Burwell Boykin
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Burwell Boykin (1751 - 1817)

Burwell Boykin
Born in Southampton, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1782 in Camden, South Carolinamap
Husband of — married 1792 in South Carolinamap
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Died at about age 66 in Kershaw, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Burwell Boykin served with Kershaw County Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Burwell Boykin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A013165.

Burwell was one of seven children born to William Boykin and Elizabeth Bryant. He was born in Southampton County, Virginia, but moved with his parents to Camden District, S.C., c. 1755.

On 3/26/1756, a conveyance was made to William Boykin by Ann Sinnexon, formerly Ann Duyett, of 300 acres in Fredricks Township, adjoing lands of Benjamin McKinnie, near Town Creek(Bk. R-R, p. 369). This land plus other acreage secured by Burwell became the family plantation.

He was an eminently successful planter and acquired a great deal of choice land. In c. 1773 he acquired 400 acres in grants; in 1776 he bought land, the Town Creek tract, to be known as Fredericksburg Town, amounting to 1050 acres, from Major Pierce Butler of Charleston, S.C. for L7300. This surrounded his father's settlement, extending from Town Creek to the lower side of Swift Creek; including the mill on latter stream, now the property of the estate of the late Lemuel Whitaker Boykin II; Hickory Ridge, Swamp, and Stoney Hill plantations.

Burwell also drew grants of land for military service during the Rev. War. He had served, 30 days of military duty as 1st Lt. of Mounted Rangers, in his brother Francis Boykin's Co; and he supplied provisions and forage for the continental troops. His service extended from 1775 to 1783.

He was elected by the District Eastward of Wateree River to serve in the eighth General Assembly (1789-1790). Locally, he served in the following positions: (1774-1775) Vestryman of St. David's (Greg's Old Cheraw, p. 227); in 1795, commissioner to approve of securities offered by the sheriff of Camden District; in 1797, he wa included in a list of persons given exclusive right to open a canal from Pint Tree Creek to the town of Camden; in 1778 and 1779, he served as road commissioner (St. David's journal, P.31).

Burwell married twice, they were both daughters of William Whitaker, a descendant of the Whitaker family of Jamestown, Va., whose member Rev. Alexander Whitaker, the Prophet, baptized Pocahontas, (painting of occasion in rotunda of U.S. Capital) and later performed her wedding ceremony; the first wife, Elizabeth Whitaker, a daughter of Catherine Wiggins Whitaker, was born 9-07-1760, died 10-02-1887 and married in 1782. The second wife, Mary Whitaker, a daughter of Mary (Lenoir ) Whitaker, was born 12-03-1776 and died 10-07-1838, and married in 1792.

From the History of the Boykin Family by Dr. Edward M. Boykin: In 1812 Burwell Boykin built his home "Mt. Pleasant", south of Camden, S.C., in the sand hills. This old country-house was kept by Burwell's widow Mary as a home for her own large family, and a center of hospitality for relatives and friends. The country behind it for sixtymiles was a forest of primeval pine and oak, abounding with deer and other game. The horse, horn, hound and chase held sway, rooms filled with guest; there was plenty everywhere, and enough for all. Her large family of sons living with her, made it sort of an Osbaldistone hall, save the hard drinking, that could not be, for a true high hearted woman held the reins, and a mother and sisiter's influence was over it all. Neighboring estates where occupied by relatives and friends of similar taste and prusuits:the Canteys, Chesnuts, Whitakers, Langs, McRaes, Deas, Hopkins, English and Ancrums. Those were as feudal times touched with chivalry and romance. And a deer hunt in July, or a fox-hunt at Christmas was like a Highland gathering.

Burwell died at his plantation in August 1817.

Sources

  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 46.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JHA , Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2004), US Marriage Records - Elizabeth Whitaker
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 48.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JHA , Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2004), US Marriage Records - Mary Whitaker
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 December 2020), memorial page for Burwell Boykin (1751–17 Aug 1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #10370644, citing Boykin Cemetery, Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Tombstoner (contributor 46591527) .
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGN4-DT7 : accessed 2016-05-03), entry for Burwell /Boykin/.
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 137 : 1917-1918, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2016), DAR Lineage Book - Elizabeth McRae Boykin
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 110 : 1914 , Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2016), DAR Lineage Book - Maria Boykin Holt
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 038, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2016), DAR Lineage Book - Charlotte Taylor Boykin
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 062 : 1907 , Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2016), DAR Lineage Book - Martha Boykin
  • Boykin.Yolasite.com, History of the Boykin Family, Dr. Edward M. Boykin, 1876, History of the Boykin Family
  • Our Children's Ancestry, Sally Cantey Whitaker Allen, 1935;
  • Royal Grants, 23:652; State Grants, 11:647
  • DAR Patriot Index, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2003.
  • South Carolina will transcripts, 1782-1868; Author: Brimelow, Judith M.; Probate Place: Kershaw, South Carolina, Index and will, Vol 1, Books C, A1, 1770-1841
  • Colonial Dames of America, Ancestral records and portraits; a compilation from the archives of Chapter I., the Colonial dames of America; Grafton Press, Baltimore: New York, 1910. https://archive.org/details/ancestralrecords01colo/page/n9
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 19 Feb 2024), "Record of Burwell Boykin", Ancestor # A013165.




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Boykin-383 and Boykin-294 appear to represent the same person because: Boykin-383 was created to reflect Stephen henry Boykin as the father. It is a correct merge. But please make sure that Stephen is not linked to either wife of Burwell. It appears that Burwell had Stephen before his marriage with an unknown woman and raised the boy with his family. Please see the following link. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~formyfamily/Boykin/StephenHenryBoykin2.htm
posted by Gurney Thompson Jr