Jonathan Bozorth, born February 20th, 1780 in Virginia, was the next to youngest child of Joseph and Elizabeth (________) Bozorth of Monongalia County, Virginia. It is not exactly clear where Joseph and his family were in February of 1780. His mother Elizabeth was seven months pregnant with him when they sold their land in what was then Monongalia County in December of 1779. It is unlikely that they traveled to Kentucky during the winter months while she was heavy with child, but by July of 1780 Joseph Bozer (Bozier / Bozorth) was serving as a "Lieutenant in Captain William McCluer's Company of Militia in the County of Jefferson and State of Virginia in Colonel William Linn's Batalion under the command of Colonel George Rogers Clark against the Shawnee Indians." By 1785 this area was then known as Nelson County, Virginia. By 1787 the area where they lived on the Nolin River became Hardin County, Kentucky in 1792.

When Jonathan was ten years old, his father Joseph Bozorth died in "Nelson County, Virginia, District of Kentucky" about June of 1790. Joseph left a will naming: his wife Elizabeth; his three oldest sons: John, David and Joseph; his married daughters (not numbered or named) and his seven youngest children (also not named). It is believed Jonathan was the sixth of the seven youngest children. On April 2, 1791 Jonathan's mother Elizabeth married (Robert) Veasy Alexander, who also had a young family. Seven years later on August 7, 1798, the eighteen and a half year old Jonathan married his stepsister Lucy Alexander in Hardin County, Kentucky. Their marriage was performed by Baptist Minister Josiah Dodge and was recorded on page 2 of Hardin County Marriage Book "A." The witnesses were Mahetable Bozreth, Jonathan's sister, and his brother Joseph, whose name was shown by the county clerk as Boozorth, Borth and Bozreth in the Bond and Consent records.

Lucy Alexander and Jonathan Bozorth were the parents of the following children born in Hardin or Christian County, Kentucky:
1. Andrew - b. 4 Mar 1799 / d. 1874
-- m/1. Alcey Hargis 26 Jan 1817
-- m/2. Catherine Loe 15 Jan 1832
-- m/3. Prscilla Belle Jackson 14 Nov 1839
2. Hiram - b. 15 Jan 1802 / d. Aug 1846
-- m. Margaret Cleeton on 14 Oct 1818
3. Mary - b. ca 1804 / d. bef 1853
-- m. Unknown Gross (Issac, Jacob or Stephen)
4. Bethiah - b. 18 Jul 1806 / d. 25 Feb 1874
-- m. James Cleeton on 7 Aug 1822
5. Melvina - ca 1808 / d. bef 1834
-- m. Hardin Hargis as 1/w
6. Absolom - b. 13 May 1810 / d. 22 Jan 1826
7. Milton J. - b. ca 1813 / d. ca 15 Feb 1864
-- m/1. Julia Ann Summers 11 Nov 1841
-- m/2. Lucy J. Spivey 5 Sep 1854
8. Alfred M. - b. ca 1815 / d. bet 1860-70
-- m/1. Minerva Hargis on 24 Mar 1836
-- m/2. Mary Ann Dunn on 3 Feb 1846
9. Harriet - b. ca 1817 / d. 18 Sep 1889
-- m/1. Thomas Palmatory on 20 Jul 1832
-- m/2. William W. McGrew on 11 Apr 1841

Jonathan and Lucy (Alexander) Bozorth moved to Christian County, Kentucky before 1807. The related Bozorth and Hargis families moved from there to Howard County, Missouri about 1819. It is not known if Lucy died in Kentucky or in Missouri. Her date of death and place of burial are unknown.

Jonathan's second wife was Cynthia Gross. Her parents are unknown at this time. Jonathan and Cynthia were the parents of the following children born in Howard County:
1. Lucinda R(ella?) "Cinderella" - b. 13 Apr 1821 / d. aft 1863 -- m. Clifford D. Summers ca 1839
2. Pinkney Alexander - b. 13 Nov 1823 / d. aft 1889 -- m/1. Mary Helen Terrell -- m/2. Polly A. (Fields) Berry
3. Elnora D. - b. 03 Aug 1826 / d. Aug 1900
-- m/1. Francis Nary on 5 Jan 1843
-- m/2. Dr. Lewis N. Hulse on 7 Jan 1844
-- m/3. William M. Bozarth on 10 Jul 1851
4. Jonathan, Jr. - b. ca 1826 / d. bet 1850-53
5. Benjamin - b. ca 1831 / d. bef 1853
6. Nancy Elizabeth - b. ca 1834
-- m. Walter Bragg Smoot on 15 Aug 1860

Over the years in Howard County, Missouri the spelling of the Bozorth name changed to Bozarth. Jonathan Bozarth died at the age of 74 years, 2 months and 26 days on May 16, 1854 in Bonne Femme Township, Howard County, Missouri. He was buried in the Mount Gilead Cemetery in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. About 1866 his widow Cynthia Bozarth went with daughter Nancy and husband Walter Smoot when they moved to Collin County, Texas. Walter died there on July 4, 1867. Cynthia Gross Bozarth died there on February 15, 1882 at the age of 81 years, 11 months and 24 days.

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Jonathan Bozarth from Kathy Hammer
Suggested Edit:
Jonathan’s mother is Elizabeth Borden ( wife of Joseph Bozarth 1735-1790) marriage unknown

Joseph Bozarth b. Abt 1735- d. 1790 his parents are John Bozarth (1714-1760) and Innocent Borden ( 1716-after 1761) married 13 July 1734 Burlington, New Jersey

John Bozarth 1714-1760 parents are:
Simon Bozarth 1688-1753 and Mary Mason married 1712

Simon Bozarth 1688-1753 parents are:
Jean Bossard abt 1650 Alsace-Lorraine, France and Margaretha Mullerin ( Van Westhoffen) married 24 March 1691 Strasbourg, France

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