Annie McLeod And Col. Stephen Madison Boykin

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Annie McLeod And Col. Stephen Madison Boykin

Col. Boykin also married Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Widow of Angus McLeod II daughter of William Arrants and Charity Blyther

Col. Boykin also married Mary Arrants daughter of Robert Houston Arrants and Eliza English

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Col. Stephen Madison Boykin

b. December 10, 1817 Sumter District, South Carolina (Source: Family file of a researcher who chooses to remain unnamed - not yet verified)

d. September 25, 1897 Sumter District, South Carolina (Source: Family file of a researcher who chooses to remain unnamed - not yet verified)

buried in Boykin Cemetery, located on McLeod Property, McCaskill Road, South Carolina (Source: Donald Ross McLeod Jr, Jesse McLeod, Trish Brown, various others)

married first Abt. 1851in Sumter District, South Carolina to Annie McLeod

b. November 10, 1825 in Sumter District South CarolinaC (Source: Von Hacke Records, Sumter Genealogical Society, Sumter SC/Census Records/Will of Catherine McLeod - Birth date verified by tombstone during a June 2005 visit to McLeod Cemetery//New Hope Presbyterian Church by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke, Trish Sanders Brown and Elizabeth Brown)

d. February 01, 1865 in Sumter District South Carolina (Death date verified by tombstone during a June 2005 visit to McLeod Cemetery/New Hope Presbyterian Church by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke, Trish Sanders Brown and Elizabeth Brown)

buried New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina (Source: Burial verified by tombstone during a June 2005 visit to McLeod Cemetery/New Hope Presbyterian Church by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke, Trish Sanders Brown and Elizabeth Brown)

Note: Annie McLeod Boykin died while her husband, Col. Stephen Boykin was being held in the Yankee's Ft. Delaware Prison (Source: Military Records of Col Stephen Madison Boykin as compared with death date of Annie McLeod Boykin)


Family of Annie McLeod Boykin

Annie was the daughter of Daniel M. McLeod and Catherine (McLean?), the granddaughter of Angus and Nancy McCutchen/on McLeod.

Annie is also said to be the grandchild of a Charles McLean and Sarah McLeod and the gr grandchild of Alexander and Sarah (Gillis?) McLeod of Sumter County, South Carolina. This family connection would appear to be confirmed by the 1850 Residence of Daniel and Catherine McLeod and a Sarah McLean - see 1850 Census below) and the following:

  • Sumter County Probate Court Index Bundle 164 pkg 21 Administrative Bond for Sarah McLean dated 1855 admistrator J.R. McLeod

Annie McLeod, Stephen's first wife, apparently was not the heir of any of her parents property. The Will of her mother did not mention Annie although she was alive at its writing. Unless given property by her parents prior to their deaths, Stephen did not inherit any property from this marriage. One could imagine that the reason for Annie's being "left out" of the will was her parents disapproval of the marriage, but the other apparently married daughter of Catherine and Daniel, Margaret, was not mentioned either. (Source: Will of Catherine McLeod, dated 10 September 1853/recorded November 1853 in Sumter County/witnessed by Angus McLeod; Will Book D-2, page 513)


Finding Annie's Grave

In 2004, while in South Carolina for our annual McLeod Family Reunion, several of us decided to hike into the woods to create a video record of McLeod Cemetery aka New Hope Presbyterian Cemetery located next to McLeods Mill Pond in Lee County. The cemetery is slowly deteriorating from lack of care and what may have been vandalism and I wanted to be certain that I confirmed some family burials before the stones were no longer visible.

Four of us spent time wandering through the woods trying to find the small ancient burial ground; finally we stumbled upon it. The video discloses the excitement in our voices as we viewed the sunlight dappled stones of our ancestors and the swing to dismay at the state those stones were in.

As the others searched for the stones I'd come to video record, I continually pressed "pause" and "record" as I documented the names and dates of those buried there. Occasionally, I would have to backtrack to re-record a grave when I realized that I'd not taken the camera off of pause.

Although I was interested in every stone that related to someone in our family line, I had particular interest in two stones - John R. McLeod and his sister, Annie McLeod Boykin. We'd found John's stone with no trouble, but Annie's stone eluded us. Finally, we decided we had to leave since we were losing the light.

We headed back to the hotel where my father, Donald Ross McLeod Jr., his wife and one of my aunts were gathered and showed them the video we'd made. I suddenly realized that John's stone had not been recorded...we re-wound the video and looked again. It wasn't there. I realized that I must have left the camera on pause when I thought I was recording the information on his stone. I was devastated.....we'd spent those hours searching for John and his sister and I had resigned myself to the fact that Annie's stone was gone but was glad that I had John's.

My husband, seeing my disappointment, reassured me that he could get us back to the cemetery in no time and that we'd stop there again on our way home the next day....and so we did. This time, we had no trouble finding the cemetery and had even remembered to bring some tools for dirt moving.....this time, our excitement level was a bit more under control.

After re-recording John's grave and checking to be sure that I had it this time....we began to really look at what remained of the original layout of the graves. We noticed several footstones with missing headstones. We began to walk what we thought would have been the layout of our family members. Suddenly, near a large tree, we discovered a previously missed footstone and David began to scrape dirt away from where he thought the headstone would have fallen......a few minutes later, there was Annie's stone - laying on the ground under layers of dirt.

After videoing the beautifully inscribed stone, we made our way back to our car and then home to Florida and our kids. Upon arriving, I showed the children the first video tape taken on Saturday after the reunion. As we watched, I explained that I had left the camera on pause and had missed John's stone and that we had made a return trip that morning..... suddenly a chill ran down my spine because there on the first tape was John's headstone clear as a bell.....Five of us had been in that hotel room on Saturday, yet none of us saw that stone......yet, there on Saturday's footage it was.

Had we seen that footage, we would not have returned to the cemetery to find Annie's stone....I guess Annie really wanted us to find her .....

These are stills from the actual video which should explain why they are so difficult to see.....perhaps I'll figure out a way to upload it to utube one day....in the meantime, enjoy the photos!

Finding Annie Videos - uploaded August 27th-29th 2012 - After 8 years, I've finally upgraded the technology I use to the point that I am able to edit and save video in an up-loadable format....unfortunately the VCR tape had deteriorated more than I'd hoped (and in a few places had accidentally been recorded over (with an HGTV show or maybe one from Cartoon Network : ) so some of the original footage is lost.  Luckily, the important parts remain so that I can show you one of our very own genealogical ghost stories...and also help explain why I call this website "Walking with Ghosts"....Lori McLeod Wilke 2012

"Finding Annie"  - an overview of our adventure

McLeod Cemetery Part 1 - what remains of the original footage from Saturday June 26th 2004

McLeod Cemetery Part 2 - what remains of the original footage from our return on Sunday June 27th 2004



Stephen Madison Boykin Also married to Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod, widow of Angus McLeod
March 1, 1866 Antioch Baptist Church by the Rev. James E. Rodgers
born May 26, 1825 Kershaw District South Carolina - Gravestone at Antioch Baptist Lee County, SC/ photograph of tombstone taken in October 2000 by Lori McLeod Wilke and Donald Ross McLeod Jr.

died Bef. March 05, 1880 - Sumter District, South Carolina, United States of America (based on third marriage of Stephen Madison Boykin to Mary Arrants, Sumter Marriage Records/Marriage List of the Rev. Rodgers - Gravestone at Antioch Baptist reads "wife of SM Boykin" (photograph of tombstone taken in October 2000 by Lori McLeod Wilke and Donald Ross McLeod Jr.) Kershaw Deed FF 544 "Title To Real Estate" Recorded June 2 1880 Estate of Angus McLeod, Harriet M. McLeod J.D. Dunlap Receiver to Harriet M. McLeod accessed and copied by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke and Trish and Elizabeth Brown on June 25th, 2004 at the Camden County Courthouse, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

buried Antioch Baptist Church, Kershaw County, South Carolina beside first Husband and only son, William


Family of Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Boykin

Eliza was the child of William Arrants and Charity Blyther. William is said to have been born in Queen Anns County, Maryland. He was the son of Johannas Arrants and Ann Alloway.

Sibling: James William Arrants

Eliza was the first cousin of Col. Boykin's third wife, Mary Arrants. See her family below.


The truth about a family legend:

Poor Col. Boykin had been cast as somewhat a villian by our family; he married two of the McLeod women and perhaps as a result held more of our family land than we even know about today. But, the discovery of an 1867 Lawsuit and an 1880 deed in which the dower lands of Eliza Arrants McLeod Boykin were returned to McLeod hands shows a different side to Boykin, at least in my opinion.

Although it has been said that Annie's parents, Daniel and Catherine McLean McLeod disapproved of her marriage to Boykin, I almost wonder now if that rumor itself came out of the "loss" of family land. Because, I see Boykin in a different light.

Married to Annie McLeod, Col. Boykin fought for the Confederacy in the 20th SC Company G. Fighting with him were his cousins by marriage, William McLeod, Alexander Moseley, George Moseley and William Moseley among others. While a prisoner of war, his wife died in childbirth and after the close of the war, he came home to find his neighbor and relative by marriage facing the sale of all her household goods and plantation tools, and facing what was likely very close to total destitution.

Boykin not only married the destitute widow, but he, along with other concerned friends and family, purchased the contents of her house for her at the auction held in 1867. He purchased the remaining 2/3's of the land which provided monies to attempt to settle the estate's debts. Was it greed or was it concern?

Reading the testimony of Alexander McLeod during the lawsuit, I no longer believe it was greed. Eliza continued to attend Antioch Baptist Church of which James E. Rodgers was the pastor until her death as did Alexander and Harriet and the Moseley's. And at her death, Col. Boykin buried Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Boykin beside her first husband and her only child at that church. And at the very least the cause of the loss of our family land to Boykin was disproven, Harriet Yates McLeod purchased back the Dower Lands on the steps of the Camden Courthouse on February 6th 1880.


The Lawsuit which cast doubt on the McLeod Family Legend

On June 25th, 2004, we found a deed for Harriet McLeod, wife of Alexander E. McLeod in which she purchased 110 acres on the steps of the Camden Courthouse. Harriet purchased and sold a great deal of property after the War between the States so finding a deed with her name on it wasn't unique; but the wording of this particular deed was unigue. Kershaw Deed FF 544 "Title To Real Estate" Recorded June 2 1880 Estate of Angus McLeod, Harriet M. McLeod J.D. Dunlap Receiver to Harriet M. McLeod accessed and copied by Lori McLeod Wilke, David J. Wilke and Trish and Elizabeth Brown on June 25th, 2004 at the Camden County Courthouse, Kershaw County, South Carolina.

The deed stated that the Rev. James E. Rogers had "on or about the 22nd day of April (?) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, exhibited his complaint in the Court of Equity for the county aforesaid against Stephen M. Boykin and others praying for a settlement of the Estate of his testator, Angus McLeod, and for the sale of the real estate".

We immediately were curious regarding the lawsuit referenced in the 1880 deed but our research trip was coming to a close for 2004 and there was no time to head to the archives of the Equity Court. We had copied the estate file of Angus McLeod the previous year (2003) and had found nothing to indicate that a lawsuit had resulted from the settlement of the estate. The truth of this purchase of what appeared to be the lands of Angus McLeod II by his sister in law would have to wait until the next year.

In June of 2005, David and I returned to Camden and visited Room 113 of the Kershaw County Courthouse.....and with the help of the lady in charge were able to access the actual papers of the lawsuit, which had not been indexed at that point. Although some of the documents were faded or torn beyond the ability to be read, there were enough pages remaining to piece together the story.

It was known from previous research that Stephen Boykin and his wife Annie McLeod were the neighbors of Annie's first couins Angus McLeod and his wife, Eliza Ann Arrants and it was known from McLeod Family Legend that Boykin had married our Angus' widow after the end of the Civil War. The Lawsuit would allow us to finally understand the whole story.....

Angus McLeod, the youngest son of Alexander and Sarah McIntosh had inherited the homestead property of his father upon reaching his majority in approximately 1841 and upon his marriage to Eliza approximately that same year. The couple would have only one child survive into adulthood; this son, William, woud perish in 1862 while serving the Confederacy under his neighbor and cousin by marriage, Col. Stephen Boykin.

Angus died in 1864 also while serving, leaving Eliza widowed and childless. During this same time, Col Boykin was taken prisoner by the Union having been wounded and captured in 1864 at Cedar Creek; and held at Ft. Delaware until the war would end in 1865. While her husband was a POW, Annie McLeod died in what appears to have been childbirth. After taking the "Oath of Allegiance" on June 24th 1865, Col. Boykin was released and returned home from the war a widower himself.

Angus McLeod assigned the administration of his estate and his business (The J.N. and A. McLeod Firm) to his pastor and close friend, the Rev. James E. Rodgers (Antioch Baptist Church). Rodgers, believing the estate to be in fine shape and able to meet all of its expenses, allowed Eliza to remain upon the estate until such time as probate ended and it became legally her own. For the next eighteen months, Eliza Arrants McLeod would manage the estate without an overseer and would reportedly manage it well. Acting as its manager, she was able to negotiate with five or six of the freed men to remain on the plantation and help her to work it.

1866 - In late 1865 or in early 1866, upon realizing that neither the Firm nor the personal estate of Angus McLeod could be saved, Rodgers took possession of the plantation from Eliza, petitioned the court for permission to auction the estate and began the attempt to pay off the remaining debts.

A partial record in the Court of Common Pleas shows that on February 5th 1866 Rodgers held an auction on the plantation of all of the personal household and plantation goods including stock and harvested crops. Although he had not yet declared the estate insovlent, it is obvious that he was attempting to pay all the debts of the estate.

This partial record was used in testimony to show that Eliza McLeod "and others", who were unnamed had purchased a total of $965.68 that would be used to pay off the debts of the plantation, when the payments for purchases was received - the court ordered sale was to be done with a 12 month credit to the purchasers. Records in the estate file show that Eliza and "others" were not the only ones to purchase at this sale, but almost all the purchases had been made on 12 month credit - this was a disaster waiting to happen as all the area planters and residents were feeling the effects of the war and were money poor themselves.

On March 1 1866, Eliza McLeod married her neighbor and relative by marriage, Stephen M. Boykin. Marriage List of Rev. James E. Rodgers, Family Files of Boykin Descendants, Gravestone of Annie McLeod Boykin photographed June 2004 by Lori McLeod Wilke, David Jay Wilke at McLeod Cemetery aka New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery,

If one were to read just the estate file of her first husband, it would appear that Eliza married Col. Boykin while the 500 acre plantation was still flourishing and providing her a living. The file on its own mentions nothing about Rodgers having to take possession of a failing plantation and pay the debts not only of that estate and the business of two men killed in the war; nor does the estate file mention the selling of all of the household and personal goods of Eliza. The file simply shows that Eliza and Boykin received the land of Angus McLeod after their marriage in 1866. This estate file would seem to support our family legend of the "stolen" McLeod land.

But, reading the two files together gives a different perspective (the estate file plus the lawsuit). Although our family legend has stated that Boykin married Eliza for her land and property, the facts of the court case would seem to negate that.

Eliza was entitled by law to 1/3 of the lands of the estate; this dower land would be secure from the debts of the estate and would have included the house and outbuildings AND in the normal course of time would by law have reverted back to other heirs of the estate, likely Alexander McLeod.

But without the household and plantation goods which were sold in the insolvency and legal ownership of the full estate land to continue farming, she had no hope of an income. An empty house and fields that could not be worked were the legacy she would have received.

Although she was helped by unnamed "others" to purchase back at least $995.00 of her personal belongings, she was still in affect destitute. The truth could appear to be that Col. Boykin, perhaps one of the "others", married a woman who had lost both her son and her husband to the War and was, in March 1866, without any means of income.

Feb. - Dec. 1866 - In the meantime, Rodgers set about trying to pay all the debts of the estate. using the proceeds from the sale of the household and plantation goods and the sale of approximately 182 acres of the 500 acre estate. However, one must remember that the court had allowed the purchasers to use 1 year credit...the Court of Common Pleas file shows that Eliza had not paid for her purchases as late as August 1867, indicating that of the $1502.68 taken in by the estate in 1866, at least $995.65 of it was an unpaid note. On paper, the estate looked solvent, but its reality was completely different - in other words, had all the cash owed been paid, the estate may have been able to pay its debts and break even.

1867 - However, it is obvious that this did not occur - the estate file shows that on January 20th 1867, Rodgers petitioned the court for the division of the acreage that remained part of the estate, claiming that the estate of Angus McLeod was insolvent.

The January 20th petition, which stated the remaining land of the estate valued at about $600 - $700, resulted in commissioners being called upon to oversee the division of the property. William Price, W.W. Stokes, W. Lewis Cook, Joseph Stokes and Jesse Atkinson were subpoenaed by the court and went out upon the land the next day with Boykin, who was a surveyor, to divide it 1/3 (approximately 109 acres) to Eliza in accordance with Law of Dower and 2/3rds (approximately 209 acres) to Rodgers in payment for his administration.

Although the estate file didn't specify this fact, those same commissioners were also to determine a reasonable recompense for Eliza's overseeing the plantation for 18 months. According to the lawsuit, the commissioners determined that a reasonable payment would have been $400.00 excluding board. This was to be separate from the dower lands.

On February 23rd, 1867, Rodgers sold his 209 acres to Boykin for only $75.00, despite its having been valued at approximately $1.88 per acre on January 20th, Boykin purchased it for roughly $.36 an acre. The $75.00 Rodgers received was paid out to the creditors of the estate and business of Angus McLeod. On April 15th, Rodgers filed the report on the division of the estate.

Between January and March 1867, the estate received $174.00 on payment of the notes it held with expenditures of $174.96. This appears to leave a profit for the years 1866 and 1867 of $1080.04. However, on April 27th, only 12 days later, Rodgers was filing a lawsuit against Col. Boykin and Eliza, et al - the et al appears to have been John S. Bradley who was the administrator of the estate of Angus' brother, John N. McLeod.

Reading the contents of both files, it is clear that upon learning of the bankruptcy of the estate, creditors of what appears to have mostly been against the now bankrupted J.N. & A. McLeod Firm of which Rodgers was previously unaware of came out the woodwork so to speak. These creditors must have threatened to file lawsuits against Rodger's personally which apparently left him no choice but to have the courts intervene to settle the estate once and for all.

Unfortunately, the document which detailed Rodgers Complaint was deteriorated so badly that it was unreadable. But, reading those pages which are legible, it would appear that Rodgers was in return filing suit upon Eliza, as the widow for the almost $1000.00 she owed and upon John S. Bradley, as administrator of Angus' brother's estate to share in the payment of the debts of the Firm. Also named in the lawsuit was Michal Watkins, a known neighbor of Angus' brother, Alexander. What part Watkins played is unknown as the complaint was illegible.

Eliza's dower was protected from the creditors of her husband's estate by law for her lifetime, but she had been awarded commissions, bonuses and compensation for her overseeing of the estate. In addition, one must remember that Eliza owed the personal estate $995.68 from the sale of February 5th 1866; and also remembering that the sale was done on 12 month credit. Eliza had not paid that debt which had been due on February 1st, 1867 and by time Rodger's filed the suit in April, remained unpaid. John N. McLeod's estate was still considered to be solvent, as least until 1868 when his widow, Kitsy's, dower was established.

One cannot blame Rodgers, who was obviously under personal attack for an estate not his own, the administration of which was undertaken during wartime, for filing a lawsuit to protect himself. In fact, the court decreed that those who were filing against Rodgers were legally bound from doing so until the close of his lawsuit.

Likewise, the Answer of the Plaintiffs (Boykin, Eliza and John S. Bradley, and possibly Michel Watson and John Crosswell) was also badly deteriorated and illegible, but the commissioner's report dated September 23rd 1867, gives a clue as to its contents….The Plaintiffs had all purchased (on 12 months credit) items from the sale on February 5th 1866 but had not made payment on those items. They were apparently claiming the estate owed them money, in Eliza's case for the 18 months management of the estate, AND for rent of the land and dower apparently for 1866 and 1867 when Rodgers had re-taken possession of it and therefore they were not going to pay Rodgers until he settled the debts they were owed.

It is easy to see the dilemma....Rodgers, as executor of the estate, was trying to collect approximately $2000.00 owed to the estate of Angus McLeod in order to pay off the creditors to the estate. BUT, he owed approximately $400.00 to Eliza McLeod Boykin who owed him $995.68 of the approximately $2000.00. One must wonder why Eliza simply didn't deduct what she was owed from what she herself owed.....but, did anyone have any currency in the years following the war?

I have spent many hours going over what remains of the court case and have come to the conclusion based upon what remains of those documents, that many of those creditors who came against Rodgers as executor had filed erroneous debts against the estate. The documents indicate that many of the claims were not ever proven; some of the debts were dated from pre-war years and one must wonder why they had not been paid previously ...or were they? So many of the Southern planters were in their own ways destitute and desperate...did they take advantage of the confusion of the aftermath by trying to claim debts which did not exist? For where were these supposed creditors of the estate/firm during the three years that Rodgers was paying all the expences of the both the estate and the firm, sometimes borrowing from one to pay the debts of the other?

In any event, Rodgers hired W.W. Shannon as his attorney while the Boykin's hired Mr. Kershaw as theirs. Mr. Shannon subpoenaed the Boykin's, John S. Bradley, John Crosswell and Michel Watson. The subpoenas were delivered on April 29th 1867 by Special Deputy Willis Gaylord (son in law of Angus and John's brother, Alexander McLeod), who, by order of Sheriff J. M. Whelder, personally served John Crosswell and left a copy at John Bradley's residence. Sheriff Sills personally visited Col. Boykin and gave him two copies and his special deputy B. Bateman delivered Michel Watson his copy. Kershaw Court of Common Pleas, J.E. Rodgers vs. S.M. Boykin, his wife, et (et al being Michel Watson, John Crosswell, John S. Bradley who was administrator of the estate of John N. McLeod), Commissioners report of Testimony of August 20 1867, file accessed and copied by Lori McLeod Wilke and David Jay Wilke, June 2005, Room 113 Camden Courthouse, Kershaw, South Carolina) !Source: Lori McLeod Wilke; copyright © 2000-2006 http://www.geocities.com/dillysdillys/AngusMcLeodII.htm

On June 11th, a motion was made with the consent of both attorneys, to marshal the assets of the estate of Angus McLeod and that Rodger's provide all records to the court of his administration of the estate. J. D. Dunlap was appointed the Receiver. This motion specifically named John S. Bradley (Administer), Michel Watson and John Crosswell and restrained them from pursing their "actions at law" against Rodgers. The Camden Journal was to advertise a notice compelling all the creditors of the estate to file and establish their demands.

On August 20th, testimony was taken from the commissioners who had divided the property and had negotiated Eliza's commission. Testimony was also taken from Angus McLeod's only surviving brother, Alexander McLeod. The men all testified to the state of the crops in the years 1864-1866, Eliza's management of the estate for 18 months and whether they felt that the recompense was fair.

From August until September, the claimaints against the estate of Angus McLeod presented their notes to the court. Unfortunately, most of the notes were from the bankrupt Firm and whether or not these claims were proven in the end is unknown due to the missing documents from the Court of Common Pleas file.

In the end, what appears to have happened is that those claims which eventually were proven were paid as follows: claims of under $100.00 were paid in full; claims in excess of $100.00 were paid 25% to equal those who had already recieved that percentage from Rodgers in his attempts to settle the estate without a court case.

The remainder of the debts were to paid at the death of Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Boykin from the sale of her dower lands.

To read about the court case in its entirety: Angus McLeod



Stephen Madison Boykin Also married Mary Arrants
March 5, 1880 Antioch Baptist Church by the Rev. James E. Rodgers


b. October 26, 1849 (Source: Family file of a researcher who chooses to remain unnamed - not yet verified)

d. June 07, 1885 (Source: Family file of a researcher who chooses to remain unnamed - not yet verified)

buried in Boykin Cemetery, located on McLeod Property, McCaskill Road, South Carolina (Source: Donald Ross McLeod Jr, Jesse McLeod, Trish Brown, various others)


Family of Mary Arrants Boykin

Mary was the daughter of Robert Houston Arrants and Eliza English. Robert is said to have been born after his family migrated from Queen Anns County, Maryland to Sumter District, South Carolina. He was the son of Johannas Arrants and Ann Alloway.

Mary was first cousin to Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Boykin - see above.

Siblings of Mary were: Elsie Ann Arrants, wife of William Blyther (son of John Blyther and Fanny Turner - unknown relationship to Charity Blyther Arrants, mother of Eliza Ann Arrants McLeod Boykin); W. Johannes Arrants, Robert Benjamin Arrants, Sarah Arrants, Harmon Arrants, Eliza Arrants, wife of J.A. Brown ( son of William and Clary Brown); Emma Arrants, Lavina Arrants



Occupation of Stephen Madison Boykin:

Like his father before him, Stephen was a Surveyor, responsible for the 1875 Sumter Mills Map. He was also a farmer according to various census records.


Military Records of Col. Stephen Madison Boykin

December 15, 1846
Co. A of the Palmetto Regt (Sumter County) mustered - Mexican and Indian War. His medal was donated to the Camden Archives, in Kershaw County South Carolina by a descendant.

February 16, 1847
Promoted to Sergeant - Co. A of the Palmetto Regt (Sumter County)

July 03, 1848
Discharged from service as 1st Lt, - Co. A of the Palmetto Regt (Sumter County) recieved gold medal for service which is now in the Camden Archives, Camden, Kershaw County, SC

December 24, 1861
Promoted to Captain Colonel Company G 20th Regiment, South Carolina V -

April 01, 1862
Promoted to Major - Colonel Company G 20th Regiment, South Carolina V -

July 06, 1864
Promoted to Colonel G 20th Regiment, South Carolina V "On the 16th or 18th of May, 1864, the regiment was ordered to Virginia, and reached Richmond about the twenty-second, and was ordered to join Kershaw's Brigade, reaching it about the 28th of May, near South Anna River. After the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel Dansler, Major Boykin was promoted to that position, and Captain Partlow made Major. By the death of Colonel Keitt, Boykin and Partlow were raised in regular grade, and Captain McMichael made Major. Lieutenant Colonel Partlow was wounded at Deep Bottom soon after this, and did not return to duty until near the close of the war. Colonel Boykin and Major McMichael were both captured at Cedar Creek, and neither returned until after peace was declared. The regiment was commanded during the remainder of the service, with short exceptions, by Captain Leaphart. " History of Kershaw's Brigade / Dickert, D. Augustus Author: Dickert, D. Augustus Title: History of Kershaw's Brigade Publisher: Project Gutenberg This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

Oct 19, 1864
Wounded and taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, information provided by Annebelle Proctor on Oct 2 2005; confrimed above.

February 01, 1865
Ft. Delaware Prison Wife Annie McLeod Boykin died while Stephen was prisoner of war

July 24, 1865
"Oath of Allegiance" was taken and he was released from FT Delaware Prison


Property:

Series Number:S213192 Volume: 0055 Page: 00183 Item: 01 Date: 1849/09/19 Description: BOYKIN, STEPHEN M., PLAT FOR 315 ACRES ON MILL AND BEAVER DAM BRANCHES, SUMTER DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY STEPHEN H. BOYKIN. Names Indexed: BOYKIN, STEPHEN M./BOYKIN, STEPHEN H./CORBITT, JAMES/GRIER, MAJ./MCLEOD, DANIEL/CORBITT, HAMPTON/BOYKIN, JOHN/ Locations: SUMTER DISTRICT/BEAVER DAM CREEK/MILL BRANCH Type: PLAT/ Topics: /

1867 - Stephen purchased 218 acres of the Estate of the deceased Angus McLeod, from the executor of that estate, Rev. James E. Rodgers. The court had divided the estate after Eliza declared it insolvent and requested that 2/3 be given to the Rev. and 1/3 remain in her ownership. The Rev. sold his share to Boykin. See above

SUMTER - BOOK CCC
PAGE 556 - 12-9-1890 28 1/2 acres from L.W. CHEWNING, bounded by Boykin, Weldon

SUMTER - BOOK GGG
PAGE 429 - 2-22-1894 28 acres from CHARLOTTE A BROWN bounded by Boykin, BEAVER DAM, McCaskill

SUMTER - BOOK HHH
PAGE 159 - 2-22-1894 28 acres to STEPHEN MADISON BOYKIN JR bounded by R and Camden Moscow Boykin , W.M. McCaskill, Weldon, W.M. McCaskill

SUMTER -BOOK GGG
PAGE 550 - 11-28-1894 28 acres back to CHARLOTTE A BROWN


Census Records

1820 Sumter or Kershaw Census

Stephen, age 3, in home of parents, Stephen Henry and Dorcus Rodgers Boykin. No further information

1830 Sumter Census

Annie in home of Daniel and Catherine McLeod

1 m 0-5 (John R. born 1827 - age 2 or 3
1 m 30-40 Daniel born 1790 - age 40
2 f 0-5 Margaret born cr. 1830/ Mary born cr. 1830
1 f 5-10 Ann
1 f 20-30 Catherine

1840 Sumter Census

Annie in home of Daniel and Catherine McLeod

1 m 10-15 John R. age 12 or 13
1 m 40-50 Daniel age 50
2 f 5-10 Catherine age 5?/ Margaret age 6 (?);
1 f 10-15 Mary
1 f 15-20 Anne
1 f 30-40 Catherine

1850 Township: Unknown Townships; County: Sumter; State: South Carolina Roll: M432_859 Page: 381 Image: 146 February 1 2003 - Ancestry.com On Line CensusFederal Index ID # SCS5a1250577 page 381

24 1082 1082 McLeod Danl 60 M W Planter $1,000 POB NC
25 1082 1082 McLeod Catherine 45 F W POB NC
26 1082 1082 McLeod Ann 22 F W POB SC
27 1082 1082 McLeod Mary 20 F W POB SC
28 1082 1082 McLeod John 18 M W Student POB SC
29 1082 1082 McLeod Margaret 16 F W POB SC
30 1082 1082 McLeod Catherine 14 F W POB SC

1850 Township: Unknown Townships; County: Sumter; State: South Carolina Roll: M432_859 Page: 381 Image: 146 February 1 2003 - Ancestry.com On Line CensusFederal Index ID # SCS5a1250577 page 381

2 1075 1075 Boykin Stephen H 78 M W Surveyor $5,895 POB SC
3 1075 1075 Boykin Dorcus 56 F W POB SC
4 1075 1075 Boykin Camden M 19 M W Laborer POB SC
5 1075 1075 Boykin Stephen M 32 M W Surveyor POB SC
6 1075 1075 Boykin Stephen B 11 M W POB SC
7 1075 1075 Logan Mariah E 38 F W POB SC
8 1075 1075 Logan Calhoun M 15 M W Student POB SC
9 1075 1075 Logan Texas B 13 M W POB SC

Email from NBellgen January 2008: Stephen B. Boykin is in the household. He is 11, but. Stephen Banks Boykin is the son of Banks Hamilton Boykin (deceased late 1847 in Dallas Co, Ark). Banks was married twice. Stephen B. was from 1st marriage to Winnifred Victoria Myers. Winnie and Banks are identified as Stephen B.'s parents in the marriage records kept by Rev. James E. Rodgers of Antioch Bapt. Ch. They can be found on line at ancestry.com---other databases--South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research--spread about in several issues.

1860 Sumter District Census

Stephen - Surveyer, Farmer, Livery, - age 42 real estate $1200. and pers. prop $2500
Annie age 35,
Margaret age 7 born in SC
Sarah M age 5 born in SC

1870 Sumter County Census

Annie deceased and Stephen married to Eliza Arrants McLeod - no further information as of 5/29/2003 \

1880 Census Sumter, South Carolina

Eliza deceased and Stephen married to Mary Arrants after March 05, 1880

1890 Census
Stephen widowed since 1885.

The 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by fire. Some states have reconstructed their local census. South Carolina is apparently not one of them.

1900 Census

Stephen deceased. Note from June 2006 research trip: 1902 S.M. Boykin died intestate leaving a small personal estate valued at $100.00 /Bank of Camden SC - the remainder of the file was missing.


Probate Estate Filed in Sumter County Bundle 193 pkg 27
May 30, 1902 son SM Boykin JR. administrator (son by third wife - Mary Arrants)

10/4/2001 - LDS Center, Orange Park Florida Micro film IL 162 Sumter SC - found the Administrative Bond listed in Index.



Children of Annie McLeod and Stephen Madison Boykin
Sources: Census Records, family files of descendants

1. Margaret Maria Boykin b. June 19, 1853 Sumter County, South Carolina d. June 07, 1927 Lee County, South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery, Lee County South Carolina married to William "Billy" Malcolm McCaskill b. January 18, 1850 January 18, 1850 d. April 18, 1920 Lee County South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery, Lee County South Carolina

Email from NBellgen January 5 2008 - ......Margaret Maria(h) Boykin called Rye Ah - My source for the names of Stephen Madison and Annie's girls was my mother who learned them from her grandmother Margaret Mariah Boykin McCaskill. I have my mother's records as she wrote them and also as she dictated information to my sister. My mother was 21 when "Grandma Ria{R long i short a) died. I am quite sure of the full names. ....

Property of Margaret Maria Boykin and Billy McCaskill

December 09, 1890
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter County - 28 acres from HJ Boykin (Hastings Jennings Boykin) Book CCC PAGE 554 bounded by McCaskill, Boykin, Chewning

October 16, 1891
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter 28 1/2 acres, BOOK EEE PAGE 261, from J.A. BOYKIN (John Alexander Boykin), bounded by McCaskill, Boykin, Beaverdam

November 22, 1900
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter140 acres to F.B. MCCASKILL (Finley Boykin McCaskill) BOOK PPP PAGE 157, bounded by Arrants, Boykin, Matthews, Chewning

January 06, 1902
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter 24 acres to J.F. MCCASKILL (John Finley McCaskill), BOOK PPP PAGE 611

January 09, 1902
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter100 ACRES FROM M.M. MCCASKILL, ( Margaret Maria McCaskill?) BOOK PPP PAGE 723

Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter County - 100 acres to W. M. McCaskill (William "Billy" Malcolm McCaskill) Book PPP pg 723, bounded by J.B. McLeod (John R. McLeod?), W.M. McCaskell

1900 Census living at Spring Hill - Billy age 50, Marg. Age 45, married 26 years, mother of 10, 10 living

Children of Margaret Maria "Ria" Boykin and William "Billy" Malcolm McCaskill

1. Elizabeth A. McCaskill b. January 01, 1870 Sumter County, South Carolina d. April 18, 1928 Sumter County, South Carolina married to Flavious J. Boykin son of Stephen Lafayette Boykin and Susan Julia Corbett b. Unknown d. Unknown

2. {Dr.} Stephen Madison McCaskill b. September 22, 1871 Sumter County, South Carolina d. February 02, 1938 buried at Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina married to

Children from this marriage were:

  • Olabelle Cornelia McCaskill born 7 Mar 1897 in Sumter County, S.C., died 6 Nov 1986 buried in Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
  • Catherine Alma McCaskill born 6 Mar 1899 in Sumter County, S.C., died 24 May 1989 buried in Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina married in Blaney, South Carolina James Kimble Wilson born 20 Feb 1896 died 22 Feb 1964 buried in Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina Cpl. US Army WWI
  • Selma Christena McCaskill born 19 Jan 1905 in Sumter County, South Carolina died 25 Mar 1980 buried in Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina
  • Marguerite Ann McCaskill born 14 Feb 1911 in Sumter County, South Carolina d. unknown
    Never married. She was living in Camden in 1984.
  • William Alexander McCaskill born 7 Jun 1912 Sumter County, South Carolina and died 12 Aug 1912 Sumter County, South Carolina

3. John Finley McCaskill b. November 02, 1873 Sumter County, South Carolina d. February 18, 1944 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery, Lee County South Carolina married to Mary Ada Boykin (daughter of James Addison Boykin and Sarah Elizabeth Bridges - unsure of James Addison Boykin parentage) born October 22, 1880 Sumter County, South Carolina died October 01, 1907 Sumter County, South Carolina next married Dora Lee (daughter of Willie Lee and Marian Caughman) b. July 6, 1876 Sumter County, South Carolina d. July 30, 1969 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery, Lee County South Carolina

Property of John Finley McCaskill

2/16/1900 35 1/2 acres from C.M. Boykin, book NNN page 354, bounded by C.M. Boykin, J.W. Weldon.

12/11/1895, 28 acres from E.P Shedd, Book III page 177, bounded by A.J. Boykin, Beaver Dam Swamp.

1/6/1902, 24 acres from W.M. McCaskill, Book PPP page 611, bounded by M. McCaskill, S.M. & H.J. Boykin.

Children of John Finley McCaskill and Mary Ada Boykin

1. Adeline McCaskill born March 05, 1903 Lee County, South Carolina died May 17, 1923 in Cleveland School Fire, buried Beulah Methodist Cemetery Mass Grave, Kershaw County SC - See Memorial Transcription below.

(Adeline's death may be incorrect - note the Mrs. Kate McCaskill age 40 and Roy McCaskill age 4 listed above the Adeline McCaskill who was killed in the fire. It is possible that Adeline attended with an Aunt and Cousin as had happened with many families that night. Research is ongoing.)

2. Connie Lucille McCaskill born May 05, 1905 Lee County, South Carolina died unknown Lee County, South Carolina buried Salem Southern Methodist Church Lee County

3. Ada McCaskill born June 01, 1907 Lee County, South Carolina died unknown buried unknown

Children of John Finley McCaskill and Dora Lee

1. Annie McCaskill b. April 14, 1910 in Lee County, South Carolina d. February 13, 1930 Lee County, South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County SC

2. Jay McCaskill b. February 11, 1912 in Lee County, South Carolina d. November 8, 1974 Lee County, South Carolina buried Bethlehem Methodist Church, Bishopville, South Carolina

3. Ethel Loretta McCaskill b. March 20, 1914 in Lee County, South Carolina d. March 15, 1931 Lee County, South Carolina buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County SC

4. Ollie Andrew Sr McCaskill b. August 8, 1916 in Lee County, South Carolina d. 1987 Columbia, SC

5. Donna McCaskill b. 1919 in Lee County, South Carolina

4. William J. "Willie" McCaskill b. December 24, 1875 Sumter County, South Carolina d. January 25, 1903 Sumter County, South Carolina buried McLeod Family Cemetery aka New Hope Presbyterian Church, Lee County, South Carolina married to Mary Nancy McCaskill born about 1883 Sumter County, South Carolina d. unknown Sumter County, South Carolina next married Lois Unknown b. abt. 1883 Sumter County, South Carolina d. abt. 1926 Sumter County, South Carolina

Children from this marriage were:

  • John E. McCaskill b. 1898 in Sumter County, South Carolina d. 18 Feb 1963 South Carolina buried in Scotch Cemetery Bethune, South Carolina
  • Kenneth Otis McCaskill born 17 Oct 1900 in Kershaw County South Carolina , died 14 Apr 1977 in Kershaw County South Carolina buried in Scotch Cemetery Bethune, South Carolina
  • Elizabeth McCaskill born 14 Sep 1901 in Kershaw County South Carolina died Dec 1975 in Kershaw County South Carolina

5. Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" McCaskill b. 1878 Sumter County, South Carolina d. unknown married to John Norman McLeod (son of Ashmore Calhoun and Julia Barnes McLeod, grandson of John and Kitsy Davis McLeod) b. abt 1874 Sumter County, South Carolina d. abt 1931 Sumter County, South Carolina

6. Mary "Minnie" Lee McCaskill b. May 03, 1880 Sumter County, South Carolina d. November 07, 1919 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Marshall United Methodist Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina married Joseph A. Johnson (son of Alexander Johnson and Margaret Cornelia Holland) b. 11 Jul 1876 Sumter County, South Carolina d. 17 Aug 1951 Sumter County, South Carolina buried in Marshall United Meth. Cemetery Lee County SC.

Children from this marriage were:

  • Meta Mariah Johnson was born on 1 Jul 1902 and died in 1978.
  • A. Mae Johnson was born on 8 Jul 1904 d. unknown
  • Bertha Johnson was born on 8 Mar 1906.
  • Sally Wynn Johnson was born on 23 Dec 1908.
  • Joseph Johnson was born on 13 May 1913 and died on 20 Apr 1980.
  • Robert Boyd Johnson was born on 21 May 1916. Note: Lived in MD. Robert married Edna Hall.

7. Margaret McCaskill b. May 15, 1883 Sumter County, South Carolina d. July 18, 1961 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Marshall United Methodist Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina married Daniel L. Johnson (son of Alexander Johnson and Margaret Cornelia Holland) b. 16 Mar 1880 Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 Aug 1956 Sumter County, South Carolina buried in Marshall Untited Methodist Church Lee County South Carolina

Child from this marriage was:

  • Alexander William Johnson was born on 14 Jul 1905 Sumter County, South Carolina buried at Marshall United Methodist Cemetery Lee County South Carolina

8. Nancy McCaskill b. January 01, 1886 Sumter County, South Carolina d. February 09, 1958 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Quaker Cemetery Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina b. unknown d. unknown married to George McDuffie

9 Charles McCaskill b. 1888 d. unknown; buried Old Scotch Cemetery, Bethune, South Carolina married Mary Nell Stewart.

Child from this marriage was:

  • Maggie McCaskill was born about 1910 in Sumter County, South Carolina and was buried in Antioch Baptist Cemetery Kershaw County SC.

10. Evelyn Oliva McCaskill b. April 04, 1897 d. February 04, 1935 buried Mizpah Baptist Cemetery, Lee County South Carolina married Sam Folk.

Child from this marriage was:

  • Richard C Folk was born on 21 Jul 1917, died on 5 Jun 1970 and was buried in Bethlem Methodist Church Bishopville, SC married Shirley Jones. ,

2. Mary Annie Boykin b. April 07, 1855 Sumter County, South Carolina d. June 06, 1926 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Providence Southern Methodist Church married to Robert Jarrett Yates b. July 12, 1856 Sumter County, South Carolina d. April 05, 1930 Sumter County, South Carolina buried Providence Southern Methodist Church

Email from NBellgen January 2008: Mary Annie Boykin called Annie, My source for the names of Stephen Madison and Annie's girls was my mother who learned them from her grandmother Margaret Mariah Boykin McCaskill. I have my mother's records as she wrote them and also as she dictated information to my sister. My mother was 21 when "Grandma Ria{R long i short a) died. I am quite sure of the full names. ....

Children of Sarah Mary Boykin and Robert Jarrett Yates

1. Margaret E Yates B. 1877 d. unknown Source Information: 1880 Census Place De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina Family History Library Film 1255232 NA Film Number T9-1232 Page Number 63B

2. William M. Yates b. 1879 d. unknown Source Information: 1880 Census Place De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina Family History Library Film 1255232 NA Film Number T9-1232 Page Number 63B

3. John Arthur Yates b. 1885 d. aft 1920 (1920 ProvidenceTownship Sumter County South Carolina Census Page: 5B Roll: T625_1712 ED: 138 Image: 845 )

4. Stephen W. Yates b. 1888 d. aft 1920 (1920 ProvidenceTownship Sumter County South Carolina Census Page: 5B Roll: T625_1712 ED: 138 Image: 845 )

5. Sarah Yates b. 1893 d. unknown (NOT INCLUDED IN 1920 ProvidenceTownship Sumter County South Carolina Census Page: 5B Roll: T625_1712 ED: 138 Image: 845 )

6. Charles Britton Yates Sr. b. 1895 d. bef April 13 2000 married after 1920 to Bertie Ives born 1877/78 d. bef. April 13 2000 (at home in 1920 Providence Township Sumter County South Carolina Census Page: 5B Roll: T625_1712 ED: 138 Image: 845 age 24)

Note: Bertie Ives daughter of William Nelson Ives and Rosa Lee Hurst who was the daughter of Nancy aka Mamie McLeod and Sid Hurst - Nancy "Mamie" was the daugher of Alexander and Harriet Yates McLeod, Alex son of Alexander and Sarah McIntosh McLeod, son of Angus and Nancy McCutchen MacLeod.

Bertie and Charles were 3rd cousins once removed

Also note: It is unknown to date if Harriet Yates McLeod and Robert Jarret Yates were related. Please email if you have information. Also see our Yates Pages

1880 DeKalb Township Kershaw Co. Census
Source Information: Census Place De Kalb, Kershaw, South Carolina Family History Library Film 1255232 NA Film Number T9-1232 Page Number 63B

Yates Jarret Self M Male W age 24 Farmer POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina
Yates Mary A. Wife M Female W age 25 Keeps House POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina
Yates Margaret A. Dau S Female W age 3 POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina
Yates William M. Son S Male W age 1 POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina

1920 ProvidenceTownship Sumter County South Carolina Census Page: 5B Roll: T625_1712 ED: 138 Image: 845found 1/26/2003 Ancestry.com 1920 Census

Robert J. Yates Head of house, M, W, age 64, Rents, reads writes, POB South Carolina Mothers POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina Farmer Home Farm Farm Sch 77
Mary A. Yates wife, F, W, age 64, Reads Writes POB South Carolina Mothers POB South Carolina Fathers POB South Carolina
John A. Yates son, age 35, single, M, W, POB South Carolina Mothers POB South Carolina Fathers POB, Farm Laboror, General Farm Sch. 78
Stephen W. Yates son, age 33, single, M, W, POB South Carolina Mothers POB South Carolina Fathers POB, Farm Laboror, General Farm Sch. 79
Charles B. Yates age 24 single, M, W, POB South Carolina Mothers POB South Carolina Fathers POB, Farm Laboror, General Farm Sch. 79

3. Sarah Catherine "Kate" Madison Boykin b. October 05, 1861 in Sumter County South Carolina d. April 10, 1888 in Sumter County South Carolina married January 17, 1878 to Finley Boykin McCaskill b. August 16, 1858 in Sumter County South Carolina d. August 18, 1917 in Sumter County South Carolina buried McCaskill Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina M224 McCASKILL, FINLEY B B250 BOYKIN, SARAH CATHERINE Jan 17 1878 son of Nancy Blyther and John William McCaskill - please email if you have additional family information.

Email from NBellgen January 2008:Sarah Catherine Madison Boykin called Kate. .... was named for Annie's mother and grandmother and the Madison was to honor her father. My source for the names of Stephen Madison and Annie's girls was my mother who learned them from her grandmother Margaret Mariah Boykin McCaskill. I have my mother's records as she wrote them and also as she dictated information to my sister. My mother was 21 when "Grandma Ria{R long i short a) died. I am quite sure of the full names. ....

Property of Kate and Finley Boykin McCaskill

November 22, 1900
Index of Conveyance of Real Estate Sumter140 acres to F.B. MCCASKILL (Finley Boykin McCaskill) BOOK PPP PAGE 157, bounded by Arrants, Boykin, Matthews, Chewning From brother William Malcolm McCaskill

Children of Susan Catherine "Kate" Boykin and Finley Boykin McCaskill

1. Margaret McCaskill b. in 1879 Sumter County, South Carolina d. 8 Jan 1919 married Moody Trapp b. unknown d. unknown

2. Charles Edward "Bud" McCaskill b. 4 Oct 1881 Sumter County, South Carolina d. 21 Feb 1963 in Sumter County, South Carolina buried in Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County South Carolina

3. Thomas Pinckney McCaskill b. 25 Feb 1883 in Sumter County, South Carolina d. 5 Jun 1963 in Sumter County, South Carolina buried in Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County SC married Annie Colvin b 29 Sep 1892, d. 18 Feb 1960 buried in Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County South Carolina

Children from this marriage were:

  • Louis Millard McCaskill b. on 1 Aug 1909 Sumter County South Carolina married Louise Boykin - next married Jackie Smoak. No issue, lived in Charleston.
  • Robert Edward McCaskill b. 24 Aug 1912 Sumter County, South Carolina d. 20 Aug 1979 in Sumter County, South Carolina and was buried in Mizpah Baptist Cemetery Lee County South Carolina married Ara Belle Hudson b. unknown d. unknown
  • Living McCaskill
  • Thery Ernest McCaskill b. May 1915 Lee County South Carolina d. 19 Feb 1974 Charleston, South Carolina married Kathleen Truesdale Nesbitt next married Annie C. Drawdy
  • Living McCaskill
  • Thomas Daniel McCaskill b. 16 May 1921 Lee County South Carolina d. 26 Feb 1956 married Eloise R. Bourgette No issue
  • Carl Blendon "Peach" McCaskill b. 8 Sep 1924 in Lee County South Carolina d bef. 12 Apr 2001 married Mary Alice Hinson, daughter of Charlie J. Hinson and Estelle H. Unknown b. abt 1931 in Lee County South Carolina d. 12 Apr 2001 Cassatt, South Carolina buried in Antioch Baptist Cemetery Kershaw County South Carolina
  • Living McCaskill
  • Living McCaskill
  • Living McCaskill
  • Kenneth Boykin McCaskill b. October 22, 1926 d. unknown married to Doris Gaynor b. unknown d. unknown
  • Living McCaskill
  • Jewel Vernisha McCaskill b. October 11, 1929 d. unknown married to Lavern A. Cribb b. unknown d. unknown
  • Living McCaskill
  • Frances Maria McCaskill b. December 4, 1932 d. unknown married to Willie Clyde Catoe b. unknown d. unknown
  • Living McCaskill
  • Living McCaskill
  • Living McCaskill


Children of Stephen and Mary Arrants Boykin

1. Stephen Madison Jr Boykin b. April 01, 1881 in Sumter County South Carolina d. June 10, 1928 in Sumter County South Carolina buried Johns Island Episcopal Cemetery married November 20 1907 Grace Chapel Rockville, SC. by Rev. Harry Mazyck to Florence Mabel Bailey daughter of John Scott Bailey and Olivia Florence Seabrook b. February 16 1888 in Rockville, South Carolina d. July 25 1963 in Rockville, South Carolina

  • Florence Mabel was called Maybelle. She was Librarian of the Rockville Branch of Charleston County Library
  • Property of Stephen Jr. - 2-22-1894 28 acres to STEPHEN MADISON BOYKIN JR BOOK HHH PAGE 159 bounded by R and Camden Moscow Boykin , W.M. McCaskill, Weldon, W.M. McCaskill

Children of Stephen Madison Jr Boykin and Florence Mabel Bailey

  • Florence Seabrook Boykin b. June 09, 1911 d. unknown; Florence married George D. Kleckley on 30 Jan 1932 in St. George, SC.
  • Stephen Madison III Boykin b. May 17, 1919 d. unknown;
  • Mabel Bailey Boykin b. July 10, 1925 d. unknown Mabel married Peter Proctor, son of Herschel Proctor and Ollie Elizabeth Mullinnix, on 18 Sep 1943 in 1st Presbyterian Church Charleston, SC. Peter was born on 2 Mar 1920 in Milledgeville, GA, died on 2 Jan 1989 in Charleston, SC and was buried in John's Island Presbyertian Cemetery. They had twins born & died 8/10/1961, buried John's Island Pres. Cemetery. Peter was called Bubba. He was a Cpl. US Army WWII.
  • . John Scott Boykin

2. Joseph Sumter Boykin b. March 02, 1884 in Sumter County South Carolina d. June 29, 1949 in Sumter County South Carolina buried Cedar Creek Baptist Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina married Feb 17 1910 by Rev. T.L. Cole at Anticoh Baptist Church Kershaw Co.. to Inez Evelyn Boseman daughter of John Henry Boseman and Unknown b. Jun 22 1886 in Kershaw County, SC d. Aug 22 1913 in Sumter County South Carolina buried Cedar Creek Baptist Cemetery, Lee County, South Carolina.

  • Joseph was a CPL. in the 1st Infantry, 13th Division in WWI. He entered service February 11, 1915 at 30 11/12 years old and was honorably discharged April 2, 1919 with 10% disability. He was promoted to Cpl. in September 7, 1918. His residence was listed as Darlington, SC.
  • Inez was from Darlington and was a school teacher.

Children of Joseph Sumter Boykin and Inez Evelyn Boseman

  • Joseph H. Alvin Boykin b. February 26, 1911 d. October 31, 1911 buried Cedar Creek Baptist Church Lee County, South Carolina
  • Edgerton Boykin b. August 02, 1913 d. November 1988


Father of Stephen Henry Boykin



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