James Boatright was born about 1745 probably in Cumberland county, Virginia. He is believed to have died there in 1815. He married twice to sisters Mary and Elizabeth Kidd and had 19 children. This material covers his descendants as well as his possible ancestry. Non-related Boatrights may also be included in this material.

John, William and Thomas Proctor, brothers, immigrated from England to Surry County, Virginia between 1609 and 1623, and later moved (one to New England, one to Illinois, one to North Carolina). Jonas William Proctor (b.ca.1770), an orphan, ran away from a master to whom he was indentured, and came to Burke County, Georgia about 1785. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,...

Contains church history, biographical sketches of early church members, listings of early members, tombstone inscriptions, and histories of other related Baptist churches in the area.

Thomas English who was living in England in 1659, had a grandson Joshua whose family came to South Carolina in 1753. Their descendants have spread throughout the southern states and in other areas of the United States.

James Jarvis was born in 1740. He married Elizabeth in about 1759. They had four children and lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Traces their descendants to the author, John Morris Robinson, Jr. (b. 1922). Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana and elsewhere.

James Chappell was born 19 April 1853 in Cannon County, Tennessee. His father was John Chappell. He married Mary Amanda Bowen (b. 1859), daughter of John Bowen, 5 February 1874 in Madison County, Arkansas. They had fifteen children. They moved to Parker County, Texas in 1881 and then to Canadian County, Oklahoma in 1894. John died in 1913 in Union City, Oklahoma. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,...

John Boatright, son of Reubin Boatright (1794-1878), was born in 1838 in Emanuel County, Georgia. He married Adaline Melvina Pierce (1840-1877), daughter of George Pierce, in 1859. They had ten children. He married Nancy Deal, daughter of William A. Deal and Harriet Proctor, in 1877. They had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Georgia.

Richard Williams was born in Scotland in 1747. He immigrated to America and served in the American Revolution as a private in the Orange County, North Carolina, militia. He married Elizabeth Edwards, widow of David Edwards. They had at least three sons. The family migrated to Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1818. He died in Lawrence County in 1827. Descendants listed lived in Indiana and elsewhere. Charles Harryman of Jefferson County, Kentucky, wrote...

A record of some of the descendants of Thomas Stanley. He was born abt 1662 in Cheshire, England. He immigrated to Virginia Colony in the late 1600's. He married Mary Holme abt 1685 in Henrico, Virginia. She was born 1666 in St. Peters Parish, Virginia. They were the parents of six children. Descendants lived in Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere.