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| Lewis and Malinda Burton's Marriage License 1867 |
I recently started researching my father's side of the family this year after my father passed away. My father told me some history about his family. Mostly about his mother and father. His mother, Mary was a McKay from Pike County, Mississippi. Mary's mother was name Florence Williams McKay. Florence married Charlie McKay, and they were listed at Mulatto in the 1910 United States Federal Census.
On his father's side of the family, his parents were Jacob'Jake" Boykins and Martha Burton Boykins. Martha's parents were; Louis and Malinda ? Burton. I haven't yet found any records with Malinda maiden name. I checked the Louisiana Statewide Death Index, 1819-1964, and I didn't see it there. I'm planning on going to the State Archives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to, pull the death certificate. Malinda was born in 1850 and died in 1936 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.
Jacob's parents were Samuel Boykins and Catherine Dykes Boykins. Samuel was born around 1822 in Louisiana. Catherine's birthplace is Kentucky. In the 1880 United States Census. Samuel said that his mother was born in Georgia and his father was born in Louisiana.
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| Samuel and Catherine Dykes Boykins Marriage License |
So far, the new names that I have to research on my father's side are Burton, McKay, Dykes, and Williams. On my paternal and maternal side of the family, the family history can be found in St. Helena Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, East Feliciana Parish, and Orleans Parish, Louisiana. In Mississippi, my family history can my found in Pike and Amite County, Mississippi.
I know that William Boykin owned several enslaved people in 1829. Rachel Boykin, the late wife of William Boykins, left to his heirs: Susan Boykins wife of Knighton; John Boykin, wife of Simpson Hutchinson; with two minors children; James 19 and Frank 17 years old. Rachel requests that her son John Boykins be appointed curator with petitioner, that and inventory was made. Six hundred and forty acres bounded by Leonard tract; also the interest of John Boykins of his father, William Boykins. At this point, it's time for me to look at the inventory to see if the enslaved persons was listed by named. In most cases, they are listed by name, gender, and age.
I didn't find any other Boykin's in the Succession Records of St. Helena Parish. Therefore it is the only files that state that those held as slaves in the courthouse records. I hope to find my 2nd great-grandfather Samuel Boykins in the files. Samuel would have been only five years old in 1829. So it is a strong possibility that I will find his mother.
