Tombstone Tuesday~Samuel Boatwright

Samuel Boatwright

b. 5 Aug 1832

d. 19 Feb 1863 (aged 30)

bu. Boatwright Family Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Samuel Boatwright, b. 5 August 1832, was a son of Lewis Boatwright, Sr. and Elizabeth Rebecca Davis.

Samuel married Sarah Ann Hurst about 1851. This date is based on their first child arriving in Dec 1852.  Sarah Ann Hurst, b. 10 Mar 1826 was a daughter of Isaac Hurst and Henriette “Ritta” Rivers. Their family would grow by an additional 4 children for a total of five siblings before the untimely death of  their Father, Samuel on 19 February 1863.

Sarah Ann would raise the children as a “single parent” never remarrying after the loss of Samuel.

Samuel Boatwright is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.



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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2012); Memorial page for Samuel Boatwright; (5 August 1832–19 February 1863); Find a Grave memorial # 83583111, Citing Boatwright Family Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[2] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 1071. Tombstone of Samuel Boatwright; 5 August 1832–19 February 1863, Boatwright Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
[3] DEED: Land Deed - Lewis Boatwright to Samuel Boatwright dated 15 April 1854 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. Harry Alexander Davis in his book "The Davis of Wales and America", page 55 has her name recorded as Margaret Elizabeth Davis. Yet, in this land deed she states that her name is Elizabeth Rebecca Boatwright.[Chesterfield County, SC, Register of Deeds, Book #1, Page 47-48].