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In May 2007 the tombstone of Peter Edward Bozeman born 1834 was discovered in Dublin behind the Hills Chapel Church, far back into the woods, off of a long washed out bumpy dirt road on private property. The owner unlocked the gate to let us in to view what was once a family cemetery owned by John A. Hill, a planter and probable relative of our family. The old neglected cemetery was surrounded by old rusted barb wire, covered up in thick brush and pine straw, and we only found three legible tombstones, but were told there were many more tombstones there in years past. We do plan to meet again to "work and clean" this area in the near future. The gathering was quite emotional and very exciting as we met new Bozeman cousins descending from Peter Edward Bozeman. We shared our notes and research and I gave them a copy of the marriage license found in the Montgomery County Probate Office of Peter and Nancy. [Gathering: http://www.hometown.aol.com/bozemangenweb/60.html] (For anyone wishing to view this property, please contact the owner for permission, as it is leased out to hunters and for your own protection, do not go without permission.) We discussed the probability that Peter was the son of Martha Hill and William Henry Bozeman of Darlington South Carolina, who had migrated to Hope Hull, Alabama. William was the son of American Revolution Soldier Peter Bozeman, who had received Bounty Land in Darlington SC in 1782 ( formerly Cheraws District ) and about 1826 Peter and William and the rest of the Bozeman Clan removed to Alabama. During the Civil War, Peter was in the Shelby County Reserve. [1] Peter was a cotton farmer and two of his sons continued the tradition. His other son Robert Henry Bozeman became a contractor and bought land between Maxwell Air Force Base and Hope Hull, along the Mobile Road. Off on Mobile Road is a Bozeman Drive where Uncle "Bob" created a new cemetery known as "Memorial Cemetery" where the daughter of John Thomas Bozeman, Lorena is buried. At our Bozeman Gathering at Hills Chapel we also found the tombstone of R L Hill, a Civil War Soldier and the son of John A. Hill according to census records. We also found the tombstone of Alice Lorena Stephens Bozeman, the first wife of John Thomas Bozeman. It is believed that John A. Hill was the brother of Martha Hill Bozeman and this is why her son is buried on this property. Martha's father was also a John Hill who resided in Darlington SC after his service in the American Revolution. Peter Edward Bozeman's father died in 1847 and Peter's uncle Jesse Bozeman was the administrator of the Estate. The 1850 census shows that Martha and her children had moved away from Jesse Bozeman, to another part of Montgomery County, likely to be near her own siblings. There is a strong possibility that Martha is also buried on that Hill property and in the months to come, when we go back and clean up, we may find her tombstone as well. There is a book published in 1885 by a Reverend Bozeman, titled "Sketches of Bozeman" and he does make reference to the Peter Bozeman of the War of Independence, moving to Alabama, but apparently nobody has ever researched his lineage until recent years. The book mentions Peter's father, Mordecai, serving in the Militia of the Continental Army along with sons, Peter and John. The book also states that Mordecai's younger son James, remained in Darlington South Carolina. Apparently John migrated to Mississippi in 1823 according to the Land Records found at Rootsweb.com. The South Carolina Archives on the internet lists the payments made to this soldiers and it also lists many of the land grants they received. Census records show Peter Bozeman in Darlington SC 1820 and his sons in Alabama 1830 - but Peter died in 1829 in Montgomery Alabama. Peter's son William Henry is found on the 1840 census and he died in 1847 but his wife and son Peter Edward Bozeman are found in 1850. The 1880 census shows us Peter Edward Bozeman with wife and children listed and named accordingly. Peter Edward Bozeman's grown married children are found in the 1900 census of Montgomery County Alabama and 1910.
[Bozeman Research http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kc90853/Sons0fMordecai.html]
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