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Sterling Boykin

1800 – 7 Nov 1871

Birth	1800
Death	7 Nov 1871
Cemetery	Sterling Boykin Family Cemetery Jasper County , Texas , USA
Added by	Catahoula Hound on 21 Feb 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85212297

Bio

Maj Francis Boykin's parents were Ester Kinchen & Solomon Boykin, Sr (1702-1771) of St George's Parish, Georgia (in 1775 changed to Burke County first county in Georgia) Milledgeville, GA. Solomon Boykin's parents were Edward Boykin, Jr (1676-1745) and Judith Hill born in Isle of Wight, VA. Edward Boykin, Jr's parents were Anne Gwaltney & Edward Boykin, Sr (1650-1728). Edward Sr was born in Huntingdon, England and died May 27, 1728 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Edward Boykin, Sr, is buried in Edward Boykin Family Cemetery in Southampton County, Virginia, USA Biography source provided below: Sterling Boykin lived in North Carolina and Alabama before moving to Texas. His first wife bore him 5 sons and 1 daughter before her death. He then married an Indian girl and fathered a son by her, named Simon, before she died. After the death of his second wife in the 1840's, Boykin packed his white children and Indian son into a wagon and headed for Texas. Sterling laid claim to 3,500 acres of land along what is now the Angelina and Jasper County line Boykin made at least one trip back to Alabama. When he returned, a young mulatto girl, one-fourth black ancestry, was riding behind him. The girl's name was Lettie Neal, and it is said she was a runaway slave. She was brought to Texas to raise Sterling's children and care for his house, to be paid $3 per week. Lettie became Boykin's common-law wife and bore him two more children. Sterling taught all his children to read and write, including his mulatto children, much to the displeasure of some of the area's whites. A gang of Red Caps, a vigilante group, burned his collection of books to make sure that no other blacks would be taught. Source: "Paddling the Wild Neches", pages 186-188. Contributor: John Rich (49656524) • [email protected]

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Family

Spouse

• Pauline Boykin 1833–1833 FaG
• Indian Woman Boykin 1838–?
• Lettie Neil/Neal Boykin 1845–1850 FaG

Children

• Francis W Boykin 1822–1870
• John Boykin 1825–1897
• Mary Anna Almira Boykin Dearmond 1826–1869
• Erasmus Napolean Boykin 1828–1873
• William Young "Bill" Boykin 1833–1877
• Ranzy Boykin 1836–1912
• Simon Walter Boykin 1838–1890
• James Buchanan "Jim" Boykin Sr 1854–1942
• Mary "Alice" Boykin Pattillo 1856–1946

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