Scott,I believe that article was probably from a Pickaway county Ohio Newspaper, The Boggs name is rather popular there and has a great historical background. I cannot remember the entire story,but there is a Boggs farm with a large elm tree on it known as the Logan Elm.Something to do with a Indian treaty and a Boggs man who was taken captive. i live in nearby Ross county Ohio,but havwe never red the entire story,perhaps I should make a trip to the library today. Melissa "Boggs" Steinbrook Scott Perry wrote: > There's been a John Boggs thread now and then, to say the least. This news > story might be of interest. Regrettably, I know neither the name of the > paper nor the date. I know it dates to about 1927 and I expect it's an Ohio > paper. > > THE SEVENTH JOHN BOGGS > > In the birth of a son to John G. And Fannie (Sapp) Boggs and the naming of > the offspring John Boggs, this makes the seventh John Boggs in line from > the progenator (sic) of the Boggs family. The first John Boggs was born in > England, he emigrated from his birthplace to America back in the 1700's and > settled in Pennsylvania; his son, the second John Boggs, known as the > Captain, settled in Virginia; the third John Boggs was known as the Major, > was the son of the Captain and father of John Boggs who imagrated (sic) to > Pickaway Co. and resided in Pickaway township; he was an uncle of Lemuel > Boggs, whose brother John was an uncle of John G. Boggs who was sixth in > line and the father of the seventh. > Here's hoping that number seven will be as prominent in the business and > social affairs of old Pickaway, as were all the others of the name of > Boggs. > > End of newspaper story > > Further note: In another typed family document, this is added--"One of John > M. Boggs' sons, Lemuel has a son named John M. Boggs, who was the seventh > John Boggs. Lemuel Boggs of Ohio also had a son named John G. Boggs, who > was the sixth John Boggs. He now has a son who is the 8th John Boggs > (1927)." > > I have some tidbits about these earlier John Boggses (the Captain and the > Major) and some of the family furniture that came overland in the covered > wagon with them when they moved to Ohio from Virginia. > > R. Scott Perry > > ==== BOGGS Mailing List ==== > My ancestors can hide...but they can't run!