Also spelled Boran, Boreing, Boring Borring, Borin
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
Johnson City, Tennessee is in Washington, Carter and Sullivan Counties. It was known as Brush Creek for the Creek than runs through it.
Absolom Boren was born about 1750.
He married Nancy Miller.
Absolom's and Nancy's children probably included:
Dorcas Boren (1773),
Joshua Boren (1773),
Violet Boren
(1776)
Mary Boren (1778),
Abia Boren (1778),
Jacob Boren (1780, married Alice Green)
Greenberry Boren (1782, married Mary Ruble)
Henry Boren (1785),
Amos Boren (1791, married Anna Hiles),
George Boren (1793),
John Boren (1794), and
Ruth Boren (1794).
Absolom moved to Washington County, Tennessee in the late 1700s. The family settled on Brush Creek.
His will dated November 28, 1815 is found in Washington County Will Book A. He mentioned his wife Nancy, Nancy Miller a minor, and Greene Boren. The executor was Joshua Boren and it was witnessed by Horatio Ford, John Sailor, and Catherine Coon. It was proved in January, 1816.
American pioneers migrated west to settle areas not previously inhabited by European Americans.
Greenberry Boring was born about 1792 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of Absolom Boring and Nancy Miller. He was a blacksmith.
He married Mary Ruble, daughter of Peter Ruble and Catherine Wirt on Oct 11, 1807.
Greenberry and Mary's children included:
Montgomery Boring (1808),
Peter R. Boring (1809),
Lorenzo Boring ( 1812),
Margaret Boring (1814),
Wesley Boring ( 1816),
Isaac Boring (1818),
George Washington Boring (1820),
Elizabeth Boring (1823),
Emeline Boring (1825, married Wesley David Dyer),
John, Boring (1828),
James M. Boring (1831), and
Solomon V. Boring (1833).
