1990 Boyett Newsletter(C)2000 Boulineau Press
BOYT/E-BOYET/T/E NEWSLETTER
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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 1                                  JAN/FEB/MAR 1990
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Publ. & Edited by Wendy  Elliott, C. G. 4808 Garland St Anaheim, CA 92807
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Phillip V. Boyett Family        2
    Early Moman BOYETT . . .     . .  .     . 4
    John Newton BOYETT        6
    D. F. WILSON & Lula BOYETT        8
Julius Houston BOYETT . . . . . . . ...  10

1900 Texas Soundex . . . . . . . . . .  12

Plum Branch Cemetery Stephens Co. TX . 12

E . B . BOYETT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Queries    . . . . ... . .  14

1850 U.S. Census of Tennessee . . . .  15

Family Records of Patsy ADKINS . . . . 15

Greene Co., AL 1850 U.S. Census . . .  16

Elijah BOYETT . . . . . . . . . . . ..  17

Leslie BOYETT Family . . . . . . . . . 18

Added: Text from obituaries on pages 17,18.

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Phillip W. Boyett Family
Submitted by Margarett Hollingsworth
Nacogdoches, Texas


See also: Vol. V, No. 3 (July/Aug/Sept 1989), p. 18.
Marriages Recorded in P. W. Boyett's Bible

page one:
“What God Hath Joined together [page torn)
This Certifies That the Rite of Holy Matrimony
was celebrated between

P. W. Boyett of Arkansas and S. C. Boyett of Arkansas
On the 19th of Dec. 1869 (sic) at Shady Oak Church by Rev. Davis Witness (?) Davis, Mary Davis

page two:
Marriages
Mr. P. W. & Mrs. Sarah A. Boyett was married Dec. 19th, 1867
B. R. Guthrie & Sallie C. Boyett was married Oct. 20th, 1887
Noah W. Boyett & Mattie Henderson was married Aug. 28th 1893
W. W. Boyett & Rebecca Welch was marrird June 14th 1896
J. K. Boyett & Emma A. Boyett was married Sept. 20th, 1896
N. D. Boyett & E. E. Mayshaw was married July 19th, 1889
N.    D. Boyett & Minnie Conn was married March (?). 19[?)

[Handwriting changes)
D.    L. Boyett was married to Robert Winkle May 7th 1904
E.    M. Boyett & Ola Fuller was married Nov. 30th 1905
C.    S. Boyett & Emma Curl was married Dec [?)   [?)

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BRADLEY COUNTY, ARKANSAS

COUNTY COURTHOUSE


State of Arkansas)
County of Bradley)  I do hereby certify that Joined in Marriage on the  19th
   of  December  1867  Phillip  Boyet  to Sarah An  (sic) Catherine Boyet he being
21 years of age and she being 18 years of age all of Bradley Rev. W. K. Davis
A true copy  Feby 6th 1868 an ordained minister of the church
W. W. Hughey, clerk
B. [?] Moseley (?)

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Phillip W. Boyett, b. 3 April 1846 in Union Parish, LA; he was theson of James Thomas and Mary “Polly” (SALLIER) BOYET; m. 19 Dec 1867, Bradley Co., AR, to Sarah Ann Catherine BOYET.  He d. 20 Jan
1904 in Sabine Co.1 TX where he is buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery. Sarah Ann Catherine BOYET was born 22 Oct 1850 in Union Parish, LA; she was the daughter of William BOYET.  Sarah Ann Catherine d. 12 Nov 1919 in Sabine Co., TX where she is buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery.

Their Children:
1.    Mary A.    b. 28 Dec 1868; d. 30 Dec 1868.
2.    Sarah An Catherine "Sally"  b. 1 April 1870, Sabine Co., TX;
    m. 20 Oct 1887 in Sabine Co.,TX to Benjamin R. GUTHRIE. She d. 6 May 1891 in Sabine Co.,TX and is buried thrrr in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
3.  Noah Washington b. 19 May 1872 in Sabine Co., TX; he m. 28 Aug
1893 in Sabine Co., TX to Mattie E. HENDERSON; he d. 16 Aug
1907 in Sabine Co. and is also buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
4.    William Wesley   b. 11 Mar 1874 in Sabine Co., TX; he m. 14 June 1896 in Sabine Co., TX to Rebecca Louise WELCH.  He d. 14 May 1947 and is buried in Griffen Cemetery, Sabine Co., TX.
5.    Nathan Daniel    b. 17 July 1876 in Sabine Co., TX; m. (1) 19
July 1889, Sabine Co., TX to Ester Ella MAYSHAW and m. (2) 17
Mar 1901 to Minnie Lee CONN; he d. 26 May 1945 and is bur at
Gravel Hill Cemetery in Sabine Co.,TX.
6.    Emma Argent     b. 8 June 1879 Sabine Co. TX; she m. 20 Sept.
1896 in Sabine Co., to Joseph K. BOYETT; she d. 5 April 1961
in Panola Co.,TX and is buried at Beckville, Panola CO.,TX.
7.    Elias Mathew     b. 9 June 1881 in Sabine Co., TX; he. m. 30 Nov 1905 in Sabine Co.,TX to Olla FULLER; he d. 11 Sept 1935 in San Augustine Co. ,TX; he is buried at Rosevine Cemetery in Sabine Co., TX.
8.    Columbus Simon   b. 5 June 1884 in Sabine Co., TX; m. (1) 23 Dec 1906 in Sabine Co.,TX to Emma CURL and m. (2) about 1928 or later to Minnie WRIGHT; he d. 20 May 1962 in Sabine Co.,TX and is bur. at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
9.    Della Luella     b. 31 Dec 1886 in Sabine Co., TX; m. 7 May
1904 in Sabine Co. to Robert V. WINKLE; she d. 2 Sept 1910 in
Keville, AR. She is buried in Keville, AR.
10.  Thomas F.    b. 10 April 1889 in Sabine Co., TX; d. 16 April 1889 in Sabine Co., AR where he is buried at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
11.  Leah C.    b. 28 Nov 1890 Sabine Co., TX; m. Charlton “Jack” EDDINGS; she d. in 1950 and is buried at Rosevine Cemetery in Sabine Co., TX.
12.    Ernest Edward   b. 26 Oct 1893 in Sabine Co.,TX; m. (1) 10 Nov
1915 in Sabine Co., TX to Tera Phenada GRAY and m. (2) 15 Aug
1927 in Bradley Co., AR to Gertie HOLLINGSWORTH; he d. 21 Nov
1963 in Bradley Co., AR and is buried at Gravelridge Cemetery,
Heritage, Bradley Co., AR. He changed spelling of his surname
to BOYETTE when he moved to Arkansas.
Sources of Information: Bible, Census, Cem records, persn knowl.

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Pg 277  Green Boyett    24 AL s/o Robert & Sarah (  ) Boyett,Sumter Co., AL
    Mary    "    21    AL   m. 27 Au~ 1842 Mary Swilly Sumter Co., AL
    Sarah F.  "    6    AL
    Robert J. “    5    AL
    John    3    AL
    Stephen D. “    1    AL

G.B. Boyett  m. L.D. Lawson  19 Dec 1869 By J.N. Lewelling, Nachodoches Co., TX

Green B. Boyett, Pvt. Co. H. 2 Tex.Cav. ( 2 Tex. Mt’d Rifles)
He nor his widow applied for a Civil War pension.
Boyett, Green B.    68  AL  b. Dec 1832    1900 Wise Co.. TX  114;141;6;87
    Lydia    W    51  GA  b. Jun 1848
    Jackson J. S.    14  TX  b. Apr 1886
Vaught, Chas. V.    SL  32  TX  b. May 1868
    Rosalie    D    16  TX  b. Jul 1883
Noble,  J.    Roomer  75    b. May 1826  Ireland  Non-citizen

Boyett, James E.    63  TN  b. Mar 1837  1900 Wise Co., TX  114; 150; 14; 68
    Mary E.    W    58    TN    b. Oct 1841
    Arthur B.    S    19    TX    b. Mar 1881    (James Elijah Boyett)
    Boyett, Jack J.        24    TX    1910 Wise Co., TX    253; 172
    Estella    W    14    TX
    Willie    S    1    TX
    Liddie    M    58    GA

James Elijah Boyett, Sgt. Co.H. 47th TN Inf.
Mrs. Mary E. Boyett==Civil War Widow's Pension Approved # 20827
She died in the home of her granddaughter Miss Estelle Nobles, a teacher.

Maggie Boyett (Margaret) d/o James E. Boyett m. 24 Nov 1887 Wise Co., TX
R.W. Nobles (Robert Wesley)  Parents of Sage Nobles, sheriff of Wise Co.

1850 Tennessee Census
Gibson Co.  Boytt,    Elijah 38  NC,  Susan 39 TN, Thomas 19, Elizabeth 16, James 12 Lewis 10.  Tennessee 8,  Alabama 6, Clarinda 2, Annie 9/12
                                                GI 542-275
Elijah Boyt  m. Susan Crane==25 Apr 1831 Gibson Co., TN
Crafton Cemetery, Wise Co., TX    Tombstones
    Green B. Boyett    12    Dec    1832==3    Jan 1905=== 17 Jan 1905 Death. Cert.
    M.J. Boyett    9    Nov    1870  6    Aug 188O
    J.T. Boyett    1    May    1873 18    Dec 1886

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Elijah Boyett  b. ca 1798  N.C.   d. 08 Nov 1843  Mason Hill. Obion Co., TN m. 20 Aug 1818 Stewart Co., TN
Martha Perves  b. Ca 1805    d. After 1866 Obion Co., TN

Barney Smith Boyett  b. 17 Jan 1832 or 34 IL d. 18 Sep.1913; Quail,Collinsworth Co.,I
B.S. Boyett  m. Elizabeth Andrews   15 Sept. 1853 Gibson Co., TN
Barney (18-1850)--(26-1860) Elizabeth  (21-1860)  d. ca 1875/76 Dunklin Co., MO
Elizabeth Leah was probably her full given name, and LEAH was not her maiden name.
(Marr. record from computer print-out of TN births and marriages L.D.S.)

Barney m(2  Laura __________    1876/77 Prob. Dunklin Co.,MO

Elijah Harrison Boyett   b. 14 Dec 1877 Dunklin Co., MO  d. 14 May 1955
m.    25 July 1897 (Johnson Co.,TX Marr. Book # 9 )
Donia May Thomas b. 02 Mar 1880                d. 12 Mar 1969
Both buried Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Tarrant Co., TX

1.    Leslie Ray Boyett   b. 24 Feb 1902 Johnson Co., TX  d. 25 Nov 1984
    m/1    1923    (divorced 1945)
    Bessie Beatrice Chapman    b. 04 Jan 1902    d. 13 Jan 1985
    m/2    May 1949
    Hester Lillian (Black) Grimsley    b.    1900    d. 19 Jun 1988

Dau:    Verna Lou Boyett    b. 20 Mar 1927
m/1 Welton George Grimsley (1920-1989)  m/2 Nicklous McBride

Children:    He1en (Grimsley)Wardrop~~Eddy Grims1ey--Rebecca(Grimsley) Allen
Six grandchildren

2.    Verna May Boyett   b. 03 Aug 1927 Johnaon Co., TX (Lives Lamar, MO)

m/1 John Parks(dec'd) m/2 Johnny Morrison(dec’d) m/3 Hurshell Jeffries d.Nov 1989

Sons:    John Parks  and George Parks
3.    Me1vin “C.” Boyett b. 22 Jan 1919 Johnson Co., TX
    m.    1938
    Evelyn Dunn        b. 26 Oct 1913

Dau:    Linda Ruth Boyett
    m.    Jim Henry
    Two daughters

Melvin C. Boyett--5 Circle Park Ct.--Mansfield, TX  76063
Verna McBride--5l33 Collinwood--Ft. Worth, TX 76107


See added pages for obituaries for this page.

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Boyett, Leslie
Family
Some of the Boyetts, years back, came from South Carolina and my granddad Barney Boyett came to Mansfield from Missouri.  You could buy land for $1.00 an acre then but granddad Boyett didn’t want to buy it because you had to pay taxes on it.  There was no need to buy it because the land was free.  All you had to do was brand the cows and let them roam the country.  Then round them up and sort them out.
 E. H. Boyett, my father, was born in Mansfield and later married a fine lady, Donna Mae Thomas of Mansfield.  My father was a farmer and stock-raiser.
 He at one time went to West Texas and lived out a claim and then sold the claim.  He started to buy land at the Narcatic Farm but when he saw all white rocks and not good farming land he decided to buy land in Mansfield (33 mi. East of Mansfield)
  I have a fire-poker left to me by my grandad, Barney Boyett, that was originally made by my great-great-great grandad and goes back to the Revolutionary War.
 I started school in Lillian in 1909 and the school was right beside the 1st Baptist Church house.  Later in the year the school was moved to the old brick school house.
 I had a good primary school teacher, Mrs. R.L. Rigby, and her husband Mr. R. L. Rigby was the school superintendent.
 We all liked our school Principal, Jake Hendricks, because he was a fair man and no respector of persons.  If you needed shook, he shook you down!
 The Lillian High School had a good lab, great track meets, and nice proms.
 I began school with Zella Ball and we dated some and wrote poems and graduated together.  Then we went our different ways and she married a fine man and I married a wonderful lady, Hester Black Boyett.  Mrs H. Boyett’s mother and father, George and Mary Black came to New Hope in 1917.  Mrs. Boyett remembers being baptized in 1918 at New Hope Church along with eleven young men who were going off to War 1.  Bros. Arnold from Ft. Worth officiated.
 Some old settlers of New Hope were the McVains and Virgil Turpins and George Grimsley.
 When I started to school, Lillian was an up and coming to town. It had two? ??? hardware stores, two grocery stores, a cafe, a barber shop, livery stable, blacksmith shop and a lumber yard. About 1916 it caught on fire and the east-side of town burned up and the town never recuperated and when the depression came it was killed off
We had good time in Lillian with the many church affairs. most of the people were church-going people. The family break down dances were fun and I spent many a night square dancing, Rag dancing, waltzing, and doing the polkas. We would have a barbecue between 12:00 and 1:00 and dance again.
I did a lot of fox hunting all over the country. We ran wolves and fox just for the sport of it.
My dad and I had about 15 hounds and knew everyone in, and we knew every wooded trail from here to Hadley and to Grand Prairie.
People would call us at night and tell us "we have wolves so come and bring your ~ We could go anywhere we wanted to as long as we had those dogs we had the right of way.
I was farming during WWI and was a bit too young to go. During WWII I was a bit too old so I didn't see any military service.
I heard preacher Whitehead now of Cleburne, preach a funeral for a man who had lived for 100 years. The preacher said "He was at a loss for words.”
Well, so am I at this point. Now if I was on my tractor I would think of many more things to tell you...
I am 82 years old and those were the old days and I enjoyed all of them.
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Some time ago I wrote about a man named G. B. Boyett, who had written a letter to the Confederate Veteran Magazine.  I asked for information about the gentleman, but received no answer to my query.  Shortly after that time, I found a notice of his death in the Wise County Messenger of 20 Jan 1905.  “Crafton: Uncle g. B. Boyett, one of the first settlers of this part of the county, died on the 6th of this month and was buried by the Masons.”  I still need information about where he was born, where he was buried, etc.  It is a thrill to me to find something about these men, most of whom have bee forgotten many years.  Every time I read the microfilms of the old newspaper, I find a few  more of the veterans, an obituary here, a story of a visit to the place of birth, or the death of a spouse.
Catherine Gonzales
Wise Co., TX  Hist. Soc.


ADDED PAGE Follows:


Vol. VI, Number 1, Jan/Feb/Mar 1990
pp.17
Hester Lillian Boyett
farmer
14 or 19 June 1988

Hester Lillian Boyett a Mansfield resident, died Saturday at a Mansfield hospital. She was 88.
Funeral will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Blessing Funeral Home in Mansfield. Burial will be in Mansfield Cemetery.
Mrs. Boyett was born in Cransfill Gap and was a long time resident of Mansfield. She operated a farm west of Mansfield with her husband, Leslie Ray Boyett, who died in 1984.
Mrs. Boyett was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lillian.
Survivors One daughter Orene McKennon of Mansfield, two sons, Welton Grimsley and Skeet Grimsley, both of Mansfield, 10 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren.


Boyett

Leslie Ray Boyett
82 of Mansfield died Sunday. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Hester Boyett, Mansfield; daughter Verna McBride, Mansfield; stepdaughter Orene McKennon; stepsons Welton and Skeet Grimsley both of mansfield; brother Melvin Boyett, Mansfield; Verna Jefflies, Lamar Missouri; three grandchildren; six step grandchildren. Services 4pm Central Baptist Church, internment Mansfield Cemetery. Arrangements Blessing-McInnis funeral home, Mansfield.

Boyett
Bessie Boyett
Of  Fort Worth died Sunday. Survivors: Daughter, Verna Mc Bride, Mansfield; granddaughters, Rebecca Allen, Helen Wardoo, both of Fort Worth; grandson Eddy Grimsley Whitt (looks like: Whill);stepgrandsons, Bobby McBride Weatherford, Gary McBride, Fort Hood; six great-grandchildren. Services 11am Greenwood Chapel,
Larry Marshall, minister officiating. Graveside services 1:30 pm
Tuesday Waxahachie City Cemetery.


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