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Genealogies (Warning! - the genealogies listed below have not been verified.  Unfortunately, most genealogies on-line are replete with erroneous information and these could be also, so be very careful and validate your information:

Musco Boulware was a cotton grower and plantation owner.

1850 census - Musco BOULWARE – FamilySearch – Ancestry

1850, SC, Fairfield county, Oct 14
HH 1191/1192
Musco BOULWARE, 30, M, planter, $2700, Fairfield SC
Serena BOULWARE, 25, F, SC
Thomas BOULWARE, 3, M, SC
William BOULWARE, 2, M, SC
James BOULWARE, 1/12, M, SC
Enslow EASCHLER, 24, M, SC

On the 1850 Slave Schedule, he is listed as owning eight slaves in Fairfield county, South Carolina – FamilySearch – Ancestry

By 1852 the family was living in Florida.

1860 census - Musco BOULWARE – FamilySearch – Ancestry
Musco Boulware is quite wealthy by this time.

1860, FL, Alachua county, 17th div., Waldo PO, p. 16, June 13
HH 107/108
Musco BOULWARE, 40, M, farmer, $5300, $10180, SC
Serena BOULWARE, 35, F, SC
Thomas BOULWARE, 13, M, SC
William BOULWARE, 11, SC
James BOULWARE, 10, SC
Reuben BOULWARE, 8, FL
Francis P BOULWARE, M, FL
Musco BOULWARE, 4, M, FL
Martha BOULWARE, 1, F, FL
John DOGINS, 30, M, farm laborer

On the 1860 Slave Schedule, he is listed as owning eleven slaves in Alachua county, Florida – FamilySearch – Ancestry

By the end of the Civil War, his slaves are freed in Florida and his financial position is diminished.

1870 census - Musco BOULWARE – FamilySearch – Ancestry

1870, FL, Alachua county, Gainesville PO, p. 249, July 20
lines 25-32
Musco BOULWARE, 50, M, W, planter, 2500, 900, SC
Sarina BOULWARE, 46, F, W, SC
James BOULWARE, 20, M, W, works on farm, SC
Reuben BOULWARE, 18, M, W, works on farm, FL
Frank BOULWARE, 16, M, W, works on farm, FL
Moses BOULWARE, 14, M, W, works on farm, FL
Mary BOULWARE, 8, F, W, FL
Sally BOULWARE, 11/12, F, W, FL

Sometme prior to 1874, Musco Boulware had moved his family to Waller county, Texas, probably to the plantation on Spring Creek.

James Lewis Boulware married Maria Hargrave 1874.  She was a younger sister of Cyllanae Hargrave and sister-in-law to George Lynch.

Musco Boulware IV (enumerated as "Moses" on 1870 census) was shot and killed October 1879 by Frank Hargrave at Field's store in a dispute over a horse race. Frank Hargrave was a brother-in-law to George Lynch and brother of Cyllanae and Maria Hargrave..

1880 census - Musco BOULWARE – FamilySearch – Ancestry

1880, TX, Waller county, pct. 2 & 3, p. 36, e.d. 159, June 23
HH  316/325
BOULWARE, Musco, W, M, 60, farmer, SC, VA, SC
BOULWARE, Serena, W, F, 55, wife, SC, SC, SC
BOULWARE, Reuben, 28, son, farmer, FL, SC, SC
BOULWARE, Frances, 26, son, works on farm, FL, SC, SC
BOULWARE, Martha E, 21, dau, FL, SC, SC
BOULWARE, Mary H, 19, FL, SC, SC
BOULWARE, Sarah A, 18, dau, FL, SC, SC

There are numerous tax records in Grimes county for the surname Boulware but none are found in Waller county or for Musco Boulware in any county.

Martha Boulware's husband, Joseph D. Wood, was shot and killed at Waller March 31, 1906.

George Lynch's home was reported to be 200-500 yards from that of Musco Boulware.  Newspaper accounts say all other neighbors were over a mile away.  Below are Musco Boulware's neighbors from the 1880 census – hoping to see who the neighbors were that found George in the lane outside his burning home.

1880 Precinct 2 and 3, Waller, Texas, USA
Names are in alphabetical order.
ALFORD
BELL
BOULWARE
EANES
ELLIS
HULL
MATCHETT
OGG
PAYNE
ROBERTS
ROGERSON
SANDERS
THORINDTON
WASHAM

A brief descendant listing:

Descendants of Musco Boulware III, CSA - Dec 30, 2023


1-Musco Boulware III, CSA
		b: Jun 13, 1820 in Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA
		d: abt 1884 in Texas, USA
 +Serena Lewis
		b: 1825
		m: 1839 in South Carolina, USA
		d: 1880

. . 2-Thomas Lewis Boulware
		b: Oct 7, 1847 in Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA
		d: Nov 28, 1932 in Alachua County, Florida, USA
. .  +Martha E. Bryant
		b: Mar 8, 1852 in Florida, USA
		d: Dec 25, 1930 in Alachua County, Florida, USA
. . 2-William W. Boulware
		b: Mar  1849 in South Carolina, USA
		d: Feb 26, 1905 in Fields Store, Waller county, Texas, USA
. .  +Eudora Hearn
		b: Aug 22, 1854 in Marlin, Falls county, Texas, USA
		m: 1883 in Texas, USA
		d: Sep 15, 1936 in Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA
. . 2-James Lewis "J.L." Boulware
		b: Aug 12, 1850 in Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA
		d: Dec 14, 1923 in Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA
. .  +Maria L. Hargrave She was George Lynch's sister-in-law.
		b: Nov 12, 1854 in Waller county, Texas, USA
		m: 1874 in Texas, USA
		d: Mar 12, 1939 in Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA
		Her brother, Frank Hargrave, shot and killed her brother-in-law Musco Boulware IV.
. . 2-Reuben Pickett Boulware
		b: Feb  1852 in Florida, USA
		d: 1910
. .  +Annie Debelle Wallingford
		b: Feb  1867 in Texas, USA
		m: Aug 1, 1881 in Montgomery county, Texas, USA
. . 2-Francis Pickett "Frank" Boulware
		b: Jan 15, 1854 in Florida, USA
		d: Jul 4, 1945 in Austin, Travis county, Tecas, USA
. .  +Anna Jane "Jane" Dennard
		b: Sep 21, 1864 in Texas, USA
		m: 1884
		d: Nov 10, 1929 in Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA
. . 2-Musco Boulware IV
		b: Feb 18, 1856 in Florida, USA
		d: Oct 13, 1879 in Fields Store, Waller county, Texas, USA
		He was shot and killed in a dispute over a horse race by Frank Hargrave, a brother of his sister-in-law Maria Hargrave.
. . 2-John Boulware
		b: 1856
		d: bef 1860
. . 2-Martha Elizabeth Boulware
		b: 1859 in Alachua County, Florida, USA
		d: Jun 12, 1941 in Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA
. .  +Joseph D. Wood
		b: 1861
		m: 1883 in Texas, USA
		d: Mar 31, 1906 in Waller, Waller county, Texas, USA
. . 2-Mary H. "Mamie" Boulware
		b: Mar 8, 1862 in Florida, USA
		d: Mar 30, 1947 in Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA
. . 2-Charles Boulware
		b: 1863
		d: 1863
. . 2-Robert Boulware
		b: 1865
		d: 1865
. . 2-Sarah Ann "Sallie" Boulware
		b: Sep 10, 1869 in Florida, USA
		d: Dec 27, 1958 in Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA
. .  +Alfred Griffin Dewees Jr.
		b: Aug 30, 1869 in Mississippi, USA
		m: 1888 in Texas, USA
		d: Oct 5, 1938 in Waller county, Texas, USA

Newspaper articles may be read at Timeline of News Reports.