Drury Boatwright

Drury Boatwright was born about 1794, a son of Lewis Boatwright and Sarah Lundy. Around 1816, he married Lavicia "Vicy" Thurman, daughter of John Thurman and Anne Perkins. Drury and Levicia had 3 known Children – Thomas Boatwright who married Artimica Wynn; Sarah Ann Boatwright who married Malachi Rivers and John Martin Boatwright who married Eunice Atkinson

Until about a year ago, there were only two known children - Thomas & Sarah Ann. I wrote about finding John Martin in this article on my blog. The 1830 Census indicates that there was another daughter born to this couple between 1825 and 1830 that has not been identified and may not have survived to adulthood.[1]

Drury served in the War of 1812.  His widow, Levicia, remarried after his death to Obadiah Gullege applied for a pension for his service.

Levicia Gulledge appeared on the Federal Pension Roll of January 1, 1883,

Name - Lavicy GULLEDGE, P.O - Chesterfield C. H.,  Cause for which pensioned - widow 1812, Date of Original Allowance - Sept. 1879, Certificate #26836.[2]

This pension file provided the clue about son John; it specifically refers to her son, John Boatwright.

Drury died about 1838 as indicated by this notice published in the local newspaper.

SHERIFF'S SALES

By order of the Court of Ordinary, will be

sold on the first Monday in December next

at Chesterfield Court House, within the legal

hours of sale, all the real Estate of Drewry

Boatright deceased, lying on Jemmie's[3]

Creek and Abram's Creek, containing eight

hundred and sixty nine acres, more or less.

Terms--As much cash as will defray the

expenses of the sale will be required on the

day of sale.--For the balance, one half

payable the first day of January 1840 and the

other half on the first day of January 1841

with interest from day of sale. Purchasers to

give Bond and good security and a mortgage

on the premises (if required) to the Ordinary

to secure the purchase money, and pay for

all necessary papers.

AM. LOWRY, Sheriff C.D.

Nov. 19, 1838.

Nov. 28, 1838

Around 1973/74, the SC Department of Transportation imitated a project to widen Highway 9 between Chesterfield and Cheraw to four (4) lanes. During that project the graves of Drury Boatwright, Richard Thompson "RT" Powell and Levicia Gulledge were found. Their bodied were removed and reinterred on July 10, 1974 at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. A small marker was placed by the 3 graves.

Inscription:
Removed from S. C. Route 9
Reinterred July 10, 1974

A news article about these three men appeared in the local newspaper on 10 July 1974[4].

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[1] 1830 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 236, Line 13, Drewry Boatwright; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 January 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_172

[2] SC Genealogical Society, "Federal Pension Roll of January 1, 1883," The Carolina Herald and Newsletter, Vol. XXXVII, No. 2, (April, May, June 2009): page 18.

[3] the correct name of this creek is - Jimmies Creek

[4] Drury Boatwright, The Chesterfield Advertiser, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, 10 July 1974, Military Records Tells Story of Two Pioneers.