Monday, January 19, 2015

Find Me!



She stood in a dusty yard looking down a rutted road. Her long dress fit tight to the waist and then blossomed out filled with petticoats. The hem of her gray garment was tattered from wear, her dark blonde hair beginning to gray. She looked to be a weathered 45, still beautiful, but weary. She turned to look my way. Tendrils of hair coming loose in the breeze, her brow furrowed with concerned.

"Find Me," she pleaded though her lips did not part and no sound came from them.

Then I awoke.




I had been trying to research the West family, and concentrating on Alsey West Boggan. So, I began a little creative researching and made an amazing discovery. Found hidden by transcription errors in the 1850 census of Butler County, Alabama, I found her.

NAME:Newitt Began
AGE:37
BIRTH YEAR:abt 1813
BIRTHPLACE:North Carolina
HOME IN 1850:Beat 4, Butler, Alabama
GENDER:Male
FAMILY NUMBER:677
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAMEAGE
Newitt Began37
Alriy Began34
Sarah Began16
John Began7



In my last post on this family, I stated that there was no indication that they had any children.


I stand corrected. In the 1850 census, two children appear in their home, 16 year old Sarah and 7 year old John. But this opens the door for a world of more questions.

Were Sarah and John Alsey's children? Did they live to have their own families? Where was the family in 1860? When did Alsey return to North Carolina? Why was she living with her nephew in 1870?

Newitt Boggan, her husband, is counted as living in Butler County in 1840 and 1850. In the 1855 census, he is counted in Macon County, Alabama.

NAME:Newel Bogan
COUNTY:Macon
CENSUS YEAR:1855

Still, another researcher has placed Newitt and his siblings as having been, for the most part, buried in PineApple, Wilcox County, Alabama.

Location of Butler County

Location of Macon County

Location of Wilcox County



Other members of the family that had settled in Butler County would later migrate to Mississippi, or Texas, or even to Tennessee.

NAME:Anderson Boggan
AGE IN 1870:52
BIRTH YEAR:abt 1818
BIRTHPLACE:North Carolina
HOME IN 1870:North East Beat, Jasper, Mississippi
RACE:White
GENDER:Male
POST OFFICE:Paulding
VALUE OF REAL ESTATE:View image
HOUSEHOLD M

EMBERS:
NAMEAGE
Anderson Boggan52
Ally C Boggan49
Margaret J Boggan18
Robert N Boggan11
Suffrand F Boggan13
Curtis A Boggan11
Emma C Boggan3




So I've been able to find one more clue as to what happened to alsie, but it led to a number of other doors. 

The search for Alsie west boggan , as well as sarah and John, is not over. the common names of the two children do not help any. there are so many possibilities out there of who they could be in the following years. through a process of elimination, maybe they can be pinpointed. 

stay tuned.






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