Peter Bozeman Descendants

 in Alabama by 1827

Jimmy Ray Bozeman and his daughter Allison of South Carolina combined the efforts and records of many of us to complete the submission of Peter into the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Jimmy joined the Sons of the American Revolution. Thank you so much for paving a path for us.

Researching one's family tree is a long process and and only the ones close to your heart and in your life can be verified in the beginning.

Browsing through the many other family trees on the internet we can find thousands of new cousins, and thankfully there are many church records, military and census records, cemetery records, state archives, etc. available to verify those.

 The Alabama journey must have began in 1826 when Peter had his lands surveyed.  He had sold some in 1822 and gave some to his orphaned grandchildren in 1824 when his own son Meady died. In that Deed Gift he also gave land to a granddaughter, Julian Joiner. That record was found by Jimmy Ray when he drove to the SC Archives. He personally came up with a lot of information to share.

Even though the book published in 1885 "Sketches of Bozeman" mentions Peter, John and James as sons of Mordecai, there is always a possibility of them having siblings. I find it shocking that the wife of Mordecai is not recorded.  Even the 1790 census shows four females in Peter's home. So they would have married and moved on or Peter would have built them a home on his land. His first son Meady was born in 1790 and this was a popular name in the Bozeman history, and used very often with his descendants.  The name is also found in the North Carolina archives of revolutionary soldiers as Meede and as Media so he must have been a very honorable man.

As children grow and marry and leave the household, the census records cannot give us an accurate number of children born to Peter and Sarah.  Born in N.C. they had settled in Darlington, S.C. alongside many other popular names of the war, who follow them to Alabama.

Peter married Sarah Brown in 1786

daughter Ellenor married Vincent Joiner and had a daughter, Julian, as noted in 1822 Vincent witnessed, and signed many legal documents before moving his family to Clarke County, AL.

daughter Lucy married Sterling Campbell, had four children, and eventually moved to Talladega, where she remained with her children, after Sterling died. None of their descendants have joined the DAR.

the third daughter of Peter is unknown but she may have married and followed them to Montgomery.

son Meady born 1790  married and had two sons Peter H. and Jesse, but they became orphans before 1822 and raised by Ellenor. None of Meady's nor Ellenor's descendants have joined the DAR.

Jesse M. born 1793 married Lucy A. and had Jesse A. and after Lucy died, he married Frances Freeman and had James Freeman Bozeman. James is buried beside Lacy Jane, while Jesse and one of his wives are buried directly in front of Lacy. Lacy had married T. R. Carter b. 1820. Jesse A. married Missouri Flinn, daughter of Bunberry Flinn as mentioned in the Alabama archives, Bunberry worked for Abner McGee.  Then Watson Flinn handled the estate of Jesse A.  for his sister.

One of Missouri's descendants has joined the DAR.

William Henry born 1802 married Martha Hill and had Peter Edward, John Thomas, Martha Matilda, and Meedy G "Mat". Henry signed many legal family documents before he died in 1847 and his brother Jesse handled the estate, before the widow had moved to Dublin to be near her father John Hill, another important figure in our family history. Several descendants have joined the DAR.

Peter E born 1807 marry Gilly Goodson, often seen written out as Gilead Azar Goodson. They had lived in Greenville for a while after his mother died,  before moving to Louisiana where he died of cholera and his widow wrote to Jesse asking him to handle their property in Alabama.  Two descendants have joined the DAR.

Many of Peter and Sarah's grandsons served in the Civil War, as noted in the military records and in the book "Sketches".

 
Lacy Jane Bozeman Carter has a lovely, ten foot tall monument in their Hope Hull family plot, and Clarence Bearden found this cemetery many years ago and wrote an article about it and his research of it because he is a descendant of Thomas Randolph Carter. Bearden's article is currently found on the webpage for the Alabama Cemetery Preservation.  Lacy and Thomas had many children, one named Lucy A. around 1845 and then she married William David Calloway.  Lucy's son John Butler Calloway born in 1874 worked for the post office and took very good care of the family cemetery until his death in 1958. After a bad house fire, Lucy and David Calloway rebuilt their home on this property.
 
The "Sketches" book makes several statements of one Bozeman marrying his first cousin, others married a second cousin, as was the custom of that era. Then in Montgomery a few married Andersons, or Sellers who had Anderson wives, then Campbell, and Calloway, so the custom continued.
 
After the death of Lacy Jane Carter, Thomas served in the Civil War, and remarried to a Virginian born Mary Josephine Hereferd, and they had only one child, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie".  Thomas employed friends he met during the war, Charner Cooper and son Levi Benjamin Cooper and it was Levi who spent time with Sallie, pushing her on the swing.  They married in 1884 and had Susie Mae Cooper in 1902  Sallie is found in the 1930 census living with Susie and spouse and also Susie's mother in law.
Thomas Carter was the son of John Wise Carter of Talladega. John was the son of a Revolutionary soldier, Captain John Carter who had married Elizabeth Wise, who were found in Edgefield SC 1790.  Thomas was born there in 1820 and named after his uncle Colonel Thomas, who had also bought land in Talladega in 1821 near John. So very many children and grandchildren born to these families of Carter and several settled in Montgomery near the Bozemans.  Thomas and Lacy purchased a piece of land from her uncle Henrys estate in 1848.
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History before ours began and pay  close attention to  the names.
Nottaway Tribe
 
  • Mordecai was probably born about 1735 in North Carolina according to the Sketches of Bozeeman book, and possibly had an uncle Mordecai White as we study this lineage. The NC archives of gthe American Revolution names many Bosman and Bozeman soldiers like Ralph, Shadrack, Jesse, Gabriel, Josiah, Media, Medeah, Samuel, Levin, Brittin, Etheldred and Meedy; plus the Anderson, Brack, Carter and Broadways who intermarried with the descendants and followed Peter to Hope Hull.
  • 1760 birth of John, brother of Peter listed in the book. John moved to Choctaw Territory, Mississippi and has a large list of descendants researching his journey.. The author admits he knows nothing more about the family of Mordecai.
  • 1779 Peter enlisted with John and then Ralph in 1760 on page 92, which I found in ancestry.com
  • 1782 South Carolina Roster shows Mordecai, Peter, John, Ralph, Philip, Paul on page 85 and a Booth
  • 1784 Peter receives 100 acres Cheraws District
  • 1786 Evan Pugh diaries of marriages in church
  • 1790 paystub for Mordecai found by Jimmy Ray Bozeman in the SC archives
  • page two for  Mordecai.
  • Peter in 1790 Heads of Families of Cheraws District
  • In 1796 Peter Bozeman acquired the estate of a Zebulan Chance. Reads like it is for a debt owed. It was for 200 acres.
  • 1800 census shows Peter has four males and four females.
     
    In 1809 a Jesse Bozeman buys 200 acres of land from Jonathan Wright. Now this could be Peter's brother or uncle Jesse.
     
    In 1812 Peter sells some land to Thomas Mason. The Masons are everywhere with the Bozemans so we can speculate some intermarried.
     
    In 1816 Peter buys land from Mary Rowell (maybe Powell).
  • 1817 Peter receives 75 acres in Darlington
     
    In 1818 Peter sells land to James Erwin.
     
    In 1820 Peter sells land to Williams Side (Lide).
  • Meady is last seen on the 1820 census near brother Jesse, the Masons and the Fountains in Darlington, next page to their dad, Peter.
  • 8-21-1822 Peter sells land to Jesse and Henry is witness as was Joiner
  • 1823 Peter's brother JOHN buys land in Mississippi
  • 15 February 1824 Deed Gift to grandchildren;  Meedy's orphaned sons Peter and Jesse plus Julian Joyner.
  • 6/9/1826 Peter has 231 acres surveyed.  Is this when his journey to Alabama began? So many Bozemans are listed in this page from the SC archives, it is simply overwhelming.
  • 1700 Samuel
  • April 22, 1829 Jesse announces the death of Peter and his heirs are signed as V. Joiner, Henry and Peter Bozeman, then Sarah makes her X mark.  This item found by Wayne Bozeman in the Montgomery Probate in 1994.
  • June 24, 1829 appraisal of Peter's estate signed by John Stacy, Benjamin Lewis and Nathaniel Williams.
  • 1829 Peter had three slaves on his estate whom he son Peter purchased. Edmund Lewis of SC attended along with Howell Mason, David  Campbell, John Stacie, Joseph McCool, and Owen Shackleford, all from SC.  Stacy's son married a Sarah Bozeman.
    1820 Talladega census with 
    John Wise Carter
  • 1820  census with Thomas Carter in Talladega
  • census outline by Barry Bozeman and Charles Ingram about Peter's journey
  • 1840 Cooper married Lee in Chambers County, then Cooper wed Sarah Carter
  • Tombstone of Lacy Jane Bozeman Carter in Hope Hull
  • 1839 Peter Henry,  Meady's son in the book "Sketches" and grandpa Peter
  • 1760 birth of John, brother of Peter listed in the book. John moved to Choctaw Territory, Mississippi and has a large list of descendants researching his journey.. The author admits he knows nothing more about the family of Mordecai.
  • 1827 land purchase by Jesse of Montgomery
  • 1830 census shows Benjamin Lewis and Alfred Sellers and Elisha Anderson along with our Bozemans.  Sellers married Anderson's daughter.while Jesse M. Bozeman's wife was Lucy A. and her son named Jesse A.
  • 1830 Henry lives by Edmund Lewis
  • 1831 Land purchase by John Hill of Montgomery and his family created Hills Chapel which also served as a school with a family cemtery plot in the back and a large public cemetery in the front.
  • 1838 Jesse lists heirs of Peter and Sarah:  Henry, Peter, Lucy, as well as Meedy's orphans but not the granddaughter Joiner.
  • 1831 land purchase by John Hill
  • 1834 land purchase by Elisha Anderson.
  • 1840 Jesse M., Henry, Lucy, by David Calloway, Nathaniel Williams,
  • 1830 - 1840 my own personal transcription of Montgomery census and we find brother Peter and Gilly have moved away from the family farm.
  • 1850-1860 state census
  • 1850 Nancy  Jane with parents Lavinia Sellers and Seaborne Montgomery Anderson; his father Elijah Anderson in 1840 near Edmund Lewis
  • 20 November 1847 Death of our William Henry Bozeman and his brother manages the estate stating that it should be SOLD
  • 26 Nov 1847 Orphans of Henry are named with a blur on Martha but she shows clearly on another copy as a minor.
  • 19 April 1848 widow's dower - Wayne Bozeman found several documents in this folder.
  • 11 Jan 1849 Meedy sells share to Jesse.
  • 1848 land parcels of Henry's estate sold to Thomas Carter and David Calloway.
  • 26 April 1849 Henry's son John Thomas sells his share to Jesse and Carter is the witness
  • .1850 John H. Hill with son John A. Hill in Montgomery census, along with son Robert age 12 who died in the civil war.
  • 1850 Martha Hill Bozeman with her children, has moved by her sisters.
  • 1850 young Joe Stephens, becomes father in law to John Thomas Bozeman .
  • 1850 Peter Henry, Meedys orphan, has started a family in Mississippi near his Uncle John.
  • 1 July 1854 Robert dies and both Jesse M and Jesse A work on this estate and his sister Mary, a minor. Jesse A. became guardian of his sister Ellen while Thomas Carter was guardian of Sarah.  When Sarah grew up she married a John Stacy.
  • 1860 by Wayne Bozeman
  • 1855 marriage of John Thomas and Nancy K. Hill witnessed by Meedy provided by Wayne.
  • 1855 Tombstones of Jesse M. and wife are damaged by tree growing up between them in Hope Hull.
  • 1861 marriage of Peter Edward to Nancy Jane Anderson with cousin John H. Stacy and David Campbell.
  • 1860 marriage of Peter's sister Martha to Norman Campbell
  • 1855 marriage of his brother Meedy to Rebecca Brewer
  • 1867 the estate of Jesse A. Bozeman by Watson Flinn and Judge David Campbell
  • 1870 Peter Edward and Nancy Jane have a John Thomas and Peter James
  • 1880 now with more children
  • 1880 ThoCarter has remarried, living by John T.,Nancy K and her mom, Charlottie Hill.
  • 1880 Meedy and Rebecca in Birmingham
  • 1855 Jesse A. married Missouri Flinn
  • 1860 Peter buys land in Butler County , maybe John Thomas and Nancy Kizar Hill Bozeman are his parents. Probably the lineage of cousin Alan Bozeman who did the DNA testing along with Jimmy Ray.
  • 1870 Mat / Meedy and Rebecca in Ramer census beside his sister Matilda Campbell..near Barfoot and Urquhart.
  • 8 April 1896 Nancy Jane's first attempt for Confederate Widows Pension.
  • 1900 Nancy Jane's son, John Thomas with his second wife Ellen, in Pine Level, with Ethel, Lorena, Rolley and Ellen has named her first child Nancy Jane.
  • 1900 Rebecca Scott with son Charles Eugene in Dublin by Hill
  • 1900 Lucy Carter Calloway with brother Wm Carter; the children of Lacy Jane.
  • 1900 Nancy K living with  children on Eugene St
  • Peter Edward and Margaret go to Tennessee in 1900 - Alan's line.
  • 1910 John and Sarah with Leon - Meedys line
  • 1930 Leon and Zalena and de leon
  • 1910 Rebecca Scott, widow of Wm Thomas in Shelby County with her son Charley. Wm was son of Nancy K. . Jimmys line from Henry's son John Thomas born 1828/
  • 1920 Luther Bozeman in Shelby County, great grandson of Henry, thru Meedy "Mat" and Rebecca  son of their John Thomas and Sarah Ann Edwards Bozeman. When John Thomas died, Governor Bibb Graves was a pall bearer and also John had a son named Jesse Graves Bozeman; several descendants are working this lineage now include cousin Wayne, Richard and Professor William and I sure appreciate the information and photos they have shared.
  • Emma Lorena Bozeman McClain photo 1941
  • Peter Edward and Margaret photo of Tennessee - Alan
  • 1910 Lorena Bozeman McClain 
    1910 Nancy Jane with her son
  • 1918 Lorena's father John Thomas Bozeman died and buried in Hills Chapel cemetery.
  • 1920 M C Stubbs married Dora Dillard Bozemans girl Dee and had Norma.
  • 1930 Lorena's great uncle Robert Henry by his children in Montgomery census. he was brother to PEB. Some of Robert's land was used to make the Memorial Cemetery and when his girls got married he would name a street after each one, so the cemetery is on Bozeman Drive at Simmons.
  • 1940 Lorena Bozeman McClain raising her grandchildren including Anne Carter. Anne married Cochran.
  • 1940 Lorena's sister, Ethel Mae Bozeman Gibson with daughter Peggy.  Peggy married her first cousin Glen Gibson according to my personal phone interview.  Elizabeth is researching Ethel.
  • 1940 Jesse Graves Bozeman near POGUE in Montgomery and cousin Norma Pogue has researched this one.
  • 1940 Lorena's half brother James Thedro Bozeman married Voncile Broadway by Register and Gibson.
  • 1940 Lorena's brother Rollie Stephen Bozeman married Alberta Money living on Mt Meigs Rd.
  • 1940 her Uncle Millard Milton married Nettie Barrow.
  • 1940 Walter Coy Bozeman married Ruby Slauson and had Richard, Carolyn, a John Thomas who named his daughter Carol on Hull St.
  • 1820 Talladega census with John Wise Carter
  • 1820  census with Thomas Carter in Talladega
  • census outline by Barry Bozeman, Diana,  and Charles Ingram about Peter's journey
  • 1840 Cooper married Lee in Chambers County, then Cooper wed Sarah Carter
  • Tombstone of Lacy Jane Bozeman Carter in Hope Hull
  • 1940 census with Sallie Carter Cooper family
  • The Coopers served with the Bozemans in Shelby County as Confederates.
  • ALB tombstone of Alice Lorena Stephens, first wife of John Thomas in Dublin
  • Alice Lorena Stephens Bozeman in the DAR files and daughter Lorena.
  • 12 December 1829 estate sale includes Sarah, Jesse, Henry, Peter, Boothe, Shackleford, McGee, Lewis - document sent to me by Wayne Bozeman.
  • 1840 Lacy Jane Bozeman Carter family photo.
  • 1851 Gilead asks for attorney , from Sharon, Yvonne.
  • 1861 uncle J. A. HILL , son of John Hill of Dublin, in alabama history with a Carter
  • John A. Hill signs affidavit in 1899 for Nancy Jane Anderson Bozeman, widow of Peter Edward b 1834, for a widows pension from the civil war. Peter's mother would have been John's sister, and Peter is buried on the Hill plantation behind Hill's Chapel beside Robert Hill and Lorena Stephens Bozeman.  typo shows that Peter died in 1895  his daughter in law's tombstone has only ALB My darling and her father Joe also served.
  • 1890 Lorena's death certificate proves mother as Lorena Stephens and family record lists Alice Stephens Bozeman in 1949
  • 1949 mother in law of Lorena was a Broadway
  • 1955 Lorena Bozeman McClain's son, JOE married his cousin, Georgia Broadway.
  • mcgee switch
  • 1830 Rachel Roe and Lewis Bozeman, the Philemon line that James Bozeman is researching in Covington County and he also discovered a Bozeman Cemetery there.
  • 1880 John and Matilda in Covington County, thanks to Rev. James Bozeman, who also found their cemetery.
  • Emily Alice McClain Carter, wife of Cecil (2 KB)
    Uncle Emmett Fenn Obit 1959 (21 KB)
    Grandpa Cecil's brother
  • Cherokee Stephens Family (170 KB)
    Montgomery Alabama, from NC
  • Charles Allen McClain wed Lorena Bozeman 1908 (17 KB)
    Ramer Alabama
  • Stephens, W E (72 KB)
    Ramer Alabama
  • McClains, Charles and son Walton (25 KB)
    Ramer Alabama
  • OOTCHA Annie Broadway (49 KB)
    Ramer Alabama
  • 1850 (683 KB)
    Joe Stephens age 4 served in the Civil War and had a daughter named Alice Lorena Stephens Bozeman - our Grandfather Joseph later bought land near Talladega in his elder years, while many of his Stephens relatives migrated into Florida and Panama.
  • 1968 best friend and I discover we are cousins as descendants of Lavinia Jane Sellers Anderson, mother of Nancy J. Bozeman.
  • 2004 Sis and I visit the First Little White House of the Confederacy and it's chilling to know that our grandfathers rode with, supported, and battled with the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis;  then we are off to visit the Archives.
  • Meeting Jimmy Ray behind Hills Chapel he discovers a tiny headstone where our elder cousin Dora says at least 50 family graves are in this very neglected cemetery which was once part of the John Hill plantation and it is so possible that Peter's mother Martha is one of them. Elizabeth invited her Gibson cousins to join us .
  • Cleaning the original home made stone of PEB which shows he actually died in 1895. Lying nearby was a second stone with a different date that someone before us had done. Beside his first stone was the one for Robert Hill who was killed in the civil war.
  • Cattle walk all about the Hope Hull graves. Those trees are falling all about the monuments and headstones ruining the beauty of our history. Lacy's husband's stone has fallen over. Her monument remains standing amidst her infant children as a tree lies behind them.
  • Tombstone of John Lewis Bozeman b 1819 married Matilda, found by James in Covington
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