Nancy, that is George b. December 20, 1793 in the 1880 census and his second wife Matilda Parkhurst. I'm going to have to see if I can find the image on that because I have his age as 86 in 1880 and the LDS transcription also has his age as 86 in 1880. Yes, I know the census says Jacob was his son but I believe other documents indicate otherwise. I do believe George & Matilda raised Jacob, but I still don't think he is a biological son. Yes the suit was concerning George Boston b. Dec. 20, 1793 children. And yes D. C. (David Crockett) Boston that gave the deposition was George & Matilda's son. George W. Boston, (Jr.?) b. ca 1824 was a son of George's first wife Juda Cope. According to Ray Boston George married Juda Cope in Rowan Co. NC. In Matilda's widows pension she names Juda Cope as George's first wife but I don't think it gives their marriage date. I was told by one contact that he traced this George to Harden Co. IL where he died but I haven't been able to find anything online on him yet. I think one of Cal's Columns says this George went to Illinois but I'm not sure about that, will have to check? You guys are going to make me have to dig out my pension papers! :-) To see exactly what they say. :-) Yes, the David Boston living nearby was George & Matilda's son. He married Delila D. Thomas (Bean) daughter of Chesley B. Thomas and Mariah Jenkins. Delila supposely was first married to a Peter Bean? but I don't have the marriage date. And the only marriage date I find on David Boston and comes from a Family Tree Maker Cd? BOSTON, David C. Marriage Wife: Delila BEAN Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1864 Recorded in: Smith, Tennessee Source: FHL Number 319168 Dates: 1838-1881 I don't find this record in the online marriage transcriptions for Smith Co. TN? Mary Knight Mary - The 1880 Smith County Census shows that Jacob's father was George Boston, born in 1814. I think this George was the son of the George who was born in 1793/1794 in North Carolina and moved to Smith County, Tennessee. I think there was a generation missing in Ray's information. Could the suit that D. C. Boston is involved in be a suit concerning the George who was born in 1793/1794? 1880 Smith County, Tennessee, US Census George Boston - Head of Household - 66 years old - Miller - born in TN - Father born in NC - Mother born in VA Matilda - Wife - 53 years old - House keeping - born in TN - Father born in TN - Mother born in VA Sallie J. ? - daughter - 44 years old - born in Tennessee Mary ? - granddaugher - 19 years old - born in Tennessee Christian - Son - 16 years old - born in Tennessee Jacob - Son - 6 years old - born in Tennessee A. Jenkins - 19 years old - Hireling - born in Tennessee (There is a David Boston - 32 yeas old - living next door, who I think is George’s son.) George must have been married twice because he had a daughter who was too old to be the daughter of his wife. Nancy > Nancy, I know that Ray believed Jacob was George and Matilda's son and > I didn't get this information until after Ray died so I didn't have a > chance to discuss it with him. > Apparently around Aug 26 1889 there was a suit concerning the heirs of > George Boston which contains a deposition by D. C. Boston where he > testified that "My father had three sons, George, David Crockett, and > Christian Boston. George is dead; died leaving one son - he is dead." > > This would appear to indicate that Jacob was not George's son. Also > Stirling and Minnie were listed as Jacob's cousins in 1900 census. If > Jacob were brother of Christian (and these were Christian's children) > they should be listed as nephew and niece. By being listed as cousins > this would indicate to me that they were children of a sibling of > Jacob's parent. > > Has anyone ever seen a copy of Jacob's death certificate? Which may or > may not give the correct parents! :-) > > Mary Knight > ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Volunteer To Transcribe For The Smith Co Census Project... Already in Progress! http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/tngen/census.htm

Mary - Do you know who the children were of this marriage? I looked in the 1880 Smith County Census and found it very hard to read. I did find an "Alice" (daughter of David C. and Galia(?) who was 10 years old, but don't know if that was the Alice who married Henry Clay Hesson. Nancy On Friday, July 15, 2005, at 03:34 PM, Mary Knight wrote: > Yes, the David Boston living nearby was George & Matilda's son. He > married Delila D. Thomas (Bean) daughter of Chesley B. Thomas and > Mariah Jenkins. Delila supposely was first married to a Peter Bean? > but I don't have the marriage date. > And the only marriage date I find on David Boston and comes from a > Family Tree Maker Cd? > BOSTON, David C. Marriage > Wife: Delila BEAN > Marriage Date: 30 Apr 1864 Recorded in: Smith, Tennessee > Source: FHL Number 319168 Dates: 1838-1881