Julia Ann Beauchmie ^{2 3 4}

   Other names for Julia were Julia Ann Boachman, Julia Ann Boshman and Mrs. Julia Ann Stinson.

  Research Notes:

From Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by George W. Martin (Topeka, 1908), pp. 401-402:

"[Boachman's] wife was Polly Rogers, daughter of Henry Rogers and his wife, the daughter of Blackfish, chief of the Shawnees. She probably belonged to the small band of Shawnees which settled on the Meramec, near the leadmines, in Missouri, about the beginning of the last century [early 1800's]. Mrs. Boachman died a few weeks before her husband, at the old Pottawatomie mission, in the spring of 1848 or 1849. They had six children: Annie, the wife of the Rev. N. T. Shaler, who died before her parents; Washington, who died in youth; Alexander, whose allotment comprises the present Auburndale addition to the city of Topeka, supposed to be now a resident of Dowagiac, Mich.; Julia Ann, wife of the late Thomas Nesbit Stinson, born on the Shawnee reserve, Johnson county, March 26, 1834; William, who died near Fort Scott in the early '60's' and Martha, the youngest, the late Mrs. John Read, whose allotment adjoined Mrs. Stinson's, near Tecumseh, Shawnee county, Kansas. Some additional matter relating to Mr. Boachman's family will be found in the Kansas Historical Collections, volume 9, pages 170 and 212."

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Mary Cross (12 Apr 2000) on message board (http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.rogers/1099.1112/mb.ashx) cites Richard Pagburn's Indian Blood: Finding Your Native American Ancestor, Vol 1 (Louisville:Butler Books, 1993) when she writes [with some editing]:

"...Rogers[es] were captured in Virginia given up in 1762, at lancaster Pa. -Richard ,Esther, Jacob Rogers. See minutes of the Provential Council of Penna.When Gen. George Rogers Clark attacked the Shawnee Town of Piqua (Pickaway) in Aug of 1870,there were members of his family living among them.a nephew Joseph Rogers ran out ofthe village was shot by mistake. "Silverheels" was among those Shawnees who fled Piqua he reported to the British that Rogers was missing. Also Henry Rogers (a Shawnee),who had been adopted by Blackfish,but was living in another village.Henry Rogers halfbreed children included Lewis Rogers,William Rogers,Polly Rogers, Graham Rogers.Macinaw tribes Beauchemie [Bushman],an adopted Potawatomi,married Shawnee Polly Rogers daughter of Henry Rogers, son in law of Blackfish.Their children included Annie (who married N.T. Shaler) Julia Ann (who married Thomas Nesbit Stinson), Alexander, William, Martha Boshman.Lewis Rogers, a white Chief of a band of Shawnees and Delewares on the upper Meramec, appealed to Mewriwether Lewis for assistance after being threatened by Osage horse thieves.A Lewis Rogerswas head of household among the Cherokees in Arkansas in 1828. Graham rogers was a carpenter for the Shawnees.1851 was a time of dispute among Traditional Shawnee tribal Elders the white styled progressives,conservatives vs the liberals.Specifically the conservative traditionalists,including Blackhoof George Bluejacket the modernists included the Reverand Charles Bluejacket and Graham Rogers, whether the the Shawnee Council chief should be passed nephew to nephew in the old traditional way or else elected by popular vote of the entire tribe, white fashion. When Chief John perry died, he was suceeded by James Francis, son of his sister, the last traditional heredity Chief. In 1851 Joseph Parks was voted in as head Chief Graham Rogers as second Chief. When Joseph died,Graham Rogers became head chief.In 1860, Paschal Fish William Rogers were the principal chiefs of the Fish or Jackson Band of Shawnees with Charles Fish, Charles Tucker, George Doughtery,Charles Tooley, Jackson Rogers,subchiefs 7 councelors.Other marriages one being Lewis Rogers to Miria, Wm. Rogers to mary gillis,Wilson rogers to Polly samuels,all in 1843.then benjamin Rogers to Jane Luckett in 1844,Rachael rogers to Wm. Donaldson in 1842, Jane rogers to Issac Parish in 1848.Lewis Rogers spoke-exirted at parish church meeting in 1839,Wm. Rogers as a councellor, henry Rogers as a steward. Lewis Henry morgan, an ethnologist researching Shawnee customs, visited Graham Anna Rogers. Graham had married Anna Carpenter, a daughter of Kotsey (Koh-che-qua) Morgan said of her," she is a half breed,was educated at the Quaker Mission school, is in every respect,a bright,intelligent, even beautiful woman...their house is a fine one,well furnished neat as a pin..." The Shawnees furnished a company of men to the 13th regiment of the kansas militia during the Civil War, on the Union side. Graham Rogers was elected captain, Jackson rogers 1st lieutendant, Charles bluejacket 2nd lieutendant. After the war, Graham Rogers was then elected head Chief. the children of Graham Anna Carpenter Rogers included daughters Cenith Rachel sons Richard Stephen. Cary Rogers died in 1866 and left as heirs John Hat george Spybuck who were his grandfathers Mary Coon who was his cousin. Among the Cherokees who settled on the lands of the Cherokee nation by 1869,were Nancy B.,David,Sally,John H.,Aeenith,Rachel, Simpson,Eli, Serene,Samuel,Polly,Jackson,Soapqua,Henry, mary, Graham Rogers..In 1871 Graham Rogers was listed as "late principal chief of the Shawnee tribe" when 772 shawnees offically joined the Cherokees on the Cherokee Reserve lands.The agreement was signed by Charles Tucker as "late principal chief of the Shawnee tribe. by W.L.G.Miller as the Tribal secretary. On behalf of the Cherokees, it was signed by Lewis Downing,"principal chief of the Cherokee Nation." Among Shawnee guardianship cases reviewed by the Comissioner of Indian Affairs in 1871 were the cases of William, Jackson,Graham, Wilson Rogers. The wife of Wilson Rogers was" a cousin to Cornatzer`s wife." This should shed some insight into Rogers heritage!"
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From an email dated 9 May 2020, summarizing information provided by Julia Ann Stinson in Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by George W. Martin (Topeka, 1908), pp. 401-402.

I think Kentucky is the correct [birth]place [of Mary Elizabeth Rogers], at least reading these entries from documents in the Kansas Historical Society. See below:
My grandmother [Parlie Blackfish Rogers] said they came to where there were great barracks, where they stayed quite a while. Grandfather [Lewis Rogers] died in Missouri. Then my grandmother came to Kansas. She brought 20 slaves with her and $4000. They had sold their land in Ky and everything and brought the money with them. She loaned The Shawnee Manual Labor School. He returned the money when to her afterwards.

Another statement:
She said ..When the Shawnee left Kentucky to go to Ohio, my father Henry Rogers remained in Kentucky. He accumulated property and slaves. I remember four children Henry, William, Mary my mother [Mary Elizabeth Rogers Beauchemie] but they called her Polly, and Betsy. There were several others…

Julia said in her documents that her grandmother was with her mother when she was born. So we know that Parlie was alive in 1834. Also Julia relates a story about her grandmother coming to visit. I am assuming that Julia was at least 6 yrs old and that would place this about 1840.

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  Birth Notes:

Was born on 26 Mar 1834 on the Shawnee reserve, (Johnson,) Kansas, (United States), according to Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1907-1908, Vol. X, edited by George W. Martin (Topeka, 1908), pp. 401-402. "....; Julia Ann, wife of the late Thomas Nesbit Stinson, born on the Shawnee reserve, Johnson county, March 26, 1834..."

According to a different source, she was born on 12 Mar 1834 in Wyandotte, Kansas, (United States).

Julia married Thomas Nesbit Stinson on 28 Nov 1850 in Kansas, United States.¹ (Thomas Nesbit Stinson was born on 14 Apr 1818 in Maine, United States and died on 31 Oct 1882 in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.)