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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

84. SARAH E.⁷ BOYDSTUN (BENJAMIN G.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 03 Mar 1796 in North Carolina or Kentucky, and died Bef. 1835 in Woodford Co, IL. She married JOHN W. DAWDY 03 Jun 1830 in Glasgow, Barren Co, KY, son of JAMES DAWDY and MARGARET MORSE. He was born 22 Jul 1798 in Sullivan or Bedford Co, TN, and died 05 Feb 1875 in Indian Point, Knox Co, IL.

Notes for JOHN W. DAWDY:
Information on this family was obtained from

Gerald & Sarah Casey
Barren County, KY marriage records
History of Abingdon, Illinois

Children of SARAH BOYDSTUN and JOHN DAWDY are:

205.	i.		MARY JANE⁸ DAWDY, b. 22 Nov 1831, Eureka, Woodford Co, IL; d. 25 Jan 1915, Indian Point, Knox Co, IL.
206.	ii.		ISABELLE ANN DAWDY, b. 23 May 1833, Eureka, Woodford Co, IL; d. 30 Sep 1908.

85. BARTLETT⁷ BOYDSTUN (BENJAMIN G.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 10 Jul 1797 in North Carolina or Barren Co, KY (10 Oct?), and died Aft. 1879 in Illinois (or Erath, Texas?). He married ISABELLE DAWDY 01 Apr 1820 in Glasgow, Barren Co, KY, daughter of JAMES DAWDY and MARGARET MORSE. She was born 17 Apr 1801 in Barren Co, KY, and died 07 Apr 1868 in Knox Co, IL.

Notes for BARTLETT BOYDSTUN:
In a letter written by James Dawdy from Hart County, KY on 24 May 1829 to a son, whereabouts unknown, Bartlett Boydstun is referred to as Bartlett Bilson "will move this fall to your country and is not able to move without I go with him so you may look for me this fall to see you and your country." He goes on to say that if his land sells, he will move then, if not, he will "come out with Bilson to see the country...flows with milk and honey."

In deeds of Barren Co, KY Book K, page 49, dated 8 Jan 1825, Bartlett Boydston buys 50 acres of land in Barren Co, from Daniel Spurlock.

Sept. 1829 deed book M, p. 22 Bartlett Boydston deeds to Jacob Gardner 50 acres of land. Bartlett signs alone, John Boydston witnesses.

US Census
1820 - Warren Co KY
1830 - Tazewell Co IL
1840 - Knox Co IL
1850 - Knox Co IL

In 1851, Bartlett Boydstun claimed 350 acres of land north of Fort Worth, Texas. However, he did not receive title until about 1859, because another person previously claimed it (information from Joseph L. McCormack).

In 1864, Bartlett Boydstun was in Tarrant County, TX, and on tax records. It appears he returned to Illinois after the Civil War, where his wife died. About 1872, Bartlett returned to Texas and appears in Erath County in 1880 with John and Jane Tucker.

David Smith shows that he died in Indian Point, Knox County, Illinois, but I find no evidence of that in Knox County records. He also lists him as J. P. Bartlett Boydstun, which I believe is Bartlett Boydstun, JP (Justice of the Peace).

Notes for ISABELLE DAWDY:
Isabelle's birth date at the cemetery appears to be 1802 or 1807, but is very hard to read.

Children of BARTLETT BOYDSTUN and ISABELLE DAWDY are:

207.	i.	MATILDA⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. 10 Jun 1821, Barren Co, KY; d. 03 Apr 1895, Altona, IL, funeral at St. Augustine, Woodford Co, IL.
208.	ii.	MARY BOYDSTUN, b. 27 Oct 1822, "Polly" b. Barren Co, KY; d. 18 Sep 1883, Knox Co, IL.
209.	iii.	JAMES D. BOYDSTUN, b. 04 Jan 1826, Barren Co, KY; d. 27 Jul 1880, 55y 6m 22d; d. Centerville, Linn Co, KS.
210.	iv.	WILLIAM A. BOYDSTUN, b. 20 Sep 1827, Barren Co, KY; d. 1904, Res Galesburg, IL 1883.
211.	v.	BENJAMIN C. BOYDSTUN, b. 27 Aug 1828, Barren Co, KY; d. Aft. 1882, Texas.
212.	vi.	JOHN J. D. BOYDSTUN, b. 04 Jun 1831, Woodford Co, IL; d. 02 Sep 1882, Texas, visiting a sick brother.
213.	vii.	HOWELL TERRENCE BOYDSTUN, b. 14 Jun 1834, Indian Point, Knox Co, IL; d. 21 Dec 1904, Roseberry, Valley Co, ID.
214.	viii.	MARGARET ANNA BOYDSTUN, b. 20 Sep 1836, (or 9 Sep) (Hancock Co?) or Knox Co, IL; d. 07 Apr 1922, Maricopa Co, AZ.
215.	ix.	ASA THOMAS BOYDSTUN, b. 31 Aug 1838, Knox Co, IL; d. 26 Mar 1883, d of cancer Knox Co, IL.
216.	x.	PHEBE JANE BOYDSTUN, b. 31 Aug 1840, Knox Co, IL; d. 07 Mar 1922, near Olustee, OK.
	xi.	MALINDA FRANCES BOYDSTUN, b. 09 Oct 1842, Knox Co, IL; d. Unknown.
	xii.	SARAH E. BOYDSTUN, b. 28 Oct 1845, Knox Co, IL; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM H. ERVIN, 12 Sep 1872, Knox Co, IL; b. Unknown, or Irvin; d. Unknown.

86. WILLIAM⁷ BOYDSTUN (BENJAMIN G.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 03 Oct 1801 in Barren Co, KY, and died 24 May 1882 in Dallas Co, TX. He married NANCY H. DICKERSON 1832 in Glasgow, Barren Co, KY. She was born 15 Jul 1803 in Barren Co, KY, and died 16 Apr 1878 in Dallas Co, TX.

Children of WILLIAM BOYDSTUN and NANCY DICKERSON are:

JOHN J.⁸ BOYDSTUN, b. 1833, Illinois; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOHN J. BOYDSTUN:
It may be this John Boydstun that is described as a bachelor in the Mansfield History book, p. 189. The William Boswell family moved to Texas in 1886 and rented the "John Boydstun farm at Mansfield, adjoining the Hamil farm. Mr. Boydstun was a bachelor and wished to retain part of the house. There were ten people who moved into this small three-room house. All the belongings and furniture were shipped. Not enough bedsteads, so Mrs. Boswell (Rebecca Morgan) unpacked bedding, etc. for make-shift pallets. There still were not enough mattresses so Mr. Boydstun, who had gunny sacks full of wheat in one of the rooms, put the trunks in this room and used sacked wheat for mattresses and all the boys and men slept in that room. In the other room, Mr. and Mrs. Boswell, Katie, Hattie, Maude, and Fletcher who were 16 and 14 years of age, slept. Mrs. Boswell found the water too hard to use for washing clothes, and soft water had to be hauled about six or seven miles away. She often wondered how any man could love a woman and bring her to Texas to live."

	ii.	MARY L. BOYDSTUN, b. 1835, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. JAMES DUNHAM, 1856, Eureka, Woodford Co, IL; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
	iii.	JULIA ANN BOYDSTUN, b. 1836, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE H. GRESHAM, 1856, Eureka, Woodford Co, IL; b. Bet. 1830 - 1840; d. Unknown.
217.	iv.	JOEL BENJAMIN DICKERSON BOYDSTUN, b. 1837, Woodford Co, IL; d. 06 May 1930, Howard Co, TX.
	v.	ROSEMAE BOYDSTUN, b. 1838, Illinois; d. Unknown.
	vi.	SUSANNA BOYDSTUN, b. 1840, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE W. GILDERSLEEVE, 1858, Woodford Co, IL; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
218.	vii.	NANCY H. M. BOYDSTUN, b. 12 Apr 1842, Eureka, IL; d. 25 Apr 1927, Abingdon, Knox Co, IL.
	viii.	ANNA C. F. BOYDSTUN, b. 1844, Illinois; d. Unknown; m. DAVID MAPLE, 24 Dec 1868, Knox Co, IL; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.

87. MARY B.⁷ BOYDSTUN (BENJAMIN G.⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 10 Oct 1805 in Barren Co, KY, and died 14 Feb 1867 in Dallas Co, TX. She married ISAAC WALKER LOWE 27 Mar 1826 in Glasgow, Barren Co, KY, son of WILLIAM LOWE and NANCY OWEN. He was born 21 Sep 1806 in Warren Co, KY, and died 12 Apr 1890 in Dallas Co, TX.

Notes for MARY B. BOYDSTUN:
The gravestone of Mary Boydstun Lowe is located in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas County, Texas. The land for the cemetery was given by her brother, Jacob Gardner Boydstun. The little cemetery is now isolated and has been vandalized many times. Mary's stone, a large, slab-type, has been broken and re-set in an unformed cement slab, lying flat. The two pieces were not set correctly, so the top and bottom read opposite each other. The stone says:
"Gone Home" (finger pointing skyward)
Mary
wife of
I.W. Lowe:
Born Oct. 10, 1805.
Died
Sep. 18, 1867.

Her foot stone, marked "M.L." is upright at one end of the cement slab.

Notes for ISAAC WALKER LOWE:
Ellis County, TX Grantor Index to Deeds
Edward Ground affidavit, Vol. 156, p. 547 9 Sep 1905
RE: Heirs of Isaac W. Lowe, Sr. and Mary Lowe, dec'd

States he knew intimately the family of Isaac W. Lowe, Sr. and Mary Lowe, his wife, both now deceased, this affiant being a son in law of said decedents. He states that Mary Lowe was married only once (to Isaac W. Lowe) and died intestate in 1867 in Dallas County, TX. Her estate was never administered. Mary Lowe left surviving her eight children: William C. Lowe, Andrew T. Lowe, B.H. Lowe, Isaac W. Lowe, Jr., America I. Hart, Hawpe H. Lowe (Hopson Hargrove Lowe), and Mary F. Ground, wife of the affiant, and Mrs. Sarah Goodwin, wife of G. W. Goodwin. States that Mary Lowe had another daughter, Nancy Hart, wife of John Hart, who together with her said husband and only child were killed by a cyclone at Cedar Hill, Texas, many years prior to the death and that Nancy Hart left no descendants. These were Mary Lowe's only 9 children. These were also the only children of Isaac W. Lowe.

Further states that Mrs. Sarah Goodwin died about the year 1860, leaving sole heirs her husband and two sons, Henry Eli and Albert W. Goodwin, her only children, no other descendants.

America I. Hart was a widow on April 10, 1873.

Community estate belonging to Isaac and Mary Lowe was in the name of Isaac Lowe, Sr. at the time of death of Mary Lowe. About 1870, Isaac Lowe Sr. and heirs entered a verbal agreement of the community property, leaving a portion of the land to himself and the other portion to the heirs of Mary Lowe. Isaac and heirs went into immediate possession of said lands, and that the partition was recognized by all interested parties and was never disputed.

Further states that Isaac Lowe remarried to Adeline Lowe, by whom he had no children. Adeline Lowe died 7 or 8 years ago, after which the estate of Isaac Lowe, Sr. was partitioned between his heirs as above stated.

"Early History of Cope Grove Community"
by I.T. Goodnight, Wellington, Texas

East of Mountain Creek were: (in the Valley Community) Robert Ground, Jacob Boydston, Isaac Lowe, Kirb Wilson, W.S. Rickets, Jim Holland, Isaac Holland and his brother Tom were just boys in those days, and Iddo Cope and his son J. B. Cope. Iddo's other sons were Tom and Rube Cope.

All the above men possessed all of the requirements necessary to overcome the hardships of settling a new country.

Isaac Lowe, Sr. had marks and a brand registered with Ellis County, Texas. The brand looks like OX. The ear marks are harder to describe.

Isaac Lowe and his wife were members of the Christian Church. Marian Cote adds that Isaac and Mary Lowe ran the "Lowe House" in Cedar Hill, Texas.

Sources for this family:

Notes of Roberta D. Richardson to 1935
US Census:
      1830 - Barren Co KY
      1840 - McLean Co, IL
      1850 - Ellis Co, TX
      1860 - Dallas Co, TX
      1870 - Dallas Co, TX - Pct 2, Dallas, P.O. p. 1
      1880 - Dallas Co, TX - 3rd Pct. ED 67, p.1
Biographical History of Texas
Barren County, KY Marriages
Dallas County, TX Marriages
Domonoske: The Boydstun Family
Weaver: The Boydstun Family
Private genealogical records of:
      Nelda Frederick
      Lottie Bristol
      Jane Goodwin
Affidavit of Ed Ground
Texas State Library Biographical Vertical files
      Genealogical Records of Theodore Lair
Pleasant Valley, Dallas County, TX, Cemetery Records
Mansfield Cemetery, Tarrant County, TX Cemetery Records
Van Alstyne Cemetery Records
Ellis County Deeds, Waxahachie, Texas Courthouse
History of Cedar Mountains
Ellis County, Texas Index to Grantors
Dallas County Tax Records
Texas Death Records 1903 - 1940 found at Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas
Feemster, Cope, Lefors, Redus Families by Roy F. Feemster


Children of MARY BOYDSTUN and ISAAC LOWE are:

219.	i.	WILLIAM CHARLES⁸ LOWE, b. 28 Mar 1827, "Billy" b. Warren Co, KY; d. 16 Jun 1896, Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX.
220.	ii.	ANDREW T. LOWE, b. 14 Aug 1829, Kentucky; d. 18 Apr 1910, Mansfield, Tarrant Co, TX.
221.	iii.	BENJAMIN HADEN LOWE, b. 28 Sep 1830, Barren Co, KY; d. Feb 1879, Texas.
222.	iv.	ISAAC WALKER LOWE, JR., b. 11 May 1832, Kentucky; d. 08 Apr 1907, Dallas Co, TX.
223.	v.	NANCY LOWE, b. 1835, Illinois; d. 29 Apr 1856, Cedar Hill, Dallas Co, TX; killed by cyclone.
224.	vi.	AMERICA L. LOWE, b. 29 Mar 1837, Illinois; d. 18 Nov 1893, Dallas Co, TX.
225.	vii.	HOPSON HARGROVE LOWE, b. 26 Feb 1839, McLean Co, IL; d. 12 Oct 1912.
226.	viii.	MARY FRANCES LOWE, b. 1841, "Fannie" b. Knox Co, IL; d. 13 Jan 1930, Waxahachie, Ellis Co, TX.
227.	ix.	SARAH MALINDA LOWE, b. 27 Jun 1844, Illinois; d. 20 May 1868, Texas.

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