My apologies for misstating Lydia Boggs husbands name. in the following which I recently posted. The Berkeley Co WV histories gives it correctly as Moses son of David Shephard. Also in the past I posted to Boggs-L information about Lydia from a Berkeley Co History book. <<Is the first John Boggs in you current posting the son of William Boggs of Frederick Co VA now Berkeley Co VA and the father of Lydia Boggs who married David Shephard. I have in the past sent to the list information in Berkeley Co VA history books about her.>> I am descended from the Charles Francis Boggs of Greenbrier Vo VA. I am interested in knowing if there is any connection with this Berkeley County William Boggs and the Boggs families that are in Greenbrier Co VA pre 1800. The following might be of interest: Research by Howard Butts and printed in"The Berkeley Journal", Issue 23, 1997 by the Berkekey County Hist Soc. "On 2 April 1753 William Boggs acquired a tract of land 275 acres. The land had been surveyed on 5 March 1749 by John Mauzy and showed a barn on the land(see survey plat). The present house is in the Federal style and was built by William Boggs, Jr. about 1790. William Boggs, Sr. left a will written 8 December 1786 and probated 15 February 1791 (BCWB 2, p. 92 In his will he left his plantation, which also contained as adjoining land grant from Lord Fairfax for 243 acres on 6 October 1766, to his son William Boggs "whereon he now live containing 500 acres." To his son John Boggs 20 pounds to be paid when William sells the plantation. Son John Boggs was a Captain in the French and Indiana Wars and had left Berkeley County and moved to what became the Wheeling area of present West Virginia. John Boggs was a friend of David Shephard, son of Thomas, founder of Shephardstown. Both took up land claims on the Ohio River. Capt. John Boggs daughter, Lydia born 26 February 1766, who became well known for her fight to help establish the Nationa Road. She married Moses Shephard, son of David, of the Wheeling area and inherited the Shephard plantation for her lifetime. The story is, that many were upset because she lived to be 102 years of age. She died 29 September 1867. She was 3 years old when her father Captain John Boggs, left Berkeley County. An excellant book was written about the life of Lydia Boggs by Virginia Jones Harper, titled Time Steals Away Softly. William Boggs Jr., left a will written 2 August 1826, probated 11 July 1832. To his wife Sarah he gave one-third of both of his real estate and personal estate during her lifetime, then to his daughter Elizabeth Boggs and Jane Boggs to be equally divided. To his son John Boggs $20. Rest of his estate went to his two daughters (BCWB 12, p. 72) Elizabeth Boggs died leaving her one-half interest to her brother John Boggs and sister Jane Boggs, who had married on 22 January 1839. Thomas Harper. John Boggs and his wife Maria sold for $2,000 the interest they had inherited from the death of his sister to his brother in law, Thomas C. Harper (BCDR 49, p., 309). In 1859 Thomas C. Harper and his wife Jane gave a deed of Trust on the land which contained 306 acres to James Jennings for the use of Jane Harper. Thomas C. Harper died in 1884 To his niece Theresa A. Boggs he left my upper Farm. If I have not sold the lower farm whereon I now reside (BCWB 23, p., 210) " There is no further mention of Boggs in the article. Other surnames are Hedges, Musetter, Stone, Laing, Kinhead, Kelly. A Special Commissioner sale in 1978.....in 1997 the owners were Daniel T. Goggin and Mary M. and Richard W, Dodge. Included in the article are a ca 1975 photo of the William Boggs house and the survey for 275 acres by Mauzy 26 March 1750 showing a warrant date of 5 March 1749/50 for William Bogs of the county of Frederick. Enjoy, Phyllis