In a message dated 1/25/99 9:33:49 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: Re: [BOGGS-L] Hugh Boggs and James L. Boggs > Date: 1/25/99 9:33:49 PM Central Standard Time > From: [email protected] (daggk) > Reply-to: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Maybe this info on James L Boggs will help and I'll see what eles I may > have > >From old Land Entry Book of Wilkes Co. it appears that James Boggs > only entered one tract of land although he attempted to enter one other > tract. When the name was marked through it denoted that another person > had a prior claim for this entry. A person would enter land and the > State would grant the land by a state warrant. There is no record James > ever received a State warrant for the land he entered 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 on the 5th of Dec. 1778 for 100 acres of land in Wilkes > Co. lying on the North Fork of New River adjoining Zacharjah Wells > claim. He paid taxes on this entry for the years 1784-1789 and then > from 1791-1993 skipping 1794 and then again paying 1795 and 1796. > To persons familiar with the genealogy of Southwest Virginia families > at a glance at the proceedings of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions will > readily see that several of the persons there a few years later became > settlers of Lee Co. Va. > The Pennington settled at Pennington Gap in Lee County which place was > named for them. James Boggs and James Sheppard settled near the Three > Forks of Powell river as did Zachariah Wells. James L. Boggs came to > the three Forks (now Big Stone Gap) prior to 1800 as shown by the > following deed; Lee County Virginia Deed Book 2 page 9, dated January > 29, 1805. > James L. Boggs sells to Jesse Bowling (Bolling) land in and about the > Three Forks of Powell River. > James L Boggs moved to the Lawrence Co. Ky. in the year 1822. In Lee > Co. deed book 1 page 329 dated 24 March 1804 William McCutcheon Agent > for Nathaniel Taylor of Carter Co. Tennessee sells 47 acres in Lee Co. > Va. on Powell River to William Huff. Beginning at a Maple and Dogwood > corner to James Boggs. > Lee Co. Va. Deed Book 2, page 86 dated 19 July 1805 James Boggs sells to > William Huff 82 acres at the Forks of Powell River. This deed is signed > by mark by both James Boggs and his wife Jane Boggs. The last deed > signed by Jane Boggs wife of James l Boggs is found in Russell Co. Va. > deed book 2 page 197 dated 13 July 1819 wherein they convey 67 acres of > land north side of Powell River to John Campbell. The reason for the > Russell Co. deed was that north of Powell River was Russell Co. and > south of the river was Lee Co. the river being the dividing line between > the two counties. > The last two deeds process by James L Boggs in Lee Co. show that his > wife Jane Boggs must have died sometimes shortly after 1819 and that he > had taken another wife who was a widow Lydia Rose. James L and Lydia > with family and John and Nancy Boggs with family moved to Lawrence Co. > Ky. in 1822 per a statement made by his grandson John O. Boggs in 1896 > during a personal interview for his biography published in Jackson > County, Missouri. > James was a member of Captain Enoch Osborns Company of Militia in > Montgomery Co. VA. and held the rank of Captain in the Rev. War. From > 1790 to 1820 he was in Lee Co. VA. and then came to KY. James L was also > a clerk for the Regular Baptist church for several years and assisted > his neighbors with drafting of wills and deeds. James L. was a shrewd > and educated man, yet he signed his own will with an X. He had land > grants and owned land wherever he lived. A man of record, he was moving > from one frontier to another, the last of which was at Blaine, KY. He > lived there the last 15 years of his life with his second wife Lydia > Birchfield Rose, part of the first family to come to Caines Creek. He > married Lydia Rose a widow of Jacob Rose who was wounded in the War of > 1812 and died in 1814. > · Hughie Boggs who migrated from Virginia with his father and mother, > sister and brothers and his > wife, he was responsible for all the machinery which was in the first > grist mill ever to be placed in the eastern KY. > > MR ROY E STIDHAM wrote: > > > All the Boggs researcher I need help, I am confused on this family, > > I have James L. Boggs married to a Elizabeth Clement and had a son > > named Hugh born 4/7/1781 in Wilkes, NC, I show Hugh married to a > > Elizabeth Blubaugh, is that correct? I also have a paper that says > > Hugh is married to a Sally Fields? I am not sure what is correct, or > > was he married to both? Can anyone shed any light on this, I do have > > lists of children for both parents, but the birth dates don't > > correspond. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, Roy & Beverly > > > > ==== BOGGS Mailing List ==== > > My ancestors can hide...but they can't run! >