Bio complied by B. Bradford ~ updated 8/1/2020
Revolutionary War Patriot, Politician and Plantation Owner ABSOLEM / ABSALOM BOSTICK was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliza Chesley born about 1738 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. In 1759, his moved with his parents from Albemarle Co., Virginia to Halifax Co., Virginia which later became Pittsylvania Co. This is where he met his wife Bethenia Perkins and they married on June 22, 1762, in Halifax, Co., Virginia. Bethenia Perkins was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Harden. She was born on 30 August 1739 (another report stated 1743) in Goochland Co., Virginia . Absalom and Bethenia started a family and remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA until abt. 1767 after which time they relocated to the Dan River Settlement in Rowan Co., NC. This area became Surry and now Stokes. Absalom acquired nearly 4,300 acres at the bend of the Dan River and established a plantation was called "Shoebuckle" located in Sauratown, present-day Pine Hall. He and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. He died in 1803 and Bethenia died in 1809 and both are buried in unmarked graves on their former land. at the Bostick Family Graveyard on Shoebuckle Plantation. In December 1804, widow Bethenia and son, Manoah, Executor of Father's Will, sold a portion of the Plantation which included burial grounds of Absalom to Peter Hairston with the condition that Absalom's burial place never be disturbed.
Revolutionary War:
Absalom was a Captain in the Surry Co., North Carolina Militia from 1778 to 1781 serving as a Cavalry commander. On August 15, 1780, his company joined the army under General Gates when they were in the Battle of Camden (SC) ; Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford's Regiment and as a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War. He furnished supplies for the Patriots and provided training drilling soldiers. During his service he was in the following battles: Colson's Mill on July 21, 1780' Little Lynches Creek, S.C. on August 11, 1780; Camden, SC on August 16, 1780; Guilford Courthouse NC on March 15th 1781.
Political / Public Service:
23 Jul 1788 member of the Constitutional Convention.
Bet. 1790-1795 member of the House of Commons General Assembly of Stokes Co., NC
Served as Justice of the Peace for Stokes Co., NC
"Absolom Bostick was a versatile man and a great advocate for independence, giving both his time and fortune to rid the South of the British. He was a member of the staff of Colonel Joseph Winston during the Revolutionary War, and was assigned the task of drilling soldiers, for he was skilled in military tactics. He was a well-educated man, and was a member of the Convention that met in Hillsboro in 1788. Also a member of the Fayetteville Convention, in 1789. He served as a magistrate, sheriff and coroner and was elected many times to the General Assembly at Raleigh, where he served in both houses. Colonel Bostick's home, Shoebuckle Plantation, is one of the largest and most historic plantations on the Dan River. The plantation was in Surry County and located near Pine Hall in the bend of the Dan River. At this noted estate, which is near Pine Hall, Colonel Bostick was wont to entertain in a lavish manner since, by blood or marriage, he was connected with all the important families along the Dan. The Bosticks owned thousands of acres of land and many slaves. They were wealthy and influential planters, and men of prominence. Colonel Bostick is buried on this plantation."
Source: Stokes County, North Carolina Heritage, 1981)
In the Record of the Moravians, Vol. 5, pg. 2370 Salem Board Minutes, 1792, The Diary of Bishop Spagenburg, is the following concerning Absolom Bostick: "Mr. Martin and Bostick are put up for house of commons; they are both able men and not opposed to the Brethren. It is our duty to vote for men who are capable and who will be good for the country." On page 2,269, dated August 22, 1789, Joseph Winston and Absolom Bostick were going to the convention from Surry County, North Carolina.
ABSALOM BOSTICK'S WILL:
Written on 20 June 1798 in Stokes County, NC. Signed: "Absalom Bostick"; Executor son Manoah Harden Bostick
Will Proved: 20 June 1803 in Stokes County, NC
Witnesses: Thomas Spraggins, Laurence Angell and Joseph Durrim.
Source: Stokes County, NC Will Book 2, pg. 37.
The following children were named in the will were to receive the following:
Son Absalom: to receive 250 acres he currently lives on; 52 acres adjoining said land bought of Mark Hardin; 150 acres adjoining on the West; 309 acres part bought of Charles McAnnally;
6 slaves: Lucy, Charlotte, Creecy, Isaac, Jane and Hannah.
Son Ferdinand: to receive 796 acres bought of Wm. Meredith at the head of Beaver Island Creek; 3 Slaves: James, Sib and Stephen.
Son Manoah: to receive 866 acres on the Dan River where his parents live which adjoins lands of Lawrence Angell, Thomas Case, the Bent, including land where son John lives (in the whole 1,050 acres); 7 slaves: David, Jincy, Bartie, Bibbe, Francis, York, and Williamson.
Daughter Bethenia: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves: Sarah, Dolph and Selah.
Daughter Susana: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Nancy, Solomon, Daniel (Flo's son).
Daughter Anne: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Beck, Rhoda, Mero (Hager's son).
Daughter Christina: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves Hagar, Murer and Dick when she is age 18 years old or marries.
Son John: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Son Absalom: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Wife: Lent to my wife 7 slaves (not named) and at her death divided among sons John, Absalom, Ferdinand; Daughters Bethenia Hampton, Susanna Blackburn, Ann Guinn and Christina Bostick.
CODICIL: Names the 7 slaves to be lent to wife for life: Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nancy, Hannah and Sam. [Stokes Co Will Book II, pg. 37]
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Known Children of Absolem Bostick and Bethenia Perkins:
1. JOHN BOSTICK: b. 18 Jun 1764 in Halifax (later Pittsylvania) Co., VA – d. 20 Sep 1850 in Triune, Williamson Co., TN. He married Mary Polly (Gervais) Jarvis (1766 - 1833) d/o Mr. Jarvis and Elizabeth, on December 20, 1787 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA. Both are buried at the Bostick Cemetery, Triune, Williamson Co., TN.
2. BETHENIA BOSTICK-HAMPTON/PERKINS: b. 18 Mar 1767 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1832 in Stokes Co., NC. Married (1st Samuel Hampton Sr. (1760-1802), s/o James Hampton and Martha Mary Smith, on 19 Aug 1785 in Surry Co., NC. Married 2nd to Charles Perkins Jr. (1778-1813) s/o Charles Perkins Sr. and Mary Tate, on 23 Jan 1804 in Stokes Co., NC.
3. ABSALOM BOSTICK JR.: b. 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1855 in Christian Co., KY. Married 1st Nancy Dalton (1777 - 1822), d/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, in 1794 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd DOLLY M. WHITE (1802 - 1865), d/o Zachariah White, on 15 Nov 1822 in Rockingham Co., NC.
4. DON FERDINAND BOSTICK SR.: b. 9 Mar 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. Aug 1824 in Stokes Co., NC.. Married Elizabeth Rand (1784 - 1830), d/o William Rand and Anna on 28 May 1799 .
5. SUSANNAH BOSTICK-BLACKBURN: b. 1774 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC - d. bef 16 Aug 1811 in Stokes Co., NC . She married William Blackburn Sr. (b. 1773).
6. ANNE BOSTICK-GUINN: b. abt. 1777 in Surry (now Stokes) Co.,NC - d. 1845 Yalobusha Co., MS. She married Thorton Preston Guinn Sr. (1779 - 1833).
7. MANOAH HARDEN BOSTICK: b. 20 Aug 1780 in Surry (now Stokes) Co., NC - d. 4 July 1840 in Fayette, Green Co., IL. Married 1st Dilcie Jane "Jincey" SCALES (1786 - 1819), d/o Nathaniel Scales and Mary France, on 14 Dec 1803 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd Frances Taliaferro Harvie (b. 1794 in GA), d/o Daniel Harvie and Sarah Taliaferro, on 23 Jun 1823 in Christian Coy, KY .
8. Unknown Daughter (1782? - d. 1784).
NOTE: Absalom & Bethenia also had another daughter who died in 1784 and thus not named in his Will written after her death. According to in the Journal of Episopal Minister Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816). "On Wednesday 18th [no month]...Being sent for, I went to Mr. Bostwick's on the Dan River." Then on the 22nd (1784) he says..."Preached at the funeral of Absalom Bostwick's daughter."
9. CHRISTANIA BOSTICK-DALTON: b abt 1785 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC. - d. 13 January 1863 in Snow Creek, Stokes Co., NC. Married David Nicholas Dalton Jr., (1781 - 1874) s/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, on 1 June 1803 in Stokes Co., NC.
Revolutionary War Patriot, Politician and Plantation Owner ABSOLEM / ABSALOM BOSTICK was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliza Chesley born about 1738 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. In 1759, his moved with his parents from Albemarle Co., Virginia to Halifax Co., Virginia which later became Pittsylvania Co. This is where he met his wife Bethenia Perkins and they married on June 22, 1762, in Halifax, Co., Virginia. Bethenia Perkins was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Harden. She was born on 30 August 1739 (another report stated 1743) in Goochland Co., Virginia . Absalom and Bethenia started a family and remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA until abt. 1767 after which time they relocated to the Dan River Settlement in Rowan Co., NC. This area became Surry and now Stokes. Absalom acquired nearly 4,300 acres at the bend of the Dan River and established a plantation was called "Shoebuckle" located in Sauratown, present-day Pine Hall. He and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. He died in 1803 and Bethenia died in 1809 and both are buried in unmarked graves on their former land. at the Bostick Family Graveyard on Shoebuckle Plantation. In December 1804, widow Bethenia and son, Manoah, Executor of Father's Will, sold a portion of the Plantation which included burial grounds of Absalom to Peter Hairston with the condition that Absalom's burial place never be disturbed.
Revolutionary War:
Absalom was a Captain in the Surry Co., North Carolina Militia from 1778 to 1781 serving as a Cavalry commander. On August 15, 1780, his company joined the army under General Gates when they were in the Battle of Camden (SC) ; Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford's Regiment and as a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War. He furnished supplies for the Patriots and provided training drilling soldiers. During his service he was in the following battles: Colson's Mill on July 21, 1780' Little Lynches Creek, S.C. on August 11, 1780; Camden, SC on August 16, 1780; Guilford Courthouse NC on March 15th 1781.
Political / Public Service:
23 Jul 1788 member of the Constitutional Convention.
Bet. 1790-1795 member of the House of Commons General Assembly of Stokes Co., NC
Served as Justice of the Peace for Stokes Co., NC
"Absolom Bostick was a versatile man and a great advocate for independence, giving both his time and fortune to rid the South of the British. He was a member of the staff of Colonel Joseph Winston during the Revolutionary War, and was assigned the task of drilling soldiers, for he was skilled in military tactics. He was a well-educated man, and was a member of the Convention that met in Hillsboro in 1788. Also a member of the Fayetteville Convention, in 1789. He served as a magistrate, sheriff and coroner and was elected many times to the General Assembly at Raleigh, where he served in both houses. Colonel Bostick's home, Shoebuckle Plantation, is one of the largest and most historic plantations on the Dan River. The plantation was in Surry County and located near Pine Hall in the bend of the Dan River. At this noted estate, which is near Pine Hall, Colonel Bostick was wont to entertain in a lavish manner since, by blood or marriage, he was connected with all the important families along the Dan. The Bosticks owned thousands of acres of land and many slaves. They were wealthy and influential planters, and men of prominence. Colonel Bostick is buried on this plantation."
Source: Stokes County, North Carolina Heritage, 1981)
In the Record of the Moravians, Vol. 5, pg. 2370 Salem Board Minutes, 1792, The Diary of Bishop Spagenburg, is the following concerning Absolom Bostick: "Mr. Martin and Bostick are put up for house of commons; they are both able men and not opposed to the Brethren. It is our duty to vote for men who are capable and who will be good for the country." On page 2,269, dated August 22, 1789, Joseph Winston and Absolom Bostick were going to the convention from Surry County, North Carolina.
ABSALOM BOSTICK'S WILL:
Written on 20 June 1798 in Stokes County, NC. Signed: "Absalom Bostick"; Executor son Manoah Harden Bostick
Will Proved: 20 June 1803 in Stokes County, NC
Witnesses: Thomas Spraggins, Laurence Angell and Joseph Durrim.
Source: Stokes County, NC Will Book 2, pg. 37.
The following children were named in the will were to receive the following:
Son Absalom: to receive 250 acres he currently lives on; 52 acres adjoining said land bought of Mark Hardin; 150 acres adjoining on the West; 309 acres part bought of Charles McAnnally;
6 slaves: Lucy, Charlotte, Creecy, Isaac, Jane and Hannah.
Son Ferdinand: to receive 796 acres bought of Wm. Meredith at the head of Beaver Island Creek; 3 Slaves: James, Sib and Stephen.
Son Manoah: to receive 866 acres on the Dan River where his parents live which adjoins lands of Lawrence Angell, Thomas Case, the Bent, including land where son John lives (in the whole 1,050 acres); 7 slaves: David, Jincy, Bartie, Bibbe, Francis, York, and Williamson.
Daughter Bethenia: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves: Sarah, Dolph and Selah.
Daughter Susana: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Nancy, Solomon, Daniel (Flo's son).
Daughter Anne: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Beck, Rhoda, Mero (Hager's son).
Daughter Christina: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves Hagar, Murer and Dick when she is age 18 years old or marries.
Son John: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Son Absalom: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Wife: Lent to my wife 7 slaves (not named) and at her death divided among sons John, Absalom, Ferdinand; Daughters Bethenia Hampton, Susanna Blackburn, Ann Guinn and Christina Bostick.
CODICIL: Names the 7 slaves to be lent to wife for life: Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nancy, Hannah and Sam. [Stokes Co Will Book II, pg. 37]
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Known Children of Absolem Bostick and Bethenia Perkins:
1. JOHN BOSTICK: b. 18 Jun 1764 in Halifax (later Pittsylvania) Co., VA – d. 20 Sep 1850 in Triune, Williamson Co., TN. He married Mary Polly (Gervais) Jarvis (1766 - 1833) d/o Mr. Jarvis and Elizabeth, on December 20, 1787 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA. Both are buried at the Bostick Cemetery, Triune, Williamson Co., TN.
2. BETHENIA BOSTICK-HAMPTON/PERKINS: b. 18 Mar 1767 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1832 in Stokes Co., NC. Married (1st Samuel Hampton Sr. (1760-1802), s/o James Hampton and Martha Mary Smith, on 19 Aug 1785 in Surry Co., NC. Married 2nd to Charles Perkins Jr. (1778-1813) s/o Charles Perkins Sr. and Mary Tate, on 23 Jan 1804 in Stokes Co., NC.
3. ABSALOM BOSTICK JR.: b. 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1855 in Christian Co., KY. Married 1st Nancy Dalton (1777 - 1822), d/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, in 1794 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd DOLLY M. WHITE (1802 - 1865), d/o Zachariah White, on 15 Nov 1822 in Rockingham Co., NC.
4. DON FERDINAND BOSTICK SR.: b. 9 Mar 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. Aug 1824 in Stokes Co., NC.. Married Elizabeth Rand (1784 - 1830), d/o William Rand and Anna on 28 May 1799 .
5. SUSANNAH BOSTICK-BLACKBURN: b. 1774 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC - d. bef 16 Aug 1811 in Stokes Co., NC . She married William Blackburn Sr. (b. 1773).
6. ANNE BOSTICK-GUINN: b. abt. 1777 in Surry (now Stokes) Co.,NC - d. 1845 Yalobusha Co., MS. She married Thorton Preston Guinn Sr. (1779 - 1833).
7. MANOAH HARDEN BOSTICK: b. 20 Aug 1780 in Surry (now Stokes) Co., NC - d. 4 July 1840 in Fayette, Green Co., IL. Married 1st Dilcie Jane "Jincey" SCALES (1786 - 1819), d/o Nathaniel Scales and Mary France, on 14 Dec 1803 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd Frances Taliaferro Harvie (b. 1794 in GA), d/o Daniel Harvie and Sarah Taliaferro, on 23 Jun 1823 in Christian Coy, KY .
8. Unknown Daughter (1782? - d. 1784).
NOTE: Absalom & Bethenia also had another daughter who died in 1784 and thus not named in his Will written after her death. According to in the Journal of Episopal Minister Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816). "On Wednesday 18th [no month]...Being sent for, I went to Mr. Bostwick's on the Dan River." Then on the 22nd (1784) he says..."Preached at the funeral of Absalom Bostwick's daughter."
9. CHRISTANIA BOSTICK-DALTON: b abt 1785 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC. - d. 13 January 1863 in Snow Creek, Stokes Co., NC. Married David Nicholas Dalton Jr., (1781 - 1874) s/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, on 1 June 1803 in Stokes Co., NC.
Bio complied by B. Bradford ~ updated 8/1/2020
Revolutionary War Patriot, Politician and Plantation Owner ABSOLEM / ABSALOM BOSTICK was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliza Chesley born about 1738 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. In 1759, his moved with his parents from Albemarle Co., Virginia to Halifax Co., Virginia which later became Pittsylvania Co. This is where he met his wife Bethenia Perkins and they married on June 22, 1762, in Halifax, Co., Virginia. Bethenia Perkins was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Harden. She was born on 30 August 1739 (another report stated 1743) in Goochland Co., Virginia . Absalom and Bethenia started a family and remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA until abt. 1767 after which time they relocated to the Dan River Settlement in Rowan Co., NC. This area became Surry and now Stokes. Absalom acquired nearly 4,300 acres at the bend of the Dan River and established a plantation was called "Shoebuckle" located in Sauratown, present-day Pine Hall. He and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. He died in 1803 and Bethenia died in 1809 and both are buried in unmarked graves on their former land. at the Bostick Family Graveyard on Shoebuckle Plantation. In December 1804, widow Bethenia and son, Manoah, Executor of Father's Will, sold a portion of the Plantation which included burial grounds of Absalom to Peter Hairston with the condition that Absalom's burial place never be disturbed.
Revolutionary War:
Absalom was a Captain in the Surry Co., North Carolina Militia from 1778 to 1781 serving as a Cavalry commander. On August 15, 1780, his company joined the army under General Gates when they were in the Battle of Camden (SC) ; Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford's Regiment and as a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War. He furnished supplies for the Patriots and provided training drilling soldiers. During his service he was in the following battles: Colson's Mill on July 21, 1780' Little Lynches Creek, S.C. on August 11, 1780; Camden, SC on August 16, 1780; Guilford Courthouse NC on March 15th 1781.
Political / Public Service:
23 Jul 1788 member of the Constitutional Convention.
Bet. 1790-1795 member of the House of Commons General Assembly of Stokes Co., NC
Served as Justice of the Peace for Stokes Co., NC
"Absolom Bostick was a versatile man and a great advocate for independence, giving both his time and fortune to rid the South of the British. He was a member of the staff of Colonel Joseph Winston during the Revolutionary War, and was assigned the task of drilling soldiers, for he was skilled in military tactics. He was a well-educated man, and was a member of the Convention that met in Hillsboro in 1788. Also a member of the Fayetteville Convention, in 1789. He served as a magistrate, sheriff and coroner and was elected many times to the General Assembly at Raleigh, where he served in both houses. Colonel Bostick's home, Shoebuckle Plantation, is one of the largest and most historic plantations on the Dan River. The plantation was in Surry County and located near Pine Hall in the bend of the Dan River. At this noted estate, which is near Pine Hall, Colonel Bostick was wont to entertain in a lavish manner since, by blood or marriage, he was connected with all the important families along the Dan. The Bosticks owned thousands of acres of land and many slaves. They were wealthy and influential planters, and men of prominence. Colonel Bostick is buried on this plantation."
Source: Stokes County, North Carolina Heritage, 1981)
In the Record of the Moravians, Vol. 5, pg. 2370 Salem Board Minutes, 1792, The Diary of Bishop Spagenburg, is the following concerning Absolom Bostick: "Mr. Martin and Bostick are put up for house of commons; they are both able men and not opposed to the Brethren. It is our duty to vote for men who are capable and who will be good for the country." On page 2,269, dated August 22, 1789, Joseph Winston and Absolom Bostick were going to the convention from Surry County, North Carolina.
ABSALOM BOSTICK'S WILL:
Written on 20 June 1798 in Stokes County, NC. Signed: "Absalom Bostick"; Executor son Manoah Harden Bostick
Will Proved: 20 June 1803 in Stokes County, NC
Witnesses: Thomas Spraggins, Laurence Angell and Joseph Durrim.
Source: Stokes County, NC Will Book 2, pg. 37.
The following children were named in the will were to receive the following:
Son Absalom: to receive 250 acres he currently lives on; 52 acres adjoining said land bought of Mark Hardin; 150 acres adjoining on the West; 309 acres part bought of Charles McAnnally;
6 slaves: Lucy, Charlotte, Creecy, Isaac, Jane and Hannah.
Son Ferdinand: to receive 796 acres bought of Wm. Meredith at the head of Beaver Island Creek; 3 Slaves: James, Sib and Stephen.
Son Manoah: to receive 866 acres on the Dan River where his parents live which adjoins lands of Lawrence Angell, Thomas Case, the Bent, including land where son John lives (in the whole 1,050 acres); 7 slaves: David, Jincy, Bartie, Bibbe, Francis, York, and Williamson.
Daughter Bethenia: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves: Sarah, Dolph and Selah.
Daughter Susana: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Nancy, Solomon, Daniel (Flo's son).
Daughter Anne: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Beck, Rhoda, Mero (Hager's son).
Daughter Christina: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves Hagar, Murer and Dick when she is age 18 years old or marries.
Son John: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Son Absalom: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Wife: Lent to my wife 7 slaves (not named) and at her death divided among sons John, Absalom, Ferdinand; Daughters Bethenia Hampton, Susanna Blackburn, Ann Guinn and Christina Bostick.
CODICIL: Names the 7 slaves to be lent to wife for life: Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nancy, Hannah and Sam. [Stokes Co Will Book II, pg. 37]
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Known Children of Absolem Bostick and Bethenia Perkins:
1. JOHN BOSTICK: b. 18 Jun 1764 in Halifax (later Pittsylvania) Co., VA – d. 20 Sep 1850 in Triune, Williamson Co., TN. He married Mary Polly (Gervais) Jarvis (1766 - 1833) d/o Mr. Jarvis and Elizabeth, on December 20, 1787 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA. Both are buried at the Bostick Cemetery, Triune, Williamson Co., TN.
2. BETHENIA BOSTICK-HAMPTON/PERKINS: b. 18 Mar 1767 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1832 in Stokes Co., NC. Married (1st Samuel Hampton Sr. (1760-1802), s/o James Hampton and Martha Mary Smith, on 19 Aug 1785 in Surry Co., NC. Married 2nd to Charles Perkins Jr. (1778-1813) s/o Charles Perkins Sr. and Mary Tate, on 23 Jan 1804 in Stokes Co., NC.
3. ABSALOM BOSTICK JR.: b. 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1855 in Christian Co., KY. Married 1st Nancy Dalton (1777 - 1822), d/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, in 1794 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd DOLLY M. WHITE (1802 - 1865), d/o Zachariah White, on 15 Nov 1822 in Rockingham Co., NC.
4. DON FERDINAND BOSTICK SR.: b. 9 Mar 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. Aug 1824 in Stokes Co., NC.. Married Elizabeth Rand (1784 - 1830), d/o William Rand and Anna on 28 May 1799 .
5. SUSANNAH BOSTICK-BLACKBURN: b. 1774 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC - d. bef 16 Aug 1811 in Stokes Co., NC . She married William Blackburn Sr. (b. 1773).
6. ANNE BOSTICK-GUINN: b. abt. 1777 in Surry (now Stokes) Co.,NC - d. 1845 Yalobusha Co., MS. She married Thorton Preston Guinn Sr. (1779 - 1833).
7. MANOAH HARDEN BOSTICK: b. 20 Aug 1780 in Surry (now Stokes) Co., NC - d. 4 July 1840 in Fayette, Green Co., IL. Married 1st Dilcie Jane "Jincey" SCALES (1786 - 1819), d/o Nathaniel Scales and Mary France, on 14 Dec 1803 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd Frances Taliaferro Harvie (b. 1794 in GA), d/o Daniel Harvie and Sarah Taliaferro, on 23 Jun 1823 in Christian Coy, KY .
8. Unknown Daughter (1782? - d. 1784).
NOTE: Absalom & Bethenia also had another daughter who died in 1784 and thus not named in his Will written after her death. According to in the Journal of Episopal Minister Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816). "On Wednesday 18th [no month]...Being sent for, I went to Mr. Bostwick's on the Dan River." Then on the 22nd (1784) he says..."Preached at the funeral of Absalom Bostwick's daughter."
9. CHRISTANIA BOSTICK-DALTON: b abt 1785 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC. - d. 13 January 1863 in Snow Creek, Stokes Co., NC. Married David Nicholas Dalton Jr., (1781 - 1874) s/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, on 1 June 1803 in Stokes Co., NC.
Revolutionary War Patriot, Politician and Plantation Owner ABSOLEM / ABSALOM BOSTICK was the s/o John Bostick and Nancy Eliza Chesley born about 1738 in Albemarle Co., Virginia. In 1759, his moved with his parents from Albemarle Co., Virginia to Halifax Co., Virginia which later became Pittsylvania Co. This is where he met his wife Bethenia Perkins and they married on June 22, 1762, in Halifax, Co., Virginia. Bethenia Perkins was the daughter of Nicholas Perkins and Bethenia Harden. She was born on 30 August 1739 (another report stated 1743) in Goochland Co., Virginia . Absalom and Bethenia started a family and remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA until abt. 1767 after which time they relocated to the Dan River Settlement in Rowan Co., NC. This area became Surry and now Stokes. Absalom acquired nearly 4,300 acres at the bend of the Dan River and established a plantation was called "Shoebuckle" located in Sauratown, present-day Pine Hall. He and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. He died in 1803 and Bethenia died in 1809 and both are buried in unmarked graves on their former land. at the Bostick Family Graveyard on Shoebuckle Plantation. In December 1804, widow Bethenia and son, Manoah, Executor of Father's Will, sold a portion of the Plantation which included burial grounds of Absalom to Peter Hairston with the condition that Absalom's burial place never be disturbed.
Revolutionary War:
Absalom was a Captain in the Surry Co., North Carolina Militia from 1778 to 1781 serving as a Cavalry commander. On August 15, 1780, his company joined the army under General Gates when they were in the Battle of Camden (SC) ; Captain Absalom Bostick was in Col. Rutherford's Regiment and as a member of Colonel Joseph Winston's staff during the War. He furnished supplies for the Patriots and provided training drilling soldiers. During his service he was in the following battles: Colson's Mill on July 21, 1780' Little Lynches Creek, S.C. on August 11, 1780; Camden, SC on August 16, 1780; Guilford Courthouse NC on March 15th 1781.
Political / Public Service:
23 Jul 1788 member of the Constitutional Convention.
Bet. 1790-1795 member of the House of Commons General Assembly of Stokes Co., NC
Served as Justice of the Peace for Stokes Co., NC
"Absolom Bostick was a versatile man and a great advocate for independence, giving both his time and fortune to rid the South of the British. He was a member of the staff of Colonel Joseph Winston during the Revolutionary War, and was assigned the task of drilling soldiers, for he was skilled in military tactics. He was a well-educated man, and was a member of the Convention that met in Hillsboro in 1788. Also a member of the Fayetteville Convention, in 1789. He served as a magistrate, sheriff and coroner and was elected many times to the General Assembly at Raleigh, where he served in both houses. Colonel Bostick's home, Shoebuckle Plantation, is one of the largest and most historic plantations on the Dan River. The plantation was in Surry County and located near Pine Hall in the bend of the Dan River. At this noted estate, which is near Pine Hall, Colonel Bostick was wont to entertain in a lavish manner since, by blood or marriage, he was connected with all the important families along the Dan. The Bosticks owned thousands of acres of land and many slaves. They were wealthy and influential planters, and men of prominence. Colonel Bostick is buried on this plantation."
Source: Stokes County, North Carolina Heritage, 1981)
In the Record of the Moravians, Vol. 5, pg. 2370 Salem Board Minutes, 1792, The Diary of Bishop Spagenburg, is the following concerning Absolom Bostick: "Mr. Martin and Bostick are put up for house of commons; they are both able men and not opposed to the Brethren. It is our duty to vote for men who are capable and who will be good for the country." On page 2,269, dated August 22, 1789, Joseph Winston and Absolom Bostick were going to the convention from Surry County, North Carolina.
ABSALOM BOSTICK'S WILL:
Written on 20 June 1798 in Stokes County, NC. Signed: "Absalom Bostick"; Executor son Manoah Harden Bostick
Will Proved: 20 June 1803 in Stokes County, NC
Witnesses: Thomas Spraggins, Laurence Angell and Joseph Durrim.
Source: Stokes County, NC Will Book 2, pg. 37.
The following children were named in the will were to receive the following:
Son Absalom: to receive 250 acres he currently lives on; 52 acres adjoining said land bought of Mark Hardin; 150 acres adjoining on the West; 309 acres part bought of Charles McAnnally;
6 slaves: Lucy, Charlotte, Creecy, Isaac, Jane and Hannah.
Son Ferdinand: to receive 796 acres bought of Wm. Meredith at the head of Beaver Island Creek; 3 Slaves: James, Sib and Stephen.
Son Manoah: to receive 866 acres on the Dan River where his parents live which adjoins lands of Lawrence Angell, Thomas Case, the Bent, including land where son John lives (in the whole 1,050 acres); 7 slaves: David, Jincy, Bartie, Bibbe, Francis, York, and Williamson.
Daughter Bethenia: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves: Sarah, Dolph and Selah.
Daughter Susana: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Nancy, Solomon, Daniel (Flo's son).
Daughter Anne: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 4 slaves: Beck, Rhoda, Mero (Hager's son).
Daughter Christina: to receive 250 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided; 3 slaves Hagar, Murer and Dick when she is age 18 years old or marries.
Son John: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Son Absalom: to receive 500 acres from a bond on William T. Lewis's 2,000 acre parcel to be divided.
Wife: Lent to my wife 7 slaves (not named) and at her death divided among sons John, Absalom, Ferdinand; Daughters Bethenia Hampton, Susanna Blackburn, Ann Guinn and Christina Bostick.
CODICIL: Names the 7 slaves to be lent to wife for life: Harry, Dinah, Cloe, Bynor, Nancy, Hannah and Sam. [Stokes Co Will Book II, pg. 37]
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Known Children of Absolem Bostick and Bethenia Perkins:
1. JOHN BOSTICK: b. 18 Jun 1764 in Halifax (later Pittsylvania) Co., VA – d. 20 Sep 1850 in Triune, Williamson Co., TN. He married Mary Polly (Gervais) Jarvis (1766 - 1833) d/o Mr. Jarvis and Elizabeth, on December 20, 1787 in Augusta, Richmond Co., GA. Both are buried at the Bostick Cemetery, Triune, Williamson Co., TN.
2. BETHENIA BOSTICK-HAMPTON/PERKINS: b. 18 Mar 1767 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1832 in Stokes Co., NC. Married (1st Samuel Hampton Sr. (1760-1802), s/o James Hampton and Martha Mary Smith, on 19 Aug 1785 in Surry Co., NC. Married 2nd to Charles Perkins Jr. (1778-1813) s/o Charles Perkins Sr. and Mary Tate, on 23 Jan 1804 in Stokes Co., NC.
3. ABSALOM BOSTICK JR.: b. 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. 1855 in Christian Co., KY. Married 1st Nancy Dalton (1777 - 1822), d/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, in 1794 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd DOLLY M. WHITE (1802 - 1865), d/o Zachariah White, on 15 Nov 1822 in Rockingham Co., NC.
4. DON FERDINAND BOSTICK SR.: b. 9 Mar 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA - d. Aug 1824 in Stokes Co., NC.. Married Elizabeth Rand (1784 - 1830), d/o William Rand and Anna on 28 May 1799 .
5. SUSANNAH BOSTICK-BLACKBURN: b. 1774 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC - d. bef 16 Aug 1811 in Stokes Co., NC . She married William Blackburn Sr. (b. 1773).
6. ANNE BOSTICK-GUINN: b. abt. 1777 in Surry (now Stokes) Co.,NC - d. 1845 Yalobusha Co., MS. She married Thorton Preston Guinn Sr. (1779 - 1833).
7. MANOAH HARDEN BOSTICK: b. 20 Aug 1780 in Surry (now Stokes) Co., NC - d. 4 July 1840 in Fayette, Green Co., IL. Married 1st Dilcie Jane "Jincey" SCALES (1786 - 1819), d/o Nathaniel Scales and Mary France, on 14 Dec 1803 in Stokes Co., NC. Married 2nd Frances Taliaferro Harvie (b. 1794 in GA), d/o Daniel Harvie and Sarah Taliaferro, on 23 Jun 1823 in Christian Coy, KY .
8. Unknown Daughter (1782? - d. 1784).
NOTE: Absalom & Bethenia also had another daughter who died in 1784 and thus not named in his Will written after her death. According to in the Journal of Episopal Minister Francis Asbury (1745 – 1816). "On Wednesday 18th [no month]...Being sent for, I went to Mr. Bostwick's on the Dan River." Then on the 22nd (1784) he says..."Preached at the funeral of Absalom Bostwick's daughter."
9. CHRISTANIA BOSTICK-DALTON: b abt 1785 in Surry (now Stokes) Co, NC. - d. 13 January 1863 in Snow Creek, Stokes Co., NC. Married David Nicholas Dalton Jr., (1781 - 1874) s/o David Dalton Sr. and Susanna "Susan" Davis, on 1 June 1803 in Stokes Co., NC.
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