Elijah
"Lige"
Boggs
Born in Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Osbourne Boggs
and Nancy Abigail (Wells) Boggs
Brother of
James Lee Boggs III, James Robert Boggs, Hugh R Boggs, Eleanor Ellen Boggs, Pheobe Jane (Boggs) Kendall, David Boggs, Elizabeth Boggs, William Henderson Boggs, Rebecca (Boggs) Holbrook, Nancy (Boggs) Burton, Mary Jane (Boggs) Holbrook, Jemima (Boggs) Gambill and Mary Irena (Boggs) Gambill
Husband of
Catherine Gambill
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Washington A Boggs, Amanda Ann (Boggs) Green, Garett Allen Boggs, Elizabeth (Boggs) Nicely, Nancy Elizabeth (Boggs) Kidd, James Henry Boggs, Hugh Boggs, Susan Angeline Boggs, John H. Boggs, Edison Boggs and Belle A. Gain Boggs
Died after
after age 57
in Elliott, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Elijah Boggs who was the son of John O. Boggs and Nancy Wells. Elijah “Lige” Boggs was born 1823 Lawrence Co., Kentucky.
He married Catherine “Kate” Gambill on 22 Feb 1844 in Lawrence Co., Kentucky.
The family was found in the 1850 US Federal Census in Lawrence, Kentucky.[1]The household was enumerated as follows:
- Elijah Boggs Male 27 Kentucky
- Katharine Boggs Female 22 Kentucky
- Washington Boggs Male 5 Kentucky
- Demanda Boggs Female 3 Kentucky
- Garrod Boggs Male 1 Kentucky
- Nancy Boggs Female 66 North Carolina
- Cristena Wells Female 15 Virginia
The family was found in the 1860 US Federal Census in Lawrence, Kentucky.[2]The household was enumerated as follows:
- Elija Boggs Male 38 Ky
- Katherine Boggs Female 34 Ky
- Washington A Boggs Male 16 Ky
- Ann Boggs Female 14 Ky
- Gared A Boggs Male 12 Ky
- Elizabeth Boggs Female 10 Ky
- Nancy E Boggs Female 8 K>
- James H Boggs Male 6 Ky
The family was found in the 1870 US Federal Census in Lawrence, Kentucky.[3]The household was enumerated as follows:
- Elijah Boggs Male 46 Kentucky
- Catherine Boggs Female 43 Kentucky
- Elizabeth Boggs Female 19 Kentucky
- Nancy E Boggs Female 17 Kentucky
- James Boggs Male 15 Kentucky
- Angeline Boggs Female 10 Kentucky
- John Boggs Male 7 Kentucky
- Edison Boggs Male 3 Kentucky
1900 census wife Kate was a widow, living with her son Garrod and his family.
Elijah “Lige” Boggs died between 1880-1900 in most likely Elliott Co., Kentucky.
Research Notes
He was on the 1880 census with Kate and family however a source has not been found; no 1890 census available;
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M658-73J : 12 April 2016), Elijah Boggs, Lawrence county, part of, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States; citing family 69, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBG-P8Q : 14 December 2017), Elija Boggs, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWJ-WTL : 12 June 2019), Catherine Boggs in entry for Elijah Boggs, 1870.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~3.12%
Everett Montgomery
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Diane (Stone) Gullett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A168044 [compare], Ancestry member KyHillbilly61
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B337972
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~1.56%
Manuel Montgomery :
23andMe, GEDmatch M488298 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692704 [compare], Ancestry member MLM1947
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B604680
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~1.56%
April (Scaggs) Voit :
23andMe, GEDmatch M897966 [compare]
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~1.56%
Robert Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Carolyn (Flaugher) Mills :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Jason Williamson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jwilliamson3232
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~1.56%
~9.38%
Leslie Morrison :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T505892 [compare], FTDNA kit #318235
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~1.56%
Carla Perkins :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z199877 [compare], FTDNA kit #630312
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~1.17%
~3.12%
Herb Roe :
23andMe, GEDmatch GR3047650 [compare]
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~0.78%
Mary Hobson :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Betty (Greenfield) Watts :
23andMe, GEDmatch M084306 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bill Voit :
23andMe, GEDmatch M514594 [compare]
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jeremiah Holt :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Herb Roe :
23andMe, GEDmatch JV9304181 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sheila Bristol :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rickey Boggs :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Gary (Ulisse) Lyons :
23andMe, GEDmatch GX9417024 [compare], yourDNAportal GARc5e962e8
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CC6128166 [compare], yourDNAportal GARe0cdab25, Ancestry member GaryLyons
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~0.78%
Marie (Maggard) Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PF4859272 [compare], yourDNAportal MARb7d4f37d, Ancestry member Marie_Maggard
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~0.78%
Jodi Mallaney :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mark Bates :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Gerald Flannery :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RZ2358390 [compare], Ancestry member UnkGeraldFlannery
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~0.78%
Paula (Blakeman) Rayner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Lonleerose
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~0.78%
Wayne Onkst :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lori (Boggs) Lambert :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Michael Maggard :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Tammie (Lyons) Chapman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AR7955742 [compare], yourDNAportal TAM3e3cf551, Ancestry member TCAncestry2020
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~0.78%
Brandon Small :
Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
Virgil Caudill :
MyHeritage DNA
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Boggs-832 and Boggs-635 appear to represent the same person because: birth is the same, no conflicting information shown
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Rejected matches › Elisha Boggs (1823-1880)
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