Elias Boatner (son of Ludwig Bottner) was born 1755, and died 1835 in ,Amite Co., MS. He married Jane Black on Abt. 1781.
Notes for Elias Boatner: Source: LUdwig Boatner and His Sons by Paula S. Felder "His birth date has only recenty been estabished, from a long-buried tombstone unearthed in Clinton, La., where his daughter, Mary Spencer, had evidently relocated her parents' graves. a fragment of the broken stone reads: "...Amite Co., Died 1835, Aged 80," the first evidence found to suggest that Elias' birth year was 1755"
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