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Title: John Maxwell and Nancy Boles family of Campbell Co, Kentucky
Posted by: Kimberly Fairchild
Date: 10 February 2010

Does anyone have any information on the family of John Maxwell and Nancy Boles from Alexandria, Campbell County, Kentucky.  John was born abt 1775 in Alexandria(?) or possibly Pennsylvania(?)..John's father may have been "William"?  Nancy Boles was born abt 1777 in Alexandria(?) or possibly Pennsylvania(?) and was the daughter of Henry Boles and Martha Fulton.

John and Nancy (Boles) Maxwell children (I don't know the birth order but have found these marriage records from Alexandria, Campbell Co, KY):
1) Martha Maxwell to David Acklin 11 Nov 1817-bond-John Maxwell
2) William Maxwell to Harriet Dolson 20 June 1823-bond John Raredon
3) Mary Maxwell to 1) Daniel H. Trucese (sic)(should be Truer) 17 Aug 1822; 2) Mary Truer to William Proctor 9 May 1825-bond William Maxwell
4) Matilda Maxwell to George Graden 27 Feb 1820-bond John Maxwell
5) John B. Maxwell to Almira Wirl 29 Jan 1834-bond by William Hawley-who made oath that Almira was his sister-in-law and that she lived with him and that her mother gave consent
6) Cynthia Maxwell to Nicholas A. Straube 11 Oct 1831-bond John Maxwell
7) Rebecca Maxwell to Elisha Parrish 18 Mar 1837-bond William M. Newman
8) Elizabeth/Betsey Ann Maxwell 19 June 1836-bond John Maxwell

From other family trees there is also shown as a child-David H. Maxwell...but I don't know if he is a child of John and Nancy or a brother of John(?)

Also from other family trees many list John Maxwell's date of death as 1827 (Campbell Co, KY?) and Nancy Boles Maxwell date of death as 1864 (Campbell Co, KY?)

The one Maxwell "story" item that has been passed down through the generations is from my ggGrandmother Mary Ellen (Clarkson) Kibbe's writings in the late 1890's when writing about the Proctor family. She wrote this "Mrs. Proctor's [Mary Maxwell's] grandmother, Maggie [Martha] Boles was a sister of Robert Fulton, inventor of the first steamboat.  Her [Mary Maxwell's] grandfather Maxwell was killed by the Indians, his wife escaping by hiding in a hollow log.  Her two sisters, although scalped, managed to crawl to a boat and thus save their lives."

Would appreciate sharing any information... especially dates of birth, death, where they lived, buried, etc.

Thank you. Kim Fairchild


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John Maxwell and Nancy Boles family of Campbell Co, Kentucky10 February 2010Kimberly Fairchild
     Re:John Maxwell and Nancy Boles family of Campbell Co, Kentucky08 April 2010Tammy Jordan

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