Nancy Caroline BOATNER

1822 - 1920  (97 years)

• Name	Nancy Caroline BOATNER
  Born	6 Dec 1822	Cornersville, Union County Mississippi
  Gender	Female
  Died	1920	Cornersville, Union County Mississippi
  Buried	1920	Amaziah Cemetery, Union County Mississippi
  Person ID	I18548	Looking Backwards - All Our Relations
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	John Westley BOATNER,   b. 1793, Newberry, North Cacolina ,   d. 1864, Cornersville, Union County Mississippi  (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rachel EGNER,   b. 1789, Newberry, North Cacolina
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F11652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	Charles Granderson. BAKER,   b. 1816, Christian or Caldwell cty Kentucky ,   d. 1895, Cornersville, Union County Mississippi  (Age 79 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1833	Union County Mississippi
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Ann BAKER,   b. 1840, Union Co., MS ,   d. 1863, Union County MS  (Age 23 years)  [natural] + 2. Rachel Jane BAKER,   b. 1842, Cornersville, Union County Mississippi ,   d. 1930, Chichasha Oklahoma  (Age 88 years)  [natural] + 3. James J. BAKER,   b. 1843,   d. 1919, Union Co., MS  (Age 76 years)  [natural] + 4. John W. BAKER,   b. 1847,   d. 1921, Union Co., MS  (Age 74 years)  [natural] + 5. Mary Elizabeth BAKER,   b. 1849,   d. 1915, DeLeon, TX  (Age 66 years)  [natural] + 6. Doc Murdock BAKER,   b. 1851,   d. Abt 1930, Union Co., MS  (Age 79 years)  [natural] + 7. Martha L. BAKER,   b. 1852,   d. Abt 1927, Union Co., MS  (Age 75 years)  [natural] + 8. Nancy C. BAKER,   b. 1856, Union County MS ,   d. 1938, Titus Co., TX  (Age 82 years)  [natural] + 9. Samuel H. BAKER,   b. 1859, Mississippi ,   d. 1936, DeLeon, TX  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   10. Mahalia BAKER,   b. 1862,   d. 1950, Union Co., MS  (Age 88 years)  [natural] + 11. Rev. Elijah Alvie BAKER,   b. 1866,   d. 1947, Strong, AR  (Age 81 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F11585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Note: She is reported to be 86 when she died. Etta Baker Bradshaw Note: Relatives remember her sitting by the fire at the house of her daughter, Haley (Mahalia), smoking a clay pipe, and telling stories of the old days. Unpublished MS from Amaziah Baptist Church, MS Note: Dear Bill Olivia; I was sorry to have missed you--But am home now, and Hope you can come back. I've been feeling very poorly for the past few days, but little better this AM. Bill I am sending a little record (The beginning of Amaziah). Now this is a true record. Aunt Nancy and the 2 negro slaves told me this. At the time Aunt Nancy also the 2 slaves were very old. I was in my early teens. I am now 88 years wil be 89 in Dec so this goes far back toward the 200 mark and I know it's a true record of how Amaziah came to be. I must say bye. Auntie Bess Note My great grandfather and yours Boatner came from South Carolina back in slave time (he was a slave owner). They traveled in wagons as in those days that was their only way of transportation. There was no road for the travel so the slaves cut and prepared the way for the wagons. When they reached what is now Amaziah, he chose to settle there. He built the Church. The foundation is logs hewn and cutted by his slaves (40'long). The nearest settlers was Cornersville. He built cabins in the valley at the foot of the hill behind the church for his Cornersville neighbors to attend the meetings. His slaves doing cooking for them. He had a daughter who lived to be very old, Aunt Nancy (Boatner) Baker. I was in my early teens, but I enjoyed her telling us about all this, and they were very afraid of the Indians being in that part of the county at that time (the time of their settlement). I also knew 2 of my grandfather's slaves (Aunt Violet and Uncle Mercily). Grandfather gave 3 acres for the church & 3 for the semitary. His slaves were to have space in one part for burial place. My great grandfather also had a daughter. Her name was Rachel (Boatner) McCauley. She had 3 sons that I remember--Jeff, George & Billy. Billy married my mother (Eliza Laws). They had 3 children, Alice, Jimmy and Robert. He passed away--My mother then married a cousin of Billy's, George Albert Boatner. My father-you & I had the same Great grandfather. Aunt Rachel Boatner McCauley was your great grandmother. Maybe when you come again, I will be home. Love Bessie. Note Note: Bessie Boatner Pickens had a sister named Jewel and a brother named Harry. Note says written in the early 1970's

  
  

• Reference

  Your Name Here. "Nancy Caroline BOATNER". LookingBackwards ~ All Our Relations. https://www.lookingbackwards.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I18548&tree=lb1 (accessed April 25, 2024).