| JOHN ALBERT BORING,
*CSA* 
John
Albert Boring enlisted as a Private into the Confederate Army on May 21, 1864,
and was assigned to the Marion Light Artillery, 3rd Battalion of Smith's
Brigade. John was surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama on May 4, 1865, and
was paroled on May 11, 1865 at Meridian, Mississippi, and was separated from the
CSA. He was born on December 20, 1837, and was married to Sarah
Rollins. He died on April 29, 1903. Both he and Sarah are buried in
Boring family Cemetery in Lowndes County, Georgia.
FAMILY SKETCH: John Albert Boring
1837-1903
Lowndes
John A. Boring
was born in
Morgan
County
, according to his Confederate record,
or in
Walton
County
. He
was the son of Joseph and Harriet (Means) Boring.
Joseph and Harriet in Georgia to pioneer families who came from North
Carolina in the early 19th Century, although in 1850, Joseph, Harriet
and their six children were living in Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama,
farming. By 1860, Joseph was in
Walton
County
with his wife and three of their
children, Sarah Boring 20, Joseph Boring 19, and Margaret Boring 13.
John Boring married Sarah Rollings on October 9, 1859.
This is believed to be his first wife, but it is not known where they
were living when the 1860 census was taken.
On
October 6, 1862
, John enlisted in the Confederate Army at
Camp
Finegan
in
Alachua County
,
Florida
, which indicates he was living in
Florida
by then. He was discharged on
April 30, 1863
, due to illness. He re-enlisted on
May 21, 1864
, Marion Light Artillery at
Dallas
,
Georgia
and was paroled on
May 11, 1865
Meridian
,
Mississippi
.
John and
Sarah had two children: (1) Hugh M. Boring b. 1860 m. 1st Fannie A.
Meddaugh,
Sept. 25, 1883
, 2nd Lolla? (2) Edgar J.
Boring b.1864 d. 1915
Apparently
Sarah died sometime during the early 1860’s.
John married his 2nd wife Sarah Kornegay on December 20, 1865.
Sarah was born in 1848, the daughter of Basil and Emily Kornegay, (Vol.
XI). Basil had property a few miles
southeast of
Valdosta
on the banks of what is Boring Pond. In
1870. John and Sarah had 10
children: (3) Ida Lee Boring b.
Nov. 14, 1866
d.
Jan. 16, 1940
m. William A. Griffith
Sept. 23, 1886
, b.
Aug. 29, 1886
d.
Dec. 20, 1943
. Buried in Sunset Hill Cem.
(4) Margaret Boring b. 1868 (5) Harriet E. Boring b.
Oct. 29, 1869
d.
Mar. 16, 1947
. m. Willis H. Watson,
Mar. 20, 1888
, b.
Oct. 7, 1895
, d.
Sept. 6, 1948
. Both are b. in
Sunset
Hill
Cemetery
. (6) Anna Boring b. Feb. 1875 d.
1915 (7) George Boring b. 1874 d. 1945 m Minnie Lovett Apr. 21, 1901, (8) John
H. Boring b. Apr. 15, 1877 d. June 18, 1969, m. Inez, John buried in Boring
Cemetery. (9) Minnie Boring b. Apr. 1880 d. 1937 b. in Sunset Hill Cem. (10)
Walter Boring b. Sept. 1882 m. 1st Mattie, 2nd Eunice
Thelma Minter
Nov. 5, 1919
Thomas Co., GA (11) Clifford Boring b. June 1886 m. Mae Belle Doss.
(12) Maude Ruth Boring b. Apr. 6, 1890 d. Dec.12, 1986 m. William J.
Handorf, Sept 16, 1917 b. May 11, 1892 d. Apr. 4, 1938 bur. in Sunset Hill
Cemetery.
John Boring and his family lived in Valdosta where he practiced medicine
for a number of years, then gave up and moved to the country at Boring Pond.
John Boring died April 29, 1903. His
2nd wife Sarah died in 1935. John
and Sarah are buried at their country place, Boring Pond.
Contributed
by: Mary B. Wilson,
503 Ricks Ave
,
Lake Park
,
GA
31636
. This is # 2084, in Huxford
Genealogical Society, Inc. Magazine, Volume XXIX, Number 2, and June 2004.
Copied from a family sketch by: Gaynell
Highsmith Sasser, Rt.
2 Box 55
, and
Nahunta
,
Ga.
John
Albert Borings military service was research and a grave stone was ordered on
August 26, 2004 by Ms. Gaynell H. Sasser. The stone has been delivered and
is being held pending arrival of his his great grandson.
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