 d 1-30-1896.
*JamesErnest b 9-14-1884 m Harriet
Graham.
*LewisHarold b 4-4-1886 m Ruby Asbill;
res Monetta SC.
*MaryLouise b 9-16-1888 m 1921 George
Alfred Taylor res Burlington NC.
*CharlesRene' b 8-8-1892 m Orell
Kanguiga of Dallas TX.
James 1833 Edgefield SC Wife Agnes Strohecker.
*MaryLouise b Monetta, Saluda Co SC
JamesK 1843 Edgefield SC m Victory Lewis dau of John Lewis and
Frances Moss. (Beverly Moss m Lucy
Lewis Elbert Co GA 12-18-1823)
JamesK 1844 GA Edgefield SC Wife Victory Lewis. Parents LewisB
Boatright/Catherine Boatright m Coweta
Co Ga in 1839.
James 185? Edgefield SC ----m Lillian Gray of Macon GA. He son of
James b 1833.
JamesE 1884 SC Edgefield SC ----m JamesErnest son of James b 1833 m
Harriett Graham.
JamesW 1827 SC Lexington SC 1850r JamesWashington, Son of Daniel/Celia
Sentitet, b 1827 Aiken, Aiken Co SC.
He d ca 88 yrs in 1915 prob Tallassee,
Elmore Co AL. After 1850 he moved to
Tallassee, Montgomery (now Elmore) Co
AL. He a gunsmith for CSA. He m Mary
Ann Hartley of Lexington Co, dau of
Ellis/MaryAbigail Howard, b 1831 SC.
*JamesWilliam b 1859 Tallassee, Montgom-
ery (now Elmore) Co AL d 1933 prob near
Town Creek, Lawrence Co AL. He m Celia
Mcgregor (1873-1907) in 1898.
JamesB 1856 SC Lexington SC 1860c Son of George/Elizabeth.
James 1834 SC Marion SC 1850c Son of Abijah/Rebecca.
James 1835 SC Marion SC 1860c Son of Elijah/Rachel.
James 1843 SC Marion SC 1850c Son of William b 1807/Amelia.
JamesS 1773 Eng Richland SC 1800m Elizabeth Faust 6-9-1800. He b Wales,
England 2-17-1773 d 5-15-1857. His
Will in Richland Co Will Bk Vol 4 in
SC Archives at Columbia shows 5 chldrn:
*BurrellThomas.
*Sarah m Fleming.
*JamesSampson.
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