William Boler (102742358)
Suggested edit: Wesley Boler was born in Edgefield District, SC and lived his early life in the midst of Boulware and Rutherford family members. His Mother, Rachel, died in South Carolina between 1805 and 1810. After his first wife's death William Bowler married Elizabeth Toombs, aunt of Robert Toombs who was the first Secretary of State of the Confederacy. By 1816 Wesley's father had migrated to the Mississippi Territory, living in the area that became Clarke Co, AL. Wesley is listed, along with his brother John and brother-in-law Green McKinney, on the 1820 Alabama Census for the Cherokee Indian Land. William Bowler died in 1821, leaving his widow Elizabeth to spend the remainder of her life in the Clarke Co, AL household of Wesley's older brother John Bouler.
In 1823 Wesley Boler married Eliza Walton in Clarke Co, AL. Some time prior to 1830 the couple, along with extended family members, moved to Hinds Co, MS. In 1834 Wesley Boler sold his Hinds County land and began purchasing land in Neshoba Co, MS. That land had just been opened for settlement by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Wesley, his cousins, and his wife's extended family were among the earliest settlers of Neshoba County, living primarily in the area that became Newton County after that county split from Neshoba in 1836. The families lived in the New Ireland community area, west of the present town of Union, MS.
In 1856 his son-in-law, Norfleet Staton, built a two story home for Wesley in the present town of Union, MS. That home would become Boler's Inn, a stagecoach inn on the route to Jackson, MS. Sherman quartered his men at Boler's Inn on his march through Mississippi, but didn't burn the building because of the name of the town, Union. Some time prior to 1870, Wesley moved back to the area west of Union, close to and possibly straddling the Neshoba/Newton county line.
By 1870 Wesley's wife, Eliza Walton, and Eliza's brother, James Walton, had died. Wesley married James' widow, his sister-in-law, Nancy Miller Walton. Wesley & Nancy Boler were enumerated on the 1880 Newton Co, MS Census. The last deed for them was found in Newton County, MS in January 1882. Wesley Boler died November 15, 1882 and is buried in Abney Cemetery, just west of Union, MS.
During the mid-20th century Abney Cemetery fell into a state of disrepair and, according to a Walton document at the Philadelphia Library, a number of graves collapsed and tombstones were destroyed. Someone replaced the tombstone of Wesley Boler & a number of his extended family members. The dates placed on several of the replacement tombstones, including those of Wesley Boler, are incorrect. These incorrect dates have also been incorporated in the Newton County Cemetery book.
Wesley Boler left a large number of descendants, many of whom still live in the Newton / Neshoba County area.
From: carolshouse.com/bolersinn
Contributor on 10 Mar 2023: Robert Abney (48473675)
Suggested edit: Wesley Boler was born in Edgefield District, SC and lived his early life in the midst of Boulware and Rutherford family members. His Mother, Rachel, died in South Carolina between 1805 and 1810. After his first wife's death William Bowler married Elizabeth Toombs, aunt of Robert Toombs who was the first Secretary of State of the Confederacy. By 1816 Wesley's father had migrated to the Mississippi Territory, living in the area that became Clarke Co, AL. Wesley is listed, along with his brother John and brother-in-law Green McKinney, on the 1820 Alabama Census for the Cherokee Indian Land. William Bowler died in 1821, leaving his widow Elizabeth to spend the remainder of her life in the Clarke Co, AL household of Wesley's older brother John Bouler.
In 1823 Wesley Boler married Eliza Walton in Clarke Co, AL. Some time prior to 1830 the couple, along with extended family members, moved to Hinds Co, MS. In 1834 Wesley Boler sold his Hinds County land and began purchasing land in Neshoba Co, MS. That land had just been opened for settlement by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Wesley, his cousins, and his wife's extended family were among the earliest settlers of Neshoba County, living primarily in the area that became Newton County after that county split from Neshoba in 1836. The families lived in the New Ireland community area, west of the present town of Union, MS.
In 1856 his son-in-law, Norfleet Staton, built a two story home for Wesley in the present town of Union, MS. That home would become Boler's Inn, a stagecoach inn on the route to Jackson, MS. Sherman quartered his men at Boler's Inn on his march through Mississippi, but didn't burn the building because of the name of the town, Union. Some time prior to 1870, Wesley moved back to the area west of Union, close to and possibly straddling the Neshoba/Newton county line.
By 1870 Wesley's wife, Eliza Walton, and Eliza's brother, James Walton, had died. Wesley married James' widow, his sister-in-law, Nancy Miller Walton. Wesley & Nancy Boler were enumerated on the 1880 Newton Co, MS Census. The last deed for them was found in Newton County, MS in January 1882. Wesley Boler died November 15, 1882 and is buried in Abney Cemetery, just west of Union, MS.
During the mid-20th century Abney Cemetery fell into a state of disrepair and, according to a Walton document at the Philadelphia Library, a number of graves collapsed and tombstones were destroyed. Someone replaced the tombstone of Wesley Boler & a number of his extended family members. The dates placed on several of the replacement tombstones, including those of Wesley Boler, are incorrect. These incorrect dates have also been incorporated in the Newton County Cemetery book.
Wesley Boler left a large number of descendants, many of whom still live in the Newton / Neshoba County area.
From: carolshouse.com/bolersinn
Contributor on 10 Mar 2023: Robert Abney (48473675)
William Boler (102742358)
Suggested edit: Wesley Boler was born in Edgefield District, SC and lived his early life in the midst of Boulware and Rutherford family members. His Mother, Rachel, died in South Carolina between 1805 and 1810. After his first wife's death William Bowler married Elizabeth Toombs, aunt of Robert Toombs who was the first Secretary of State of the Confederacy. By 1816 Wesley's father had migrated to the Mississippi Territory, living in the area that became Clarke Co, AL. Wesley is listed, along with his brother John and brother-in-law Green McKinney, on the 1820 Alabama Census for the Cherokee Indian Land. William Bowler died in 1821, leaving his widow Elizabeth to spend the remainder of her life in the Clarke Co, AL household of Wesley's older brother John Bouler.
In 1823 Wesley Boler married Eliza Walton in Clarke Co, AL. Some time prior to 1830 the couple, along with extended family members, moved to Hinds Co, MS. In 1834 Wesley Boler sold his Hinds County land and began purchasing land in Neshoba Co, MS. That land had just been opened for settlement by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Wesley, his cousins, and his wife's extended family were among the earliest settlers of Neshoba County, living primarily in the area that became Newton County after that county split from Neshoba in 1836. The families lived in the New Ireland community area, west of the present town of Union, MS.
In 1856 his son-in-law, Norfleet Staton, built a two story home for Wesley in the present town of Union, MS. That home would become Boler's Inn, a stagecoach inn on the route to Jackson, MS. Sherman quartered his men at Boler's Inn on his march through Mississippi, but didn't burn the building because of the name of the town, Union. Some time prior to 1870, Wesley moved back to the area west of Union, close to and possibly straddling the Neshoba/Newton county line.
By 1870 Wesley's wife, Eliza Walton, and Eliza's brother, James Walton, had died. Wesley married James' widow, his sister-in-law, Nancy Miller Walton. Wesley & Nancy Boler were enumerated on the 1880 Newton Co, MS Census. The last deed for them was found in Newton County, MS in January 1882. Wesley Boler died November 15, 1882 and is buried in Abney Cemetery, just west of Union, MS.
During the mid-20th century Abney Cemetery fell into a state of disrepair and, according to a Walton document at the Philadelphia Library, a number of graves collapsed and tombstones were destroyed. Someone replaced the tombstone of Wesley Boler & a number of his extended family members. The dates placed on several of the replacement tombstones, including those of Wesley Boler, are incorrect. These incorrect dates have also been incorporated in the Newton County Cemetery book.
Wesley Boler left a large number of descendants, many of whom still live in the Newton / Neshoba County area.
From: carolshouse.com/bolersinn
Contributor on 10 Mar 2023: Robert Abney (48473675)
Suggested edit: Wesley Boler was born in Edgefield District, SC and lived his early life in the midst of Boulware and Rutherford family members. His Mother, Rachel, died in South Carolina between 1805 and 1810. After his first wife's death William Bowler married Elizabeth Toombs, aunt of Robert Toombs who was the first Secretary of State of the Confederacy. By 1816 Wesley's father had migrated to the Mississippi Territory, living in the area that became Clarke Co, AL. Wesley is listed, along with his brother John and brother-in-law Green McKinney, on the 1820 Alabama Census for the Cherokee Indian Land. William Bowler died in 1821, leaving his widow Elizabeth to spend the remainder of her life in the Clarke Co, AL household of Wesley's older brother John Bouler.
In 1823 Wesley Boler married Eliza Walton in Clarke Co, AL. Some time prior to 1830 the couple, along with extended family members, moved to Hinds Co, MS. In 1834 Wesley Boler sold his Hinds County land and began purchasing land in Neshoba Co, MS. That land had just been opened for settlement by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Wesley, his cousins, and his wife's extended family were among the earliest settlers of Neshoba County, living primarily in the area that became Newton County after that county split from Neshoba in 1836. The families lived in the New Ireland community area, west of the present town of Union, MS.
In 1856 his son-in-law, Norfleet Staton, built a two story home for Wesley in the present town of Union, MS. That home would become Boler's Inn, a stagecoach inn on the route to Jackson, MS. Sherman quartered his men at Boler's Inn on his march through Mississippi, but didn't burn the building because of the name of the town, Union. Some time prior to 1870, Wesley moved back to the area west of Union, close to and possibly straddling the Neshoba/Newton county line.
By 1870 Wesley's wife, Eliza Walton, and Eliza's brother, James Walton, had died. Wesley married James' widow, his sister-in-law, Nancy Miller Walton. Wesley & Nancy Boler were enumerated on the 1880 Newton Co, MS Census. The last deed for them was found in Newton County, MS in January 1882. Wesley Boler died November 15, 1882 and is buried in Abney Cemetery, just west of Union, MS.
During the mid-20th century Abney Cemetery fell into a state of disrepair and, according to a Walton document at the Philadelphia Library, a number of graves collapsed and tombstones were destroyed. Someone replaced the tombstone of Wesley Boler & a number of his extended family members. The dates placed on several of the replacement tombstones, including those of Wesley Boler, are incorrect. These incorrect dates have also been incorporated in the Newton County Cemetery book.
Wesley Boler left a large number of descendants, many of whom still live in the Newton / Neshoba County area.
From: carolshouse.com/bolersinn
Contributor on 10 Mar 2023: Robert Abney (48473675)
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