Nancy Ann Smith, Daughter of James Smith

from Amanda Lynn Smith Larsen's blog, http://petersmithwestmorelandva.blogspot.com/2011/10/nancy-ann-smit...

from the book Peter Smith: Some of his Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky Descendants. By Pearl O. Smith 1973, Washington D.C.

Nancy married Richard Boggess, also of Fairfax County. Robert Boggess is listed in connection with the purchase of land in the early Fairfax County records. Richard may have been a son of Robert. Richard Boggess and William Bailey Smith were on July 3, 1773, witnesses to the will of Stephen Martin in Orange County, North Carolina. Richard must have been a citizen of the community or he would not have been asked to serve in this capacity.

Richard Boggess went to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, about 1797.[1] He and Nancy settled near Pond Creek, in the vicinity of Greenville, where he died about 1805. They had a large family of children, whose names were:

• Richard, Jr.
• J. Warren
• Joel
• Peter
• Robert
• William
• Lemuel
• Eli
• Elinor
• Hannah

Record has been found of the first four marriages listed below.[2]

• Hannah to Thomas Bell, October 1803;
• Robert to Rosanna Rumaldy, February 6, 1809;
• Lemuel to Rachel Oates, October 11, 1821;
• Peter to Sally Kirtley, January 22, 1824;
• Elinor to John Price.

It is quite probable that some of the Boggess children married before they went to Kentucky; thus, their marriages are not on record in Muhlenberg County.

From Rothert we learn that Peter Boggess was appointed, at the second meeting of the county court on Tuesday, June 25, 1799, and took the oath of office as constable. Peter is referred to as a well-known pioneer.

William Boggess was among the members of the first petit jury of the court of quarter sessions that was impaneled on March 25, 1800.

Last Will of Nancy Boggess 1819 http://smithtree.info/home.php/last-will-of-nancy-smith-boggess-1819/

Nancy (Ann) Smith, daughter of James and Elizabeth Smith, was born about 1740 in Fairfax County, Virginia. She married Richard H. Boggess, also of Fairfax County, about 1767. Robert Boggess is listed in connection with the purchase of land in the early Fairfax County records. Richard may have been a son of Robert.

Nancy and Richard moved to Orange Co., North Carolina between 1760 and 1773. On July 3, 1773, Richard Boggess and William Bailey Smith were witnesses to the will of Stephen Martin in Orange County.

Richard Boggess went to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, about 1797.[1] He and Nancy resided near Pond Creek, (Greenville), where he died c. 1805.

Richard and Nancy had the following children:

• 1. Joel Boggess 1768 –
• 2. J. Warren Boggess 1769 –
• 3. Robert Boggess 1772/1780 – 1850 m. Rosanna Rumaldy, 2/6/1809
• 4. Lemuel Boggess, Sr. 1776 – 1833 m. Rachel Oates 10/11/1821
• 5. Richard H. Boggess, Jr. 1776 –
• 6. William Rusbook Boggess 1774 –
• 7. Elenor or Ellen Boggess 1770/1780 – m. John Price
• 8. Peter Boggess 1775/1780 – m. Sally Kirtley, 1/22/1824
• 9. Hannah Boggess 1787 – 1863 m. Thomas Bell 10/1803
• 10. Eli Boggess 1788 – 181

Nancy Ann Smith Boggess died in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in the home of her son, Lemuel Boggess, on April 20, 1818. Her will is recorded in the Muhlenberg County Abstracts of Wills and Administrations.

The will is as follows: “Nancy or Anne BOGGESS will being present on the 14th day of April 1819 at the house of Lemuel BOGGESS where his mother lay on her death bed, she said it was her desire that if any thing was got of her brother W. B. (William Bailey) SMITH estate that Thomas BELL wife should have an equal part with the rest of her children divided into 9 parts, she should have one. We asked her if she was in her senses, she said she was and repeated the same thing again. She died the 20th of April 1819”. Witness this day April 24, 1819, signed Peter A. BOGGESS and Margaret A. ALLISON. Proven May Co, Court 1819.

BOGGESS heirs agreement: “Nancy or Ann BOGGESS departed this life on 20th day of April and in the presence of two witnesses, Peggy ALLISON and her son Peter A. BOGGESS”. The estate of William Bailey SMITH, brother of Ann or Nancy BOGGESS, is to be divided among Thomas BELL’s wife, Hanna, who was a grand-daughter former BOGGESS, and her children who were Joel BOGGESS, Richard BOGGESS, William BOGGESS, Peter A. BOGGESS, Warren BOGGESS, Ellen PRICE, Lemuel BOGGESS, Robert BOGGESS. Proven May Co, Court 1819. Book II, pp. 119-120.

1. History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, by Otto Rothert, 1913, p. 48
2. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Marriages, by Mrs. Evelyn M. Cox and Mrs. Leila F. McCulley
3. Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Abstracts of Wills and Administrations, pp. 20. Will and Heirs Agreement.

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