Son of William Ellison Boggs and Letitia Hamilton Boggs; husband of Elizabeth K. McWhorter Boggs .
George was a lieutenant in Co. B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina troops, CSA. He was killed during the retreat from Yorktown to Williamsburg,Va.
He signed his will the 27 May 1861 and it was probated the 2 June 1862 [Equity Bos 61 #660]. At his death he owned 598 acres of land adjacent to Benjamin Boggs & others. He also owned the mill place of 11 acres and the home place, and also the mountain place of 252 acres.
He was the father of William Kennedy, Lattice Malinda, Julius Elkanah, John P., Thomas Hamilton, and Josephine Boggs.
NOTE - his marker here is a memorial marker only; it is unlikely a reinterrment took place years after his death in 1862; this property was not used as a cemetery until after it was purchased by the town of Liberty to create a cemetery there around 1886.
In 2015, a burial entry was made on Find A Grave for Pvt. George W.B. Boggs, showing him to actually be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg, Va.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, May 22 1907, page 5
Greenville, S C, May 21. - A strange phenomenon which has set the tongues of the superstitious wagging and caused those who have a liking for delving into the supernatural to knit their brows, took place in the Pickens county cemetery.
In 1863 Barzilial Boggs, a young lieutenant in Hampton's legion, while charging the enemy in a skirmish at Williamsburg, Va, was killed, and his body was buried in the old Brewerton cemetery, near the battlefield. At his home in Pickens county, South Carolina, was his wife and six children. Twenty years since Mrs Boggs died, and also two years afterward two of her sons. They were buried in the Pickens cemetery and a monument erected over their graves, and on this monument was placed the name, date of birth and death of the father, Barzilial Boggs.
On May 4, which fell on a Saturday, a farmer passing the cemetery on his way to the court house, noticed the outline of a face on the monument just above the inscription bearing the young soldier's name. He got out of his wagon and made a closer examination, and quickly spread the news of the phenomenon. Within the next few days it is said that between 5,000 and 10,000 people have visited the little burying ground to see the strange face, which bears a resemblance to the young soldier as he is remembered by his old friends.
State Solicitor J E Boggs is a son of Barzilial Boggs, and is much interested in the strange face that has come upon the face of the stone.
George was a lieutenant in Co. B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina troops, CSA. He was killed during the retreat from Yorktown to Williamsburg,Va.
He signed his will the 27 May 1861 and it was probated the 2 June 1862 [Equity Bos 61 #660]. At his death he owned 598 acres of land adjacent to Benjamin Boggs & others. He also owned the mill place of 11 acres and the home place, and also the mountain place of 252 acres.
He was the father of William Kennedy, Lattice Malinda, Julius Elkanah, John P., Thomas Hamilton, and Josephine Boggs.
NOTE - his marker here is a memorial marker only; it is unlikely a reinterrment took place years after his death in 1862; this property was not used as a cemetery until after it was purchased by the town of Liberty to create a cemetery there around 1886.
In 2015, a burial entry was made on Find A Grave for Pvt. George W.B. Boggs, showing him to actually be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg, Va.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, May 22 1907, page 5
Greenville, S C, May 21. - A strange phenomenon which has set the tongues of the superstitious wagging and caused those who have a liking for delving into the supernatural to knit their brows, took place in the Pickens county cemetery.
In 1863 Barzilial Boggs, a young lieutenant in Hampton's legion, while charging the enemy in a skirmish at Williamsburg, Va, was killed, and his body was buried in the old Brewerton cemetery, near the battlefield. At his home in Pickens county, South Carolina, was his wife and six children. Twenty years since Mrs Boggs died, and also two years afterward two of her sons. They were buried in the Pickens cemetery and a monument erected over their graves, and on this monument was placed the name, date of birth and death of the father, Barzilial Boggs.
On May 4, which fell on a Saturday, a farmer passing the cemetery on his way to the court house, noticed the outline of a face on the monument just above the inscription bearing the young soldier's name. He got out of his wagon and made a closer examination, and quickly spread the news of the phenomenon. Within the next few days it is said that between 5,000 and 10,000 people have visited the little burying ground to see the strange face, which bears a resemblance to the young soldier as he is remembered by his old friends.
State Solicitor J E Boggs is a son of Barzilial Boggs, and is much interested in the strange face that has come upon the face of the stone.
Son of William Ellison Boggs and Letitia Hamilton Boggs; husband of Elizabeth K. McWhorter Boggs .
George was a lieutenant in Co. B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina troops, CSA. He was killed during the retreat from Yorktown to Williamsburg,Va.
He signed his will the 27 May 1861 and it was probated the 2 June 1862 [Equity Bos 61 #660]. At his death he owned 598 acres of land adjacent to Benjamin Boggs & others. He also owned the mill place of 11 acres and the home place, and also the mountain place of 252 acres.
He was the father of William Kennedy, Lattice Malinda, Julius Elkanah, John P., Thomas Hamilton, and Josephine Boggs.
NOTE - his marker here is a memorial marker only; it is unlikely a reinterrment took place years after his death in 1862; this property was not used as a cemetery until after it was purchased by the town of Liberty to create a cemetery there around 1886.
In 2015, a burial entry was made on Find A Grave for Pvt. George W.B. Boggs, showing him to actually be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg, Va.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, May 22 1907, page 5
Greenville, S C, May 21. - A strange phenomenon which has set the tongues of the superstitious wagging and caused those who have a liking for delving into the supernatural to knit their brows, took place in the Pickens county cemetery.
In 1863 Barzilial Boggs, a young lieutenant in Hampton's legion, while charging the enemy in a skirmish at Williamsburg, Va, was killed, and his body was buried in the old Brewerton cemetery, near the battlefield. At his home in Pickens county, South Carolina, was his wife and six children. Twenty years since Mrs Boggs died, and also two years afterward two of her sons. They were buried in the Pickens cemetery and a monument erected over their graves, and on this monument was placed the name, date of birth and death of the father, Barzilial Boggs.
On May 4, which fell on a Saturday, a farmer passing the cemetery on his way to the court house, noticed the outline of a face on the monument just above the inscription bearing the young soldier's name. He got out of his wagon and made a closer examination, and quickly spread the news of the phenomenon. Within the next few days it is said that between 5,000 and 10,000 people have visited the little burying ground to see the strange face, which bears a resemblance to the young soldier as he is remembered by his old friends.
State Solicitor J E Boggs is a son of Barzilial Boggs, and is much interested in the strange face that has come upon the face of the stone.
George was a lieutenant in Co. B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina troops, CSA. He was killed during the retreat from Yorktown to Williamsburg,Va.
He signed his will the 27 May 1861 and it was probated the 2 June 1862 [Equity Bos 61 #660]. At his death he owned 598 acres of land adjacent to Benjamin Boggs & others. He also owned the mill place of 11 acres and the home place, and also the mountain place of 252 acres.
He was the father of William Kennedy, Lattice Malinda, Julius Elkanah, John P., Thomas Hamilton, and Josephine Boggs.
NOTE - his marker here is a memorial marker only; it is unlikely a reinterrment took place years after his death in 1862; this property was not used as a cemetery until after it was purchased by the town of Liberty to create a cemetery there around 1886.
In 2015, a burial entry was made on Find A Grave for Pvt. George W.B. Boggs, showing him to actually be buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Williamsburg, Va.
Bluefield Evening Leader, Bluefield, West Virginia
Wednesday, May 22 1907, page 5
Greenville, S C, May 21. - A strange phenomenon which has set the tongues of the superstitious wagging and caused those who have a liking for delving into the supernatural to knit their brows, took place in the Pickens county cemetery.
In 1863 Barzilial Boggs, a young lieutenant in Hampton's legion, while charging the enemy in a skirmish at Williamsburg, Va, was killed, and his body was buried in the old Brewerton cemetery, near the battlefield. At his home in Pickens county, South Carolina, was his wife and six children. Twenty years since Mrs Boggs died, and also two years afterward two of her sons. They were buried in the Pickens cemetery and a monument erected over their graves, and on this monument was placed the name, date of birth and death of the father, Barzilial Boggs.
On May 4, which fell on a Saturday, a farmer passing the cemetery on his way to the court house, noticed the outline of a face on the monument just above the inscription bearing the young soldier's name. He got out of his wagon and made a closer examination, and quickly spread the news of the phenomenon. Within the next few days it is said that between 5,000 and 10,000 people have visited the little burying ground to see the strange face, which bears a resemblance to the young soldier as he is remembered by his old friends.
State Solicitor J E Boggs is a son of Barzilial Boggs, and is much interested in the strange face that has come upon the face of the stone.
