Obit from Richmond Times-Dispatch, Saturday, October 11, 1902:
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Generation 8
8-67. RACHEL BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1817 in Richmond, Virginia, and died 27 Apr 1839 in Richmond, Virginia.
Notes for RACHEL BOOTWRIGHT:
Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser
Tuesday, April 30, 1839
Died - On Apr. 27, in her 23rd year, Rachel Bootwright, Dau. of William Bootwright
of Richmond. (p.2, c.6)
Burial: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
8-68. WILLIAM B. BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1822 in Richmond, Virginia, and died 10 Oct 1902 in Richmond, Virginia. He married ALEXINA CAROLINE PEGRAM 13 Mar 1848 in Richmond, Virginia, daughter of HENRY PEGRAM and CECELIA BELL. She was born 28 Nov 1826 in Richmond, Virginia, and died 19 Dec 1878 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
Notes for WILLIAM B. BOOTWRIGHT:
Obit from Richmond Times-Dispatch, Saturday, October 11, 1902:
No headstone at Oakwood Cemetery, buried in family plot with son, William H. Bootwright.
Yankee raid on Warrenton.
Warrenton, Virginia, January 20, 1865. To the Editor of the Richmond Dispatch:
I was in the beautiful little village of Warrenton, Fauquier county, on Friday, the 13th of January, 1865; and about half-past 7 o'clock the cry of "Yankees" was heard, and a few soldiers, who were at home sick and wounded, soon mounted their horses and fled. The citizens, who were used to the cry of "Yankees," and who had often seen them, came out upon the streets. About eight o'clock, down the Baltimore pike could be seen about four hundred approaching. They came in and halted in the principal street — the force extending about four squares. They dismounted; and of all scenes I ever witnessed, this was the most revolting. The soldiers commenced and broke open the following stores, and took the contents of each; filled bags and sacks and carried them off; Dr. Stephens, apothecary; and J. A. Spillman's, W. Boatwright's, M. Kotz's, M. Jackson's; and they then went into the Warrenton Hotel, kept by a widow lady, stole the blankets off of the beds, and defaced and broke the furniture; and then went to Mr. Rhinesbury's, and there stole clothes and jewelry, and were very insulting to his family. They were also robbing private dwellings. They went to the place of M. C. Bragg, and broke into his meat-house and stole some one thousand six hundred pounds of meat. They next visited Mrs. J. Smith, a widow lady, and stole all of her meat and also some of her bed-clothes. This party was led or commanded by one Colonel (David R.) Clendenin, who came to bring a pass to the Episcopal minister and his wife to go to New York, and also offered to send an escort for them when they should get ready to go. Now, the citizens had to pay very heavily for the Rev. Mr. Bartan's pass, and a good many of them speak very freely about it. Mr. Bartan is a German, and his wife is from New York.
The officers in the command of this set of robbers would sit quietly on their horses and say to the men, "Go it, boys," and actually received a part of the plunder. The Colonel was at the minister's house the whole time; and as the citizens would pass along the streets, the Yankees would take their hats, and tried to take watches from the pockets of several citizens. The scene beggars all description. You could see ladies running through the streets begging the officers to give them a guard; and they would laugh at them, and the reply would be that they would soon leave. They remained until about half-past 11 o'clock, and were here about two or two and a half hours; and in that short space of time the loss to the citizens could not fall short of twelve thousand to fifteen thousand dollars in the Yankee currency.--The people certainly bear up under their losses with more grace than any people I ever saw. They say that this is the third or fourth time that some of them have been robbed, but this party of Colonel Clendenin's (Eighth Illinois) has surpassed them all in robbing generally.
Source: "Traveler".
Partial history of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry: In January 1864 three-fourths of the
Regiment re-enlisted as veterans and on January 11 left Culpepper, Virginia on furlough.
During the thirty days of furlough the men spent time with family and also recruited men
to replenish the Regiment’s ranks. On return from furlough in February the veterans
patrolled Washington until ordered to Alexandria. There the Regiment was divided--one
company at Alexandria, two at Acquia Creek, five at Belle Plain and four in Washington.
July found the headquarters of Regiment and Company F in Washington, and the remaining
companies scattered at Alexandria, Muddy Creek, Maryland and at Camp Stoneman. For the
next year, the Eighth Illinois Cavalry had numerous encounters with Mosby’s guerrillas in
the Loudon County area of Virginia. After the surrender of Lee on April 10, 1865
arrangements were made for a victory celebration at the 1st Brigade headquarters (the
Brigade included the Eighth Illinois Cavalry) to be held on April 15 and among those who
had accepted an invitation was the actor John Wilkes Booth. Ironically, following
Lincoln’s assassination, the Eighth Illinois Cavalry was one of the Regiments ordered to
search for Booth. A detachment of the Eighth Illinois took part in the Lincoln funeral
ceremonies in Washington and Lieutenant-Colonel Clendenin of the Eighth was a member of
the military commission that tried the conspirators. The Regiment was ordered to St.
Louis in June and mustered out on July 17, 1865.
Source: Hard, Abner MD, History of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment Illinois Volunteers, During the Great Rebellion, Aurora, IL (1868).
The Military Commission: (left to right) Lieutenant Colonel David R. Clendenin, Brevet Colonel C.H. Tompkins, Brigadier General T.M. Harris, Brigadier General Albion P. Howe, Brevet Brigadier General James A. Ekin, Major General Lew Wallace, Major General David Hunter, Brevet Major General August V. Kautz, Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, the Honorable John A Bingham (Special Judge Advocate), Colonel Henry L. Burnett (Special Judge Advocate), and Brigadier General Joseph Holt (Judge Advocate and Recorder) (Library of Congress photograph)
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
1850 Census: Name: William Bootwright Date: October 7, 1850 Age: 25 Estimated birth year: abt 1825 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richmond, Virginia Occupation: Merchant Page: 298 Roll: M432_951 1860 Census: Name: William Boatwright Date: July 24, 1860 Age in 1860: 37 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: North East Side of Warrenton and North East Revenu, Fauquier, Virginia Occupation: Merchant Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Warrenton Roll: M653_1344 Page: 76 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatwright
U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 Name: W B Bootwright State: Virginia Tax Year: 1866 Roll Title: District 7; Monthly and Special Lists; May-Dec 1866 NARA Series: M793 NARA Roll: 6 Business License Tax: Piano - $2, Watch - $1, Retail, Liquor Dealer - $25
1870 Census: Name: William Bootwright Date: July 15, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Age in 1870: 49 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Center, Fauquier, Virginia Occupation: Merchant Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $4,350 Post Office: Upperville Roll: M593_1645 Page: 442 Image: 416 Year: 1870 1880 Census: Name: B Bootwright Date: June 8, 1880 Home in 1880: Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia Age: 56 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birthplace: Virginia Relation to head-of-household: Father-in-law Father's birthplace: VA Mother's birthplace: VA Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Census Place: Clifton, Alleghany, Virginia; Roll: T9_1352; Family History Film: 1255352; Page: 370.2000; Enumeration District: 2; . living with daughter Cecelia and family Richmond, Virginia City Directories, 1889-90 Name: William Bootwright Location 2: 1918 Broad E Year: 1889, 1890 City: Richmond State: VA 1900 Census: Name: William Boatwright Date: June 5, 1900 Home in 1900: Richmond, Jefferson Ward, Richmond City, Virginia Age: 79 Estimated birth year: 1821 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Father Census Place: Richmond, Jefferson Ward, Richmond City, Virginia; Roll: T623 1738; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 91. living with son Orlander and family
Notes for ALEXINA CAROLINE PEGRAM:
1850 Census: Name: Alexina Bootwright Date: October 7, 1850 Age: 20 Estimated birth year: abt 1830 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia Page: 298 Roll: M432_951 1860 Census: Name: Alexina C Boatwright Date: July 24, 1860 Age in 1860: 23 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: North East Side of Warrenton and North East Revenu, Fauquier, Virginia Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Warrenton Roll: M653_1344 Page: 76 Year: 1860 Head of Household: William Boatwright 1870 Census: Name: Alexina C Bootwright Date: July 15, 1870 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830 Age in 1870: 40 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Center, Fauquier, Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Upperville Roll: M593_1645 Page: 442 Image: 416 Year: 1870
Children of WILLIAM BOOTWRIGHT and ALEXINA PEGRAM are:
9-101. i. CZARILLA BOOTWRIGHT, b. 1848, Richmond, Virginia.
9-102. ii. WILLIAM JAMES BOOTWRIGHT, b. 1849, Richmond, Virginia; d. Jun 1857,
Richmond, Virginia.
9-103. iii. CISCILIA CZORILDA BOOTWRIGHT, b. 19 Jan 1849, Richmond, Virginia;
d. 16 Apr 1895, Richmond, Virginia.
9-104. iv. HENRY VIRBERT BOOTWRIGHT, b. 1852, Richmond, Virginia; d. 03 Jul 1856,
Richmond, Virginia.
9-105. v. ORLANDO A. BOOTWRIGHT, b. 29 Jul 1857, Fauquier County, Virginia;
d. 21 Jul 1903, Richmond, Virginia.
9-106. vi. WILLIAM H. BOOTWRIGHT, b. Mar 1860, Fauquier County, Virginia;
d. 28 Oct 1898, Richmond, Virginia.
9-107. vii. ABNER S. BOOTWRIGHT, b. 12 Nov 1865, Fauquier County, Virginia;
d. 21 Mar 1894, Richmond, Virginia.
8-69. JAMES K. BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Aug 1831 in Richmond, Virginia, and died 05 Aug 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia.
Notes for JAMES K. BOATWRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: James Bootwright Date: October 5, 1850 Age: 17 Estimated birth year: abt 1833 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia Page: 297 Roll: M432_951 1860 Census: Name: Jas K Bootwright Date: June 28, 1860 Age in 1860: 26 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Richmond Ward 2, Henrico, Virginia Occupation: Carpenter Gender: Male Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Richmond Roll: M653_1352 Page: 287 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Wm Bootwright U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: James K. Bootwright Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Virginia Regiment Name: Capt. E.J. Anderson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M382 roll 5 U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: James K. Bootwright Side: Confederate Regiment State/Origin: Virginia Regiment Name: 38 Batt'n. Virginia Light Artillery (Read's Battalion) COMPANY: C Rank In: Private Rank Out: Corporal Film Number: M382 roll 5 American Civil War Soldiers Name: James Bootwright RESIDENCE: Richmond, Virginia Enlistment Date: 25 May 1862 Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Virginia Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 25 May 1862. Enlisted in Company C, 38th Battn Heavy Artillery Regiment Virginia on 25 May 1862. Promoted to Full 8th Corporal (Estimated day) on 15 Jan 1864. Died Company C, 38th Battn Heavy Artillery Regiment Virginia on 5 Aug 1864. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Name: James K Boatwright Enlistment Date: 21 Apr 1861 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Richmond State Served: Virginia Survived the War?: No Service Record: Enlisted in Company A, Virginia 46th Infantry Regiment on 21 Apr 1861. Enlisted in Company A, Virginia 59th Infantry Regiment on 08 Aug 1861. Mustered out on 13 Aug 1861. Mustered out on 05 Aug 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Sources: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
8-70. SARAH A. BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1835 in Richmond, Virginia. She married EDWIN ANDERSON. He was born 1834 in Virginia.
Notes for SARAH A. BOATWRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Sarah A Bootwright Date: October 5, 1850 Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1835 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia Page: 297 Roll: M432_951
8-71. JOHN C. BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Feb 1838 in Richmond, Virginia, and died 19 Aug 1839 in Richmond, Virginia.
Notes for JOHN C. BOATWRIGHT:
Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser
Tuesday, August 20, 1839
Died - Yesterday, John C. Bootwright, youngest child of William and Ann Bootwright,
age 18 months. (p. 2, c.6)
Burial: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
8-72. MARY V. BOOTWRIGHT (WILLIAM7, JAMES6, JOHN5, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1840 in Richmond, Virginia. She married WALTER ANDERSON. He was born 1840 in Virginia.
Notes for MARY V. BOATWRIGHT:
1850 Census: Name: Mary V Bootwright Date: October 5, 1850 Age: 10 Estimated birth year: abt 1840 Birth place: Virginia Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia Page: 298 Roll: M432_951 1860 Census: Name: Mary V Bootwright Date: June 28, 1860 Age in 1860: 18 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1860: Richmond Ward 2, Henrico, Virginia Gender: Female Value of real estate: $0 Post Office: Richmond Roll: M653_1352 Page: 287 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Wm Bootwright
Child of MARY BOOTWRIGHT and WALTER ANDERSON is:
i. GUY C. ANDERSON, b. Jan 1870, Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia.
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