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John E. Bolerjack

John E. Bolerjack

Male 1795 - 1857  (62 years)

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  • Name John E. Bolerjack 
    Born 24 Mar 1795  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Oct 1857  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Bruce Chapel, White County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3036  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father John Bolerjack,   b. 7 Nov 1764, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Mary Forrester,   b. 14 Apr 1765, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1842  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 11 Aug 1786  North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Forrester,   b. 29 May 1793, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 28 Mar 1820  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Children 
     1. Mary M. Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1823, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Elvira Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1826, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lucy E. Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1835, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F1039  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S946] Bolerjack, John E. (1795) - cemetery stone, (John E. Bolerjack cemetery stone, digital image, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 March 2008), Public Member Photos, "John Bolerjack tombstone.").

    2. [S122] DeBoard, William - email (Burrell Shaw, 1997, letter of Frances Thoms Shaw), (Burrell P. Shaw (Naples, Florida) to Janis Gilmore, e-mail, 1997; conveying a transcription of a letter written by his grandmother, Mary Frances Ann (Shaw) Thomas, in 1909; Mrs. Shaw, was the granddaughter of Hannah (DeBoard) Cook, and the letter discusses what she had been told about the journey of the William and Lydia DeBoard family from North Carolina to Illinois in the early 1800's; Burrell P. Shaw is now deceased.).

    3. [S70] Illinois, White - Marriages (Vaught book), Harriet Vaught, (Carmi, Illinois: s.p., 1950), entry for John Bolerjack and Lucy Forrester (28 March 1820) (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S102] Forrester, John Dogens - Rev War Pension App, widow, (John Dogens Forest [Forrester] Revolutionary War Pension Record, file no. S35948, subscription database HeritageQuest (http://www.heritagequestonline.com/prod/genealogy/index : accessed 13 Aug 2007), digital image, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, «i»Selected Records From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrent Application Files«/i», RG 15, microform M805, roll 300, image 132, National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.).
      While Lucy's deposition in the pension file does not state anything directly about her marriage, she is named as Lucy Bolerjack, which supports other data about her marriage.

    5. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for John Bolerjack and Lucy Forrester, White County, Illinois, vol. 1 (28 March 1820) (Reliability: 3), 9 Jan 2008.