Fifth Generation

62. Wesley BOLER¹³ was born on 6 June 1797 in Edgefield District, Edgefield Co., SC.¹³ He died on 15 November 1882 in MS.¹³ Wesley Boler was born in Edgefield District, SC and lived his early life in the midst of his Boulware and Rutherford family members. His Mother, Rachel, died in SC between 1805 and 1810. By 1816 Wesley's father, William Bowler, had migrated, with his youngest two children, to the Mississippi Territory, Clarke Co, AL. Wesley is listed, along with his brother John and brother-in-law Green McKinney, on the 1820 AL Census for the Cherokee Indian Land. In 1823 Wesley married Eliza Walton and some time prior to 1830 the couple and some extended family members moved to Hinds Co, MS. In 1834 Wesley Boler sold his land in Hinds County and began purchasing land in Neshoba Co, MS. That land had just been opened for settlement by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Wesley, his cousins, and his wife's extended family were among the earliest settlers of Neshoba County, living in the area that became Newton County after that county split from Neshoba in 1836. The families lived in the area west of the present town of Union, MS. In 1856 his son-in-law, Norfleet Staton, built a two story home for Wesley in the present city of Union, MS. That home would become Boler's Inn, a stagecoach inn on the route to Jackson, MS. Sherman quartered his men at Boler's Inn on his march through Mississippi, but didn't burn the building because of the name of the town, Union. That building is still standing in 1998, but is in need of repair and renovation. Wesley & Eliza's third son, James Boler, was killed in the Civil War during the Siege of Vicksburg, MS. Some time prior to 1870, Wesley moved back to the area west of Union which is very close or right on the Neshoba/Newton county line. By 1870 Wesley's wife, Eliza Walton, and Eliza's brother, James Walton, had died. Wesley married James' widow, his sister-in-law Nancy Miller Walton. Wesley & Nancy Boler were enumerated on the 1880 Newton Co, MS Census. The last deed for them was found in Newton County, MS in January 1882. Wesley Boler died November 15, 1882 and is buried in Abney Cemetery, just west of Union, MS. The month after Wesley died his 2nd son John Boler removed to Texas.
1820 US Census Cherokee Nation Lands, AL
1830 US Census Hinds Co, MS p. 196
1834 Sold Land in Hinds Co, MS
1834-1835 Purchased Land in Neshoba Co, MS
1838 Personal Tax Rolls Newton Co, MS (Wesley Boller) 1 White Poll, 3 Slaves, $2.25
1840 US Census Newton Co, MS p. 138
1841 Newton Co, MS State Census
1845 Newton Co, MS State Census
1850 US Census Newton Co, MS p. 189, #495-495
1860 US Census Newton Co, MS, Union Post Office, #674-689
1870 US Census Neshoba Co, MS, p. 148 #1104
1880 US Census Newton Co, MS, Beat 3, #339-326, p. 38, Supv. Dist. 2, ED 87
1875 Wesley Boler of New Ireland is shown purchasing a subscription to the Newton Co newspaper. (Newton Co, MS Newspaper Items 1872-1875.)

Wesley BOLER and Eliza WALTON were married on 24 December 1823 in Clarke Co., AL.¹³ Eliza WALTON was born on 29 August 1807 in SC.¹³ She died on 23 January 1868 in Newton Co., MS.¹³

Wesley BOLER and Eliza WALTON had the following children:

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William Riden BOLER.
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John M. BOLER.
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Mary "Polley" BOLER.
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James BOLER.
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Sarah Ann BOLER.
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Martha BOLER.
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Elizabeth BOLER.
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Green Berry BOLER was born on 18 November 1842 in Newton Co., MS.¹³ He died on 7 March 1920 in MS.¹³
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Henry Clay BOLER.
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Andrew Jackson BOLER was born on 18 August 1846 in Newton Co., MS.¹³ He died in Laurel, Jones Co., MS.¹³
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Eliza Jane BOLER was born on 14 July 1848 in Newton Co., MS.¹³

Wesley BOLER and Nancy Ann MILLER were married about 1869 in Newton Co., MS.¹³ Nancy Ann MILLER was born about 1809 in SC.¹³ She died after 1880 in MS.¹³