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| Jacob "Jake" Boykins and his wife Martha Burton Boykins |
I spent the day researching my paternal ancestors in St. Helena Parish Courthouse. My paternal great grandmother Martha Burton Boykins. I researched the files of John Burton and Rebecca Womack Burton. John married Rebecca in 1821 and she died in 1834, leaving community property, 5 negroes, tracts of land with mills, stock of horses, cattle, household, etc.
December 3, 1833 Oath of Abner Womack under-tutor to the minor heirs of Rebecca Womack, decd wife of John Burton, viz, Celia, Nancy Lucy, Jane, Abner and Rebecca Ann Burton.
December 3, 1835-Property appraised at $2000.00
December 3, 1835-Family meeting composed of friends and relatives of John Burton and his dead wife, wiz: Abraham Womack, Robert Burton, Daniel Addison, Cade D. Strickland, and Simpson Hutchinson.
Probate sale to be held Jan. 11, 1836, 160 acres bounded W by Tickfaw River, saw mill, house, slaves, cattles, etc. Estate purchase by John Burton for $2000.
My heart ached when I read some of the document that said who was going to be sold on the St. Helena Courthouse steps that morning. I look at each of their names listed on the inventory document and thought long and hard about how hard this was for each of them. My father passed away February 2019 and, "I know if he was alive he would be so happy to know that I'm finding his family history,"
