Boatright Research Notes by Norman Hurd Ricker, Jr.
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N O R M A N H U R D R I C K E R, J R.
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BOATRIGHT FAMILY NAME * GEORGIA
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Boatright Hart GA Hartwell Dam Project, Corps of Engineer
Final Report. Dam backed water cover-
ing parts of Hart and Franklin Counties
including Boatright Cemetery designa-
ted Tract F-674-C-2 containing four
graves. They were moved to New Pros-
pect Baptist Church Cemetery, Hart Co.
Boatright Emanuel GA Parents unknown. Dates unknown. Bur
Waters Cemetery, Emanuel Co GA.
*Gaile.
*Dorothy.
Boatright WashingtonGA Boatright Family Bible Records.
LDS Film #0329969 and #0329972.
Boatright WashingtonGA Bible record given to MalissaP Boat-
right by BenjaminS Boatright:
/BenjaminSepions b 7-26-1842 m MelissaP.
Veal 11-11-1864. (Sessions?)
/MaryAnn b 10-20-1844 m JohnH Martin
9-5-1864.
/GeorgeFranklin b 6-27-1847.
/JamesRolley b 9-11-1849.
/SusanMargaret b 1-8-1852.
/CharlesLewis b 3-29-1854 d 6-16-1854.
/ElenElizabeth b 12-18-1855.
/GeorgeE m Elizabeth Seprons 7-8-1841;
d 9-24-1858. (Sessions?)
/SarahJane b 4-5-1869.
/MeheldeEcola b 10-4-1871 (immediately
followed by: Mathilde b 10-1-1870).
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Abner 1807 SC ----m Delphia b 8-3-1816 d 8-20-1913. Abner d
11-15-1901 Oconee Co SC. He the son of
William/Elizabeth. William's Will.
Abner 1807 GA Franklin GA He and family res Pickens Co SC 1850/60
Wife Delphia b 1820 GA.
*Charlotta b ca 1841 SC.
*Pendelton b ca 1843 SC.
*Manda b ca 1845 SC.
*Vestior b ca 1848 SC.
*Ardenson b ca 1850 SC.
*DevonJ b ca 1858 SC.
AlexanderC1844 GA Gilmer GA Son of James b 1822/FNU Teasley.
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AlexanderChristopher b ca 1844 at Elli-
jay, Gilmer Co GA. He d at Sparta,
Christian Co MO m MaryEttaJane.
A.Verdinando Marion GA 1867w Will of the father of his wife,
MaryJane Baldwin (CharlesJ Baldwin) dtd
4-5-1867. Will Bk A (1846-1915).
AlexV Marion GA 1865m MaryJane Baldwin on 8-6-1865. Mar Bk A.
AlexanderG1873 GA WashingtonGA 1925d He son of BenjaminS/Malissa Veal. He b
10-4-1873 d 12-15-1925. Name was
AlexanderGordon.
AlexanderN1856 GA Wilkes GA Son of RadamanthasM b 1817 TN/Margaret
or MaryE.
AlonzaF 1869 Campbell GA Par WilliamV/MarthaH Watson.
Alonzo 1849 GA WashingtonGA Son of James b 1817/Narcissa.
AndrewJ Burke GA 1857m Civility Mobley 6-1-1857.
Anna 1764 Hart GA 1848d Born 6-7-1764 d 6-18-1848/9 m 11-2-1786
Joshua Wade in Bedford Co VA. She dau
William Boatright. Joshua d Bedford VA
2-17-1800 after they had 4 children.
She then migrated to GA with her father
Anna 1764 Hart GA ----m Mr Clinton. She dau William b 1744 and
widow of Joshua Wade of VA.
Anor(Amon)1846 Carroll GA 1850c Par Lewis/Catherine.
ArthurC 1875 Campbell GA Par WilliamV/MarthaH Watson.
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Beniah 1814 GA Wayne GA ----m Mary LNU.
Son of Benjamin b 1772/Eleanor.
B. Emanuel GA 186? Muster Roll of Co C, 54th Regt GA Vol-
unteer Inf Army of TN CSA, Bartow Inf.
Benjamin 1843 GA Emanuel GA Son of RubenSr/Lacy Bishop.
Benjamin 1786 SC Liberty GA 1800p He svd in 2nd Company of Liberty Co Bn,
GA Militia. One son identified:
*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.
Benjamin McIntosh GA ----l No date, but in Old McIntosh County.
Plat 32, Benjamin listed as C.C.(?).
Benjamin 1769 Wayne GA 1808 He was in Wayne Co by 1808.
*Son Dawson b 1808 Wayne Co GA.
Benjamin 1769 Wayne GA 1820c Moved to Leon Co FL in mid 1820s.
Benjamin 1772 Wayne GA Wife was Eleanor LNU. Served with the
2nd Company of the Liberty County Bn GA
Militia in 1800. Emigrated to Wayne Co
shortly after 1803, and emigrated to
Leon Co FL in 1824/25; he was in the
1825 Territorial Census Leon Co and ex-
ecuted Deeds as late as 1834 in Leon Co
In 1840 it appears he was dead and his
Widow Eleanor resided with their son
Beniah and in Gadsden Co FL in 1850c.
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Eleanor may have been his second wife.
They had at least 8 chldn:
*Chesley b ca 1797 SC m Rachel LNU Wayne
Co GA d Madison Co FL bur Moseley Hall
Cemetery, Madison Co FL.
*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.
*A dau b ca 1805 m ca 1824 d by 1830
leaving a son b ca 1825 who res with
Benjamin/Eleanor and later with Beniah
and Mary.
*Dawson b 6-10-1808 Wayne Co GA m Mary
Howell Green (1816-1861) on 8-25-1831
Leon Co FL. He d near Tallahassee in
Leon Co.
*A dau b ca 1810 resides with her par-
ents in Leon Co in 1830.
*A dau b ca 1812 resides with her par-
ents in 1830.
*Beniah b 1814 Wayne Co GA m Mary LNU.
*A son b ca 1816 d young.
Benjamin 1830 GA Wayne GA Son of Chesley b 1797 SC.
He b 1830 Wayne Co d during Civil War.
He never married.
Benjamin 1769 Leon FL 184?d Died in 1840s Leon Co FL.
BenjaminS 1826 GA WashingtonGA Son of GeorgeF/Elizabeth Sessions.
BenjaminSessions b 4-20-1826 m
Miss Veal.
BenjaminS 1842 WashingtonGA 1866m BenjaminSessions Boatright m 11-11-1866
MalissaP Veal (b 12-18-1845), 3d dau of
JohnT Veal. Benjamin b 7-26-1842.
*GeorgeE b 12-17-1867 d 10-26-1870.
Their oldest child.
*SarahJ b 4-15-1869.
*MathieldeEcola b 10-1-1870.
*BernieFrank b 5-9-1872 d 11-26-1937.
*AlexanderGordon b 10-4-1873 d 12-15-25.
*AnnieEvelina b 4-22-1875.
*AlmaLucile b 8-20-1877.
*NinaIrene b 9-17-1880/85.
*Clara b 4-10-1883.
*Mame b 2-19-1886.
BenjaminS 1842 WashingtonGA 1920d BenjaminSepions b 7-26-1842 m MelissaP.
Veal 11-11-1864. He d 12-20-1920.
Bible record given to MalissaP Boat-
right by BenjaminS.
BernieF 1872 GA WashingtonGA 1937d BernieFrank b 5-9-1872 d 11-26-1937.
Son of BenjaminS/Melissa Veal.
Bennett 1840 GA Bennet, son of Elizabeth Boatenrighter,
was b 1840 GA. His mother was born in
Germany ca 1817; his older brother John
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was b in England ca 1838; his younger
brother was b ca 1843 FL. In 1850 they
res in HH of Elizabeth in Gadsden Co FL
John Nule (or Neele), a tailor, b ca
1825 Germany res with them. (Perhaps he
was Elizabeth's brother)
Burrell 1824 VA GA Wife's name unknown.
Believed to have emigrated from VA to
SC to GA.
*James b ca 1847 SC.
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C.C. 1845 Appling GA ----m Mary Eason b 11-4-1845.
Cashire Appling GA ---- His Daughter:
*Harriett m MosesE Steedley of Ware Co
GA (his first wife).
Cashire Bacon GA 1836 His Daughter:
*AnnMary m Jesse Carter b 1836.
*Harriett m Wiley Carter b 1838.
Catherine 1824 SC GA May be the dau of James Boatright.
Catherine 1824 SC Coweta GA 1839m LewisB Boatright on 11-6-1839.
She b 5-5-1824 d 8-27-1888 Lafayette
County MS bur Webb Cemetery.
A.C(f) 1842 Itawamba MS 1865m T.E. Lambert (m) on 2-2-1865.
This pos Catherine dau LewisB/Catherine
Catherine Murray GA 1849m Gaines Nelson 12-12-1849.
Charity 181? ----m Mr Ellard. Her parents William/Eliza-
beth. Her father's will.
Charles Burke GA 1827l Charles Boatright of Burke Co, drew Lot
105, Sect 5 (Carroll Co), Dist 2. GA
Land Lottery 1827.
Charles 1798 Emanuel GA Son of Daniel/Margaret.
Charlie 1866 GA Emanuel GA Son of RubenSr/Demarice Rich.
He d 1940
Charles Emanuel GA 1821 Orphan of Daniel (deceased)/Margaret
Boatright, Sion Kirkham Edward Surety
aptd guardians, surs, 9-3-1821.
Charles 1866 GA Emanuel GA 1889m Jessie Drew 11-26-1889 dau Joseph. He
b 5-20-1866 son of Reubin b 1794 and
Demaris Rich.
Charles Carroll GA 1827l Land lottery Corker's Dist
Lot 105 Dist 2
Celey Coweta GA 1839m Noah Wallace 6-8-1839.
Chesley Fayette GA 1842m Christianna Shedrex 11-20-1842.
Chesley 1797 SC Wayne GA Son of Benjamin b 1772/Eleanor.
He m Rachel LNU Wayne Co GA d Madison
Co FL bur Mosely Hall Cem, Madison CoFL
Chesley 1797 SC Wayne GA 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 1837 Mr Blitch (b ca 1816) (2) ca
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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 Richard
Macon Hurst (b ca 1820) ca 1841.
*Emanuel b 1-10-1825 Wayne Co m Betty
Stanford (b ca 1828) ca 1846 d
7-30-1900.
*Benjamin b ca 1830 Wayne Co 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.
Chesley 1798 Wayne GA 1818m Rachel Geiger. License only 7-16-1818
If a Quaker Mar, they kept certificate.
Chesley Wayne GA 1820c Pg 157.
Chesley Wilkes GA 1828 He orphan of Mary Boatright (widow) now
m to Issac Hopkins. Tuition paid to
Trustee Poor School Fund.
ChesleyJD 1829 SC Ware GA 1858m He b Beaufort Dist SC ca 1829, Parents
unknown. He went to Appling Co GA in
about 1854 where his brothers and cous-
ins had been living for 8-10 years. He
married Lavina Hilliard in Ware Co GA
where she was b in 1841; dau of Benja-
min Hilliard and wife Mary. Lavina's
parents moved to Hillsborough (now Man-
atee) Co FL when she was age five and
was left with relatives [Daniel Wilkin-
son and fam of Wayne (now Brantley)
County]. She grew up there and m
ChelseyJD in Ware Co GA in 1858. Ches-
leyJD was in the 1850c in FL. They had
the following children:
*MaryElizabeth b 1859 m BenjaminF Cowart
1-28-1884.
*Eliza b 1863 m WilliamJackson Gunter
2-28-1889.
*Catherine b 1865 m HughF McLean
12-30-1886.
*CJD AKA John b 1867, never m, killed
1937 by hit and run driver.
*Lavina b 1869 m M.C.P McLean 12-30-1887
*AdamBenjamin - never married.
*Duncan - died young.
*Laura b 1874 m VanceyF Allen.
*WilliamHenry b 1876 m Lillie Bennett
10-14-1897, dau of Hampton Bennett.
*Nessie b 1877 - died young.
ChesleyJD lived in Ware Co GA until
1863 when he moved to Clinch Co GA and
settled on lot 508 7th Dist. He lived
there until his death in 1878. Bur in
family cemetery on west side of his
farm bordering Devil's Bay. Shiloh
Congregational Methodist Church was
built opposite the cemetery and it was
no longer called Boatright Cemetery; it
is now Shiloh Church Cemetery. Lavina
d in 1908 and was bur next to ChesleyJD
Son WilliamHenry later bought family
land and lived there until his death.
Pioneers of Wiregrass Vol VII pg 41-42.
Christiana1815 1895d Christian Index Obituaries. She age 80
d 6-14-1895, five daughters. Member
Bethsaida Church. Publ 6-11-1896 Pg 5
Col 5, Source not provided.
Christopher1858 GA WashingtonGA Son of James b 1817/Narcissa.
DanielT 1819 VA GA DanielThomasSr, son of JohnSamuel, was
b 8-20-1819 VA. He d 1865 at Tuchie
Springs or Tuscom Springs GA bur there.
See AL file for his family.
DanielT 1819 VA GA DanielThomas b 8-20-1819 in VA d at
Tuchie Springs or Tuscom Springs GA
m in 1846 Rachel Lawler (b ca 1822)
prob near Russellville, Franklin Co AL.
Son of JohnSamuel b ca 1774 Immigrant;
Tradition he b Scotland.
Daniel 1740 Bulloch GA 1794l Deed, Joel Rees to Daniel Boatwright,
land formerly in Effingham Co, now
Bulloch Co on 12-31-1784.
Daniel 1740 Bulloch GA 1798l James Mizell & wife Eleanor to Daniel
Boatwright land formerly in Effingham
Co, now Bulloch, on 9-17-1798.
Daniel 1740 Bulloch GA 1803l David Mizell to Daniel Boatwright
on 3-23-1803.
Daniel 1740 Bulloch GA 1805l Land Lottery, two draws.
Daniel 1740 Bulloch GA 1806l Co Ordinary Ct Rcds Pgs 78 & 80 dated
5-1-1806, recorded 3-28-1807. Larrence
and Jonathan Scarborough and Daniel
Boatright all purchased property from
an estate in probate.
Daniel 1740 SC Burke GA 1788 Daniel Rev War b ca 1740 SC. Res of
Beaufort Dist SC before moving to GA.
Wife Margaret b 1770-7 SC, family unk.
*Reubin b 1794 m Lacy Bishop dau William
*Permelia b 1797 m Daniel Hall. Divorced
1825.
*Charles b 1798.
*Nancy b 1800.
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