SECOND GENERATION 3. John Boggs bc 1750 in NC.8; died 25 Oct 1788, Lee Co., VA.8 He married Evanna "Eve" Springer 8 May 1776 in Orange Co., NC.8,9 4. James Lee Boggs bc 1752 in Surry Co., NC.12,11,13,1,14,15,4,16,17 Was on the 1790 census for Morgan District, Wilkes Co., NC.10 Listed as James Bodge with a household of 3 males & 3 females. He died Nov 1835 near Blaine, KY.8,10,11,13,18; buried in Nelson/Rice Cem., Martha, Lawrence Co., KY. (Joyce Hamilton) Deb Rush gives it as the N.T. Rice Cem., located across the highway and up a hill from the Ferguson home in Blaine, KY. Emory Hamilton gives the Nelse Rice Cem. near the fork of Blaine, Lawrence Co., KY. John Clarkston < [email protected]> gives Neilse Rice Cem. 4 mi west of Blaine on Rt 32 across from Ferguson's store. He is the progenitor of a large branch of the Boggs family that lived in NC, southwestern VA and eastern KY. Nothing is known about his first wife. His second wife, Jane, is named in deeds. His third wife, Lydia is named in his will. He had land grants and owned land wherever he lived. He migrated back and forth between southwestern VA and eastern KY, living in each state for short periods. The last place he lived was Blaine, KY, where he stayed for the last 15 years of his life with his 3rd wife, Lydia Birchfield Rose, widow of Jacob Rose. The first record of James on the Tithable List of old Fincastle Co. was in 1773 on the west bank of New River (now Grayson Co., VA). (Emory Hamilton) James is listed in the roster of the Montgomery Co., VA militia in 1782 with Capt. Enoch Osborn's Company. Also in the roster is his bro-in-law John Flanary. Flanary appears again on the 1783 roster but James Boggs does not appear on any rosters after 1781.(Emory Hamilton) James held the rank of Captain in the Rev. War.(Joyce Hamilton). A James Boggs appears on the 1787 State Census in Wilkes Co., NC, but does not appear on the Federal Census of Wilkes Co., nor on the 1790 VA Census, (destroyed by fire-a substitute was made from tax lists). From 1790-1820 he was in Lee Co., VA and then went to KY with his 3rd wife. From the Land Entry Book of Wilkes Co., NC we see that James Boggs only entered one tract of land although he attempted to enter one other tract, which apparently had already been claimed. There is no record that James ever received a State warrant for the land he did enter which might indicate that although he paid tax on the land in Wilkes Co. he did not follow through on paying the fee to have the land granted. He made an entry Dec 5,1778 for 100 acres in Wilkes Co. lying on the North Fork of New River adjoining Zachariah Wells' claim. He paid taxes on this entry for 1784-1789 and then from 1791-1793, skipping 1794, and then again paying 1795 and 1796."(Emory Hamilton) The court minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Wilkes Co. suggest he was living in NC between 1791 and 1793. On Apr 19,1791 William Pennington, William Adkins, John Flanary, Micajah Pennington, James Boggs, Elijah Davis, Levy Pennington, Edward Pennington, James Shepperd, Elijah Pennington, Elisha Baldwin, Richard Pennington, Samuel Jones, Zachariah Wells, William Smith and John Henson were appointed Road Jury to view the wagon road from Horse Creek through Blockers Gap to the wagon ford on Nathan's Creek. Micajah Pennington was appointed overseer. (Emory Hamilton). On May 2 1793 we see an entry indicating that James was replaced by Elijah Pennington as an overseer of the road jury assigned Feb 7 1793 to view the road from Horse Creek to Weaver's. He does not appear in the minutes again through 1797. Many of the above named men became settlers in Lee Co., VA a few years later. The Penningtons settled at Pennington Gap in Lee Co., while James Boggs, Zachariah Wells and James Sheppard settled near the Three Forks of Powell River. John Flanary settled in the Turkey Cove area. James L. Boggs came to Three Forks (now Big Stone Gap) before 1800 (Lee Co., VA Deed Book 2, page 9&29, dated Jan. 29 1805) where James L. Boggs sells to Jesse Bowling (Bolling) land in and about the Three Forks of Powell River which had been conveyed to Boggs by Walter Preston "by indenture of bargain and sale bearing date 29 Jan 1800". Boggs remained at Three Forks for several years before moving to Lawrence Co., KY in 1822. In Lee Co., VA Deed Book 1, p. 329 dated 24 March 1804, William McCutcheon Agent for Nathaniel Taylor of Carter Co., TN sells 47 acres of land on Powell River to William Huff; this land adjoined that of James Boggs. July 19 1805, James Boggs (Deed Book 2, p.86) sold 82 acres at the Forks of Powell River to William Huff. This deed is signed (by mark) by James and his wife Jane.(Emory Hamilton). The last deed signed by Jane Boggs wife of James Boggs is found in Russell Co. VA Deed Book 2 p.197 dated 13 July 1819 when they sold 67 acres on the north side of Powell River to John Campbell. The north side of Powell River was Russell Co.; south of the river was Lee Co. with the river being the dividing line between the two counties.(Emory Hamilton) The last recorded deed involving James L. Boggs in Lee Co. (Lee Co., VA Deed Book 4, p.303 dated Oct 15 1825) shows James and Lydia sold 70 acres at the Three Forks of Powell River to Benjamin Tompkins. James moved his family to Lawrence Co., KY in 1822. (Emory Hamilton) James' son, John O., and grandsons, James and Hugh, were listed on the 1st tax list of Lawrence Co., KY in 1822. Records of the United Baptist Church of Blaine, KY. indicate that James was a Clerk for the church in 1825. (Emory Hamilton) His record book of the church meetings was owned in 1973 by Emma Sparks of Martha, KY.(Deb Rush) He served on a road commission in Wilkes Co., NC 1791- (Spring) 1793, when he resigned. About 1798, he settled at the Three Forks of the Powell River in Lee Co., VA (near the towns of Big Stone Gap and Appalachia). Various land transactions are recorded in Lee Co., VA from 1805 to 1825. (Deb Rush) His Will, proved in open court in 1835, recorded in Lawrence Co., KY (Will Book 1, p.15) indicated that he was a resident of Lawrence Co., KY at the time he wrote it (1 Nov 1832) and that his wife's name is Lydia, to whom he leaves, "together with the two youngest children" his plantation, furniture and animals. The will was sealed in the presence of William Ison, I.O. Sparks, Ison Fields, and William Boggs.(Emory Hamilton). The wording of his will "...no other person to meddle with the plantation", indicates friction between his widow and his children. Records of the Blaine United Baptist Church show his dau-in-law, Nancy (Wells) Boggs brought charges against Lydia Boggs. He married Elizabeth "Jane" Clement (d/o Hugh Clement and Jane) c1777 in Wilkes Co., NC.4,8,10,19,20 Elizabeth was born in 1755.2 OR 1759 in NC.17,5 She died 1818 in Lee Co., VA.17 OR 1819 in Lawrence Co., KY.5; buried in Nelson/Rice Cem. Children: +6 i. John O. Boggs Sr +7 ii. Hugh Boggs Sr +8 iii. William Boggs +9 iv. Eli Boggs +10 v. Rebecca Boggs +11 vi. Ellen Boggs 12 vii. Jesse Boggs b. 1788-1790, Wilkes Co., NC.8 +13 viii. Elizabeth Boggs 14 ix. Clement Boggs b. 1790-1794, Wilkes Co., NC. 15 x. David Boggs bc 1795.21 16 xi. James L. Boggs Jr b. 1795/96.8 +17 xii. Temperance Boggs 18 xiii. Marion Boggs b. 1800, Lee Co., VA.8,22 +19 xiv. Mary "Polly" Boggs He married 2nd Jane c1810.10,23 He married 3rd Lydia Birchfield c1820.8,10,24 Lydia was born 1778.10; died after 1835.11 Children: 20 i. Henry R. Boggs. +21 ii. John Robert "Rase" Boggs. 5. Phoebe Boggs was bc1754 in Surry Co., NC.8 and died 1814, Lee Co., VA. She married John Flanery between 1771 and 1775 in Wilkes Co. NC.8 Children: +22 i. Thomas Flanary. +23 ii. Martha Flanary.