Elijah Boggs (abt. 1781 - 1869)

Born about 1781 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Eldridge) Boggs — married 1823 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1869 in Letcher County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Eli Boggs was born in 1781 in North Carolina. He died in 1869 on August, 8 in Letcher County, Kentucky. Eli was first married to Tabitha Penington. He had several children by his first wife: Abel, Silas, Abbie and William. His second wife Sarah (Sally) Margaret Eldridge bore him many more children: John, James, Elihue, Elijah, Elisha, Andrew, Levi and three others. Some had similar names because a number of the children were still born.

• Mary Tabitha "Polly" Pennington Boggs

Birth: Dec. 14, 1786 South Carolina, USA Death: 1822 Wise County Virginia, USA

Tabitha is the daughter of William (1765-1844) and Abigail Susannah (Caudill) Pennington (1767-1860). Abigail's brothers James, Stephen, Matthew and Thomas Aaron also came to Letcher County to settle. Her parents are buried in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY

Family links: Parents: William Pennington (1765 - 1844) Abigail Susannah Caudill Pennington (1767 - ____)

Spouse: Elijah Boggs (1781 - 1869)

Children: Abigail 'Abby' Boggs Maggard (1818 - 1877)*

Siblings: Mary Tabitha Pennington Boggs (1786 - 1822) Abel Pennington (1789 - 1865)* Elizabeth Pennington Webb (1792 - 1848)* John Washington Pennington (1796 - 1882)* William Nelson Pennington (1806 - 1862)* Alford Pennington (1809 - 1890)* Elijah Pennington (1812 - 1878)* Elisha Pennington (1816 - 1851)**

Burial: Ice Collier Cemetery Oven Fork Letcher County Kentucky, USA

Created by: Gary L. Eldridge Record added: Apr 08, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 68068544

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Elijah /Boggs/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1781

Place: Virginia, USA^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 8 AUG 1869

Place: Letcher, Kentucky, USA^[4]

Alias

Alias: /Eli/

Burial

Burial:

Place: Ice Collier Over Fork, Letcher, Kentucky, USA

Note

Note: #NI5644

Marriage

Husband: @I3260@

Child: Nancy Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Polly Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I3240@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I5618@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ellen Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elijah Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Ezekiel Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rebecca Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Jesse Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Smith Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Clement Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James L Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Temperance Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Marion Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Boggs

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Boggs

Relationship to Father: Unknown

Relationship to Mother: Unknown

Marriage:

Date: 1777^[5][6]

Marriage:

Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA^[7]

Marriage:

Date: 1777

Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA^[8]

Marriage:

Date: 1777

Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA^[9]

Event

Personal Property Tax List, Lee County, VA. PROP 1810

Census

1830 Lee County, Virginia. 1850 Lee County, Virginia. 1860 Letcher County, KY.

Sources

1. ↑ Boggs-924 was created by Luwana Mayberry through the import of Boggs Family History.GED on Feb 5, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
3. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
4. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
5. ↑ Source: #S028226 Data: Text: Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
6. ↑ Source: #S028226 Data: Text: Online publication - Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
7. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
8. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
9. ↑ Source: #S020410 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 June 2018), memorial page for Elijah “Eli” Boggs (1781–8 Aug 1869), Find A Grave Memorial no. 68066767, citing Ice Collier Cemetery, Oven Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gary L. Eldridge (contributor 47055771) .

• Source: S020410 Title: One World Tree (sm) Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d. Repository: Note: #NS204103 Call Number: Media: Ancestry.com

No NOTE record found with id NS204103.

Notes

Note NI5644Eli was the son of James Lee Boggs (1756-1835) and his wife Elizabeth Clements (1760-?). Eli married his first wife Tabitha "Polly" Pennington (1786-1822) on 12 April 1810. Read a story about suspicions that Eli was involved in a murder at http://melungeon-studies.blogspot.com/2009/04/eli-boggs-and-alexander-goins.html

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