John Bosley (James, Charles, Walter) was born in 1763 in Baltimore, Maryland and died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

John married Deililah Robertson, daughter of Gen. James R. (Randolph ?) Robertson and Charlotte Reeves, on 12 August 1789 in Davidson County, Tennessee. Deililah was born on 30 November 1773 in Watauga Settlement, North Carolina and died in 1866 in Cannon County, Tennessee, at age 93.

Children from this marriage were:

   M  James Robertson Bosley Sr. was born on 15 January 1791 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died after June 1868 in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

  F  Rachel Bosley was born on 19 November 1792 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died on 26 December 1806 in Warren County, Kentucky, at age 14.

  F  Charlotte Bosley was born on 28 February 1794 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died on 5 June 1837, at age 43.

  F  Mary (Polly) Bosley was born on 20 July 1796 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died on 10 June 1876, at age 79.

  F  Elizabeth H. Bosley was born on 25 September 1798 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

  M  John Beck Bosley was born on 23 September 1800 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

  M  Peyton Randall/Randolph Bosley was born on 1 October 1801 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died in 1859 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, at age 58.

  F  Maria H. Bosley was born in October 1806 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

  F  Lavinia Beck Bosley was born on 22 December 1808 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

  F  Delilah Bosley was born on 28 February 1811 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee and died about 1841, about age 30.

  F  Rebecca (Rachel) G. Bosley was born on 14 May 1814 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.