John Botts

1754 - 1796  (41 years)

• Name	John Botts  [1]
  Born	25 Oct 1754	Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Aug 1796	Mason, Grant, Kentucky
  Person ID	I026830	Tree1
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Seth Botts,   b. 1713, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 8 Aug 1776, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Sabrina Bridwell,   b. 13 Jun 1715, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1785, Stafford County, Virginia  (Age 69 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1735	Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia
  Family ID	F16403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucy Gaines,   b. 25 Oct 1755, Culpeper County, Virginia ,   d. 1826, Boone County, Kentucky  (Age 70 years)
  Married	7 Mar 1774	Stafford County, Virginia
  Notes	Culpeper County, Virginia
  Children	1. Richard Botts,   b. 7 Mar 1775, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 1817, Niagara County, New York  (Age 41 years)   2. Jane Botts,   b. 6 May 1777, Stafford County, Virginia   3. Mildred Botts,   b. 2 Mar 1779, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 15 Jun 1849, Mason County, Kentucky  (Age 70 years)   4. Joshua Botts,   b. 18 Feb 1781, Culpeper County, Virginia ,   d. 23 Aug 1838, Boone County, Kentucky  (Age 57 years)   5. Female Botts,   b. 1783,   d. 1783  (Age 0 years)   6. Rowland (Roland) Gaines Botts,   b. 4 Jul 1785, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 28 Apr 1862, Boone County, Kentucky  (Age 76 years)   7. Lucy Botts,   b. 4 Apr 1787, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 18 Jun 1865, Burlington, Boone, Kentucky  (Age 78 years)   8. John Botts,   b. 8 Jul 1788, Culpeper County, Virginia ,   d. 1821, Boone County, Kentucky  (Age 32 years)   9. Joseph Botts,   b. 6 Feb 1790, Culpeper County, Virginia ,   d. 6 Aug 1880, St. Marys, Hancock, Illinois  (Age 90 years)   10. William Botts,   b. 28 May 1794, Culpeper County, Virginia
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F16413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John and Lucy Botts and their family lived in Stafford County, V irginia until the year 1787 when they arrived in Culpeper Count y, Virginia. John Botts and his brother William were rich land owners. In 17 93, the brothers, applied for land grants in Kentucky. that yea r, they traveled to Kentucky to find their new homes. On Novemb er 1, 1793 they settled in Limestone Creek (now Maysville) in Ma son county. The first year they worked to prepare the land fo r the meeting of their families. In early fall of 1794, John and William returned to Virginia t o get the families. Both families then began the long trip to K entucky in ox drawn wagons. John, Lucy and their nine childre n arrived in Limestone Creek with some wagon loads of househol d goods. Traveling together, William and his 7 children arrive d there also. John passed away in 1796 at the age of 42 in Mason County, Kentu cky. He left his wife Lucy and the five children under eleven y ears of age. The family was well provided for in John's will . William's wife died in 1792, and William died in in 1801 at a ge 57. In 1806, Lucy and the children moved to Bracken County, Kentuck y near Germantown. In late 1810, Lucy and the family then move d to Boone County, Kentucky. She moved to Bullittsburg Baptis t Church, near Gainesville, later called "Idlewild." Lucy's mar ried children, except Richard and Jane, and their families move d there too. After many years, in 1816 Lucy (Gaines) Botts married a second t ime to Josephus Waters of Boone County, Kentucky. Lucy passed a way in 1826 at the age of 70. Source: John R. Botts

  
  

• Sources

  [S814050] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. I, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine.