Bostick / Bostock / Bostwick Surnames and Variants

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Comment by Kenneth Douglas on December 6, 2013 at 4:44am

John Graves Bostick is the nephew of the bachelor. Right?

Comment by Judith Hazlett Starsinic on December 6, 2013 at 2:49am

Hi Ken,  I posted a query and received this great Bostic response! I have his manuscript regarding John Bostick the Bachelor and found it very interesting.  

As mentionned prior: the 1810 Census has John Bostic and the 1820 census has John G Bostic.  I am trying to decide if they are one and the same man.  (This must be the John Graves Bostic mentioned in the ancestry article you posted)  If they are one and the same we could possibly have a connection to our lines.

Comment by Kenneth Douglas on December 5, 2013 at 11:14pm

This is a post on the Ancestry.com message board. I have seen this once before but I dismissed it not thinking this could be the same John Bostick. I have seen the reference to Nancy Bostick Desaussure memoir. 

http://boards.ancestrylibrary.com/surnames.bostick/162.2.1.1.1.1/mb...

Not sure exactly the focus of your question/post. If you are seeking background information on "Captain" John Bostick of Richland County, I may be of some help. The John Bostick who appeared in records in Craven (later Richland) County between about 1770 and 1814 was a son of Valentine Bostick and Mary Graves of Onslow County, NC and earlier from Hanover and Spottsylvania Counties, VA. John had three brothers: Richard Bostick of Black Swamp/Beaufort County, SC area; Samuel Bostwick of Effingham County, GA and Beaufort County, SC; and Charles Bostick of Duplan County, NC. John Bostick accumulated a landed estate in the vicinity of Richland County approaching 5,000 acres. He was a life-long bachelor, MSgt. in Artillery Company during Revolutionary War, Captain of local militia after War, and well-respected in his community, having witnessed and named executor on several Wills. John reportedly was a very close friend of General Wade Hampton (II), and ventured into investments with Gen. Hampton and Hampton's brother. John was the "bachelor brother of Columbia" mentioned by Alexander McIver Bostick in his letter to his aunt, Nancy Wallace Bostick Desaussure. (ref. Nancy Bostick Desaussure memoir: "Old Plantation Days"). I have written a manuscript entitled "John Bostick The Bachelor" which I will gladly share, if you are interested. Don't be confused by a few records in the Richland area for John's nephew, John Graves Bostick. Those records are fairly easy to discern, if you know what to look for. Lastly, the James Bostick whom you referenced does not appear to have had any kinship connection to John Bostick or his family. This James appears to have come down to Columbia from the north sometime after John's death.

Comment by Judith Hazlett Starsinic on December 5, 2013 at 8:45pm

Hi Edwin,  Here is a link about the Congaree.  I will send the one about the islands when I find it again. 

http://sciway3.net/proctor/state/natam/congaree.html

Comment by Judith Hazlett Starsinic on December 5, 2013 at 8:34pm

Susan is in the 1830, 1840, 1850 and 1860 Census Records.  She was alive in 1870 but I can't find her in the census for that year. I have an approximate date of death and it was after 1870. 

The home Susan lived in was built on one of the original lots of Columbia. The original home could have been lost during the Civil War and was rebuilt by the family. The original "kitchen" remained for many years and became rental property.  I know the kitchen was there in 1913 when the family asked for a license to repair the roof. 

Comment by Judith Hazlett Starsinic on December 5, 2013 at 7:37pm

I need to look at the census again.  Thanks!  I thought the Congaree was an area - like a swamp - an part of the Broad River.  Let me know what you know about this.  

Perhaps John Bostick went from 34 to 23 with Susan, James and Susan's slaves being part of the process?  

Thanks for these goof tips! 

Comment by Edwin Sasportas on December 5, 2013 at 7:31pm

Seems to me like it all stems from the white slaveowner, John Bostick.  If he indeed was the wealthy bachelor landowner, then it makes sense that the free colored Bostics listed were either his manumitted offspring - or the children of his manumitted offspring.  They may have been given land or money as a "start-up" or earned it from their labor.

Comment by Edwin Sasportas on December 5, 2013 at 7:07pm

Looking through Census records.  I have Susan Bostick living in Columbia in 1830 and 1840 records. She was free colored and was a colored slaveowner in 1830, There were a number of people in the household.  In 1830, there was also a Jas Bostick listed as free colored in Columbia with 6 other free colored.  The 1810 and 1820 records show a large slaveowner named John Bostick who had 34 slaves in 1810 and 23 slaves in 1820. By the way, the Congaree is a river named after Indians.

Comment by Kenneth Douglas on December 5, 2013 at 5:12pm

I'm happy to share and get some valuable information.

Comment by Judith Hazlett Starsinic on December 5, 2013 at 4:35pm

This website has really picked up with you guys on board!

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