Elizabeth Jennie Franklin (1768 - 1850)

Born 1768 in Virginia

Wife of James Boles — married before 1790 in Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died Apr 1850 at about age 82 in Overton, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Jennie FRANKLIN AKA: Be'toc'e. ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Born 1768 Virginia, USA. ^[6][7][8][9]

Died APR 1850. Overton, Tennessee, USA. ^{[10][11][12][13]}

Buried APR 1850. Bolestown Cemetery, Pickett County, Tennessee, USA. ^[14]

Date and place of James's marriage to Elizabeth (Jenny) Franklin is unknown. There are no records of the marriage in Washington County, Virginia or Washington County, Tennessee. We have been unable to turn up any information regarding the heritage/family of Elizabeth (Jenny) Franklin. Tim Huddleston in History of Pickett County, Tennessee states that the Franklin family was "among the first to come to the Pickett." He intimates that Jennie, wife of James Boles, was a member of the early Franklin settlers. We have been unable to substantiate this assumption.^[15]

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The following is an account (date unknown) left by James Boles' great-granddaughter, Phoebe Alfred Wood, and preserved by Albert Hogue, historian and writer of Fentress County, Tennessee. Her account; "James Boles was my great-grandfather on Mother's side. His wife was Elizabeth Franklin Boles whose mother came over the ocean when she was fourteen years old. James Boles' father settled in Pennsylvania and Elizabeth's father and mother in Virginia. In the time of the Revolutionary War, James Boles lived in the fort for Indians. Their oldest child was born in the fort. He fought Indians in the Revolutionary War. The fort was in Virginia. After the War they moved to the French Broad River in Virginia. After that they moved to Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee. Then he moved to Overton County, Tennessee. He lived there until he died."We speculate that the fort in which James may have lived was Fort Edminson. This speculation is based on the fact that James was well acquainted with the Edminsons in South West Virginia. His father's lands, in many instances, joined Edminson property, and when he was settling his father's estate, much of the land was sold to Edminsons. Note: according to the information written down by James' great-granddaughter, the fort in which James lived was in Virginia, and his oldest child, Mary, was born in that fort (information given by the family to census takers indicate Mary was born in Tennessee). We do not know when James moved into Knox County, Tennessee. We know he was there in September 1793 and August 1794 when he began to dispose of his father's lands.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S788 Source number: 79.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: APW
2. ↑ Source: #S761
3. ↑ Source: #S808 Census Year: 1850
4. ↑ Source: #S752
5. ↑ Source: #S833
6. ↑ Source: #S761
7. ↑ Source: #S808 Census Year: 1850
8. ↑ Source: #S752
9. ↑ Source: #S833
10. ↑ Source: #S761
11. ↑ Source: #S808 Census Year: 1850
12. ↑ Source: #S752
13. ↑ Source: #S833
14. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 60111407
15. ↑ Common and Uncommon Men by Linda BOLES Small.

• Source: S752 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Ancestry.com
• Source: S761 Ancestry.com Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R2
• Source: S788 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2
• Source: S808 Ancestry.com U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R2
• Source: S833 Ancestry.com U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; Repository: #R2

• Indian name of Elizabeth Franklin is listed by her grandson, Robert BOLES, in Eastern Cherokee Applications as "Be'toc'e".

• In the "History of Fentress County, Tennessee, the old home of Mark Twain's ancestors" Author Hogue, Albert Ross, 1873- Pages180, "Jennie (Franklin) Boles is related to the Cherokee Indians".

• The link below has information on 13 applicants for membership in Cherokee Nation who were descendants of Elizabeth Franklin and James Boles.

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