Re: Wily Boleware on 1850 Covington Co. MS census
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Re: Wily Boleware on 1850 Covington Co. MS census
loretta hamler 11/19/09
If you check the tax rolls for Covington County, you will find that Meredith was listed as Britian Drake or Brittion Drake for the tax years of 1819-1923.In 1924, he was listed as Britton Boler and from 1825-1835 he was listed as Meredith Boleware.
He married Rebecca Graves as Brittian Drake on 4 Oct 1814.
According to Robert Magee, a well known resident of Simpson County, Meredith had originally belonged to the British Army as Meredith Boldware, which he deserted and then he joined the American Army, and served under John Nick’s Co., 3rd Inf. and in James McGowan’s Co., MS Mil, when he came to MS.He was discharged from that army in Marion County, where he stayed and later moved to Covington County.
Meredith’s pension record gives some information about Meredith, but some of the information came from Rhoda Burges, who was supposedly the second wife of Meredith.She was not a stable person.Her lawyers took her money and did not help her, but Wiley also testified that Meredith had deserted from another unit before coming to MS and according to the 22nd Article of War, he was disqualified for a pension, therefore making her ineligible for the pension.Wiley probably did not wish Rhoda to have the pension.
When the examiner gave his final report and turned down the pension, he stated:
“I do this with regret, because the woman is very old, has no means, is now depending upon the husband of a deceased daughter, who now has another wife, and owns nothing but an 80 acre piney woods farm, and a few head of cattle and hogs.She is ignorant, has no education, and at times is mentally off her balance.”
Rhoda was living in the household of B. F. Robertson in 1860.There was a Malinda Graves, age 20 also in the same household.
The entire record is very confusing, as is the entire families of Boleware, Wilson and Graves connection.
Pat