Balgas BUCHER

                      1790 Census shows Adam Boogher living in York Co. PA. 1 male 26-45, 2 females under 10, 1 female 45+.Adam does not show up on any subsequent census. If this is John Baltes Bucher's son, then he would be about 36 yrs old at the time of the census. The female 45+ is probably his mother as his father died in 1762.
                  

                      Sources: "My Often Misspelled Name is Booher" by Allen G. Booher "Families of Washington County and Bristol, Virginia 1776-1996"

Information taken from "The John  Booher Family" "The Boohers in my Family tree" Which is in my possession. John  was a slave owner and they were listed in his will of 1820. John made his last will in Washington Co. VA. Nov 26 1820. He died before Dec 10 1820. When his will was proven in court, in his will he mentions all my land in Sullivan Co. Tennessee. He moved from Sullivan Co. TN back to Washington Co. VA March 17 1818.

2. Crist, Hon. L. M. , History of Boone County, Indiana (Tucson, Arizona : W.C. Cox Co., 1974), Files of Lanea Booher Miller, 601 Ironwood Street, Omak, WA 98841, boohergirls@yahoo.com, FHL US/CAN Film 934898 Items 3-4.
Select text.  Obtained from internet.
"His (Benjamin, s/o Jacob's) grandfather, John Booher, on coming from Germany to America [sic] first located in the Keystone state and there married a native of Germany..."

3. Booher, Benjamin F. with Strange N. Cragun, Elizabeth Booher Parrigan, Personal Interview (1901, Albany, Clinton, Kentucky.), Files of Lanea Booher Miller, 601 Ironwood Street, Omak, WA 98841, boohergirls@yahoo.com.
Elizabeth is the youngest child of John Booher and neice of Martin Booher.  She was interviewed by her nephew, Benjamin F. Booher, in 1901 at the home of her grandson (Judge Cyrus B. Parrigan) in Albany, Clinton County, Kentucky. It was reported by Benjamin F. to the family reunion in 1902 at Darlington, Indiana.  Also present was his cousin, Johnathan A. Booher of Darlington , In. and son-in-law, Strange Nathaniel Cragun of Lebanon.
"My father, John Booher was of German parentage. My grandfather came from Germany to Pennsylvania but my father and mother were born in this country. My grandparents died when I was a child and my father went back to Pennsylvania when I was about 10 years old to get his legacy. Martin was my father's brother. My father had 10 children, 8 sons and 2 daughters. Their names were: Jacob, Mary (Polly), William, Benjamin, John, died in infancy, John, Fredrick, Isaac and Henry twins, and Elizabeth."

4. Booher, Leander and Benjamin Wesley, History of the Booher Family (Manuscript of 23 Jan 1894; Sloan, Woodbury, Iowa), Files of Lanea Booher Miller, 601 Ironwood Street, Omak, WA 98841, boohergirls@yahoo.com.
Copied from original handwriting by George Max Booher.  Written by Benjamin Wesley Booher I.  Information is from his own knowledge and memory, and from what was told to him/written down by his father, Leander Booher.

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5. Washington County Virginia, Will of John Booher, 1820, Washington, VA GenWeb.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~vawashin/wills/Booher1820.html
Text of will also in posession of Lanea Marie Booher.
In Washington County, Virginia, John Booher's will was made 26 November 1820 and executed 19 December 1820.  There is a date-of-death floating around that is 10 December 1820, but I don't know where that came from or if its reliable.
reliable.
                  

                      "John Bucher emigrated from Germany with two sons, Martin and John. They settled in Lancaster County, Pa. and Virginia. Later, they moved to Sullivan County, Tennessee. Martin Sr. served with Andrew Jackson at the battle of Horshoe Bend and also at the battle of New Orleans. Some of his children died in the Civil War." -- excerpt from "My Often Misspelled Name is Booher," by Allen G. Booher Question: This account says Martin and John Booher emigrated with their father, John Bucher, from Germany. However, records in this book show Martin and John being born in Pennsylvania. Which account is correct? Booher House "On the east side of Adams Chapel Road, the Booher house stands, unoccupied, beside the modern home of its owners, the Parnell Ellis family. It is believed this large two-story dwelling on Booher Creek was built on Timothy Acuff property by a Mr. Booher. By 1782/84, Timothy Acuff owned 806 acres in this area. The house, made of hewn logs is a "saddle-pockets" house with rooms on each side of its great stone chimney. An early style stairway ascends around the chimney. This is an unusually fine example of early log construction. It appears in Martin Booher Sr.'s will that this plantation was owned but not occupied by him at the time of his death in 1824. It is not known how Booher acquired the property which he described as "my plantation below Blountville, 352 acres adjoining the land of the Widow Craft.'' Martin left the plantation to his son, Christian Booher. Soon after 1800, Martin Booher Sr., with his wife and several of his children  arrived in Sullivan County. They came riding in fine coaches drawn by four horses with silver mountings on the horses and coaches. Christian Booher, however, did not arrive here until after 1815. Christian lived in this area of Sullivan County before 1824 and until his death in 1879. In 1850, Christian's sister-in-law, Polly (widow of John Booher) occupied the home with the Christian Booher family . (Legend 149)" -- excerpt from "Historic Sites of Sullivan County," by the Sullivan County Historical Commission and Associates. Compiled by Mrs. Muriel C. Spoden. Published under the auspices of the Sullivan County Court. The Kingsport Press, 1976 Newspaper article from the Sullivan County, Tennessee News This will be a regular monthly feature page highlighting some of the historic homes located in Sullivan County. These original articles were researched and written by Alma Grant in 1982 and are brought to you by the advertisers on this page. Inside These Walls Sullivan County's Historic Homes Booher family had connections with two log houses near Adams Chapel Road By Alma Grant Contributing writer July 20, 1910, Noah J. Phillips noted in his Blountville news column: "It becomes necessary to record the death of an old man, John Booher, who died last week aged 94 years and 19 days." Phillips added that Booher was born June 25, 1816, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, came to Sullivan County with his father (Christian Booher) when he was nine years old and "spent most of his days in the neighborhood of Adams Chapel." The log house where John Booher lived is no past saving but just beyond it, on the west side of Adams Chapel Road, is another log dwelling with Booher connections and it is being preserved. The land where both log houses stand, was first owned by Timothy Acuff who conveyed 377 acres to his son, John, May 19, 1807. John was living on the tract at the time. Five years later, John sold 352 acres to Elisha James and the remaining acreage to his brother-in-law, Thomas Craft. Martin Booher bought the 352-acre tract from James in 1814. At the time Booher owned several hundred acres in northeast Sullivan County and apparently lived in that area. The farm below Blountville appears to be where Martin's son, Christian, settled when he brought his family from Pennsylvania in 1825. There are no deeds showing the disposition of Martin Booher's land after his death in the 1820's. There's only an  'Article of Agreement' signed by each heir. In this they asked William Snodgrass, Ireson 
   Longacre, Thomas Majors, William Anderson and Abraham McClellan to evaluate the land each heir received to be sure each shared equally. It's only after Christian's death in the 1860's that it becomes clear his share was the 352 acres on Adams Chapel Road. He directed in his will that the land be divided between six of his ten children. Christian, Jr., John, David, Nancy, Elizabeth and Margaret. John was to have the log house on the east side of Adams Chapel Road, described as where Christian, Sr., lived. The 12 3/4 acres across where today's house stands was allotted to Margaret Booher. It is a most interesting tract, because near the house are a log barn, log loom house, and an unusual frame spring house. Apparently the loom house originally served as a small grist mill. Oct. 5, 1895, Margaret sold the property to her daughter, Mary F. Booher, for two hundred dollars. Mary continued living in the house until her death in 1933, and was the last Booher to own the tract. The next owners were W.D. and Fannie Barnes, who were bequeathed the property for caring for Mary until her death. July 11, 1944, the Barnes' sold to Nellie Erwin, who was already living in the neighborhood, apparently. Her parents, Jacob and Sarah E. Erwin, had bought 41 1/8 acres of John Booher's land, when it was auctioned after his death. The elder Erwins' sold nearly one-third interest to Nellie. When Nellie died in 1963, she left "the Barnes tract" to her brother, Glenn. Glenn Erwin lived for awhile in the log house, but in his later years he moved into the one-room loom house which had been insulated and wired for electricity by Erwin's neighbor Winfield Watkins. In 1967, Erwin began conveying land to Watkins and his wife, Sarah Lou, August 30. He deeded 1.53 acres to the Watkins for one dollar and "other consideration." The following November, another 1.6 acres went to the Watkins for one thousand dollars . Both tracts "were carved out" of the land Nellie had bequeathed to Glenn. August 25, 1970, Glenn conveyed 39.82 acres to the Watkins for one dollar "and other good and valuable considerations," which no doubt meant the care the Watkins had given to Glenn. March 20, 1975, the Watkins sold the log complex and eight acres to James and Mildred Roselle Graybeal. Jim had photographed the complex of log buildings, when he was a photography and art major in college. When some years later, he was hunting land in Sullivan County, he was delighted to find it for sale. Both the Graybeals are commercial artists and the barn houses their business, Design Shop. They are restoring the log house where they now live, with their three young sons. In the future, they hope to display, in the loom house, artifacts they have found during the restoration. Included are pieces of the original machinery, used to grind corn when the structure served as a grist mill. The complex is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites as "Walnut Shade."