1758 - 1829
Families descending from Peter Bozeman who was born about 1758, married Sarah Brown in 1786, according to the Diaries of Evan Pugh, and resided in Darlington South Carolina according to the 1790 census, and moved to Montgomery Alabama around 1827. The 1790 census shows they had three daughters, one would be Lucy Campbell, one would be Ellen Joiner and the other is unknown but could have been the wife of Benjamin Lewis who settled in Hope Hull before the others arrived.
Peter wrote letters about serving in the American Revolution in 1828 and died the next year. The letters are found in the Montgomery Alabama Archives. One letter appears that he is an Invalid applying for a pension that was once rejected, one requesting Bounty Land, and he must have received the land because his huge plantation was divided in 1838. His son Meady never was listed because he and his bride died about 1822 in Darlington where Peter deeded their sons land.
He could not read nor write so his son Jesse took care of the family documents for most of them.
The 1830 census shows his children Peter Bozeman, Jesse, William Henry Bozeman and Lucy Campbell.
A document dated 1838 shows that Jesse petitioned the court to divide Peter's land among the heirs so even though I have not found a copy of that Land Deed, Peter did own land and obviously won his battle with the Bounty Land Office in 1828.
Whenever we find that particular piece of land once owned by Peter, we may find his grave and Sarah's. A map of the area shows a Shiloh Church was built on that property, but the House of Faith Church was built on Jesse's property.
The only tombstone found thus far is Jesse's born 1793 at Hope Hull, Montgomery County, AL but it was broken and covered in debris - others may yet be uncovered in that family cemetery. Jesse and his wife's tombstones are broken by a tree that grew up between them. Nearby is his daughter's 8 foot monument, Lacy Carter and several of her children. Her husband Thomas R. Carter is buried nearby.
William Henry Bozeman is my line; he married Martha H in South Carolina and I do believe she was a Hill. Martha had sons Peter Edward, John Thomas, Meady, and daughter Martha M.
Peter Edward's tombstone is found in Hill Cemetery behind Hills Chapel Church in Dublin, beside an R L Hill. Census records indicate that Robert Hill was the son of John Hill and a John Hill signed a widows pension appication for Nancy Jane Anderson Bozeman.
Across from the church is a nice big cemetery where two of the sons of Peter Edward and Nancy Jane Anderson Bozeman are buried.
John Thomas Bozeman and Peter James Bozeman.
John married Alice Lorena Stephens. Children were Lorena Emma Bozeman McClain, Ethel Mae Bozeman Gibson, Rollie, John. John's second wife, Ellen Bean, had Bob, Nancy Jane, Jessie O., James Thedro, and Manning. Uncle Bob's three daughters recently met me in Dublin to show me where Peter Edward was buried.
Peter James married Dora Dillard and had several children including Finnie Bozeman Stubbs. Finnie's daughter also met me on that day at the cemetery. When I told them that Lorena Bozeman McClain was buried at Memorial Cemetery off Bozeman Drive, I learned that a lot of that land was once owned by Robert Henry Bozeman, a brother of Peter Edward.
January 2008 Peter Bozeman is finally recognized by the DAR .........................
Bozeman Research (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/Photos/BozemanLineage.html)
Peter by his brother Jesse in 1800 Darlington as found on the census by many others who migrated into Alabama in the 1820s.
Land Records (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/BOZEMAN/BozemanLandRecords.html)
Slaves>/a> (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/BOZEMAN/BozemanSlaveSchedule.htm)Letter to Rev War Claims Office ( http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/montgomery/military/revwar/letters/bozeman302gmt.txt)
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Hill Research>/a> (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/BOZEMAN/HillsChapel5-2-07/HillFamily/Hill.html) Grandma Lorena Bozeman McClain (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/CharlesMcClain.html)
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