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Priestly F. Bolerjack

Priestly F. Bolerjack

Male Abt 1834 - Bef 1863  (~ 29 years)

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  • Name Priestly F. Bolerjack  [1
    Born Abt 1834  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 30 May 1863  [2
    Person ID I3223  Full
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 

    Father Joel H. Bolerjack,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1849, White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Forrester,   b. Abt 1806, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Mar 1890  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1820  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F1043  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha J. Joyner,   b. Abt 1834, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 15 Jun 1853  White County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2009 
    Family ID F956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Record of a marriage in the Vaught White Co Marriage book: Pnasly Bolerjack to Martha L. Joiner on 15 June 1853. Must be Priestly?

      Sinking of the SS General Lyon, after leaving Wilmington. ------------------------------------------------------ From http://home.midwest.net/~cbconly/enf2.htm White County sent, in proportion to its population, more soldiers than any other county in the United States. I thought that I might give the names of all the men on the Civil War "Honor Roll" but the list is too long for this book. Captain James Fields, who fought in the Mexican War, was wounded, his brother, Joshua M. Fields was killed at Missionary Ridge and Robert Fields lost his life at Vicksburg. For the people of White County one of the most tragic events of the War was the sinking of the General Lyon. The War was over and the boys who had lived through four years of conflict were coming home. They had survived the long march through Georgia on starvation rations of a cup of meal a day, ground cob and all, and what little they could forage from the country side. Now, after boarding the General Lyon at Wilmington, North Carolina, they were homeward bound. Laughter and singing resounded from the decks and the favorite melody was "Home, Sweet Home." But a storm overtook the ship, a cask of kerosene on the top deck was broken open, and when the oil reached the furnace, the whole ship burst into flames. Of the 404 men on board only three escaped. One of these was Michael Brockett, father of Willard Brockett, Sr. John W. Fields, Jesse H. Veatch, Cyrus L. Gowdy and four of the sons of Theron Gowdy, William, Milton, John and Henry, were lost on the ill-fated steamer.

      Draper, Gentry, Duckworth, Hood, Harrell, Land, Hargett, Newman and many other names familiar in Enfield were on that Civil War Honor Roll. -------------------------------------------

      The conflict with Priestly dying in the sinking of the General Lyon is that his wife, Martha JOYNER/JOINER remarried the previous year, in 1864. Either a) it is erroneous that Priestly's widow Martha JOINER was the same Martha Bolerjack that subsequently married widower William T. FORRESTER or b) Priestly died earlier in the war, perhaps nearer to the time of his discharge in 1862 due to injuries.

  • Sources 
    1. [S55] Illinois, White - 1850 U.S. Census, (1850 U.S. Census, White County, Illinois, population schedule), District 13, White County, Illinois, previous pg 332 (stamped), previous pg 659 (penned), Dwelling 959, Family 959, Rebecca Bolejack household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S907] Bolerjack, Priestly - Civil War Pension App (widow), ("Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900," digital image, «i»Footnote.com«/i» (http://www.footnote.com/: accessed 8 August 2007), Record Group 15, micropublication T289, roll 36, entry for Preasley F. Bolerjack [Priestly F. Bolerjack], certificate no. 240936; on behalf of his widow.).

    3. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Joel Bolerjack and Rebecca Forrester, White County, Illinois, vol. 1 (28 Sept 1820) (Reliability: 3).
      Joel Bolerjack to Rebecca Forrester on 28 Sept 1820 in White County, Illinois.

    4. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Pnasley Bolerjack [Priestly Bolerjack] and Martha J. Joiner, White County, Illinois, vol. 3 (15 June 1853) (Reliability: 2), 9 Feb 2007.