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From: PJ Wigington <>
Subject: Re: [BOZEMAN] Another genealogy adventure...
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 14:45:01 -0500
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Thanks for the article. I have a question about Sarah Mann. In the article she
is written as being the wife of Luke Bozeman, then listed, if I read correctly,
as the first wife of David J. Bozeman. The question is, is either of these
correct?

I have the first wife of David J. Bozeman shown as Sally Bozeman, the daughter
of Meady and Chloe Nelson Bozeman.

Paula

Steve Frizzell wrote:

> The Bozeman Family, published in the Enterprise-Recorder on Mar. 3, 1939
> (Madison County, Florida)
> By Carlton Smith
>
> Long before the Revolutionary war, there lived in the colony of Maryland,
> the Bozeman family.
>
> Founder Was Luke
> The founder of the name in Georgia was Luke Bozeman, who was born it is
> supposed, in Maryland, where the name was formerly spelled Boseman, a form
> still retained by some members of the family. Migrating southward, Luke
> Bozeman settled in Twiggs county, Georgia, as a pioneer. Georgia at that
> time a frontier state, Indians being far more numerous than whites.
> Purchasing a tract of wild land, he reclaimed a homestead from the forests
> and there spend the remainder of his years. He married Sarah Mann, who was
> also a native of Maryland, and to them eight children were born as follows:
> Elizabeth, Dorothy, David, James, Luke, William and Eldred.
>
> Early Activities
> David Bozeman, son of Luke, was born and reared in Twiggs county, Georgia,
> his birth occurring February 16, 1794. About 1828, in company with his
> brother-in-law Solomon Matthews and families, he removed to Florida. They
> made the trip with ox teams, taking along their household goods and stock,
> cooking and camping by the wayside. Each night some of the men would stand
> guard against the raids of Indians. They located in Jefferson county, being
> among the early settlers there. Soon after their arrival they built a
> stockade or fort of logs, to which the women and children could flee when
> the dusky savages started a raid. Taking part in the Florida Seminole
> Indian War of 1836, David Bozeman served as first Lieutenant.
>
> Pioneer Life
> Soon after locating in Jefferson county, David Bozeman purchased from the
> government one hundred and sixty acres of land, and on it built of round
> logs the house which the family occupied for a number of years. For many
> years after his arrival in Florida there were no railroads, the nearest
> markets and trading points were Tallahassee and Port Leon, thirty miles away
> and all the surplus products were hauled there by ox teams. He in common
> with all of the pioneers, labored hard in addition to tilling the land,
> tanning the skins and making the shoes for the family for several years
> using coon skins, while his wife did the cooking by the fireplace, and in
> addition to her other duties used to card, spin and weave the material from
> which she fashioned the garments worn by the family.
>
> Survivors
> On the farm which he cleared and improved, David Bozeman died February 16,
> 1848. He was twice married, first to Sarah Mann, who lost her life by
> accident, having been burned to death. Second he married Catharine Barr,
> who was born in Florida, where her parents were among the first English
> speaking settlers. By his first marriage David Bozeman reared six children
> as follows: Elisha Ward, Caroline and Mary Ann (twins), Luke, Elizabeth and
> Celia. By his second marriage he became the father of John David and Sarah
> Ann.
> Elisha Ward Bozeman, son of the above David Bozeman married Sarah Lastinger.
> Enlisting in the Confederate Army in 1861, he died in 1864. Living in
> Madison county today is Mr. James Perry Bozeman, a son of the above Elisha
> Bozeman.

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