Genealogy of the thomas boaz, christopher wayne miller
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| THOMAS BOAZ (1714-1780) Robert V. Boaz concludes Thomas Boaz Sr. was born ca. 1714 probably in Virginia and died August 15, 1780 probably in Buckingham County, Virginia. He had married Elenor Archdeacon ca. 1736. She was born ca. 1718 in County Kilkenny, Ireland, came to Virginia with her parents and siblings about 1730/5 and died September 25, 1787, probably in Buckingham County, Virginia Their children and probable birth dates and places (all in Virginia counties) areas follows Thomas, Jr. (II, ca. 1737, Goochland; Archibald, ca. 1739, Goochland; Edmond, ca. 1741, Goochland; Daniel, ca. 1743, Goochland; Gemima, ca. 1745, Albemarle; Polly, ca. 1747, Albemarle; James, May 20, 1749, Albemarle; Shadrach, ca. 1751, Albemarle; Meshack, ca. 1753, Albemarle; Agnes, ca. 1755, Albemarle; Eleanor Nellie ca. 1757, Albemarle; and Abednego, February 6, 1760. James Boaz, in his Revolutionary War pension application stated that he was born in Buckingham County in 1749. At the time of the application he was using the then current name of the county of his birth. On September 12, 1738, he received a land grant for 400 acres located in Goochland County, Virginia on the north side of the Appomattox River and below Fish Pond Creek. A second patent was granted on July 10, 1745 for 600 acres that included the original patent of 400 acres granted in 1738 plus an additional 200 acres never before granted. On November 9, 1758, Thomas Boaz Sr. deeded to his oldest son, Thomas Boaz, Jr, 100 acres of his land, it being in Albemarle County at the time and retained 500 acres for his own use. Three years later in 1761 the land became part of Buckingham County and in 1764 Buckingham County made a List of Tithes, that is, property owners and all males residing there above the age of twenty-one. Included in the list was Thomas Boaz who owned 500 acres and had three tithes, one for himself, one for his son Edmond and one for his son Daniel. Also in the tithe list was Thomas Boaz, Jr. who owned 100 acres of land but without a tithe, because he had vacated his property in Buckingham County and patented 1577 acres of land in Halifax County on May 23, 1763 where he established his residence. Although Thomas was too old to fight in the Revolutionary War, his descendants are entitled to membership in Sons of the American Revolution or Daughters of the American Revolution. In the courthouse records at Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, maybe found in Order Book No. 4, July Court, 1777, and March Court, 1783, that Thomas Boaz was appointed surveyor of roads in place of James Fulton and took the oath of allegiance. The D. AR. Magazine of March, 1930, lists Thomas Boaz as a Pittsylvania County patriot. The inventory of his possessions found in the Chatham court records includes the following eleven Negroes, sixty hogs, nine horses, twenty-seven sheep, thirty-nine geese, forty-four head of cattle, oxcarts, powder tubes, desks, chairs, money scales, books, flesh forks, quilts, and many kinds of tools and all the accessories needed on a farm at that time. Download 1.62 Mb. Share with your friends:
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