1986 Boyett Newsletter (C)2000 Boulineau Press

BOYT/E - BOYET/T/E NEWSLETTER
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Volume II, Number 3    July/Aug/Sept 1986
Published and edited by Wendy L. Elliott, C.G. P. 0. Box 417: Salt Lake City, UT 84110
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EDITOR’S COMMENTS


A special thanks goes  to two of my children  who helped put this issue together.  Beth typed  several of  the pages of  this issue, and Kyle ran the copy machine.
Now that  I've relocated here  in  Salt Lake  City, many  of  the records  which concern our BOYT/E BOYETT/E families are close at hand. I’ve  hired (part time) two  researchers who  (under my direction) are Copying the designated records which will  help to piece together many of the puzzles which abound in the family.
Since starting this project, I've had  all the of the 1880, 1900, and 1910 censuses  extracted  for Arkansas and  Mississippi.   Alabama and Louisiana are being completed now.  Special thanks  also goes to a subscriber,   Frances  PARKINSON,  who   volunteered  to  extract  the Mississippi census information  and put it into useable format for the NEWSLETTER.  If there are other volunteers, don't be shy.
Also, for your information, several  subscribers have sent  lists of suggested research projects  which can be accomplished in Salt Lake City.  These are  currently being  worked.  If  you know of a  certain record or  set of  records which will help solve puzzles in the BOYT/E and  BOYETT/E families, let  me know, and I’ll do  my best to have the research done.
All for now.  Have a good summer!


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HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE MARRIAGE RECORDS
BOOK I:  16 OCTOBER 1823 TO 11 FEB 1838
    p.    12    Orrin GUTHRY to Nancy BOYD        21    Jan 1827
    p.    26    James B. BRINT to Alsy BOYTE    bond    13    Sept 1828
    p.    30    Gamaliel PARKER to Rebecca BOYD    29    Jan 1829
    p.    51    Elliot STEVENS to Elizabeth BOYTE    lic    13 Feb 1832
    p.    54    Jesse COX to Zilpha BOYT    bond    14    July 1832
                      by Jesse COX    &    J.B. BRINT
                sol    --    July 1832
    p.    60    Cullen DUNN to Abbe BOYTE    lic    8    Mar 1833
    p.    62    Alfred BOYD to Frances LEEA    sol    6    June 1833
    p.    76    William PATE to Barbay BOYTE    lic        8 Oct 1834
    p.    106    Morris RAIFORD to Ann BOYTE    sol    4    Jan 1838
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BOOK II:  12 FEBRUARY 1838 to 10 JULY 1852
    p.    15    John KENNEDY to Ailsy E. BOYTE    bond
by John KENNEDY & Olin BOYTE
    sol    29 Aug 1839
    p.    43    Hugh SHOTT to Louisa McBRIDE    1 Feb 1843
bondsman: Allen BOYT
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The following articles were  submitted by Richard W. Sassman  to  whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude.  Readers  of the NEWSLETTER will find his data  very informative and  well  documented.  We  appreciate  his willingness  to share  the  vast amount of information  that he has on the Etheldred BOYET family.

In answer  to my own  question  about the  pronounciation of the name, Etheldred, Richard’s response follows:

As to the pronunciation of Etheldred. John Robert Boyett pronounced it Eth - EL - dred. All short E's. It was his grand-father’s middle name so he is the best authority I know of.

The third article from Richard was taken from the following text:
TEXAS HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE, by J. B. Link, Editor and
Proprietor: Austin, Texas, 1892.
Volume II

Designed to give a  Complete  History of the Baptists  of  Texas  from their First Entrance into the State,  and  other Historical Matters of Interest to the Denomination

REV. JOHN H. BOYET, D.D.

John H. Boyet, son of John F. Boyet and Deborah Louisa Bills, was born Aug. 11, 1847 in Tipton Co. TN. He married 1866 Mary E. Killingsworth, daughter of Morris and Elizabeth Killingsworth. They are listed in the 1880 census, Fannin Co. TX and the 1900 census, Louisville, KY. (A sketch of the carrer of Rev. John H. Boyet until the year 1892 begins on the next page.)
John H. Boyet and Mary E. Killingsworth had nine children:

1.    Thomas C. Boyet was born June 1867 in Lamar Co. TX. He married first Dec. 25, 1898, Lamar Co. TX, May Loftin. She was born April 1877 in MO. They are listed in the 1900 census, Lamar Co. TX. He married second Oct. 28, 1901, Lamar Co. TX, his double cousin, Katie B. Killingsworth, daughter of Thomas R. Killings-worth and Frances A. Boyet. She was the widow of Otis D. Ausmus. She was born April 1881 in Lamar Co. TX. He married third Aug. 7, 1905, Lamar Co. TX, Laura Lux.
2.    Jesse R. Boyet was born July 1869 in Lamar Co. TX. He married
Jan. 24, 1892, Fannin Co. TX, Annie Miller. She was born Jan.
1874 in Texas. They are listed in the 1900 census, Fannin Co.
TX. Two children can be identified from the census: (1) May
Boyet b. Jan. 1895. (2) Alvin Boyet b. Sept. 1898.
3.    Jennie Boyet  
B.    1872 in TX
D.
M.    10 April 1890, Fannin Co. TX, A. N. Pate
4.    John F. Boyet
B.    Dec. 1673 in TX
D.    He is listed with his parents in the 1900 census
M.    Ca. 1897 to Della May _______
5.    Morris Brice Boyet
B.    May 1876 in TX
D.    He is listed with his parents in the 1900 census
6.    Sam B. Boyet
B.    April 1879 in TX
D.    He is in the same house as his parents in the 1900 census
M.    ca. 1900 to Maggie Lee Cecil
7.    Joe F. Boyet
B.    March 1883 in TX
D.    He is listed with his parents in the 1900 census
8.    Mona Boyet
B.    June 1886 in TX
D.    She is listed with her parents in the 1900 census
9. George Boyet
B. Dec. 1888 in TX
D. He moved to Durant, OK

Lamar Co. TX Deed Book M2, page 163.
6 April 1881. J. H. Boyett and wife M. E. Boyett to A. C. Boyett land inherited from his father J. F. Boyett.
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The following is from the Owensboro Messenger of April  26th, 1892.

Rev. J. H. Boyet,pastor of the First Baptist church, preached his second anniversary sermon at the First Baptist church Sunday. He reviewed the work of the church during the year, showing a great activity for it. There were eighty-nine accessions during the year. The amount of money raised for various purposes was as follows; Sunday-school, $l92.05; paid into the treasury $3l32.77; church repairs, $4200; for Williamsburg Institute, $l356. Other sums make the aggregate nearly $11,000. Dr. Boyet has a stronger hold than ever on his people, and his pastorate will doubtless. continue for a long time yet.

Dr. Boyet has attained to a good degree of scolarship, and has won the distinction accorded him by his own exertions, without the help of a dollar from any source whatever. In 1884, he preached the commencement sermon for the Waco University, and following is an extract from what the Waco Examiner said of the man and the sermon:

Mr. Boyet is a young man in years, but in knowledge, he is up to the oldest heads of the present time. Those who heard him speak Sunday night say it was the finest sermon ever preached in Waco. For more than an hour the audience was as quiet as though the occasion had been a death scene, and every one was eager to catch the words as they fell from his lips.  *   *   *   *   His whole sermon was one grand picture of the workings of a great and worderful mind. * * *   *    *   Could one page of the Examiner have been devoted to his sermon, it would not have been more than justice to him, and to the cause he so nobly upheld.

There has never been a year since, that he has not been in demand at college commencements. This year he preaches the commencement sermon tor Potter College, Bowling Green, Ky. He also delivers the annual address before the societies of Hartford College. He has written several small works, and has published a number of sermons and addresses.
Ihe following is given as an outline of character, given by the editor of the Hopkins County Echo, a phrenologist of some note, and a partner of Prof. Hurley, the great phrenologist, who died at Sulphur Springs.

Rev. Boyet has the temperament of the musician, poet and orator, and we have yet to hear clearer or more sharply defined statements and propositions fall from the lips of any amn. Rev. Boyet is a manly man -- all dignity and no vanity. Little is it that he, or any other man with as little approbation, cares for the acclamation of public opinion.  * * *  *  Rev. Boyet would have fallen a victim to circumstances had it not been for his self-reliance, and for this we honor him. In mind he is exalted, amiable, brilliant, solid and persistent. The operations of the mind are clear and active, besides there is much good nature, warm affection and moral worth.

Dr. Boyet is now only forty-four, and barely at his best. He is five feet ten inches, and weighs one hundred and seventy-five pounds.
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    REV. JOHN H. BOYET, D. D., was born of humble parentage in Tipton county, Tenn., August 11th, 1847. While he was an infant his father moved to Shelby county, and five years later to Fayette county. Failing in business, he moved from there to Texas. John was then only ten years of age, but walked nearly the whole journey of over four hundred miles. The family settled on what was known as Sanders Creek, in Lamar county where the boys, five in number, spent the week days on a small farm, and their Sundays with neighbor boys, hunting, swimming and riding wild horses. Here, without schools, and but little of church priviledges, John grew up, as did the boys of those days, without education, and with little of moral training. He was the associate, in boyhood, ot the Roberts boys, who afterwards became the terror of Hunt and adjoining counties. But there was one thing which ever weighed on his young mind, and restrained him from the life which led so many of his neighbor boys to ruin: that was a mother’s prayers. In 1864 he enlisted, being under seventeen, and gave his services during the last year of the war to the Confederacy. He returned home in 1865, after the surrender, without a dollar, uneducated and in broken health.
    In 1866, he was married to Miss M. E. Killingsworth, whose devotions to Christ had a hallowed influence on his young life. In 1869, he made a profession of religion, and attached himself to the Methodist church, of which his wife was a member. His membership with them, however, was only nominal, as he was very much shaken, only a few days after, by a sermon preached by Rev. R. C. Buckner. He felt that he was called to preach, and determined on a thorough investigation of the mode of baptism for himself. It resulted in his conversion to Baptist principles, and in December, 1871, he was buried with Christ in baptism, by Rev. A. H. White, who afterwards joined the Hardshells. In May following, his wife went with him to the Baptists, and he was licensed to preach. e continued to study his few books by night and preach as he had opportunity until the third Sunday in April, 1873, when, being appointed missionary by the Board of North Sulphur Association, he was set apart to the full work of the ministry. The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. R. T. Gardner. He continued as missionary until the Association met in September, and then took charge of country churches, giving one Sunday in the month to each. Thus he labored, using every means of self improvement, till in 1882, when he was called to the care of the church in Paris, his old county town. Here his labors were greatly blessed for two years, and he is still greatly beloved by the people. In 1884, he was called to the church in Sulphur Springs, where he did a great work in building up the church. Many members were added, the church house was remodeled, a new parsonage was built, ana the liberality of the church was greastly increased. In November, 1887, he resigned to accept a call to Honey Grove, where he had previously served once a month for six years, when the town was only a village. Here his health failed, after a great meeting in 1888, and in the spring of 1889, he determined to travel and held meetings in connection with field work for the Baptist News, of which he was one of the editors and proprietors. In evangelistic work he has been very successful, and in this many of his friends think he is most gifted. He has held successful meetings in many of the best churches in Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, and has witnessed over six thousand conversions. In April, 1890, he was called to the First Baptist church of Owensboro, Ky., which is one of the very best churches in the state, and numbers about 850 members.
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WAYNE Co., N.C.  DEED BOOK 12  1820 - 1825


Third Monday of May.  by writ of Fieri Facis, the Sheriff of Wayne Co. N.C., all lands, goods, etc. of Howell BOYTE, James HOWELL and, Thomas VINSON in Wayne Co.,  which Henry BOYTE to the use of Thomas BOYTE in said County lately recovered for debt cost H.J. WILLIAMS RAIFORD, Sheriff of said County by virtue of his office took a certain lott or half acre of land in the town of Waynesboro known and distinguished by the town plan #78 . . property of Howell BOYTE & after advertizing the same.. .24 August sold same to Enoch Cobb and Micajah COX (highest bidders at #204.12).  Indenture was made 19 December 1820.. sold to same all the rights, title and estate which the said Howell BOYTE has in and to a certain lott or piece containing one-half acre.

Bk 12 page 104 Sheriff sold land of Howell BOYTE. ..President and directors of State Bank of N.C. in Wayne Co. recovered for debt a parcel cf land of Howell BOYTE ... 18 May sold to Enoch COBB for $142.00. Indenture made 19 December 1820.. North side of Neuse River and East Side of Little River near Waynesboro on North side of Road from Waynesboro to Boytes.  Beginning at a stake on the North edge of 6 roads in Rhodes line being the said line of a patent granted to Thomas BOYTE for 55 acres and runs with said patent N.39 E.52 poles to a pine (patent corner) the n with  other line of said patent N 49 E 52 poles to a white oak (patent corner) then with this line of the Patent S 27 E 56 poles to a stake on the road then up road as it runs to the first station... containing  24½ acres.
Book 12 page 307.  9 October 1821 Elisha W. BOYTE of the state of N.C.and County of Wayne and Kenar Crantham of same. E. W. BOYTE for $744.00 paid by Kenar Grantham land in Wayne Co. on the North side of Lewis JERNIGAN'5 Mill Path.  Beginning at a pine in the Ready Brach a corner of Lesis Jernigan's and then with his line N 44 E 205 poles to corner (red oak and a lightwood know stuck in the  road)  thence N 83 poles to a pine in Lewis JERNIGAN'S line then with same
N 80 W 216 poles to a Spanish Oak in said line (Mill Branch) as it meanders to the first station.. part of tract of land granted to Daniel hays for 588 acres (30 September 1783) containing 344 acres.


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JOSEPH JOSIAH BOYETT
Joseph Josiah BOYETT was  born 25 Dec 1795 in North Carolina; he married   about  1820 in North Carolina.  Sometime between 1821 and 1826 they moved
to Georgia, settling in Randolph County.  He died 8 Oct 1867 and is buried in Shiloh Baptist Church cemetery in Cotton Hill, Clay Co., GA.
    He married  Gatsy PEACOCK who was born 27 Oct  1803 in North Carolina. She died 27 Feb 1891 and  is also buried in Shiloh Baptist Church cemetery in Cotton Hill, Clay Co., GA.
Their children:
1. Mary Mahala BOYETT b. 8 Dec  1821 in North Carolina; she married on 28 Feb 1843 in Randolph Co., GA (Randolph Co., GA marr book) Thomas P. JESTER who was born 3 Sep  1809;  he d. 11 Nov 1899.  Mary Mahala d. 4  June 1860 and is buried at Cotton Hill,  Clay Co., GA. Thomas married second Martha Frances who was born 18 Nov 1840 and d. 20 Dec 1899.
2.    Leroy Triggs BOYETT (twin) b.  8 Jan  1826  in Georgia; married Atha Caroline-----; his will was probated in Clay Co., GA on 23 Nov 1855. (Clay Co. GA court records)
3.    William Washington BOYETT (twin) b. 8 Jan 1826 in Georgia.
4,  Jane Elizabeth BOYETT b.  24 July 1830  (family Bible says 4 July); she married first Sebourn ADAMS about 1852; she married second her 2nd cousin, John J.  BOYETT, who was born 22  Dec  1843 and d. 16 Oct 1918. NOTE: John had brothers called Dick and Shade (Shadrack?). Jane d. 15 Aug 1902.
5.    Abedi Ann  BOYETT born 25 June  1831; married  John William PITTMAN who was born 28 Dec  1823 and d. 30 Oct 1894. Abedi Ann died 29 Jan  1918; she is buried in  the Beulah Baptist Cemetery, Beulah Baptist Church,  3 miles north of Houston County Courthouse,  Dothan, AL (on old Headland Highway, now Headland Avenue.)   John is buried in  Shiloh  Baptist Church cemetery, Cotton Hill, Clay Co., GA.
6.    James Jackson BOYETT b. 26 Dec 1835 and d.  31  Oct 1895; he married 27 Dec 1855 to  Sarah Jane FOSTER in  Randolph Co.,  GA.  "Jack" is buried  in Shiloh Baptist Church cemetery, Cotton Hill, Clay Co., GA.
7.    Amelia Gilbert BOYETT  b. 13 July 1839 and married Dunwoody RAY in Clay Co., GA on 21 May 1864.  She is buried  in Shiloh Baptist Church  cemetery, Cotton Hill, Clay Co., GA.  She died 22 Feb 1915.
8.    George Love Harrison BOYETT b. 18  Dec  1843; George  was in Lee's Army when Lee surrendered to Grant according to family sources.
9.    Aminda Judson BOYETT b. 25 July 1847; possibly d. before 1850.
10.    Calvin BOYETT (according  to  Bunelle  Hall Gresham who  submitted the majority of this information, Calvin was not on the list of  children  from her grandmother, but Bunelle's mother and aunts remembered him.)
NOTE:  The cemetery where many  of these BOYETTS are buried is in Clay Co., GA while the family lived  in Randolph  Co., GA, just over the  line.  As a matter of  fact,  the home of  James Jackson BOYETT had a pillar in each of three Counties--Clay, Randolph, and Quitman.
SOURCES:  Bunelle Hall Gresham family records,  many of which were given to her by her Grandmother Abedi Ann (BOYETT) PITTMAN.
Marriage Records Clay Co., GA.   Marriage Records Randolph Co., GA. Probate Records Randolph Co., GA.   Wills  Clay Co., GA
1850 census Randolph Co., GA.   1860 census Randolph Co., GA.
1870 Census Randolph Co., GA.   1860 census Clay Co., GA.
Shiloh Cemetery, Clay Co., GA.   RANDOLPH CO., GA: A  COMPILATION OF FACTS,
RECOLLECTIONS, & FAMILY HISTORIES, by Iva P. Coolsby, Chairman, 1977. THE HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY.

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DUPLIN Co., NC BOYET FAMILIES

The earliest records for Duplin Co., NC showing Boyet are land records. The first of these is a transaction between the Sheriff of Duplin Co., Felis Kenan, to Moses Bovet who purchased lands which had previously been owned by Jesse JERNIGAN and George CALSON.  These lands which were along Ash Branch, were sold by the sheriff because of  indebtness which JERNIGAN and CALSON could not pay otherwise.  This first transaction is dated 1758.

Sons ofMoses were in Captain Ward's District in April 1786 recorded in the State Census.  There were Arthur born about 1758.  Willian born about 1745 (More later);  Ephraim born about 1758 and Arthur born about 1762.  Samuel who was born about 1760 was also probably his son. Jemima who married Nathan HAMILTON on 16 July 1787 may have been his daughter.

William was a Revolutionary Soldier.  His pension application dated 8 March 1834 shows that at that time he had only one surviving child, a son Michael.  Michael was residing in Duplin Co., (as was his father) in 1830, he is given as aged between 40 and 50 years old in 1830.  He was still living there in 1840, but both his parents had died before 1840.  By 1850 Michael and family were gone or dead.  Daniel born about 1780 was probably a son of William and his wife Jane, but Daniel was deceased before 1834.  He disappears from the Duplin Co., census records in 1810. He had been recorded in his own household in 1800. Willian’S Rev. War pension application says he was born in Wayne Co.,NC.

The other group of BOYFT families were first recorded in the NC State census for April 1786 as residing in Captain Hubbard's District.  Later census records show that these families were separated from another, and remained that way for several decades.

Other county records provide information that Samuel's family (wife Fireby) Arthur, and Ephraim left Duplin County around 1810.  That indicates then that the families (that is the younger families)remaining and listed in the 1810 census for Duplin Co.,NC must then be descended from either Jones or William.

If one can suggest parentage by residential location, Jones BOYET
would be the father of both Jesse and James BOYET.  For in the 1810
census Jones is located on page 694 and Jesse 693 and James on page 647.
Michael is on page 638;  John is on 645; and Dolly is found on 646.

On this same premise Jones is located on page 604 while the other Boyet men in Duplin County are located on pages 424 to 437.

Early marriage records for Duplin Co.,NC show that Jonas or Jones Boyet married Elizabeth Prescott on 22 Feb 1775.  In 1786 the Prescott family is residing near that of Jones BOYET.
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A marriage record was  recorded for James BOYET vhen he married Mary VANN in Duplin County,  North Carolina on 13 Decebber 1803.  James remained in Duplin  County,  residing near  Jones BOYET,  until  after 1820  when  he disappears from the census records.  Neither Jones or Elizabeth is listed as a head of a houshold in the 1820 federal census of Duplin County.

Jesse BOYET is recorded in Duplin County in the 1810, 1830, and 1840 censuses, but was missing  in the 1820 enumeration.  In 1850 only two households of BOYET families remained in Duplin County. The others had moved away or had died.

The earliest William BOYET residing in Duplin County, seems to be the same as the William BOYET whose land is mentioned as within the boundaries of Duplin County, but registered in Sampson County, North Carolina land records.  It could be that originally the land was in Duplin  COunty and  after the creation of Sampson County in 1784 the land was then within the borders of Sampson County.  From the date of the first deed,  it is  safe to assume that William BOYET was born before July 1754.  This  land was situated on  a branch  of  "Mahunga" Swamp.  References to this land were found in Book 5, page 421 and Book E,  pages  469-470, but  there is  no  "Mahunga" Swamp listed in William S. Powell’s THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTEER: A DICTIONARY OF TAR HEEL PLACES.

The 1800 census of Duplin County shows  that William was born before 1755,  as was his wife.  In 1800 they had five children living with them:  two daughters born between  1774 and  1784;  two sons born between 1784 and 1790; and one son born between 1790 and 1800.

In  1800 the  Census  shows only five BOYT/BOYET  families in Duplin
County.   The  heads  of  these  five  families  are  Arthur1  Daniel,
Ephraim, Fireby,  and William.  The Jones BOY--  found on page 406 may
also  be a BOYT/BOYET.  The other BOYT families were recorded on pages
424 (Arthur and Ephraim); 431 (Daniel); and 437 (Fireby and William).

In the 1790  federal census of Duplin County, Arthur BOYT was recorded in the Wilmington District  and  Ephraim  BOYT and  William BOYT  were also  listed  as residing in Wilmington District;   all were listed on page 190.  This close enumeration  in most instances indicates a close familial  relationship.    Unfortunately   this  census  gives  little indication of the ages  of the people within each household.  It would seem that William  is  the oldest, for there are  two men over the age of sixteen years in his household, as well as  two males under the age of sixteen and three females.   There  is  no  age  breakdown for  the women, but probably includes a wife and two daughters.
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Arthur BOYT was probably born about  1762 for  in the 1790 federal census of Duplin County,  he is shown with one male under sixteen and three females.  Assuming that one  female  is his wife, he  then had three children, probably all under the age of ten years.

It is unlikely  that William BOYT is old  enough  to be the father  of both Arthur and Ephraim, but rather is suggested as  an older  brother of  the two.  The  fact that William has  a son born between 1800  and 1810,  provides  evidence  that  he may be young enough to be their brother.   If he was their father) he would necessarily have been born no later than  1738.  This then would make him over sixty-two years of age when his youngest child was born.   It is possible, not definitely not probable.

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One other family that  may fit into the ELIJAH  BOYETT family is  that of John L. BOYETT.  The migration  pattern and places of residence  as well as time period are extremely similar.

JOHN L. BOYETT
John L. BOYETT was born  about 1830.  His father was born in Tennessee
and his  mother  was said to have  been Cherokee Indian.  John married
Sarah Agnes GOSS and their children are as follows.'
1.    Charles  BOYETT b. in Southern Illinois; md.  Maud MINOR; had four
children.
2.    Anna BOYETT  married Charles GENT and had two children.
3.    Margaret BOYETT married a Mr. FOSTER and had two Children.
4.    Bess BOYETT married Wiley RODGERS and had four children.
    5.    Louis BOYETT married    Becky-----; they had five children.
6.    Roy BOYETT married Velma --__-; they had no children.
7.    Pink C. P. BOYETT married  Sibyl or Sybil  COOK;  they had  three
children.
8.    Kenneth BOYETT married Virginia; they had two children.
9.    Dora BOYETT was born in Tennessee  and married Tom  BARNETT; they
had two children.

This family was living  in Illinois when the Civil War broke out, and family  tradition states that because  they had Southern sympathies, they returned to Tennessee.
The above information was contributed by Roberta Boyett, Sesser, IL.
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ELIJAH BOYETT


Elijah BOYETT was born  in North Carolina about 1798.  He served from Tennessee during the Seminole  Indian War betveen January  and June of 1818.   He was in Bell’s Company  of Tennessee Volunteers.  Elijah was probably living  in Stewart County1 Tennessee in 1818 for he enlisted from there.  According to his  military pension application he married on 20  Aug 1818 (at  the  same time  he supposedly was serving in  the Seminole  War) probably in Stewart County, Tennessee.  This  year  may be inaccurate, for their first  known child was  not  born until 1825. Another fact that  indicates that the year of marriage  is in error is that his wife would have  been only thirteen  years  of age  in  1818. Elijah married Martha PERVES.

Martha (PERVES) BOYETT was born in 1805 and died after 1866 in Obion County,  Tennessee.  About 1828 the  family may have moved into southern Illinois, for  a son William was supposedly born there  in 1830.  Elijah and  family had moved to border area between Gibson and Obion Counties  in Tennessee around  1840.  Elijah  died in Mason Hall on 8  Nov  1843.   (From  Delilah's  letters,  since  she  asked about "Mother Boyett" in 1866,  it can be assumed that Martha was still living  at  that time.   She may have  gone  to  Arkansas  with  these daughters and other children.)


Their children:

1.  Cullen John  BOYETT b. about 1825/6 married Mary  Delilah WATTS in
Gibson  County1 Tennessee  on  12 Feb  1846  (Gibson  Co. TN  Marriage
Records).   Mary Delilah was the daughter of Malachi and Delila (GRAY)
WATTS  (Probate  records, Johnson CO.:    AR).   Cullen  John  and  Mary
Delilah BOYETT  moved  to Johnson County,  Arkansas with her  parents.
Cullen  is buried in Johnson County according  to family tradition.
Family  letters  from  Delilah  indicate that he  died 13 Dec 1863  or
1865. He is supposed to be buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery.

2.  William BOYETT b.  in 1830  in Illinois.  He was listed  as twenty year of age  in  1850 census of  Obion  Co.,  TN.  He was the oldest child living at home.  No other information.

3   Barney Smith  BOYETT b. 17 Jan 1835 (family record) or 18 Sep 1826 (TX death cert) in  Illinois, Dunklin  Co., MO, (family tradition)  or Obion  Co.,  TN  (TX death  cert).  He  was listed as 18  in  the 1850 census of  Obion  Co., TN; he was  listed as  26 in the 1860 census of Dunklin  Co., MO.  He  married Elizabeth Leah (? CORTHORN?) about 1857 and they were living in the  Freeborn District of Dunklin Co., MO when the 1860 federal census was taken on 9 July.   Elizabeth Leah died  in Dunklin Co., MO  about  1875.   Barney married second Laura _______ in 1876  or 1877 in Dunklin Co., MO.  She died  about 1889  in Mansfield, TX.   Barney   then  moved  to   Texas  and  according  to  his  death
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certificate  lived there for  thirty  six years.  He  first  moved  to Johnson Co., TX  before 1880  when the  federal  census was taken.  He had resided  in Collinsworth County  for six months  when he  died  in Quail,  Collinsworth,  TX on 18 Sept 1913, at  the reported age of eighty-seven years.  Barney is mentioned,  along with others,  in Letters from Delilah BOYETT who was living in Johnson Co., AR.

4.  Elijah L. BOYETT was born in 1833 in Illinois.  He married  Louisa Jane  --__  about  1854.  Family  traditions  state  that Elijah  and family moved from Nashville,  Washington  Co.,  IL to Cairo, Alexander Co., IL then to Paducah, McCracken Co., KY.  From there they  moved to Obion  Co,, TN and later to New Madrid  Co., MO.  Leaving Missouri the family moved to Hempstead Co., AR.  Elijah was called “Lige”.   He served  in the Civil  War  and during his service  suffered  extensive wounds to  his left hand.   Due to this  gun  shot wound,  he lost his left index finger and part of his  left hand all the way to the wrist. Because of his  injury he  was detailed  as a  nurse in the field  and regimental hospitals until his discharge in 1865.  (Pension papers)
He was 57 years old in 1890 when he filed.

5. Anne born about 1834 in Tennessee.  No further information.
6.    Elizabeth born about 1836 in Tennessee. No fuither information.
7.  Eliza born about 1839 in Tennessee.  No further information.
8.  Susanna born about 1844 in Tennessee.  No further information.

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CULLEN JOHN BOYETT'S CHILDREN
9.   Sarari Telitha BOYETT  b. about 1848;  married  1 June  1871  in
Johnson County,  Arkansas to    Thomas Alexander  HOPE.    (Johnson Co.,AR
marriage records).
10. Emily Jane BOYETT b. about 1850 married  22 March    1866 in Johnson
County, Arkansas  to  Robert    PATTERSON (Johnson Co.,    AR marr. rec.)
Emily Jane died in Crawford County, Arkansas.

11. John Andrew BOYETT b. about 1852; he married Mattie NEAL.
12. Wiley Purvis BOYETT b. about 1858; no further information.
13. Hannah Matilda BOYETT b. about 1860; she married Robert HOPE.
14. Mary Ann Elizabeth BOYETT b. about 1862; she married Jacob NEAL.
15. Susan Louisa BOYETT b. about 1862 in Johnson Co. AR. (Probate records, Johnson Co., AR.)
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BARNEY SMITH BOYETT’S CHILDREN

(by first wife, Elizabeth Leah)

16.    William B. BOYETT b. 1 May 1854 d. before 1860.
17.    Elizabeth (Letty) A. BOYETT b. 4 or 24 Sept 1855 in Dunklin Co.,
MO.

18.    James Thomas BOYETT b. 10 Sept 1857 Dunklin Co., MO.
19.    Briant E. or C. BOYETT b. 1 Jan 1861 Dunklin Co., MO.
20.    Barney BOYETT b. 15 Oct 1862; d. before 1870.
21.    Martha J. BOYETT b. 14 Jan 1864 Dunklin Co., MO.
22.    Henry H. BOYETT b. 11 Apr 1869 Dunklin Co., MO.
23.    Eli Wilson BOYETT b. 11 May 1871 Dunklin Co., MO.
24.    S. E. BOYETT b. 15 July 1872 Dunklin Co., MO.
25.    Mary L. BOYETT b.  28 July 1873 Dunklin Co., MO; md. in 1896 in
Mansfield,  Tarrant Co.,  TX to Thomas WILSON; had at  least  four
children.

(by Second wife, Laura)
26.    Elijah Harrison BOYETT b. 14 Dec 1877 Dunklin Co.) MO; married 25

July 1896 to Donnie Mae THOMAS in Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX. He died
there  on 14 May 1955. Donnie Mae b. 2 Mar 1880; d. 12 Mar 1969 in
Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX.  They had at least three children.

27.    Celia Ann BOYETT b. 12 Nov  1882 in Dunklin Co.,  MO. She married in 1896 in Mansfield,  Tarrant  Co.,  TX to William Thadeus BOUNDS. William died in Wellington, TX on 18 Jan 1958. Celia d.10 June 1951 in Wellington, TX.

28.    Jensey L. BOYETT b. 1 Feb 1886 in Texas. No further information. (The birth records for Barney’s children were in his family Bible.)

ELIJAH BOYETT'S CHILDREN


29.    John William BOYETT b. about 1859; he was 51 years of age in 1910 when he was recorded in the Hempstead Co.,  AR federal census.  This document  stated that he was born in Illinois.  He married Susan Caroline CLARK about 1880.

30.    Nathaniel Harrison BOYETT born  in Aug  1861  in Illinois.  He married Nannie P. in 1886. He was living  in Hempstead Co., AR in 1900 and was recorded in the federal census there.

31.    Celia  BOYETT;  may  have  married  John  O'STEEN  and  lived  in Hempstead Co., AR.
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QUERIES



Frances Parkinson, Hiway 28 Vest, Hazelhurst, MS 39083 would  like to exchange information with others working on the Lawrence and Lincoln Counties,   Mississippi  BOYT/BOYTE  families.   She  is  particularly interested in locating  information on the early settlers, Ellis and Shadrack.

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Were Edward and Thomas brothers? I have no evidence either for or against. The Edward in the Vestry book, Upper Parish, Nansemond Co.  VA was evidently still there in 1772 when Henry Jernigan gave his land in Nansemond to Lydia Jones, daughter of Edward Boyet of Nansemond. Or could Henry say Edward was of Nansemond even though he was in Bertie 1756 and Dobbs in 1769? Edward, himself said he was of the Parish of Society, County of Bertie in 1756. In reading the History of Edgecombe County the author said the only way to get to that part of NC in those days was through VA so I assume Edward was from Nansemond.

JESSE BOYET. Clues to follow up on. Carroll Co. TN Marriage Records.
James A. Boyet to Mary Jones. 22 Aug. 1850.
S. A. Pearce to Rebecca Boyle. 3 Sept. 1850. US Census Carroll Co. TN.
    1830.    Thomas H. Hays    1020001-ll0l00l000l    page    148
    1830.    Henry J. Hays    0ll0001-00l000l00l    page    148
    1840.    Thomas H. Hays    0010l00l-00l0l00l    page    46
    1840.    Henry Hays    00120001-000000l    page    46
    1840.    Jesse Boyte    00l00000l-00l0000l    page    61
    Jesse    Boyet was born about 1773 in NC. He was in Bedford Co.in 1830. He had 1 male 15-20, 1 male 40-50, 1 female under 5, 1 female 30-40. Jesse Boyet in Carroll Co. in a letter to James Boyet in Bedford Co. dated 15 Oct. 1833 said he had heard from his son Jehu who was in Warren Co. MS and that old Aunt Isabel Hayes was well. Isabel Hayes and Priscilla Boyet were sisters, daughters of Thomas and Isabel Jernigan. Isabel  was  the wife of Jesse Hayes. I think she is more likely to be 70-80 rather than 80-90 in 1830 so she is probably the one with Henry J. Hays. Jesse Boyet went into partnership with Thomas H.  Hays to buy land in Carroll Co. 8 March 1831. He sold out to Thomas 5 June 1834. I have recently searched the 1850 census of Carroll Co. again and I am under the impression that it is too short and that it ended abruptly as if there were many pages missing.
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EZEKIAL M. or W. BOYETT


Ezekiel BOYETT was born  about 1825 in Tennessee. He may be a son of
John W.  BOYETT who  later  lived in Attala Co., Ms. Ezekial moved  to
Texas, living near the Colorado River  on the lower Cherokee area of
San Saba County in 1854.  He  probably moved there about  1852, as he
is not  recorded in the 1850 census of Texas, but HISTORY OF SAN SABA
COUNTY by A. W. Haurick, states that he was already sttled there in
1854 when other families arrived in that area.


 Ezekial married 6 April, 1862 in San Saba Co.: Texas to Joanna Martha HARRELL, daughter of Joab B. HARRELL and Aretta (May) HARRELL. Joab was born 18 December, 1813 in Tennessee and Aretta was also born born in Tennessee.  Joab and Aretta were married 13 February: 1834 in Hardeman County Tennesee, and lived there for several years. Their daughter, Joanna Martha, wife of the above Ezekial BOYETT, was also born in Tennessee  (Hardeman Co.) on 8 October 1842, and moved to Texas with her family in the 1850's.

Their Children:
    i.    William Thomas BOYETT:  born Jan 1863 in Texas, probably San
        Saba County.
    2.    Olley (female):  born    1866    in Texas
    3.    Virginia:  born about    1867    in Texas
    4.    Margaret:  born about    1871    in Texas
    5.    John Shelly:  born in    August, 1875 in Texas
    6.    Snyder E.:  born July    1881    in Texas


In April 1857 committees were named to review the different roads in the county, and Ezekial was assigned with others to review the road from San Saba to Eagle Ford on the Colorado River.

In January 1857, Ezekial was selected as one of the first list of Jurors from which the grand jury was to be elected.  His future father-in-law, Judge Joab B. HARRELL, Sr. of the Chappel community was the first circuit judge of San Saba Co. after its organization in 1856.

During the first of July 1869, three companion herds, the Montgornery’s from rhe Cherokee section, the J.H. Brown's from San Saba, and J.B.Harrell’s with Ezekial Boyett's from the Chappel community started the long drive up the trail from San Saba to New Mexico, to drive their cattle across the dry western plains of Texas to New Mexico.  The three separate herds were kept close together as protection against Indians.

Several men made the drive, but Ezekial hired as his representative,
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Ezekial died about 1895, and left a wife and six children.  In 1900, his wife's maiden sister, Elizabeth HARRELL, was living with the family.


SOURCES
THE CALL OF THE SAN SABA by A.W.Hamrick, pages 162,164,35,38, 39,48,66,and 67.
1880 census  San Saba County, Texas ED 114, Sheet 3.
1990 census San Saba County, Texas  ED 135, Sheet 4.

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