My paternal grandmother was a Boatright. Her father was Mike Boatright, and she had an uncle named Friend Boatright. I am trying to trace our family back as far as possible, but at least as far back as Austin's colony in Texas. Friend and Thomas Boatright were both part of this colony. I'm thinking that Friend must be a family name and I can find the connection. I have also heard that Leland Carter wrote a book called "Thomas Boatright, Texas Colonist 1821'. However, I have been unable to locate the book or the author. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Karen Evans Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/karenevans10

Hello Karen...I do not have all of the Boatright information with me right now as I am away from home right now.? I have a few suggestions to try to find your Boatright.? My husbands ancestors were Martha "Mattie" Parsley, Married a Parsley the dates in information are at home.? Try Our Boatwright/Boatright Family Genealogy www.boatwrightgenealogy.com/index.html.? also, boatrightrandy@bellsouth.net , also, Boatwright Surname resources at Rootsweb. Hope this helps, sorry I don't have the other information for you.? Try ebay under books and type the books name in perhaps you will find it I found a very old book there.? Best regards, Let me know if you find the book, Rays Boatrights are from Texas/Okla. also -----Original Message----- From: karene10@earthlink.net <karene10@earthlink.net> To: BOATRIGHT@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 5:23 pm Subject: [BOATRIGHT] Friend Boatwright My paternal grandmother was a Boatright. Her father was Mike Boatright, and she had an uncle named Friend Boatright. I am trying to trace our family back as far as possible, but at least as far back as Austin's colony in Texas. Friend and Thomas Boatright were both part of this colony. I'm thinking that Friend must be a family name and I can find the connection. I have also heard that Leland Carter wrote a book called "Thomas Boatright, Texas Colonist 1821'. However, I have been unable to locate the book or the author. If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Karen Evans Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/karenevans10 BOATRIGHT Surname Resources at Rootsweb. http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOATRIGHT/ Always try to be Fair, Honest and Kind! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOATRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.