Source: Paul Boggs
James was a pratical stone cutter and a Justice of The Peace in Carter Co., KY for 16 years.
Was also a preacher in the Baptist Church.
1850 Carter Co. census has James Alfred Wilhoit and Matilda Ann Boggs
441. Ephraim Wilhoit
Source: Paul Boggs
Ephraim Boggs Wilhoit was educated in the public schools of Carter Co., KY and at the Seminary, Mt. Sterling, KY.
A staunch Union man, he enlisted in the Union Army in 1861, Company I, 22nd Regt., KY., Inf. and served to the close of the war.
He studied law and in 1866 was admitted to the bar at Grayson, KY. Ephraim was one of the outstanding lawyers of his time in the state, practicing in the State and Federal courts for more than 50 years with distinction and success.
Mr. Wilhoit was commissioned by the Governor of KY, the Hon. Luke P. Blackburn, as Aide De Camp on his staff with the rank of Colonel and served as such for 4 years.
He served as County Atty. for Carter Co., KY 1873-1877. He was a menber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a Royal Arch Mason and a member, serving as Master, of Timble Lodge N. 145, F.&A.M., at Grayson.
He had seven children.
Source: Paul Boggs
Anna was a highly educated and accomplished lady, and a second cousin to Joe C.C. Blackburn, a United States Senator from KY.
Notes Source: Paul Boggs <pulchy@e-machines.net>
Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky
William Jason Fields, farmer, public official and officer in the Confederate Army, migrated about 1836 to the vicinity of Fielden, presently Elliott Co., kY, then Lawerence Co., kY and then about 3 years later married in that vicinity to Rebecca Boggs, daughter of James Boggs. Soon after marriage he located on the Boggs farm near present day Hicchens, Carter Co., KY and 2 years later he purchased for the sum of $400 a 1000 acre tract of land on "Lick Branch" (being practically all the land on the branch) near Reedville, Carter Co., KY. Here he built his permanent home and ther he lived until he entered the Confederate Army in 1862. The stream was called Fields Branch after Mr. Fields, the first permanent settler, which name it has since borne.
He became interested in Carter Co., politics early in life and was elected and served as sheriff of Carter Co. for 4 terms, 3 of which was successive. He was defeated for a 4th term by one Stephen england.
However, after the expiration of Mr. Englands term he was again elected and was serving as sheriff when the civil war broke out.
A democrat in politics, Sheriff Fields acquiesced in the policy of neutrality adopted by the State with respect to succession and endeavored, in good faith, to remain neutral in the great conflict and to continue to perform his duties as sheriff, but the bitterness engendered by the local strife of the times decreed a different fate for sheriff Fields. Three companies of 22nd KY. Vol. Inf. (union) were recruited and organized at Grayson (1861), the seat of Justice of Cater Co. the Captain of one of these companies demanded of Sheriff Fields that he resign his office and enlist voluntarily or he would force him to do so. Sheriff Fields replied, cooly and firmly, so that it was reported, in the presence of many persons that his people where in the south, his sympathies with the south, and that he would not take up arms against the land of his bith, that of he was forced into the war he would cast his fortunes with the confederacy. He returned to his home on Fields Branch that afternoon, and that night, near midnight, he was awakened from sleep by the barking of the family dog and the clatter of horse's hoofs. Knowing full well the meaning of this alarm, he sprang from his bed, grabbed his shoes with one hand and his clothes with the other and hurriedly made his exit through the rear door into the night just as a musket was fired at the dog which challenged the invaders right to enter its masters home. Returning to the house after the union soldiers had searched it and departed, he bade his family goodbye, saddled his favorite horse and rode to the home of his brother in law, Absolam Rucker, and from thence he went to Camp Mocassin in Virginia, where, on March 22, 1862, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, Co. "G", 5th regt., KY. Vol. (consolidated). Later resigning his commission, he returned to Eastern KY and recruited Fields Company of Partisan Rangers, C.S.A. of which he was made the Captain. The organization served under General Humphrey Marshall in the Big Sandy River and Southwest Virginia campaigns. "In 1863 Louisville, KY, then to Camp Chase, OH and finally to Fort Delaware on the island in the Delaware River. Here, on or about July 2, 1864, Capt. Fields and about 2400 other Confederate prisoners died of smallpox. They were buried in a "Trench" on the New Jersey Shore of the river. A monument erected on the site by the Daughters of the Confederacy recites these facts."Info below came from Alaine
One daughter and five sons were born to Captain Willian Jason Fields and his wife, Rebecca (Boggs)
Fields.
MATILDA FIELDS b. in Carter Co. in 1845; m first James Dickerson, and they had one child; "Sissie" Dickerson. After his death she married Charles Fowler. They migrated to Washington State and she died
at Everett. that State, December 22, 1930 at the advanced age of 86 years.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FIELDS.
JAMES A. (Captain) FIELDS.
WALTER A. FIELDS.
ELIHU N. FIELDS.
LEANDER CALLOWAY FIELDS.
Some of the information about this family came from Paul ADAMS, 5705 Glenn Street, Portsmouth, Ohio
45662 USA, <peadams@zoomnet.net >
Source: Paul Boggs
Carter Co., kY 1880, pct. 7, #192-193, included
Noah Ison, 13, Nephew
1900, pct. 2 #147-158 included
Causby Lyons, b. Jan 1878, son-in-law, vital statistics of Carter Co., KYFollowing info from Pat Calton <pattical@computerhut.net>
1870 US Census August Carter county, Kentucky 052-960
Ison Isom age 31 male farmer 500 real estate 660 personal estate
Ann age 26 female housekeeper born in Kentucky
James age 10 male born in Kentucky
Easter F. age 7 female born in Kentucky
Tempy A. age 7 female born in Kentucky
Ellen age 4 female born in Kentucky
Mary A. age 7 months female born in Kentucky1870 Census Carter county Kentucky taken in August
Ison Isom age 41 male born in Kentucky- Real Estate 2000-Personal 485
Hannah age 36 female keeping house born in Kentucky
Easter age 18 female at home
Temperance age 16 female at home
Ellen age 13 female at home
Mary age 11 female at home
Milton age 9 male at home
Rebecca age 4 female at home
Elizabeth age 5months female at home
113. Henderson Boggs
Source: Paul Boggs
A story out of William Ely's History of the Big Sandy Valley, tells of Henderson bought all the land of the right fork of Caines Creek for a "ham of meat and a rifle gun".
Hendersons' home, still standing and occupied at this time (1965) by his descendant, Mrs. Opal Boggs Liming, is one of the better homes in that section.
114. John H. Boggs
Two grandchildren in the HH on the 1900 census
Arena, June 1890, 10 yrs old
Alma, Oct. 1891, age 8 yrs old
Both born in KY
Source: Paul Boggs
Mahala Griffith is the granddaughter of Richard Caines who settled Cains Creek. Richard Cains was a Revolutionary War Vet. Anyone who is related to the John "Pune" Boggs and Mahala Griffith Boggs family is eligible to join the DAR or SAR
492. Anna Creech
KY death record
File#8971
Reg.#6
Informant: Lonnie N. Ison, 3823 Grace St., New Boston, OH
Married
Usual place of residence: Orchard Hollow
Name: Anna Ison
[Anna Creech]
Death Date: 6 Mar 1938
Death Location: Greenup
Residence Location: Greenup
Age: 71y 10m 24d
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1866
Birth Location: Elliott, Kentucky
Spouse's Name: George Washington Ison
Father's Name: John Creech
Father's Birth Location: Letcher, Kentucky
Mother's Name: Nancy Boggs
Mother's Birth Location: Elliott, Kentucky
Source: Paul Boggs
A James McGuire served in the 40th Regt. KY. Vol. Mtd. Inf. Co. "K" (Union), as a 2nd Lt. in 1863-1864. His mother was one of the wealthiest women in Carter Co., KY., in 1850, with property value at $4,500 and several slaves.
Nancy & James moved to Uniontown, OH
Source: Paul boggs
A Levi Sparks served in the 14th Regt. KY. vet Inf. [Union].....1870 Lawerence Co., KY census list Levi as a physician
118. Nelson T. Boggs
Source: Paul Boggs
There was a Nelson Boggs in the 14th KY., Cavalry, Union
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Further information collected from various sources through surname sites.Nelson was killed at the battle of Middle Creek Floyd Co Ky during the civil war (Union). James (his brother) objected to a burial on the battlefield. He arranged for Nelson to be sent downriver to Lawrence County, where the family took him and buried him in the Hen Boggs cemetery on the right fork of Cains Creek. He was the only Union soldier killed at that battle and he was under command of Colonel Garfield later president Garfield