Carolina Family Roots: Surname Saturday~Elizabeth Rebecca, Daughter, Thomas Davis Family

This is an ongoing series on the children of Thomas Davis and his wife Nancy Rivers. Thomas Davis and Nancy Rivers are my 4th great grandparents.They had 11 known children that lived to adulthood.

This is a summary of the articles on Thomas, Nancy, Samuel, William, Susannah and Isaac Jacob:

Thus far we have taken a look at 6 of the 11 children of Thomas and Nancy Rivers Davis. Those six are Samuel, William, Susannah, Isaac Jacob, Hulda and Jonathan Daniel Davis.

Today posting on is child number 7 – Elizabeth Rebecca Davis.

Elizabeth Rebecca Davis was born between 1798-1802 based on 1850,1860 and 1870 Census data in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. ¹ ² ³ Elizabeth last appeared in the 1870 census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁴ Elizabeth died after 1870 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

In 1927, Harry Alexander Davis, published a book, without sources, entitled “The Davis Family in Wales and America” whereby he identified this daughter of Thomas and Nancy Davis as Margaret Elizabeth Davis. This name has prevailed in family trees for years.

Two land deeds on files in the Chesterfield County Courthouse shows that the Wife of Lewis Boatwright gave her name as Elizabeth Rebecca and signed these two deeds as Elizabeth Rebecca Boatwright. These two deeds are recorded in Deed Book 1, pages 47-48 and in another deed on page 280. ^{5 6}

Elizabeth Rebecca Davis and Lewis Boatwright were married about 1818 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁷ Lewis Boatwright, son of Lewis Boatwright and Sarah Lundy, was born about 1798 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁸ Lewis and his family are enumerated in 1850 and 1860, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.⁹ ¹⁰ He died on 7 Mar 1863 at the age of 65 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.¹¹ Lewis is most likely buried in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. No gravesite or tombstone has been found for Lewis Boatwright; his death date is recorded in the equity records of Chesterfield District Court of Common Pleas, Equity Sale, 1823-1869.¹²
On 15 April 1854, Lewis Boatwright sold to his son to Samuel Boatwright 250 acres of Land in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
The deed states that he Lewis Boatwright "do grant bargain sell and release unto my Son Samuel". Transfer of 250 acres for the sum of $250.00. States that Elizabeth R. Boatwright the wife of the within named Lewis Boatwright did appears this 10 day January 1866. Elizabeth Rebecca [Davis] Boatwright relinquishes her rights of dower. ¹³[Chesterfield County, SC, Register of Deeds, Book #1, Page 47-48].

Lewis Boatwright and Elizabeth Rebecca Davis had the following children:

i. George R. Boatwright, born 19 Jan 1819, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Lauretta Hurst, abt 1852, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 9 Apr 1894, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
ii. Elizabeth Boatwright, born 2 May 1820, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Carroll Washington Davis, 17 Feb 1846, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 15 Dec 1853, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
iii. Louisa Ann Boatwright, born abt 1830, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Duncan Teal.
iv. Samuel Boatwright, born 5 Aug 1832, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Ann Hurst, abt 1851, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; died 19 Feb 1863, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
v. Mary B. Boatwright, born 1832, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; married Carroll Washington Davis, 10 Aug 1854, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; died 22 Feb 1863, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
vi. Sarah Boatwright was born in 1837 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹⁴ ¹⁵
vii. Calvin Boatwright was born in 1840 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹⁶ ¹⁷
viii. Lucinda Boatwright was born in 1843 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.¹⁸ ¹⁹ ²⁰
^{Note that Carroll Washington Davis married two daughters of Lewis and Elizabeth Rebecca Boatwright. This is not a mistake. Carroll first married Elizabeth Boatwright and they had three (3) children. Elizabeth Boatwright Davis died December 15, 1853. After her death, Carroll married her sister Mary B. Boatwright Carroll and Mary had four (4) additional children.}
^{Elizabeth Rebecca Davis Boatwright is my 3rd great Grand Aunt.}

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1. 1810 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 554; Line 22, Household of Thomas DAVIS, Household of Thomas DAVIS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2 January 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M252_60.
2. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 177B, Line 31, Dwelling 1214, Family 1214, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 November 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 145, Line 15, Dwelling 719, Family 717, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : May 21, 2012 viewed); citing National Archives Microfilm M653-1217.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 307A; Line 18, Dwelling 376, Family 376, E. R. BOATWRIGHT Household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 7 July 2012); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1491.
5. Land Deed - James T. Talton to Elizabeth Boatwright; 6 July 1868; Deed Book #1; Page(s) 280-281; Register of Deeds; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; viewed.
6. Land Deed - Lewis Boatwright to Samuel Boatwright; 15 April 1854; Deed Book # 1; page(s)47-48.
7. Jim Tipton, Find A Grave, digital image, http://www.findagrave.com; Headstone for George R. Boatwright; (19 January 1819–9 April 1894); Memorial # 43479004; Record of the Hurst Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; Accessed on 3 June 2012.
8. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 177B, Line 31, Dwelling 1214, Family 1214, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT.
9. Ibid.
10. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 145, Line 15, Dwelling 719, Family 717, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT.
11. James C. Pigg, Index and Genealogical Abstracts of the Chesterfield District Court of Common Pleas: Equity Side, 1823-1869 (Tega Cay, South Carolina: Self-published, 1995), page 130.
12. Ibid.
13. Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Deed Book #1: pages 47-48, Lewis Boatwright to Samuel Boatwright dated 15 April 1854; Register of Deeds, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
14. 1850 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 177B, Line 31, Dwelling 1214, Family 1214, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 145, Line 15, Dwelling 719, Family 717, Household of Lewis BOATWRIGHT.

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