On 20 Jan 2003 14:22:39 -0700 joycefayr@yahoo.com writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZYE.2ACEB/297 > > Message Board Post: > > Hello, My gggrandfather was Martin Boatright. He lived in Giles > County, Tennessee. He was married to Eliza J. Do you have this name > listed in your records? Martin was married twice. I do not know > his first wife's name. Thank you, J. Roland++++++++++ > > > ==== BOATRIGHT Mailing List ==== > Nancy Gay Crawford, list administrator > Boatright-Boatwright Family Heritage > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ngcrawford/boatright/index.htm > > Hi J. Roland It would appear that the first wifes name was Patsy. The 1860 censusGiles CO Tn shows: Martin Boatright age 33 b 1826/27 in TN and father b ? wife Patsy 33 1826/27 in? " ? son John E. 8 1851/52 TN dau Beccy A. 5 1854/55 TN son William 3 1856/57 TN The 1870 census Giles CO. TN shows: Martin Boatright age 43 b 1826/27 in TN and father b ? wife Elizabeth 33 1836/37 ? ? son John E. 18 1851/52 TN dau Rebecca 16 1853/54 TN son William J. 13 1856/57 TN dau Elizabeth J. 9 1860/61 TN dau Sarah A. 2 1867/69 TN The 1880 census Giles CO. TN shows: Martin Boatwright 53 b 1826/27 in TN and father b in TN note: This census includes the "w" in the name. wife Elizabeth 44 1835/36 TN " KY dau Jane 20 1859/60 TN dau Sarah 12 1867/68 TN dau Martha 10 1869/70 TN dau Manerva 7 1872/73 TN dau Nancy 5 1874/75 TN The 1880 census Giles CO TN shows John E. Boatwright age 27 b 1851 in TN and father b in TN wife Sarah E. 28 b 1851 TN dau Rosena 8 1871/72 TN dau Martha T. 7 1872/73 TN son William L. 6 1873/74 TN son James Hay 1 1878 TN I am unable to tie any of the above family to the James Boatwright b 1745 in Cumberland CO Va or Daniel Boatwright b in Cumberland COVa ca 1739. I and others have extensive data on descendents of these two. Jerry Gerald M. Boatwright, 5009 Montgomery St., Annandale Va. 22003 ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com