Navigation / Home / Family History / DNA Project / Ricker Notes / Pictures

Boat(w)right Family Genealogy in America

RESEARCH NOTES 1981 - 1989

BOATRIGHT FAMILY OF FLORIDA

COMPILED BY

NORMAN HURD RICKER, JR.

FLORIDA

S T A 1ST EST EVENT T YEAR OF NAME YOB POB COUNTY E EVENT EVENT/COMMENT

BenjaminJR Leon FL Admr of Dawson Boatwright Est. BenjaminJR1833 FL Leon FL 1856 m 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 1840 c Bouriah Leon FL 1840 c Bennet 1840 GA Gadsden FL 1850 c Bennet b ca 1840 GA. Son of Elizabeth Boatenrighter.

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 1850 c 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.

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 1825 r 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 1831 m He m in Leon Co 8-24-1831. He was a Farmer. Dawson Leon FL 1850 c 8th Div 060. Dawson 1808 GA Leon FL 1856 d 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.

Edward 1843 FL Gadsden FL 1850 c Edward b ca 1843 FL. Son of Elizabeth Boatenrighter. Edward 1851 FL Leon FL 1872 d 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 1850 c 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.

Frances 1803 Leon FL 1830 c 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.

Green 1853 FL Leon FL 1872 d Green b 7-5-1853 d age 18 yrs 8 mo 11 days on 3-15-1872 Leon Co. Son of Dawson/MaryHowell Green.

JamesQA 1834 FL Leon FL 1857 m JamesQuincyAdams b 11-7-1834 m Mary Alligood 11-5-1857 Leon Co. Son of Dawson/MaryHowell Green. JohnD Columbia FL 1850 c No Twp 074. John 1838 ENG Gadsden FL 1850 c John b ca 1838 England. Son of Eliza- beth Boatenrighter.

Lawson Leon FL 1840 c (Could this be Dawson?)

Pheroby Columbia FL 1850 c No Twp 074.

William 1854 Orange FL 1874 m 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.

IDENTIFICATION OF CODE FOLLOWING YEAR


           a = Appraisal or administration of estate
           b = Birth
           c = Census
           d = Death
           l = Entry in Deed Book or other land record; can be mortgage data
           m = Marriage
           w = Will exists, existed or possibly exists
           p = Pension or possible pension
           r = Residence
           t = Tax Record
           i = Inventory of estate
           + = Sometime after the year
           - = Sometime before the year

CODE PREFIX IN EVENT/COMMENT COLUMN


              * = Son or Daughter
              / = Relationship of individual not identified
              - = Simply points out the entry

Boatwright/Boatright Family Genealogy Website
created by George Boatright, boatgenealogy@yahoo.com
Please e-mail any additions / corrections / comments.

last modified: March 20, 2006

URL: http://www.boatwrightgenealogy.com