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Boykin
Family
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Districts/Counties
of
South
Carolina
Update
June
2011:
Due
to
my
heavy
involvement
with
the
YDNA
Project,
I
no
longer
am
"actively"
researching;
I
have
every
intention
of
picking
up
my
research
in
the
near
future
(once
the
YDNA
project
is
fully
up
and
running)
and
will
continue
to
place
records
and
information
here
when
found..
The
site
is
currently
being
updated,
however,
most
of
the
new
information
has
come
from
the
emails
of
other
researchers.
That
information
will
in
most
cases
NOT
have
been
verified
by
my
personally
viewing
the
records
used.
If
you
take
this
information
for
your
own
files,
please
remember
that
it
has
not
been
verified
and
proven
unless
otherwise
specified.
Since
I
am
not
actively
researching
at
the
moment,
there
may
have
been
newly
discovered
information
on
any
of
the
surnames
included
on
this
site...i.e.
new
information
may
now
be
available
on
FreeBMD
for
birth
and
death
information
that
contradicts
what
is
found
on
this
web
site.
When
you
see
this,
please
drop
me
an
email
and
I'll
update
the
information.
The
original
intent
of
this
web
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible.
Corrections
are
always
welcome
-
rude
emails
are
not...(those
of
you
who
have
sent
them
know
who
you
are....).
Pre-2011
-
From
my
limited
research
regarding
the
Boykin
family
of
Sumter
and
Kershaw
Districts
of
South
Carolina,
it
would
appear
that
Drury
Boykin
(b.
1743
in
either
Virginia
or
North
Carolina
{where
his
father
is
reported
to
have
died}
d.
1823
Sumter
District,
SC)
and
his
second
cousin
Burwell
Boykin
(b.
1752
in
Va.
d.
1817
in
Kershaw
District,
SC)
arrived
in
the
area
about
the
same
time.
Stephen
Henry
Boykin,
eldest
known
child
of
Burwell
Boykin
was
born
in
Kershaw
District
in
1773
and
Drury
Boykin
Jr.,
son
of
Drury
Boykin
was
reportedly
born
in
1771,
also
apparently
in
Sumter
or
Kershaw
District,
placing
the
cousins
arrival
in
the
area
at
around
1770.
Burwell
Boykin
was
the
witness
to
an
1791
land
deed
and
is
found
in
the
1800
Kershaw
District
Census.
The
1800
census
gives
evidence
of
more
children
than
have
been
named
as
children
of
Burwell
and
Mary
Whitaker
Boykin
-
these
children
are
likely
the
children
of
ELIZABETH
Boykin.
Happy
Researching
and
"Hold
Fast"!
This
web
page
has
been
updated
in
May/June
of
2011.
The
original
intent
of
this
site
is
the
same
as
it
has
always
been;
to
provide
a
FREE
tool
for
researchers
to
help
each
other
by
the
sharing
of
information
-
please
support
this
intent
by
helping
to
keep
it
as
accurate
as
possible. The
information
on
this
page
represents
the
combined
efforts
of
several
researchers.
I
have
verified
the
information
by
Wills,
Equity,
Deeds,
Census
and
Cemetery
Records
where
possible.
Where
no
source
is
given,
the
information
is
unproven/unverified.
Additions
and
corrections
are
welcome
(rude
emails
are
not).
When
writing,
please
include
the
Page
Title
and
Web
Address.
Proper
credit
is
always
awarded
to
the
provider
of
information.
Happy
Researching!
Keep
the
circle
of
sharing
intact,
include
the
following
if
you
take
information
for
your
own
records:
!Source:
Lori
McLeod
Wilke;
"Walking
with
ghosts",
Research
2000
-
2011
Information
on
this
page
has
provided
by
Daniel
McKensie,
Ralph
McCathern
and
my
own
research
into
the
Boykin
connection
with
my
McLeods.
Unless
specified,
information
should
be
considered
a
clue
and
not
a
fact..
Generation
One
Edward
BOYKIN
Edward
Boykin
b.
abt.
1650
Huntingdon,
England
d.
May
27,
1728
in
the
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
married
to
Anne
Gwaltney
b.
abt.
1652
in
the
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
d.
Aft.
1726
in
the
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
1.
John
Boykin
2.
Mary
Boykin
3.
Thomas
Boykin
4.
William
Boykin
-
see
next
generation
5.
Edward
Jr.
Boykin
Generation
Two
William
Boykin
Sr.
William
Boykin
Sr.
b.
abt
1676
d.
unknown
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
married
to
Unknown
Burwell
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
Generation
Three
William
Boykin
Jr.
William
Boykin
Jr. b.
abt
1710
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
d.
June
19,
1731
Isle
of
Wight,
Va
married
to Elizabeth
Bryant
b.
unknown
d.
unknown
Granted
land
on
Town
Creek,
Swift
Creek
and
Wateree
River
in
Kershaw
Co,
SC.
Generation
Four
-
Children
of
William
Boykin
and
Elizabeth
Bryant
i)
Samuel
Boykin
b.
unknown
d.
Dec
1781
buried
at
Boykin-Cantey
Cemetery
Near
Stockton-
take
US
#521
S.
to
Road
261
to
Guy
Rd.-
1/2
way
down
towards
river
(west)-
one
marker
labeled
"Boykin-Cantey"
Surveyed
1975
"
Boykin,
Samuel
s/o
William
Boykin
d
Dec
1781"
SC
State
Archives,
Columbia,
SC
Kershaw
Cty
Cemetery
Survey
Vol
I
p
77
Posted
by:
Jerri
Strombeck
(ID
*****8880)
Date:
April
29,
2004
at
10:41:15
In
Reply
to:
Samuel
Boykin
(1795-1835)
m.
Fitzgerald
Glover
Ross
by
Charlotte
Boykin
of
700
married
to
Elizabeth
Brown buried
at
Boykin-Cantey
Cemetery
Near
Stockton "Boykin,
Elizabeth
Brown
w/o
Samuel"
SC
State
Archives,
Columbia,
SC
Kershaw
Cty
Cemetery
Survey
Vol
I
p
77
Posted
by:
Jerri
Strombeck
(ID
*****8880)
Date:
April
29,
2004
at
10:41:15
In
Reply
to:
Samuel
Boykin
(1795-1835)
m.
Fitzgerald
Glover
Ross
by
Charlotte
Boykin
of
700
NOTE:
This
Samuel
may
actually
be
the
son
of
William
Sr.
and
the
Unknown
Burwell
-
DOUGLAS
STARKE
to
SAMUEL
BOYKIN
767
A
Swift
Creek,
E
side
Wateree
River
containing
550A
ori.
granted
to
WILLIAM
KELLY,
100A
ori.
granted
to
JOHN
ABBOTT,
117
A.
ori.
granted
to
DAVID
NEILSON
Wit:
BURREL
BOYKIN,
WILLIS
WHITAKER
Recorded
22
Apr
1791
Indenture
of
lease
7
Jan
1780
between
GEORGE
PAYNE,
planter
and
SAMUEL
BOYKIN,
planter,
100
A
granted
to
JOHN
PAYNE
dated
1
Jun
1767,
JOHN
PAYNE
sold
100A
to
GEORGE
PAYNE
18/19
Dec
1767;
100A
originally
granted
to
GEORGE
PAYNE
-
one
peppercorn
(rent)
ii)
Simon
Boykin
-
This
may
be
Samuel
Boykin
shown
above
-
iii)
Burwell
Boykin
b.
abt
1752
South
Hampton
County,
Virginia
-
d.
August
17,
1817
Camden,
Kershaw
County,
SC
first
married
to
Elizabeth
Whitaker
who
died
on
the
2nd
of
October
1787
second
married
to
Mary
Whitaker
b.
unknown
Pennslvania?
d.
7
Oct
1833
-
all
three
buried
Boykin-Lenoir
Cemetery
5
m
South
of
Camden
off
US
521-
abt
100
yds
east
on
Road
94
(Tombfield
Rd)
Surveyed
1924
"Boykin,
Mary
aged
61
consort
of
Burwell
Boykin
d
7
Oct
1833"
/
"Boykin,
Burwell
aged
66
the
father
of
11
sons
and
7
daughters
d
17
Aug
1817"
/"
Boykin,
Elizabeth
aged
24
w/o
B.
Boykin
d
2
Oct
1787
SC
State
Archives,
Columbia,
SC
Kershaw
Cty
Cemetery
Survey
Vol
I
p
77
Posted
by:
Jerri
Strombeck
(ID
*****8880)
Date:
April
29,
2004
at
10:41:15
In
Reply
to:
Samuel
Boykin
(1795-1835)
m.
Fitzgerald
Glover
Ross
by
Charlotte
Boykin
of
700
"Departed
this
life,
yesterday
morning
(8/17/1817)
at
his
seat
of
Residence
(Mt.
pleasant)
near
this
place,
Burwell
Boykin,
Esq.,
one
of
the
oldest
(66
yrs.)
and
most
respectable
inhabitants
of
this
District."
His
tombstone
states:
The
Father
of
11
sons
and
7
Daughters.
He
was
upright
and
just
man
in
all
his
dealings
with
the
world.
An
honest
man
is
the
noblest
Work
of
God.
(
Camden
Gazette
8/18/1871/South
Carolina
Historical
magazine,
Vol.
25)
Carter
Hill
(added
1992
-
Kershaw
County
-
#92001231)
10
mi.
S
of
Camden,
E
of
SC
521,
Camden
(300
acres,
7
buildings,
1
structure)Historic
Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect,
builder,
or
engineer:
Boykin,
Burwell
H.
Architectural
Style:
Late
Victorian,
Other
Area
of
Significance:
Architecture
Period
of
Significance:
1825-1849,
1850-1874,
1875-1899,
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic
Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence,
Domestic
Historic
Sub-function:
Agricultural
Outbuildings,
Animal
Facility,
Processing,
Secondary
Structure,
Single
Dwelling
Current
Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence,
Domestic
Current
Sub-function:
Agricultural
Outbuildings,
Animal
Facility,
Secondary
Structure,
Single
Dwelling
SOUTH
CAROLINA
-
Kershaw
County
-
Historic
Districts
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/SC/Kershaw/districts.html
??????
1800
Kershaw
Census
399
38
Boykin
Burwell
4
males
to
10
(Samuel/John/Thomas/
?)
0
males
10-16
2
males
16-26
(?/?)
1
male
26-45
(Stephen
Henry)
1
male
45+
(Burwell)
1
female
to
10
(Katherine)
1
female
10-16
(?)
2
females
16-26
(?/?)
3
females
26-45(?/?/?)
1
female
45+
(Mary)
6
others
(Employees
at
the
Tannery?)
98
slaves
-
owned
a
Tannery
which
employed
5
people
located
at
Swift
Creek
-
had
a
shoe
shop
and
made
300
shoes
annually
Kershaw
County
Deeds
-
DOUGLAS
STARKE
to
SAMUEL
BOYKIN
767
A
Swift
Creek,
E
side
Wateree
River
containing
550A
ori.
granted
to
WILLIAM
KELLY,
100A
ori.
granted
to
JOHN
ABBOTT,
117
A.
ori.
granted
to
DAVID
NEILSON
Wit:
BURREL
BOYKIN,
WILLIS
WHITAKER
Recorded
22
Apr
1791
For
further
reading:
See
Boykin
Generation
Five
-
Child
of
Burwell
Boykin
1.
Stephen
Henry
Boykin
b.
October
1773
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
Bef.
1860
Sumter
County,
South
Carolina
married
to
Dorcus
Rodgers
b.
1802
d.
November
15,
1872-Stephen
shown
aged
26-45
in
1800
Kershaw
District
Census
Children
of
Burwell
Boykin
and
Elizabeth
Whitaker(?)
1.
Burwell
Boykin
born
about
1783
2.
Francis
Boykin,
born
about
Abt.
1785
married
to
Mary
D.
James
is
listed
as
a
child
of
Burwell
and
Elizabeth
-
this
Francis
filed
a
lawsuit
against
a
Norman
McLeod
of
Kershaw
District
-
this
Norman
may
have
been
the
brother
of
Alexander
and
Daniel
McLeod,
and
the
son
of
Angus
and
Nancy
McCutchen
McLeod.
"Some
Boykins"
Camden
Archives
#3679
-
reference
provided
in
Email
from
Sheila
B.
Rogers
Thu
29
Apr
2004.
Children
of
Burwell
Boykin
and
Mary
Whitaker
married
about
Dec.
4
1793
-
prenup
witnessed
by
Stephen
Henry
Boykin
1.
Katherine
Boykin
b.
1794
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
abt.
1817
married
William
Wyly
Lang
-
"Some
Boykins"
Camden
Archives
#3679
-
reference
provided
in
Email
from
Sheila
B.
Rogers
Thu
29
Apr
2004
-
may
have
adopted
the
children
from
the
first
marriage
of
Stephen
Henry
Boykin.
2.
Samuel
Boykin
b.
July
7,
1795
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
March
13,
1835
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
married
to FitzGerald
Glover
Ross,
daugher
of
Thomas
Ross
and
Nancy
Ann
Mortimer
of
Charleston
SC
(Samuel
shown
aged
0
-
10
in
1800
Kershaw
District
Census?) Charlotte
Boykin (ID
*****8758)
Date:
September
03,
2004
at
09:26:05
of
677
i)
Samuel
Boykin,
b.
1823,
SC
ii)
Thomas
Edward
Boykin,
M.D.,
b.
1826,
SC,
d.
September
15,
1910
in
Dallas
Co.
AL.
He
married
Sarah
Amelia
Miller,
daughter
of
Stephen
Decatur
Miller
and
his
wife
Mary
Boykin,
on
December
11,
1850
at
Grace
Episcopal
Church,
Camden,
SC.
iii)
Mary
Boykin,
b.
about
1828,
SC,
m.
1)
Henry
William
Ford
and
2)
Joseph
Carruthers.
iv)
Burwell
Boykin,
b.
November
30,
1830,
SC.,
died
before
1840.
v)
Fitzgerald
Ross
Boykin,
b.
March
20,
1832,
SC.
vi)
William
Boykin,
b.
January
10,
1834,
SC.,
died
before
1840.
3.
John
Boykin
b.
1797
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
1865
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
buried
Boykin
Baptist
Church
DIED
UNMARRIED;
GRADUATED
FROM
THE
SOUTH
CAROLINA
COLLEGE
IN
1814;
BUILT
A
BAPTIST
CHURCH
AT
BOYKIN,
NEAR
CAMDEN,
SC;
HE
DIED
ON
HIS
KNEES
IN
THE
CHURCH
AND
IS
BURIED
IN
FRONT
OF
IT
UNDER
A
LARGE
OAK
TREE
Contact:
Daniel
McKensie
4.
Thomas
Lang
Boykin
b.
abt.
1798
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
1827
Conecuh,
Alabama
married
to
Eliza
Boykin,
daughter
of
Simon
Boykin.
5.
Lemuel
Whitaker
Boykin
b.
abt
1800
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
September
22,
1852
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
buried
Boykin
Cemetery,
Camden,
South
Carolina
married
to
Mary
English
Hopkins
6.
Amelia
Boykin b.
1802
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
1860
married
April
12,
1820
to
Dr.
John
McCaa
1825,
January
10th
-
Dr.
McCaa
was
paid
$10.00
from
the
Estate
of
Alexander
McLeod
by
executor
Daniel
McLeod
7.
Mary
Whitaker
Boykin
b.
March
03,
1804
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
unknown
married
to
Stephen
Decataur
Miller
b.
May
08,
1787
d.
Mar
08,
1838
in
Mississippi
i)
Sarah
Amelia
Miller
b.
Abt.
1831
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
married
to
cousin
Dr.
Thomas
Edward
Boykin
who
died
in
Dallas
County,
Alabama
ii)
Mary
Boykin
Miller
b.
Mar
31,
1823
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
d.
Nov
22,
1886
married
to
General
James
Chestnut
III
-
author
of
"A
Diary
from
Dixie"
?
.
iii)
Stephen
Decataur
Miller
b.
Abt.
1825
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
married
to
Martha
Boykin
iv)
Catherine
Miller
b.
May
24,
1827
in
Sumter
District,
South
Carolina,
United
States
of
America
married
to
David
Rogerson
Williams
II
b.
Oct
03,
1822
d.
Nov
24,
1907
(nephew
of
General
James
Chestnut)
8.
Sarah
Boykin
b.
1806
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
abt
1839
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
married
to
William
Claymore
Cliffton
9.
Elizabeth
Tunstall
Boykin
b.
abt.
1808
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
unknown
married
to
T.
J.
"The
Honorable"
Withers
"Some
Boykins"
Camden
Archives
#3679
-
reference
provided
in
Email
from
Sheila
B.
Rogers
Thu
29
Apr
2004.
10.
Burwell
Boykin
Jr.
b.
abt
1811
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
d.
1861
Kershaw
District,
South
Carolina
married
to
Sally
Wyly
Lang
Hastings
Jennings
Boykin
/
Boykin
Ancestors
(William)
/
Edward
/
Stephen
H.
/
Stephen
M.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~formyfamily/index.htm
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McLeod
Wilke
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