SAMUEL & ELIZABETH BOGGESS

Our Boggess line is documented* to Norfolk, Virginia, 1 April 1644, Deed Book B: 37a and through over 360 years to date, starting with Robert Boggus, A1.



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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=califia1&id=I2509 SAMUEL BOGGESS, E17, my 3rd great, grandfather was born 20 September 1742 (longest living Boggess in my line in at least ten geerations) to Robert BOGGESS,D7, (1707-ca1772), is the longest living Boggess and Ann COX (1712-ca1785) at "La Grange" in Fairfax county, Virginia. Samuel married Elizabeth M DORSEY in 1772, at Hagerstown, Maryland, she born 6 March 1749 to John and Elizabeth DORSEY, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, she died 26 March 1824, he 30 December 1825 both near Lumberport, Harrison county,Virginia (now West Virginia). They raising fifteen known children.

Built 1742, year following Wm Fairfax's "Belvoir Manor", with later additions.




Pic owned by; Fairfax Historical Landmarks Preservation Commission.

KNOWN CHILDREN Robert Boggess b: 3 NOV 1773 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: May 1839 at Mogantown, Monongalia county, Virginia John Boggess, F49, b: 2 APR 1775 near New Market, Frederick county, Maryland, d: 17 SEP 1815, Harrison county, Virginia Samuel Boggess b: 22 FEB 1777 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: Mar 1844/45, Harrison county, Virginia Richard Boggess b: 17 AUG 1778 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: AUG 1848, Harrison county, Virginia Elizabeth Boggess b: 5 MAY 1780 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 1850,Harrison county, Virginia Fielding Boggess b: 28 MAR 1782 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 12 Aug 1869, Harrison county, Virginia Caleb Harrison Boggess, F54, b: 23 FEB 1784 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 5 NOV 1852, Lumberport, Harrison county, Virginia Ann Boggess b: 9 NOV 1785 in near New Market, Frederick county, Maryland, d: ? Vincent Boggess b: 11 FEB 1787 in Frederick county, Maryland, 1787 Joshua Dorsey Boggess b: 26 MAY 1788 in Frederick county, Maryland, D; 1788    Mortimer Boggess b: 14 OCT 1789 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 1789 William Albertus Boggess b: 19 APR 1791 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 27 FEB 1861, Harrison county, Virginia George Washington Boggess b: 13 NOV 1792 in Frederick county, Maryland, d 5 APR 1847, Harrison county, Virginia Alonzo Boggess b: 15 DEC 1795 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 24 NOV 1848, Harrison county, Virginia Augustus March Boggess b: 8 MAR 1798 in Frederick county, Maryland, d: 25 JUN 1864, Harrison county, West Virginia ------- NOTE: West Virginia created 1863 from, remaining, northwest Virginia. Harrison county in 1784 from Monongalia county, Virginia. ------- Boggess & Robinson families inter-married.        Robinson family http://mywebpage.netscape.com/inggo714/robinson.htm (search "boggess", fifth & later generations)

Samuel, E17, reportedly served with distinction during Revolutionary war as an officer in Captain Maynard's Frederick county, Maryland Militia. http://books.google.com/books?id=QvsMAAAAYAAJ (search "Boggess") p248 At May 1997 ceremony of decorating his grave in the Boggess cemetery off Jones run road in Eagle district near Lumberport with DAR Grave Maker during The Boggess Family Association's 10th annual nationial reunion, ---- Nelrose Trump J895, & Paula Post reported, Samuel accumulated several tracts of land into plantations named, "Crouches Chance", "Pleasant Valley" and "Perplexity" in Maryland, Bob Wilson, J934, said at meeting in 1995, Interstate #70 runs through that land now. It is elsewhere said, his good heartedness got him into bad trouble. Samuel reportedly signed a note for a friend who defaulted and went back to England leaving Samuel holding the bag. So Samuel, E17, rid himself of his Maryland holdings and with family of at least twelve plus nineteen slaves, headed for northwestern Virginia before turn of century, ultimately settling about 1804 in 1784 created Harrison county, formerly part of Monongalia county, in its lower Ten Mile creek's, Jones run, near what is now Lumberport. 1811 he started a grist mill, when his grandson Samuel G209 (my great,grandfther), was but five months old. http://books.google.com/books?id=J4QFK5LO-boC (search "Boggess") p 224 This was also an area of importance as a commercial transportation route from Ohio to Potomac river, as envisioned by George Washington early on and later realized in the nineteenth century. Clarksburg, Ten Mile creek and West Fork branch were mentioned three times in George Washington's September 1784 'Western Trip' diary, in which he lists Clarksburg 242-1/2 miles from Mount Vernon, ---Yahoo in 2003 had 259.4 road miles, close enough? On trip to northwest country Washington stopped near Winchester, Frederick county (after 1836 Clarke county), where Lord Fairfax lived www.famousamericans.net/thomasfairfax/ and where in 1799 Washington deeded Audley plantation to Eleanor "Nellie" P Custis as a wedding present, where she moved 1839 following death of husband. Also of which, during earlier years 1810 to 1828, was overseen by Alexander Wood (1766-1830), grandfather of Sarah Elizabeth Wood, second wife of grandson Samuel Boggess, G209. Washington, following court awarding part of northwest Virginia between the Ohio river and westerly extesion of the Mason-Dixon line. to Pennsylvania, containing his (still existing) state of the art grist mill, sought a water route to transport goods from their Ohio Company lands to the Potomac other than through Pennsylvania and this was the chosen route. At death of Eliz, 26 March 1824 and Sam, 30 December 1825, there were reportedly sixty-five (65) Boggesses in Harrison county, Virginia (West Virginia after 1863). You might want to check the 1880 census for number of Boggesses in Harrison county, it surprised me finding fifty-eight (58) listed. Sam & Eliz are at rest in the Boggess cemetery on Jones Run road, in Eagle district, near Lumberport, since 1997 with his DAR marker.

Compiled 03/05/06 by William (Bill) Samuel Boggess, (Luke, Samuel Cleveland, Samuel, John, Samuel, Robert, Henry, Henry, Robert), raised at Carthage, Missouri(ah). Much of above gleamed from the following sources: *'Baugus, Boggus, & Boggess Footprints On The Sands Of Time', Vol. I, 1993, Vol. II, 1994 & Supplements. Copyrighted by Joanna Fox, Drakesboro, Kentucky & JoAnn Smith, Vida, Oregon George Washington's September 1784 'Western Trip' diary Excerpts of Harrison county, WV gatherings addressed by Nelrose (Boggess) Trump, J895 & one by Bob Wilson, J934.