. putting the family at the center of the . October 2, 2016 / 6:41 PM Raised in a prominent Southern family. Will of James Boykin, August 1846, Muscogee County Courthouse, Columbus, Ga. Two paragraphs in James Boykins will list individual enslaved people with their ages, and new owners: Item 3. ODOM was a slave owner in Putnam County from James Boykin (8 August 1823 - 13 July 1907), was one of six sons of Francis Boykin (1785-1839) and Mary Darrington James Boykin (1795-1854), who arrived in Alabama from Camden, South Carolina, about 1818. FORUM ARTICLES SEARCH. MOORE) b. Mary Boykin Chestnut was the wife of a wealthy South Carolina planter who kept a diary during the Civil War. The last U.S. census slave schedules were enumerated by County in 1860 and included 393,975 named persons holding 3,950,546 unnamed slaves, or an average of about ten slaves per holder. In 1870 Jasper County John Drayton. The Boykins are so steeped in South Carolinas history that theres a town named after the family about 90 minutes north of Charleston. Learn more. L McCraney 4/01/13. With her former slave, she eked out a small income$140 a yearwith which she supported her husband and various relatives who returned to Camden, South Carolina, and the Mulberry plantation. His slaves numbered several hundred. Document 1: He is believed to have owned my ancestors, London, Serena, and London, Jr. My cousin wrote a 400 plus page genealogy book. The traveler had stopped there on the way to Charleston from Washington, D.C. Often there was a human connection, and they grew up with these people, and they recorded their birth dates and deaths. had Anne Gwaltney married to Edward Boykin I, however more recently it Drive or bike across the Ravenel Bridge to Mount Pleasant and youll get one of the best water views in Charleston. Gee's Bend Quilt Mural Trail Known officially since 1949 as the town of Boykin, the community of Gee's Bend is situated in Wilcox County in the west Alabama Black Belt.Today, mostly descendants of enslaved African Americans live in the community on the banks of the Alabama River.Although beset by the same poverty and economic underdevelopment that characterize other sections of west Alabama . As a descendant of slaveholders and Confederate soldiers, I want to tell the truth about the evil that my ancestors and the Confederacy perpetrated, the repercussions their crimes have today, and how I and other white people still benefit from discrimination against people of color. (53124) GENEALOGICAL NOTES Bagby Family. Rick Francis is no defender of the horrible institution practiced by his forebears, but he does not see Nat Turner as a heroic figure. Take a tour of this plantation if you want a deeper understanding of the enslaved African-American who lived, worked and died here. My father gave $25. I give and bequeath unto my loving son Solomon Boykin all my lands Its a database for the ones that are coming up. . Judge J. Waties Waring was a U.S. District Judge, who was appointed in 1942. (LogOut/ Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. 2016 - The plantation was for sale with an asking price of $3.5 million. Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama, planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, materials regarding James Boykins cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid-twentieth century. Head north of Downtown, and youll eventually hit plantation country. Get a VIP pass to never-before-seen content, exclusive sweepstakes, and much more! Slaves were enumerated on all federal census records from 1790 to 1860, but not by name. Gwaltney: "I give my Grandson, Edward Boykin one cow". A woman by the Unknown; updated by Andrew Harris and Donnelly Walton, 2013, The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections, Slave bills of sale -- Alabama -- Specimens, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Majority of material found within 1848 - 1870. L McCraney 3/28/13. Areas covered are Henrico, King George, Southampton, and Sussex Counties, Virginia. was listed on the 1820 Census of Putnam County, with MOORE. Solomans farm was on Johns Island, where he grew cotton, indigo and potatoes. brother or cousin Charles BURNEY in RootsWeb is funded and supported by The corn we sold yesterday brought 3.15$ per barrel. Its possible Enoch raped Lucy and fathered her children, whom he then enslaved. As of the 2020 census, its population was 208. It is said that after a small dog was found wandering near a Methodist church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, it was sent to train with a man named L. Whitaker Boykin, who taught it how to help hunters. . The Boykins are so steeped in South Carolina's history that there's a town named after the family about 90 minutes north of Charleston. of "Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co.,", on Feb. 5, 1702, sold to Edward Many of the slaves had been forgotten to the world until the Virginia Historical Society received a $100,000 grant to pore over some of its 8 million unpublished manuscripts letters, diaries, ledgers, books and farm documents from Virginians dating to the 1600s and began discovering the long-lost identities of the slaves, said society president and CEO Paul Levengood. Visit the Aiken-Rhett House on Elizabeth Street in Charleston to learn all about its previous owners, William Aiken (once the owner of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company) and former South Carolina Governor, William Aiken, Jr. Charless son Thomas was a decorated Revolutionary War hero and governor of South Carolina in 1787. He was the son of a Confederate soldier and the descendant of slave owners. Boykin Spaniels have adorably floppy, feathery, long, flat ears. Its a model example of antebellum architecture, where you can learn about life in Charleston in the 1800s. Boykin Mill Pond was established as a mill seat in the late 1700s by either the Payne's or the Boykin's. On May 5, 1860, a tragedy occurred . Addie/Adaline. James was a cousin of Mary Boykin Chestnut. both lived in Jasper County in 1870 Gooslby Sandy took a hoe and beat 1850 and 1860 Georgia Slave Schedule in Putnam Source Peggy Billerman. children died before 1880. He is a DAR-recognized Revolutionary War veteran who used the land he received for his service to grow rich off the backs of black men, women and children. Thomass schedule of enslaved people. TheSouthern Charm gent later shared on Twitter that his great aunt, Edith Cummings, was friendly with Fitzgerald, and she was quite the trailblazer for women in sports as the first female athlete to be featured on the cover ofTIME magazine in 1924. The are conflicting dates and records for Edward Boykin, Several members of the cast are the progeny of antebellum plantation . upon the Creek within old Richard Walls line to him and his heirs. Dah. They went to live with James' parents at Mulberry, the Chesnut . It was named after John Rutledge, Chief of Justice in the U.S. in 1795 and Governor of South Carolina from 1779 to 1782. For her, her mother, and other young siblings, Enoch ordered the sale of any enslaved people he had not specifically bequeathed. Thomas Boykin. The history of the Pettways who came to Bridgeport begins in the small, rural town of Gee's Bend, or Boykin, Ala. Family members learned to quilt there during their years working as slaves on the . Will Anderson Cooper's Black History Month celebration involve reflecting on that time a slave killed one of his ancestors with a farm hoe? Boykin Jr. may have been the son of John Boykin and Anne Gwaltney. . census) and Jeanette BURNEY. Pinckney is another name youll see time and again in Charleston. The Southern Charm crew is made up of the who's who of Charleston, South Carolina, and they definitely have a way of always being the talk of the town. Most slaves were by their owners design and eventually by law forbidden to learn how to read and write, so they didnt leave us material that so many figures in the past did, Levengood said. Cooper, Samuel Boykin, and James son-in-law, J.R. Jones, all cosigned the document. Free Negro & Slave Records. Basic Information. Broughton built the plantation house around 1714, employing an aesthetic unique in the annals of American architecture. So there son-in-law and daughter Silas and Ella (BURNEY) SUBSCRIBE to Barcroft TV: http://bit.ly/Oc61HjA DOMINATRIX reveals she has two 24/7 live-in 'slaves' who wait on her - and her boyfriend - hand and foot. last child was born in 1873, he was named James. About Us | Contact Us | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material We sold all the negros 43 in number at astonishingly large prices the whole amounting to $32016. to Mr. Agee and then allowed Mr. Turner to take Mimy as he owned her husband. Born Mary Boykin Miller on March 31, 1823, in Statesburg, South Carolina; died of a heart attack on November 22, 1886, in Camden, South Carolina; eldest child of Stephen Decatur Miller (a governor, U.S. senator, and U.S. congressional representative) and Mary (Boykin) Miller . Burwell locked him in a shed. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Eben and Jeanettes Rutledge Avenue runs from the northern edge of Downton, all the way to the southern tip of the peninsula. Husband of Margaret Boykin. Flake, daughter of Robert Flake and Margaret Marriott, granddaughter of He is memorialized in a life-size statue at the Hollings Judicial Center in . Silory (a girl) b. . Amateur genealogist Crasty Johnson of Richmond said she hopes the sites will help her trace her roots back to the 1800s. Copies of the deed, James Boykin to the Western Insurance and Trust Company, Columbus, Ga., appear in two places: in the Muscogee County Courthouse (Columbus, Ga.) Deed Book A, page 321-322; and in the Stewart County Courthouse (Lumpkin, Ga.) Deed Book A, pages 516-518. The name Burwell is derived from that of a well-known Virginia family, with which some early Boykin intermarried. But their influence on Charleston society these days is basically in their genes. It reminds me of Lucy and her children, six-year-old Hannah and four-year-old George, and what we owe their descendants. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. African American Genealogy online research is much more difficult due to the scant nature of record keeping for African American's prior to the Civil War. widowed Mary BENNETT ODOM married again on the 14 There is evidence, though not verified that Ebin had William Boykin II settled the community of Boykin, South Carolina in 1755, and it has a population of about 200 today, according to the Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center's website. Get to know more about some of the Southern Charm cast's famous family tree below, and you're sure to recognize many of these names. In either case I am having a hard time locating a will of Dr. Samuel BOYKIN in Muscogee County and I even if Wiborne ODOM was the last owner a will wont help me if he died in 1874! B.B. My Great-Great-Great-Great Grandmother was Caroline Other than the four names, the differences between the two documents are negligible. An 1840 promissory note for a loan of $9,340.00 by James Boykin to his son-in-law James R. Jones, Muscogee County Deed Book B, page 101, included the following individuals with their ages: Gustus age 14, could be the same as Augustus, age 12 in the 1839 document. J.D. Enslaved People Belonging to James Boykin in Documents from 1839 to1846, https://genealogyhomebrew.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/enslaved-people-of-james-boykin-1839-1846, History Essays on Columbus, Georgia, and the ChattahoocheeValley, Stephen Boykin in Documents from Slavery toFreedom, MGS Celebrates 30 Years of Publishing Chattahoochee Valley History inMuscogiana, The Hirsch Family Moves to Montgomery,1899. While reporting in Virginia, Cooper posed those questions to two men, Bruce Turner and Rick Francis, whose ancestors were on opposite sides of the 1831 rebellion. The Boykin Spaniel is the state dog and it gets its name from Rose's family. In each of the documents some of the same (or similar) names appear and reappear. Which would agree with other research documentingstatements in the Will of William Also, debts and debtors listed in the accounting pages show the newspapers subscribed to, artisans contracted, and businesses dealt with during this period of Upcountry plantation economy and culture. Death: May 1860 (72) Choctaw Co,Alabama. Burwell to death. The James Boykin series makes up the bulk of the collection. 10, "Cooper's ancestor, Burwell Boykin, owned a slave, Sandy Boykin, who tried to run away. 1840 through emancipation. Slave lists covered here are 1800, 1810, 1820, 1850 and 1860. Half brother of Abraham Boykin; John Boykin; James Alexander Boykin; Susanna Boykin and Francis "Frank" Boykin. He fought in the Revolutionary War and then moved his family about 1800 to what would become Baldwin County, GA, just south of Milledgeville. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. He also ran for the Republican nomination for governor of South Carolina in 1994. Thats just 17 years shorter than the 245-year span of slavery in this country, the report notes. I need to know my history, she said, adding the site may help her prove or disprove many of the things shes heard about her familys past. The home has defied fixed description for generations, blending, as it does . Francis says at least 17 of his family . 3. The slave owners from 1800 to 1820 were among the first settlers into Henderson County. The database features a public message board, filled with notes posted by users searching for ancestors who may have been slaves. 15 leaves, photocopies. References & Resources. 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Major Francis Boykin was born in 1754 and lived the early part of his life in Kershaw County, South Carolina. If you use this information, please cite this blog post as you would any source in your research: Citation: Rachel Dobson, The Names of Enslaved People Belonging to James Boykin and his Family in Documents from 1839 to 1846, URL: https://genealogyhomebrew.wordpress.com/2018/04/30/enslaved-people-of-james-boykin-1839-1846, accessed [date]. Sandy took a hoe and beat In 1820 Putnam County, page 92 I find: ODONE, Wiburn 1 male under 10 (Boykin b. kin, Edward Boykin, Mary Boykin, Mary Boykin, Mary Boykin, Mary Boykin, Jesse Boykin, Jesse Boykin, Jesse Boykin, Jesse Boykin, Jesse Boy n, William Boykin, Zilphia Boykin, Abraham Boykin, John Boykin, James Alexander Sr Boykin, Susanna Boykin, Francis Frank Boykin, John Boykin, Soloman Boykin, Judey Boykin (born Mooneyham), Edward Boykin, Mary Boykin, Jesse Boykin, William Boykin, Abraham Boykin, Zilpha Boykin, James Alexander Boykin, Susanna Price (born Boykin), Boykin, William Boykin, Abraham Boykin, Zilpha Boykin, John Boykin, James Alexander Boykin, Susanna Boykin, Francis "frank" Boykin, Solomon Boykin, Jr., Delilah Boykin (born Mccann). Change). Shep Rose is also related to the Boykin family through his paternal grandmother, he told The Post and Courier in January 2016. I do have a family photo of my second great-grandmother, Minerva's daughter and Enoch's granddaughter. Old Mr. S. Turner bought Jane and children. Tragic Death of John A Boykin h/o Eugenia Bradford. 1814 GA and was living in Putnam County, GA with my GGG-Grandparents Eben and Jeanette BURNEY (Carloline was Eben's mother).My research leads me to believe that Caroline was last owned by Boykin Bennett ODOM of Putnam County, and Eben by one of the 6 BURNEY slave owner's in next-door Jasper County. Mss1Ad198a. ODOM who was born into slavery about 1813 in They descend from French Huguenots and are also connected to the DuBose family of South Carolina. I give and bequeath to my son Francis E. Boykin and my son in law James R. Jones as trustees for my daughter Mrs. Clara Billups & her heirs the following slaves to wit Chancy a woman about fifty years old Suzan a woman about twenty four or twenty five years old with her child William. Microfilm reels C001 and C321. He was also a congressman in 1791. After the war, he returned to Beaufort and purchased the house where he was born (previously owned by his former master) and opened a school for African Americans. Elsewhere in the database is a stark description of the sale of slaves and goods in a February 11, 1858, typed letter from slaveholder William Daniel Cabell of Benvenue in Nelson County, Virginia, to his wife, Elizabeth Nicholas Cabell. WhichSouthern Charm star is related to a former vice president of the United States? It is possible that some individuals had come from Kershaw County, SC, when the Boykins moved to Georgia about 1800. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Burwell Boykin. As you can see in the above video of the company's national launch, carrying on the family name means the world to J.D. Caroline was born ca. Research Boykin in the Surnames forums on Genealogy.com, the new GenForum! operations and day-to-day labor routines, but family affairs, the roles of women, racial attitudes, relations between masters and slaves, social and cultural life, the values shared by members of the planter class, and the tensions and anxieties that were inseparable from a slave society all So using a $100,000 corporate grant from Dominion, one of the nations largest producers and transporters of energy, society researchers began examining some of its 8 million manuscripts that Virginia residents have been giving to the historical society since its founding in 1831. He was listed as The dog breed, the Boykin spaniel . Women were slave owners. He held the position of the . Smalls served in the Union Navy. From left: the photo of the authors second great-grandmother; P.R.

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