My third cousin 4 times removed.
Born: 1 July 1779, Virginia. 1 3
Parents: JAMES BLACKBURN AND RHODA BAUGH
Married: 19 April 1797, Powhatan Co., VA. 1 2
Death: 11 Sep. 1862, Paint Lick, Garrard Co., KY. 1
Burial: Boatwright Burial Ground, Garrard Co., KY. 1
Notes:
After her husband died in 1816 she is listed in the 1820 Federal Census, Scottville, Powhatan,VA, as age 26-45, with four boys, one under 10, one 10-16, one 16-18, one 16-26, and four girls, two under 10, one 10-16, one 16-26, and one 26-45.
Resided in Powhatan Co., VA until 1821, when she moved to Paint Lick, Garrard Co., KY. 1
Listed as head of household with son Alexander Boatwright and his family in the 1850 Federal Census, District 1, Madison, KY (indexed as Badtright).
Listed with her son Alexander in the 1860 Federal Census, Division 1, Madison, KY.
Spouse: BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT b. 8 Sep. 1769, VA d. 13 June 1816, VA. 1
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT AND ELIZABETH BLACKBURN 1:
(my fourth cousins 3 times removed)
MARTHA GILL BOATWRIGHT b. 2 March 1798, VA d. 25 Nov. 1881, KY m. James Kelly 27 Aug. 1818.
MIRA B. BOATWRIGHT b. 2 Nov. 1799, VA d. 17 Sep. 1800.
JAMES BLACKBURN BOATWRIGHT b. 26 May 1801, VA m. Mary P. Elam 17 Oct. 1821.
WILLIAM VAN RANSELEAR BOATWRIGHT b. 19 oct. 1803, VA d. 28 April 1867.
ELIZABETH BOATWRIGHT b. 18 June 1806, VA d. 22 Oct. 1840 m. William Foley 14 Aug. 1828.
ALEXANDER ALLEN BOATWRIGHT b. 3 Jan. 1808, VA d. 21 Jan. 1885.
(INFANT) BOATWRIGHT b. 3 Jan. 1811, VA d. infancy.
RHODA ANN BOATWRIGHT b. 20 May 1812, Powhatan Co., VA d. 31 May 1895.
LUCY ANN BOATWRIGHT b. 11 Aug. 1814, Powhatan Co. VA d. 1870-1880.
BENJAMIN DANIEL BOATWRIGHT b. 11 Dec. 1816, Powhatan Co., VA d. about 1889, Paint Lick, KY.
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. Listed as 18 April in another source, Dodd, Jordan R., et al., Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850, Bountiful, UT, Precision Indexing Publishers.
3. 1860 Federal Census, Division 1, Madison, KY.
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