Margaret (Braswell) Boatright (1775 - 1840)

Born 1775 in Burke County, Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Boatright Sr. — married 1786 in Burke County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 1840 at about age 65 in Emanuel, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Margaret Braswell was born circa 1775 in Burke County, Georgia, to Kindred and Rhoda Braswell. Her birth place: Burke, Georgia, was formed in 1777.

Marriage

Margaret married Daniel Boatright in 1786. They lived in Burke, Bulloch, and Emanuel Counties, Georgia, often changing counties through the creation of new counties.

Children

Their children were:

1. Daniel,
2. Sarah,
3. Reubin,
4. Mary,
5. Betsey,
6. Charles,
7. Nancy,
8. John.

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Margaret's husband, Daniel, died in 1818 in Emanuel County, GA. In September of that year she was made co-guardian of their minor children, Nancy and Charles, along with fellow guardians, Sion Kirkham and Edward Surrency. ^[3] In the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, Margaret qualified for a land draw as the widow of a Revolutionary War soldier. She won 202 & 1/2 acres in Lee County, GA.

Death

Margaret passed away circa 1840 in Emanuel County, Georgia.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ “Bible of Reubin Boatright Sr,” The Holy Bible, Phinney & Co (Meadville, PA, 1850). Daughters of the American Revolution. Ancestor A036897.
2. ↑ “Boat(w)right Family History in America (about Daniel Boatwright) [1]#5-5.
3. ↑ Austin, Jeannette Holland, Georgia Interstate Records, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1986, 38.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41999048