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- Died between July 1 and September 3, 1900
Was the father (some say) of 22 children by 3 marriages. First marriedat age 15.
1844 Jordan and Elizabeth Buttram married.
1845 William (Happy William) was born.
1849 Jordan taxed for one poll.
1851 Jordan Boyatt (Bayad) taxed 1 poll, 1 horse.
1851 Jurdan Boyat and Elizabeth Winchester were married.
March 10, 1852 Jordan Bozat and Sippy Spradling, a daughter, borndead. Whitley County, KY
March 1, 1852 Boyatt (Jordan) and Winchester were granted land fromthe State of Kentucky.
1853 Jordan had a grant for 20 acres from State of Kentucky for landon Cub Creek, opposite Whitley County, Kentucky
1853 Jurdan Boyat 100 Acres Big South Fork, 1 Wife, 1 horse, 1 childbetween 6 and 16, 3 hogs
1854 Jordan Boyat No land, 1 poll, 1horse, 2cattle, 1 child between 6and 18, and 12 hogs.
1856, December 9 Jurdan Bozat and Elizabeth Winchester a daughterNancy. Wayne County, Kentucky.
1856 Jourdin Boyat was on Scott County Jury of view in 1856 to lay offand mark out a 2nd class road from the Kentucky State line to thenearest and best way to James Litton to intersect the Scott Countyroad.
1857Jordan Boyatt marked off the Wayne County, Kentucky tax list withthe notation "moved to Tennessee."
1861 Jordan Boyatt came to April court and proved he had killed 2wildcats. He was given $1.
1861 The Civil War began. Scott County voted 560 to stay with theUnion and 19 to secede. There were no slaves in District one. ScottCounty voted to secede from the State. They were re-admitted in thelare 1880's. Guerilla Capt. Rule and his men terrorized and plunderedthe No Business- Parch Corn area until they were surrounded by theHome Guard at Peter Burk home just above Big Island on No BusinessCreek and Rule and most of his men were killed. (Should by JonathanBurke's home.)
Jordan's brothers and his son, William, and most of Scott County menenlisted in the Union Army. When William got shot in the leg in ascuffle at camp, Jordan and some others carried him home from Kentuckyon a litter as there were no horses left.
1863 Jordan's mother, Susannah Maxwell Boyatt died. She was 56 yearsold.
1864 Jordan's father, Thomas Boyatt, died. He was 58 years old.
1866 Jordan was given a certificate for killing one wildcat.
1866 October Jordan was on a jury to view the road fromHuntsville-Monticello, KY with Blevins and Abasolm Slaven.
1867 Jordan was overseer of a road.
Jordan, David and Granville also lived near to each other in the NoBusiness area. the following deed shows that Jordan, David and Elishawere neighbors and had settled close to their father's place. On the3rd of April 1876, Jordan Boyatt sold t to Elisha Boyatt (Scott Co,TNM-400) 100 acres for $115 in Scott County on the waters of Cub Creekbetween Walker's line and Latitude 36 30' beginning at 3 white oaks onThomas Boyatt's corner,....David Boyatt's corner,..and a 2nd tract of100 acres on Cub Creek branch of the South Fork of the Cuberland whichgave no names in the lines.
1896 September 4 Jurdan Boyatt and Martha Davis witnessed the will ofWilliam Kidd. the will was recorded 22 July 1901 and Ransome Boyattand W.F. Kidd proved their signatures. William Kidd left to Albert E.and Marion Kidd all of his land on Rock Creek, his mill and cardingmachine. To the rest of children in order:
Hanna J. Kidd Jones and Mare E. Kidd Hill $1
John L. Kidd, William J. Kidd, Martha A. Kidd Stevens, Susannah KiddHatfield (married son of Wm. Riley and Elizabeth Burke Hatfield),Margaret L. Kidd Litton, James F. Kidd, T.F. Kidd, Kizire E. KiddPrather and Elvirah Kidd Phipps, these last 9 children remainder of myestate after the death of my wife, widow's dower for life then to last9 named children, the first part of my estate, the Widow's Dower ofland at her death to fall back to A.E. Kidd and Marion Kidd. Exec.T.F. Kidd.
1900 Jordan Boyatt died. "He lived at Parch Corn and requested that hebe buried at No Business Mountain."
Jordan's son Ransome was administrator of his estate. He reported:
"In the conduct of this business, I have made 3 or 4 trips toJamestown, in getting the land matters settled and paying off notesagainst the above. The same number of trips to Huntsville. The entireBoyatt land being involved. I also paid the note of my Father offbefore any money came into my hands to pay and only did this toprotect the house."
The sale of his goods was held September 3, 1900.
1 gun .80c 1 broad ax$1.70 mattock .10c
1 steel blacksmith tool 1 vice old iron .05c
1 drill 1 crowbar1 mule $3.75
1 evaporator 1 razor andhone $1.00 1 heifer $14.25
1 Quilling wheel clothes .40c 1hoe
carpenter tools $1.50 1 wash kettle .50c 1mattock
1 cave barrels .50c stone mason tools$1.55 1 whip saw .60c
3 head cattle steel trap .50c
a heifer $18.00 1 cow $17.00
1 account Nimrod Slaven $7.06 1 hog
1 account Joe Bell $2.75 5 plains and joints
old grain 3 stonehammers
4 carpenter chisels 3 stone chiselsTotal $111.95 March 11, 1901
The inventory shows that Jordan Boyat had diverse skills to care forhis family on a frontier setting. He could be blacksmith, carpenter,stone mason, trapper, distiller, and farmer. A very self sufficienthousehold.
Vera Boyatt
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1828 - 1900 (71 years)
