Boaz Family Line

Parents::

Daniel Boaz

1743-1794

Elizabeth Jennings

1755-1852

Elizabeth Boaz

Also Known As: "Betty Boaz"

Birthdate: ca. 1755

Birthplace: Prince Edward Co., Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Baptist

Death: ca. 1852 in Buckingham County, Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Jennings and Rachel Patterson

See: Jennings Family Line

Children:

1. Daniel Boaz, Jr. 1774–1809

2. Meshack Boaz 1776–1859

3. James Boaz 1777–1828

4. Thomas I. Boaz 1783–1830

5. Agnes A. Boaz 1787–1877

6. Elizabeth " Libby" Boaz 1787–

7. Robert Jennings Boaz 1792–1832

About Daniel Boaz

The Life Summary of Daniel

When Daniel Boaz was born in 1743, in Goochland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Boaz Sr., was 29 and his mother, Elinor Archdeacon Cody, was 25. He married Elizabeth Jennings in 1772, in Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1794, in Buckingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 51.

Daniel Boaz, the fourth son and fourth child of Thomas Boaz, Sr., was bom cal743, in that part of Goochland County which became Albemarle County in 1744 and later became Buckingham County when it was formed in 1761. Tax records of Buckingham County showed that Thomas Boaz was there in 1764, 1773, and 1774 (See Genealogical Records of Buckingham County. Va.. pp. 4. 9-10 by Edvthe R. Whitley) Some of Thomas? children moved to other counties and some remained in Buckingham County, and among whom was Daniel.

In the book The Thomas Boaz Family in America, bv Bishop H. A, Boaz, p. 36 we find that "Daniel and Elizabeth Jennings Boaz had but one child, a son, Robert, who was bom February 8, 1792.? This statement is entirely false. As we have discovered in the tax records of Buckingham County, Va., Daniel and Elizabeth Boaz had at least seven children.

Daniel Boaz, son of Thomas Boaz, Sr., had married Elizabeth Jennings who was still living in 1850 at the age of ninety-five, Daniel appeared on the property tax rolls, district #1, of Buckingham County (See Genealogical Records of Buckingham County. Va.. bv Edythe R Whitley, p. 10) in 1773 and again in 1774 which showed that he had only one tithable, himself Further evidence of his residence in Buckingham County as early as 1782 and yearly until 1792, can be seen in the Buckingham Countv. Va. Personal Tax Records. 1782-1810. LDS mf #029290. which continue to show Daniel with one tithable, himself. But a change occured in 1794 when the tax records listed two tithables - for Daniel, one for himself and one for a Meshack Boaz.

This Meshack was the son of Daniel and not his brother. The brother Meshack, and son of Thomas Boaz, Sr., was living in Prince Edward County in 1794. Tax records in later years verify that Meshack, son of Daniel, remained in Buckingham County all of his life and died after the 1850 census was taken. The 1820 census record listed two Meshacks: Meshack, son of Thomas Boaz, Sr., as being over 45 yrs of age, and Meshack, son of Daniel, between 26-45 years of age. Both of them resided in Buckingham County after Meshack, son of Thomas Boaz, Sr., had sold his property in Prince Edward County. By contrast, the 1830 census showed only the younger one because the older one had died May 13,1828, at about the age of 85.

From these tax records we also learn that Daniel died cal794 as evidenced by his personal property being listed as the ?Daniel Boaz estate? in 1795 and 1796. In these same records we find the names of two other sons, one listed as a tithe of the Daniel Boaz estate and one in the household of Daniel?s widow, Elizabeth (Jennings) Boaz. They were James ( in 1796, and Thomas in 1801. A second Daniel left an estate in the same tax district #1 in 1809, and was undoubtedly, Daniel, Jr. No other members of the Boaz family were knownto reside in tax district #1 except Daniel and his descendants. Thus, at least four sons are known, Daniel Jr., Meshack, James and Thomas.

We shall see later that the part of Buckingham County where the property of Meshack, son of Daniel, was located became Appomattox County when it was formed in 1846. Meshack was living near Oakville in Buckingham County when he signed the petitions to form the new county. Hence, we shall find Meshack Boaz, son of Daniel, in the 1850 census of Appomattox County rather than in Buckingham County, Virginia. The entry for Meshack Boaz listed him as being 74 years old. His household also included his mother, Elizabeth (Jennings) Boaz, the widow of Daniel Boaz, at the age of 95, and a farm laborer aged 23. This is further evidence that Meshack Boaz, bom in Buckingham County was a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Jennings) Boaz.

From Meshack's appearance as a tithe, males of 17 years of age and above, in the tax list of 1794, we can approximate his birth year as 1776. The following year, 1795, Daniel?s property was listed as an ?estate? after Daniel Boaz, Sr. had died. The two tithes listed would be his sons although no names are given. One would be Meshack, because he was still in the household in 1795 and another male 17 years old. In 1796, the estate, which has not been settled yet, listed the two tithes by name, Meshack Boaz and James Boaz. This allows us to approximate the birth year of James as 1777. The third son, Thomas, listed as a tithe in 1801, was bom approximately 1783. The absence of Daniel Boaz, Jr. as a tithe cannot be explained but it is presumed that he was bom cal774. At that time Elizabeth would have been about nineteen years old.

Dr. T. D. Boaz, Jr., in his book states that a James Boaz, b. 1777, was a son of DanieL I would agree with Dr. T. D. Boaz, Jr. in that a James was the third son of Daniel

Attestation of the birth year of Meshack, son of Daniel, is found in the Genealogical Records of Buckingham County Va.. bv Edvthe R Whitley, pp. 57-58. In a f : deposition made by Meshack Boaz on Jan. 4, 1843, to the Buckingham County Court regarding the application for a pension made by his aunt, Elenor Conner. Elenor ?Nellie? Boaz, a daughter of Thomas Boaz, Sr. and sister of Daniel, had married Arthur Conner. Meshack stated in the deposition that he was 66 years of age, further evidence that he was bom in 1776.

On June 28, 1843, Elizabeth Boaz, the mother of Meshack, also made a deposition (See Genealogical Records of Buckingham County. Va:. bv Edvthe R Whitley, p. 57) to the court regarding the pension application of Elenor Conner, her sister-in-law. Elizabeth declared that she was ?aged 88 years? which would attest to the birth year of Elizabeth as 1755 agreeing with and the 1850 census which stated that she was 95 years of age.

By 1797, the estate of Daniel Boaz was settled and Elizabeth, the widow, was as the head of her household with only one tithe, namely James. Elizabeth continued aS head of her household without any of the sons present. In 1798 one tithe was listed in her household, which may have been a son-in-law and husband of her daughter, Elizabeth, nicknamed ?Liby?, because Liby is listed as a ?child?. By 1801, James has married and established his own household and later would move to Bourbon County, Ky. Thomas became a tithe in 1801 and remained with her in 1802 after which he disappeared from the personal property tax rolls. (See Buckingham County. Va. Personal Tax Records. 1782-

1810. LDSmf #029290)

After 1799, Daniel Boaz, Jr. disappeared from the personal property tax rolls but remained on the land tax rolls as owning 100 acres of land 20 miles southeast of the Buckingham County courthouse along the Appomattox River adjacent to Col. James Watt. The amount of taxes paid by Daniel Boaz, Sr. and Daniel Boaz, Jr., would indicate that the land so taxed was the same land owned by Daniel Sr. and subsequently inherited by Daniel Jr. He died as a young man in 1809 and his farm became an estate which Meshack used as his residence for one year and subsequently managed in the interest of the two brothers, James and Thomas Boaz, who were out of the county. (See Buckingham County Va.Personal Tax Records. 1782-1810. LDS mf #029290)

Daniel Boaz had appeared on a petition dated Nov. 7, 1791, presented to the General Assembly of Virginia that asked them to establish a tobacco inspection station and warehouse at the mouth of Bent Creek where it flows into the Fluvanna River. The next day, Daniel also signed a petition that asked the General Assembly to require the residents along the James River to remove the impediments they had placed there that prevented the fish from traveling upstream. (See Magazine of Virginia Genealogy. Vol. 32. No. 4. pp. 267.271)

The statement made by Bishop Boaz that Daniel had only one son Robert would have led us to the conclusion that Robert would have been the son of Daniel Jr., knowing that Daniel Sr. and Elizabeth Boaz had several children. However, Daniel, Jr. would have been only 18 years of age when Robert was bom in 1792. That would be highly unusual for that time, and also, Daniel Boaz, Jr. did not reach middle age, having died in 1809 at about the age of 35.

Robert Boaz, bom 1792, is now believed to be not the ?only son?, but the ?youngest? and fifth son of Daniel Boaz, Sr. and the younger brother of Meshack. From 1827 until his death in 1832, tax records show that Robert?s property was adjacent to that of Meshack and in 1827, Robert had almost as much personal property as Meshack. In summary, since Daniel, Sr. is known to have had at least five sons, the ?only son? relationship referred to by Bishop Boaz would have been between Robert Boaz and his son, William Daniel Boaz. (See Buckingham County. Va. Personal tax Records. 1810- 1826 and 1827-1841. LDS mf #029291 and #029292)

Of the five sons of Daniel Boaz, Sr., we know that by 1820, Daniel Jr. was deceased, Meshack was living in Buckingham Comity, Virginia, James was living in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Thomas was supposed to be living in Rockbridge county, Virginia., and Robert was married and Iiving in Buckingham County adjacent to his brother Meshack.

Daniel was deceased in Buckingham county 1794. See property tax records of

Buckingham county. He leaves widow, Elizabeth (Jennings?) Boaz and at least

four sons that are named in tax records: Daniel, Jr., Meshack, James and Thomas. Daniel Jr. is deceased by 1809 when his propety becomes an estate and would be the likely father of Robert as shown in the Bishop's book. Meshack is still living in Buckingham county as well as his mother, Elizabeth, in 1843. James is in Bourbon county, Tenn. by 1820, and Thomas has moved to Rockbridge county, Va. by 1820 ( 1).

From Robert V. Boaz http://searches2.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOAZ/1997-06/0867023795

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH8L-KFT/daniel-boaz-1743-1794

https://www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Boaz/6000000000579922082

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH8L-KFT

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Boaz-53

https://www.myheritage.com/names/daniel_boaz

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