01 August 1997 BOSTICK ON-LINE NEWSLETTER #1
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Welcome to the first issue of the BOSTICK On-line Newsletter!
The purpose of this newsletter is to share and exchange material
on the BOSTICK/BOSTIC/BOSTWICK families of America. You are
encouraged to send special problems you are having and
to submit queries.
Let me introduce myself so you will know there is a real person
behind these words. My name is Brenda Joyce Jerome and I live
in Newburgh, IN. I have been researching the BOSTICK family
since about 1969, having concentrated mainly on my direct line,
which goes back to Absolom and Bethenia [Perkins] BOSTICK of VA
and Stokes Co., NC.
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There is a stray BOSTICK in KY that I have been unable to place
with any family. Council BOSTICK married Isabella JEFFORDS on
02 Nov 1827 in Livingston Co., KY. Council BOSTICK appears on
the Livingston Co. Tax List in 1833 with 100 acres on the
Tennessee River. That same year he was appointed surveyor of
that part of the public road leading from Smithland to Lane`s
Ferry. This information comes from Livingston Co. marriages,
tax lists, and county court order book.
Council BOSTICK appears on the 1830 Livingston Co. census with
1 white male age 20/30, 1 white female under age 5 and 1 white
female 20/30. There are no JEFFORDS family listed on the 1830
census. Apparently Council left the area about 1833 as he never
again appears in the Livingston Co. records. Livingston Co. is
located at the confluence of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and the
Ohio Rivers. Then-and now-the rivers have had a great influence
on the lives of the residents of Livingston Co. At one time,
Smithland was an important river port.
Does anyone recognize Council BOSTICK?
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For those of you who may be interested in BOSTICK of Ohio, the
following information may be of value. This information is
abstracted from OBITUARY ABSTRACTS 1850-1890, FROM THE EATON
REGISTER & EATON DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPERS IN EATON, PREBLE CO., OHIO;
Volume 1 by GILBERT (c)1981
BOSTICK, Mrs. Hannah E. died Eaton, 15 May 1871 of consumption,
age 29 years, 04 months, 11 days. She was the wife of John BOSTICK
Esq., the sheriff, and daughter of Henry KLINGER of West
Alexandria. She leaves a husband and babe.
TIFT, Mrs. Mary Jane, wife of Charles of Buffalo, NY, died of
consumption 21 Nov 1871 at the home of her father in Gasper
Township, Major BOSTICK; age 31 years, 09 months, Methodist.
BOSTICK, Mrs. Ella, wife of William and daughter of Robert
and Barbara HARRIS; died at the home of her father in Sugar
Valley of consumption 09 Oct 1855; age 25 years, 08 months
and 14 days. The service was at Friendship.
BOSTICK, Mrs. Major [Rebecca] died 3 miles from Camden
very suddenly 04 Jul 1887 from a bursting blood vessel.
Among the survivors is a daughter Lide, nieces Nellie and
Mollie JOHNSON and Mrs. THOMPSON of Cincinnati; John H. BOSTICK
of Brookville, MO.; A. C. BOSTICK of Idaho, Pike Co. OH.
She was born in Butler Co. 02 Jun 1819 and celebrated her 50th
wedding anniversary 22 Jun 1887.
BOSTICK, Major died at his home west of Camden 02 Aug 1887
from cancer. He left 8 children; John in PA and George in KS.
Age 78
BOSTWICK, Lida Cooper, born McLean Co., IL 09 Aug 1857.
She married John W. BOSTWICK 28 Jan 1885 and died 21 Dec 1887.
She leaves a husband, small child, 2 brothers and 3 sisters.
BOSTWICK, Mrs. Elizabeth, age 55 years and 06 months, died
at Eaton 18 Feb 1878 of chronic affection of the liver.
The 1860 Preble County, Ohio census shows the following:
Jasper Township, Camden, 01 Aug 1860
Major BOSTICK 48 farmer born DE
Rebecca 39 OH
John 22 OH
Mary 20 OH
David 18 OH
Jeremiah 16 OH
Ann 14 OH
Rebecca 12 OH
George 09 OH
Alford 07 OH
Rebecca [Bostick?]83 MD
According to CALENDAR OF KENT CO., DE PROBATE RECORDS
1680-1800; compiled by Leon DE VALINGER,JR.(c)1944:
Sarah BOSTICK and Major BOSTICK were appointed administrators
of the estate of James BOSTICK 08 Jan 1795. In the same
references, it is stated that Sarah BOSTICK, widow of James
BOSTICK, left a will dated 29 Feb 1796 and the heirs were sons
Major, James, and John BOSTICK; daughters Liday, Sarah, Jean,
and Prussillah BOSTICK. Also mentioned are the heirs of daughter
Elizabeth and the heirs of Noah BOSTICK.
How does the above Major BOSTICK relate to the one in Ohio?
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John Michael O`MELIA (e-mail: 13jo36@bellsouth.net) of GA has
graciously submitted the following material on our GA cousins.
I became interested in the BOSTICK because of my research into
the family line of Sallie Will BOSTWICK. Studying the records of
her family eventually moved me to BOSTICK. I found that the trail
of BOSTICK and BOSTWICK on public records were entwined. There is
no way of knowing the reason. One particular document mentioned
the family name three different spellings for a particular family.
I decided then and there to copy ALL spellings whether it was
BOSTIC, BOSTIK, BOSTICK, and BOSTWICK. Sometimes, having the
information at hand sure came in handy.
I will list all of these spellings in the marriages that I
have for GA. Only spelling to consider is BOST(W)ICK as such;
because this is that particular individual that is found to be
listed in the records under both spellings.
Also you will find that I have provided information on the
county of the marriage to possibly be of help concerning the
background the wedding took place. It will give you some idea
where the other relatives might be located.
My first installment will define marriages in GA counties
(A-C). The sources for this material can be found among
some of the following titles: WILKES CO GA MARRIAGE RETURNS,
1792-1832 by F.T. INGMIRE (c)1985;HENRY CO GA MARRIAGE RECORDS
(1851-1900) by F.R. TURNER (c)1991; EARLY GA MARRIAGES-Book
Four by J.T. MADDOX (c)1980; EARLY GA MARRIAGE ROUND- UP by
J.T. MADDOX (c) 1978; 40,000 EARLY GA MARRIAGES by J.T. MADDOX and
M. CARTER (c)1976; 37,000 EARLY GA MARRIAGES by J.T. MADDOX and M.
CARTER (c)1975; EARLY GA MARRIAGES by J.T. MADDOX (c)1974; and
INFORMATION ON SOME GEORGIA PIONEERS by J.T. MADDOX (c)1991
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BALDWIN COUNTY (Milledgeville) GEORGIA
Baldwin Co GA was formed from Creek Indian Cession Land in
1802 and 1805 and is an original county. Milledgeville
served as state capital at one time.
BOST(W)ICK, Mary Ann to Reverend Stephen Olen/Olin 23/10 APR 1827
BOSTICK, Robert B. to Elouisa F. Foard 08 OCT 1839
BOSTICK, Stephen C. to Polly Wills/Wells(or Willis) 25 APR 1811
BIBB COUNTY (Macon) GEORGIA
Bibb Co GA was formed in 1822 from Houston, Jones, Monroe,
and Twiggs counties.
BOSTICK, Albert G. to Aurelia L. German 25 APR 1851
BOSTICK, Julia A. E. to Joseph N. Seymour 31 MAR 1853
CLARKE COUNTY (Athens) GEORGIA
Clarke Co GA was formed in 1801 from Jackson county.
BOSTICK, Bailey to Tabitha Wood 08 DEC 1818
BOSTICK, John M. to Evie H. Cook Clarke Co Book LP
I will furnish the marriages in counties D-F in the next bulletin.
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Nancy Cluff SIDERS is interested in
corresponding with any New England BOSTWICKS.
Joyce LOVING is searching for the parents
of William Littleberry BOSTICK, who married Letisha HONEA and
lived in Copiah Co MS.
Patsy V. BOSTICK is researching John Green
BOSTICK and Elizabeth KEY.
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NEXT ISSUE 15 AUGUST 1997
15 August 1997 BOSTICK ON-LINE NEWSLETTER #2
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A number of years ago Helen Johnson of Lafayette, LA sent me a
transcription of a newspaper clipping. No source is given, but
it is dated 2-3 Aug 1947 and is surely from a Texas newspaper.
BOSTICK FAMILY HAS REUNION
A reunion for children, grandchildren, great-granchildren,
first, second, and third cousins of the late F.B. BOSTICK,
pioneer resident of Dublin, Erath County [Texas] was held at
Mackenzie State Park Saturday, Aug. 2.
Ten of the 14 brothers and sisters are living and all except 3
were in attendance at the reunion. They were Mrs. Dora Dudley
and son Fred, Wexachie; M. Alvin Dudley and daughter, Fay and
Juanita, Plainview; Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Cannon, Idalou; Mr. and
Mrs. Garland Cannon, Mr. and Mrs. Orland Cannon and daughter,
Pittersburg; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thomas, Shallowater; Will Strong,
Del Rio; Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Thomas, Goodwell, OK; Mrs. Hattie Lou
Howe and Mrs. Martha Lou Davidson, Wichita, KS; Mr. and Mrs. F.D.
BOSTICK and daughter Elizabeth, Slaton; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
BOSTICK and daughters, Leola, Joyce and Janette, Lamesa; Mr. and
Mrs. Clem BOSTICK and children Leon, Evadene, Linda and Royce,
Lubbock; Mr. and Mrs. Van Williams, Dublin; Mr. and Mrs. C.L.
Shearer, Vernon; Mr. and Mrs. J.B. BOSTICK, Mr. and Mrs. J.D.
Reid and children, Doyle, Janie Sue and Kenneth, Lamesa; Mr. and
Mrs. Edd Gryder and daughter Clorence Dula, Dublin.
[This article goes on to name cousins.]
Another article dated 10 Aug 1948 states mentions that there was
a reunion at the Bunyan Community. Nine of the 14 children
are living and names some of the same children listed above.
A third article dated 4 Sep 1949 states that 9 children are now
living.
If any of these sound like your family, let me know and I'll
send you the full transcription.
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The Confederate Pension application of Martha M. BOSTICK
provides some interesting information. The pension number is
3680 and is available from the Texas State Archives.
Martha M. BOSTICK, age 61, appeared in Smith Co, TX 22 Jul 1899
and stated she has been a resident of Tyler, TX for 20 years. She
is the widow of James M. BOSTICK, who was a Confederate soldier
and served in Co I, 40th MS Regt Infantry for 12 months. She
and Bostick married 22 Dec 1857 in Kemper Co, MS. He died 24 Jul
1863. She owns no real estate nor personal property of any
character. She signed the application. N.B. Kellis and M.E.
Kellis signed an affidavit that they had known both James M.
and Martha M. Bostick. A letter from W.R. Castle, County Judge
of Tyler, Smith Co, TX on 5 Jun 1918 stated that Martha M.
Bostick died 20 Apr 1918 at her home in Tyler. He requested that
mortuary blanks be sent to her son, W.L. BOSTICK, at 226 Rusk
St, Tyler.
The 1850 Kemper Co, MS census shows the following:
household #757
William Bostick 41 farmer born SC
Rebecca 32 TN
James 13 TN
Mary 12 TN
Ja...[?] 6 MS
Sarah 3 MS
Biographical Souvenir of Texas by F.A. Batley & Co, Chicago, 1889
has a sketch of William L. BOSTICK, a native of Kemper Co, MS. He
was born Sep 10, 1858. His father, James, was born in Coffee Co,
TN Feb 20, 1836. James Bostic?, also a native of TN, was born
24 Jun 1808. James was a farmer prior to the Civil War, enlisted
in CSA, and was wounded and captured at Vicksburg and died in an
omnibus while being carried by the enemy to an old courthouse
24 Jul 1863. He left a widow and two children, Wm. L. and Mary
E. His widow, to whom he was married 22 Dec 1857, was Martha
Kellis, daughter of Louis Kellis.
William L. Bostick was five when his father died. For 4 years he
carried mail from DeKalb to Sugar Lake, MS. In 1879 he moved
to Smith Co, TX, where he now has 300 acres. For 3 years he
traveled for Smith Co Nursery Co. He is now devoting his time to
fruit growing and raising plants for markets. Mr. Bostick's
sister married Wm. T. Cawson[?], but lived only a short time,
dying 25 May 1876. On 15 Dec 1881, Wm. L. Bostick married Julia
L., daughter of Matthew Shamberger of MS. They have 4 children:
Bessie, Mary O, Minnie L. and a child who died as an infant.
Member of the Baptist church.
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From Dale Bostic comes the following:
I first find Charles BOSTICK and wife Pheby ___ in Onslow Co,
NC in 1750 when he deeded to his son Valentine (for love,
affection, etc) 9 slaves and all household goods, provided his
mother Pheby receives sufficient maintainance for the rest of
her life. To grandson Charles, he left 3 negroes to be in the
care of Valentine until Charles reaches the age of 21. (Onslow
Co, NC Deed Book C, pg 49) Valentine BOSTICK witnessed a deed
transfer for William Mills in the parrish of Saint Johns in
Onslow Co in 1752. Sometime after this, I believe Valentine
went to GA, where he died. On 24 Oct 1774, Charles Bostick
bought 100 acres of land from Henry Allen. (Sampson-Duplin
Deeds, Book 6, pg 232). Charles is listed on the 1800 census
with 4 males and 1 female plus Charles and Nancy James Bostick.
Son Samuel was listed with 1 male and 2 females under 10 yrs
of age. He and wife Nancy had the following children (I believe):
Richard, Daniel, Sarah, William, Jacob (my 2 gr-grfather),
Charles, John and Polly. I found Samuel and Nancy living with
Sarah Bostick Maxwell on the 1860 census, Samuel being age 82
and Nancy, age 80. In a will of William Bostick, dated 8-10-1872,
the names of the brothers and sisters tied them together as
family units. My research is now directed to tying Charles and
Valentine Bostick back to the tidewater counties of VA. The
first Charles was found in VA in the 1660's. He died 4 Jan 1701
and his wife, Mary, in 1709. I believe Charles of Onslow Co is his
son and Valentine, his grandson. Valentine is mentioned numerous
times in land sales and as a witness through 1743. In 1741
Valentine of Hanover Co, VA sold 400 acres to John Woodson. Mary,
his wife, relinquished her dower right.
Can anyone help with this line?
Dale Bostic Pjmkawa@aol.com
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, vol VI (12 Oct 1741
to 30 Oct 1754), published in Atlanta by the Franklin Printing and
Pub. Co, 1906 has some info on Valentine in GA. Page 386 shows:
"Read a Petition of Valentine Bostick of North Carolina, setting
forth, that he was desirous of removing into the Colony with his
Family, among which he had 11 working Hands, in order to improve
a Tract of land; therefore he prayed for 500 acres situated in the
Forks of Newport River ... on the South Side of sd. River. ...."
On pg 431 (3 Apr 1754) of the same book, it states that a petition
of Valentine Bostick, late of NC, was read ... that he had brought
his whole Family into the Colony ... he prayed for 400 acres of
land on Sterling's Swamp ... on the South Side of the great
Ogechee River. The Board ordered 400 acres of Land to be laid
out for him.
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John O'Melia 13jo36@BellSouth.net has provided part II
of Georgia marriages.
CLAYTON COUNTY (Jonesboro) GEORGIA (add to list of last issue)
Clayton Co, GA was formed in 1858 from Fayette and Henry counties.
BOSTWICK, Callie to Sherwood Stroud 25 Dec 1887
Now, as Paul Harvey likes to say, the rest of the story ...
DECATUR COUNTY (Bainbridge) GEORGIA
Decatur Co, GA was formed in 1827 from Early County.
BOSTICK, Mary to Alladin Durham 13 Dec 1833
EFFINGHAM COUNTY (Springfield) GEORGIA
Effingham Co, GA formed in 1777. An original county from the
creation of the Parishes of Saint Matthew and Saint Philip
(both in 1758), which were formed by the Creek Indian Cession
of 1733.
BOSTWICK, Mary to John Garnett 30 Jul 1794
BOSTWICK, Samuel to Mary Ann (Anna Marie) Maner 09 Jul 1771
BOSTWICK, Sarah to David Porter 29 Jul 1797
GREENE COUNTY (Greensboro) GEORGIA
Greene Co is an original county formed from the Creek Cession
of 1817.
BOST(W)ICK, Lucy to Washington Letbetter/Ledbetter 21 Jun 1801
BOST(W)ICK, Nathan to Lucy Burk 17 Nov 1819
BOST(W)ICK, William to Jane Smith 06 Mar 1826
HENRY COUNTY (McDonough) GEORGIA
Henry Co, GA is an original county formed from the Creek
Indian Cession in 1821.
BOSTWICK, Ellen to W.L. Gibson 05 Aug 1891
BOSTWICK, Emma to J.B. Thurman 22 Jun 1898
BOSTWICK, Fannie to C.V. Weathers 28 Dec 1884
BOSTWICK, Henry to Janie Knott 23 Dec 1879
BOSTWICK, John to Dora Peak/Peek 11 Nov 1880
BOSTWICK, Lula to P.W. White 03 Sep 1894
BOSTWICK, M.J. to W.C. Wynn 09 Nov 1876
BOSTWICK, Mary Elizabeth to Samuel Pickens Hooten 22/23 Dec 1878
BOSTWICK, Minerva to Sandy Reed 07 Oct 1883
Part III in next issue will cover Counties J - L.
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If you have any queries, send them to bjjerome@comsource.net
Next issue 1 Sep 1997
1 September 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #3
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There was a BOSTICK family that settled in Madison Co, TN
fairly early and caused me some grief until hearing from
two descendants in the early 1980's. One descendant sent the
following marriages from Madison Co Marriage Book 2, 1838-1847.
Joseph McIver and A. BOSTICK 1 Nov 1842
John BOSTICK and Susanna B. Hudson 24 Feb 1841
John BOSTICK and Mary Carrington 31 Dec 1845
Levi BOSTICK and Caroline Carrington 15 Oct 1846
Christine Dulaney of College Station, TX stated in a 1981
letter that Joseph McIver and Alice BOSTICK (see above
marriage) were in Madison Co, TX by 1846. She goes on to
state that Alice was born in TN 18 Oct 1826 and died
Leon Co, TX 20 Jul 1925 and is buried in Hopewell Cemetery.
Christine believed that Alice's father was John BOSTICK,
born 1789 NC and died 15 Aug 1871 and buried in Oxford
Cemetery, Madison Co, TX.
In 1984, Martha Craig of Prescott, AR provided more info
on this family. Two obituaries on her ancestor, John E.
BOSTICK, gave the important detail of his birth place.
This is an abstract of one of the obituaries:
Brother John E. BOSTICK was born in Montgomery Co, NC Jan. 6,
1820 and died in Nevada Co, AR July 8, 1878. He was married
to Miss Susannah Bilbow Hudson, daughter of W.R. Hudson in
Madison Co, TN about 1841 ... leaves a wife and 2 children.
A few days before he died, Mrs. Blevins, his daughter, died
leaving 4 children. Five days later his daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Bostick, died leaving 2 children. About one week before he
died, being in his right mind, he gave his last advice to
his son, Frank Pierce BOSTICK -- "Live as I have lived, and
take care of your mother." The obituary was written by Alex
Avery.
The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas,
Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1890, pgs 393-394 has a sketch on Frank
P. BOSTICK, planter and ginner of Prescott, AR and son of John
E. and Susan B. Bostick.
Another son of John E. & Susannah BOSTICK is believed to have
been James Andrew BOSTICK, who died at the age of 19 in St.
Laurence Co, MO 27 Aug 1861.
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Stewart Bostic has provided the following information from
=Heads of Families at the frist census of the United States taken
in the Year 1790= (Genealogical Pub. Co, Inc., 1986). The 1790
census for VA was lost so the state enumerations made in 1782,
1783, 1784 and 1785 and the tax lists of Greenbrier Co from
1783 to 1786 have been used. Approximately 140,000 names are
lacking from this substitute census.
1783 BOSTICK, Moses Greenbrier Co (head of family only)
1785 BOSTICK, Absalom Halifax Co 1 white soul
1782 BOSTICK, Elizabeth Halifax Co 5 whites, 2 blacks
1785 BOSTICK, Billy Halifax Co 5 white, 5 dwellings,
12 other buildings
1782 BOSTICK, John Halifax Co 1 white
1785 BOSTICK, John Halifax Co 1 white, 1 dwelling,
4 other buildings
1785 BOSTICK, Moses Halifax Co 1 white, 1 dwelling,
2 other buildings
1782 BOSTICK, William Halifax Co 6 whites
1785 BOSTICK, William Halifax Co 4 white, 1 dwelling,
3 other buildings.
1782 BOSTICK, John Buckingham Co 1 white poll, 10 blacks
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John O'Melia 13jo36@BellSouth.net continues his list of
early Georgia Marriages.
JEFFERSON COUNTY (Louisville) GEORGIA
Jefferson Co, GA was formed from Burke and Warren counties in
1796. Louisville was the state capital at one time.
BOSTICK, Agatha to Michael Cronin 26 Dec 1847
BOSTICK, Charles A.W. to Clio F. Verdery 24 Jul 1855
BOSTICK, Don Ferdinand to MAtilda G. Beall(e) 16 Nov 1820
BOSTICK, Elizabeth to Campbell Raiford 22 Feb 1838
BOSTICK, Elizabeth A. to James H. Foreman 07 Jan 1834
BOSTICK, Henrietta to John Guyton 12 Dec 1810
BOSTICK, Hubert H. to Frances J. Rebecca Whitaker 13 Apr 1834
BOSTICK, James B. to Jane E. Donaldson 25 Jun 1837
BOST(W)ICK, John to Matilda BOST(W)ICK* date not reported
*Daughter of Littleberry BOST(W)ICK Senior
BOSTICK, John G. to Elizabeth Atkinson 21 Aug 1816
BOSTICK, John Rufus to Caroline R. Beall(e) 03 Sep 1834
BOSTICK, Julia A.E. to John Arrington 09 Sep 1817
BOSTICK, Littleberry Jr to Margaret R Hancock 09 Jan 1812
BOSTICK, Littleberry Jr to Martha A.M. Walker 14 Sep 1820
BOSTICK, Mary Ann to William Hayles/Hailes 09 Mar 1807
BOSTICK, Matilda G. to Henry B. Todd 22 Dec 1825
BOSTICK, Nathaniel to Sara J.B. Brown 30 Mar 1813
BOSTICK, Rhesa to Mary Whitaker 04 Apr 1854
BOSTICK, Tilman/Tilmon to Sarah Gaines Humphrey(s) 02 Apr 1807
JOHNSON COUNTY (Wrightsville) GEORGIA
Johnson Co, GA was formed from Emanuel, Laurens, and Washington
counties in 1858.
BOSTICK, Erastus O. to Margaret A. Christian 30 Jan 1879
JONES COUNTY (Gray) GEORGIA
Jones Co, GA was formed in 1807 from Baldwin Co.
BOSTWICK, Charles to Martha Willingham 11 Nov 1832
BOSTICK, James to Mary May 30 Dec 1868
BOST(W)ICK, Mary to Abraham Crosby date not reported
LAURENS COUNTY (Dublin) GEORGIA
Laurens Co, GA was formed in 1807 from Wilkinson Co.
BOSTICK, Nathaniel B. to Luvinia V. Linder 17 Jan 1860
LEE COUNTY (Leesburg) GEORGIA
Lee Co, GA was formed from the Creek Indian Cession of 1826
and is an original county.
BOSTWICK, Elizabeth Jane to Jesse Jennings Hall 1867
Continued next issue.
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Bob Battistella is looking for the missing link in his Bostic
line. The earliest he can document is James L. BOSTIC, born
1 Jan 1811 Delaware (possibly Kent Co) and died 15 Feb 1861.
James Bostic married Clarisa (maybe York), who was born 1811
NY. They appear on the 1850 Dearborn Co, IN census. Their
children were:
(1) Ebenezer, b Dearborn Co, IN and died of wounds at Bowling
Green, KY 7 Nov 1863; married Hanna Perkins.
(2) Lydia A.
(3) Richard
(4) Mary, born IN 1838; married Alexander J. Todd.
(5) James Lawrence, b 1842 IN and d 1882 Willow Hill, Jasper
Co, IL; married Margaret Carpenter 1865 Willow Hill.
(Bob's direct line)
(6) John T., born 1844
(7) Lindz A., born 1846
(8) Ruth, born 1851
(9) Mariah L, born 1855.
James Bostic had five sons in the service of the Union at one
time. It is suspected that this family moved from Delaware to
Indiana between 1810 and 1830 and then to Illinois in 1859.
James L. Bostic, son of James and Clarisa, had three children:
(1) Ida L, born 1866; married Charles Freeman
(2) Sarah O., born 1868
(3) Robert Allen, born 18 Oct 1871.
All were born in Jasper Co, IL
If anyone can help with this line, please contact Bob at
bobbat@popmindspring.com
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Absalom Bostick, son of John and Nancy Bostick, was born in
the 1730's, probably in VA, and died testate ca 1803 Stokes Co,
NC. He married Bethenia Hardin 22 Jun 1762 in Halifax Co, VA.
Absalom is found in records of Pittsylvania Co, VA, before
moving across the state line into NC, first in Surry Co and then
later in Stokes Co, when that county was created in 1789. A man
of considerable land wealth, he is found in many early Stokes Co
records. Absalom and Bethen (Hardin) Bostick were my 4th
great-grandparents. From time to time, I will post records on
this Bostick family.
The following Stokes Co, NC Tax Lists were read from microfilm
at the NC Archives in 1980.
1790: Capt. Bosticks' District
Absalom Bostick 907 acres, 1 white poll, 8 black polls
1791: Capt. Morgin's District
Absalom Bostick 897 acres, 9 poles
1792: Capt. Morgen's Districk
Absalom Bostick 900 acres, 1 white poll, 8 black polls
1793: Capt. Roberson's District
Absalom Bostick, Esq. 948 acres, 2 white polls,
10 black polls
1794: Capt. Morgin's District
Absalom Bostick Jr. 100 acres, 1 white poll, 2 black polls
John Bostick 300 acres, 1 white poll, 4 black polls
Absalom Bostick Esq. 909 acres, 2 white polls,
10 black polls
1795: Morgan's District
Absalom Bostick 1366 acres, 2 white polls, 10 black polls
John Bostick 587 acres, 1 white poll, 2 black polls
Absalom Bostick Jr 100 acres, 1 white poll, 2 black polls
1796 - 1800 in next issue.
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Next issue 15 September 1997
15 September 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #4
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In almost every family there is a story about three brothers
who came to America. One went this way, another went that way,
and still another went a different way. These "three brothers"
stories are almost as popular as the myth of having an "Indian
Princess" in the family. I have come to the conclusion - right
or wrong - that the "three brothers" story is simply an easy
way to connect different families of the same surname.
The "three brothers" story in my Bostick family appears to
have originated or been perpetuated by Mrs. Malcom Everett
of Macon, GA, who wrote several artices for an Atlanta
newspaper in the 1930's.
Mrs. Everett states that "Three Bostick brothers came to
America, one settled in Connecticut, one in New York and
one in Virginia." There it is, folks - the infamous "three
brothers" story. Now, for the rest: "William went to Virginia
and married Miss Nancy Wilson. Their son, John Bostick married
Miss Chessley of VA and they had 5 sons and 4 daughters. Of
the sons, one went to TN, one to SC and the other three came
to GA, they were Chessley or Chesley (Capt. in the Rev. War),
Nathan (or Nathaniel) and Littleberry. The 4 daughters were
Aunts Corbett, Stone, Hatcher and Gervais."
Well, this all makes for a good story, but there are some
problems. Has anyone ever found a documented connection to the
Bostick families in Connecticut or New York? What about
Charles Bostick, who appears in VA in the Vestry Book of
Blisland Parish, New Kent Co, VA, in 1682, when he was ordered
to be committed to the custody of the Sheriff of York County
for "words greatly encourageing the present distractions, by
cutting up Tobacco plants." Where does he fit in? Many
researchers believe this Charles is our immigrant ancestor
and he was certainly in VA prior to the time the "three brothers"
were going in all directions.
Also, what about my ancestor, Absalom Bostick? He didn't go to
SC, TN or GA; he settled in what would later become Stokes Co, NC
and he was a son of John Bostick.
In one of her research papers in the Macon Library, Mrs.
Everett states that Nancy Wilson, wife of William Bostick,
was a daughter of Capt. Peter Wilson and his wife, Ailcey
Hairston. This Peter Wilson did have a daughter named Nancy
as shown by his will of 18 Oct 1762 (Halifax Co, VA Will Book
O, pg 174) BUT, if Nancy was still living in 1762, she was
much too young to have been married to William Bostick,
who died before 16 June 1740 Goochland Co, VA, leaving a
30 year old son. On that June day, Wm. Arnold gave a deposition
that Wm. Bostick did on the 30th of Dec. last make his last
will and testament. (Goochland Co Deed Book 3, pg 311). The
deposition mentions Wm. Bostick's sons Charles, John and William
and a daughter, Mary Frances. John Bostick, 30 year old son of
William Bostick, also gave a deposition on that same June date.
As no wife of William is mentioned in the depositions, I would
bet she was already deceased. This would eliminate Nancy Wilson
as his wife.
Mrs. Everett and others have assigned Elizabeth Chesley as the
wife of John Bostick, son of William Bostick. I have tried and
tried to find any Chesley family in VA at this time period that
could be connected to Elizabeth. There was a Philip Chesley, who
emigrated from Wellford in Glocestershire about 1650 and was
a captain of militia for York Co, VA in 1674. His will, proved
in York Co 10 May 1675 names nephews and cousins (none
with the name of Bostick), but no children. (Encyclopedia of
Virginia Biography, vol. I, 1915) At this point, I do not know
the surname of Elizabeth, wife of John Bostick. Do you?
We do know that John's wife was an Elizabeth, as evidenced by
several land transactions in Pittsylvania Co, VA after John's
death. On 24 Mar 1775 (Pittsylvania Co Deed Book 4, pg 124)
Elizabeth Bostick of Pittsylvania Co. releases, quit claims
all right on titles whatsoever to that land that Valentine
Hatcher sold Sylvester Adams in Pittsylvania Co that lies on
the Dan River which he had of John Bostick, her husband,
containing 200 acres. Then, on 3 Apr 1775, Elizabeth (she
signed with an x), relict of John Bostick, deceased,
acknowledged full satisfaction of John Cargile for her right
of dower in land granted her husband in 1763.
It is very easy to pick up a book or paper someone has written
and accept it as fact. I had a high school geometry teacher
who, while she didn't manage to instill a love of geometry,
did leave me with one bit of information that stuck. She said,
"Fools accept only what they are told. Take that
information and bend it; test it and see if it still holds up
and, most of all, ask if it makes sense. If it does, you've got
some valid information." Not a bad rule to use in genealogy
either. The point of all this is simple: Don't accept a bit
of information just because someone says it is so. Find the
documention or gather all the information you can and see
if the preponderance of evidence points in that direction
and ask yourself if it all makes sense.
More on this Virginia family later.
Copyright (c) Brenda Joyce Jerome, CGRS 14 September 1997.
This article may not be reproduced in any manner without
written permission of the author.
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Donna Vaughn rooter@pe.net has a problem lineage.
Perhaps someone can help.
Mary Jane BOSTICK was born ca 1833 in Tennessee, the oldest
daughter of William Rand Bostick and Jane Browder. I have been
unable to find exactly where in Tennessee Mary Jane was born.
All of William Rand Bostick's children married in Stokes Co,
North Carolina. The children of William Rand Bostick and Jane
Browder are as follows:
1. Angeline Bostick - born 1836 VA., married James McCoy Tuttle
1 Jan 1862.
2. John W. Bostick - born 1838 NC, died 1924, Rural Hall, NC;
married Millie Tuttle.
3. Jesse Bostick - married Nancy Green 9 Feb 1852.
4. James Abner Bostick - born ca 1842; died 1912, Forsyth Co, NC;
married Nannie Jane May on 24 Feb 1881. James left an estate
1912, in Walkertown, Forsyth Co, NC with no lineal heirs.
5. Louisa Bostick - born ca 1844; married James McCoy Tuttle
abt. 1867, husband of her deceased sister, Angeline Bostick
Tuttle.
6. Mary Jane Bostick - married ED Vaughn or BEVERLY Vaughn.
Herein lies the puzzle.
Mary Jane Bostick is named in the 1850 census for Meadows Twp.,
Stokes Co, NC with her parents and siblings. All records
pertaining to Mary, daughter of William Rand Bostick show her
middle name as "Jane". In 1913, Mary Jane Bostick's brother,
James Abner Bostick, dies without lineal heirs. He leaves his
estate to some of his siblings, nieces and nephews including his
sister, Mary Jane Vaughn. Attached to his estate papers at the NC
Archives is a note from his niece, Mary Jane Spears, nee Vaughn,
wife of Newton Spears. The note states that she is a daughter of
"Mary Jane Vaughn, deceased" sister of the deceased James Abner
Bostick. It also states that Mary Jane Spears has a sister who
should also inherit named as Flora Brown, nee Vaughn. This
document proves that Mary Jane Bostick, sister of James Abner
Bostick, married someone named "Vaughn" and had daughters,
Mary Jane Vaughn and Flora Vaughn. In the Bostick papers by
Harry Z.Tucker, found at North Carolina Room Winston-Salem
Library, he states that Mary Jane Bostick married ED Vaughn.
No one has been able to find the source of Harry Tucker's
information on the Bostick lines. No marriage has even been
found for Mary Bostick & Ed Vaughn. The only Stokes Co, NC
Vaughn/Bostick marriage I have found was for Mary ANN Bostick
to Beverly Vaughn on 8 Nov 1856 at Stokes Co, NC. I have been
unable to find a Mary Ann Bostick living in Stokes Co, NC in
1856. Does this indicate that Mary Ann and Mary Jane Bostick
are one in the same? Beverly Vaughn and wife, Mary disappeared
from NC after they are married in 1856. The next record of
Mary Jane Bostick is the 1880 census for Meadows Twp, Stokes
Co, NC. It shows Mary Vaughn, born NC (not TN), age 45, head
of household. With her are 3 childen: Mary age 21; Flora Ann
age 18 and a son Willia, age 21. Given the names of the children,
we can be fairly certain that this is the daugther of William
Rand Bostick as Mary and Flora later inherit from the uncle's
estate. It does not name a husband in the household. In the
1900 Forsyth Co, NC, Mary J. Vaughn is listed as born May 1831
in TN, age 69. She has been married for 40 years and shown as
divorced. She is shown as having had 3 children and only 2
living. Her daughter, Flora Vaughn, age 29, is living in the
home with her along with several of Mary Janes Vaughn's
grandchildren. Though some of the grandchildren are known to
be the children of Flora, she is shown as single and having
no children. Mary Jane Vaughn's other daughter, Mary Jane
Vaughn'2' is living nearby and working in the home of Thomas
Tuttle. This would indicate that the son, William, born ca 1859,
is the deceased child and would explain why he did not inherit
from his uncle's estate in 1912. This leaves me with several
unanswered questions:
Who is ED Vaughn and and did he marry Mary Jane Bostick, daughter
of William Rand Bostick?
Did Mary Jane or Mary Ann Bostick marry Beverly Vaughn in 1856?
If it was Mary Ann Bostick, who were her parents?
The father of Flora Vaughn and her sister, Mary Jane Spears,
nee Vaughn has never been found. My grandfather said his father
was "William Edward Vaughn" and his mother, "Flora Bostick."
This has been proven to be incorrect. His mother was Flora
Vaughn, daughter of Mary Jane Bostick-Vaughn. Why Flora told
her children her last name was Bostick has not yet been
explained. It is believed that Flora may have had several
illegitimate children between 1887 and 1897 while living in the
Walnut Cove community of Stokes Co, NC. It has also been noted
by family members that her full name was "Jettie Flora Vaughn."
The only marriage found for Flora was to Harrison Brown in
Forsyth Co, NC. She is buried with him at Antioch Baptist
Church cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co, NC and her
headstone reads, Flora Vaughn Brown, born 7 Aug 1867, died
19 Aug 1948.
Nothing more is known on the family of her daughter, Mary
Jane Spears, nee Vaughn.
The childen of Flora Vaughn or Jettie Flora were:
1. Ed "Edney" Vaughn- born ca 1880-85. Nothing more is known
on Ed.
2. Carrie Vaughn- born 1890, married Hilary Harrison Kiger
and had several children. Carrie lived for several years with
her aunt and uncle, James McCoy Tuttle and Louiza Bostick
Tuttle. Several of Carrie's children still live in Rural Hall,
NC. Carrie's death records names her parents as Joe and Jettie
Vaughn.
3. Pearl Vaughn - born 1897; married 1st, J.T Owens, married 2nd,
Washington Foster. Pearl had no children. Pearl's death
record names her parents as Will Vaughn & Flora Bostick.
4. James Watkins Vaughn - born 1891; married Rhetta Benson
of Alabama and raised his family in California. He died
1981, California. His social security documents name his
parents as Will Vaughn & Flora Bostick. He was our
grandfather.
Another child may have been Bert Vaughn, born June 1893. He is
mentioned in the 1900 Forsyth Co census as a grandson of
Mary Jane Vaughn. Nothing else is known.
Futher information on the lines of Bostick; Tuttle; Kiger and
collateral lines is available from Donna Vaughn, 5626 Magnolia
Ave, Riverside, CA 92506. rooter@pe.net
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Some days it just not pay to get out of bed. I had one of those
days when I typed the Bostick entries in the 1790-1795 Tax
Lists. I made two huge errors. Absalom Bostick was the son of
John and Elizabeth (surname unknown) Bostick. Absalom Bostick
married Bethenia Perkins (not Hardin) 1762 Halifax Co, VA.
I apologize for any confusion. Those of you who have subscribed
after this issue was sent on 1 Sep will not have those glaring
errors.
Stokes County was created from Surry Co, NC in 1789 and
lies along the NC-VA state line. The tax lists were read from
microfilm at the NC Archives in 1980.
Stokes Co, NC Tax Lists 1796 - 1800
1796: Morgan's District
Absalom Bostick Sr 2106 acres, 2 white polls, 11 black
polls
John Bostick 1350 acres, 1 white polls, 2 black polls
Absalom Bostick Jr 100 acres, 1 white poll, 3 black polls
1797: Morgan's District
Absalom Bostick Sr 1954 acres, 1 white poll, 11 black
polls
John Bostick 800 acres, 1 white poll, 2 black polls
Ferdinand Bostick 100 acres, 1 white poll
1798: Morgan's District
Absalom Bostick Sr 2209 acres, 1 white poll, 11 black
polls
John Bostick 1200 acres, 1 white poll, 5 black polls
Absalom Bostick Jr 100 acres, 1 white poll, 3 black polls
Ferdinand Bostick no land 1 white poll
1799: Bostick District
Absalom Bostick 1183 acres, 11 black polls
John Bostick 1200 acres, 1 white poll, 7 black polls
Absalom Bostick Jr 553 acres, 2 white polls, 3 black polls
Ferdinand Bostick 796 acres, 1 white poll
1800: Bostick's District
Absalom Bostick 1183 acres, 1 white poll, 11 black polls
John Bostick 1000 acres, 1 white poll, 6 black polls
Absalom Bostick Jr 622 acres, 1 white polls, 3 black polls
Anthony Dearing's List of those not paying their taxes for
several years: Farthing Bostick
[Note by BJJ: I believe this should Ferdinand Bostick]
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John M. O'Melia 13jo36@BellSouth.net sends part IV of Georgia
Marriages.
LINCOLN COUNTY (Lincolnton) GEORGIA
Lincoln Co, GA was formed in 1796 from Wilkes County.
BOSTICK, Davis to Jennie Jones (date note reported)
BOST(W)ICK, Haldah to Adam Harmesberger 31 Jul 1828
BOSTICK, Hillary/Hilory to Martha Frazer 04 Feb 1830
LUMPKIN COUNTY (Dahlonega) GEORGIA
Lumpkin Co, GA was formed in 1832 from Cherokee, Habersham and
Hall Counties.
BOSTICK, John Graham to Mary Malinda Kenady/Canady 23 Jan 1840
MONROE BOUNTY (Forsyth) GEORGIA
Monroe Co, GA was formed in 1857 from the lands that were part of
Creek Indian Cession of 1821. Monroe Co is also an original
county.
BOSTICK, Abraham J. to Amanda C. Hanson* 16 Oct 1842
*BOSTICK, Amanda C. (2nd marriage) to Wiley Pritchett 12 Jun 1849
(*Amanda C. Mitchell is mentioned in county history in a 3rd
marriage, but there is no date listed in the text.)
BOSTICK, Ann E. to James A. Williamson 31 Aug 1845
MORGAN COUNTY (Madison) GEORGIA
Morgan Co, GA was formed in 1807 from Baldwin County.
BOSTWICK, Azariah B. to Elizabeth Barkley 22 Oct 1828
BOSTWICK, Berry to Elizabeth McCoy/MACOY 22 Jan 1818
BOSTWICK, Elizabeth J. to Caleb Barton 26 Nov 1846
BOSTWICK, Green (B)erry to Frances A. Hester 12 Feb 1857
BOSTWICK, L.B.D. to Mary Ann Fergerson 11 Aug 1850
BOSTWICK, Martha to William B. Arnold 14 Apr 1842
BOSTWICK, Matilda to Thomas (T.L.) Nolan/Nolas 26 Oct 1851
MUSCOGEE COUNTY (Columbus) GEORGIA
Muscogee Co, GA was formed in 1826 from the Creek Indian
Cession and is an original county.
BOSTWICK, Thomas (died 08 Jul 1850) to Mary Ann Kelly 01 May 1849
(both above individuals were born in Columbus, GA)
BOSTICK, Mary L. to David Barber 04 Jul 1839
continued next issue.
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Below are several California marriages found in the June, Sep.
and Dec. 1966 issues of the National Genealogical Society
Quarterly.
Sacramento, CA
BOSTWICK, I.H. and Sarah P. Stampler 1853 Bk A, pg 45
Sutter Co, CA
BOSTWICK, H.J. and S.A. Buchanon 30 Jan 1857
BOSTWICK, Nancy (age 16) and James M. Smith (age 28)
16 Nov 1859
BOSTWICK, Catharine and John Murdock 10 Jan 1858
Siskiyou Co, CA
BOSTWICK, Jane Ann and Charles Abbott 25 Feb 1860
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If you have a "brick wall" in your research, send it in and
maybe someone can help.
Next Issue 1 October 1997
1 October 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #5
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In the previous issue I wrote that Mrs. Everett of GA
had originated or perpetuated the story of "three brothers"
in the Bostick family. Mrs. Everett's newspaper column in
the 1930's was not the first instance of this story being
advanced. In =Old Plantation Days= by Mrs. Nanny Bostick
DeSaussure, written in 1909, there is a letter dated 8 Jan
1906 written to "My Dear Aunt Nannie" from A. McIver Bostick,
attorney of Beaufort, SC (page 118 of cited book). Mr. Bostick
states "Our family and the Northern family of Bostick were one
and the same. Our American progenitor landed in Plymouth, Mass.
sometime about the middle of the 17th century, coming from
Chester County England and being probably a political refugee.
His wife also came with him from England ... the original stock
in Mass. seems to have migrated; mine northward and some
gradually drifting southward. The intermediate links I
cannot supply, but these brothers settled, two in Carolina,
the youngest being our great grandfather Richard and one in
GA. In Jones' History of GA mention is made of Capt. Littlebury
Bostick, a wealthy rice planter near Savannah. He, I think,
was the brother or son of the brother who settled in GA.
Richard was the youngest of the three. The other brother,
John, bought a large landed estate near Columbia on which he
lived and died quite an old man..." This letter by Mr.
Bostick is also printed in =Our Family Circle= by Annie
Elizabeth Miller of Macon, GA (c) 1931 with corrections,
additions and deletions by Rev. Dr. Robert E.H. Peeples,
(c) 1975.
Well... if this letter is to be believed, those who descend
from the Black Swamp Bosticks (descendants of Richard),
those in other parts of the South and those in the Northeast
are all related - somehow. This is all so confusing that I
can not figure it out, but did want to point out another
instance of lumping all Bosticks into one family.
In =Our Family Circle= Mrs. Miller gives the same information
about the "3 brothers" Bostick running around in all directions.
She does list the descendants of Littleberry Bostick, as
given from an old Bostick Bible by Mrs. Everett of Macon, GA.
This is the same information used in some of Mrs. Everett's
newspaper articles. This information just seems to go
round and round.
With the exception of the Littleberry Bostick line, all the
Bosticks listed in =Our Family Circle= are descendants of
Richard Bostick. Mrs. Miller states that Richard Bostick
(born 24 Sep 1758, died 5 Feb 1831) married Mary Harriet
Robert, daughter of John Robert and Elizabeth Dixon. Richard
married (2) Elizabeth Ann Robert Singleton, sister to Mary
Harriet Robert. Children of Mary Harriet Robert and Richard
Bostick are listed as Ann Eliza, who married William Daniel
McKenzie; Benjamin, who married (1) Ann Robert and (2) Jane
Aseneth Maner.
There is more information on the Black Swamp Bosticks in
=The Last Foray, the SC Planter of 1860 A Sociological Study=
by Chalmers Gaston Davidson. On page 179 it is written that
Benjamin Robert Bostick of "Ingleside," Black Swamp plantation,
was born 11 Oct 1791 in SC; married 18 Jun 1815 to Mary Eliza
Robert (28 Aug 1798-died 1817) and married (2) 19 Mar 1819 to
Jane Asenath Maner (25 Mar 1801-6 May 1887). Benjamin R.
Bostick died 25 Oct 1866. He was educated at the College of SC
(left 1809-1810) and was a deacon in the Baptist Church. He
was also a trustee of the Black Swamp Academy and owned 370
slaves.
This Bostick family is also mentioned in =Before Freedom - 48
Oral Histories of Former North and South Carolina Slaves=
by Belinda Hurmence (c) 1990. On pgs 162-163, 88 year old
Silvia Chisolmin states: "Old man Joe Bostick was me marster.
... Mr. Bostick was a good old man. He been deaf. He was a
preacher. His father was old man Ben Bostick." She goes on
to say that her master's home and his Pineland place at
Garnett were burned by the Yankees during the Civil War.
A friend has just sent me additional information on this
family, which will be discussed in a later issue of this
newsletter.
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I have come across the given name Harmon in several
Bostwick families. Initially, I thought the name was
uncommon in the Bostick/Bostwick family, but this isn't
the case.
The following information comes from =Memorial and Biographical
History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Co, TX=, (c) 1893.
Page 764 has a sketch on Harmon G. BOSTWICK, dec'd, son of John
and Catherine (Butler) BOSTWICK. The father was born 6 Apr 1785
in New Milford, CT and was a saddle and harness maker in early
life and later a farmer. After his marriage, he settled in PA,
and then moved to OH and later Clark Co, IL, where he died 13
Nov 1849.
Harmon G. BOSTWICK was born in Pike, Bradford Co, PA 25 Jul 1814.
He moved to OH as a boy and later to Knox Co, IL and Peoria, IL.
He married in Peoria 27 Apr 1837 to Mary E. Hord and they had one
child, Cyrene, who died at the age of 7 months. Mary died
6 Jul 1839 and on 13 Sep 1840, Mr. Bostwick married Mary Ramsey
and they had 2 children, Sarah Catherine (dec'd), wife of E.H.
Carter, and Harmon G. The family moved to Texas in 1854. Harmon
G. died 11 Dec 1890.
Harmon G., son of above Harmon, was born 22 Aug 1843 in
Farmington, Knox Co, IL. He enlisted 7 Jun 1862 as a private in
Co E, 15th TX Vol. Infantry. He married in Waco, TX 10 Dec 1885
to Mabel Emma, daughter of Anson and Mary Shelley. Mabel was born
in St. Paul, MN 24 Sep 1856 and came to Texas with the J.S. Taft
family in 1875. The Bostwicks are Democrats and Presbyterian.
Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, TX has the following listings:
BOSTWICK, Emma M. died 1 Dec 1939
BOSTWICK, Harmon Gilbert Jr. 22 Aug 1843 - 7 Jul 1914
BOSTWICK, Catherine, mo/o H.G., born 7 Jan 1789, died Waco, TX
9 May 1871
BOSTWICK, Mary (Mother) wf/o H.G. born VA 23 Sep 1816, died
Waco, TX 15 Jun 1882
BOSTWICK, Harmon Gilbert Sr (Father) born Pike, Bradford Co, PA
25 Jul 1814 and died 12 Dec 1890
BOSTWICK, Effie M. 24 Mar 1898 - 23 Mar 1962
BOSTWICK, Joe E. 10 Feb 1896 - 30 Nov 1969
BOSTWICK, Virgia (Speck) wf/o F.B., 1890 - 1916
BOSTWICK, Annie K. 1863 - 1938
BOSTWICK, Elizabeth Miller 1903 - 1970
BOSTICK, A.C. died 26 Dec 1954, age 74 yrs
BOSTICK, Edith Little 1889 - 1960
The cemetery listings are found in =McLennon Co, TX Cemetery
Records, vol III=.
There was an Ira Harmon Bostwick in Warrick Co, IN, the county
where I live. He first appears on the 1830 Warrick Co census,
along with a Lanson Bostwick. On 14 Mar 1830, Ira H. married
Calista Castle, and then died testate in 1831. On 25 Dec
1837, Calista Castle Bostwick married John Fuquay. The
Castle family came from NY, but there is no indication of Ira's
birthplace. He simply did not live long enough to generate
many records in Warrick Co.
Another Harmon Bostwick is found in =Records of Louisiana
Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Commands= compiled by
Andrew B. Booth.
Ira H. Bostwick, Pvt. Co E, 7th LA Infantry. En. March 1,
1862 at New Orleans, LA. ... Born England. Occupation
Carpenter. Res. New Orleans, age 25, married.
Suzie Arnaud (suzie@mfi.net) descends from this Ira Harmon
Bostwick.
Does anyone know if, or how, any of these families connect?
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John M. O'Melia (13jo36BellSouth.net) continues his series of
Georgia Marriages.
NEWTON County (Covington) GEORGIA
Newton Co, GA was formed in 1821 from Henry, Jasper and Walton
Counties.
BOST(W)ICK, John M. to Amanda D. Roper 22 Jun 1854
BOSTWICK, Nancy E. to Francis M. Whitehead 25 Dec 1852
BOSTWICK, Sarah Frances to John Meadows/Meadors 26 Jan 1823
BOSTWICK, William Bailey to Martha Ann Hinton 28 Aug 1865
OGLETHORPE COUNTY (Lexington) GEORGIA
Oglethorpe Co, GA was formed in 1793 from Wilkes County.
BOSTWICK, Aggatha to James Cone/Cook 25 Aug 1796
BOSTWICK, Sally/Sallie to George W. Heard Jr 06 Feb 1796
PULASKI COUNTY (Hawkinsville) GEORGIA
Pulaski Co, GA was formed from Laurens County in 1808.
BOSTICK, Caroline to George Pitts 22 Jul 1829
BOSTICK, M.D. to Lucinda Fann 21 Jan 1847
BOSTWICK, Jane to I.M.P. Giddens 27 Sep 1857
BOST(W)ICK, Nathaniel L. to Cidney Ann Adams 15 Jan 1829
RICHMOND COUNTY (Augusta) GEORGIA
Richmond Co, GA was formed in 1777 from the Parish of Saint Paul,
which was formed in 1758. Saint Paul's Parish was created from
the Creek Indian Cession of 1733. Augusta served as the state
Capital.
BOSTICK, Chesley Jr to Susannah Cobb 13 May 1791
BOSTICK, Elizabeth to Thomas P. Carnes 19 Nov 1795
BOSTICK, Hillery (son of Nathan) to Elizabeth Jervis 28 Apr 1790
BOSTICK, Jacob to Rebecca Beall(e) 13/16 Feb 1803/04
BOSTICK, John (son of Nathan) to Elizabeth Hayles 05 Apr 1800
BOSTICK, John (son of Nathan) to Elouise/Elouisa Beall(e)
24/25 Jan 1824
BOSTWICK, John to Martha Walker (date not reported)
BOSTICK, John Rufus to Caroline Rebecca Bealle(e) 03 Sep 1834
BOSTWICK, Leonard to Elizabeth B. Meigs 18 Apr 1837
BOSTICK, Littleberry (Bible Record) to Mary (Polly) Phillips
30 Oct 1792
BOSTICK, Littleberry (Jr) to Lucy Evans 17/18 Jun 1801
BOST(W)ICK, Mildred Jane to Joshua Meals 10 Jul 1809
BOSTICK, Nathan (Sr) to Martha Gwinn/Guinn 1769
BOSTICK, Reese/Rheesa to Margaret Jones 23 Apr 1803
BOST(W)ICK, Samuel to Anna Marie Mane/Maner/Mainor 09 Jul 1771
BOSTICK, William to Elizabeth A. Howard 28 Jan 1830
continued next issue.
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The following information comes from =The Legislative Manual
and Political Register of the State of North Carolina for
the Year 1874=
Stokes Co, NC Members of General Assembly (House)
1790: George Houser, Absalom Bostick
1791: James Martin, Absalom Bostick
1793: George Houser, Absalom Bostick
1794: Absalom Bostick, George Houser
1795: Absalom Bostick, George Houser
1801: John Bostick, Charles Banner
1803: Henry B. Dobson, John Bostick
1804: John Bostick, Henry B. Dobson
1806: John Bostick, Isaac Dalton
In 1807 and 1808, Benjamin Forsyth was a member of the
House. Forsyth Co, NC was named for Benjamin Forsyth, who
was the nephew of William Rand, who was the father-in-law
of Ferdinand Bostick (son of Absalom named above).
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Selected Miscellaneous Terms Used in Genealogy
Administrator - person appointed by the court to collect
the assets, pay the debts and distribute the remaining
property among the heirs
Affidavit - written, sworn statement of facts, events
or circumstances
Consort - a living spouse
Curator - person who has charge of an estate until it
is determined if a will is judged valid or invalid; also
a guardian of a minor or insane person
Deposition - statement taken under oath which can be used
as evidence in court, on behalf of either the plaintiff
or defendant.
Executor - person named in a will and charged with carrying
out the provisions of the will
Guardian - a person charged with the management of the
rights and property of another, usually a minor, but not
always
Guardian ad litem - guardian appointed by a court to act in
a particular case or suit
Indenture - an agreement in which 2 or more people agree to
do certain things or acts and signed by all parties
Ordinary - an inn serving alcoholic beverages; a tavern
Relict - a surviving spouse
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If you have information to break through that "brick wall"
in the families listed in the newsletter, please send the
info to me and I'll put it in a future issue. Please do provide
complete documentation of sources (i.e. location of record,
type of record, vol. & page number, etc.)
Do you have a research problem you wish to share? If so, send it
in and maybe someone can help.
Next issue 15 October 1997.
15 October 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #6
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Several Bostick/Bostic famililes went into what would become
Kentucky, but none as early as this land grant in the 1780's.
The area that would become Kentucky was still part of Virginia
at this time.
The first KY Treasury Warrants were sold by the Virginia Land
Office in Oct 1779, but they could not be used until 1 May
1780. In 1780, Kentucky County, VA was divided into three
counties, one being Fayette. In 1782 the Virginia Land Office
issued the first warrant for Revolutionary War service with
the acreage being determined by rank. Kentucky became a state
in 1792. It would appear that the following land grant was
for service in the American Revolution, but which John could
this be? The amount of land, 1487 acres, is not the amount
issued for any officer or soldier in the War. It is possible
that he bought up someone else's land warrant and added it to
his own, resulting in an odd amount.
The south fork of the Licking River flows south through several
counties and empties into the Ohio River at Covington and
Newport in North Central Kentucky.
The copy of the land grant was received from the KY Dept.
of Libraries and Archives in 1983.
"Patrick Henry Esquire, governor of the commonwealth of
Virgina to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know
ye that by Virtue and in Consideration of Land Office
Treasury warrant No. 128609 [last digit hard to read] issued
the Second day of July 1782 here is granted by the sd.
Commonwealth unto JOHN BOSTICK a certain tract or parcel of
land containing Fourteen Hundred and Eighty Seven acres by
survey bearing date the 12th day of April 1784 lying and
being in the County of Fayette on Raven Creek a branch of the
South fork of Licking and bounded as follows, to wit,
Beginning at the southeast corner of William Walkers survey of
One Thousand acres .... running with sd. Walkers line ...
crossing a creek ... corner in Walkers line ... to the beginning.
14 August 1786. [signed] P. Henry."
It is interesting that the next entry is a grant to Daniel Boone.
There is the possibility that the John Bostick who received
this grant was the John who appears in Buckingham Co, VA
and then after the American Revolution in SC, but I have found
no other record that suggests John of Buckingham Co and SC had
any ties to KY.
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Joyce Loving (jloving@anet-stl.com) sends the following "brick
wall" in her Bostick line:
My earliest proven Bostick is William Littleberry Bostick,
born in Georgia in 1820. He lived in Copiah County, MS and
was married to Letitia Honea. Their only daughter was Hicksey
Ann Letitia Bostick, who married William Elbert Bell. I am
in her line and have information on down. Her brothers are
a mystery. She had a brother Tarver, who married Kate
Crawford Smith, a widow. I know their children from the
census, but they are lost after 1900. Her brother Stephen
is a total mystery. I don't know who he married or what
happened to him. Her other brother, Thomas, married Laura
Bell and I don't even known who their children were or where
they went. Laura Bell and William Elbert Bell were brother
and sister.
William and Letitia Bostick divorced in 1879 and William was
found in Williamson County, MS to sign the divorce papers. I
can not find anything about him after that.
I know that several of the Copiah County, MS Bosticks moved
to Pleasant Hill, LA in Sabine Parish. I have ordered census
records and am going to hunt in LA next.
As for William Littleberry Bostick, who was born in GA, I
can find nothing on his parents. Can anyone help?
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The last portion of Georgia marriages follows. Thanks to
John O'Melia (12jo36@BellSouth.net) for compiling and sending
this information.
SPALDING COUNTY (Griffin) GEORGIA
Spalding Co, GA was formed in 1851 from Fayette, Henry and
Pike Counties.
BOSTWICK, Azariah to Elizabeth Smith 22 Dec 1859
BOSTWICK, John Butler to Martha Crowell 25 Sep 1856
BOSTWICK, Martha/Mattie to H.P. Freeman 10 Feb 1861
BOSTWICK, Sam to Alice Starr 07 Jan 1868
STEWART COUNTY (Lumpkin) GEORGIA
Stewart Co, GA was formed from Randolph County in 1830
BOSTWICK, Elijah William to Rebecca Scaife 08 Sep 1858
BOSTWICK, Elizabeth to Moses Gasney 03 May 1840
BOSTWICK, Elizabeth A. to George W. Rutledge 11 Feb 1844
BOSTWICK, John B. to Mrs. Sena Gregory 01 Jan 1854
BOSTWICK, Louna J. to William J. Jones 17 Sep 1854
BOSTWICK, Sarah to James Kenedy/Kennedey 10 Jan 1847
BOSTWICK, Theresa to Fielding Davis 12 Feb 1837
BOSTWICK, William to Mary Grampshire 11 Jan 1835
TROUP COUNTY (LaGrange) GEORGIA
Troup Co, GA was formed in 1826 from the Creek Indian
Cessions and is an original county.
BOSTICK/BOSTOCK, John to Nancy Banks 21 Apr 1836
WALTON COUNTY (Monroe) GEORGIA
Walton Co, GA was formed from the Creek Indian Cession
lands in 1818 and is an original county.
BOSTWICK, Emily to George Glore 06 Jul 1834
BOSTWICK, L.B. to Mrs. Sallie Hudgens 27 Mar 1864
BOSTWICK, L.B.J.D. to Elizabeth P. Ferguson 25 Jan 1861
BOSTWICK, Mary to Thomas W. Prime/Prince 11 Dec 1828
BOSTWICK, Nancy to John Mullens 24 Dec 1829
WILKINSON COUNTY (Irwinton) GEORGIA
Wilkinson Co, GA was formed in 1803 from Creek Indian
Cessions of 1802 and 1805.
BOSTICK, J.E. (Miss) to E.L. Martin 01 Dec 1874
BOSTICK, L.S.R. (Senna) to Josiah Jones 01/15 Nov 1857
BOSTICK, Rebecca J.** to Elbert J. Williams 03 Feb 1876
**Daughter of James and Jane (Donaldson) Bostick
BOSTICK, Robert C. to Serena Ann R. Pace 13 Nov 1851
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The following information is taken from =Mississippi
Confederate Grave Registrations A-L= by Betty Couch
Wiltshire (c) 1991.
State Co where
Name Service Unit birth/death born buried
Bostic, G.B. 38 GA Inf 1839-1921 GA Tishomingo
Bostick, R.S. 27 MS Inf AL Choctaw
Bostick, Richard S 35 MS Inf 1840-1924 AL Harrison
Bostick, T.J. 46 MS Inf 1845-1908 Kemp. Co Laud.
Bostwick, H.B. GA troops 1846-1909 GA Forrest
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John O'Melia sends the following on his William Bostwick
and Mary Bailey line:
Many family lines have been well documented on the trail
to William BOSTWICK. Originally, the wrong William BOSTWICK
was thought to be the one. Then the problem occured when as
many as five William BOSTWICKx were found in GA in the 1700`s.
Too many folks fell upon the work of a BOSTWICK researcher
who supposedly had the inside track for family in CT and all
points west and south. When I received encouragement to join
the conference of families who had ties to William BOSTWICK
and his bride Mary BAILEY the conventional feeling was that
William was from Dover, DE, had roots to MD and then into CT.
I had just finished working on an Irish line and a Scotch line
and it was a brutal undertaking. To my eye and mind this seemed
too simple. Just a gut feeling. So I decide to work from my
mother-in-law back with what facts she remembered hearing when
she was a girl.
Well, I reached William and Mary and could not reach the
same conclusion. The other researches did find two William
BOSTWICKs and managed partly to separate them. When I finished
looking I found a William out of TN, one out of NC, one out of
VA, and two out of SC. At least the background on them stated
that. I did not consider the DE or CT much less the NJ and NY
entries.
Communication with the family reseachers who had ties to
William and Mary were getting quite heated because I challanged
their information. Eventually, they saw the same thing I found.
They began to rework their lines and did come to the same
conclusion I had. A small group of the family researches knew
from handed down memories that William was always said to be
from VA but they never had hard data as to where.
Most of the BOSTWICKs in my wife`s family were farmers,
newspapermen, woodwright, or wheelwright, or just plain
carpenters. We knew that our William was mentioned in the
will of Francis GIDDENS and that the administrator was to pay
William BOSTWICK for building Mr. GIDDEN`s coffin. We also know
of William`s day book or work book in his own handwriting that
has disappeared from a researchers files. He is currently
looking for it after loaning out his files to someone he has
not yet identified.
I have also seen several BOSTWICK entries in the World
Family Tree CD`s that are pitiful because they depend on
secondary sources that are painfully in error. Too many people
are in a hurry to buy a brown bag regardless what is in it.
William BOSTWICK and Mary BAILEY had five children:
James Bailey BOSTWICK who lived to be 83 years old in Stewart
Co GA
Azariah BOSTWICK who lived to be 35 years old in Morgan Co GA
Elizabeth Leticia BOSTWICK who lived to 38 years old in Gwinnett
Co GA
Amy (Annie) BOSTWICK who lived out her life in Walton Co GA
Berry BOSTWICK who lived to be 74 years old in Morgan Co GA
Family searchers for JACKSON, DIAL, REAGAN, MITCHAM, HEARD,
HESTER, LEWIS, SCAIFE, MEADORS, BUTLER, MANLEY, ROSSER, DAVIS,
BARTLETT, BARKLEY, SMITH, LIVEOAK, PURSLEY, McCOY, COLQUITT
and COOPER have all come to the same conclusion with the facts
in front of them. William was from VA and was part of a large
family that moved south before, during, and after the
Revolutionary War. They did have the same problem I encountered
as to the spelling of the family name....BOSTICK/BOSTWICK.
There are some of us who are planning on visiting states
to the north and looking into the resources available in archives
and libraries. Many of us are not young or in good health. It
is painful to realize that we may never finish the search, but
we do feel deeply grateful to seize the truth of first hand
documents that tell the story.
With more families making contact to the BOSTWICK line
with legitimate information our "family" is growing. This hobby
of genealogy is fun but serious business that we do not take
lightly.
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Suzie Arnaul sends additional information on her Ira Harmon
Bostwick, who was mentioned in the last newsletter. He was
born around 1837, died around 1901 and is buried in Giles
Street Cemetery, New Orleans. He married Petrian Lovern in
1864 (from marriage record). Petrian Lovern was born around
1846.
They had a daughter, Lenora Jane Bostwick, who was born
April 1865 in Montgomery County, Virginia (Roanoke).
She died May 24, 1926 in Bluefield W VA. Lenora was married
to John P. Cromer on Dec. 26, 1884.
Ira Harmon Bostwick was a private in Co. E 7th Louisiana
Regiment Infantry. (Taken from enlistment papers for the
Confederacy). He was detailed as a nurse to General Hospital #1
in Lynchburg, Virginia and also at Montgomery White sulphur
springs, VA hospital.
Suzie's grandfather was Leon Chalmers Cromer Sr, the son of
John and Nora (Lenora) Cromer. Her father was Leon Chalmers
Cromer Jr.
Census records indicate that Ira Harmon Bostwick was black,
but being from New Orleans or Texas area, that may not be true.
On his marriage record in 1864, Harmon's parents are listed as
Harmon and Mary C. Bostwick.
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Periodically the names, email addresses, and ancestors of
newsletter subscribers will be listed. If you wish to
share your information, please get in touch with them.
Bettiann Lloyd (Genechaser@aol.com)
Stephen Bostick (born ca 1818-1825 Ga) married Matilda
Langston (formerly married to Morris Woods), who was
born ca 1823 AL.
1850 Chickasaw Co, MS and 1860 Calhoun Co, MS
Joan Whitaker Landrum (jlandrum@e-tex.com)
Hubert Bostick, who married Rebecca Jane F. Whitaker 1834
Jefferson Co, GA
Wanda Little (WLittle495@aol.com)
Charles Bostock through his son William Bostick and through
his son Charles and through his son Richard.
VA, Caswell and Rutherford Co, NC
John M. O'Melia (13jo36@BellSouth.net)
William Bostwick and Mary Bailey
Georgia
Candy (Preston66@aol.com)
Henry Bostic (born 1898, died 1974), son of W.M. Bostic
and Louisa Jane Cochran and grandson of John Bostic and
___ Yates.
Pike Co, KY
James Bostick Morse, 8065 Ashley Dr, Olive Branch, MS 38654
is not online, but has an interest in all branches of the
Bostick family and has helped many people research their
southern Bostick lines. He has published a book, =Bostick
Trails & Ties,= which covers his line and is available from
him at $35. James descends from William Bostick, who died
1792 Person Co, NC.
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Next issue 1 November 1997
1 November 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #7
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One state we have never covered is Arkansas. Perhaps some of
this information will be of help to someone. The list of
Arkansas Confederate soldiers was sent to me about 15 years
ago by a Bostick descendant in Texas. No source is listed,
but verification and additional information could be obtained
from the Arkansas History Commission, One Capitol Mall, Little
Rock, AR 72201.
=ARKANSAS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS=
A.W. Bostick - Pvt. Co G, 35th AR Inf
Berry R. Bostick - Pvt. Co F, 10 Witts AR Cav
B.R. Bostic - Pvt. Co B, 4th Batt'n AR Inf
James A. Bostic - Pvt. Co B, 4th AR Inf
J.H. Bostic - Pvt. Co D, 21st AR Inf
J.W. Bostic - Sgt. Co D, 37th AR Inf (original under J.A.W.
BOSTWICK)
Richard Bostic - Pvt. Co H, 14th (McCarvers) AR Inf (also
8th AR Inf as Richard BASTICK)
S.R. Bostic - Pvt. Co D, 20th AR Inf
Thomas J. Bostic - Pvt. Co F, 4th AR Inf (also Howard's AR Cav)
William Bostic - Pvt. Co D, 21st AR Inf
Berry B. Bostic - Pvt. Co D, 4th AR Inf
George Bostick - Capt. Ernest's Co (local defense)
J.B. Bostick - Pvt. Co C, 4th AR Inf (orginial under John G.
Bostick) [see 1860 Montgomery Co, AR census ... BJJ]
John H. Bostick - Pvt. Co ?, 35th AR Inf
Joshua H. Bostick - Pvt. Co B, 17th Lemoyne's AR Inf and
Co D., 21 AR Inf
L.S. Bostick - Pvt. Co E, 20th AR Inf [see 1860-1870
Hempstead Co, AR census ... BJJ]
Richard Bostick - Pvt. New Co. G, 8th AR Inf
S.S. Bostick - Pvt. Co 11 S (Consolidated AR Inf)
William Bostick - Pvt. Co B, 17th Lemoyne's AR Inf (also
Co D, 21st AR Inf)
William Bostick - Co B, Cockes Regt. AR Inf
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=The Confederate Veteran= vol I, #8, August 1893, page 263
has the following entry:
"Camp John Wallace, Van Buren, AR, August 21, 1893. - S.A.
Cunningham - Dear Sir: At the meeting of the members of
the Camp John Wallace on the 19th inst., the Confederate
Veteran was indorsed and adopted as the organ of this Camp
without a vote to the contrary. [signed] W.C. BOSTICK, Adjt."
The Confederate Veteran was a magazine published in Nashville,
TN for many years. CSA vets and their families submitted
their versions of various battles, obituaries, who was searching
for whom, and anything else thought to be of interest. These
magazines have been reprinted and are found as bound volumes
in a number of larger libraries. They are a wonderful source
of information on CSA veterans.
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The following is taken from =Arkansas Military Bounty Grants
(War of 1812),= compiled by Katheran Christensen and published
by Arkansas Ancestors (c) 1971
White Co, AR: Nathaniel Bostick, warrant number 23,057
patent date 1820
Faulkner Co, AR: Daniel Bostwick, brother and other heirs at
law of Raymond Bostwick, warrant number 26,781
patent date 1836
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Crawford Co, AR was formed 18 Oct 1820. Van Buren is the county
seat.
Crawford Co, AR Marriage Book A 1877-1880:
Andrew J. Phillips, 33, married Julia Bostick 7 Oct 1878
Alfred W. Bostick, 30, married Jane McBride 23 Feb 1879
Crawford Co, AR Marriage Book H:
Charles Williams, age 33, married Bessie Bostick, 27
16 Jun 1907
>From early Van Buren, AR newspapers:
1860: Married in this city on 1st inst. Mr. D.W. Heard of
Fort Smith and Miss M.J. Bostick, daughter of John Bostick,
Esq. Friday, Nov. 2
1861: Married in this city 15th inst. by Rev. John Harrell,
Col. John B. Latham of Fort Smith and Miss Bettie A. Bostick
of this city. Friday, Jan. 18.
19 Jul 1867: Died in this city on Thursday evening, July
11th, after a protracted illness, Mr. John Bostick, aged
about 70 years. Mr. Bostick was one of our oldest and much
respected citizens. For many years he kept the public house
known as the Bostick Hotel. He leaves a wife and a large
circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss.
1869: Married in this city on 26th inst. Mr. Wm. C.** Bostick
and Miss Sallie Alexander, both of this city. Oct. 26.
1870: Married in the Episcopal Church in Fort Smith on
Tuesday night last (15th) Mr. Edward McKenna and Miss Millie
Bostick. Feb. 22.
>From =History in Headstones, Crawford Co, AR= by Susan
Swinburn (c) 1970. Fairview Cemetery is located in the city
of Van Buren on Fayetteville Street.
Page 130:
Fay Murta Bostick 26 Oct 1878 - 2 Aug 1910
Abbie Bostick, wf of Ben M. Jones 1875 - 1906
W.G.** Bostick 1844-1919
Sarah E. Bostick, born near Charlotte, NC 1844-1912
Bobbie Lee Bostick, son of Wm. A and Pearl
7 Oct 1905 - 15 Jun 1906
Pearl Still Bostick 1871 - 1960
** This is as written, but I wonder if they could be the same
man.
The 1840 Crawford Co census shows a Taliferro Bostic and John
Bostic in Van Buren Township. In 1850, Taliferro is not
listed, but John BOSTWICK is listed as a 48 year old hotel
keeper, born in GA, with his wife Sarah, 38, born VA, and
their children. There are other Bostwicks listed in Crawford
Co that same census year as well as in 1860, 1870, and 1880.
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Diane Mason sends her Bostick line.
It begins with the earliest known ancestor:
Thomas Bostick and Mary (undocumented).
son:
Thomas Bostick mar. Tamer.
Sons:
1. John Bostick.
2. JAMES BOSTICK Sr. born ca 1745 Queen Anne Co., MD.
died 1823/24 Richmond Co, NC. Married (abt. 1767) to
Comfort Love (no documents located), who was born ca 1745.
Children:
1. Elizabeth: Married William J. Baird of Richmond Co, NC.
Migrated to Wilson Co, TN.
2. William: 15 Oct 1768 - 2 Aug 1829 Married Naomi Sprawls
(1773-1832, dau. of Solomon Sprawls and Mary Ann Thompson.
3. Nathaniel Bostick
4. James Jr.: Married Mary "Polly" McDonald (1777-1823, dau.
of Lt?Major) Donald McDonald and Keziah Robinson
5. Levi
6. Thomas J.: Died abt 1838; married Mary "Polly" Pemberton,
dau of Stith Pemberton and Martha Jennings. Thomas J and
Mary moved abt 1830 to Hardeman Co, TN.
7. Mary: Married Eli McDonald son of Daniel/Donald McDonald
and Robinson/Robertson
8. Sarah: Born abt. 1786 -09/08/1871; Married twice, (1)
Wilson Baird (abt:1785-1818/1819)
9. Tristram; died in Marion District, SC. mar.Nancy/Mary(?)
Thomas.
Notes:
James Bostick believed to have been born a Quaker and converted to
the Baptist faith perhaps after moving into NC. James Bostick
served during Am Rev; likely did not serve from Richmond County
area, perhaps not even NC; service record has not been located.
Will of James Bostick dated 09/20/1823, will proved 04/1824
Richmond Co, NC Court. James said to have lived in Richmond Co,
NC from abt 1745 until death; he was a farmer and lived along
Squirrel Creek near Ellerbe Springs. One source records James'
wife as "Ann", however will of James Bostick records his wife
as "Comfort". "W.I." Everett sketch" of 1927, records James
Bostick's wife as "Ann". Could Ann have been an earlier wife?
Or was this a mistake by Everett? Baird family said to have
operated a grist and saw mill somewhere in Richmond Co, NC.
One source records that death was between 09/20/1823 &
April 1824. Wilson Baird and John Baird were sons of Alexander
Baird and Elizabeth Jennings. See Burial in Old Baird Cemetery,
Crestview Road, Milan, TN. See Dates from gravestone located
in Old Saron Church Cemetery, Richmond Co, NC.
Most of this data from The Richmond Co. Descendants P.O. Box 848
Rockingham, NC 28380 Ph. 910/997-6641.
More later on James' son William.
Diane Mason skunk@coastalnet.com
[Watch for more on the line of Levi Bostick in the next issue...
BJJ]
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John O'Melia sends the index for Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick on
the 1790 South Carolina Census.
BOSTIC, William - Camden Dist., York Co, pg 29
BOSTICK, Floid - Camden Dist., York Co, pg 30
BOSTICK, John - 96 Dist., Edgefield Co, pg 64
BOSTICK, John - Camden Dist., Richland Co, pg 26
BOSTICK, John Jr - 96 Dist., Edgefield Co, pg 64
BOSTICK, Richard - Beaufort Dist, pg 11
BOSTICK, Stephen - 96 Dist., Edgefield Co, pg 64
BOSTICK, Thomas - 96 Dist., Newberry Co, pg 78
BOSTICK, Tolliver - 96 Dist., Edgefield Co, pg 64
BOSTICK, William - 96 Dist., Spartanburg Co, pg 88
BOSTWICK, Jonathan - Prince Fredericks Parish,
Georgetown Dist, pg 50
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Remember the Warrick Co, IN Ira Harmon Bostwick who was
mentioned in the newsletter of 1 October? At that time I said
he did not live long enough in Warrick Co to generate a record
to indicate where he lived before settling and marrying in
Warrick Co. Well, sometimes when you can't find what you need
by researching the person himself, you have to go in a different
direction. This time it paid off, but more work needs to be done
to prove it to my satisfaction. This is what I found:
Ira Harmon Bostwick died in 1831. Listed on the 1830 Warrick
Co census with Ira H. was a Lanson Bostwick. This Lanson died
intestate by 1842, leaving an estate which named his heirs:
widow Leah, Harmon, William M. and Jared Bostwick. In 1842
Harmon and William M. were not residents of Indiana.
Just by chance, a friend who researches in Webster Co, KY
told me about a Jordon/James/Jno. Bostwick family that
appears in that county by 1860. A Jordan Bostwick appears on
the 1850 Henderson Co, KY census. Henderson is within hollering
range of Warrick Co, IN and part of Henderson was taken to create
Webster Co in 1860. By 1860, James Bostwick (with the same
children as the Jordan of 1850 Henderson Co) is in Webster Co.
Then, in 1870, Jno. (with the same children as James and Jordan
Bostwick) is still in Webster Co. The older children, Albert M
and Wiley Co. were born in IN, while the youngest child, Mary E.,
was born in KY. The Webster Co court minutes show that
Jared Bostwick was a road surveyor in 1860. I am pretty sure
Jordon/James/Jno/Jared were all the same man.
Back in Warrick Co in 1837, Jared Bostwick married Martha S.
Jones. The wife of Jordon/James/Jno. on the KY census
records was named Martha S. Now, to the good part. In each of
these census records, the birthplace of John/James/Jordan is
listed as VA. The 1810 Brooke Co, VA (now W VA) census index
shows a Lanson Bostwick. Brooke Co was created from Ohio Co, VA
in 1796 and is located in that strip of W VA sandwiched between
PA and OH. There is an 1816 marriage in Ohio Co, VA/W VA for a
Lanson Bostwick and Lea Vandersen. I am pretty sure that
Lanson Bostwick was from Brooke Co, VA/W VA, moved to Warrick
Co, IN before 1830 and died there by 1842. It was most likely
his son, Jared, who moved to Henderson Co, KY - to the area
that later became Webster Co.
One other bit of info: The estate inventory of Ira Harmon
Bostwick in Warrick Co in 1831 lists a mortar and pestle,
surgical instruments, medicine and medical saddlebags. It
isn't difficult to determine his occupation.
Now, were Lanson and Ira Harmon Bostwick father and son or
brothers? How do they fit in with other Bostwick families? I
need to do more checking, perhaps in Brooke and Ohio Co,
VA/W VA, to be sure of their relationship and to see if
other Bostwick families were in the area.
If you have a stray William M. or Harmon Bostwick that you can't
place, keep in mind that Lanson Bostwick had sons by those names
and they had left Indiana by 1842.
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I have a funny to share with you. Several years ago a friend
sent me a newspaper clipping that appeared in the High Point,
NC newspaper 20 Oct 1935. Pictured is a tombstone with the
following cutline: "The tombstone shown above stands at the
head of the grave of Henry Ritter Emma Ritter Dema Ritter
Sweet Potato Creamatarter Caroline BOSTICK. The muchly-named
child died at the age of nine years and the stone ...
stands near Wetumka, Elmore County, AL"
The picture is not clear, but it appears that this child was
the daughter of Ben? & Sukey?? born at S??? 1843
Died in Wetumka ? Can you place this child?
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More families being researched:
Nelda J. Pugh Gigipugh@aol.com
Martha Bostick and Thomas Johnson
Pickens Co, GA
Ken Merkel merkelk@ns.awanet.com
Mary Bostick (born 1805 SC) and Jesse Breland
SC and southern MS
Nancy Siders siders@lookingglass.net
Elizabeth Bostwick and Sylvester McKay
Married 1782 Washington Township, CT
Bob Erwin iscre@titan.cc.emory.edu
William Bostwick and Mary Bailey of Georgia
Mary Bostick and William Leake of England and VA
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Happy Halloween. Next issue 15 November 1997
15 November 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER
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Well known in Texas history is Sion Record Bostick. According
to "Reminiscences of Sion R. Bostick," which appeared in The
Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Vol. V,
No. 2, October 1902, Sion Record Bostick, made the following
statement in San Saba Co, TX 31 May 1901:
"... I, Sion Record Bostick, a resident citizen of the
county and State aforesaid, being over 80 years old and feeling
the infirmities naturally incident to old age, and being desirous
of perpetuating testimony that may be of interest to future
historians of Texas, do make the following statement: I came to
Texas in 1828, while a mere boy; scarcely ten years of age. My
father belonged to Austin's colony and settled first in the red
lands of Eastern Texas, in what is known as Shelby county."
He goes on to give in detail his role in the capture of Santa
Ana at San Jacinto in 1836. An unidentified newspaper dated
1936, sent to me by Max Bostic about 15 years ago, also describes
the capture and mentions that Sion Bostick was from Alabama.
Another source, =Early Fisher County [Texas] Families
Biographical History 1876-1910,= by Baird and Baird (c) 1976
provides some family information on this family. On page 192
there is a sketch on Joshua Frederick Bostick, youngest son of
Sion R. Bostick, and his first wife Susan Townsend. Sion married
Susan Townsend 4 Apr 1839 in Colorado County, TX, where they had
grown up as neighbors. The second wife of Sion Bostick was
Indiana Rhodes Bostick. It also states that Sion Bostick was born
in Montgomery County, AL 7 Dec 1819 and was the youngest son of
Levi and Martha (Hill) Bostick. The parents of Levi Bostick were
James and Comfort Bostick.
The 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas shows Sion R. Bostick
with 1 poll and 2 slaves in Colorado County. He is also listed
in Colorado County in =Republic of Texas: Poll Lists for 1846=
by Marion Day Mullins (c) 1974.
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Diane Mason continues her Bostick line out of Richmond Co, NC.
William Bostick 10/15/1768-08/02/1828 (son of James Bostick and
Comfort Love) married (bond date 5/4/1791) to Naomie Sprolls
(1773 to 07/--/1852)
Children:
1. Solomon (born ca 1795; from 1850 census) married three times:
(a) Hannah Dockery dau, of Thomas Dockery, Jr. and Nancy
Covingtion (b) Rachel Northam born ca 1815, dau. of George
Washington Northam and Lucinda "Celia" Covington and (c) Sarah
Northam dau. of George Northam.
2. William II married Naomie Townsend (09-26/1804 - 11-23/1853).
>From Saron Church Cem.
3. Tristram (ca 1804 - 10/16/1876) married Sarah Ann "Sallie"
Roper, died 01/30/1884. Burial Saron Church Cem.
4. Elijah b. 04/14/1802 to 11/30/1842. (Elijah and Elisha
were twins) Married Elizabeth Turner. (sister to wife of General
Alfred Dockery)
5. Elisha b. 4/14/1802. Not mentioned in father's will.
Married Rebecca Ingram, sister to Major S.M. Ingram. Parents
were Montgomery Ingram and ?? Newberry.
6. James (3/10/1800 - 09/10/1854) owned land on Long Branch.
Married Ann Capel.
7. Naomie married Solomon Townsend (9/11/1797 - 6/20/1873)
Saron Church Cem.
8. Anna married John Rush.
9. Mary married ?? Williams.
10. Elizabeth (6) married Samuel Usher son of Thomas Usher
1755-1825.
Notes:
Will mentioned that William I owned a fishery located at Grassy
Island. A source shows that Samuel Bostick mar. Sarah "Sally"
Northam, dau. of George Northam.
In will of William Bostick I: Elizabeth Bostick left 2 tracts of
land on Big Mountain Creek: (a) one site known as the Perry
"Sprole" land. (b) One site known as "McLaen" (McLean-?) land.
William Bostick I grave said to be oldest marked grave in Old
Saron Church Cemetery. 1826 William Bostick I and wife, Naomie,
appear as members of newly organized Saron Baptist Church.
Will of James Bostick dated 9/20/1823 and proved 4/1824. If
Rachel was born in 1815, as 1850 census records show it,
she could not have been daughter of George W. Northam, Jr.
Perhaps she was daughter of George W. Northam (Sr.)
Most of this data from The Richmond Co. Descendants P.O. Box 848
Rockingham, NC 28380 Ph. 910/997-6641.
Diane Mason skunk@coastalnet.com
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Thanks to Dale Bostic (CSA51NC@aol.com) we now have a reference
for those Arkansas Confederate soldiers. Dale says the list,
plus a Charles O. BOSTWICK of Co G, 9 AR Inf, Pvt, Musician I
did not have, are from a 3 vol. set titled =Index to Arkansas
Confederate Soldiers.= Dale has sent additional state lists of
Confederate soldiers, which will be used in future issues.
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Stewart Bostic (PMFMASON@aol.com) descends from Moses Bostick of
Greenbrier Co, W VA. He sends the following:
The first knowledge I have of Moses Bostick is a record in the
Virginia State Library showing him enlisting in Dunmore's War
from Bedford Co, VA in 1774.
The records also show a John Bostick as a grantee for real
property in the same county. Somehow I believe this to be one
of the John Bosticks who lived in Buckingham Co, VA as shown
on the 1790 census. That part of Bedford where he lived had
been annexed to Buckingham Co. Sadly enough, although Buckingham
Co escaped the courthouse and record burning of the Civil
War, it was not so fortunate in the mid-1880's, when all of the
courthouse records were destroyed by a fire of undetermined
origin. The only record escaping that fire was a land record
book that happened to be out of the courthouse at the time.
I believe there is a connection between Moses and the other
Bosticks in Goochland and Halifax Counties, VA. However, who
the other John is remains an enigma. When we solve that, we
will have that family line complete through Moses and his
descendants in Monroe Co, W VA (VA).
In an earlier newsletter, Brenda related the story about the
Three Bostick Brothers who came to America. I also find this
hard to belive as I have found no evidence to support such a
theory. Although I can't prove it, I strongly believe, from
my own research, that Charles BOSTOCK, who lived in New Kent
Co, VA ca 1670's - 1709, is our common ancestor.
=Cavaliers and Pioneers 1666-1695= by Nugent lists the
following: BOSTOCK, Charles 7 Apr 1671; BOSTOCK, Ed 21 Oct 1
669; BOSTOCK, Edward 1674; BOSTOCK, Francis 1683; BOSTOCK,
George 1674; BOSTOCK, Richard 1667-1668. Page 91 shows Charles
BOSTOCK arriving in Virgina. He did very well for himself since
it seems he arrived in Virginia as an indentured servant.
Some of the best records of the time are found in the
parish vestry and register books. From St. Peters Parish in
New Kent County 1684-1786 we find the following: "At a
vestry held at St. Peters Parish Church on behalf of St.
Peters Parrish this 4th day of May 1687. It is ordered by the
present vestry in obedience to an order of New Kent County
Court bearing date 28 February 1689 each vestry doe putt
their Parrishes in Precincts and appoint a time for processing
and remarking bounds of each mans land." Among those listed
has having lands processed was Charles BOSTOCK.
St. Peters Parish was formed from Blisland Parish about 1678.
Present St. Peters Church was built about 1704-06. Over
100,000 bricks were used in its construction and the church and
parish are still active today. This is in spite of the
Revolutionary and Civil War activity in the area and St.
Peters being in the middle of the Penisula Campaign and used as
a hospital during the Civil War. Gen. George Washington and
Martha Park Custis were married in this church and her father,
Park Custis, was a member of the vestry.
>From the Parish Register: Mary BOSTOCK daughter of Charles
BOSTOCK baptized the 24th day of June [ ] 16? Charles
BOSTOCK "dyed" the 4th day of January 1700. Mary BOSTOCK
departed this life 7th day of December 1709. James Crump and
Veronica BOSTOCK were married 14th day of July 1709.
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More Bostick researchers:
Karen BRKRRO@aol.com
Sion Record Bostick and his daughter Hanna Bostick - Texas
Lynn Jenelen@aol.com
Chesley Bostic/Bostick Rutherford Co, NC
Kate frensic1@amigo.net
William Bostic of Kemper Co, MS; in Franklin Co, AR 1870
Daughter Texana born 1860; married William Gray
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Brenda Joyce Jerome, CGRS
1 December 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #9
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I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and
friends and also hope you aren't still eating leftovers!
There are 36 of us taking this newsletter - about 3 times
the number when it began the first of August. Most of us
are researching the Southern Bostic/Bostick families, with
only a handful working on the families in the East and
Northeast.
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Some Bostick researchers claim Osmer as the progenitor of
the Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick family in America. John O'Melia
provides background on Osmer, which should clear up some of
the mystery. This series will be continued in several issues
of the newsletter.
~ OSMER ~
Genealogy, sometimes providing wicked turns, can manage to
stump on one hand and gush with facts on the other. This
discussion will follow the phrase " to be or not to be....that
is the question...."
Most of us started with our parents and siblings and
started working backward. Some of us found more than we
bargained for or found the key to those relatives in the
lower forty that no one knew about. Well, this discussion will
do just the opposite.
Whether today we are working BOSTIC, BOSTIK, BOSTICK, BOSTICKE,
BAUGHSTICK, or even BOSTWICK.....our trails will reach the British
Empire and BOSTOCK. There are still BOSTOCKs in America and
England. Those who have been studying BOSTOCK are quick to state
the reason for the name change by some of the family.
BOSTOCK was a big player in commerce. Whether the commerce
was rum, hemp, silk, lumber, iron, ships, and slaves you would
eventually face a BOSTOCK. Many of the BOSTOCKs built ships,
produced iron, and own their ships as well as being the master
of their ships. Many of the BOSTOCKs rushed to serve in the
Royal Navy and had distinguished careers serving the Crown in war.
But, we will start earlier with this family. Even President
Thomas Jefferson is supposed to have ties with the BOSTOCK in
England. We know the general area that this family of BOSTOCK
first appeared. BOSTOCK is listed in different accounts as
BOESTOCK or BOSTOKE in its earliest appearance in some texts.
William the Conqueror, after his initial conquest of the Angles,
Jutes, Danes, and Saxons, awarded property to one OSMER.
OSMER had distinguished himself in battle on behalf of William
against other Saxons. William felt that the fierce combatants
in the Saxons were perfect to control the Welsh on the southern
frontier.
But, here we get ahead of ourselves. The Saxons were mercenaries
that came with the Romans. When the Romans vacated the island the
Saxons stayed. The Celts gave them the name "Saxon". Around 400 AD
the Jutes invaded Kent, the Saxons invaded the South and the Angles
invaded the midland and northern area. The Danes and the
Norwegians arrived between 800 AD and 900 AD.
England between 650 AD and 800 AD was conformed to Northumbria,
Lindsey, Mercia, East Angles, East Saxons, Kent, South Saxons,
West Saxons, and Hwicca. Between 800 AD and 900 AD the area
settled into Northumbria, Mercia, and Wessex.
The first knowledge of OSMER the Saxon in any text appears during
the reign of Edmund Ironside, the son of Ethelred. Edmund was born
as early as 981 AD and died 30 Nov 1016. OSMER was present with
Edmund in his battle with the Danes at a place called Sherastan,
now Sharstan. Some Saxons sided with the Danes. They tried to
dishearten the English by beheading of OSMER because of his
resembling Edmund. This ploy did not work to rout the English.
We can assume the possibility of our subject of OSMER may have a
birth before 1016. When William ordered a survey of his domain the
country was divided into seven circuits. Norfolk, Suffolk, and
Essex formed the seventh circuit. By this time our OSMER was not
a young man nor could you depend on his allegiance.
~ continued next issue ~
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net (c) 30 Nov 1997.
May not be reproduced in any manner without the consent of
the author.
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Add this to the info on Sion Record Bostick, who was mentioned in
the last issue. This was sent to me by James B. Morse of MS and
comes from =Ancestors and Descendants of Joshua Frederick
Bostick= by Jet O. Lewis and available in the Houston Public
Library. I do not have this book, but from the pages I have
seen, the documentation is superb.
"On 3 October 1858 Sion married Mary Indiana Rhodes. He died
on 15 Oct 1902 and was buried at San Saba, Texas. On Saturday,
21 April 1973 an official Texas Historical Marker was placed at
the cemetery where Sion is buried to commemorate his role in
Texas history."
"Because of the controversy regarding Sion Record Bostick and
his first wife Susan Townsend, I am herewith adding a true copy
of a legal document that appears in Vol. C, pg 1296, Civil
Minutes, District Court, Colorado Co, Texas. This document
confirms the fact that Sion and Susan did get a divorce. It
was granted in 1856. The decree is referred to as Cause. No.
1172, stylved Susan Bostick vs Sion R. Bostick."
There is a great deal more information on this line in this
book. Descendants would be wise to locate a copy.
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Dale Bostic CSA51NC@aol.com sends the following lists of
Confederate soldiers by state as abstracted from =The Roster of
Confederate Soldiers 1861 - 1865,= edited by Janet B. Hewett and
published by Broadfoot Pub. Co of Wilmington, NC.
KENTUCKY
Bostic, C.A.----------12thCav.-----------Co.A
Bostic, L.W.----------12thCav.-----------Co.A
Bostick, Albert C.----3rdCav-------------Co.H
Bostick, C.A.---------2ndMtd Inf---------Co.D
Bostick, Forrest G.---3rdCav-------------Co.H
Bostick, James------Morgans Men----------Co.E
LOUISIANA
Bostick, A.G.----------3rdInf------------Co.E
Bostick, Arthur--------4thBn.------------Co.F
Bostick, E.H.----------Mil.Beauregards Bn---
Bostick, E.M.----------Mil.-Conf. Guards-Co.C
Bostick, John E.-------11th.Inf.---------Co.F
Bostick, John E.-------14th.Bn.----------Co.A
Bostick, S.R.----------3rd.Inf.----------Co.D
MISSOURI
Bostick, Mark A.G.-----1st.Cav.----------Co.F
SOUTH CAROLINA
Bostick, Andrew J.-----10th Inf---------Co.A
Bostick, Benjamin------4th Cav----------Co.K
Bostick, Benjamin R. Jr.-Mtd Inf------------
Bostick, Edward---------4th Cav---------Co.K
Bostick, Frank J.-------10th Inf--------Co.F
Bostick, Jacob A.-------1st Mtd Mil---Martins Co.
Bostick, Jacob A.-------3rd Cav---------Co.E
Bostick, James N.-------10th Inf--------Co.F
Bostick, J.H.-----------10th Inf--------Co.I
Bostick, John S.--------1st Mtd Mil---Martins Co
Bostick, John S---------3rd Cav---------Co.E
Bostick, Joseph H.------Arty.-----------Griggs Co.
Bostick, L.R.-----------4th Cav---------Co.K
Bostick, L.T.-----------Hamptons Legion-Inf--Co.G
Bostick, O.P.-----------1st Mtd Mil-----Martins Co.
Bostick, Paul J.--------Arty.-----------Griggs Co.
Bostick, Paul J.--------Arty-Manigaults Bn.-Co.C
Bostick, R.F.-----------4th Cav---------Co.K
Bostick, Richard F.-----3rd Cav---------Co.E
Bostick, Thomas H.------1st Mtd Mil-----Martins Co.
Bostick, Thomas H.------3rd Cav---------Co.E
Bostick, T.J.-----------10th Inf--------Co.I
ALABAMA
Bostick, A.L.-----------5th Inf---------Co.H
Bostick, Andrew J.------11th Inf--------Co.H
Bostick, Floyd----------26th Inf--------Co.C
Bostick, H.F.-----------23rd Inf--------Co.G
Bostick, Hillary D.-----5th Bn----------Co.A
Bostick, J.J.-----------32nd Inf--------Co.G
Bostick, Joshua D.------11th Inf--------Co.E.
Bostick, J.S.-----------5th Inf--------Co.A
Bostick, L.S.-----------5th Inf---------Co.D
Bostick, W.D.-----------1st Inf.------------
~ continued next issue ~
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ABSALOM BOSTICK I of STOKES CO, NC
When Absalom Bostick died in 1803 in Stokes Co, NC, the
stage was set for confusion regarding one son and one
grandson, both of whom were also named Absalom. For this
reason, I have numbered these Absaloms of three
generations as Absalom I, Absalom II, and Absolom III, with
Absalom I being the one who died in 1803.
In his will (Stokes Co Will Book II, pg 37), named are the
following children: John, Absalom, Ferdinand, Manoah,
Bethenia Hampton, Susanna Blackburn, Anne Guinn and Christina
Bostick. I believe Absalom I had another daughter, per entries
in the NC journal of Francis Asbury. On 18 Feb 1784 Asbury
stated, "Being sent for, I went to Mr. Bostwick's on Dan
River." On 22 Feb 1784 he stated, "Preached at the
funeral of Absalom Bostwick's daughter." The name of this
daughter is unknown.
In the 1930's, musician Harry Z. Tucker wrote a booklet,
"Notes on the History of the Dalton and Related Families,"
which also contains a section on the Bostick family of Stokes
Co, NC. Mr. Tucker listed the same Bostick children as named
in the will of Absalom Bostick I, and went on to state that
Absalom II married "Nancy Dalton and then later married
Susannah Dalton." Well, this just can't be. Absalom II did
marry Nancy Dalton as his first wife, but he never married
Susannah Dalton. Let me explain why.
Before Absalom I died, he was known as Absalom Bostick Sr and
his son was called Absalom Bostick Jr. Then, when Absalom Sr
died, his son, Absalom Jr (or Absalom II) became Absalom Sr
and his son, also named Absalom, became Absalom Jr. This is
proven by entries in a number of land conveyances showing
transactions for Absalom Bostick Sr and Jr in Stokes Co.
after 1803.
I think the confusion started when Absalom III married Nancy
Dalton in Stokes Co in 1817 and then settled in adjoining
Rockingham Co, where he died. On 25 Jan 1842, Susannah Bostick,
widow of Absalom Bostick Jr (dec'd) is listed in the estate
file of her late husband. So, now we know that the Absalom,
who married Susannah, died before 25 Jan 1842. But what about
the other Absalom - the older one who married Nancy Dalton?
What happened to him?
Adding to the confusion, Absalom Bostick II (formerly Jr but
now Sr) lived in Stokes Co, but married as his second wife,
Dolly White, in 1822 Rockingham Co. Thank heavens, this
Absalom left NC and lived long enough to provide some clarity
to this mess! This Absalom II moved to Christian Co, KY,
where he appears on the 1850 federal census. In Dist 1, pg 453,
we find the following:
Absalom Bostick 80 farmer born VA
Dolly M. " 48 VA
Sarah A. " 23 NC
Catherine " 20 NC
Edward M. " 18 NC
Beverly C." 17 NC
Jona. L. " 15 NC
Martha C.L." 12 NC
Emily " 22 NC
This 80 year old Absalom was born 1770, just the right time
to have been the son of Absalom I of Stokes Co, but too old to
have been the grandson of Absalom I.
The 1896 obituary for Sophia Emily Bostick Sivley provides
additional information. Sophia Emily, daughter of Absalom and
Dolly Bostick was born in Stokes Co, NC Aug 1, 1827. She was one
of a family of 8 children, 4 boys and 4 girls. The entire family
moved to Christian Co, KY May 1846. The father died in 1855
and the mother in 1865.
I hope this has been clear enough to follow. If not, please let
me know and I'll try again.
I might add that Absalom Bostick II was the not the first of
the family to go to Christian Co. In 1823, his brother, Manoah,
married as his second wife, Francis Talliaferro Harvie, in
Christian Co. He didn't hang around KY long, preferring to
settle in Illinois.
More on this family in future issues.
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Bostick web sites you might want to check out can be found
at the following:
http://www.erols.com/fmoran/bostick.html
http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Plains/6598/bostick.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hightower/ind0006.htm#1323
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More Bostick researchers:
Fred Cox fred.cox@erols.com
James & Comfort Bosick of Richmond Co, NC
Max Bostic AMBOSTIC@aol.com
Henry R. Bostick of GA and his son Joshua T. Bostick of
Barbour Co, AL
Brenda Joyce Jerome bjjerome@comsource.net
Absalom Bostick and Bethenia Perkins of VA and Stokes Co, NC
through their son, Ferdinand.
Ruth RUTHCZIGAN@prodigy.com
Ellis Hezekiah Bostick, born Louisville, KY 1831; died 1886
New Orleans, LA
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Next issue 15 December 1997.
15 December 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #10
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Several of you claim Charles Bostick of Rutherford Co, NC as
your ancestor. Perhaps the following information will be of
value.
Charles Bostick is found on the 1777 Caswell Co, NC Tax List,
according to =Caswell Co, NC Land Grants, Tax Lists, State
Census, Apprentice Bonds, Estate Records= by Katharine
Kerr Kendall (c) 1977. His land was on Mayo and Castle Creek
in the part of Caswell Co that became Person Co in 1791. In
1796 Charles sold his Person Co land and moved to Rutherford
Co, NC, where he bought land on the waters of Wilkey's Creek.
Back in Person Co, Charles had been a member and messenger
of Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church. [=Heritage of Person
Co, NC=] In Rutherford Co he was an early member of Sandy
Run Anabaptist Church. The following information comes from
=The Sandy Run Settlement & Mooresboro= by Virginia DePriest
(c) 1978.
"Sandy Run Settlement may have begun as early as the 1750's.
The Anabaptist Church or Society of Sandy Run was organized
in 1772.
Name Roll Information
Charles Bostick 1804 joined 1797
Elizabeth Bostick 1814, 1846
Mary Bostick 1814, 1846 dismissed
Peggy Bostick 1804
Ruth Bostick 1804, 1814 joined 1797"
Charles Bostick died testate in Rutherford Co between
17 Oct 1813, when he wrote his will, and Jan 1814, when
the will was proven in court. [Rutherford Co, NC Will Book
C, pg 5] Named in the will are the following:
Wife: Ruth
Sons: Richard, Chesley
Daughters: Susanna Parrott, Lucy Reynolds
Daughter-in-law: Margaret, widow of son Reubin
Others: Frances Harrel, Polly Harrel and Betsey Harrel and
children of John Harrel and Reecy Walker, wife of John
Walker Jr.
Some researchers claim William Bostick as the father of
Charles. If you have serious documentation (& not just a
'feeling') to prove this, think about sharing it with us.
Bill Hightower hightower@compuserve.com recently sent
newspaper articles published on Bostic, NC's centennial
year in 1993. The following information is gleaned from
these articles.
Shortly after the Post Office was established, the town
of Bostic was incorporated on March 4, 1893. The first mayor
of the town was George Bostic.
For the folks who lived in Bostic there were 3 post offices
at the end of the Civil War. Since there was no town here,
people would often refer to their area by using the name of
the nearest post office. Bostic was named for George Bostick
(1833-1919), one of two men who had given a large amount of
land for the railroad right-of-way.
George T. Bostick was born in 1833 near what is now Forest
City. His father, John Bostick, is credited with building
the first dwelling in the town of Forest City. He also gave
3 and 3/10 acres of land, for $10, to the Cool Springs
Church (Now the First Baptist Church of Forest City) when
it was organized in 1848. George Bostick, like his father,
was a devoted Baptist.
According to the 1860 Federal Census, George Bostick was
a fairly well-to-do farmer with a wife, Margaret, and 4
children; Eugenia, age 11; Martha, age 7; John, age 4; and
Charlie, an infant. Their home was located about a mile
west of the present town of Bostic; a beautiful two-story
house which has since been destroyed by fire.
George Bostic was also on the first board of trustees of
Burnt Chimney Academy, when it was organized in 1874.
Legend has it that when the decision was made to name the
post office after George Bostick, an employee of the
railroad put up a sign which read "Bostic" and after that,
George dropped the "k" from his name, as did members of
his immediate family, while some of his cousins retained
the old spelling of their name.
More on this family in a future issue.
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~ OSMER continued ~
The Battle of Hastings in the southern part of England decided
which three challengers would claim the crown. In 1066 King
Harold Hardrada of Norway, Duke William of Normandy, and Harold
Godwinsson of England made their claims.
William of Normandy and his followers made the day. England
would now be part of the continent rather than part of the
Scandinavian sphere of influence. William still had to bring
the local people around to his terms. It seems that our OSMER
sided with William when he arrived in the southern portion of
England.
William the Conqueror decided to take inventory down to the
last chicken and pig. OSMER evidently did not relish the
commissioners and the sheriffs counting everything under the
sky. When the commissioners finished their circuits they sent
the results to Winchester, then the capital of England.
We must remember that the Domesday Book is an abbreviation of
the first six circuit returns, made by a single scribe at
Winchester. The return from circuit seven, known as Little
Domesday, was never abbreviated. Also, it is important to
know that both books have different origins.
Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester and Richard de Vernon, Baron of
Shipbrook were assigned the task of keeping OSMER under
control. There was the problem of the Welsh and the Scots to
reckon with. Naturally the thinking to keep the Angles and
Saxons for maintenance of the "buffer zones" against the
enemies of the crown.
The Norman Conquest is quoted in many texts as 1066. William
the Conqueror did not reach Chester until 1070. OSMER, at the
time of the Conquest by the Normans, was the Lord of
Botestoch (Bostock)(also known as Bostoke), Shipbrook,
Davenham, Andlem, Claverton, Crewe, a part of Edlaston, a part
of Wybunbury-cum-Frith, a part of Leftwich, a part of
Wistanston, two hedge enclosures for deer, an avery for hawks,
houses in Chester, and a salt pit in Norwich, all of this in Cheshire.
Most of these lands were granted after the Conquest to Richard
de Vernon of Shipbrook as recorded in the Domesday Book. OSMER
was sometimes referred to as OLIVER in some texts.
When there was a need for William to raise an army against his
enemies, the Earl of Chester would in turn call on de Vernon to
require the service of OSMER and his kind to fill the ranks and
meet the demand of the king.
No one seems to know OSMER`s spouse. There is agreement that
OSMER had a son called Hugh. Hugh de Bostock born about 1080
in the county of Cheshire. Hugh, according to the old pedigrees
might have been named after Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, when
OSMER became reconciled to the new order of things.
Hugh de Bostock (spouse unknown also) had a son, Richard de
Bostock, born about 1100 in the county of Cheshire. Richard
was possibly named after the son of Hugh Lupus, who was drowned
by the sinking of the vessel BLAUSH NEF, off Barfleur, on
25 Nov 1120.
Richard de Bostock (spouse is unknown) had a son, Roger de
Bostock, born about 1130 in Cheshire.
To be continued.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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Dale Bostic CSA51NC@aol.com continues the list of Confederate
Soldiers by state.
FLORIDA
Bostick, James T.---------------6th Inf-------------Co.B
Bostick, James W.---------------Lt. Arty.-------Perrys Co.
Bostick, Joseph L.--------------3rd Inf-------------Co.D
Bostick, Joshua R.--------------3rd Inf-------------Co.D
Bostick, Wiley W.---------------3rd.Inf ------------Co.D
Bostick, William L.--------------6th Inf------------Co.B
TEXAS
Bostic, J.H.---------------------11th Bn.-----------Co.B
Bostic, John William-------------18th Cav-----------Co.E
Bostic, L.T.---------------------29th Cav-----------Co.G
Bostick,Charles W.---------------16th Inf-----------Co.C
Bostick, James H.----------------Cav--(Wallers Regt)--
Bostick, J.H.--------------------13th Vol.-------4th Co.I
Bostick, J.M.--------------------32nd Cav-----------Co.C
Bostick, J.M.--------------------Cav.(Morgans Regt)-Co.G
Bostick, J.W.--------------------Cav(Wallers Regt)--Co.C
Bostick, J.W.--------------------9th Inf------------Co.G
Bostick, Sion R.-----------------5th Inf------------Co.B
Bostick, T.M.--------------------17th Inf-----------Co.D
Bostick, W.C.--------------------32nd Cav-----------Co.C
Bostick, William K.--------------13th Cav-----------Co.G
MISSISSIPPI
Bostic, William L. Jr.-----------16th Inf-----------Co.C
Bostic, William L. Sr.-----------16th Inf-----------Co.C
Bostick, Ferdinand---------------18th Inf-----------Co.D
Bostick, G.W.--------------------27th Inf-----------Co.A
Bostick, G.W.--------------------35th Inf-----------Co.A
Bostick, James-------------------40th Inf-----------Co.I
Bostick, J.W.--------------------35th Inf-----------Co.K
Bostick, L.C.---------------------1st Inf--------Hobarts Co
Bostick, L.C.--------------------27th Inf-----------Co.A
Bostick, M.-----------------------3rd Bn Inf--------Co.E
Bostick, M.D.---------------------6th Cav-----------Co.F
Bostick, Newton J.---------------44th Inf-----------Co.E
Bostick, S.C.----------------------5th Inf----------Co.G
Bostick, S.G.----------------Jeff Davis Legion------Co.I
Bostick, Tandy C.H.----------------5th Inf----------Co.I
Bostick, A.-----------------------17th Inf----------Co.H
Bostick, W.H.H.-------------------27th Inf----------Co.A
To be continued
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The following comes from =Known Military Dead During the
Revolutionary War 1775-1783=
Josiah Bostick Pvt 15 Mass. Died 20 Jan 1777
George Bostwick Delaware Died 30 Mar 1779
Joel Bostwick Conn. Died 11 Apr 1777
>From =Massachussetts Soldiers in the War of the Revolution=
vol II
John Bostick On list of Berkshire Co. in 1779 to serve in
Continental Army. Capt. Wilcox's Company. Age 17, stature
5 feet 6 3/4 inches, light complection, residence Alford.
Zachariah Bostick Gunner. Served 1 Mar 1778 - 31 Apr 1778
and 1 Nov 1778 - 31 Dec 1778
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Henry Ransom ranhdrlhr@aol.com sends this obituary from
the Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, FL 8 Dec 1997:
Avey B. BOSTIC passed away on December 6, 1997. Born in
Bryceville, FL, she was a resident of Jacksonville all her
life. She was a member of the Biltmore Baptist Church and
is survived by a son, George Smith; three daughters,
Nancy Sue McKinney, Patricia Wilson and Jacqueline Behrens;
two brothers; three sisters; ten grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 am
Tuesday, Dec. 9, in the chapel of Hardage-Giddens Funeral
Home with Dr. Stanford Kruse and Dr. Gene Crews officiating.
Interment in Restlawn Cemetery.
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Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick Researchers:
Kenneth Swaim Jr swaimke@hiwaay.net
Mary Ann Bostick married Moses Swaim 1866 Jackson Co, AL
Henry Ransom ranhdrlhr@aol.com
Ellenor Josephine Bostwick born 1850 Decatur Co, Ga;
daughter of George W. Bostwick and Nancy A. Clary/McClary
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May your Christmas be filled with joy, hope and goodwill
as you gather with family and friends. God bless.
Next issue 1 January 1998
1 January 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #11
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I hope all of you have had a wonderful holiday season and
are ready to face the new year with love and hope and the
goal of finding that lost ancestor. May this be the best year
yet in your genealogical research.
We now have 47 subscribers to the newsletter.
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~ The Johnson - Bostick Family ~
Nelda Jordan Pugh Gigipugh@aol.com submits this sketch on her
line.
Thomas Johnson and his wife Martha Bostick were pioneer settlers
of Pickens Co, GA. Thomas (born 1798, died 1875) married
Martha 3 Jan 1827 in Rutherford Co, NC. Martha's sister,
Elizabeth, married Henry Hunt McConnell and another sister,
Nancy married Robert Harbin. Before 1840 Thomas and Martha
Bostick Johnson had migrated to Cherokee Co, GA with David
and Susannah Johnson, parents of Thomas. Thomas Johnson
and family are found on the 1840 Cherokee Co, GA census
(page 184) and 1850 Cherokee Co census (page 407).
The Johnsons and Bosticks were active and faithful members of
the Baptist Church, sucessful in establishing houses of
worship in communities where they lived. Thomas Johnson's
grave site at Hinton Baptist Church Cemetery is marked with a
stone slab inscribed with the initials "T.J." Martha Bostick
Johnson may be buried there in an unmarked grave.
Children of Thomas and Martha Bostick Johnson were
John S. Johnson, born 1828; married Arlamissa Kemp 11 Jan 1849
in Cherokee Co, GA.
M. Johnson (female), born 1830
Nancy Ann Johnson, born 1832; married Tull Bradley and moved
to Texas.
David Dyer Johnson, born 1833; married (1) Harriett Elizabeth
(Bettie) Bradley, sister of Tull Bradley and married (2)
Martha J. Griffin. Died 1911 and buried at Hinton Cemetery
Charles Richard Johnson, born 5 Apr 1835; married Sarah Ann
Bedford 20 Nov 1846 Pickens Co. Died 1 Oct 1912 in
Eastland, Texas.
Margaret Johnson, born 1837.
Thomas Lafayette Johnson, born 29 Aug 1839; married 1 Apr 1862
to Susannah Erwin. Died 7 Jul 1923 Fairmount, Gordon Co, GA.
Elizabeth (Bettie) Johnson, born 1841; married Jeff Murphy.
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~ OSMER ~
Part III
Roger, son of Richard, grandson of Hugh, and great-grandson of
OSMER; according to old pedigrees, who with his son, Sir
Gilbert, is named in the deed of gift by Hugh KYVILIOCK, Earl
of Chester, on the marriage of his daughter Amicia to Ralph
MAINWARING, afterwards Justice of Chester, as follows:-
"Hugo Comes Cestr. Constabular`, Dapifer, et omnibus, Baronibus
suis et Universis Ballivis et hominibus suis Francis et Anglicis
tam presentibus quam futuris salutem. Sciatis me dedisse et
concessisse et hac praesenti Karta mea confirmasse Radulpho de
MENILWARIN cum Amicia Fila mea in libero maritagio servitium
Gilib. filii Rogeri, scilicet, servitium trium Militum faciendo
mici servitium duorum Militum ille et haeredes sui michi, et
haeradibus meis, quare volo etfirmiter praecipio ut nullus super
hoc cum velhaeredes suos vexet, vel amplius quam servitium duorum
Militum de hoc praedicto tenemento requiurat. Teste. R. Abbate
Cestr. Bertreia Comitissa Cest. Simon Thuschet, etc., etc., etc."
The date of the deed is about the year of 1174. Sir Gilbert de
BOSTOCK, the son of Roger de BOSTOCK, was born about 1150. And,
again we cannot determine the spouse of Roger nor Gilbert.
Back to the above mentioned deed, by which the said Hugh, Earl of
Chester, gives unto Ralph MENILWARIN (or MAINWARING) with his
daughter Amicia in free marriage the services of Gilbert, son
of Roger; vis, the services of three Knights fees doing unto
the said Hugh and his heirs the service of two Knights fees.
There is nothing in the deed to show that Gilbert, son of Roger,
is Gilbert de BOSTOCK; but, Gilbert de BOSTOCK is styled a
Knight in the old pedigrees, and is the first of the Name of
BOSTOCK who is so designated.
The head of the house of MAINWARING was seated at Warmincham in
Cheshire, and the male line became extinct in the time of Edward
the First, when the daughter and heiress of Sir Warin MAINWARING
married Sir William TRUSSELL, and their direct heirs failed early
in the reign of Richard the Second. During the absence of a
patron to the living of the parish of Warmingham caused by an
uncertain succession to the Manor, in the year 1435, John
BOSTOCK of Warmingham, as "Scuteferi hac vice" (i.e., Esquire to
the Lord, this time) presented to the living, and he was a
descendant of Gilbert son of Roger (de BOSTOCK).
About the year 1150, many gentlemen did begin to bear arms by
borrowing from their Lords arms of whom them held in fee, or to
whom they were most devoted. (Camden`s "REMAINES CONCERNING
BRITAIN".)
The BOSTOCKs held arms under the VERNONs. The arms of the
VERNONs were Or a fesse azure. Their crest a bear`s head. The
arms of Gilbert de BOSTOCK as given in the Visitation of Cheshire
in the year 1580, were Sable a fesse humette` (cut off each end)
argent. Crest on the stump of a tree, a bear`s head mussled.
It must have been before the adoption of these arms by Gilbert de
BOSTOCK that he renounced the fishing in Davenham in favor of
Warin de VERNON, as found in the deeds and evidences of Sir John
SAVAGE, preserved in HAR. M.S. 1424 fo. 123, and 1505, fo. 126 as
"Carta Gilberti de BOSTOCK in qua quiet clamavid Warino de
VERNON "piscatura `de Danen: Testib`z Ric`o VERNON fraire Wareni
de VERNON Ric`o filio Martini BANESTER, Ric`o filio Wareni "de
VERNON Rad`o Will`o et Rob`to fratribus ejusdem Richardi".
Below this summary is the drawing of a circular seal of an eagle
displayed, the head turned to sinister. "S. Gilberti de BOSTOCK".
Above the arms (Sable a fesse humett`argent) is written "Willms
filio Gilberti de BOSTOCK remisit d`nop suo Warino de VERNON".
Continued next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
Note by BJJ: Folks, before you order new stationery with the
coat of arms described above, remember that a coat of arms was
granted to a particular person, not to a family.
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I came across this query in the Spring 1997 issue of Carologue,
a publication of the SC Historical Society, and thought it
might be of interest to some of you.
"Where is Mary Harrietta BOSTIC buried? She is the first, not
second, wife of Dr. Charles Davant, b. Pendleton, SC. His
second wife is buried with him in Pendleton."
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Davant, Jr., PO Box 186,
Blowing Rock, NC 28605-0186
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Dale Bostic CSA51NC@aol.com continues the series on
Confederate Soldiers.
NORTH CAROLINA
Bostic, David R.-----------12th Inf----------Co.C
Bostic, Isaac--------------43rd Inf----------Co.A
Bostic, James H.-----------16th Inf----------Co.D
Bostic, John M.------------8th Bn------------Co.E
Bostic, John M.------------43rd Inf----------Co.A
Bostic, John M.------------66th Inf----------Co.H
Bostic, Thomas J.----------12th Inf----------Co.C
Bostic, Thomas J.----------43rd Inf----------Co.A
Bostic, T.S.--------------7th Bn-Jr. Res-----Co.C
Bostick, B.D.--------------33rd Inf----------Co.K
Bostick, Bryant W----------30th Inf----------Co.E
Bostick, Daniel------------51st Inf----------Co.C
Bostick, Daniel J.---------13th Bn-----------Co.D
Bostick, Daniel J.---------51st Inf----------Co.C
Bostick, David R.----------13th Bn.----------Co.D
Bostick, David R.----------51st Inf----------Co.C
Bostick, D.R.--------------30th Inf----------Co.E
Bostick, Elijah------------51st Inf----------Co.C
Bostick, George------------50th Inf----------Co.I
Bostick, James M.----------38th Inf----------Co.E
Bostick, James T.----------38th Inf----------Co.E
Bostick, James W.----------3rd Inf-----------Co.B
Bostick, James W.----------16th Inf----------Co.D
Bostick, John--------------3rd Cav-41sr Regt-Co.B
Bostick, John C.-----------3rd Inf-----------C0.B
Bostick, John S.-----------2nd Bn-------Local Def.
Bostick, Joseph W.---------3rd Inf-----------Co.B
Bostick, J.W.--------------6th Inf-----------Co.I
Bostick, McBryor-----------16th Inf----------Co.D
Bostick, Samuel E.---------50th Inf----------Co.I
Bostick, Samuel T----------3rd Inf-----------Co.B
Bostick, T.----------------3rd-Jr. Res.------Co.I
Bostick, Thomas T.---------52nd Inf----------Co.E
Bostick, W.H.--------------12th Inf----------Co.E
Continued next issue.
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In 1983 James V. Lynam Sr of Biloxi, MS shared a copy
of a Bostick family Bible. Mr. Lynam stated that the
Bible was given by Levi C. Bostick to his grandson, George
Washington Bostick, who in turn gave it to his oldest
living son, Charlie Nash Bostick. Nash Bostick gave the
Bible to a younger brother, Arthur Dewey Bostick, who gave
it to his daughter, Jacqueline Bostick Shipp, who was living
in Starkville, MS in 1983. Levi C. Bostick is found on the
1850 Montgomery Co, AL census and by 1860 was in Oktibbeha
Co, MS. Original spelling is retained.
The HOLY BIBLE containing the Old and New Testaments
New York for the American Bible Society 1839
Marriages
Levi C. Bostick and Jane McLean His wife was Married the
7 Day of Febuary 1830.
Levi C. Bostick and Mahala Scogin was married the 23 of June
1844.
Jno. Bostick Borned June the 16th 1891. Died April 30, 1895
E. [illegible] was bornd the Janry 2 189[?]
Levi C. Bostick and Nancy Vaughts was married the 4 fourth day
of January 1855. Levi C. Bostick Died November 25th 1890, aged
85 years.
Births
Levi C. Bostick was Born the 19th day of May 1808
Jane Bostick his wife was Born the 22nd Day of April 1814
Little Berry Allen Bostick Sun of Levi C & Jane Bostick was
born the 25 day of January AD 1831
Nancy Elvira Bostick Daughter of Levi C & Jane Bostick was
Born the 24 day of December AD 1832
A Little infant girl Daughter of Levi C & Jane Bostick was
Born the tenth day of May 185? and died the same day and date
Hillery Daniel Bostick Sun of Levi C Bostick and Jane Bostick
his wife was born the first day of December 1837
John Washington Bostick Sun of Levi C Bostick & Jane Bostick
was Born the 6 day of december December [sic] 1840
William Henry Harrison Bostick Sun of Levi C & Jane Bostick
was Born the 19th day of December 1841
Green Winkfield Bostick Sun of Levi C and Jane Bostick was
Born the 11 day of febuary 1842
Marquis D. Laftte[?] Sun of Levi C and Mahala Bostick Was Born
the 26th Day of June 1845
Richard Scogin Bostick Son of Levi C & Mahala Bostick was Born
the Tenth day of September In the year of hour [sic] Lord
1847
Little Saly[?] Bostick Was Borned April 28th 1894
W. [N?] E. Bostick was Borned Jan 29th 1893
Geo. Bostick was born Sept 1st 1869
Deaths
T.B. Taylor died June the 2nd 1883
Geo[?] Bostick was born June 18 1900
C.N. Bostick was born Oct 15 1902
Nina E Bostick was born Oct. 27 1904
Noel Bostick was born Sep 8, 1907
Jane Bostick Wife L.C. Bostick Departed this Life on the 26th
Day of September 1843
Third Wife Nancy Bostick Departed this Life the 11 day of
April 1883
Katy Jewel Bostick was born Dec 1 1909
Mahala Bostick Wife of L.C. Bostick Departed this Life on the
8th Day of August 1854
Nancy Bostick died the 11 day of April 1883 [sic]
"I am going to read the New Testament. I love God and I love
the angles to. Written by George Bostick. I am elevn year
old."
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The Indiana State Library Genealogy Division has a searchable
index of Indiana marriages through 1850. I did a quick search
for BOSTICK and came up with the following:
BOSTICK, Clementine - James Griffin Dearborn Co 8-17-1845
BOSTICK, John - Clementia Clark Dearborn Co 9-4-1834
BOSTICK, Jeremiah - Rebecca Thomas White Co 12-2-1840
BOSTICK, Mathias - Elizabeth Jones Dearborn Co 4-18-1845 (lic)
BOSTICK, Sarah Ann - Ira Cowles Dearborn Co 4-29-1847
BOSTICK, William - Mahala Martin Dearborn Co 1-12-1840
If you have BOSTIC or BOSTWICK in Indiana, you might want do a
little searching. You can find this database at
http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html
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Bostick researchers:
Tommy Bostick Anaxjunaus@aol.com
Descendant of Toliver and Elizabeth (Epperson) Bostick
VA to NC to GA (Charles Bostick line)
Tom LaMunyon lamunyon@lightspeed.net
Descendant of Bethenia Bostick, who married Samuel Hampton
(Absalom Bostick line)
Beverly Whitaker bobwhite@swbell.net
Jemima Bostick and Valentine Hatcher
VA to GA (John & Elizabeth Bostick line)
Jerry C. Bostick
Descendant of Toliver Bostick
VA to NC to GA (Charles Bostick line)
Jim Blain James-blain@hq.dla.mil
Descendant of Richard Bostick and Mary Harriet Robert
Beaufort Dist., SC
Lew Griffin Lew_Griffin@compuserve.com
Charles Bostick of Rutherford Co, NC through his son Chesley
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Next issue 15 January 1998
15 January 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #12
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BOSTWICK FAMILY of CONNECTICUT
by
Nancy Cluff Siders
704 Sunrise Road
Roswell, NM 88201
Besides being from Saxon blood as John O'Melia recently wrote,
it looks probable we descendants of BOSTOCK et. al., might be
of Puritan stock as well.
What do I know about my BOSTWICK ancestor? The first known
connection to the BOSTWICK name was an introduction in the
1960's by my Aunt Hazel McKay Bach to a book entitled
=Genealogy of The McKay Family, Descendants of Elkenny McKay=
by Dr. James Adolphus McKay, West Superior, Wisconsin in 1896.
In this book it lists as my ggggrandparents, Elizabeth BOSTWICK
and Sylvester McKay, marriage date unknown. I will have to say
that this book triggered my interest in genealogy.
The above was all I knew about Elizabeth for years until I met
John O'Melia on the Internet. Based upon the McKay relatives
living in Massachusetts and New York, I hadn't thought about
looking in other New England states. John led me to =Early
Connecticutt Marriages As Found on Ancient Church Records Prior
to 1800= edited by Frederic W. Bailey, Baltimore, 1968, Volume 5
where my ggggrandparents were listed as being married September 13,
1782 in the Town of Washington in Litchfield County, CT.
I know that according to Dr. McKay's book the children of Elizabeth
and Sylvester were:
Silas, born July 7, 1783; died July 30, 1843, at Mansfield, NY.
Philo, born July 28, 1785, died December 30, 1862.
Augustine, born June 8, 1787; died August 21, 1849.
Joseph, born July 12, 1789; died April 7, 1868.
Betsy, born October 1, 1791; died August 12, 1870.
Lois, born October 25, 1793; died March 12, 1872.
Polly, born February 28, 1796; died March 6, 1866.
Daniel, born July 18, 1798; died February, 1863.
Sylvester, Jr., born March 4, 1801; died June, 1860.
I know that according to the Wadsworth Family Bible listed in
The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine,
September-October, 1947. Sylvester died in April of 1804 at
Union, Chenango County, NY. As far as what happened to Elizabeth,
I do not know at this time. The McKay's eventually settled in
Erie Co., NY. Whether she did or not, I haven't found a trace.
According to the Family Tree Maker - WFT CD Vol 1 #3235, there
was an Elizabeth BOSTWICK born 28 January 1761, who was the
daughter of Ebenezer BOSTWICK (b Jan 1716/17 in New Milford, CT)
and Elizabeth Taylor. Ebenezer descends through Ebenezer
(1693 CT - 1753 CT), John (1667 CT - 1747 CT), John
(1638 England-?), Arthur (1603 England-?).
In =A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of
the Colony of Connecticut with the Time of Their Arrival in
the Country and Colony= by Royal R. Hinman, 1852:
"BOSTWICK , Arthur (Bostock, Bostick,) was from Cheshire in
England, and settled at Stratford, Conn., with his wife and
sons John and Zachariah, as early as 1650, where the name is
spelled Bostock, Bostick, &c., on the record. In 1659,
his wife petitioned the Gen'l Court regarding her husband's
lands; said Arthur agreed that the Court should appoint Mr.
Blackman, Goodman Beardsley, Mr. Fairchild and Joseph Judson,
of Stratford, to be a committee to settle the question.
And in May,. 1660, the Gen'l Court confirmed "ye act of the
Committee at Stratford, about Arthur Bostock's estate.' Mr.
Bostock had a large landed estate in Stratford. Soon after
1660, Arthur gave most of his estate by contract to his son
John, in which John stipulated to support his father, and 'find
him a horse when he wished to ride forth,' &c. His son John
of Stratford, was ...?isated for a freeman, Oct., 1668. Arthur
and John were both in the list of freemen at Stratford, in 1669.
... JOHN, son of Arthur, Sen., removed to New Milford, in
1707, the 2d settler in the town. He had seven sons b. at
Stratford, viz., John, b 1686; Robert, Ebenezer, Joseph, Nath'l,
b. 1699, Lemuel, b. 1704, and Daniel.
...BOSTWICK, JOHN, the 2d son of the 2d John, lived in the
north part of N. Milford. He was many years a deacon in the
church. He m. Jemima Canfield, of N. Milford; issue, Jesse,
Edward, Mathew, Gilbert, John and Nathan.
...(Most of these facts are extracts from a genealogy collected
by Erastus Bostwick, and Stratford record.) "
Arthur is found again in the =Genealogical and Family History
of the State of Connecticutt= Volume 1-4 by Cutter, et al.,
1911:
"BOSTWICK The surname of Bostwick is of Saxon origin, and is
traceable to the time of Edward the Confessor, who preceded
Harold, the last of the Saxon kings, upon the throne of England.
Like all ancient names, it has undergone some mutations in over
seven centuries, and has even been materially changed since the
time when Arthur Bostock first transplanted it into the
wilderness of America.
(I) Arthur Bostwick (Bostock), emigrant ancestor of the family,
was baptized at Tarporley, Cheshire county, England, December
22, 1603. His first wife, mother of his five recorded children,
was Jane Whittel, whom he married January 8, 1627-28. He
emigrated to America in 1641 or 1642, and located at
Stratford, Connecticut, being one of the first seventeen settlers
of that town. The exact date of his death is unknown, but
he was living in 1680.
(II) John, son of Arthur and Jane (Whittel) Bostwick, was
baptized in St. Helen's Church, Tarporley, Cheshire county,
England, October 18, 1638. He married, in Stratford,
Connecticut, Mary Brinsmead, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts,
July 24, 1640, died in 1704. John Bostwick received the entire
estate of his father to which he made large additions from
subsequent divisions of the townlands. He died in 1688.
(III) John (2), son of John (1) and Mary (Brinsmead) Bostwick, was
born in Stratford, Connecticut, May 14, 1667. He married Abigail
Walker, a granddaughter of Rev. Peter Prudden. In 1707 he went
to New Milford Connecticut, and was the second settler of the
town, where he died, being upward of eighty years of age."
Arthur and John appear in the =Connecticutt 1670 Census= by Jay
Mack Holbrook, 1977.
Arthur (1650,1669) and John (1697) appear in Stratford,
Fairfield County, CT in the FTM's =Census Index: Colonial
America, 1607-1789= CD.
It cannot be assumed the Elizabeth in the FTM-WFT CD listed
above is my Elizabeth. Her age fits nicely and her Mother was
also named Elizabeth. In Bailey's =Early Conecticutt Marriges=
mentioned above, however there was another Elizabeth Bostwick
in Washington, CT who married 8 years later on April 7, 1790 to
Ebenezer Smith of Ridgefield. A will of Ebenezer's is needed
where her married name is listed.
Needless to say, a lot more research is needed before I can prove
that my Elizabeth descends from Arthur. I welcome anything
researchers might have to assist me with proving my Elizabeth's
parentage.
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Dale Bostic CSA51NC@aol.com continues the list of
Confederate soldiers.
TENNESSEE
Bostic, John R.------------4th Cav---------------Co.K
Bostic, J.P.---------------13th Inf--------------Co.L
Bostic, William------------4th Cav---------------Co.K
Bostic William E.----------23rd Inf--------------Co.B
Bostick, Abram-------------7th Inf---------------Co.K
Bostick, Albert C.---------1st Inf---------------Co.A
Bostick, C.R.--------------5th Inf-----------2nd Co. F
Bostick, James H.----------48th Inf--------------Co.K
Bostick, J.H.--------------Inf. Sowells Detach.-----
Bostick, John--------------1st Bn. Cav(McNairs)--Co.C
Bostick, John--------------11th Cav--------------Co.I
Bostick, John------------Douglas Bn-Part.Rangers
Bostick, Joseph------------34th Inf--------------Co.A
Bostick, M.H.--------------20th Inf--------------Co.B
Bostick, Thomas------------34th Inf--------------ACS
Bostick, Thomas H.---------7th Inf---------------Co.K
Bostick, T.K.--------------45th Inf -------------Co.C
Bostick, W.D.--------------46th Inf--------------Co.B
Bostick, W.H.--------------20th Inf--------------Co.B
Bostick, W.T.--------------4th Inf---------------Co.B
GEORGIA
Bostic, John C.-----------Cav-Nelsons Ind. Co.--
Bostic, W.G.--------------26th Inf---------------Co.H
Bostick, A.B.-------------19th Bn Inf------------Co.C
Bostick, C.A.-------------51st Inf---------------Co.C
Bostick, Caswell H.-------36th Inf --------------Co.G
Bostick, C.A.W.-----------47th Inf--------------Surgeon
Bostick, D.A.-------------51st Inf---------------Co.C
Bostick, D.R.-------------8th Inf----------------Co.C
Bostick, E.O.-------------59th Inf---------------Co.D
Bostick, F.C.-------------2nd Inf----------------Co.D
Bostick, G.W.-------------19th Bn.---------------Co.C
Bostick, Henry J.---------12th Inf --------------Co.I
Bostick, James F.---------36th. Inf--------------Co.F
Bostick, James G.---------7th Inf----------------Co.E
Bostick, James H.---------10th Inf---------------?
Bostick, James H.---------17th Inf---------------Co.I
Bostick, J.E.-------------1st Bn Cav----------Tufts Co.
Bostick, J.E.-------------8th Bn Cav-------------Co.A
Bostick, Jesse S.---------50th Inf---------------Co.G
Bostick, J.M.-------------Lt. Arty--------------12th Bn
Bostick, John M.----------Arty--------------Carltons Co.
Bostick, John M.----------2nd Inf-----------Stanleys Co
Bostick, John R.----------14th Inf---------------Co.B
Bostick, John R.----------42nd Inf---------------Co.A
Bostick, John W.----------14th Inf---------------Co.A
Bostick, Nathaniel B.-----14th Inf---------------Co.G
Bostick, N.L.-------------59th Inf---------------Co.D
Bostick, Patrick N.-------20th Inf---------------Co.C
Bostick, Rhesa J.---------12th Cav----------Wrights Co.
Bostick, Thaddius M.------14th Inf---------------Co.G
Bostick, William A.-------51st Inf---------------Co.C
series to be concluded in next issue.
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I want to tell you about a great new book I just received.
It is =Tennessee Convicts Early Records of the State
Penitentiary= by Charles A. and Tomye M. Sherrill. This is
one of the Bostick entries:
Littleberry Bostick, age 48, born SC, farmer. Convicted of
manslaughter by a Davidson Co court and sentenced to 2 yrs
in the Penitentiary. Received 18 Jan 1843 and discharged
7 Dec 1844.
Also listed is Orlando M.D. Bostick, age 35 in 1839, born
SC and Clem Bostick is listed as a cousin in the record of
Samuel H. Todd.
An interesting sidelight - Chuck Sherrill is with the TN
Archives and is a Bostick descendant. This book can be
ordered from him at 1023 Waters Edge Circle, Mt. Juliet,
TN 37211.
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~ OSMER ~
The material pertaining to OSMER the Saxon, and his descendants
can be found on the Internet, archives, libraries, publications,
books, essays, and government records.
I am not privy to first hand information and the references that
I will post came to me with the information I received when I
started an inquiry the first time I realized I was dealing with
BOSTWICK, then to BOSTICK, moving from there to BOSTOCK.
Many family lines kept going back to the period of the BOSTOCK.
Some of the BOSTOCK stayed BOSTOCK in the U.S. as well as in
England. Some of the BOSTOCK decided to change after arriving
from England. Some changed to BOSTICK or BOSTWICK before coming
to the U.S. These points are not what this series is about.
Primarily I am trying to tell you people on this side of the pond
where you should look after you have exhausted your search in the
U.S.
There are a lot of loose threads and cannons in the field of
genealogy of these families. It is not my intention to prop up or
apologize for anyone`s work. Only time and truth will correct that.
After saying that, I do hope this information will be of help to you
to find the facts, history, and everything else to flesh out those
individuals in your lines so you can answer the who, what, where,
when, and why of it all.
One more thing to remember is that you were not there. Neither was
the person who managed their searches and were able to publish their
finds. None of us have all the answers, but, at least we are trying.
Just remember to always keep your sources and results together. The
careless researchers never intended to fail by loosing the
information sources. Information without sources is worthless.
Empty jibberish. You have wasted your time. You have wasted other
people`s time. That makes it a failure to yourself, to your ancestor,
and to your newly found cousin.
To keep the resource listing at the end of these posts which will
take some time to post I will start adding the sources for your study
at the end of each post. That way, if you are interested you can
approach your librarian to work on inter-library loan. So, here goes
the first part of this endeavor.
SOURCES:
J. N. L. Myers, The English Settlements, The Oxford History of
England, (Oxford: Claredon, (c)1986)
Gildas, "The Works of Gildas," in Six Old English Chronicles,
edited by J. A. Giles, (London, Bell & Daldy (c)1866 )
Ian Wood, "The End of Roman Britain: Continental Evidence &
Parallels," in Gildas: New Approaches, edited by Michael
Lapidge and David Drumville (Woodbridge: Boydell, (c)1984 )
Frank M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, third edition, The Oxford
History of England, (Oxford: Claredon (c)1971 )
Martyn J. Whittock, The Origins of England: 410 to 600, (Totowa:
Barnes & Noble Books, (c)1986
Burton Raffel, translation, Beowulf, (New York, Mentor, (c)1963
Vera I. Evison, The 5th Century Invasions South of the Thames,
(London, Althone Press, (c)1965
More on Osmer in next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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Several years ago Max Bostic (AMBOSTIC@aol.com) sent me a copy
of the following Bostick history. It was written by Joseph R.
Bostick and published by J.H. Bostick, The South Georgian,
Nashville, GA, 1901. This history will be presented in three
installments.
BOSTICK
Genealogy of the Bostick Family
My Great-Grandfather Bostick moved from Maryland to North
Carolina and settled on a little stream called Squirrel Creek
when a young man. He moved in a horse cart, bringing with him
his wife and one child, and all his worldly possessions. The
writer has forgotten her name. She was very frail and delicate
in health, but possessed a goodly degree of energy and frugality.
He was a man of good sense and possessed a wonderful physical
constitution, and with energy, industry and unabated preservance
amassed during his long life of eighty odd years a fortune of
$100,000. He was a Quaker, and I have ofttimes heard my father
speak of his even, quiet manner, and was a devoted Christian. His
name was JESSE BOSTICK.
My grandfather left his father's home and stopped awhile in
Darlington county, SC. Not long afterward he moved on southward
and pitched his hut on the banks of the Great Pee Dee, at a place
called and now known as Birche's Ferry, Marion county, bringing
thither with him his wife Nancy and three sons, Tristram, James
and Bunyan. There were also two daughters, but I have forgotten
their names. Grandfather's name was Tristram Bostick, if I am
not very much mistaken. He died at the age of 50, leaving only a
small property. His wife's maiden name was Nancy Thomas. I do not
remember what became of her, but think she died at Birche's Ferry.
My father, James T. Bostick, was born December 23, 1804. He
left home after his father's death and spent a year with his
grandfather, Jesse Bostick, of Squirrel Creek, NC. Came again to
his old home in Darlington and Marion counties. At the early
age of 17, he taught school for one or two years. Afterwards
located with Mr. Josiah Harrell in west Marion, who lived on the
Great Pee Dee, at the place now owned by Mr. A.A. Myers. Mr.
Harrell opened and operated a large water-power grist and saw
mill, located on the stream Big Swamp.
My father assumed the management of said mill and shops,
proving to be an excellent mechanical genius. Three years
later some strange freak possessed Mr. Harrell to leave his
native home and his large possessions. My father, James T.,
having recently married a niece of his employer, a daughter of
Mr. Jacob and Pethevia Harrell, became purchaser of sd. mills
with about 2000 acres of land surrounding, which he owned and
operated nearly all his life.
Continued next issue.
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Max Bostic also has requested that we list the
locations where the different Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick families
settled in America. He offers the following:
Charles Bostick/Bostock came from England to VA in 1671 and
settled just east of present day Richmond, VA.
Thomas Bostick/Bostock came from England and settled in Cecil
County, MD in the mid-1600's. Part of this family went to
Richmond Co, NC
Arthur Bostwick came from England and settled in Connecticut
in the 1600's. Some descendants went to NY.
Are the New York, Delaware, Maryland and Connecticut families
all connected? Were there other early Bostick, etc settlers in
America? What about Vermont?
Several towns in the USA carry our family names:
Bostic, NC Bostwick, GA Bostwick, FL
Are there more?
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Faye Moran fmoran@erold.com sends the following from
=Marylanders to Kentucky 1775-1825= by Henry C. Peden Jr
Hezekiah Bostick was born ca 1796 MD and married Elizabeth
Flood or Elizabeth Truitt. He migrated to Kentucky where these
children were born, presumbly in Jefferson County: Amelia
Elizabeth Bostick (born ca 1820) married Samuel Bailey; William
P. Bostick (born ca 1823) married Sarah J. Young and died in
Louisville, KY 1884; Ellen Amanda Bostick (25 Jul 1827-2 May 1919
Houston, TX) married (1) James R. Birkhead and (2) Charles A.
Gray; and Ellis Hezekah Bostick (22 Aug 1831-27 Oct 1885)
married Katherine B. Moore and died in New Orleans.
BTW, Faye has put a link from her Stokes Co, NC page of the
NCGenWeb to the current issue of the Bostick OnLine Newsletter.
The current issue only can be found at
http://www.erols.com/fmoran/bostick1.html
The current issue is also linked from my web page at
http://www.netcom.com/~cpalmer/wkj/wkj.htm
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More Newsletter subscribers: (We have 54 now!)
Don Gentner gentner@mediacity.com
David Bostick born 1853; died 21 Nov 1902
Lived Burnett, OK
Traci Bostic Kelley Tbkelley@aol.com
Henry R. Bostick of GA and his son, Joshua T.
Bostick of Barbour Co, AL
Selena DuLac lvd@mail.interworldnet.net
Charles Bostick of Rutherford Co, NC
web page: http://www.interworldnet.net/users/lvd
Rod Ballengee jrbl@eznet.net
William Lewis Bostic died ca 1899 Monroe Co, WVA
C. Glen Johnson cgjohson@aol.com
Martha Bostick and Thomas Johnson, married 1827
Rutherford Co, NC
Check out Candy's web page with Bostic information in Pike Co,
KY at http://www.htonline.com/~candy/
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Next issue 1 February 1998
1 Feb 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #13
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Winter is a favorite time for genealogists to really dig in and
do some serious researching. If you live in a part of the country
that battles snow and ice, it may be difficult for you to
visit courthouses and libraries. A new series on Revolutionary
War soldiers begins with this issue. I hope you will find
at least one name that will open a new door in your research.
The following comes from =Index to Revolutionary War Service
Records vol I: A-D= transcribed by Virgil D. White and
published by the National Historical Publishing Company,
Waynesboro, TN (c) 1995.
BOSSTICK/BOSTWICK, Daniel, Pvt 3rd CT Regt
BOSSTICK/BOSTICK, Newel, Pvt in Enos' Regt CT State Troops
BOSTICK/BOSTWICK, Daniel, Pvt 3rd CT Regt
BOSTICK/BOSTWICK, Pvt 5th CT Regt
BOSTICK/BOSTWICK, George, Pvt in Hall's DL Regt
BOSTICK, John (a PA man), Sgt in Hazen's Regt of Cont. Troops
BOSTICK, Josiah, Pvt 1st MA Regt
BOSTICK, Richard, Pvt 4th CT Regt
BOSTICK/BOSTWICK, Robert, Pvt Thomas' Regt NY Mil
BOSTICK/BOSTWICK, Salmon, Pvt Warner's Regt Cont. Troops
BOSTICK/BOSWICK, Salmom, Pvt 7th CT Regt
BOSTICK, Samuel, 4th CT Regt
BOSTICK, Stephen, Pvt VA Troops
BOSTICK, Thomas, 4th MD Regt
BOSTICK, Taliaferra, Pvt VA Troops
BOSTOCK/BOSTWICK, George, Pvt Hall's DL Regt
BOSTWIC/BOSTWICK, Nathaniel, Capt Nathan Smith's Command
of VT Mil
BOSTWIC, Robert, Lt in Capt Richd. Smith's CO of CT Mil
BOSTWIC/BOSTWICK, Shedrick/Shadrack, Pvt 5th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, no given name, Capt in Silliman's Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, no given name, Lt in 19th Regt of Cont. Troops
BOSTWICK, Amos, Ensign 19th Regt of Cont. Troops
BOSTWICK, Andrew, Cpl 2nd Regt of Light Dragoons in
Cont. Troops
BOSTWICK, Arthur, Ira Allen's Regt of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, Daniel, Pvt in Johnson's Regt of CT Mil
BOSTWICK, Daniel, Pvt 3rd CT Regt; also see 9th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, David, Pvt 5th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Ebenezer, Sgt 2nd CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Edward, Pvt in Capt Baldwin's Co of Rangers NY Troops
BOSTWICK, Edward, Pvt in Willett's NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Edward, Capt in Whiting's Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Edward, Robert Van Rensselaer's Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Elijah, Capt in Whiting's Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Elijah, Capt in 3rd Regt NY Levies
BOSTWICK, Elisha, Lt in 19th Regt of Cont. Troops
BOSTWICK, George, Pvt in Hall's DL Regt
BOSTWICK, Isaac, Capt. in 19th Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, Israel, Ira Allen's Regt of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, James, Pvt in Thomas' Regt of NY Mil
Continued next issue.
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OSMER
PART IV
William de BOSTOCK, son of Sir Gilbert de BOSTOCK, was born about
1175. William married Margaret, daughter of Warin de VERNON,
Baron of Shipbrook. (Probably dowered with some of the lands
formerly belonging to Osmer). Remember, de VERNON family was
one of the trusted souls of the Duke of Normandy when he decided
to add England to his domain. As William the Conqueror took
control of the regions in England he left his trusted knights
in control by paying his debt for their services.
In the time of Phillip de ORREBY, Justice of Chester (1209-1229),
William de BOSTOCK acknowledges holding his lands of Warin de
VERNON, Baron of Shipbrook, by ploughing and shearing his Lord`s
demesne lands (Cheshire Domesday Roll). In the year 1218, Warin
de VERNON confirms the hamlet of Merebury to William de Merebury
and the deed is witnessed by Ricardo de VERNON and Matthas filo
suo, Gilberto de BOSTOCK and Willielmo filo suo, Hugone de TW`A,
Harmone BRITON, and others.
Sometimes, William is also known as Ranulph de BOSTOCK. And, we
must add that it is thought that our Saxon family is thought to
have taken on the surname about 1174 by Gilbert when he was
knighted.
Hereafter, there will be a number of names provided. Therefore, I
will endeavor to provide charts for those who like charts to help
keep the information in an orderly manner.
CHART A
Osmer, the Saxon
:
Hugh
:
Richard
:
Roger
:
Sir Gilbert de BOSTOCK
:
William de BOSTOCK
:
(to chart B )
More Sources:
Ormerod`s "History of Cheshire", Helsby`s edition, no date
listed
Ormerod`s "Cheshire Domesday Roll", no date listed
Earwaker`s "History of East Cheshire", no date listed
Cussan`s "History of Hertfordshire", no date listed
Chetham Society`s Publications, Volume 78, no date listed
Camden`s "Remains Concerning Britain", no date listed
Herald`s "Visitation of Cheshire, 1580", Harleian Society, no
date
Nicholas` "Agincourt Roll", no date listed
"Deed of Award of John, Abbot of Saint Albans', no date listed
"Registrum Abbatae Johannis Whethamstede", rolls series, no date
Newcombe`s "History of Saint Albans Abbey", no date listed
"Life of William of Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester", no author
listed, no date listed
Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum
Church Registers of Parishes of Tarporley, Bunbury, Malpas,
County Cheshire; St. Savior`s, Southwark, etc.
Wills and Administrations
Continued next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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The following comes from Goodspeed's =History of Lewis,
Clark, Knox and Scotland Co, MO= (c) 1887, page 1000,
Knox Co.
Albert G. Bostick of Edino, MO was born 29 May 1841 in
Benton, Holmes Co, MS and was the son of Absalom & Mary
(Patton) Bostick, natives of NC and TN respectively. The
father was a merchant in TN and a short time at Cape
Girardeau, MO. The mother still resides in Nashville. Born
to Absalom and Mary Bostick were six children
[only 4 are listed]:
1. Robert F. of Gainesville, TX
2. Angeline, wife of Thos. T. Jordan of Los Angeles
3. Cordelia, wife of W.D. Covington (lawyer) of Nashville
4. Albert G., reared in Nashville and educated at Cumberland
University, Lebanon, TN. In 1864 he went to Quincy, IL
(mercantile business). In 1868 he went to Edina, MO
and was principal of schools for 8 years and then went
into the grocery business. He married 16 Mar 1865 to
Mary E. Hines, a native of near Lexington, KY. No children.
Albert G. is a Democrat.
[Note by BJJ: A family Bible lists the birthdate for Absalom
Bostick as 22 Apr 1809. He married Mary Patton 24 Sep 1829
Williamson Co, TN. Mary G. Patton was the daughter of Jason
Patton and Bethenia Bostick, who was the daughter of John
Bostick and Mary Gervais/Jarvis.]
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If you are interested in the Bosticks of Williamson Co, TN,
you might want to obtain a copy of a fairly new book, =Old
Enough to Die= by Ridley Wills II. The book is based on
letters written by the descendants of Hardin Perkins Bostick
(1804-1861) and Margaret Rebecca Litton (1804-1897) mainly
during and after the Civil War. The book is excellent and
contains several family pictures, including one of John
Bostick (1765-1850). The book was published by Hillsboro
Press, Providence House Publishers, 238 Seaboard Lane,
Franklin, TN 37067, 1-800-321-5692.
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BOSTICK
Genealogy of the Bostick Family
by Joseph R. Bostick
Part II
They were married February 5, 1828; settled on western bank
of Mill Pond, and continued to push his business with energy.
His brother, Bunyan, being several years his junior, came to
live with him, and after some years married a younger daughter
of the same family.
About this time, through the blessing of our Heavenly Father,
a missionary of the Baptist faith and order, came along; have
forgotten his name. Father and mother, though not professing
Christians, were much in sympathy with such work, and tendered
all the aid in their power during his work. There arose a great
desire among the people for spiritual light and knowledge (O,
how often do the words of my sainted father recur to my mind!)
during the preaching of this godly man. My father - who in his
youth had better religious training than most of his present
neighbors - became awfully convinced that he had long trifled
with God's grace, in consequence of which his soul was
irredeemable lost.
Being a man of great fortitude and quiet endurance, he continued
for several years to suffer great anguish of spirit in secret,
not disclosing his mind and feelings to any one.
Soon the warm, genial life-giving rays of the Son of
Righteousness illuminated their minds, and the promises which
Jesus left were theirs to have and to hold as long as life should
endure. And it was enough now, for it gave ample satisfaction.
Soon a church was organized nearby (Mt. Zion), of which my
father was elected deacon, and remained so until his death, some
43 or 44 years.
During his life he became a representative man in his county;
was for many years magistrate; a member of the board of county
commissioners (or road commissioners, as they were then called);
opened up many highways, etc.
He was a friend of education, of missions and of the gospel
at home; a strong pillar in his own church, exerting an influence
throughout his entire community. A wise counsellor and a loyal
friend, and always loyal to his own family.
He was never harsh in his criticism or severe in correction; a
word of approval or discouragement was sufficient always, coupled
with a good reason, thus convincing the judgment of a
narrower observation of how fatal the first step in a wrong
direction might prove.
Such was James T. Bostick as his youngest son remembers him.
He had in all 10 sons and one daughter. Those who lived to years
of maturity were Andrew J., who was killed in the late war at
the battle of Atlanta, in the field. He married Miss Maria Ingram,
who two months preceded him to the grave. They left two daughters
and one son, all of whom now live and have families.
The eldest daughter still resides near the old home, near
Florence. The other daughter and son, J. Harry, are now in South
Georgia, he being a successful turpentine operator.
The second son was Thomas J., who was also killed in the late
war while leading his company in charge on the enemy's
breastworks at Franklin, Tenn., having eight balls shot into him.
He, however, fell into kind hands and was tenderly cared for by
his Masonic breathren, lingering for over a week. They erected a
monument to this memory over his grave. These two were consistent
Christians, being memebers of the Baptist Church (Mt. Zion) for
several years, without reproach or stain known to the writer.
[Note: Fred Cox fred.com@erols.com contacted me after the last
issued was mailed and said there was a mistake in the name of
Joseph R. Bostick's grandfather. Instead of Jesse it should be
James. Fred is right. Joseph R. Bostick had a memory lapse when
he named his grandfather. Thanks, Fred.]
Continued next issue.
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The list of Confederate soldiers provided by Dale Bostic
CSA51NC@aol.com concludes with the following:
VIRGINIA
Bostic, Benniah-------------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.G
Bostic, B.R.----------------22nd Inf-------------------Co.B
Bostic, C.A.----------------26th Bn. Inf---------------Co.G
Bostic, Hiram---------------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.G
Bostic, James C.------------108th Mil-------------McNeers Co
Bostic, John A.-------------116 th Mil------------Ballards Co
Bostic, Thomas C.-----------36th Bn Cav----------------Co.A
Bostic, William ------------29th Inf-------------------Co.H
Bostick, Addison------------108th Mil-------------McNeers Co
Bostick, Addison------------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.C
Bostick, Alex---------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, Berriah------------135 mil--------------------Co.A
Bostick, Calvin-------------11Th Bn Res----------------Co.E
Bostick, Caperton-----------22nd Inf-------------------Co.B
Bostick, Charles J.---------22nd Cav-------------------Co.E
Bostick, C.J.---------------Va. Mil----------------Scott Cty
Bostick, D.-----------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, H------------------59th Inf----------------1st-Co.B
Bostick, H.-----------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, Henry--------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, Henry A.-----------108 Mil--------------------Co.A
Bostick, James A.-----------Lt Arty-------------Chapmans Co
Bostick, James A------------108 Mil--------------------Co.F
Bostick, James E.-----------Lt Arty-------------Chapmans Co
Bostick, James H.-----------108 Mil--------------------Co.C
Bostick, James L.-----------19th Cav-------------------Co.G
Bostick, James L.-----------46th Bn Cav----------------Co.F
Bostick, James L------------108 Mil--------------------Co.A
Bostick, John---------------108 Mil--------------------Co.G
Bostick, John A.------------11th Bn Res----------------Co.E
Bostick, Joseph-------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, Leonard F.---------Arty---------------------Paris Co
Bostick, Lewis--------------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, Nelson J.----------108 Mil--------------------Co.G
Bostick, N.J.---------------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.B
Bostick, P.B.---------------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.B
Bostick, Peter B.-----------108 Mil--------------------Co.G
Bostick, Robert F.----------26th Bn Inf----------------Co.C
Bostick, Robert F.----------108 Mil--------------------Co.A
Bostick, S.R.---------------59th Inf-------------------Co.E
Bostick, Thomas C.----------108 Mil--------------------Co.G
Bostick, William------------24th Cav-----------------------
Bostick, William Jr.--------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
Bostick, William Sr---------60thth Inf-----------------Co.A
Bostick, William L.---------108 Mil--------------------Co.A
Bostick, William M.---------60th Inf-------------------Co.A
State Not Designated
Bostick, A.J.---------------Eng. Dept.-----------Army Of Tenn.
Bostick, Asburry------------Meads Cav------------------Co.A
Bostick, Charles O----------Woods Cav------------------Co.F
Bostick, F.M.---------------Meads Cav------------------Co.A
Bostick, Henry R.-----------4th Inf--------------------Co.D
Bostick, J.L.-------------Gen.& Staff------------------ADC
Bostick, J.N.-------------Eng. Staff------------Army of Tenn
Bostick, John-------------Meads Cav--------------------Co.H
Bostick, Joseph---------Gen.& Staff(Maj)---------------AAIG
Bostick, R.-------------Caswells Staff(Capt)---------------
Bostick, Thomas H.------Cheathams Div.(Maj)----------------
Bostick, Tristram-------3rd Eng.Troops-----------------Co.A
Bostick, William L.-----3rd Eng. Troops----------------Co.A
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=Marriage Bonds of Duplin County, North Carolina 1740-1868=
by Cora Bass as sent by Dale Bostic CSA51NC@aol.com
Bostick,Dan.,Nancy Dunmark,10 Dec. 1829
(b)Jas. M. Dixon. (w) Jas. Pearsall,c.c.
Bostick,Jacob,Ann Jane Evans, 6 May 1835
(b)Wm. K. Frederick
Bostick, John, Treasy Boyett, 23 May 1833
(b) Wm. K. Frederick. (w) Jas. Pearsall. c. c.
Bostick, Samuel, Barbara Merrit, 16 May 1854
(w) John J. Whitehead
Bostick, William, Sarah Garrison, 25 Dec. 1828
(b) Phill Southerland. (w) Jas. Pearsall, c. c. by James
Dixon
Boustick (Bostick) John, Elizabeth Miller, 19 Oct. 1811
(b) Phill Southerland. (w) Lewis Dickson
Maxwell, Hugh, Sally Bostick, 10 July 1829
(b) Phill Southerland. (w) James Pearsall, clk.
Yates, Wm., Polly Bostick, 2 Aug. 1832
(b) William K. Frederick. (w) Jas. Pearsall
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Grant Humphries ghumphries@agecon.uga.edu would like help.
His great grandfather was Robert BOSTIC Humphries and he
named a child Hillary BOSTIC Humphries. He suspects that
Robert Bostic Humphries' father had a brother also named
Hillary Bostic Humphries, born 1828 GA. Another Hillary
Bostic Humphries, son of Thomas Humphries, was born 1850
GA. Can anyone help him connect this Humphries line with
the Bostic family?
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Bostick Researchers: (We now have 65 subscribers!)
Charlotte Williams softpatches@worldnet.att.net
Francis White Bostick of AL
Absalom Bostick of Stokes Co, NC
Debi Sanders debsan1@airmail.net
James Erwin Bostic born 1844, died 1913 Greenbrier/Monroe Co,
W VA
Cynthia Fulcher cfulcher@mursuky.campus.mci.net
Absalom Bostick and Mary Petty from Halifax Co, VA
Florine Bostic Reklinski CDKM96A@prodigy.com
Bruce Spurlock R.B.Spurlock@scsnet.com
Both are descendants of Henry R. Bostick of GA and his son
Joshua T. Bostick of Barbour Co, AL
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Next issue 15 February 1998
15 February 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #14
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You may receive this issue a little early. This is going to
be a very busy weekend.
THE BOSSTICK FAMILY OF INDIANA
Back in the 1950's Robert E. Turman published articles in a
Sullivan Co, IN newspaper on families of southern Indiana.
One of these families was the BOSSTICK family. Mr. Turman
stated that the first men of this family who came to Sullivan
Co, IN were named Archibald and William BOSSTICK and were
natives of TN. He goes on to say that the original English
spelling of this family name was BOSTWICK, but the "w" was
silent and pronounced BOSTICK.
According to Mr. Turman, William Bosstick was drowned in the
Wabash River in 1843, while en route by boat to market at New
Orleans. His only daughter, Jane, was age three and his son,
John R. (born 25 Dec 1842) was just an infant.
William Bosstick married Alsannah Milligan, daughter of James
and Nancy (Johnston) Milligan, who had come to IN from near
Gettsyburg, Adams Co, PA.
Isabella Rankin, daughter of Alexander Rankin, married John
R. Bosstick in 1866. The 1884 =History of Sullivan County, IN=
tells how John Bosstick as a boy "remained with his widowed
mother until the age of 16, when he started out to do for
himself, going first to Illinois." John Bosstick served in
Co H, 29th IL Volunteers as a Union soldier.
Mr. Turman's articles are very interesting, but,
unfortunately, he provides little documentation. Does the
information about brothers Archibald and William come from
fact - or tradition? Who were these Bosstick brothers,
Archibald and William? The 1807 Census for Indiana Territory
shows a John BOSTICK in Knox Co. In 1820 and 1830 John
BOSTICK is listed in Sullivan Co. Could this John have been
the father of William and Archibald? Did this family, indeed,
live in TN at one time?
Indiana became a territory in 1800 and a state in 1816.
Sullivan Co, IN was created from Knox Co in 1817.
In 1985, a descendant of William Bosstick contacted me about
this family. She had based most of her early Bosstick research
on Turman's articles and, in 1987, privately published a
history of her families entitled =Where Have All The Griffins
Gone A Genealogy of the Griffin Family and The Affilated
Families of Asher, Bosstick, Hammond, Howard, Redmon and
Welch/Welsh.= At the time her book was published, she had not
found documentation to properly identify the father of
Archibald and William.
If you have any clues about the identity and origins of the
family of William and Archibald Bosstick, please let me know.
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BOSTICK
Genealogy of the Bostick Family
by Joseph R. Bostick
Part III (conclusion)
The third, James N., still lives. He passed through the war
unhurt, save in hard service and severe imprisonment; returned
after its close and not long afterward was married to Miss
Elizabeth J. Wolls, of Charleston, SC. They settled near Mt. Zion
and raised a large family of boys and girls. He was elected
deacon of Mt. Zion 18 or 20 years ago, and since filled the office
without a single reproach known to the writer. Truly, the mantle
of his father, in this sense, has fallen on him. Just prior to
this writing, himself and family removed from this state to
Florida. The prayers of his younger brother most ardently
follow him.
The fourth was Jacob H., who joined the Confederate army at
the age of 16. Large of stature, healthy and robust, he was
permitted to go for two years while camped in the state and not
in active service. He enjoyed good health and was a good soldier,
but later on, while in more active service, he sickened and died
in the hospital at Knoxville, Tenn. He was also a consistent
member of the church and a dutiful son.
The fifth is Joseph R., who was the youngest son living and who
is the writer here. He is poor and feels almost worthless, but
desires to imitate and reflect the glorious image of his Lord and
serve Him faithfully until death. Yet he feels that he has enjoyed
many blessings and favors from the Devine hand; being allowed a
happy union with Miss Rebecca Myers for above 7 years, when she
was called home, leaving two daughters - the elder four, the
younger one, who now resides with me, are both kind and
affectionate and dutiful. My life has since been brightened and
blessed by union with Miss Maggie LeGette, who is wise and good,
and who is at present mother of three bright little boys, and a
true helper in life's battles.
The sixth is my sister, Anna J., who married Mr. B.H. Myers.
They have reared a large family and are still living in the
neighborhood.
Since this writing my father, Joseph R., has, too, gone to
meet his loved ones, having departed this life February 20, 1895.
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In 1866, the West Virginia state legislature authorized medals
to 26,000 Civil War veterans. A list of men for whom unclaimed
medals remain is found at the following site:
http:///www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/history/medals.html
When you get to this page, click on List of Unclaimed Civil
War Medals and scroll down to Bostick. There you will find the
name of Joseph Bostick and the regiment in which he served.
Do any of you claim Joseph as an ancestor?
While you are visiting this site, check out the list of W VA
researchers.
A number of state archives and libraries are now putting
material online. Of course, the best of all sites is the
Library of VA. I can not even begin to describe it here.
It is something you need to experience for yourself.
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OSMER
Part V
Sir Warin de BOSTOCK, son of William de BOSTOCK and Margaret de
VERNON, was born about 1200. Sir Warin was probably named after
his maternal grandfather, Warin de VERNON. Our Sir Warin de
BOSTOCK was married about 1220 to Hawise (Countess of Lincoln,
widow of Robert de QUINCY, son and heir of Sayer de Quincy, Earl
of Winchester), 1st daughter of Hugh KYVILIOCK/KEVELIOC, 3rd
Earl of Chester, and sister to Randle BLUNDERVILLE, 4th Earl of
Chester. The first husband of Hawise died about 1217 before his
own father died. Randle, brother to Hawise, was created Earl of
Lincoln on 23 Mar 1217. He transferred the title to his sister
Hawise on his death 28 Oct 1232, and the same was confirmed to
her son-in-law, John de LACY on 22 Nov 1232. Hawise had only one
child of her first marriage, daughter Margaret, born about 1210.
The daughter also had two husbands to die before she passed. Her
first was John de LACY, Constable of Chester; the second husband,
Walter MARSHALL, Earl of PEMBROKE.
Sir Warin and Hawise had a son, Sir Henry de BOSTOCK, born about
1220. Sir Henry married Eleanor, daughter of Robert POOLE of
Cheshire. Another son, William witnessed with William de BOSTOCK
and others to a gift of land to Church of St. Wilfred of Mobburley
about 1272. Here again, a daughter of Sir Warin and Hawise is named
Margaret. This particular Margaret married Nicholas de HARLEY.
The Harleian Manuscripts #1535 state that Hawise had issue by
both husbands.
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SOURCES/RESOURCES:
Bede, A History of the English Church and People, translated by
Leo Sherley-Price (Hardmondsworth: Penquin, (c)1955
Nennius, "History of the Britons," in Six Old English Chronicles,
edited by J. A. Giles, (London: Bell & Daldy, (c)1866
Geoffry of Monmouth. Histories of the Kings of Britain. London:
Dent & Sons, (c)1912
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CHART B
Sir Warin de BOSTOCK==Hawise KYVILIOCK==Robert de QUENCY
: :
: :
Sir Henry Margaret William Margaret
:
:
(to Chart C )
continued next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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The series from =Index to Revolutionary War Service Records=
by Virgil D. White concludes with this list.
BOSTWICK, John, Ira Allen's Regt of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, John, Bradley's Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, John, pvt in Samuel Drake's NY Regt
BOSTWICK, John, pvt in Ludington's Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, John, pvt in PA Troops
BOSTWICK, John, Waterbury's Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, John, 10th MA Regt
BOSTWICK, Jon'a, pvt in 5th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Levi, 5th Regt of CT Troops in 1775
BOSTWICK, Nathan, Ensign in 7th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Nathaniel, Ira Allen's Regt of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, Nathaniel, Capt Nathan Smith's Command of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, Nuel, 5th Regt of MA Mil in 1783
BOSTWICK, Oliver, Sgt in 7th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Richard, pvt in Fitch's Indpt Co of CT Vols
BOSTWICK, Robert, pvt in Samuel Drake's NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Robert, pvt in Capt Mills' Co of Guards, NY Troops
BOSTWICK, Robert, pvt in Thomas' Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Ruben, Capt in Enos' Regt of CT Troops in 1777
BOSTWICK, Salmon, NY Troops, card #4923 roll #5
BOSTWICK, Salmon, Bradley's Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, Salmon, pvt in Willett's NY Regt
BOSTWICK, Salmon/Solomon, pvt in 4th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Salmon, pvt in 6th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Salmon/Solomon, pvt in 7th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Samuel, pvt in Samuel Drake's NY Regt
BOSTWICK, Samuel, pvt in Thomas' Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Samuel, Waterbury's Regt of CT Troops
BOSTWICK, Samuel, 1st NY Regt
BOSTWICK, Shadrick, pvt in 5th CT Regt
BOSTWICK, Stephen, pvt in Samuel Drake's NY Regt
BOSTWICK, Stephen, pvt in Thomas' Regt of NY Mil
BOSTWICK, Warner, Ira Allen's Regt of VT Mil
BOSTWICK, William, Lt & 1st Lt in 3rd NJ Regt
BOSTWICK, William, pvt in 7th CT Regt
BOSTWICKE, Isaac, Capt in 7th CT Regt
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The following comes from Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Quarterly vol 14, #1 March 1969
page 319: Choctaw County OK Marriages
Willie Fort, age 20, and Lettie Bostick age 21.
Married by W.M. Henry, minister, 21 Feb 1909 in the
presence of J. Rabins and Dave Jackson of Sawyer, OK
James Bostick, age 22 of Hambdon, and Leanna Prior, age 22
of Hugo. Married by F.R. Douglas, minister, 27 Oct 1908 in
the presence of Mrs. C. Shull and Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Stephens.
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Jessica Quiroz FanofME@aol.com is researching Clement
BOSTWICK, born 11 Dec 1796 MD and died 19 Nov 1863 Renault,
Monroe Co, IL. He married Polly F. Hendrick 12 Dec 1817
and had the following children:
Amanda - born 1818
Sarah - born 1820
Louisa - born 8 Nov 1821
Melinda - born 1825; married Jacob Fultz Jr
Lucinda - born 1828
Elijah N. - born 29 Nov 1830
Issac Newton - born 9 Nov 1834; died 15 Apr 1916
William L. - born 9 Nov 1836
Eleazor - born 29 Nov 1838; died Mar 1922
Can anyone help Jessica find the parents of Clement
Bostwick?
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Bostick Researchers: (We have 70 subscribers!)
Virginia Redden vredden@flexi.net.au
Virginia is our first international subscriber. She lives
in Queensland, Australia and is a descendant of Richard S.
Bostick (born 1758 SC) and his daughter, Ann Eliza Bostick
(born 1802 SC)
Frank Bostick FBOSTICK@aol.com
Henry Bostick (born ca 1830) and Sarah Hoffman. Lived
Marietta, Lancaster Co, PA
Peggy Bostick bostick@king.cts.com
James J. Bostick, possibly born Aug 1848 GA, buried
Quay Co, NM
Bettiann Lloyd Genechaser@aol.com
Stephen Bostick, born ca 1818-25 GA; married Matilda
Langston. On 1850 Chickasaw Co, MS census and 1860
Calhoun Co, MS census.
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Next issue 1 March 1998
1 March 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #15
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BOSTICK FEMALE ACADEMY
Recently Max Bostic shared with me a couple of pictures of
the Bostick Female Academy in Williamson Co, TN. According to
=Williamson Old Home Sites= by Virginia McDaniel Bowman,
this beautiful old brick building is located on top of the
hill south of the intersection of Horton Highway and 96. She
goes on to say "A wealthy citizen of Tribune, Dr. Jonathan
Bostick moved to Mississippi soon after the War Between the
States. He died there leaving directions in his will that a
certain amount of money be used for a new school for girls at
Tribune. Located on 11 acres across from Samuel Perkins'
plantation, the new school was begun about 1885 with a liberal
arts course along with music and art."
About 1900 the school trustees turned the building over to
the county and it was used as a public school until about
1956. Later it was used as a meeting place for various
organizations.
The Bostick family really left a mark on Williamson Co, TN
as a number of homes and old buildings with which they were
associated still stand. The first person of this Bostick
family to settle in Williamson Co, TN was John Bostick, son
of Absalom and Bethenia (Perkins) Bostick. John was born
18 June 1765 prob. in VA and died 20 Sep 1850, Williamson
Co. He married Mary Gervais/Jarvis 20 Dec 1787 in Richmond
Co, GA. They lived in Stokes Co, NC, until 1808/09, when
they moved to TN. The Bible record of this family has been
published by the Maury Co, TN Historical Society in =Maury
County Cousins= (c)1967.
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THE ARTHUR BOSTWICK FAMILY
I.Arthur1 Bostwick married Ellen Johnson. He was born in 1603
at England. He married Jane Whittel, dau. of Robert Whittel
Rev, on 8 January 1627.
A. Mary2 Bostwick was born in 1629.
B. Jane2 Bostwick was born in 1631.
C. Ellen2 Bostwick was born in 1633.
D. Arthur2 Bostwick was born in 1636.
E. John2 Bostwick was christened on 18 October 1638 at
England. He married Mary Brinsmead, daughter of John
Brinsmead and Mary Carter, circa 1665 at CT. He was buried
on 11 December 1688.
1. John3 Bostwick married Abigail Walker. He was born
on 12 October 1667. He died after 1747.
a) John4 Bostwick married Mercy Bushnell. He was
born on 12 December 1688. He died on 12 June
1741 at age 52.
(1) John5 Bostwick married Jemima Canfield.
He was born on 24 March 1715. He died on
17 December 1806 at age 91.
(a) Matthew6 Bostwick married Rebecca
Bostwick Bostwick.
i) Shelburne7 Bostwick married Mercy
Smith. He was born on 11 August 1781
at New Milford CT. He died 7 Sep 1865
at Mentor OH at age 84.
(a) Manley8 Bostwick
(b) Alpheus8 Bostwick
(c) George8 Bostwick was born on 1
May 1814 at Tully, Onondaga, NY.
He married Jennet "Jeanette" McKinley,
daughter of James McKinlay and
Elizabeth Cameron, on 3 Apr 1840.
He died on 19 December 1887 at Aurora,
IL, at age 73.
i) Eloine Elizabeth9 Bostwick married
John Bell. She was born on 14 May
1840. She died on 6 February 1866
at age 25.
ii) Walter Whitfield9 Bostwick was born
11 July 1843 at Thompson, Geauga, OH.
He married Elizabeth Swartout 10 Feb
1869 at Aurora, IL.
iii) Charles George9 Bostwick was born 14
Aug 1855.
iv) Florence Jeanette9 Bostwick was born
10 Mar 1862. She married Fred P. Estee
on 14 Oct 1886.
(a) Claire10 Estee
(d) Sidney8 Bostwick
(e) Matthew8 Bostwick
(f) Shelburne8 Bostwick
(g) Emily8 Bostwick
(h) Alfred8 Bostwick
(2) Benajah5 Bostwick married Hannah Fiske. He was born
8 Feb 1717. He died 23 Oct 1776 at age 59.
(a) David6 Bostwick married Hannah Hill. He was born 3 Aug
1742. He died 4 Oct 1821 at age 79.
i) Joel7 Bostwick married Nancy Stone.
(a) David Elmore8 Bostwick Dr Bostwick # 1514. He was
born 22 Feb 1821 at New Milford CT. He married
Adelaide McKinley, daughter of John McKinley, 26 Dec
1850 at West Chester PA. He died 17 Mar 1872 at
Litchfield CT at age 51.
i) Arthur Elmore9 Bostwick married Lucy Sawyer. He
was born 8 Mar 1860 at Litchfield CT.
(a) Andrew Lynn10 Bostwick BIOGRAPHY: BA Yale 1908.
He was born 8 Sept 1886. He married Martha
McKittrick Jones in 1918.
(b) Esther10 Bostwick was born 30 Aug 1887.
(c) Elmore McNeill10 Bostwick married Alma Sterling
Simon. He BIOGRAPHY: Yale ex-'16. He was born 8
Apr 1892.
2. Joseph3 Bostwick was born 11 May 1672. He married Ann
Burr 14 June 1698. He died 8 Apr 1726 at age 53.
a) Abraham4 Bostwick was born 5 Sept 1702. He married
Hannah Collins, daughter of Daniel Collins and Ruth
(--?--), 13 Sep 1732. He died 2 Apr 1776 at age 73.
(1) Joseph5 Bostwick married Anne Tuttle. He was born
14 Nov 1735.
(a) William6 Bostwick married Sally Carter. He was
born in 1775 at CT. He died 23 Sept 1823.
i) Oliver7 Bostwick married Melinda Thomas. He
was born 2 Oct 1816 at Madison tsp, Ohio. He
died 29 Apr 1867 at age 50.
(a) Annette8 Bostwick was born 26 Aug 1840
at Fayette Co, OH. She married James Jones
17 Mar 1859.
i) Willis9 Jones married Lara E McKinley.
He was born 14 Feb 1865 at Monroe, OH.
(a) Herold C10 Jones was born 26 Feb
1896.
Prepared by:
Bill Reque
619 Connecticut Street
San Francisco CA 94107
reque@ix.netcom.com
Reference data:
=The Bostwick family in America=
=The descendants of Arthur Bostwick of Stratford,
Connecticut, by Henry Anton Bostwick 1901, 1987
Edition. Source: Sutro Library, San Francisco CA
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OSMER
Part VI
Sir William de BOSTOCK, son of Sir Henry de BOSTOCK and Eleanor
POOLE, born circa 1240; married Elizabeth AUDLEY, daughter of
James, Lord of Audley and Lord of Heligh [or as another source
states: the father is Hugh AUDLEY Senior, Lord AUDLEY, of
Stratton, Audley, and Oxfordshire].
Sir William had a second wife, Amice, who had to sue John de
Arclid for dower, 31, Ed. 1., 1302.
-o-
Sir William and Elizabeth`s children were Sir Edward, born circa
1260; married to Lady TRUMPINGTON; Philip [born circa 1260]
marries Maria, daughter of Matthew de VERNON; Hugh marries
Hawise, daughter of Richard de HELLESBY; and Joceram. Little
else is known of these individuals.
-o-
Sir William and Amice`s children are Amice, marries John, son of
Richard de CROXTON, brother of Warin, Lord of CROXTON; and
Gilbert de BOSTOCK of Tarporley and Wethamstead.
-o-
Sir William de BOSTOCK (our subject of this text) is killed at
the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
-o-
Joceram, son of William and Elizabeth, marries Amice (2),
daughter of William and his second wife, Amice(1). Joceram
is Amice (2) first husband. The records at hand show there were
children by this marriage but no names listed. One source
mentions two and the other lists three children of this union.
-o-
We will pick up from Sir Edward de BOSTOCK and Lady TRUMPINGTON
in the next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC CEMETERY RECORDS
On 17 April 1981, during a visit to Rutherford Co, NC, I copied
the following records from an unpublished manuscript of
Rutherford Co cemeteries in the public library in Rutherfordton:
Bethany Church Cemetery, Forest City, NC
M. Baxter Bostic son of JC & S Bostic 1 Oct 1884-4 Jun 1884[sic]
Bertha Bostic dau of TA & S Bostic 25 Nov 1894-15 Nov 1895
Mattie G Bostic 23 May 1886-7 Jun 1887
Nettie May, wf of Milson Bostic 11 Jun 1883-11 May 1910
Concord Church Cemetery, 1/2 mile E of Forest City
James T. Bostic 11 Oct 1902-10 Mar 1903
Bertha A. Bostic 13 Dec 1893-20 May 1896
Delilah Bostic 15 Jan 1826-18 Mar 1846
Lola I., dau of SL & CL Bostic 26 Aug 1896-16 Sep 1898
Margaret Bostic 30 May 1833-6 Oct 1899
S.L., son of SL & CL Bostic 1900-1970
Narcissa Bostic 1804-1868
Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Forest City
Amelia C. Bostic died 8 Oct 1849
Benjamin S. Bostic 1854-1856
Cynthia Bostic died 15 Dec 1862
Frances E. Bostic died 7 Nov 1840
John Bostick died 22 Sep 1873
Mary C. Bostic died 15 Sep 1862
R.P. Bostic died 28 Sep 1862
Samuel E. Bostic died 19 Jun 1866
T.W. Bostick died 23 Feb 1867
Leonard Bostick died 4 Jul 1870
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The following is transcribed from =Genealogical Abstracts
of Revolutionary War Pension Files vol I: A-E= by Virgil
D. White and published by the National Historical Pub. Co
(c) 1990.
The number following the name is the pension number. Copies
of the pension files may be ordered from the National
Archives, using form 80. These forms may be ordered
online by sending an email to inquire@arch2.nara.gov
In the subject line put: NATF FORM 80
In the text of the message put the number of forms you would
like to receive, your name and address.
Those who applied for a pension in 1818 had to prove they
were indigent. The pension numbers beginning with W indicate
a widow's pension.
BOSTICK, Absalom R1039, VA Line, applied 26 Jan 1837
Halifax Co, VA, aged 77 on 15 Dec next.
BOSTICK, Ezra & Drusilla W23653, NC Line, soldier
applied 17 Sep 1832 Montgomery Co, IL, aged 78 and a
resident of Bostick's settlement; enlisted Anson Co, NC,
he was born 1753 Queen Anne Co, MD; in 1803 moved to KY
and in 1820 to IL. Widow applied 30 Oct 1843 Montgomery
Co, IL, aged 74; they married Feb 1792. Soldier died
10 Feb 1843.
BOSTICK, John R1040, NC Line, soldier's cousin Hellery B.
Bostick was age 82 & on 31 Jul 1854 signs an affidavit
in Muscogee Co, GA stating that he and soldier were boys
together in Surry Co, NC & that soldier was appt'd Capt
of Militia and after the war soldier's uncle & family
moved to Richmond Co, Ga and soldier came to visit a
relative of soldier's wife, after soldier married he
returned to NC and in 1808 moved to Williamson Co, TN &
died there in 1850, leaving children James A. Bostick,
Bathemia Patton, Elizabeth Bell, Jane Wilson, Christina
Coltart & Hardin P. Bostick; son Hardin P. applied 8 Mar
1853 Davidson Co, TN, aged 58; soldier left a will (filed
28 Aug 1844) & in addition to the above children he named
a dec'd daughter Mary (Reeder?)[sic] & her daughter Mary
(Clarinda?) names not clear; also named dec'd son Hampton
Bostick & his 2 sons John H & James A Bostick, also named
sons (soldier's) John & Absalom Bostick; a John Claybrook
& Jonathan Bostick were witnesses to his will in 1844.
[Editor's note: This John Bostick is the same as the one
mentioned in the first article in this newsletter.]
BOSTWICK, Amos S45312, Cont. Line (CT), applied 10 Sep
1819 Otsego Co, NY, aged 74, a resident of Unadilla, NY,
soldier enlisted at New Milford, CT; in 1820 soldier was
aged 74 with wife Sally age 71 & daughter Sally aged 33,
soldier died 19 Nov 1829, soldier served under a Capt Isaac
Bostwick, relationship not stated.
BOSTWICK, Andrew S36915, Cont. Line (CT), applied 3 Apr 1818
Litchfield Co, CT, a resident of Southbury in New Haven
Co, CT; in 1820 soldier was aged 66 with wife aged 67.
BOSTWICK, David S36418, BLW #2193-160-55, CT Line, applied
8 May 1818 Litchfield Co, CT, aged 57, a resident of New
Milford, CT & enlisted there, in 1820 soldier had a wife
aged 57; soldier mentioned a Philomela Bostwick in 1820,
but no relationship stated; soldier applied for Bounty
Land Warrant (BLW) 23 Mar 1855, aged 93.
BOSTWICK, Doctor S2384, CT Line, applied 28 Aug 1832 Portage
Co, OH, aged 67, a resident of Ravenna, OH; soldier was
born 1764 New Milford, CT and enlisted there & afterwards
lived in Chittenden Co, VT 16 years and then to Dutchess Co,
NY 7 yrs and then to Gloucester, NJ 7 yrs & about 1816
moved to Ravenna, OH.
Continued next issue.
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The following was found in The NC Genealogical Society
Journal, Vol XXIV, #1, February 1998
Marriage and Death Notices from the North Carolina
Presbyterian 1867
Issue of 6 Nov 1867:
Married on 17 Oct, David A. McDiarmid of Cumberland Co. to Miss
Mary E., daughter of the late James Bostick of Richmond Co.
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Citing Your Sources
I started seriously researching my families almost 30 years
ago - back in the days when the mailman was my best friend as
sharing and exchanging of family information was done only
with the cooperation of the U.S. Postal Service. Much of the
information I received was hand written as computers weren't
available and not everyone could type. Today we have email to
send and receive information, almost eliminating the stress
of waiting for that piece of much-needed material. But ... the
standards for research remain the same. Every statement, every
date and every name must carry the source of the information.
Did it come from a will or a marriage? If so, cite the book
number and page. Did it come from a published family history?
If so, cite the name and author of the book. If a copy of the
original document is not provided, you should not - no, can not
cite the origin of the document. Cite the published family
history as that is where you got the information. Then order a
copy of that document. If the info came from someone and no
documentation is provided, cite that person, but get a copy
of the document. Taking another person's word without proof
is tantamount to walking out into the street in heavy traffic.
Sooner or later, you are going to be knocked down.
Enough said. I'll get off this soapbox now.
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If you had relatives who could have served in the Civil War
from Illinois, check out the searchable database at
http://www.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/civilwar
You can also find Regimental histories from the Adjutant
General's Report at this site.
For Mississippi Civil War information, try this one:
http://www2.msstate.edu/~gam3/cw
The South Carolina Historical Society has a page at
http://www.schistory.org/index.html
Check out the great online information
The Georgia Dept of Archives & History can be found at
http://www.SOS.State.Ga.US/archives/default.htm
Alabama Dept of Archives & History has a web page at
http://www.asc.edu/archives/agis.html
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QUERIES
Robert Bostex63@aol.com is looking for information on
Mathew Denny Bostick of AL/TN; possible CSA solier.
Jim thompson@physics.utexas.edu is researching William T.
Bostick, who was possibly born 1802 SC; in Gadsden Co, FL
1830 and 1840 and Jasper Co, TX 1850 and died shortly
thereafter.
We now have 75 subscribers to the newsletter!
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Next issue 15 March 1998
15 March 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #16
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CHARLES BOSTICK and FAMILY
By Lew Griffin
Lew_Griffin@compuserve.com
Charles Bostick was born in VA ca 1745 and died ca Dec 1813
Rutherford Co, NC, at approximately 68 years of age. Charles
was *possibly* the son of William Bostick Jr and wife Micha,
but that has not yet been proven. Charles Bostick married
Ruth Scoggin ca 1765. Ruth was born ca 1742 and was the
daughter of Richard Scoggin Jr and wife Mary. Ruth Scoggin
Bostick died after 1813 Rutherford Co, NC.
Charles Bostick was in Halifax Co, VA at the time of his
marriage to Ruth Scoggin. By 1777, he was in Caswell Co, NC,
where he appears on a tax digest. Since Caswell Co was formed
from Orange Co in 1777, Charles may have been in Orange Co
earlier. Charles bought and sold various tracts of land in
Caswell Co before he moved from the area. In Nov 1788,
Charles bought 100 acres of land in Halifax Co, VA from William
Harris and John Scoggin, with Lucy Scoggin among the witnesses.
(Halifax Co Deed Bk 14, pg 454) John Scoggin and Sarah Scoggin
Parrott were the illegitimate children of Charles' wife, Ruth,
and may have been the children of Charles as well. Charles
may have given this land to his son, Richard, who seems to have
been living in Halifax Co during this period.
Charles appears on t he 1790 Caswell Co census in St. Lawrence
Dist. When Person Co was created in 1791, his land fell in
the new county and he appears on the 1794 and 1795 tax lists
there. In Jan 1795 and Nov 1795, Charles sold land in Person
Co and, in Jan 1796, he appointed his son Chesley as his lawful
attorney to transact all matters in his absence as he was going
to deal with suits from Delilah South, "on account of my son
Richard Bostick getting a base begotten child with her."
(Person Co Deed Bk B, pg 298)
Charles Bostick moved to Rutherford Co, NC in 1796 and bought
land in Sept of that year on Wilkey's Creek. In Nov 1796 he
bought more land. In Oct 1806, he sold the first tract of land.
In 1813, Charles died in Rutherford Co. His wife, Ruth,
survived him, but is not listed on the 1820 census.
Charles Bostick and Ruth Scoggin had the following children:
1. possible daughter - born Halifax Co, VA.
Charles Bostick's will mentions Ricy Walker, wife of
John Walker Jr and Walker family records indicate that
John Walker Jr married Ricy Johnson. This would suggest two
possibilities. Either Charles Bostick had a dec'd daughter
who married first a Mr. Johnson and had a child named Ricy
or else Charles had a daughter who was first married to a
Mr. Johnson and second to John Walker Jr. Further research
is needed. The 1850 and 1860 TN Census Indices show John
Walker and Reicy/Rice in McMinn Co. In 1850, Rice Walker
is listed as age 56 and in 1860, Reicy is listed as age
65. This would make her born ca 1794-95, probably too
young to have been the daughter of Charles Bostick.
2. Susannah - born ca 1766 Halifax Co, VA. Married Reuben
Parrott in Caswell Co, NC 1784. Reuben was born 14 Feb
1762 and was the son of James Parrott and Catherine.
3. Chesley - born ca 1768. Died after 1830 Spartanburg Dist,
SC. He married twice: (1) possibly to a Boswell ca 1788
and (2) Susannah Weber 23 Dec 1806 Rutherford Co, NC.
4. Lucy - born ca 1770 Halifax Co, VA. Married George
Reynolds 14 Jan 1793 Person Co, NC.
5. Reuben - born ca 1772 Halifax Co, VA. He died before 1813
Rutherford Co, NC. Married Margaret Davidson 12 Sep 1797
Rutherford Co. After Reuben died, Margaret and children
moved to Kentucky, along with her Davidson relatives.
Issue: William, Richard, Nancy, Martha, Davidson, and
Aspacia.
6. Richard - born ca 1774 Halifax Co, VA. Richard died ca 1839
Gwinnett Co, GA. He married Ann Link. Issue: Martha, James,
Nancy, Elizabeth, John, Toliver, Richard Jr and Chesley.
7. Nancy - born ca 1776 Halifax Co, VA. Married John Harrell in
Rutherford Co 31 Jul 1797. Issue: James, Polly and Betsy.
Sources: Deed books cited above.
Katherine Kerr Kendall, =Person Co, NC Compilations of
Wills, Tax Lists 1792-1820=
Halifax Co, VA Marriage Records
Person Co, NC Marriage Records
Rutherford Co, NC Marriage Records.
Next issue to continue with Chesley Bostick, son of Charles.
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OSMER
Part VII
In this issue, we will try to follow Sir Adam de BOSTOCK, son
of Sir Edward BOSTOCK and Lady TRUMPINGTON, born about 1285,
married Jane (some refer to her as Joan) BRERETEN, daughter of
Sir William de BRERETEN, Lord of Brereten, Cheshire. Sir Adam
de BOSTOCK was knighted by King Edward I in Scotland, 22 Jul
1298.
Ralph de BOSTOCK, brother of Sir Adam, married (spouse unknown)
amd his son, William, was a monk of Vale Royal.
Our subject of this text, Sir Adam BOSTOCK and Jane BRERETEN
had the following children:
(1) Sir William de BOSTOCK, born about 1315, Seneschal of
Frodsham 30 Sep 1361, knighted by Kind Edward III, married:
(1)[name unknown], daughter to Sir Richard WINNINGTON, the
children of this union are:
(1) Sir Adam de BOSTOCK, married Margaret de
WETTENHALL, daughter and co-heir of Sir John de
WETTENHALL, Lord of Wettenhall and Acton, Cheshire.
(2) Robert de BOSTOCK, of Warmingham.
Sir William married (2) Alice de MOULTON, daughter and heir
to Sir William de MOULTON, Lord of Moulton, Cheshire.
Children by Alice were:
(1) Ralph de BOSTOCK of Moulton, ancestor of
BOSTOCKs of Moulton and Wixhall.
(2) David de BOSTOCK
(3) William de BOSTOCK.
Sir William married (3) Joan de NORREYS, widow of Sir Thomas
DANVERS, of Tabley, Lord of Bradley in Appleton, and
daughter of Edward de NORREYS. Later, Joan will remarry
after Sir William dies. Her third husband is Michael
SCOTT.
(2) Thomas de BOSTOCK
(3) Hugh de BOSTOCK
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In the next issue, we will deal with Sir Adam de BOSTOCK,
son of Sir Adam BOSTOCK and Jane BRERETEN. The plots begin
to thicken from this point of our study. We get into the time
period where a woman can be the wife of the King of France,
gets the boot and becomes the wife of the King of England. She
then has three sons of which two become King of England. The
third son inspires the stories of "King Arthur".
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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The following is found in South Carolina Historical and
Genealogical Magazine under Marriage and Death Notices,
Charleston.
vol. XLVIII July 1947 #3
"We regret the painful task, of recording the untimely exit
from this world of a worthy inhabitant of Georgetown, SC. Mr.
Eli S. BOSTICK was a native of Connecticut, a Carpenter and
House-Joiner by trade - lived here about 4 years, during
which time he conducted himself, as an industrious honest
man. On the 26th of last month, returning from North Island,
in a sail boat, with two other persons the boat upset, one
man swam to the shore - one clung to the mast of the boat,
which remained above water, from whence he was rescued by a
boat, fortunately then passing. But, poor Mr. B. having on a
pair of heavy boots, sunk and rose four times - the fifth
time, he sunk to rise no more! Thus was a worthy man deprived
of life, in the 39th year of his age, leaving a young widow,
a father, mother, brothers and sisters, to lament the
unfortunate accident ..." (Saturday, April 14, 1821)
This one comes from the same publication, Marriage and Death
Notices from the City Gazette of Charleston.
vol XC Jan 1939 #1
"Died, at his Plantation in Williamsburgh, on the 26th of
October, Jonathan BOSTWICK, Esq. aged 66 years, after a short
but very severe illness." (Saturday, Nov. 19, 1814)
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Stewart Hampton Bostic pmfmason@aol.com sends the following:
VIRGINIA LAND GRANTS
The following was transcribed at the Virginia State Library
8 Oct 1977.
31 Aug 1844 Grant 95, pg 567
Bostick, David. Monroe Co. 50 acres on waters of Laurel Run,
a branch of Second Creek.
2 Nov 1857 Grant 114, p. 346
Bostick, John. Monroe Co. 19 acres on Humphries Run, a branch
of Indian Creek.
31 Aug 1844 Grant 95, pg 566
Bostick, Joshua. Monroe Co. 20 acres on Big Run, a branch of
Second Creek.
30 Nov 1847 Grant 99, pg 662
Bostick, Reuben. Monroe Co. 90 acres on waters of Second Creek.
30 Jun 1847 Grant 98, pg 702
Bostick, David. Monroe Co. 3 acres on Carpenters Run, a
branch of Second Creek.
30 Nov 1838 Grant 89, pg 717
Bostick, William. Monroe Co. 100 acres on waters of South Fork
of Laurel Creek.
28 Jan 1790 Grant 21, pg. 631
Bostick, Moses. Greenbrier Co. 100 acres on Turkey Creek, a
branch of Indian Creek, adjoining William West. 1789-1790
20 Jun 1733 Patent 15, pg 43
Bostick, John. Goochland Co. 350 acres on both sides of
Great Guineas Creek. 1732-1735
8 Sep 1736 Patent 17, pg 171
John Bostick. Goochland Co. 400 acres on branches of Great
Guinea Creek. 1735-1738. Sold to Valentine Bostick, who sold
to John Woodson 16 Jun 1741.
20 Sep 1745 Patent 22, pg 504
Bostick, Charles. Goochland Co. 125 acres on both sides of
Great Guinea Creek, adjoining John Bostock. 1743-1745
23 May 1763 Patent 35, pg 194
Bostick, John. Prince Edward Co. 400 acres on south side of
Appomattox River, adjoining the lands of Chiles, Harris, etc.
30 Jun 1845 Grant 96, pg 413
Bostick, James. Tazwell Co. 140 acres on waters of Maiden
Spring Fork of the Clinch River.
14 Jul 1769 Patent 30, pg 706
Bostick, John. Buckingham Co. 89 acres on the north branches
of the appomattox River. 1768-1770.
1 Aug 1772 Patent 40, pg 836
Bostick, Absalom. Halifax Co. 397 acres on branches of Sandy
and Dan Rivers, adjoining his own and the land of Wilson,
Little, etc.
6 Apr 1769 Patent 38, pg 563
Bostick, Charles. Halifax Co. 400 acres on south side of
Childries Creek, adjoining Hubbards land.
13 May 1763 Patent 35, pg 177
Bostick, John. Halifax Co. 400 acres on south side of Dan
River, beginning where the county line crosses sd. river.
30 Jul 1748 Patent 26, pg 506
Bostick, Charles. Albemarle Co. 580 acres on the branches
of Willis' Creek and Holliday River.
1 Jun 1750 Patent 30, pg 151
Bostick, John. Albemarle Co. 2000 acres on Appomattox River,
adjoining Henry Chiles and Anthony Hoggatt. 1750-1752
20 Sep 1768 Patent 37, pg. 563
Bostick, Charles. Lunenburg Co. 295 acres on south side of
Childrys Creek, adjoining William Cunningham's lines.
2 Aug 1819 Grant 68, pg 194
Bostick, Manoah. Cabell Co. 15 acres on 4 Pole Creek,
beginning on the upper side of S.D. Creek on the line of a
Mily. survey granted to John Savage.
2 Aug 1819 Grant 68, pg. 294
Bostick, Manoah. Cabell Co. 450 acres between a military
survey granted to John Savage and others and a survey
granted to Samuel M. Hopkins. 1819
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Continuing with Bostick & Bostwick listings from =Genealogical
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files Vol. I: A-E=
abstracted by Virgil D. White (c) 1990
BOSTWICK, Ebenezer, S42090, BLW #32-100, CT Line, applied 11
Jun 1828 Portage Co, OH; in 1820 soldier was aged 65 and a
resident of Portage Co, OH with wife Jemima, aged 53, and a
girl, Catherine Ives, aged 11, no relationship to soldier was
stated. Soldier enlisted at New Milford, CT.
BOSTWICK, Elisha, S10376, CT & Continental Line, applied 30
Jul 1832 Litchfield Co, CT, aged 83. Soldier born 17 Dec 1848
at New Milford, CT and enlisted there. He died 11 Dec 1834.
BOSTWICK, Elizur/Eliezer, S4269, CT Line, applied 28 Aug 1832
Portage Co, OH, aged 75 & a resident of Edinburgh, OH. Soldier
born 1757 Danbury, CT and lived at New Milford, CT at time of
enlistment. In 1816 he moved to OH. Soldiers mentions a Capt
Isaac Bostwick, Ebenezer Bostwick & a Doctor Bostwick, but no
relationship stated.
BOSTWICK, John, Betsey W1810, BLW #6408-160-55, MA Line,
soldier applied 24 Jul 1832 Allegany Co, NY; a resident of
Pike, NY and states he was placed on pension roll of NY on
6 Aug 1818 and was dropped 4 Mar 1820. In 1818 soldier lived
at Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY. Widow applied 4 Jun 1849 Wyoming
Co, NY, aged 78. Soldier married Betsey Brown 3 Dec 1796 at
Hartwick, NY and he died 21 Oct 1848 at Pike, NY. Soldier's
and widow's children were David, Born 21 Aug 1797; Bethane,
born 28 Sep 1804; widow applied for BLW [Bounty Land Warrant]
in 1855, the following is shown in the family records but no
relationship to soldier or widow stated: Peter Kendal, born
10 May 1753 and died 27 Jan 1825; Betsey Willson, born (date
not given); Susanna Spalding, born 20 Sep 1753; Peter married
4 Jul 1776 to Betsey Willson, who died 13 Nov 1793l Peter
Kendal married 9 Mar 1794 to Susanna Spalding, who died 18 Feb
1825; Hervey Kendal married 21 Feb 1811 to Susanna Gardner,
who died 20 Jul 1826; Hervey Kendal married 27 Jan 1839 to
Miranda Comford Sheldon; children of Harvey & Susanna Kendall
were: Lucy, who married 1 Jan 1832 to Marvin Partridge;
Maryan, who married 3 Feb 1833 to Lyman Clark; David, who
married 27 Jan 1836 to Julia Metcalf; Eveline, who married
20 Mar 1836 to Elisha Roe; Betsey, who married 13 Nov 1836 to
Seth Angle & Hervey Gardner Kendall, who married 21 Apr 1841
to Harrit Brass.
BOSTWICK, Jonathan, S14978, CT Line, applied 6 Aug 1832 in
Litchfield Co, CT, aged 70, a resident of New Milford, CT.
Soldier born 7 Jul 1762. Soldier's brother David Bostwick
of New Milford, CT signs affidavit 5 Jun 1833.
BOSTWICK, Levi, Anne or Anna, W21699, CT Line, widow applied
6 Sep 1836 Fairfield Co, CT, aged 80, a resident of
Brookfield, CT. Soldier enlisted under widow's father, Capt
Joseph Smith of Brookfield, CT. Soldier & widow married 5
Nov 1776. Widow's brother Abel Smith states he was 18 months
younger than widow and that widow's oldest chid was Annie or
Annice, born Aug or Sep 1777. It was stated soldier and widow
had a large family of children. Soldier's date of death not
shown.
continued next issue.
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On April 5, HBO will air a 12-part series entitled "From the
Earth to the Moon." This series was co-produced by Michael
Bostick, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer with Tom Hanks as
Executive Producer and Jerry C. Bostick as a Technical Advisor.
Jerry C. Bostick jerkieb@worldnet.att. net (Technical
Advisor) is one of our subscribers and the father of Michael
Bostick.
Congratulations!
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QUERIES
Jerry Ffjerry048@aol.com is researching James Etley Bostic,
who was born 16 Sep 1828 and is found in Monroe Co, VA/WVA.
Does anyone know the names of James Etley's parents?
Karen Lenkar@aol.com is researching Everett Bostick, who was
born 29 Aug 1892 and died 4 Jun 1964. Birthplace unknown, but
is buried in MS. His father, James, was born NC and had a
brother Lawrence or Laurence Bostick. Can anyone help Karen?
Tim TimBowling@classic.msn.com is researching Nancy Bostic,
daughter of James William Bostic and Nancy Catherine Johnston.
Nancy Bostic married Henry Arthur Kiger. Both were from
Winston-Salem, NC. Can anyone help?
Kelly KellyGeoff@aol.com and FBostick@aol.com would like
to confirm the identity of the parents of Henry Bostick
(born ca 1827 Lancaster Co, PA). Will share info on
descendants of Byron Bostick (born 1861 Marietta, Lancaster Co,
PA) and Flora Bostick (born 1863 Marietta, Lancaster Co, PA)
We now have 81 subscribers!
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Next issue 1 April 1998
1 April 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #17
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I hope each of you has put Winter to rest. As I write this, the
sun is shining and it is almost 80 degrees in Southern Indiana.
The sky is blue, the tulips are blooming, the grass needs
mowing ... Ah Spring!
Several different Bostic/Bostick famililes lived in Tennessee
at one time or another. This list is likely incomplete and
came from secondary sources. For verification, please obtain
a copy of the original from the county courthouse.
TENNESSEE MARRIAGES
BLOUNT COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Floyd - Rosannah Murray 12 Jun 1817
DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN
Bostic, Elizabeth - Aaron Turpin 17 Apr 1811 (bond)
Bostick, Catherine - John B. Halbert 9 Sep 1847
dau of Hardin P. Bostick of Nashville
Bostick, Hardin P. - Margaret R. Litton 30 Dec 1824
Bostick, James A. - Maria L. Smith 23 May 1839
Bostick, John H. - Catherine L. Temple 20 Dec 1838
Bostick, Richard W.H. - Rebecca Cannon 19 Jan 1841
Bostick, Eliza Jane - John Fletcher Early 1860
FRANKLIN COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Mary - Presley R. Buckner 6 Nov 1856
Bostick, Nancy - Garland M. Woods 24 Dec 1865
Bostick, Chesley B. - Francis Griffin 10 Dec 1842
Bostick, B.R. - M.M. Bennett 18 Sep 1866
Bostick, Berry - S.A. Buckner 16 Jan 1870
Bostick, Chesley B. - Susan S. Stovall 9 May 1852
Bostick, Nathan - Caroline Stovall 18 Jul 1841
GILES COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Tabitha S. - Wm. F. King ca 15 Dec 1851
[see Maury Co, TN]
HENRY COUNTY, TN
Bostic, William - Mary Ann Taylor 20 Dec 1843
Bostick, Charles D. - Rutha A.J. Owen 30 Mar 1848
Bostick, D. - A.F. Carr 5 Feb 1851
Bostick, C.R. - Nancy Y. Clark 20 Nov 1865
Bostick, W.A. - Mary A. Bowden 11 Sep 1866
LINCOLN COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Hampton - Susan B. Blackburn 1813
MADISON COUNTY, TN
Bostick, A. - Joseph Iver 1 Nov 1842
Bostick, John - Susanna B. Hudson 24 Feb 1841
Bostick, John - Mary Carrington 31 Dec 1845
Bostick, Levi - Caroline Carrington 15 Oct 1846
Bostick, Margaret C - W.B. Williams 28 Jul 1856
Bostick, Margaret C - Wilson E. Stewart 17 Oct 1859
Bostick, Mary A. - John J. Matthews 2 Sep 1847
MARSHALL COUNTY, TN
Bostick, A.M.D. - Rachel Leggett 22 Dec 1837
Bostick, George - Malissa Neal 5 Jan 1869 (bond)
Bostick, Wm. E. - Jane Bishop 18 Aug 1841 (bond)
Bostick, Wm. E. - Martha Luna 8 Jul 1850
MAURY COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Dosha - Albert W. Collier 24 Sep 1839
Bostick, Elizabeth E.M. - Wm. M. Sullivan 18 Jan 1843
Bostick, Mary - David Fogleman 25 Oct 1832
Bostick, Mattie E.N. - James C. Murphy 18 Apr 1860
Bostwick, Tabitha - William H. King 16 Dec 1851
ROBERTSON COUNTY, TN
Bothick, John - Nancy Carr 25 Jun 1839 (bond)
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Ada - Barton Bostick 28 Dec 1871
Bostick, Boson - Emma Banks 17 Jul 1869
Bostick, Eliza - Charley Magatee 29 Jun 1867
Bostick, Jonathan - Margaret Elliott 6 Nov 1844
Bostick, James A. - Mary J. Elliott 15 Jan 1845
Bostick, Mason - Kincheon Jordan 24 Sep 1865
Bostick, Starlin - Martha Edwards 29 Jun 1867
Bostick, T.K. - M.H. Peay 21 Sep 1856
SHELBY COUNTY, TN
Bostick, James H. - L.S. Swearagin 31 Mar 1831
Bostick, Jos. R. - Ann Manning 5 Aug 1856
WEAKLEY COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Martha L. - James M. Wester 18 Nov 1858
Bostick, R.F. - Sarah J. Riggs 24 Apr 1861
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Angeline - Wm. T. Jordan 29 Aug 1859
Bostick, Bethenia - Jason Patton 29 Jul 1811
Bostick, Bettie M. - G.W. Ransom 9 May 1860
Bostick, Christiana - John Collart 5 Dec 1833
Bostick, Delia - Wm. D. Covington 27 Feb 1867
Bostick, Ebgorn to Bettie Lane 13 Nov 1865
Bostick, James C. - Fannie L. Abston 1859
Bostick, Jane - Jason C. Wilson 29 Sep 1815
Bostick, John - Polly Hyde 18 Dec 1815
Bostick, John - Sallie J. Reams 8 Feb 1866
Bostick, J.C. - Eliza Jane Jordan 22 Feb 1859
Bostick, Lucy J - Thomas W. Jordan 10 Aug 1858
Bostick, Mary Manoah - F. Grundy McGavock 8 Jan 1855
Bostick, M.H. - Mary E. King 14 Apr 1871
Bostick, N. Cannon - Estelle Mosely 2 Oct 1865
Bostick, Parthenia - James Anderson 16 Nov 1845
Bostick, Sally A. - James M Peebles 9 May 1861
Bostick, Wes - Viney Bennell 25 Dec 1879 (bond)
WILSON COUNTY, TN
Bostick, Elizabeth - Jonathan Prichard 20 Jul 1843
Bostick, Maryanne - Westly Prichard 7 Jun 1842
References:
Ansearchin' News, Spring 1980.
Ansearchin' News, vol 8 1961
Davidson Co, TN Marriage Record Book 1 Jan 1789-13 Dec
1837 by Lucas
Madison Co, TN Marriage Book 2, 1838-1848
Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851
Marriages of Shelby Co, TN 1820-1858 by Whitley
Marshall Co, TN Marriages 1836-1870
Maury Co, TN Marriages 1808-1852 by Whitley
Maury Genealogist, Feb 1973
Rutherford Co, TN Marriages 1804-1850 by Col. Hardy
Murfree Chapter, DAR
Rutherford Co, TN Marriages 1851-1872 by Col. Hardy
Murfree Chapter, DAR
History of TN (Williamson Co) by Goodspeed
Williamson Co, TN Marriages 1851-1879 by Lynch
Wilson Co, TN Marriages 1802-1850 by Whitley
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CHESLEY BOSTICK
by Lew Griffin
Lew_Griffin@compuserve.com
Chesley Bostick, son of Charles and Ruth (Scoggin) Bostick,
was born ca 1768 Halifax Co, VA and died after 1830 in
Spartanburg Co, SC. He married twice. The surname of Chesley's
first wife is unknown, but it is possible that she was a
Boswell as there was a Boswell Bostick in the next generation
who could have been Chesley's son by his first wife. Further
research is needed on this possibility.
The 1800 Rutherford Co, NC census shows Chesley and his first
wife with two sons aged 10-16 and five daughters, four under
the age of 10 and one aged 10-16.
Boswell Bostick *may* have been one of Chesley's sons. He was
born around 1791 and the 1800 census indicates that one of
Chesley's sons was born possibly as late as 1790. Boswell
named a son Chelsey, another indication that Chesley could have
been the father of Boswell. Also, a reasonable explanation for
Boswell's name is that it was his mother's maiden name. This
writer has not been able to establish the identities of Chesley's
other son or sons.
Chesley Bostick married (2) Susannah Webber 23 Dec 1806 in
Rutherford Co, NC. Susannah was the daughter of Casper Weber
and Rosannah ___. Susannah was born ca 1774 and died after 1860
in Spartanburg Co, SC. In a Rutherford Co deed in 1814 (Deed
Bk 29-31, pg. 200), Casper Webber conveyed until his daughter,
Susanna Bostick, a parcel of land by the East side of the
Broad River.
By 1820 Chesley and Susannah were in Spartanburg Dist., SC.
Records of the Court of Common Pleas in Spartanburg Co show
that Chesley owed a debt of $80 to Zachariah Sullins dated 14
Mar 1814, which he was unable to pay. This debt gradually
accumulated interest and court costs over a period of 18 years.
In 1825, he owed about $123. In 1826 Sheriff Thomas Poole
attempted to sell Chesley's land and could not find a buyer. By
1832, he owed $252. Chesley's land was apparently sold by
Sheriff James Hunt by writ of Fieri Facias issued 2 July 1831.
This, along with the prior sale of farm animals and personal
belongings, fell short of the amount owed by about $10. The
sale of the land was not recorded in Spartanburg Dist, but
may have been recorded in Rutherford Co, NC.
Chesley's date of death is unknown, but he was living in 1830
in Spartanburg Dist, perhaps with his daughter, Rebecca, who
married Smith Elder. Susannah Bostick was still living in
1860 and was listed in the census that year in the home of
her daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Smith Elder.
The following children are *thought* to have been the children
of Chesley Bostick and his first wife. This is based on the
fact that none of these children have been proven to have been
the children of any of Chesley's brothers.
1. Sally - born 1790; married William McSwain Jr in
Rutherford Co, NC, 1812. The book, =The Hamrick
Generations= by S.C. Jones (c) 1920, says that Sally
Bostick married James McSwaim, but that is either an error
or else she was married to both William and James.
2. Boswell - *assumed* to be the son of Chesley. Born ca 1791
and died 1874 Rutherford Co, NC, age the age of 83. He
married Narcissa McBrayer in Rutherford Co ca 1825. That
Narcissa was a McBrayer and the daughter of David McBrayer,
has not been entirely proven. It is based on the fact that
David McBrayer did in fact have a daughter named Narcissa
and that Boswell and Narcissa named a son McBrayer. The
Bosticks in this branch seem to have often named a son
after the wife's maiden name.
3. Susannah - born ca 1796, died ca 1874 Hopewell, Rutherford
Co, NC. Married Thomas Walker ca 1816, Rutherford Co.
4. Lucy - born Rutherford Co ca 1797; died Timpson, Shelby Co,
TX. She married Obediah Hester 8 June 1815 in Rutherford Co.
5. Elizabeth - born 13 May 1790; died 7 Feb 1900 Cleveland
Co, NC, age 100. Her body was interred in Boiling Springs
Cem. She married George Champion in Rutherford Co ca 1815.
There is some question about whether Elizabeth's maiden name
was Boswell or Bostick. Two different books list different
surnames - one says Boswell and the other says Bostic. More
research is needed.
Issue of Chelsey Bostick and Susannah Weber:
1. Lethe - born ca 1807 Rutherford Co; married Peter Elder ca
1825 Spartanburg Dist., SC. Lethe is listed as a resident of
Greene Co, TN in 1850.
2. Mary J. - born ca 1808 Rutherford Co; died 1863 Tallapoosa
Co, AL. Married William Wynn Smith ca 1831 Spartanburg Dist.,
SC.
3. Rebecca - born Rutherford Co ca 1810; married Smith Elder.
References:
Ernest Norton. =Bridges to the Past= This Week, Courier-Sun
Newspaper, S.A.R. Library, Glendale, CA, 5 Apr 1978.
1810 Rutherford Co, NC census
1830 Spartanburg Dist., SC census
1860 Spartanburg Co, SC census
Constance C. Young. =Cleveland County NC Heritage=
S.C. Jones. =The Hamrick Generations= (c) 1920
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Conclusion of Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files
BOSTWICK, Medad, Mary M., R1042, BLW #34591-160-55, CT Line,
soldier applied 18 Jun 1833 Armstrong Co, PA, aged 74 and a
resident of Toby Township, PA. Soldier was born 1760 Danbury,
Fairfield Co, CT and lived in New Milford, Litchfield Co, CT
at enlistment. He married Mary M. Craig 1 Oct 1818 Harrison
Co, OH and died 15 Mar 1841. Widow applied for BLW [Bounty
Land Warrant] 24 May 1855 Pittsburgh, PA, aged 60. In 1894 a
Chauncey B. Bostwick of Pittsburgh, PA stated he was a son of
soldier and widow; in 1834 an Ebenezer and Elizar Bostwick
made joint affidavit in Portage Co, OH and an Edmond Bostwick
was Clerk of Court for Portage Co, OH, but their relationship
is not given.
BOSTWICK, Nathan, S400009, CT Line, applied 15 Jun 1818 Bradford
Co, PA, aged 71 and a resident of Pike Township, PA; enlisted
at New Milford Co, CT. In 1820 soldier had a wife Elizabeth,
aged 75, who was born Jun 1745 and lived with a son (not named).
Soldier had a daughter Mrs. C.G. Gridley. Soldier died 10 Aug
1829.
BOSTWICK, Oliver, CT Line; soldier's name appears on list of
applicants returned by CT to House of Reps on 25 Apr 1794;
serviced as Ensign in Col. Beebe's Regt. Lived at New Milford,
CT and was disabled 2 Jul 1780.
BOSTWICK, Reuben, S19551, CT Line; applied 17 Aug 1832
Chittenden Co, VT, aged 73 and a resident of Burlington, VT.
Soldier was born 1759 at New Milford, Litchfield Co, CT and
enlisted there and after the war soldier lived in Whitehall
1 year and then to Hinesburgh, VT 1 year and then to
Burlington, VT.
BOSTWICK, William, BLW #153-200-23 Dec 1799 to Obadiah
Bostwick and others; also recorded under #2524-200-23 Dec
1799 issued to Obadiah Bostwick, son of soldier and to Andrew
Morrell, guardian of Charles and John, sons of William
Bostwick; NJ line, no papers.
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The following comes from =Will and Bond Record 'B', Mar. 1853-
Sept. 1864 Floyd Co, Indiana= by Piankeshaw Chapter, DAR,
New Albany, IN (c) 1982.
Book B, page 114. Will signed 1 Nov 1858; probated 22 Nov 1858.
Mary BOSTOCK. Signed with X. Heirs named: Daniel and James
BOSTOCK (sons) and Ellen BOSTOCK and Mary Ann Waters (daughters).
Witnesses: N.B. Wilson and L. Sitason.
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OSMER
Part VIII
Before we continue our gripping drama concerning Osmer`s
offspring; it might be a good idea to touch on the various persons
to start the Bostock in different locations.
I am on this side of the puddle from our Saxon families that will
influence the family holdings from time to time. The reason I
mention this is that I will not dwell on any possibilities.
Case in point is our Bostock on this trail we are trying to follow
will fail because of no male OR female heir. But, as all soap
operas go, there will be a Bostock that will marry back into the
family that does inherit all of the Bostock holdings.
After stating this, we do see the various other branches of the
family, but no one seems to work them out. Of course, there may be
a lot of natural dead ends. And to muddy the field further, there
is mentioned from time to time of children of the name associated
with a mistress.
It appears that Gilbert, brother to Edward, and son to William and
Elizabeth Audley is the first listed independent branch of the
Bostock. Our Gilbert is said to be Lord of Tarporly and Wethamstead.
In the next generation we find William, brother to Ralph and Adam,
son of Edward and Lady Trumpinton, is the first Lord of Huntington.
The following generation in our discussion you will remember
mentions Robert, Lord of Warmingham; Ralph, the Lord of Moulton,
Whixall, and Lord of Salop.
continued next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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Dale Bostick CSA51NC@aol.com recently found the following while
researching at the Orange Co, VA Historical Society:
Orange Co Road Orders vol. 1 28 Feb 1744
A permit to run an ordinary at the same location as previously
run by Edward Ware was granted to Valentine BOSTICK.
Orange Co Deed Book 5, pg 8 18 Jul 1744
Valentine BAUSTICK listed as surety on a land transfer for
Thomas Graves.
Orange Co Will Book 2 (1744-1778), 26 Jan 1748
BOSTICK was mentioned on an estate sale to pay debts. The
money was paid to a *** Smith for BOSTICK.
Orange Co, VA was created in 1734 from Spotsylvania Co. It
is bordered today by Culpeper, Madison, Greene, Albemarle,
Louisa and Spotsylvania counties.
Could this be the same Valentine Bostick who is later found
with wife Mary in Onslow Co, NC in 1750?
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Stokes Co, NC Wills - Devisees Index
Read at the NC Archives 1981
[Bostick only listed]
Date Devisee Devisor Will Bk/pg
1803 Absalom, John, Absalom Bostick 2/37
Christiania, Ferdinand,
Manoah Bostick
1833 Bethenia P. Bostick Thornton P. Guinn 3/243
1841 Bethenia P. Bostick David B. Guinn 4/85
1844 Heirs of Eliz. Bostick Jno. T. Blackburn 4/160
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New Subscribers We have 89 now!
Barbara Jones bej@wcnet.org
Sandy Thacker skthacker@pcsystems.net
Charlotte Bostic Fleming flemingc@ix.netcom.com
All researching Bostic family of W VA
Debra Bostick bostick1@airmail.net
Matthew Denny Bostick born 1824 Lincoln Co, TN
Becky Allison R-ALLISON@worldnet.att.net
James Jones Bostick born 1848 and Hillery Bostick of GA
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Next issue 15 April 1998
15 April 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #18
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MOSES BOSTICK
By Stewart Hampton Bostic
pmfmason@aol.com
Moses Bostick was born in VA about 1752-54. Although I have no
proof, I believe him to have been the son of John Bostick of
Buckingham Co, VA. Moses enlisted in Dunmore's War in 1774
from Bedford Co, VA and served in Capt. Joseph Hayne's Company
at the Battle of Point Pleasant in Oct of 1774. Payrolls show
119 days, L8.8.6 paid in pounds per British style.
This was the battle said by many historians to have been
the first battle of the American Revolution. It is also
the first record of Moses being in the Greenbrier area.
In 1780, Moses enlisted in Capt. John Kennedy's Company,
KY Militia, under the command of Gen. George Rogers Clark.
This was Revolutionary War service against the British and
Indians in the Northwest Territory, North of the River Ohio.
This was a cavalry command and each soldier furnished his own
horse and weapons. It was the fifth call for troops and most
of the men were from Greenbrier, Halifax and Shendandoah Co,
VA. For their service, private soldiers each received a patent
for 100 acres of land and $700.
I believe Moses stayed on the frontier after Dunmore's War.
Perhaps he stayed in the military either at Point Pleasant or
at Fort Lee in present-day Charleston, W VA. Next we find him
in the Greenbrier Co records in 1782, being appointed as a road
surveyor from Sowards on Dropping Lick to Conrads Mill on
Turkey Creek, Greenbrier Co.
It would seem he married sometime before 1780, when he left
for the campaign against the British and Indians with Gen.
Clark. No doubt he was motivated by the offer of land and
the bounty of $700. That part of Turkey Creek where he lived
became a part of Monroe Co, VA when it was formed in 1799.
He first had 400 acres in Greenbrier (Monroe) Co, but I can
not find where it was or to whom he sold it. He also had
another 100 acres on Turkey Creek that we can not find in the
records. The lapse of time since his death makes it hard to
trace since the land was parceled many times and sold with
other tracts.
Moses died in June 1799 and his wife Mary was appointed as
executrix of his estate. While he was not a wealthy man, he
did have a farm of 100 acres, several head of horses, cattle
and sheep. In 1814, his estate was divided among his children,
each receiving 10 acres with their mother having a dower right
and the graveyard was not to be cultivated. His daughter, Mary,
who was living in Gallia Co, OH, initiated the suit for
partition in 1812.
Moses and Mary Bostick had 10 children:
1. John married Elizabeth Bland 5 Apr 1797; died ca 1830.
2. Ruth married Benjamin Lively 25 May 1803
3. Sarah marred Alexander Bland 10 Jan 1803
4. Thomas married Abigal Bland 12 Dec 1809
5. Moses Jr married Abigal Thomas 24 Jun 1817. They moved to
Gallia Co, OH in 1824 and numerous descendants still live
in OH. Moses Jr died 24 Jun 1862 Gallia Co, OH
6. Jonathen was blind and remained single.
7. Robert
8. Ellenor married Robert Fury 27 Mar 1814; died 12 Jul 1860
Monroe Co.
9. Mary remained single as far as we know. She moved to Gallia
Co, OH ca 1810.
10. Margaret was still single in 1838
Moses and Mary Bostick have many descendants still living in VA
and W VA today. Some spell their name with a "K," but most have
dropped it.
Sources:
Hennings Statues, Vol 10, pgs 18-20, 26-27, 33, 257-258, 327-329,
433-434
W.H. English, =Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River
Ohio 1778-1783=
Monroe Co, W VA Marriage Records
Cemetery recordings of Gallia Co, OH
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Recently, while working on my Stokes Co, NC Bostick families,
I re-discovered one little tidbit that might be of interest
to those of you researching William Bostick, who died testate
in Person Co, NC. In his will William named Obadiah, son of his
"daughter" Keziah Bostick. This Obadiah married Nancy Colquitt
1788 Halifax Co, VA. In Tyler's Quarterly vol 17, pgs 247-250,
there is a sketch on the Colquitt family and the will of
Jonathan Colquitt is abstracted from Halifax Co Will Book 6,
pg 297, 14 Nov 1800 and prob. 27 Jul 1801. Named in Jonathan
Colquitt's will are daughters Nancy Bostick and Sarah Bain,
grandson Frederick Bain, granddaughter Christian Colquitt,
dau of son Ransome Colquitt. W. Mac. Jones, who wrote this
sketch on the Colquitt family, also included a son, Frederick
Colquitt. What caught my eye was a bill of sale in Stokes Co,
NC in which Ransom Colquitt of Stokes Co sold 3 slaves to
Absalom Bostick on 18 Jan 1799 (Stokes Co Deed Bk 5, pg 545).
My Ferdinand Bostick witnessed this bill of sale. We can assume
that Ransome Colquitt and Absalom Bostick were acquainted. Would
Absalom Bostick have also been acquainted with Ransome's sister,
Nancy Colquitt Bostick? What was Ransome Colquitt doing in Stokes
Co, NC? Was there some stronger connection between the two
families? Something to think about, and might be a clue.
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1850 Mortality Schedule of Texas
Bostick, Absalum, age 32, lawyer, born TN, died August, Fayette
Co, TX of "killed"
1860 Mortality Schedule of Texas
Bostick, William, age 57, farmer, born SC, died August, Jasper
Co, TX of typhoid pneumonia, sick 3 days
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OSMER
Part IX
If I haven`t lost my place and not lost you along the way we
should have followed:
OSMER,the Saxon [mercenary in the service of the Romans.]
|
HUGH
|
RICHARD
|
ROGER
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Sir GILBERT
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WILLIAM + Margret de VERNON
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Sir WARIN + Hawise de KYVILIOCK
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Sir HENRY + Eleanor de POOLE
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Sir WILLIAM + Elizabeth de AUDELY
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Sir Edward + Lady TRUMPINGTON
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Sir Adam + Jane BRERETON
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Sir William + Alice de MOULTON *
|
Adam + Margaret(Margery) de WETTENHALL
(Wetenhale)
*NOTE: Alice is Sir William`s first wife and the lineage we are
following.
Sir Adam BOSTOCK, of BOSTOCK, knighted by the Black Prince living
1344, married Margaret de WETTENHALL, daughter and heir of Sir John
WETTENHALL, Lord of Wetenhale, Kingsley, Acton, Cheshire. Sir Adam is
known to have participated in the Battle of Najera in 1367. His father
by the same name was in the Battle of Falkirk in 1298.
In 1363, Adam occurs as senion in his appointment as Seneschal to
the Lord of Frodsham. In 1364 Adam entered into the recognizance with
David, his brother, to the Earl of 20 marks, part of a fine for 40
pounds sterling made with the Earl by Randal de Roter. Before Adam`s
demise he had aquired lands in Bradewell. In 1370, his wife, Margret
died. Adam`s I.p.m. was dated 1374; his brothers are mentioned as
Ralph, David, William and Thomas, of whom Ralph was the ancestor of
the BOSTOCK of Moulton and Whixhall (co. Salop).
R.C. BOSTOCK, in his pedigree, gives as the second son of Sir
William, Robert of Warmingham. Thomas was listed as an archer in
the Crown`s livery. Adam`s son, Adam, was born on the 15th of August
1363; and as he was not of age at the time of the death of his
father, he was placed under the guardianship of Walter DOMMORY,
the parson of Davenham.
At this point, we must remember that all of the sources drawn from
do not agree beyond the first Sir Gilbert de BOSTOCK. But they all do
agree with Sir Warin without any difficulty. And, with all of the
Latin text drawing the conclusion to OSMER and not beyond is about
as far as the BOSTOCK brick wall will move back.
Our next issue will take up the story of Adam, born 15th August
1363 and his brothers who put down more roots for the BOSTOCK to
flourish.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@bellsouth.net
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The Viet Nam Memorial Wall lists:
BOSTICK, Benjamin R. IV; Lexington, KY AR-06 [Army-Captain]
11011942 [1 Nov 1942] - 09261970 [26 Sep 1970]
Submitted by John Michael O'Melia
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For those of you interested in Cheshire, England, try this:
http://members.tripod.com/~AlanChesire/index-12.html
Then click on Wills at Cheshire Record Office.
Descendants of Sion Bostick of Texas will want to check out
the following site:
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/dewittbios.htm#bostick
Those who are researching the Dalton family of VA and NC in
connection with the Bostick family should check out
http://pages.prodigy.com/MD/gamma/dalton.html
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The following comes from =Index to Mexican War Pension Files=
by Virgil D. White (National Historical Pub. Co, Waynesboro, TN,
1989)
WC = Widow's Certificate WA = Widow's Application
BOSTICK, Charles H., Sarah A. WC-7337, 17 Nov 1890 & SC-9016,
both MI, served in Co C 3rd US Arty as a private.
BOSTICK, John S., Mary Ann, WC-11259, 4 Apr 1898 & SC-3358,
both TN, served in Co F, 1st TN Mtd. Vols as a private.
BOSTICK, Leslie Combs, SC-3953, 28 Mar 1887, CA, served in Co C
Willock's Separate Bttn MO Mtd. Vols.
BOSTICK, Manoah T., Love D., WC-13194, 4 Mar 1903 & SC-4930,
both TX, served as a 1st Lt. in Co K, 1st IL Vols.
BOSTICK, Sion R., Mary I., WA-16852, 12 Nov 1902, TX, served in
Hubbard's Co, no other data.
BOSTWICK, Harmon J., Mary A., WA-6329, 18 Apr 1888, LA & SA
(Survivor's Application) in CA, served as Overseer in QtrMstrDept.
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The following is from the Burke Co, GA Index to Deeds
Grantee Index 1844-1925. Bostick is found on page 27 of the index.
The first date is the date of the deed and the second date is
the date the deed was recorded. [Only copied index through 1860]
Bostick, Little Berry from Alfred C. Bostwick, Jas. H. Foreman
deed 7 Feb 1844 - 10 Feb 1844. Book 9 1/2, pg 70
Bostick, Alfred C., guardian from Rhesa Bostick, trustee of, from
Little Berry Bostick 7 Feb 1844 - 10 Feb 1844 Book 9 1/2,
pg 67-69.
Bostick, Littleberry from David Attaway deed 7 Nov 1844 -
7 Nov 1844 Book 9 1/2, pg 156
Bostick, L.B. from Saml. P. Davis deed 20 May 1847 - 3 Aug 1847
Book 9 1/2, pg 463
Bostick, Harriet from J. Rufus & John Rogers, M. Contract.
21 Feb 1853 - 26 Jan 1854. Book 11, pg 249
Bostick, Thos, admr of from J. Rufus Rogers 13 Dec 1855 -
20 Mar 1856 Book 11, pg 588
Bostick, Thos. from Heirs of Aaron Thompson by guardian -
guardian deed 5 Sep 1842 - 9 Jul 1860 Book A, pg 85
Bostick, Thos. from Joseph Dickey 6 Dec 1842 - 9 Jul 1860
Book A, pg 87
Grantor Index 1844 - 1925 [Only copied through 1870]
Bostick/Bostwick found on pg 101 of index.
Bostick, Littleberry to Alfred C. Bostick, gdn & Rhesa, executor
of 7 Feb 1844 - 10 Feb 1844 Book 9 1/2, pg 67 - 69
Bostwick, Alfred C et al to Littleberry Bostick deed
7 Feb 1844 - 10 Feb 1944 Book 9 1/2, pg 70
Bostick, Littleberry, exector of to Robt. J. Morrison deed
7 Jan 1858 - 19 Mar 1869 Book B, pg 448-449
Bostick, Julia A. (gdn of) to Robt. J. Morrison Bk B, pg 452-3
Bostick, Charles A.W. to Robt. J. Morrison 7 Jan 1858 Bk B,
pg 454
Bostick, Emma (gdn of) to Robt. J. Morrison 11 Jan 1858
Bk B, pg 456
Bostick, Rhesa to Robt. J. Morrison 11 Jan 1858 Bk B, pg 458
Book 9 1/2 pg 67
Whereas in and by the will of Rhesa Bostick, late of Burke Co,
Ga, dec'd, land, negroes & personal property bequeathed to
Littleberry Bostick & Alfred C. Bostick in trust for the use
of Mrs. Betsey Bostick during her natural life ... whereas the
sd. Betsey Bostick has departed this life since the death of
sd. Rhesa Bostick leaving 2 children living at her death ...
the sd. Alfred C. Bostick and his sister Eliza A.M., now the
wife of James H. Forman (of Chambers Co, AL) ... there were in
the lifetime 8 children of the sd. Little Berry Bostick and
by the will of Rhesa B. (dec'd) are entitled to the other 1/2
of all the estate ... a division was made & Little Berry Bostick
became natural guardian of his 8 children .... 7 Feb 1844.
Alfred C. Bostick of Pulaskie Co, GA and Littleberry Bostick
of Jefferson Co, GA.
Deed Book 9 1/2 page 70 shows that Betsey Bostick was the wife
of John Bostick dec'd.
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Bostick Researchers
David Dankworth dcdankw@worldnet.att.net
Descends from Lois Bostwick, who married George Sexton
24 Dec 1778 New Milford, CT.
Sharon Barrett sbarrett4@juno.com
Researching William Bostick and Galathea S. Moffett of
Davenport, OK. Their daughter Ollie Adeline Bostick
born 15 Nov 1887 Paint Rock, TX; married Lillard Burton
Barrett 15 Mar 1903 Stanford, TX.
C. Glen Johnson cgjohnson@aol.com
Descends from Martha Bostick, who married Thomas Johnson
1827 Rutherford Co, NC
Debi Sanders debsan1@airmail.net
Descends from James Erwin Bostic
Born 1844, died 1913 Greenbriar/Monroe Co, W VA
Donna Vaughn rooter@pe.net
Researching Mary Jane Bostick, born ca 1833 TN and the
oldest daughter of William Rand Bostick and Jane Browder
of Stokes/Forsyth Co, NC
John M. O'Melia 13jo36@BellSouth.net
Descends from William Bostwick and Mary Bailey of GA
Jessica FanofME@aol.com
Descends from Clement Bostwick, who was born 11 Dec 1796
MD and died 19 Nov 1863 Renault, IL
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Next issue 1 May 1998
1 May 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #19
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John Bostick of South Carolina
by A. Max Bostic
AMBostic@aol.com
John Bostick was born in VA 1735/1740 and moved from Buckingham
Co, VA to Ninety Six, SC before 1790. He died in SC 6 Aug 1796,
leaving a will naming his children. The will was found in 1983
in Abbeville Equity Court records. It seems the bulk of the
estate was left to John's sons, Davis, Littleberry and John
Bostick and the other children received a small amount of money,
a slave or a horse - far less than what Davis, Littleberry
and John received. The other children denied there was a will and,
if there was, their father must have been of unsound mind when
it was written. Old John had a large estate and the other
children wanted their share. John's wife Jane received a lifetime
estate in the plantation, some stock and three slaves.
Some researchers think that John was the oldest son of John
Bostick, who moved from VA to St. Paul's Parish, GA near present
day Augusta, in 1763. This theory is based on a deed written in
Albemarle Co, VA. in in 1759:
Albemarle County, VA May 1, 1759 John Bostick conveys to Valentine
Hatcher for 30 pounds, 200 acres part of where John Bostick lives,
Head of Little Willis Branch......Witnesses: W. M. Johns and
JOHN BOSTICK JR.
Other researchers think that John of SC was the son of William
Bostick Jr. We may never know.
John contributed to the American Rev. War cause by giving in his
paper money to the VA Continental Loan Office in 1779-80 while
living in VA. His sons Stephen and Taliaferro/Tolliver served
in the Rev. War also.
Children of John and Jane Bostick of SC:
1. John Bostick Jr. born VA ca 1758 Died ca 1808 in SC
Married (1) Mary White (2) Malinda Jenkins.
Issue:
A. Francis White Bostick born Dec 8, 1797 Abbeville, SC; died
Jan 22, 1855 Carrolton, Pickens Co. AL. Married Candace
Moreland Wood 1819 in York district, SC. Francis was Clerk
of Court in Pickens Co, AL for 22 years and was elected
Major General in the Alabama Militia in 1848. Three of his
daughters married three Wilson brothers, two of whom were
physicians.
B. Mark Bostick (no info)
C. John Bostick Jr (no info)
D. Daug (no info)
E. Daug (no info)
2. Stephen Bostick born ca 1760 in VA. Died ca 1816 in Ninety
Six, SC. area. Married in to (1)_____ (2) Nancy Richardson
in 1799 in Ninety Six, SC. Stephen served in the Rev. War in
VA. He was appointed guardian to Frances White Bostick
in 1809 when brother John died. He left a large estate in
Ninety Six, SC. He had 10 children, but the names are not
proven and more research is needed.
Issue:
A. Joshua D. Bostick born ca 1785 in Ninety Six, SC. Died
1834 Twiggs Co, GA. Married Lucinda____ in Ninety Six, SC
area ca 1815 and Moved to Baldwin Co, GA in 1816 with 17
slaves. In 1820 Joshua D. moved to Twiggs Co, GA. He was
Justice of the Peace twice in the 1820s in Twiggs Co and
owned 18 slaves in 1840 census. He served in the war of
1812 in SC. (10 children)
B. Elizabeth Bostick born ca 1800 in Ninety Six, SC. area.
Died ca 1865 Auburn, Macon Co, Al. Married Fredrick N.
Ward. (One child)
C. George W. Bostick born 1802 in Ninety Six, SC area;
lived Twiggs Co, GA 1820-1840 and moved to Ouauchita
Parish, LA ca 1842 and died there May 26, 1856. Married
Clarinda S. Kelly in Twiggs Co. GA. George had 39 slaves
in 1840 census. G.W. evidently had a hot temper as he got
a year in prison for assault and battery with intent to kill
in Ouauchita Parish in 1848. Prof Frank O'Quinn (LSU), a
descendant of George W., has filed his lineage on Family
Tree Maker (CD)
D. William D. Bostick born ca 1796 in Ninety Six, SC area;
lived Twiggs Co, GA area 1820-1840 and Pulaski Co. Ga
1850-60. Died after 1860. Married Ester __. He had 24 slaves
in the 1840 Twiggs Co. GA census.
E. Beverly Bostick born ca 1787 Ninety Six, SC area. No info
after 1817.
F. Four more daughters and a son. No info.
3. Davis Bostick born ca 1762 VA. Died __. Married Jane/Jenny
Jones, who died abt 1824 in Lincoln Co., GA. She was a daughter
of William Jones, who left a will in Lincoln Co, GA dated 13
Jan 1800 and prob. 17 Feb 1801. In 1805, Davis Bostick applied
for a license to operate a tavern in Lincoln Co.
Issue:
A. Wade Bostick B abt 1798 in Ninety Six, SC area. Died ca
1824 Lincoln Co, GA. No issue. Left a will dated
16 Jul 1823 and rec. 6 Feb 1824. He lists his sisters
Hilda and Elizabeth and brothers Garland and Hillery
in his will and mentions his mother's support.
Garland and Hillery were executors, along with Wm.
Wm. Jones and Mason Jones.
B. Garland Bostick born ca 1800 in Ninety Six, SC area.
Married Elizabeth_____. (6 children)
C. Hillary Bostick born Feb 3, 1802 Abbeville Co, SC.
Died Nov 2, 1890 Auburn, Al. Married Judge Frazier's
daugter, Martha W. Frazier, Feb. 4, 1830 Lincoln Co, GA.
She died July 18, 1897 in Auburn, Al. (9 Children)
D. Hilda Bostick (no info)
E. Eliza Bostick (no info)
4. Littleberry Bostick born ca 1764 VA. May have died 1853 in
Decatur Co. GA. Married in SC. (1) _______ Hanna (2)_______
Chapman, daughter of John Chapman. Littleberry Bostick and his
descendants have been researched by Mary & Wayne Hartman
hartfl4@aol.com for many years.
Issue:
A. Levi born 19 May 1809
B. Elizabeth born 1814 Twiggs Co, GA
C. Mary born 1815 Twiggs Co, GA
D. George Washington born 1818 Twiggs Co, GA
5. Taliaferro/Toliver Bostick born ca 1766 VA. Died August 16,
1813 in Abbeville Co, SC. Married Ann Davis, widow of Col.
James Moore, a hero in the Rev. War. Toliver was very active
in the Ninety Six, SC community. He helped settle many
disputes and estates and was active in community affairs.
On the 1810 census he had 52 slaves.
Issue:
A. Washington Bostick born ca 1797 Ninety Six, SC area.
Died May 25,1817 Edgefield Co, SC. (No issue)
B. Willis Bostick born ca 1800 Ninety Six, SC area.
Died 1826 Ninety Six, SC area. (no issue)
C. William Bostick born ca 1801 Ninety Six, SC area.
Died 1824 in Ninety Six, SC. Married Ann Hamilton (no
further info)
D. Patsey Jones Bostick born ca 1802 Ninety Six, SC. Married
Taliaferro Livingston ca 1820. They moved to Mobile, Al
and he left a will in 1842.
6. Nancy Bostick born ca 1770 VA. Married John Norwood.
7. Sally Bostick born ca 1773 VA. Married (1) Jonathon Beasley
in 1796 in Laurens Co, SC. Johathan died 1802 and she married
(2) Samuel Whitworth and they moved to Jones Co. GA
Issue:
A. Lattitice Liska Beasley
B. Cynthia Floyed Beasley
C. Esly Sheldon Beasley
D. Jemimah Davie Beasley
E. Sally Beasley
F. Littleberry Beasley
8. Jane Bostick born ca 1775 VA. Married (1) John Norril/Norrell
in 1792. John died in 1795 and she married (2) John Purviss.
Issue:
A. John Norrell
B. Nancy Norrell
Sources:
Abbeville Dist Equity Court Box 68 Package 3446
Estate record of John Chapman
=Early Georgia Wills= by Sarah Quinn Smith (c) 1960: Will of
Wade Bostic [sic]
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol 48 #4 Dec 1960:
Lincoln Co, GA Tavern Licenses 1802-1820
National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol 46, #4 Dec 1958:
List of Virginians who turned in paper money to Loan Office
=History of Twiggs Co, GA= by Faulk (c) 1960
Criminal court records of Quachita Parish, LA 1849
Civil War Letters from Henry R. Bostick to his wife Elizabeth
GA Land Lottery records
SC, GA and AL census records
= Wilson - Burnside - Warnock Families in the U.S.A. 1660-1969=
by Beverly E. Wilson (c) 1969: Chapter on Francis W. Bostick
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OSMER
Part X
Our subject in this issue is Adam de BOSTOCK, son of Sir Adam de
BOSTOCK and Margaret de WETTENHALL. Adam, born 15/18 Aug 1363 in
Cheshire, becomes Lord of the manor in 1387 on which date he
appears on a licence grant to Hamo de BOSTOCK and Robert le ROTER
to act as attorneys of son William in the chancery in Ireland.
Adam is listed in some texts as one of the body guards to Richard
II. Adam was a faithful supporter of Richard II and had
accompanied him to Ireland in 1399. About 1395 Adam had been bound
over to keep the peace with Stephen, the Abbot of Vale Royal, the
surety of 200 pounds was provided by Ralph de VERNON, Baron of
Shipbrook, and by David de BOSTOCK, of Churton, his brother.
Adam de BOSTOCK married Jenet/Jonet/Janet de BRADSHAW, daughter to
Sir Henry de BRADSHAW, of Bradshaw Lanes. The BOSTOCK and
BRADSHAW union had issue:
(1) Sir Ralph de BOSTOCK; married to Isabel de LAUTON/LAWTON,
daughter to Sir William de LAUGHTON of Wyglond/Wigland.
(2) William de BOSTOCK; Lord of Huntington, Cheshire, whose
general heir married a COTGREAVE, married to Alice de
MULTON/MOULTON.
(3) Hugh de BOSTOCK; Lord of Hassell, Lord of Moreton Say(e)Salop.
(4) Henry de BOSTOCK; Lord of Huxley, of Tarporley, of Tattenhall;
married to Alice de BRETT, daughter to Thomas BRETT of Davenham.
(5) Margaret de BOSTOCK; married (1) Huchon DAVENPORT of Henbury.
(2) Thomas de STAVELEY
(6) Elizabeth de BOSTOCK; never married.
(7) Agnes de BOSTOCK; married Thomas BRETT of Davenham.
Adam de BOSTOCK was retained for life by Richard and received from
the King a yearly grant of 100 pounds for his services. The King
took extraordinary number of scions by taking appointments as
archers with him to Ireland. This was a post of great honor among
the lesser branches of the Cheshire gentry. They generally received
6 pounds per day per year for life and this included Thomas de
BOSTOCK, son of John of Worleston, son of William - William de
BOSTOCK, son of Sir William - Thomas, son of William, brother to
John - Thomas, son of Adam, brother to this Adam - David of Churton,
brother of this Adam - John, son of David, a cousin of this Adam,
and John, son of..........
One of these Davids received 100 pounds for life per year as did
Richard de BOSTOCK, an armiger. David, the cousin of this Adam,
son of David, had letters of protection on his departure to Ireland.
To better understand all of the intrigue during this period you
must study the history of England during the reigns of Richard,
his brothers Henry and Arthur, his father Henry, and his mother,
Eleanor. Turbulent times indeed.
Adam, on 21 Jul 1403, held a command of troops in Percies` army in
the Battle of Shrewsbury. Later, an attainder was issued for Adam
and David by the King. This attainder was never carried out and
Henry IV pardoned him and his brother David later.
In 1404, Adam was ordered in a commission of array to lead men in
arms to defend the Welsh border. According to all available texts
it is thought that Adam died late 1414 or early 1415.
We will follow Sir Ralph de BOSTOCK, son of this Adam, in the
next issue.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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Barbara Jjoyce1052@aol.com sends the following from
=DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, Vol I,= p 144.
BOSTWICK
Born in Providence, R. I., 21 February 1869, Lucius Allyn
Bostwick graduated from the Academy in 1890. He served on board
Oregon (BB-3) during the Spanish-American War and received the
Navy Cross for distinguished service while in command of South
Dakota (Armored Cruiser No. 9) during World War I. He was retired
as Rear Admiral and died in Washington, D. C., 14 January 1940.
(DE-103: dp. 1240; l. 306'; b. 36' 8"; dr. 11' 8"; s. 21 k.; cpl.
186; a. 3 3", 3 21" TT.; cl. Cannon)
Bostwick (DE-103) was launched 30 August 1943 by Dravo Corp.,
Wilmington, Del., sponsored by Mrs. F. D. Pierce, a cousin of
Admiral Bostwick, and commissioned 1 December 1943, Lieutenant
Commander J. H. Church, Jr., USNR, in command.
On 15 February 1944 Bostwick joined TG 21.16, a hunter-killer
group built around Block Island (CVE-21), and made a cruise
between Hampton Roads and North Africa (16 February-31 March 1944).
On 1 March she joined Thomas (DE-102) and Bronstein (DE-189) in
sinking U-709 in 49010' N., 26000' W. After escorting a convoy to
the Mediterranean (11 April-30 May) and patrolling in the Northwest
Atlantic (25 June-7 July), Bostwick joined Card's (CVE-11)
hunter-killer group. She operated with the group until 20 August
1944. Following additional training at Bermuda and a convoy run
(October-11 November 1944), she patrolled off the east coast
(20 December 1944-27 October 1945). On 30 April 1945 she assisted
Thomas (DE-102), Coffman (DE-191) add Natchez (PF-2) in sinking
U-548 in 36034, N., 74000' W., 30 April 1945.
Bostwick arrived at St. John's River, Fla., 19 November 1945 and was
decommissioned 30 April 1946. She was transferred to China 14
December 1948.
Bostwick received three battle stars during World War II.
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This is taken from a surname paper brought back to the States
by my great uncle when he came back from Germany (during
military service). The words in all caps are that way on the
document. It has been translated from German.
In the International Coat of Arms Register, Volume "RIETSTAP
I" the following is listed under the name BOSTIC:
Old Polish family, dating back to the 14th century, stemming
from the city of Lemberg (LVOV). The Polish Municipal Register
shows first recording around 1862, when Royal Guard & Stable
Master JOSEPH GREGOR BOSTIC signed his wedding & moved to the
area of city Posen (POZAN). In the following years Soldier &
Stable Master J.G. BOSTIC excelled in an unselfish & patriotic
manner & was rewarded by the Polish Royal Government with the
medal of the "Golden Helbrads" & the large COAT of ARMS on
parchment. In the years of the Freedom & Religious Wars with the
Russian Occupation Troops, patriot J.G. BOSTIC was commended for
his numerous successes as Leader & Commander of a Cavalry
Regiment.
Decendents of this family emigrated to Northern Germany, Austria,
Hungary, Holland & in the 19th Century to England & from there
to America.
COAT OF ARMS
A frontal pointed shield with a black sheld-shadow, being divided
in the main section: the upper area gold, the lower area red with
3 Golden Helbrads with black handle as a symbol of noble virtues,
love for your mother country & defensiveness.
DECORATION OF COAT OF ARMS
Done in colors green, dark red, & gold, it is the Open Gothic
Style, flanking the helmet & the shield.
HELMET
A partially frontal helmet in silver color with a closed visor,
black visor decoration, black shoulder strap & red sleeve
decoration.
MAIN DECORATION
A banner in colors blue & red, above it a crown with red-blue
decoration, the crown itself being gold, out of it extending a
knight's arm, dressed in gray & black, holding a red sword with
golden handle as a symbol of loyal service, patriotism &
willingness to fight for rulers.
MOTO: (VICERE VEL MORI)= VICTORY OR DEATH
Munich, May 19, 1965
Submitted by Candy Parent
http://www.htonline.com/~candy/
candy@htonline.com
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Virginia Redden vredden@flexi.net.au
has submitted her SC Bostick-McKenzie-Villard connection.
Is anyone else researching this line?
Richard Bostick (1758-1831)
| m. Mary Harriet Robert (1771-1816)
|
|
Ann Eliza Bostick (1802-1843)
| m. William Daniel McKenzie ( )
|
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Harriet Elizabeth McKenzie (1825-1867)
| m. William Benjamin Villard (Dr.)
| (1807-1878)
|
Eliza Agnes Villard (1844- )
(eldest of 10 children; my gg-grandmother)
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Charlotte Williams sent along the URL for the electronic version
of =Old Plantation Days=.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/docsouth/diaries.html
Click on B and then scroll down to DeSaussaure.
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Corrections:
The correct email address for C. Glen Johnson,
who is researching Martha Bostick, who married Thomas Johnson
in Rutherford Co, NC, is johnsoncg@aol.com
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We now have 96 subscribers!
Next issue 15 May 1998
BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #20
15 May 1998
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LANCASTER CO, PA BOSTICK FAMILY
We have been searching for our Bostick ancestors, but without
much luck. They lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania during
the mid to late 1800's and early 1900's. Using census
information, city directories, and family records, we have pieced
together the following descendant tree. Specifically, we would
like to confirm the parents of Henry Bostick (born about 1827 in
Lancaster Co., PA) and to find any ancestry information which has
been researched. We can, in exchange, share descendant information
of Byron Bostick (born in 1861 in Marietta, Lancaster Co., PA) and
of Flora Bostick (born in 1863 in Marietta, Lancaster Co., PA)
1 Bostic/Bostick died before 1850
+Catherine born ca 1801
2 Henry Bostick born ca 1827 Lancaster Co, PA; died before 1870
+Sarah Hoffman born ca 1837 Hamburg area, Berks Co., PA
3 Franklin Bostick born 29 Dec 1856 Marietta, PA;
died 17 Feb 1857.
3 Byron Bostick Residence(s): in Marietta (1870) &
Columbia (1910). Born Nov 1861 Marietta, PA
+(1) Anna M. Grove b.? in PA; d. Nov 1899 PA
4 Maude Bostick born Sep 1885 PA
+? Herr
4 Charles H. Bostick Residence: in Safe Harbor
born Jul 1887 in Marietta, PA
4 Frank Grove Bostick born 9 Feb 1889 Marietta,
PA; died 9 Sep 1911
+Carrie M. M. Meister Residences: New York
City, Marietta,PA. Born 25 Jul 1891 New York
City; died Jul 1976 Marietta, Lancaster Co,
PA
4 Roy R. Bostick Residence: in Shillington
Born Oct 1890 in PA
+Beulah
4 Chester Thomas Bostick born Jan 1892 Marietta,
PA; died 1970 Lancaster Co, PA
+Eva M. Wesley died after 1970
4 Annie May Bostick born 8 Mar 1895 Marietta, PA
+Jay Herr born 22 Jun 1897 Quarryville, PA
4 Paul Bostick born Nov 1896 in Marietta, PA
*2nd Wife of Byron Bostick:
+Frances A. Conneley born ca 1868 in Maryland
3 Flora Belle Bostick born 1863 Marietta, PA;
died ca 1925 Lancaster Co, PA
4 Guy Bostick born 1882 Marietta, PA; died 1947
Lancaster Co., PA
+Elizabeth Buchner born 1881 Lancaster Co,
PA; died 1968 in Lancaster Co, PA
4 Bessie Bostick born 1885 Marietta, PA; died
Asbury Park, NJ
+Chris Broome born Columbia, PA
+Harry Gerhart
2 Mary Ann Bostick born ca 1826
2 John Bostick born 1832-1835 (1870 Census, Roll 1355, p.389)
+Evaline born ca 1837
3 Albert Bostick Residence 1884: 310 W. Orange,
Lancaster, PA born ca 1859; died 1927
+Rebecca F.
3 George W. Bostick Residence in 1884: 621 Marietta
AV; born ca 1862
3 Kate Bostick born ca 1864
3 Elizabeth Bostick born ca 1867
3 Byron G. Bostick born ca 1862
(probably nephew of John, son of Henry -- see above)
Thanks to anyone who may have information on this line.
Please E-mail us at KellyGeoff@aol.com and FBostick@aol.com
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Dave Bostick bosticks@bachild.com is researching the following
line:
Emanuel Bostick born 1823 Lancaster Co, PA; died 1893
John William Bostick, born 1849 Fort Wayne, Allen Co, IN;
died 1901
William Edward Bostick, born 1891 Fort Wayne, IN; died 1933
William Arthur Bostick, born 1925 Fort Wayne, IN
Does this line connect to the above line in PA?
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The following is found in =Switzerland Co, IN Cemetery
Inscriptions 1817-1985= by Wanda L. Morford (c) 1986
Eastview Cemetery, Posey Township Section 1
Bostic, Jas. Co C, 47th KY Inf
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Bostick - Robinson/Robertson Connection
John Bostick married Tabitha Robinson 6 Jul 1785 Cumberland Co,
VA. The family later lived in Halifax Co, VA, where John died,
leaving a widow and several children. John's will is dated 29
Nov 1795 and is recorded in Halifax Co Will Book 3, pg 216. In
the will he names his wife Tabitha and children Charles, Moses,
John, & Gene. Archer Robinson was one of the executors of John's
will. Tabitha was appointed guardian to her children. [Halifax
Co Court Order Book 17, pg 353]
Tabitha Robinson Bostick was the daughter of Joseph Robinson
as shown in his will in Halifax Co, VA Will Bk 9, pg 149,
dated 1 Sep 1811. Joseph names sons Moses, Archer and John;
daughter Tabitha Bostick; daughter Susannah West and her
husband John; wife Jean; daughter Candice Robinson and grandsons
Joseph A. and Isa Robinson, sons of Archer.
On 12 Jul 1811 [Halifax Co Deed Book 23, pg 303] Tabitha
Bostick, widow of John Bostick dec'd of Halifax Co, VA, conveyed
to Charles Bostick, Moses Bostick and Jane Adams, wife of Joshua
Adams (late Jane Bostick) her dower interest in land belonging to
John Bostick dec'd. This deed was witnessed by Archer Robertson,
Joseph A. Robertson, John Bostick, Flemoning Hancock and John Adams.
Sometime after this date, Tabitha's sons went to Tennessee,
possibly with Robinson relatives. On Nov 1811, Charles Bostick of
Sullivan Co, TN conveyed to Joshua Adams, land of his father, John
Bostick, on Snakehorn Creek. Among the witnesses were John and
Moses Bostick. [Halifax Co Deed Bk 23, pg 311]
On 9 Oct 1821, Jeptha Durham of Morgan Co, AL conveyed 200
acres in Smith Co, TN to Charles Bostick [Smith Co Deed Bk H,
pgs 343-4] On 8 Feb 1823, Charles Bostick conveyed a Negro man
to John Duncan. [Smith Co Deed Bk H, pg 364] Then, on 5 May
1834, John Bostick conveyed to Archer Robertson, his interest in
the estate of Moses Bostick. [Smith Co Deed Bk L, pgs 517-8]
Moses Bostick's estate inventory had been filed May 1818 by
Charles Bostick, administrator. [Smith Co Wills 1803-1896 by
Key, Maggert & Turner (c)1985]
Stephen Robinson Sr wrote a will in Smith Co 11 Mar 1828. Listed
among his heirs were his daughter Nancy Bostick dec'd and her
children Jane, Betsy, John, Polly Anne Bostick. Moses Robinson
was one of the executors of Stephen's will.
Smith Co has lost its early marriages and I do not know which
Bostick married Nancy Robinson.
It is puzzling that I do not find any Bostick/Bostic listed
on the 1820 or 1830 TN census in Smith Co, TN. The Robinson
family was in Smith Co by 1815 when Archer Robinson sold
land there. There was also a Stephen Robinson, who bought
land on Collins' River in Smith Co, in 1804, but I am not
sure if it is the same Stephen who left the 1828 will. Two
Stephen Robinsons appear on the 1830 Smith Co census; one
was age 40/50 and the other, 70/80.
There are a lot of unanswered questions about this family.
What happened to Charles Bostick and John Bostick? Did they
stay in Smith Co only a few years and if so, where did they
go? Most importantly, who was the father of John Bostick, who
died in 1795?
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Osmer
Part XI
We have arrived at the time line of the 15th and 16th century
dealing with the Lords of BOSTOCK. Our subject in this post is
Sir Ralph de BOSTOCK, born in 1392 to Adam de BOSTOCK and Janet
de BRADSHAW in Cheshire.
Sir Ralph was knighted in France while campaigning with Henry V.
Henry spent a lot of time reviving the claim to the French throne.
Henry even challenged the Dauphin to a one on one duel, in return
for marriage to the Dauphin`s sister, Catherine.
In 1415, Ralph took out Letters of Protection and he was then
termed esquire. This is the year that Henry V invaded Harfleur.
By autumn, Ralph appears as a knight under the captaincy of Sir
Richard HASTINGS in France.
By December Ralph again takes out Letters of Protection, now under
Thomas BEAUFORT, Duke of Exeter and is named in the Agincourt Roll.
And in the following year Ralph was made captain of archers (seven
times in all) for the fourth time.
Sir Ralph de BOSTOCK was a participant in the Battle of Harfluer,
Battle of Agincourt, and the Battle of Normandy while in the
service of Henry V. While during the Normandy campaign Henry lost
greatly his popularity due to the fact of refusing to allow several
thousand non-combatants free passage through his lines. Henry
watched them all starve and perish in front of him.
In 1412, Ralph and his father, Adam, had been witnesses to the
famous amorial dispute between LEIGH and GROSVENOR deed. And in
1419, Ralph had been sued by Sir William ATHERTON, for making
inroads upon his property.
Sir Ralph de BOSTOCK married Isabel, daughter and heir to Sir
William de LAUGHTON/LAWTON of Wyglond/Wigland. The union of Ralph
and Isabel issued:
Sir Adam de BOSTOCK, born 22 Feb 1412
Hugh de BOSTOCK, one of the parties to the award of the
Abbot of Saint Albans,
11 Feb 1434 [John BOSTOCK]
Henry de BOSTOCK, Lord of Middlewich ( considered an
illegitamate son)
Our next study will be concerning Sir Adam de BOSTOCK, born 1412,
whom marries Elizabeth de VENABLES.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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The following is abstracted from =Index to Indian Wars
Pension Files 1896-1926 vol I A-K= by Virgil D. White (c)1987
Bostic, Millis SC-735508 IN 14 Mar 1933 served 1883-8
Bostick, James H. SA-5055 FL 27 Apr 1895, enlisted 1856
Bostick, John G. widow Mary M, WC-1179 TX 2 Nov 1892, FL War
service
Bostwick, Carlos G. (or Charles G) SC-1616288 KN 21 Jan 1930,
served 1871-2
Bostwick, Henry A. (alias Mack Hertz) SA-18942 Wash DC
4 Jan 1923, enlisted 1874, IC-894455
Copies of these pension files may be ordered from the
National Archives, using the NATF form 80. Copies of the
forms may be ordered online from:
inquire@arch2.nara.gov
In the subject line put the word form
In the body include the form number (80) and the number
of copies of the form you want plus your address. They will be
sent to you by snail mail.
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Ellis Hezekiah Bostick
By Virginia Pruet
jrpruet@shellus.com
I have been trying to trace my Bostick family, but am stuck
in Kentucky. I am descended from Ellis Hezekiah Bostick, son
of Ellis H. and his wife, Elizabeth Truitt (Flood). I don't
have any concrete evidence of his parentage, just hearsay,
and info on three other children of these parents. Ellis Jr
was supposedly the youngest of 13 children, and his father
supposedly was from Baltimore. We have the birth of Amelia
Elizabeth, Wililam R., and Amanda Ellen in Mason Co, KY in the
1820's. Ellis was born ca 1831-1834 and came to New Orleans
around 1852. (There was a John Eli Bostick living in New Orleans
at the time, but I don't know of any relationship.) We also
know of a Hezekiah Bostick on the rolls of the MD Militia for
the War of 1812, AND a Hezekiah Bostick married an Elizabeth
Webb 11 Feb 1811 Cecil Co, MD.
I am descended from John Wallace Bostick, son of Ellis H. and
Katherine Moore in New Orleans. He was the oldest of 9
children and his daughter, Virginia, was my grandmother. She
married John Schneidau.
Can anyone help?
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If you are interested in Ohio Bostwicks, check this out:
http://pw1.netcom.com/~dtb32048/page0002.html
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Diana Bostic Hyde dhyde@cyberback.com is researching the
family of John Bostic and Sophia Yates. Their son, Taze
Howard Bostic, was born 7 Oct 1877 Russell Co, VA and died
27 Dec 1952 Centerburg, OH. He married Anna Keene, who was
born 1887 Buckingham Co, VA and died 1970 Mt. Gilead, OH. Their
son, Walter Clyde Bostic (Diana's grandfather), was born 1918.
Diana and subscriber Candy Candy@htonline.com have discovered
they are working on the same family - Congratulations!
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1860 Georgia Mortality Schedule
Joseph Bostick, Charlton County, age 90, died May of lockjaw,
born GA.
Frederick Bostwick, Stewart County, age 7 [sic], died March of
suicide, born GA.
Herbert H. Bostwick, Bibb County, age 47, died Sep of stomac
[sic] inf., born GA.
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1880 Mississippi Mortality Schedule
James Bostwick, Hinds County, age 82, died Sep of pneumonia.
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Subscibers WE ARE 101 STRONG!!
Harriet Martin Riggs HMRig@aol.com
Beaufort Co, SC Bosticks
Dcdankw@worldnet.att.net
Lois Bostwick, who married George Sexton 24 Dec 1778
New Milford, CT
Ronald Allison R-ALLISON@worldnet.att.net
James Jones Bostick of GA; born 1848 and married Sarah
Adeline Stidham of Milam Co, TN 1857
Jim Thompson thompason@physics.utexas.edu
William T. Bostick, born SC ca 1802 and in Gadsden Co, FL
1830 & 1840 and in Jasper Co, TX 1850
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Next issue 1 June 1998
1 June 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #21
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Folks, as a book vendor and avid researcher, I like to attend
seminars and conferences and to take research trips during the
summer months. Therefore, the newsletter will be sent out monthly
in June, July and August. We will be back to the regular schedule
in September.
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Ferdinand Bostick of Stokes Co, NC
By Brenda Joyce Jerome
bjjerome@comsource.net
Ferdinand Bostick died when he was only 47 years old in
Stokes County, NC. Born to Absalom and Bethenia (Perkins)
Bostick 9 Mar 1772 in VA, he married Elizabeth Rand, daughter
of William Rand, 28 May 1799.
Note that he is shown here as Ferdinand - not Don Ferdinand -
as that is the way I find him in all Stokes Co records. Some
researchers have him listed as Don Ferdinand, but, to my
knowledge, he never carried that name - just Ferdinand.
Ferdinand first appears in Stokes Co records in 1796, when he
witnessed a deed from Absalom Bostick to Absalom Bostick Jr.
(Deed Bk 3, pg 8). The next year he first appears on the
Stokes tax lists. In 1798 he again witnessed a deed, this
time from Charles McAnnally to Absalom Bostick Sr (3/127) and
a bill of sale from Ransom Colquitt to Absalom Bostick in
1799 (5/545). He appears on the 1800-1820 Stokes Co census
records.
Absalom Bostick died in 1803 and his son Ferdinand is shown
as an heir.
William Rand sold a slave and her two children to Ferdinand
Bostick 16 Jun 1817 (Deed Bk 6, pg 372). Rand stated the
slaves were to remain in his possession until Ferdinand paid
$800 and after that time Rand would again own the slaves and
he would go to live with Ferdinand. The 1820 Stokes Co census
does not indicate that an older male was in the Ferdinand
Bostick household. There is a tradition in the Rand family that
William Rand, because of his love of fine horses and other
luxuries, died in the poor house about 1830. My last record of
him is in April 1820, when he was declared an insolvent.
Ferdinand outlived his father by 21 years, leaving a
nuncupative will in 1824. In the case of a nuncupative will,
the testator's wishes were to be presented in writing to the
county court within a short time. As this will was presented in
court 24 Aug 1824, we can safely assume he died in Aug 1824.
Witnesses to the will were David Dalton (who would later
be granted letters of administration on Ferdinand's estate),
Polly Cox and William Blackburn. This nuncupative will is found
in Stokes Co Will Book 3, pg 132, but is not listed in the
will book index.
I believe Ferdinand probably died suddenly because he left a
nuncupative will and because he left a number of unpaid debts.
As he died owing debts, most of his land (after 1/3 was allotted
to Elizabeth, his widow) was sold to satisfy creditors. His heirs
are listed as Parthenia [Bethenia?], William, Ann (who married
Wm. Mills), Elizabeth, Absalom, Ferdinand, Westley, Pinkney
and Louisa.
A number of years ago, I became acquainted with Chris Morgan
of TN. He had a transcription of the Bostick-Mills family
record from a Bible owned by William and Anna (Bostick)
Mills and which was then in the possession of a relative in
Mississippi. Chris sent me a copy of this transcription, which
follows:
Family Record
Ferdinand Bostick and Elizabeth Bostick was married the 28th
day of May A.D. 1799
Anna Rand Bostick and William Mills was married the 20th of
August 1821
William Gays and Elizabeth A. Bostick was married the
12th day of July, A.D. 1828. [Note: This is my line. William
Joyce and Betsey Bostick were married in Patrick Co, VA]
W.R. Bostick and Jane Browder was married the 19th day of
September 1828
Absalom Bostick and Mary G. Patton Sept. 24th, 1829
James W. Rowland and Elizabeth A. Mills was married the 22nd
day of Dec 1841
R.C. Wilbourn & M.A. Rowland was married Sept. 8th 1867
Ferdinand Bostick was born 9th March 1772
Elizabeth Bostick his wife was born 12th of August 1784
Births of their children:
Bethunia Bostick was born the 13th day of May, 1800
Anna Rand Bostick was born the 19th day of December 1801
William Rand Bostick was born the 28th day of October 1803
John Bostick was born the 11th of October 1805
Elizabeth Bostick was born the 13th of May 1807
Absalom Bostick was born the 22nd of April 1809
Ferdinand Bostick was born the 14th of January, 1811
Westley Bostick was born the 19th day of March 1813
James Pinkney Bostick was born the 7th day of June 1815
John Thornton Bostick was born the 29th day of May 1817
David Jackson Bostick was born the 1st day of September 1819
Louisa Bostick was born the 24th day of Septmember 1827
Births of their grandchildren
Richard C. Mills was born 5th day of October A.D. 1822
Elizabeth A. Mills was born 2nd [or 22nd] day of March 1824.
Wm. Gays, mentioned in the Bible record above, was William
Joyce, my great-great-grandfather. If you use the hard, German
G sound, it sounds like Joyce [sometimes pronounced Jice] and
the name is properly spelled in the Patrick Co, VA marriage
record of William Joyce and Betsy Bostick. William and
Betsy (Bostick) Joyce left NC in the early 1830's and settled
in Lawrence Co, TN.
Bostick descendants seemed to have a penchant for recycling
given names. My great-grandfather was James Pinkney Joyce
and his brothers were William Ferdinand and A[bsalom?] B.
Joyce.
Sources: Deed books cited above.
Estate settlement file of Ferdinand Bostick, NC
State Archives, C.R.090.508.9
Will of Absalom Bostick, Stokes Co, NC Will Bk 3,
pg 8
Nuncupative will of Ferdinand Bostick, Stokes Co,
NC Will Bk 3, pg 132
Bostick-Mills Bible transcription by Chris Morgan
Patrick Co, VA Marriage Records
Stokes Co Insolvencies, NC Archives, C.R.090.914.1
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OSMER
Part VI
Sir Adam de Bostock, born to Sir Ralph de Bostock and Isabel de
Lawton, in Cheshire on 22 Feb 1412. Sir Adam de Bostock, one of
the parties, with his brother, to the award of John Bostock,
Abbot of Saint Albans in 1434, fought at the Battle of Blore
Heath in 1459.
In 1424 our Adam entered into a recognizance of 200 pounds to
not depart from the inner bailey of Chester Castle in which he
was confined. Later, in 1427, a quarrel between him and his
guardian, John de Kyngesley/Kingsley, which broke out into a
feud.
In 1434, our Adam was bound over to keep the peace at least five
times, with the sureties of 100 and 200 pounds set. In fact, it
seems that Adam had disagreements with Thomas de Hyll/Hill and
George de Wevere/Weaver. Also in 1434, Adam was commissioned to
arrest Henry Mereton and John Croxton.
In 1443, our Adam, having already possession of the manors of
Occleston, Calvyleigh, Alsager, Moulton, and Tetton, as well as
part of Wetenhale, he aquired lands in Wygland. Six years later,
the old quarrel with Vale Royal broke out again. Adam was once
more bound over for 100 pounds to keep the peace toward Thomas,
the Abbot. The sureties were being stood for by Hugh de Venables
and others.
In 1452, Adam was again bound over for 200 pounds. Because Adam
had fought for Henry VI in the War of the Roses he was bound over
for 400 pounds on Edward`s accession to the throne. Adam may have
served in the retinue of the Queen, Margaret of Anjou.
Our subject of this text, Sir Adam de Bostock, married Elizabeth
de Venables, daughter and coheiress to Sir Richard de Venables,
Lord of Kinderton. Yes, her brother and coheir, Hugh, who
guaranteed the civil behavoir of Adam, her husband.
The union of Sir Adam de Bostock and Elizabeth de Venables had
issue: Ralph de Bostock, born about 1440; John de Bostock of
Belgrave, Cheshire; Nicholas de Bostock of Mobberley, Cheshire;
William de Bostock of Bostock, Stapleford, and Wimbaldsley,
Whatcroft, and of London is considered the connection to Bostwick
in America; Eleanor de Bostock, marries cousin Humphrey de
Bostock of Moreton Say Salop; Jane de Bostock, marries Sir Edward
Holt; Margaret de Bostock, marries William Whitney; and Elizabeth
de Bostock, marries John Gatacre of Gatacre.
Sir Adam de Bostock died on 30 Apr 1475 according to his
Inquisition Post Mortem. But, the Visitation later states that he
was killed in the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459. There may have
been some confusion during the searches that this may have been
two seperate Adams in question.
Our next text will follow Ralph de Bostock, Esq., Lord of Bostock.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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1840 Missouri Census Index
Bostic, Mary D. Boone County page 109
Bostwick, David S. Pike County page 114
Bostwick, John Barry County page 28
Bostwick, T.C. Pike County page 128
1840 Kentucky Census Index
Bostic, Armstead Graves County page 106
Bostic, Edgar Boone County page 259
Bostick, William Simpson County page 187
Bostwick, Wm. Spencer County page 215
Bostwick, Wm. Franklin County page 322
1840 Illinois Census Index
Bostick, Clemant Monroe County page 350
Bostick, Ezra Montgomery County page 376
Bostick, James Montgomery County page 375
Bostick, John Montgomery County page 376
Bostick, Loyd Monroe County page 346
Bostick, Sarah Jefferson County page 302
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=Confederate Patriot Index 1894-1924= published by the
Tennessee Division United Daughters of the Confederacy (c)1976
provides information on a number of Bosticks who had service in
the Civil War. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was
organized in Nashville, TN 19 May 1894 and the first chapter,
Nashville #1, was chartered 11 Sep 1894. The first recording
secretary kept a copy of all application papers, which were
compiled into many volumes. The numbers in parenthesis refer
to the original application volumes and page numbers.
Copies of the applications may be ordered from the TN
Dept of Archives. I have added a couple of notes in brackets.
Volume 1 (of this series; not the original applications)
BOSTICK, Major - Bostick was living in Yazoo City, MS at the
outbreak of the war; organized the 1st company of volunteers
and was elected first lieut. He was ordered to Virginia Army,
and was wounded in every battle he took part in until he was
killed in battle before Richmond.
Member: Mrs. W.R. Grigsby (widow remarried) (3/293)
[His given name was Ferdinand Bostick.]
BOSTICK, Abram - 7th TN; brother, Capt. Litton Bostick.
Member: Mrs. James A. Davis (sister) born 25 Dec 1842
Davidson Co, TN. (14/24)
BOSTICK, F. - Co D, 18th MS; died on Malvern Hill, buried
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
Member: Lusola Bostick Bell (daughter), born 13 Jan 1862
Yazoo Co, MS. (3/29)
[See above entry for Major Bostick]
BOSTICK, John - Capt. Bell's Brigade, 2nd TN.
Member: Mrs. Macon Bostick Beckwith (daughter) born
Williamson Co, TN (8/195)
BOSTICK, Mrs. John - Nursed Confederate soldiers at home.
Member: Katie Mai Bostick (granddaughter) (27/129)
BOSTICK, Joseph - Major, Co A., Churchwell's Regt., Inspector
on Cheatham's staff, Haney's Brigade, 34th TN Inf.
Member: Kate Bostick Blacklock (daughter) born 25 Oct 1866
Marion Co, TN (5/577)
Mary Halbert Lewis (niece) (9/236)
Alberta Baird Lewis (gr. niece) 9/248
Mrs. C.W. Halbert (sister) born 13 Aug 1827,
Williamson Co, TN. (13/222)
Janie Mead Lewis (niece) born 24 Oct 1883 Warren Co,
TN. (13/375)
BOSTICK, Thomas Hardin - 7th TN. T.H. Bostick was a brother of
Mrs. C.W. Halbert, who was sent from Nashville by the Yankees
during the war. She and her son, Hardin Bostick Halbert, who
is the father of Margaret Litton Halbert, worked for the
Southern soldiers during the war.
Member: Margaret Litton Halbert (niece) (26/220)
Continued with Volume 2 in next issue.
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CASUALITES OF THE KOREAN WAR
As found at the following sites:
http://www.nara.gov/nar/kcasher.htm and
http://netpath.com/~korea/cgi-bin/kccf_search.cgi?
BOSTIC, David Jr. 27 years Home: Marlboro Co SC
Serial # 44187684 Rank: E4 U. S. Army
Died: 14 Feb 1951 while captured/interned
BOSTIC, Frank 31 years Home: McDowell Co WV
Serial # 13351701 Rank: E3 U. S. Army
Died: 26 Aug 1953 killed in action
BOSTICK, Charles L. 32 years Home: Randolph Co WV
Serial # 52194520 Rank: E3 U. S. Army
Died: 13 Jun 1953 killed in action
BOSTICK, John 30 years Home: Chatham Co GA
Serial # 53077762 Rank: E2 U. S. Army
Died: 09 Oct 1951 killed in action
BOSTWICK, John Stewart born 26 Aug 1920 Home: Balboa Co CA
Serial # 031314 Rank: O3 U. S. Marine Corps
Died: 10 May 1952 killed in action
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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OLD REHOBETH CEMETERY
Monroe County, W VA
By Stewart Hampton Bostic
pmfmason@aol.com
This cemetery is situated in the church yard of the old
Rehobeth Methodist Church in the sinks a few miles east of Union,
W VA. This is where our Bostick grandparents are buried, along
with Granddaddy Andrew's sister Margaret. Since they lived close
by, I believe that more of them are buried there. This is the
oldest church of the protestant persuasion west of the Alleghanies.
It was founded by Bishop Francis Asbury ca 1786.
I had the first car in my family. We would take our dad over to
good ole Monroe County quite often. He loved that place. We would
go to the Cemetery often. When we started making our visits in the
late 1940's the cemetery was in a bad state of repair. Brush, vines,
weeds - you name it, it was there. It was in the charge of the
Methodist Church. However, several years later perpetual care
was added. During those early years we cleaned off the graves
of our grandparents and Rosa Ann Bostick, Uncle Hugh's baby girl.
One of the foot stones was missing. Dayton Hellms gave me one to
replace it. It was our dad who provided the grave markers for his
parents.
BOSTICK, Andrew Eldrege 12 Oct 1829 - 23 Nov 1904
BOSTICK, Rebecca Ann 13 Oct 1836 - 22 Nov 1900
BOSTICK, Rosa Ann 12 May 1892 - died age 2 yrs
WISEMAN, John R. 21 Jul 1796 - 21 Nov 1882
[Blacksmith - member of the town council, Union]
WISEMAN, Mary (Bostick) died 9 Oct 1862, age 58 yrs
HONAKER, John B. 3 Sep 1822 - 2 Feb 1891
HONAKER, Charlotte 22 Sep 1827 - 6 Oct 1907
HONAKER, James G. 7 Sep 1848 - 8 Feb 1891
PRITT, William 15 Oct 1832 - 11 Jan 1902
[Married Margaret Ann Bostick, who was a sister to Andrew E.
Bostick. William Pritt was a Pvt, Co B, 60th Reg. VA Inf in
the Civil War]
PRITT, Margaret Ann (Bostick) 10 Apr 1841 - 8 Feb 1911
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Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick/Bostock Researchers
We stand at 104!
Alan W. Bostick abostick@ma.ultranet.com is researching
John Bostick, born 1859 Enfield, Hartford Co, CT, died 1938
same place; married 16 Feb 1887 Alice Betsy Button.
Wallace B. Schneidau slideaus@bellsouth.net
Researching Ellis Hezekiah Bostick of KY
Karen Bostick lenkar@aol.com
Researching James Tillman Bostick of Kemper Co, MS
Glen Cook CookSLC@aol.com
Researching James B. Bostick, born ca 1790 SC and died
after 1880 Whitfield Co, GA. Father of Caswell Harp and Ben
Bostick.
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Next issue 1 July 1998
1 July 1997 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #22
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I hope all of you are having a wonderful summer and gearing up
for the 4th of July. Summer vacation is the perfect time to do
a little genealogical digging in courthouses, libraries and
well-mown cemeteries. If you locate information that would be of
interest to other Bostick researchers, think about sharing via
the newsletter.
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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD BOSTICK
Richard Bostick was the son of Charles Bostick of Rutherford Co,
NC.
1 Richard Bostick born 1800 in Rutherford Co, NC
Died ca1837 in Hart Co, KY
+Nancy Dawson born 1800 VA or Hart Co., KY Married 1822
Died Nov 5, 1874 in Hart Co, KY
2 [1] Gabriel F. Bostick born Aug 11, 1823 Hart Co, KY
Died July 13, 1875
+Almyra Taylor born ca 1823, Died ca 1843
*2nd Wife of [1] Gabriel F. Bostick:
+Emily F. Self Married bef. 1857
*3rd Wife of [1] Gabriel F. Bostick:
+Elizabeth Walters Married bef. 1861
2 [2] Ransom A. Bostick born 1826 Hart Co, KY
+Martha E. Jones
*2nd Wife of [2] Ransom A. Bostick: Mary A.
*3rd Wife of [2] Ransom A. Bostick: Nancy Self
2 Isophrona Bostick born ca 1828 in KY, died bef. 1880
+Emory Harper
2 Aspasia Bostick born January 20, 1829 Simpson Co, KY
Died July 7, 1861 Hart Co., KY
+Jeremiah Dawson born January 22, 1820 Hart Co, KY
Died August 1, 1895
2 Jeremiah Bostick born 1831 Simpson Co., KY
2 [3] Bicy A. Bostick born 1833 Hart Co., KY
+Augustine K. Jaggers born June 28, 1823 died May 17, 1869
*2nd Husband of [3] Bicy A. Bostick:Jesse Fuqua Married
bef. 1880
2 Martha E. Bostick born ca 1835 Green Co, KY
+James W. Logsdon
2 Susan Bostick born 1837 Hart Co, KY
+Littleberry Self
My wife descends from Aspasia Bostick and Jeremiah Dawson.
Submitted by:
Bob King Robtnking@aol.com
991 Autumn Glen Lane Casselberry, FL 32707-5852
Home Page: http://members.aol.com/robtnking
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=Confederate Patriot Index 1894 - 1924 vol. 2= by TN Division
of United Daughters of the Confederacy.
BOSTICK, John C. - Capt., Co. A, 10th & 11th TN Cav., born 20
Oct 1843 Nashville, TN, died 7 Sep 1925 Fort Worth, TX. Married
Sallie Reams 1 Sep 1865 Franklin, TN. She was born 12 Nov 1847
Franklin, TN and died 24 Nov [no year given] Franklin, TN.
Soldier's parents were Richard Bostick and Rebecca Letitia
Cannon. Children of soldier: Macon Bostick Johnson Beckwith and
Sallie Oscar Bostick.
Member: Bertha Maye Johnson Gathmann (gr-grdaughter) (63/72)
BOSTICK, John Rufus - Co. B, 14th GA, born 25 Nov 1840 Jefferson
Co, GA, died 19 Feb 1914 Wadley, GA. Married Mary Branan Sep 1865
Wilkinson Co, GA. She was born 1 Jul 1846 Wilkinson Co, GA and
died 19 May 1891 Gordon, GA.
Member: Willie Clara May Crouch (granddaughter) born 8 Aug
1906 Wrightville, GA. (60/29)
BOSTICK, Thomas H. - Co. K, Archer's 7th TN Inf. Died Davidson
Co, TN.
Members: Katherine Pennebaker (Mrs. E.R.) (daughter)(43/655)
Kate Chamneys Halbert (grandniece) (61/195)
BOSTICK, Dr. Thomas King Sr - Co C, 4th TN Inf, born 28 May
1833 DeKalb Co, TN, died 16 Feb 1872 McMinnville, TN. Married
Martha W. Peay 22 Sep 1857 McMinnville, TN. She was born 30 Sep
1839 and died Jun 1898 McMinnville, TN.
Member: Martha Agnes Bostick Davies (Mrs. D.L. (granddaughter)
(66/674)
BOSTWICK, Robert - Co. K, 154th TN Inf, born 21 Jan 1834 Charlotte
NC, died Memphis, TN. Assistant surgeon for Co. K. Married Fannie
Guy Oats 21 Jan 1869 Hardeman Co, TN. She was born in TN and died
30 Dec 1893 Memphis, TN.
Member: Lula Pauline Bostwick (daughter) born 11 Sep [no year
given] Hardeman Co, TN. (47/525)
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OSMER
Part XII
Let us take time to review our path as we approach the 1500`s time
line. There will be many and there are many different lines of
BOSTOCK in England yesterday and today.
Many of you who are trying to nail down which BOSTOCKs decided to
change their names; for whatever the reason they arrived at that
notion, we are trying to give you a picture of the diverse nature
of the family.
Most of the name changes, according to the family genealogists
willing to discuss the issue, say that the main reason they have
encountered is the disassociation of those in the family that the
continued trading in rum and slaves fell out of public favor. It
had become the politically incorrect issue of their day. They
changed the name to get a fresh start in England and if they had
to they moved to Europe or to the Colonies.
True, this is not a cut and dried answer for all. I think the name
suffered the tin ear syndrome of the public officials who keep the
records. If you follow the family long enough you will encounter
the distortion in public records the like of which BOSTICK and
BOSTWICK as late as 1900 here in America.
Somewhere in all of this we have to understand that all of the
allied lines, such as BRANCH and JENNINGS, that are related to
Thomas JEFFERSON lay claim to one of the BOSTOCK lines. Remember,
this is their story and they are sticking to it.
Okay, we started out with BOSTESTOCK(Osmer/Oliver) to BOSTOCK
(Hugh, Ralph, William, etc.). As the various alliances were made
you find BOSTOCK(William) of BOSTOCK; BOSTOCK(Rafe) of Moberley;
BOSTOCK(Rafe) of Moulton; BOSTOCK(Sir Adam) of Wettenhall;
BOSTOCK(Humphrey) of Mortensey; BOSTOCK(Rafe) of Norcroft;
BOSTOCK(David) of Churton; and BOSTOCK(Robert) of Middlewich.
After saying that, you can see there are other lines that will
have to pick up the pieces to continue the family tradition of
being of BOSTOCK. The various cousins and illegetimate children
over the years will have to be reckoned with. We will shortly
come to the end of this thread that leads to Osmer the Saxon.
The end will be due to intrigue and no heir. We will see other
BOSTOCK lines stepping up to claim the name and property. By
force or joining new alliances against old allies.
I realize I did not furnish you a program before or after the
curtain went up on this continuing drama. I am trying to travel
along a thin trail as far as the arrival of the Saxons, Angles,
with Julius Caesar.
In the next issue, we will get back on track with Ralph de
BOSTOCK, son of Sir Adam de BOSTOCK and Elizabeth de VENABLES.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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1850 Florida Census Index
Bostwick, Thomas Gadsden County page 188
Borthwick, Preston Gadsden County page 219
Bestwick, Albert Leon County page 38
1850 Missouri Census Index
Bostick, Elizabeth Monroe County page 88
Bostick, Henry St. Louis County page 317
Bostick, Noble D. Ray County page 364
Bostock, Charles Pettis County page 131
Bostock, Ferdinand Holt County page 112
Bostwick, Henry St. Louis County page 396
Bostick, John St. Louis County page 193
I was really curious about the Ferdinand Bostock and this is
what I found:
Holt Co, MO, page 112, Household #536
Ferdinand Bostock 37 born Germany
Nancy " 34 born PA
Mary " 12 born OH
Ann " 10 born OH
Jacob " 6 born OH
Ferdinand " 8 born OH
Adaline " 1 born MO
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Obediah Bostick
Part I
by Candy Parent
candy@htonline.com
http://www.htonline.com/~candy/
Obediah Bostick, grandson of William Bostick, was born about
1765 in Halifax Co, VA to Keziah Bostick. Obediah is
referred to in William's will as "my daughter Kezias son". (A
daughter in law was often referred to as a daughter in wills of
this time period). Obediah's father's name is unknown. Obediah
was listed as executor of his grandfather's will and was to
inherit his grandfather's estate upon the death of his
grandmother, Micha. (The will was proven in Person Co, NC
in September, 1792 [Person Co, NC, Record Book 1, p. 45])
Obediah married Nancy Colquitt (c. 1767-between 1830 & 1836),
daughter of Jonathan and Tabitha (Ransome) Colquitt on 3 Jan
1788 in Halifax Co, VA.[Halifax Co Marriage Book 1, page 13]
The couple moved to Wythe Co, VA sometime prior to
5 Dec 1798; Obediah signed a legislative petition to form
Tazewell Co from parts of Russell and Wythe Counties. He
is listed on the Tazewell County property tax lists for the
years 1801, 1802, 1803, 1806 and 1820. He appeared on the census
in 1820 in Tazewell County, VA as head of household. Obediah and
Nancy settled in the Maiden Spring Fork Section of the Clinch
River in what became Tazewell Co. This land was left as an
inheritance to his children.
Obediah died before April 1825 in Tazewell County, the date
when the court ordered inventory of his personal property. He
had been in the process of purchasing approximately 323 acres
of land from Abednigo White but both men died before the
transfer was finished. The court ordered that the deed be
completed with all the heirs protected. The deed was officially
recorded on 27 April 1837 in Tazewell Co, VA. [Tazewell Co, VA
Deed Book 6, p. 364] This deed lists the children of Obediah
and Nancy as Josiah and Caleb as well as three daughters--
the spouses of George Green, Talbert Elswick and William Green.
It also mentions the children Fanny and John Smith--likely the
children of another daughter who died before Obediah. By
comparing marriage records, we find that Jane married Talbert
Elswick, Anne married George Green and Sarah "Sally" married
William Green.
The 1830 census of Russell County, VA lists Nancy Bostick as
head of household (one male 20-30; one female 50-60). The deed
between Obediah and Abednigo White does not mention Nancy, so
it is assumed that she died after the 1830 census and before
the deed dated March 8, 1836 was written.
Continued next issue.
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Remember the Absalom Bostick who was listed as murdered in
Fayette Co on the 1850 Texas Mortality Schedule? A little
more information was found in =Miscellaneous Texas Newspaper
Abstracts - Deaths= vol 1, compiled by Michael Kelsey, Nancy
Graff Floyd and Ginny Guinn Parsons, Heritage Books, (c) 1995.
pg 119 28 July 1849 Corpus Christi Star:
"The Victoria Advocate of the 20th inst. has had an account of
a recontre which took place at La Grange the 7th inst., between
Gen. James S. Mayfield and A. Bostick, in which the latter
was killed."
This Absalom was the son of Ferdinand and Elizabeth (Rand)
Bostick of Stokes Co, NC.
Also found in this same book is the following:
page 64 23 Oct 1858 Texas State Gazette
"Jackson Co. Three Negroes were hung for murder of R.S.
Bostick, their master."
Does anyone know who R.S. Bostick was?
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The following comes from =The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers=
vol III:
pg 1889 Goochland County, VA
Valentine Bostick of Hanover County sells to John Woodson of
Goochland 400 acres in Goochland on the north side of the
Appomattox River granted by patent to John Bostick Sept 8 1736
and by sd. John Bostick sold to Valentine Bostick. Dated 4 Dec
1740 and recorded 16 Jun 1741.
pg 1836 Cumberland County, VA
John Woodson and wife Elizabeth of Cumberland County sell to John
Noell 400 acres in Cumberland County, being same John Woodson
purchased of Valentine Bostick. 6 Jul 1754.
pg 2000 Henrico County, VA
Tarlton Woodson acknowledged a deed dated 3 Jul 1720 to Charles
Bostick July 1720.
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Reference: =Delaware Bible Records= by Donald O. Verdin vol 1
Heritage Books (c) 1991 page 80 under Sipple Bible Records of
Kent County. This Bible was printed in 1789 and bought in 1793.
Robert Bostick and Sarah Reed were married August 2, 1785
John Coppage and Sarah Bostick were married July 30, 1787
Martha Coppage, daughter of John and Sarah his wife, was born
November 14, 1788.
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The following are sites you will want to check out!
For news of one of our subscribers, Stewart Bostic, take at look
at http://www.insiders.com/blueridge/sb-artsandculture.htm
This is a really good site on Rutherford Co, NC. Be sure to
check out all the links to cemeteries.
http://www.rfci.net/wdfloyd/index.html
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Bostic/Bostick/Bostwick/Bostock Researchers
111 Strong!
Bonnie M. Johnson BonBon9394@aol.com
Researching James W. Bostick, who was born 1836 IN and married
Sarah A. Lester in Sullivan Co, IN. This is the BOSSTICK family
mentioned in a issue #14 of the Newsletter
Carolyn Crabtree crabtree@mis.net
Researching Absalom Bostick II and wife Dolly White of Stokes
Co, NC and Christian Co, KY
Arline Sudberry asudberry@worldnet.att.net
Researching Sir Oliver de Bostock
http://www.anglefire.com/tn/ArlineSudberry/bostock.html
Mabel Mitchell mmitchel@train.missouri.org
Researching Samuel Bostick, who had son James, born 1835
Frederick Co, MD. This family is also found in PA and KS.
Sharon Bostick sbostick@door.net
Researching William Berry Bostick, son of William R.
Bostick and Margaret Elizabeth Carden. William Berry was born
Princeton, AL 1887 and moved to TX ca 1900.
Bob Battistella bobbat@syl.mindspring.com
Researching James L. Bostic, born 1811 DE and died 1861.
Appears on the 1860 Dearborn Co, IN census
Donna Vaughn rooter@pe.net
Researching Mary Jane Bostick, born ca 1833, oldest daughter
of William Rand Bostick and Jane Browder of Stokes Co, NC
Bob Erwin iscre@titan.cc.emory.edu
Researching William Bostwick and Mary Bailey of GA and
Mary Bostick and William Leake of England and VA
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The next issue of the newsletter will be sent 29 July - a
little early as I will be at a seminar at the normal time.
1 August 1998 BOSTICK ONLINE NEWSLETTER #23
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The Bostick OnLine Newsletter is ONE YEAR OLD 1 Aug 1998! We
have grown from about a dozen subscribers to over 120!. This
is proof we do care about our origins and strengthens my
belief that we can't know where we are going if we don't know
where we have been.
I appreciate all who have submitted material for the
newsletter and hope that you will continue to share your
data (with documentation, of course ).
Please excuse the erratic delivery of the newsletter, but
it can't be helped. Summertime is very busy and I feel it
is better to be early than late.
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OBEDIAH BOSTICK
PART II
By Candy Parent
candy@htonline.com
http://www.htonline.com/~candy/
The children of Nancy & Obediah Bostick are:
2. Sarah "Sally" Bostick (ca 1788 Halifax County, VA-27 May
1857 Tazewell County, VA.) She was married to William GREEN
(born ca 1791) on 31 Oct 1814 in Tazewell County, VA.
2. Josiah Bostick (ca 1792 Halifax County - between 1844 &
1850 Russell County). He married Priscilla Wilson (ca 1797-after
1880). The last known record of Josiah Bostick was a court
record recorded in 1844. He doesn't appear on any census records
after 1840. His wife, Priscilla, is recorded in the 1850-1880
census records of Scott County, VA. She is listed as being 88 and
living with Thomas Bostic in 1880. The 1840 Russell County census
mentions 7 children, three are listed with Priscilla in the
1850 Scott County, VA census: Thomas 22, Dorcas 19 and Charles
16. The 1860 census shows Priscilla, 63, living with Charles, 24.
2. Jane Bostick. (C. 1795-) born in either Halifax or Wythe
County, VA. Married Talbert Elswick (c. 1793) on Oct. 20, 1818 in
Tazewell County. [Talbert is listed as Tolbert Blankenship on the
marriage records, Talbert Elswick on the deed and Talbert Elswick
in the 1850 census for Tazewell County, VA. Other deeds list
Talbert as Talbert Blankenship Elswick.
Children of Talbert and Jane according to the 1850 Tazewell
census are:
3. Josiah Elswick (ca 1822-)
3. Talbert Elswick (ca 1829-)
3. Jno Elswick (ca 1830-)
3. Ann E. Elswick (ca 1827)
3. Sally Elswick (ca 1834-)
3. Louisa Elswick (ca 1836)
3. Robt. Elswick (ca 1839)
3. Agnes Elswick (ca 1837)
2. Anne Bostick (ca 1797, Wythe County, VA- before 1850 Tazewell
County, VA) married George Green (ca 1796-) on March 10, 1820 in
Tazewell County, VA. George is listed in the 1850 Tazewell Co,
VA census, but Anne is not.
2. James BOSTICK. (c. 1798/99-) is listed by Paul Bostic as a
possible son. He married Sally Gent on Sep. 18, 1834 in Tazewell
County. Paul bases this on the fact that a James Bostick sold 36
acres of land on the waters of Maiden Spring Fork June 11, 1857.
The Gent family lived near Nancy & Obediah. A James Bostick is
listed in the 1850 Tazewell County, VA census as being 50 years
old and a farmer. Sally is listed as 40 years old. No children
are listed with the couple.
2. Caleb Bostick (July 15, 1801 Tazewell County, VA-June 3, 1879
Russell Co, VA) married Charity Catherine Miller (March 6, 1811
Virginia-March 18, 1885 Russell Co, VA) around 1831. Caleb
inherited 35 acres of his father's estate on the Maiden Spring
Fork area of the Clinch River in Tazewell Co, VA which he sold to
his brother in law, William Green for $100. [Tazewell Co, VA Deed
Book 5, pg. 374] Caleb and Charity must have moved to Russell Co
after selling the land, for they are in the Russell Co Census in
1870. (Interestingly, Caleb is listed as Caleb "Baustic".
Obediah was listed as Obediah "Baustick" in his grandfather's
will. Since these Bostics were illiterate, I'm assuming that
was the pronunciation of the surname. My family has lost that
pronunciation and goes by "Bahh-stik." Are there any others
that still go by that original pronunciation?)
The 1850 Tazewell County Census lists Caleb as 50 and a farmer,
Charity as 36 and the children James 18, Valentine 16, John 14,
Wm. 12, Rebecca 11, Sally 9, Moses 6 and Martin 2. The 1860
census lists Caleb as 45, Seviale 40 and the children William,
21, Rebecca 18, Sarah C. 16, Moses 14, Martin 12 and Davis 10.
The 1870 Russell Co Census records the family this way:
Caleb, 69 works on a farm, Charity 58, keeping house, William 34,
at home "afflicted", Moses 22, works on a farm, Davis 19, at home
"afflicted" and Eliza 18, at home. According to Paul Bostic's book,
Davis was crippled from a childhood fall. William's affliction is
not known.
Children of Caleb and Charity:
3. James (c. 1832, VA) married Frances "Franky" Blankenship
(c. 1835) on March 4, 1855 in Johnson Co, TN. James moved to
Claiborne Co, TN with his brother Valentine around 1859. Family
history says that he later moved to Indiana.
3. Valentine Miller Bostic (Jan. 6, 1834 Russell Co, VA-Jan. 11,
1879 Claiborne Co, TN) married Amanda M. Fitzallen Ferrell (Nov.
19,1835 Russell Co, VA - Jan. 13, 1879 Claiborne Co, TN).
Valentine served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
According to Paul Bostic, this couple died within days of each
other and family members suspect that they were perhaps poisoned
by a land company after Valentine refused to sell his property.
This line is well documented by Paul Bostic and I would recommend
contacting him for a copy of his book if you descend from this
family.
3. John D. Bostick (Aug. 28, 1835 Russell Co, VA-Dec. 7, 1904
Russell Co) married Sophia Yates (b. Sept. 1838) on Feb. 28, 1861
Russell Co, Va. John served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War. They are both buried in the Bostic Cemetery located
on Poplar Ridge in Swords Creek, Russell Co, VA. The children
listed are taken from the 1870 & 1880 censuses for Russell Co,
VA.
4. Mary Alice Bostic (c. 1863-)
4. William Bostic (February 15, 1864-May 31, 1936) married
Eliza Jane Cochran (19 Aug. 1871-Feb. 26, 1962) daughter of
Bob and Jane Collins Cochran, on Jan. 8, 1884. The couple
moved from Bloomfield, VA to Kentucky, to Ohio and then back
to Kentucky. He settled for some time in McVeigh, Pike Co,
KY. William and Eliza are both buried in Kimper, Pike Co, KY
on or near the land that they raised their family on. Many
of their grandchildren still live within walking distance of
the property they once owned. (These are my great-great
grandparents. Anyone searching these lines is welcome to
contact me for more information.
4. George Bostic (c. 1866-) married Lisie Cochran.
4. Alexander Bostic (c. 1868-) married Lidy Owens.
4. Nannie Bell Bostic (c. 1870) married William Childress.
4. Annie Cahterine Bostic (c. 1871-_ married Gilbert Simmons
4. Sarah J. Bostic (1873-) married T. J. Chapman on July 21,
1896.
4. Julia Bostic (c. 1875-) married Albert Nichols and died
young after being bitten by a snake.
4. James Bostic (Sept. 10, 1876-Feb. 11, 1952) married Ida Bell
Miller (May 1884-) on April 27, 1899 in Russell Co, VA.
4. David Crockett Bostic (c. 1878-1890)
4. Thomas Bostic (July 15, 1880-) married Grace Patirick (Sept.
1907-1963) on Nov. 15, 1927 in Russell Co, VA
4. Taze Bostic (Oct. 7, 1877 Russell Co, VA-27 Dec. 1952
Centurburg, OH) married Annie Keene (Sept. 28, 1887
Buckingham Co, VA-June 1970 Mt. Gilead, OH) on June 24,
1907. [This is Diana Hyde's line. [dhyde@cyberback.com ]
3. William F. Bostic (c. 1838 Russell Co, VA-?? Buchanan Co, VA)
He is probably buried in the Duty Cemetery on Indian Creek.
William married Malissa Dye (Aug. 15, 1861 Russell Co-?? Tazewell
Co, VA) daughter of Rachel Price and Absalom Dye on Jan. 9, 1884
in Russell Co, VA. The couple divorced in Russell Co on Nov 7 1
896 [Chancery Court Order Book, Russell Co, VA, p. 197] William
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a member
of the 29th VA Infantry. Paul Bostic notes in his book that William
was so crippled with arthritis he had to be buried sitting up.
Malissa apparently had two children before she married William,
John & Richard Dye, and after the divorce she married Jim Welch
and had two more, Mary and Westly.
3. Rebecca Ann Bostic (Oct. 1840 Swords Creek, Russell Co, VA-after
1910) married Joel Fields Duty (Sep. 1836 Duty Branch of Indian
Creek, Russell Co, VA-before 1905) on Nov. 30, 1864 in Russell Co,
VA. Both are buried in the Duty Cemetery on Indian Creek in
Dickenson Co, VA.
3. Sarah C. "Sally" Bostic (c. 1842 Russell Co, VA-) married
Thomas Henderson Clark (1835-1925) around 1865
3. Moses Bostic (c. 1844-) according to Paul Bostic; he never
married and is said to have died in Buchanan Co, VA.
3. Martin Bostic (July 9, 1848 VA-Sept. 10, 1909 Russell Co, VA)
married Mary Jane Miller (c. 1847) daughter of John and Polly
Hess Miller on Oct. 4, 1871 in Russell C, VA. Martin is buried
on the mountain near where he lived in Swords Creek, Russell Co,
VA.
3. Davis C. Bostic (July 4, 1850 Tazewell Co, VA-Oct. 27, 1933
Meigs Co, TN) married Mary Ann Richardson (Nov. 28, 1862-Jan. 8,
1930) daughter of William Richardson, on Feb. 8, 1881 in Russell
Co, VA. Davis and Mary Ann are buried in Ten Mile Community
Cemetery in Meigs Co, TN.
3. Eliza V. Bostic (c. 1852-) married William Sykes on July 30,
1873 in Russell Co, VA. Paul notes this in his book on page 69,
"Even though Eliza is listed at home with Caleb and Charity
Bostic in the 1870 U.S. Census of Russell County, Virginia, the
marriage records of Russell County lists Eliza's parents as
Valentine and Rachel [Russell Co, Virginia, Marriages, Book 2,
page 38, line 63). Eliza was not listed with Caleb and Charity
Bostic in the 1860 U.S. Census of Tazewell Co, VA.
2. Daughter Bostick (presumably the mother of Fanny and John
Smith mentioned in the deed transfer between Obediah and
Abednigo White).
Additional Sources:
Bostic, Jenkins and Other Families, by Paul E. Bostic. (c) 1993
Family Bible of Henry Bostic
Cemetery Inscriptions from Kimper, Pike County, KY
The help of Diana Hyde
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A memorial has been established to put new markers on Caleb
and Charity Bostic's grave site. Anyone who wishes to
contribute, should make their check payable to:
Caleb & Charity Bostic Memorial Fund Acct. 3247 and mail to
First Sentinel Bank, 315 Railroad Ave, PO Box 1050,
Richlands, VA 24641 Attn: Laura Compton.
Selena DuLac
lvd@interworldnet.net
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LOUIS BOSTWICK
Louis BOSTWICK, a civilian employee of the Quartermaster Corps
during the Battle of Little Big Horn, was with the 7th Calvary
when they left Fort Abraham Lincoln on 17 May 1876. There were
1200 civilians and soldiers, and 1700 horses and mules.
Louis Bostwick did not participate in the battle, but was with
142 Quartermaster employees that remained with one of the many
supply depots established along the Yellowstone River either at
the mouth of Rosebud Creek or further east.
Sorry that I have no other information. This might help someone
that could be looking for a link in their time line part of their
ancestor`s travels. Someone mentioned to me that they thought they
saw either Bostick or Bostwick in connection to the battle. There
was only one individual listed and they were not sure of the
spelling. So I started looking.
Thanks to R. H. Nichols at WCEK32A@Prodigy.com and
majoreno@cavalry.com who provided this information from his
complete list of casualties and the survivors of the Big Horn
battle we have this information about Louis Bostwick.
The 7th Cavalry was very busy during 1874 to 1876 and it was not
uncommon to have as many as 300 wagons following with supplies at
any given time.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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>From =Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850 - An Index=
by Carole Willsey Bell comes the following:
Bostwick, Ashbel - will 1849, Portage Co.
Case 968, administration docket 3, pg 57
Bostwick, Charles - estate 1823, Portage Co
Case 51, administration docket 1, pg 26
Bostwick, Ebenezer - will 1840, Portage Co
Case 629, administration docket 2, pg 26
Bostwick, Reuben (of New Milford, CT) - will 1814
Trumball Co, probate record 2, pg 119
Bostwick, Shadrack - will 1837, Trumball Co
Probate record 9, pg 73
Bostwick, Shadrack L. - will 1838, Portage Co
Case 537, administration docket 2, pg 154
Bostwick, William - estate 1830, Fayette Co
Will book A, pg 57; Common Pleas Court Book F, pg 112;
Common Pleas Court Record Book E, pg 132
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OSMER
PART XIV
In this issue we will study Ralph BOSTOCK, son of Sir Adam de
BOSTOCK and Elizabeth de VENEABLES. Ralph, born about 1440 in
Cheshire, participated in the Battle of Barnet and earned the
titles of Sir and Esquire.
About 1458, Ralph married Elizabeth DUTTON, daughter and
coheiress of Sir Thomas DUTTON. In 1481, a special licence was
granted to Ralph for entrance into the Barony of Kinderton.
Ralph was much like his father and had to be bound over to the
King [Edward V] to keep his allegiance. During his lifetime Ralph
was continually at odds with the VENEABLES family, who had
rejected his claim to the Barony. Thus, he was bound over several
times. In fact, Ralph was once bound over for the sum of 1000
pounds.
Perhaps as the result of this running feud, Ralph was poisoned on
04 Aug 1482. His I. P. M. is dated in 1483. His wife died in 1516,
the year of her I. P. M. After the death of Ralph, Elizabeth
remarried to Thomas SKRYVEN.
Ralph had three brothers, William, Nicholas, and according to
Ormerod, John of Belgrave. Nicholas BOSTOCK [Moberley] of
Cheshire, whose descendants assumed the surname of RICH after
his marriage to the heiress of that family.
The union of Ralph BOSTOCK and Elizabeth VENEABLES had issue:
William, born 09 Oct 1468 in Cheshire, never married, and died
about 1487. Anne, heiress of her brother William, married Sir
John SAVAGE. John, thought to be illegitimate, is also thought
to be the ancestor of Laurence BOSTOCK, the Antiquarian. John
and Laurence perished without issue.
After the death of her brothers, Anne inherited all of the
BOSTOCK holdings. She married Sir John SAVAGE, of Clifton. Sir
John was the Sheriff of Worcester. On Anne`s death in 1528 all
of the BOSTOCK lands passed into the SAVAGE family.
Getting back to Ralph`s brother, William. William BOSTOCK is
thought to be the start of BOSTICK and BOSTWICK in America.
William was born about 1445. He had married Elizabeth DONE or
DONNE.
In the next issue we will cover the family of William BOSTOCK
and Elizabeth DONE. There is a mixed concensus concerning the
children of William.
John Michael O`Melia
13jo36@BellSouth.net
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>From =Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois= by Mrs.
Harriet J. Walker (c) 1917:
pg 104 Montgomery County
Ezra Bostwick born 1753 Queen Anne Co, MD. Enlisted under
Capt. Patrick Began, NC Troops 15 Oct 1780. Came to ILL
1818 in Bostwick settlement, not far from present village
of Irving. Buried in little graveyard not far from Irving.
No pension.
>From =Soldiers of American Revolution Buried in Illinois=
by Illinois State Gen. Society (c) 1976:
Bostwick (Bostic), Ezra Died Jan 1843
Buried McCord Cemetery, near Irving, IL. Spouse: Drucilla
Pension - Illinois Pension Census 1 June 1840, Montgomery
County, age 86.
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Charlotte Williams softpatches@worldnet.att.net
suggests that we take a look at the Marshall Co, MS GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmarsha/index.html
Click on Members of the Old Hudsonville Church. Look for
Col. and Mrs. Wm. M. Bostick.
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Researchers
There are 121 of us now!
Harlan Lunsford hlunsford@mindspring.com
Researching Toliver Bostick, born 1811 NC, lived GA and
died Marion Co, AL 1902
Kensey Alsman kensey@niia.net
Researching Hiram H.D. Bostwick, born 1846 Clark Co, IL,
father of James Aaron Bostwick, born 1875 Vermillion Co,
IL
Mary and Wayne Hartman hartfl4@aol.com
Researching Littleberry Bostick born ca 1775 SC;
probably son of John and Jane Bostick
Charles Reeves creeves2@bellsouth.net
Researching William Dennis Bostick of Madison Co, AL;
born ca 1870
Ernie Alf eealf@gvtc.com
Researching Peter Bostwick, whose Union Army service
record indicates he was born 1809 Dover, PA. Married 1834
Trumball Co, OH to Mary Isahour/Isaham/Isahorn. He died
1862 Nashville, TN.
Leanne Dowdell ld4025@alltell.net
Researching Berry Bostwick and Elizabeth McCoy, who
married 1818 Morgan Co, GA
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