Darlington-Edgefield County ScArchives History.....Bozeman, Mordecai 1885 Revwar Transcription from the Book by Joseph Bozeman ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Brooks KathyCochran@juno.com May 9, 2007, 11:03 pm Chapter VIII, from "Sketches of the Bozeman Family," by Rev. Jos W. Bozeman, D.D., Meridian, Miss, Mercury Publishing Company 1885 Pages 128-131 *NOTE: Mordecai and his sons are listed online in the South Carolina Archives - Militia Roster. * Chapter VIII. Capt. Peter H. Bozeman, 1817-1867. Lived and died in Lauderdale county, Miss. near Toomsuba, came to that place in 1839, where he married Miss Charlotte C. Everett the same year, and resided till his death in 1867; when a youth, he lived in Clarke county, Ala, was born in South Carolina, Sept. 1817. He was a farmer and merchant, a magistrate eight years, a Democrat, a Baptist, in sentiment, though not a member of any church, was Captain of the Alinteha Guards. 13th Mississippi regiment C.S.A. and was very popular with his soldiers and fellow officers. Three of their children reached adult age. 1. Peter Edwin Bozeman who married Miss Mattie Kelly, Jan 9, 1875, has four children, Jessie Gertrude born 1876, Virgie Iola 1878; Effie Clifton 1880; Almeady Everett 1881. He lives now 1885 at Akron Ala. 2. Jesse James Bozeman, who married Miss Lois Calhoun, at Toomsuba, Miss., Oct 20, 1878, has one child, Everett Annie, born 1879. 3. Mary Almeady Bozeman, a bright beautiful young lady, who married George Lafayette Blanks, at Toomsuba, Jan. 4, 1885, a brother of Dr.. J. H. Blanks, of Meridian, Miss. Capt. Peter Bozeman's father was Meady Gee Bozeman, of Cheraws, S. C. near the great Pedee River. Here we have the name Meady again. We find it in various branches of the Bozeman family. It tells the relationship. "Meady" Where did this name come from? It is a thread by which we may yet be led farther into the past of our history. I hope the name will be retained in the family in all the coming generations. The distinguishing names of the Bozemans are: Meady, Etheldred, Luke, Nathan, James, Joseph, Winnie from Winnifred, Celia and Dicy. Capt. Peter Bozeman had brothers in Montgomery county, Ala. His uncles were named Peter, Henry and Jesse, his father, Meady Gee; his grandfather, Peter Bozeman. They lived near the northern border of South Carolina, not far from the home of my ancestors, in the southern part of North Carolina. The correct spelling of all the Meady Bozemans is with an "e," thus, Boze-man. Mordicai Bozeman - 1735- Darlington Co., South Carolina A native of North Carolina, born about 1735. His sons were: 1. Peter Bozeman, born about 1758; a soldier in the Revolution on the side of American Independence. Moved to Alabama. 2. John Bozeman, born about 1760; soldier in the Revolution with his brother. 3. Jame Bozeman, born about 1766, lived in Darlington county South Carolina, married Elizabeth Flowers. Children of James and Elizabeth Flowers Bozeman, a. Henry Bozeman, born about 1800, married Elizabeth Norwood; lived in Darlington district, SC; died in 1874. Children of Henry and Elizabeth Norwood Bozeman are: Henry Boseman, Jr. born in 1833, married Martha Flowers in 1852, lived in Darlington county, S.C. died in 1866; a carpenter by trade, had five cildren: Edwin Bozeman, born 1856, a farmer. Zach. Norwood Bozeman, born 1858, a farmer. Rowena Bozeman, born 1860; John Henry Bozeman, born 1862, farmer; James Brunson Bozeman, born 1864, student for the Baptist ministry in Furman University, S.C. in 1883, one of my correspondents. b. Jesse Bozeman, son of James and Elizabeth Flowers Bozeman, and grandson of Mordicai Bozeman, born in 1802, married a miss Beck, and lives at this date, 1884, in Darlington, S.C. The three children of Jesse Bozeman were: William Bozeman, born about 1825, killed in the Confederate War; Peter Bozeman, born about 1827, killed in the Confederate war; George Washington Bozeman, born about 1830, lives in South Carolina. The above is all I have learned about the Mordicai Bozemans of Darlington South Carolina. I should think from the names Peter and Jesse, that they are the same branch as Capt. Peter H. Bozeman of Lauderdale county, Miss., whose ancestors lived about Cheraws, S. C. whose grandfather was named Peter Bozeman and brother named Jesse Bozeman, and sons named Peter Edwin and Jesse James Bozeman. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/darlington/history/books/bozeman78gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/scfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb