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I’ve been stumbled trying to get some information on the following people:
Doctor Smith
Born: 1825 (+/-5)
Wife: Amy
Son: Embra (my great-great grandfather)
Lived in Brunswick County.
Having trouble finding Doctor Smith’s parents or siblings.
Embra Smith married India Jenkins
India (or Indiana as I’ve seen it listed) lived in Dinwiddie County at one point. Her mother was Henrietta Jenkins. I found them on the 1870 census records. Couldn’t go any further finding their relatives.
My great-grandmother was Annie Stevens. She married Joseph Boatwright. My grandmother’s name is Emily Boatwright. Can find absolutely nothing on Annie Stevens. Was told by an aunt her mother’s name was Charity Williams. They were from Colleton County, South Carolina. Annie would have been born around 1900. My grandmother, Emily, was born in 1920. I had thought maybe she was adopted. My aunt would ask as a child why her mother had a different name but noone would say. Ironically I met a woman with the same surname, Stevens, who even looked like that side of the family, who even said she heard a similar story about her father….that they didn’t know where he came from. She was from Savannah which is only a few miles from Colleton County.
Sorry for the delay – had a bunch of PC hardware problems.
WW1 Draft Registration
Name: Joe Boatwright
Age: 21
Home Address: Colleton, SC
Date of Birth: – , – , 1896
Where Born: Brooks, SC, USA
Occupation: Laborer at Sawmill
By Whom Employed: Colleton Cypress Co., Colleton, SC
Signature:
Joe (his X mark) Boatwright
Description:
Tall, Medium or Short: Medium
Build: Slender
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black
No physical disabilities.
Date: 11 June 1917
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Questionable, but this is only 2 counties from Colleton Co., SC, and they certainly were not in SC in 1920.
1920 Chatham Co., GA Census; ED64 Savannah City; 2 January; Sheet 2A;
Boarding at 310 Huntington St West; Household # 47:
BOATRIGHT, Joe; Boarder; Railroad Porter; m, MU, 23, Marr’d; SC, SC, SC.
………….., Annie; Boarder; f, MU, 19, Marr’d; SC, SC, SC.
Because this census was taken on 2 January, Joe (Joseph?) would have been born in 1896 and Annie in 1900 if their listed census ages are correct. I’ve not found this couple in 1930 to see if they have a daughter named Emily.
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I found Embry/Ember and India/Indiana Smith in 1910, 1900, and Doctor and Amy Smith’s family in 1880 and 1870 (all in Brunswick Co), but not in 1860.
I’ve seen “Doctor” used as a nickname several times which might explain not finding him indexed in 1860, but I can’t recall what ‘christian’ name it was used for.
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Bill
Thanks Bill. I had not found that Chatham Co. census. I was able to go a little further back on Joe (Joseph) side of the family but nothing on Annie.
I’ve seen “Doctor” used as a nickname several times which might explain not finding him indexed in 1860, but I can’t recall what ‘christian’ name it was used for.
My wife’s grandfather (in Scott Co. TN) was named Doctor Dick Litton. His middle name wasn’t Richard; he was named after the doctor who delivered him, whose last name was Dick. As an adult some family members called him Dock, some Dick. My handle on this forum is what his grandchildren called him (Pappy Dick), though it’s also what mine now call me. (I’m also Doctor Dick, but of the PhD sort, and almost nobody calls me that.)
Another (and I think more common) reason for the given name “Doctor” is that the child in question was born the seventh son, and therefore destined to be a healer.
In both of these circumstances “Doctor” is not a nickname — it’s actually in the family Bible that way, etc.
That’s interesting because I have heard that this person, “Doctor Smith” was a healer. I don’t believe it was a nickname, but his actual name as that’s how I’ve seen it listed on all census.
I was able to find more information on India Jenkins. I believe her grandparents were Austin and Emmoline Rives. I haven’t done any research on the Rives name.
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