Genealogy of the thomas boaz, christopher wayne miller

David, the third child of Thomas and Lucinda Davis Boaz, was born November 9, 1806, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He married Lucinda Whitis
(1808-1876) in 1827 and died February 2, 1876. When David was ten years old his father, with his family, emigrated to Middle Tennessee (Davidson County, where he settled on a Revolutionary grant of land inherited from his father, Shadrach. Here David grew to manhood, attending the schools of the community and at Nashville, sixteen miles away, where he secured a thorough education. At the age of twenty-one David
Boaz was married to Lucinda Whitis of Tennessee. At the time of her marriage she was nineteen, having been born April 2, 1808, the daughter of William Nelson and Nancy Jane Whitis. To this union ten children were born James Nelson (January 1, March 12, 1875), Lucinda Jane (1831-1835), Sally Ann (June 30,
1833-1855), William Thomas (February 10, February 28, 1876), Samuel Shadrach (March 24,
1837- January 14, 1901), Mary Elizabeth (October 28,
1839-n.d.), David Franklin (October 28, 1841-1876), Nancy Rutherford (November 10, July 25, 1924), Martha Isabelle (February 18, June 8, 1923), and George Pierce (January 10, March 28, 1922). All of them reached their majority, married, and established homes of their own, except one girl who died in infancy and one son who never married. For ten years after their marriage, David and Lucinda lived in Davidson County, Tennessee, near his father's home. In 1837 he, with several of his brothers and sisters, emigrated to "Jackson's Purchase" Kentucky, and entered a section of land in the northern part of what is now Graves County. He was a Captain of a company of Kentucky Militia in 1849. Joshua, a younger brother, who had married Polly Whitis, sister of Lucinda, entered a section adjoining, and to the south, while
Shadrach, William, and others of the family settled near where Fulton, Kentucky, now stands. David Boaz became a man of means, owning a number of slaves. Some of these he had inherited from his father. Land was cleared and put in cultivation, corn, wheat, oats, and tobacco being the principal crops. Orchards, too, were planted. David Boaz early donated land for the establishment of a public school, which was largely maintained by him and his brother, Joshua, during that time when the state gave little assistance. This school for many years, and in fact to this day, is one of the leading schools of the county. It is known as "Boaz School, District Number 72." In this school as well as in other schools of the county two of his sons, two nephews, and a number of grandsons have been prominent teachers. David Boaz was a Democrat of the Jackson type. He had been reared only a short distance from the "Hermitage" He inherited slavery from his father but early decided to dispose of his slaves gradually, which he did by selling a number and freeing others before the Civil War broke out. He remained loyal to his state and was neutral throughout the war. David and his brother, Joshua, who was living on an adjoining section south, were on different grounds Joshua joined with the South and gave one son to the Confederate Army. David's son, Samuel Shadrach, ". .

. had a crippled arm that prevented him from serving. He was examined for Union service and rejected, but the truth of the matter is that if he had been able to serve, he would already have been gone as a member of the Orphan Brigade of the Confederate forces. David, although sympathetic to his friends, was very pro-Union and took the oath of allegiance to the Union, for which his son, Sam, never forgave him" (Statement from a letter of Malcolm R. Boaz, a grandson of David, dated February 1, 1982, and quoted in TD. Boaz, Jr, and Ann Riley Heath. David Boaz (1806-1876)
and His Descendants. McLean, Virginia 1982.) David's two Negro servants, the only ones kept by him at the time he disposed of his slaves, remained in his home until his death in 1876. David Boaz was a most popular man in his community, and his home was an open house to friends from everywhere, in the old Kentucky style of hospitality. He and his wife, Lucinda, were consistent members of the Primitive Baptist Church, and fora number of years he was an officer in the Mount Pleasant Church, which was located only a short distance from his home. He was often called upon to administer estates, until he had more of that kind of work than he could well attend to and at the same time look after his own estate. Believing it the best way to start his children right in the world, he began to deed to them land fora home as they married and established homes of their own and as a result most of them established homes near him. To this day many of his descendants live in that part of the county. David Boaz was a man of medium build, square shoulders, rather heavyset, weighing about
165 pounds, and had a fair complexion and blue eyes. He had abroad forehead, open, frank, and pleasant address, and a kind disposition. He and his wife, Lucinda, were known and loved by many far and near. He was a man who practiced his religion, and those who needed assistance found him a friend indeed. Many years before their death, David and Lucinda Boaz expressed the desire that they betaken at the same time. They died two hours apart, February, 1876, and were buried in the same grave, but in separate coffins, in the family graveyard near their home The family graveyards maybe located as follows From Paducah, KY take US south of I for 5 or 6 miles, turn left (east) on 1241, go 1 mile east onto (large cemetery on the left at this intersection, turn right (south) on 348 and go 3.6 miles to the intersection with 994 (The Old Mayfield Road, proceed south on 348 for 2.6 miles following 1684 as it forks with 348 a couple of tenths of a mile before the Hardmoney Missionary Baptist Church (on the right, proceed south on 1684 for 1.6 miles beyond the Hardmoney Missionary Baptist Church (HMBC is just south of the county line between Crack and Graves counties onto Boaz Cemetery Road (on the right, take Boaz Cemetery Road west 0.4 mile to the cemetery on the right. David and Lucinda are buried here along with their son, James Nelson, and his wife, Martha Evers. Proceed around looping road, turning right at the intersection with its self back to 1684. One may then turn right south) on 1684 and go 1.2 miles to the Joshua Boaz Cemetery which is on the left (east) side of the road.

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