Son of John Bolton and Mary Lancaster Bolton.
Brother of Laodicia Bolton Darby, Isaac Bolton, John P E Bolton, Lucassia Bolton Bledsoe, and Marcus Bolton.
Husband of Lavinia Ann Person Bolton Cannon Peete.
Father of Ann Bolton, Elizabeth Bolton, and Indiana Bolton.
Major player in the Bolton/Dickins feud lasting from 1857 to 1870 during which eight (or as many as twelve) people died. Partner in one of the largest cotton/slave trading firms in the South. A dispute arose when the firm bought and sold a 23 year old slave who was later proved to be an indentured and free. A shooting incident involving Isaac Bolton, brother to Wade, resulted in an expensive trial at which Ike was acquitted. An argument arose as to whether the expenses should be borne by the four partners (Wade, Isaac, Washington Bolton--a distant cousin and Thomas Dickins) or the brothers alone.
Numerous court battles followed, before and after the war, pitting Dickins and Sarah Bolton (wife of the deceased Wash Bolton) against Wade. There were family intricacies as Wash's sister, Cinderella, had married Isaac Bolton and Josephine Bolton, Isaac's daughter, married Samuel Dickins, Tom's son.
Wade Bolton was shot by Dickins in July of 1869 and died shortly thereafter. Thomas Dickins, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds after being acquitted of Bolton's murder in 1870. Dr. Samuel Dickins died of an accidental gunshot wound shortly thereafter.
Josephine Bolton Dickins Morgan was mentioned in a will which left $10,000 to Lavinia Bolton and the widow of Stonewall Jackson as the recipient of $5 "one sixth of what Judas Iscariot got" for her unlucky marriage.
Another bequest of land and an endowment founded Bolton College on the land belonging to Wade and Lavinia's Hoboken Plantation. Bolton High School (in the town of Bolton, north of Arlington in Shelby County) stands on that property today, one of only two public schools in Tennessee with its own endowment, begun with the bequest of Wade Bolton in 1869.
Brother of Laodicia Bolton Darby, Isaac Bolton, John P E Bolton, Lucassia Bolton Bledsoe, and Marcus Bolton.
Husband of Lavinia Ann Person Bolton Cannon Peete.
Father of Ann Bolton, Elizabeth Bolton, and Indiana Bolton.
Major player in the Bolton/Dickins feud lasting from 1857 to 1870 during which eight (or as many as twelve) people died. Partner in one of the largest cotton/slave trading firms in the South. A dispute arose when the firm bought and sold a 23 year old slave who was later proved to be an indentured and free. A shooting incident involving Isaac Bolton, brother to Wade, resulted in an expensive trial at which Ike was acquitted. An argument arose as to whether the expenses should be borne by the four partners (Wade, Isaac, Washington Bolton--a distant cousin and Thomas Dickins) or the brothers alone.
Numerous court battles followed, before and after the war, pitting Dickins and Sarah Bolton (wife of the deceased Wash Bolton) against Wade. There were family intricacies as Wash's sister, Cinderella, had married Isaac Bolton and Josephine Bolton, Isaac's daughter, married Samuel Dickins, Tom's son.
Wade Bolton was shot by Dickins in July of 1869 and died shortly thereafter. Thomas Dickins, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds after being acquitted of Bolton's murder in 1870. Dr. Samuel Dickins died of an accidental gunshot wound shortly thereafter.
Josephine Bolton Dickins Morgan was mentioned in a will which left $10,000 to Lavinia Bolton and the widow of Stonewall Jackson as the recipient of $5 "one sixth of what Judas Iscariot got" for her unlucky marriage.
Another bequest of land and an endowment founded Bolton College on the land belonging to Wade and Lavinia's Hoboken Plantation. Bolton High School (in the town of Bolton, north of Arlington in Shelby County) stands on that property today, one of only two public schools in Tennessee with its own endowment, begun with the bequest of Wade Bolton in 1869.
Son of John Bolton and Mary Lancaster Bolton.
Brother of Laodicia Bolton Darby, Isaac Bolton, John P E Bolton, Lucassia Bolton Bledsoe, and Marcus Bolton.
Husband of Lavinia Ann Person Bolton Cannon Peete.
Father of Ann Bolton, Elizabeth Bolton, and Indiana Bolton.
Major player in the Bolton/Dickins feud lasting from 1857 to 1870 during which eight (or as many as twelve) people died. Partner in one of the largest cotton/slave trading firms in the South. A dispute arose when the firm bought and sold a 23 year old slave who was later proved to be an indentured and free. A shooting incident involving Isaac Bolton, brother to Wade, resulted in an expensive trial at which Ike was acquitted. An argument arose as to whether the expenses should be borne by the four partners (Wade, Isaac, Washington Bolton--a distant cousin and Thomas Dickins) or the brothers alone.
Numerous court battles followed, before and after the war, pitting Dickins and Sarah Bolton (wife of the deceased Wash Bolton) against Wade. There were family intricacies as Wash's sister, Cinderella, had married Isaac Bolton and Josephine Bolton, Isaac's daughter, married Samuel Dickins, Tom's son.
Wade Bolton was shot by Dickins in July of 1869 and died shortly thereafter. Thomas Dickins, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds after being acquitted of Bolton's murder in 1870. Dr. Samuel Dickins died of an accidental gunshot wound shortly thereafter.
Josephine Bolton Dickins Morgan was mentioned in a will which left $10,000 to Lavinia Bolton and the widow of Stonewall Jackson as the recipient of $5 "one sixth of what Judas Iscariot got" for her unlucky marriage.
Another bequest of land and an endowment founded Bolton College on the land belonging to Wade and Lavinia's Hoboken Plantation. Bolton High School (in the town of Bolton, north of Arlington in Shelby County) stands on that property today, one of only two public schools in Tennessee with its own endowment, begun with the bequest of Wade Bolton in 1869.
Brother of Laodicia Bolton Darby, Isaac Bolton, John P E Bolton, Lucassia Bolton Bledsoe, and Marcus Bolton.
Husband of Lavinia Ann Person Bolton Cannon Peete.
Father of Ann Bolton, Elizabeth Bolton, and Indiana Bolton.
Major player in the Bolton/Dickins feud lasting from 1857 to 1870 during which eight (or as many as twelve) people died. Partner in one of the largest cotton/slave trading firms in the South. A dispute arose when the firm bought and sold a 23 year old slave who was later proved to be an indentured and free. A shooting incident involving Isaac Bolton, brother to Wade, resulted in an expensive trial at which Ike was acquitted. An argument arose as to whether the expenses should be borne by the four partners (Wade, Isaac, Washington Bolton--a distant cousin and Thomas Dickins) or the brothers alone.
Numerous court battles followed, before and after the war, pitting Dickins and Sarah Bolton (wife of the deceased Wash Bolton) against Wade. There were family intricacies as Wash's sister, Cinderella, had married Isaac Bolton and Josephine Bolton, Isaac's daughter, married Samuel Dickins, Tom's son.
Wade Bolton was shot by Dickins in July of 1869 and died shortly thereafter. Thomas Dickins, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds after being acquitted of Bolton's murder in 1870. Dr. Samuel Dickins died of an accidental gunshot wound shortly thereafter.
Josephine Bolton Dickins Morgan was mentioned in a will which left $10,000 to Lavinia Bolton and the widow of Stonewall Jackson as the recipient of $5 "one sixth of what Judas Iscariot got" for her unlucky marriage.
Another bequest of land and an endowment founded Bolton College on the land belonging to Wade and Lavinia's Hoboken Plantation. Bolton High School (in the town of Bolton, north of Arlington in Shelby County) stands on that property today, one of only two public schools in Tennessee with its own endowment, begun with the bequest of Wade Bolton in 1869.
Inscription
Front: W. H. Bolton Born December 8, 1812, Died July 23, 1869,Founder of Bolton College
North Side: See John Bolton Memorial Page Rear: In Memory of Marcus Bolton son of John and Mary Bolton Born and died in Shelby County Tennessee June 28, 1826 June 30 1849.
Gravesite Details
Inscriptions updated in the early 20th century by Martha Cinderella Dickins Smithwick. a descendent of both Isaac Bolton and Thomas Dickins.
Family Members
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