William Soloman Jackson BOYKIN

Submitter: Dan Williams

Husband: William Solomon Jackson BOYKIN
Born: June 15, 1815 Place: Washington Co., MS
Married: May 3, 1837 Place: Sumter Co., AL
Died: June 2, 1888 Place: Leon Co., TX
Cemetery: Boykin Chapel Cemetery Place: Leon Co., TX
Father: Kinchen BOYKIN
Mother: Sarah STRINGER
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Wife: Mary Ann SLATTER
Born: May 3, 1819 Place: GA
Died: July 20, 1889 Place: Near Evant, Hamilton Co., TX
Cemetery: Murphree Cemetery Place: Near Evant, Hamilton Co., TX
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1 Name: M Thomas J. Boykin
Born: About 1837 Place: MS
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2 Name: F Mary C. Boykin
Born: About 1839 Place: MS
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3 Name: M William F. BOYKIN
Born: About 1841 Place: MS
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4 Name: ? G. BOYKIN
Born: About 1843 Place: MS
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5 Name: M Richard W. BOYKIN
Born: About 1845 Place:  
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6 Name: M John Wesley BOYKIN
Born: About 1847 Place: AL
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Spouse 1: Margaret E. BARNETT
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7 Name: F Sophia Jane BOYKIN
Born: About 1850 Place: AL
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Spouse 1: James Francis FERRELL (FARRELL)
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8 Name: F Martha Ann BOYKIN
Born: March 15, 1852 Place: Choctaw Co., AL
Died: September 15, 1893 Place: Leon Co., TX
Cemetery: Boykin Chapel Cemetery Place: Leon Co., TX
Spouse 1: John B. BARNETT
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9 Name: M James K. BOYKIN
Born: About 1854 Place: AL
Died:   Place: Henderson Co., TX
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Spouse 1: Margaret BOYKIN
Married: About 1873 Place:  

10 Name: M Archabald T. BOYKIN
Born: About 1856 Place: Choctaw Co., AL
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11 Name: M Walter J. BOYKIN
Born: March 1857 Place: TX
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12 Name: M Benjamin Rowell BOYKIN
Born: January 14, 1863 Place: Leon Co., TX
Died: December 16, 1899 Place: Mills Co., TX
Cemetery: Murphree Cemetery Place: Near Evant, Hamilton Co., TX
Spouse 1: Mary Catherine DENNIS
Married: December 10, 1885 Place:  
Spouse 2: Lottie HASKINS
Married: 1888/1889 Place:  

13 Name: M Robert Lee BOYKIN
Born: February 1866 Place: TX
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Spouse 1: Margaret E.
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NOTES:
This family came to Leon County from Alabama in 1856 with their first 10 children.  James W. SLATTER (b.1814) and Lewis SLATTER (b. 1826) also came to Leon County from Alabama about 1856 with their families.  Mary Ann and these two SLATTER men may have been siblings.

Wm. Boykin was called "Uncle Jack".  He was a school teacher, preacher, Justice of the Peace and farmer.  He established an Academy in the 1860's at the Flo Community and taught teenage boys reading, writing, and arithmetic.  There was also a chapel associated with the Academy.  He was the founder of Boykin Chapel Cemetery at the same site as the Academy and chapel and was the first person to be buried there.


SOURCES:
Boykin Chapel Cemetery, Leon Co., TX
Gum Springs Cemetery, Leon Co., TX
Leon County 1880 Census
Leon County 1860 Census
Julia Lee
David Wooten
Jason Gervase
William Yarbrough
Billie Nichols-Bennett
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