My fourth cousin 3 times removed.
Born: 1803, Virginia. 1 2
Parents: BENJAMIN BOATWRIGHT AND ELIZABETH BLACKBURN
Religion: Baptist. 1
Married: 3 March 1825, Garrard Co., KY. 1
Death: 28 April 1867, MO. 1
Burial: Boatwright Cemetery, Darlington, MO. 1
Notes:
Listed as a farmer in the 1850 Federal Census, District 1, Graves, KY (W. V. Boatwright).
All of their children were born by the end of 1850 and they left Kentucky in 1851 and settled in Platte County, MO for about 18 months, and then moved on to Gentry County, MO. 1
Listed as a farmer in the 1860 Federal Census, Township 62, Gentry, MO.
Widowed wife Sarah (Sallie) listed as a housekeeper in the 1870 Federal Census, Miller, Gentry, MO.
Spouse: SALLIE WADKINS GATES b. 29 June, 1806, VA 1 2 d. 13 Sep. 1885, MO. 1
CHILDREN OF WILLIAM VAN RANSELEAR BOATWRIGHT AND SALLIE WADKINS GATES 1 2:
(my fifth cousins twice removed)
SUSAN FRANCES BOATWRIGHT b. 18 Aug. 1826, KY d. 12 Nov. 1921, Darlington, MO.
ELIZABETH JANE BOATWRIGHT b. 19 Feb. 1828, KY d. 25 Dec. 1906, Darlington, MO.
REBECCA G. BOATWRIGHT b. 5 Jan. 1830, KY d. 5 Jan. 1830, KY (infant)
JESSE STINSON BOATWRIGHT b. 11 Dec. 1830, KY d. 9 Nov. 1905, Wagoner, OK.
BENJAMIN ALLEN BOATWRIGHT b. 11 March 1833, KY d. 18 Jan. 1953.
JACOB GATES BOATWRIGHT b. 5 Sep. 1835, KY d. 26 Aug. 1923, Jasper Co., MO.
FRANCIS ALEXANDER BOATWRIGHT b. 17 Jan. 1838, KY d. 27 Dec. 1918, Weleetka, OK.
JOSEPH MARION BOATWRIGHT b. 18 Feb. 1841, KY d. 1865, Perryville, KY.
MARY ANN ELIZA BOATWRIGHT b. 20 Jan. 1844, KY d. 5 Nov. 1920.
WILLIAM TAYLOR BOATWRIGHT b. 5 Jan. 1847, KY d. 22 Dec. 1933.
JAMES BLACKBURN BOATWRIGHT b. 19 Oct. 1850, KY d. 31 Dec. 1931.
Sources:
1. "Historical Southern Families," Volume XI, Mrs. John Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967.
2. 1850 Federal Census, District 1, Graves, KY.
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