John Iverson Boswell

John I. Boswell, son of Joseph Colgate Boswell and Elizabeth Elliott, of Amelia Co VA was born in Gloucester Co VA. He was a Revolutionary soldier, having served as a private in the First Virginia Regiment. He was twice married. His second wife was Barbara Walker, whom he married 27 Oct 1798. He was the grandfather of Dr. Lewis Boswell, a native of Lunenburg Co, who after graduating in medicine, located in the county, then removed to Greenwood, MS and later invented an airplane. Dr. J. J. Almand, the husband of Bettie Weslie, was a prominent physician of Lunenburg Co and related to the Boswell family. The inscriptions on the monuments are asfollows: Mary Wife of John I. Boswell Born Feb. 28, 1766 Died July 14, 1797 John I. Boswell Born Apr. 5, 1761 Died Mar. 3, 1823 Barbara Walker Wife of John I. Boswell Born Jan. 22, 775 Died June 13, 1854 Bettie Weslie Wife of Dr. J. J. Almand Born Sept. 24, 1829 Died June 14, 1852 “Come up higher”

His will (Lunenburg Co VA Will Book 8 pg 273) dated 16 Apr 1821 pr 14 Apr 1823 mentions wife: Barbary Boswell; sons: Joseph Boswell, John Boswell, William Boswell, Willliam C. Boswell; daughters: Elizabeth Pettus, Anne Ragsdale, Susanna Marable, Lucy Boswell, Mary Boswell, Martha Boswell, Charity Almand. Executors: Barbary Boswell (wife), William Boswell (son);

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