ORANGE CO, NC BOON, Baltzar FAMILY File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lee Carbrey, Jr. wlc511@aol.com PRELIMINARY HISTORY Johann Baltzer and Mary Boon Family, Virginia and North Carolina by W. Lee Carbrey, Monroe, Louisiana 16 November 1997 On 27 Sep 1746 a Ship ANN GALLEY out of Rotterdam, Holland, by way of the Orkneys, Scotland sailed into the harbor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There she debarked, among others, Johannes BOHN, Johann Baltzar BOHN, and Philip BOHN.{1} Nothing further is known of them until they are located by Delores DeWitt, Independence, Missouri in the Northern Neck part of Virginia. There is no known recorded Land Grant for Johann Baltzer BOON, but there is a reference of a survey 20 Dec 1755 for Balsher BOON 223 A. on Holman's Creek, which was later forfeited. This reference read as follows: "5-88 Achilles DEATHERIDGE of Shannadooh Co. asne. of Berger MINOR asne. of Thomas MOORE asne. of Balsher BOON 223 A. on Holeman's Cr. in said Co. Surv. Dec 20 1753 for said BOON by Mr. Robert RUTHERFORD ff'd (See Bk. N) Adj. James HART, John DOBIKIN. 28 Aug 1780."{2} >From the above entries Johann Baltzer BOHN/BOON arrived in Philadelphia 27 Sep 1746, and migrated to the Northern Neck part of Virginia, settling on Holeman's Creek prior to 20 Dec 1753. I read the above entry as Balsher/Baltzer BOHN/BOON settling the land first and then Thomas MOORE then Berger MINOR then Achilles DEATHERIDGE were assigned the land in that order. As will be discussed later, Balsher/Baltzer BOON probably left the Northern Neck part of Virginia in 1757 for North Carolina forfeiting his land. No record has been found of Johannes BOHN or Philip BOHN having land in the Northern Neck part of Virginia. Delores DeWitt, Independence, Missouri also found a Jacob BOON in the Northern Neck part of Virginia with a wife named Catherine. Jacob BONE/BOON of Augusta Co. received a Land Grant of 326 A. in said Co. Surv. R. Rutherford on N. Side of N. R. (North River) and N. Side of Holeman's Cr. 16 Nov 1754.{3} On 1 July 1757 there was a [Lease] Between Jacob BOON and Catherine his wife of Frederick County [to] William CARRYL of County aforementioned ... consideration of Five Pounds ... One certain Tract on land lying and being in that part formerly called Augusta County on the West side of the North River and North side of Holeman's Creek as appears by his Lordships Deed the 16th November 1754 ... Containing Three Hundred and Twenty Six Acres ... The yearly Rent of One Pepper Corn at the Feast of St. Michael Arch Angel ... Wit: Cornelius Ruddle Jacob Boon Issac Ruddell Catherine (X) Boon William Phillips Recorded: 5 July 1757{4} On July 2 1757 there was a [Release] Between Jacob Boon and Catherine Boon his wife of Frederick County [to] William Carryl of County aforesaid ... consideration of Thirty five Pounds Five Shillings and Nine pence ... 326 Acres (same as above) ... Wit: same as above Jacob Boon Catherine (X) Boon Recorded: 5 July 1757{5} We know that a Johanes BOHNE and a Johan Jacob BOHNE arrived in Philadelphia 21 Sep 1742 aboard the Ship FRANCIS and ELIZABETH.{6} This Jacob BOHNE is most likely the Jacob BOON that received a grant of 326 A. in Augusta County, Virginia on the North River and Holeman's Creek that he and his wife Catherine sold to William CARRYL 5 July 1757 mentioned above. After this sale of land in 1757, Jacob BOON, Johann Baltzer BOON and Philip BOON must have migrated down to Orange County, North Carolina, where Baltzer BOON died in 1757 leaving a widow, Mary BOON and probably two and possibly three minor children, which will be discussed later. The first record of Baltzer/Baltser BOON in Orange County, North Carolina was in the Orange County Court of December, 1757 when Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP was granted Administration of "estate of Ball SEBOON", late of Orange County, Dec'd." Bond £100. Securities: Joseph BOGGS, Jacob BOON.{7} At that time the widow made this statement: "I, Mary BOON, widow (of the deceased), do Relinquish My Rights of Admin. to Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP as witness my hand, this 18th day of December, 1757." signed Mary BOON. This statement was later filed in the Court of February 1760. The widow purchased some items from the estate as did Jacob BOON and Philip BOON. The names of his children were not named, and nothing further is known about the widow. Guardian records were not kept at that time. In subsequent entries in the court minutes and in estate papers the name of the Decedent in addition to Ball SEBOON was entered variously. In the Orange County February Court 1760 Lodowick CLAPP filed an inventory of estate of Pastor BOON, Dec'd. Also filed was a statement by the widow: "I, Mary BOON, widow (of the deceased), do Relinquish My Rights of Admin. to Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP as witness my hand, this 18th day of December 1757. Signed Mary BOON."{8} In the Orange County February Court 1760 Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP filed a Just return of the sale of the Effects of Palser BOON, Dec'd.{9} In the Orange County May Court 1760 Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP filed and Accounting of the Effects of Palser BOON, Dec'd.{10} The various spelling of Baltzer's name has made matters more difficult. As Mr. Philip N. Peacock, a professional genealogist from Salisbury, North Carolina wrote "when one remembers that in those days few, if any, of the German immigrants spoke English and few, if any, of the English Court Officials were but moderately lettered and would spell the names of those appearing before the court phonetically, then it is easy to translate each of the above spellings into Baltzar/Baltsar BOON." Dr. George JONES, author of the book, GERMAN-AMERICAN NAMES, wrote in his book "The researcher should remember that, because of the High German sound shift, b, d, and g are sometimes interchangeable with p, t, and k".{11} This could be the case that the clerk wrote what looks like a P instead of a B. I wrote to Dr. George JONES giving him the various spellings and asked him if the spelling should have been Baltzar. He replied "You are absolutely correct that the original name was Baltzer BOON. Both names were very common in Germany, whereas no name such as SEBOON existed. Baltzer was a pet-name for Balthasar, one of the three wise men at the nativity. He was a popular saint, for whom many people named their children. The name also appeared as Balse, which would explain the error in Ball SEBOON, instead of Balse BOON. As I mentioned in my book, Baltzer and Paltzer were interchangeable; a man might write his name both ways in a single document. In Upper Germany the two were pronounced identically, so it did not matter which spelling one used." From the above explanations by Mr. Philip N. PEACOCK and Dr. George JONES, one can reach the conclusion that the person who died in 1757 in Orange County, North Carolina was Baltzar/Baltsar BOON, and that he was the same person for whom John BONE and Mathias MOYER filed the petition in 1785 in Guilford County, North Carolina. If one looks closely at the Minutes of the February Court 1760 in which Lodowick filed an inventory of the estate of Pastor BOON, every "t" in that entry was well crossed, except the one in Pastor. It appears that he got the "s" and the "t" reversed and the "t" is an "l". Also, what appears to be an "o" can easily be read as an "e" making his name Palser/Balser. My BOON family history is based in part on a handwritten manuscript in my possession by my great, great grandmother, Amelia Devina Moyer, granddaughter of Mathias MOYER and Mary BOON, was born 25 Sep 1823 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. On the first two pages she wrote "John Mathias MOYER, my grandfather on father's side, lived on the Big (Dutch) Buffalo Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, near St. John's (Lutheran) Church. He was buried there. He married Mary BOON, a relative of Daniel BOON, the Great Pioneer. John BOON, grandmother's brother on father's side, lived in Greensboro, (Guilford County), North Carolina."{12} Amelia was writing this manuscript after 1893 and prior to her death in 1899 in Carroll County, Mississippi. The last date in it was 15 Dec 1893, the date of my mother's birth. Through several years of research, I have found this manuscript extremely accurate. Amelia's birth is recorded in St. John's Lutheran Church Baptismal Records as Milly Devines MOYER, and Mary (BOON) MOYER was Sponsor. In trying to trace the BOON line of my family, knowledge of John BOON was vital in proving the parents of John and Mary BOON. This led me to John BOON b. 1755, an American Revolutionary War Solider. JOHN BOON, THE PATRIOT In his application for a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War,{13} John BOON stated that he was born in the State of Virginia on the 16th day of July, 1755 and that his parents moved to Rowan County, North Carolina when he was young. He did not state the exact place in Virginia that he was born, but from the above he was probably born in Frederick County, Virginia. He also did not state the exact place in Rowan County, North Carolina to where his parents moved, nor did he give the names of his parents. John BOON served four times in the Revolutionary War of which the first three times he lived in Rowan County, North Carolina, and the fourth time he lived in the Holston Settlement in Southwestern Virginia. John BOON volunteered for his first tour sometime in November, 1774 and served two or three months under Captain Caleb PHIFFER and Major John PHIFFER in the expedition to Ninety-Six, South Carolina, during which he was engaged in intercepting large supplies of ammunition from the Tories to the Indians. He enlisted for his second tour sometime in March, 1775 and served three months as private in Captain John BARRINGER's regiment. He enlisted for his third tour about 1 Aug 1776 and served four months as private in Captain Caleb PHIFFER's company, Colonel John PHIFFER's North Carolina regiment in an expedition against the Cherokee Indians, during which he assisted in burning Indian towns and supplies and was in a skirmish after crossing the French Broad River. He then moved to the Holston Settlement and belonged to the minutemen there. He was called out 1 Aug 1778 and served one month in Captain David WARD's company against the Indians. After the close of the Revolutionary War John BOON moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, where he resided the rest of his life. He was allowed pension for his service in the Revolutionary War on his application executed 18 Nov 1833. He died 27 Jan 1837 and was buried at Frieden Lutheran Church Cemetery just out of Gibsonville, Guilford County, North Carolina. John BOON married three times. His first wife was Anna STARNS/STARNES whom he married ca. 1778 either in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina or in the Holston Settlement in the Southwestern portion of Virginia. According to Mrs. Philip N. PEACOCK, dec'd., a genealogist from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, the record of this marriage has not been found. Anna STARNS/STARNES was born 14/17 May 1760 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 9 Jul 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina. The names of her parents are not known, but speculation is that her father was Leonard STARNES. She is also buried at Frieden Lutheran Church. John BOON's second wife was Elizabeth BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER and widow of George BETZ/PITTS. George BETZ's will was proven in Rowan County February Session 1817, and Elizabeth was mentioned in his will. Elizabeth BARRINGER was born 4 May 1783 in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina and died 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina and buried at Frieden Lutheran Church. John BOON and Elizabeth BARRINGER had a son, Caleb Augusta, born 14 Dec 1820.{14} John BOON's third wife was Anne MONTGOMERY of Guilford County, North Carolina. They were married 7/8 Jul 1822 in Guilford County, North Carolina by Eli SMITH, a Justice of the Peace. Anne (MONTGOMERY) BOON, John BOON's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed 4 Jun 1855. She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land under the Act of 3 Mar 1855 on account of her husband's service in the Revolutionary War. In looking at the service record of John BOON, it was noted that he served under John BARRINGER and John PHIFFER. John PHIFFER's wife was Catharine BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER. She was born 24 Nov 1750, and she and John PHIFFER were married 26 Nov 1772. John Paul BARRINGER lived in Mecklenburg (now Cabarrus) County, North Carolina near Dutch Buffalo Creek and was a neighbor of Mathias MOYER and Mary BOON. They were also members of St. John's Lutheran Church. Prior to the formation of St. John's Lutheran Church, Mathias MOYER's father, Adam MOYER, and John Paul BARRINGER attended Dutch Buffalo Creek Church, which was formed about 1745 and served Lutherans and Reformed until the friendly split about 1771. All of this indicates that John BOON b. 1755 probably was the brother of Mary BOON, wife of Mathias MOYER. Further, John Boon was a carpenter and joiner. In Rowan County, North Carolina, Nov 1774 Daniel JARRETT, joiner and carpenter, took as an apprentice, John BONE, Orphan. There were BONE families in Rowan County, but none have been found that died prior to 1774 leaving an orphan. Daniel JARRETT was married to Mary (Maria) Catherine MOYER, a younger sister of Mathias MOYER, and as stated above, Mathias MOYER's wife was Mary BOON. As mentioned above, the second wife of John BOON was Elizabeth BARRINGER, daughter of John Paul BARRINGER and widow of George BETZ/PITTS, who died in Rowan County in 1816. Anna STARNS/STARNES, the first wife of John BOON, died 9 Jul 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina. The question arises is that with John BOON living in Guilford County, North Carolina and with a number of children, what was he doing down in Cabarrus County unless he had a connection there. I submit that he was there visiting his sister, Mary BOON, and that while there married Elizabeth BARRINGER. In 1785 in Guilford County Courts Minutes 1781-1811 John BONE and Mathias MOYER in the right of his wife (Mary BOON) as heirs of Peter BOON, Dec'd., filed a Petition for their Filial Portions of the Estate of the said Dec'd., and the sons and sons-in-law of Ludwick CLAPP were summoned to appear at the next Court to answer this Complaint Petition. This was right after Anna Margaret CLAPP, the widow of Ludwick CLAPP, died. There is no record of their appearing at any later Court or how this Complaint was settled. Even the best copy that the North Carolina State Archives could produce is not clear, and it is questionable if the Deceased's name was Peter, as was discussed earlier. We know that a Baltzar/Baltsar BOON died in North Carolina in 1757 leaving a widow, Mary BOON, and probably two minor children, Mary and John. There may have been a third child, but that is not now known. At the time of Baltzar/Baltser BOON's death in 1757 Lodowick (Ludwick) CLAPP was living in the western part of Orange County near the county line separating Orange and Rowan Counties. Baltzar/Baltsar BOON most probably lived in the eastern part of Rowan County from which Guilford County was formed in 1770, although no grant has been found. Ludwick CLAPP died prior to 19 Jun 1777, and his wife, Anna Margaret, died 17 Jan 1785. It was at the time of her death that John BONE and Mathias MOYER filed the above mentioned Petition in Guilford Court. >From the above information one can conclude that John BOON b. 1755 was the brother of my great, great, great, great grandmother, Mary BOON, wife of Mathias MOYER, and that John BOON and Mary BOON were the children of Johann Baltzar/Baltser BOON, who died in 1757 in Orange County, North Carolina. There was a Johann Baltzar BOHN, along with a Johannes BOHN and a Phillip BOHN, who arrived in Philadelphia 27 Sep 1746 aboard the Ship Ann Galley from Rotterdam, Holland, by way of the Orkneys, Scotland. I would like any additional information on this Johann Baltzar BOHN. W. Lee Carbrey 2734 Point Drive Monroe, LA 71201-2436 Phone (318) 322-9827 E-Mail (c/o Lee Carbrey, Jr.) - WLC511@aol.com Endnotes: {1} "Pennsylvania German Pioneers, A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia" by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Edited by William John Hinke, Volume I Pgs. 359 & 361, Published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Ouachita Parish Public Library, hereafter referred to as OPPL, Monroe, Louisiana, {2} "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume III, 1775-1800" by Gertrude E. Gray, Pg. 50. {3} "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, Volume II, 1742-1775, Pg. 31, Compiled by Gertrude E. Gray. {4} "Frederick County, Virginia Deed Books 5,6,7,8, 1757-1763," by Amelia C. Gilreath, Book 5 - pg. 36 {5} Ibid., Bk 5, pg. 40 {6} "Pennsylvania German Pioneers" by Strassburger - Hinke, Volume I, Pg. 329, OPPL, Monroe, Louisiana. {7} Orange County Court Minutes, 1752-1762, Part I, C.R. 073.301.1, Folio 65, facing page 130, Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. {8} Orange County Estates, 1758, C.R. 073.514.1, Pg. 53, Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. {9} Ibid. Pgs. 50, 51 & 53. {10} Ibid, Page 54 {11} "German-American Names" by Dr. George F. Jones, Pg. 13, Published by Geanogical Publishing Co., Inc., OPPL, Monroe, Louisiana. {12} Amelia Devina Moyer's Manuscript in possession of W. Lee Carbrey, Monroe, Louisiana. Copies are in the libraries at Salisbury, Concord and Albermarle, North Carolina. {13} National Archives, Washington, D. C. {14} "Early Records, St. John's Lutheran Church, Cabarrus County, North Carolina", Pg. 56, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, North Carolina Synod, Salisbury, North Carolina. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.