Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr.1

Male, #9999, (24 Nov 1829 - 3 Nov 1899)

ParentDr. Samuel Boykin (1786 - 29 Apr 1848)
ParentNarcissa Cooper (28 Apr 1803 - 14 Jun 1857)
Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr.|b. 24 Nov 1829\nd. 3 Nov 1899|p9999.htm|Dr. Samuel Boykin|b. 1786\nd. 29 Apr 1848|p9994.htm|Narcissa Cooper|b. 28 Apr 1803\nd. 14 Jun 1857|p9995.htm|Major Francis Boykin|b. 1751\nd. 17 Aug 1821|p9997.htm|Catherine Whitaker|b. say 1748\nd. after 1800|p10028.htm|Thomas Cooper Jr.|b. 1771\nd. 5 Jul 1843|p10034.htm|Judith Harvey|b. say 1775|p10007.htm|

Birth*24 Nov 1829 Samuel was born at Baldwin Co., Georgia, on 24 Nov 1829. Birthplace assumed from father's known residence.2 
 He was the son of Dr. Samuel Boykin and Narcissa Cooper. 
(Family Member) Relocation1836 Family member(s) Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr., accompanying Dr. Samuel Boykin, relocated in 1836 at Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia.3 
(free wh male 05-10) 1840 Census1 Jun 1840 Samuel was probably a free white male, age 5 and under 10,in Dr. Samuel Boykin's household, on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Muscogee Co., Georgia.4 
(executor) Will28 Apr 1848 In Dr. Samuel Boykin's will, Samuel was named by Samuel to handle his estate on 28 Apr 1848 at Muscogee Co., Georgia.
     Last Will and Testament of Samuel Boykin
Executed 28 Apr 1848 and proved 22 May 1848 in Muscogee Co., GA.
     In the name of God, Amen. I Samuel Boykin being of sound mind and desirous of disposing of all property that I may be entitled to at my death constitute this as my last will & testament.
     1st, I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Narcissa my carriage and horses, plate and household furniture absolutely.
     2nd, I give and bequeath to my wife Narcissa, for her special use and benefit during her life the following property - to wit: my residence in the city of Columbus with the four lots immediately joining it, and the four other lots lying near it on the opposite sides of the street on which my residence stands, and the following house servants - to wit: Charlotte & her two children Lin and Bird Grace, Leila & her two children Mary Ann & Dafra, Lizzy and old Sall, and at her death I wish said property to go in equal shares to such of my children as shall survive her and the children of such as may be dead at her decease.
     3rd, I give and bequeath all the balance of my property in equal shares to my wife (in case she declines dower) & my children the child's part assigned to my wife by this item. I give and bequeath to her during her natural life, at her death to be distributed in the same way I have directed the property assigned for her use in the second item of my will. I further will and bequeath to each of my daughters her share for her special use & benefit not to be sold or in any way disposed of by her husband, in case she marries and at her death in case she marries and dies without issue leaving a husband, one half this property to her husband and the other half to each of my children as may survive her. I further will and bequeath to each of my sons his share, and in case he should marry and die without issue, one half of said share to his surviving wife, and the other half to such of my children as may survive him. I further will and desire my executors hereinafter appointed to give to each of my sons, Francis, Samuel, Thomas and Leroy as a portion of that part of my estate falling to his share one fourth part of my plantation lying on the Chattahoochee in Russell County, if each one when he becomes of age should be willing to take said fourth part of said plantation as a portion of his distribution share, and it should be deemed possible by my executors so to assign my said plantation to my sons, in four equal parts and at such time as my executors shall deem it proper and expedient for the interest of all the legatees.
     4th, I will and desire my executors to sell and dispose of all my real esate not mentioned in any of the foregoing items at such time & in such way as they may deem to be for the interest of my estate.
     5th, I here appoint and constitute my wife Narcissa Boykin, Mark A. Cooper, and my two sons Francis & Samuel Boykin my executors under this my last will and testament.
     In witness whereof I have signed, sealed and published these presents this 28th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight. /s/ S. Boykin
     In the presence of Leroy Holt, Frank A. Nisbet, James N. Owens, John E. Bacon.
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(household member) 1850 Census1 Jun 1850 Samuel was listed as a household member living with Narcissa Cooper on the 1850 Census at Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia.6 
Marriage*10 May 1853 He married Laura Josephine Nisbet at Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia, on 10 May 1853. (Bible transcription actually gives year as 1855, but that date would be out of sequence and 1853 appears more likely.).2 
1880 Census*1 Jun 1880 Samuel was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia.7 
Death*3 Nov 1899 He died at Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, on 3 Nov 1899.2 
Burial*circa 7 Nov 1899 His body was interred circa 7 Nov 1899 at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Bibb Co., Georgia. Lot 21, Block 1, Forest Hill Section.8 
Biography* From "Dictionary of Georgia Biography"

BOYKIN, SAMUEL. Editor, historian, clergyman. Born Milledgeville, Ga., 24 November 1829; died Nashville, Tenn., 3 November 1899. Son of Samuel and Narcissa Cooper Boykin. Married Laura Nisbett, 10 May 1865. Children: Laura (or Laurette) N. and Eugenia N. Education: University of Georgia, B.A. (1851), M.A. (1854). Honorary degree: Mercer University, D. D. (1880).

The son of a well-to-do physician-planter, Samuel Boykin was educated in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Georgia. While a student at the University of Georgia he joined a Baptist church. After nearly a year of foreign travel following graduation from college, he farmed in Alabama and Florida (1852-60).

From 1860 to 1865 he was editor and usually owner of the Christian Index, a Georgia Baptist weekly newspaper published then in Macon. As might be expected, his editorial policy vigorously favored the broad missionary and educational activities of organized Georgia and Southern Baptist life, slavery, and the Confederacy-and just as vigorously attacked Lincoln and his administration.

Much more decisive to the remainder of Boykin's life, and to his impact on Georgia and southern life, was his founding in 1862 of the Child's Index, a Sunday-school paper that he prepared and published. After a brief break it was resumed in 1866 as the Child's Delight, becoming widely appreciated within the Baptist denomination. He sold it to the first Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1870, moved to Memphis the following year as its editor (it had been merged with a Tennessee publication as Kind Words and Child's Delight), and returned to Macon in 1874 as its editor after it came under the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. When the second Sunday School Board assumed its control in 1891, he went to Nashville, Tenn., where he spent the remainder of his life as the editor of this and other Sunday-school quarterlies. In this connection he has been described as "almost the chief pioneer and genius in making Sunday school literature for the Baptists of the South."

On the Georgia scene, Boykin's influence was temporary as editor of the Christian Index (1860-65) and as pastor of the Second Baptist Church, Macon (1870). More lasting was his work as editor or coeditor of the memoirs of Howell Cobb and Adiel Sherwood. Most enduring of all his literary labors has been his massive History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia, with Biographical Compendium and Portrait Gallery of Baptist Ministers and Other Georgia Baptists (1881). That it is now available in a 1977 reprint attests to its merit. In his prime, Boykin was described as quick, impulsive, nervous, and sometimes abruptbut also capable of astonishingly long periods of concentration and writing. He was firm in purpose and resolute in action. Widely appreciated were his humor, wit, and repartee, "without any admixture of coarse or vulgar elements." Warmhearted and generous, he was affectionate, considerate, and thoughtful. Boykin is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.


(Names referenced above: Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr. Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr.).9 
Biography From “History of Baldwin County”

Samuel Boykin (Sr.) was descended from Edward Boykin, who immigrated from Caernarvonshire, Wales, and settled in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Edward Boykin had a son, William Boykin, who died in 1731, leaving a son, William, who moved to South Carolina in 1755 or 1756, and settled in Kershaw county six miles south of Camden. The third son of the last mentioned, Francis Boykin, was a Lieutenant of cavalry in the army at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He moved to Baldwin county in 1800, and died in 1821. He married Catherine Whitaker and his remains now rest on the plantation of S. E. Whitaker, ten miles from Milledgeville. He left two sons and a daughter. Dr. Samuel Boykin was his eldest son, and James Boykin, a deacon of the Milledgeville church, his youngest. His daughter, Eliza, married the father of Prof. Williams Rutherford of Athens, Georgia.

Dr. S. Boykin, the father of Samuel, graduated at the University of Georgia, 1807, and then attended lectures at the Pennsylvania Medical College, Philadelphia. He was an active, popular, and successful practitioner in Milledgeville, and in a few years accumulated quite a large property.

Samuel was born in Milledgeville, Nov. 24, 1829. He attended school in Columbus, and also at Westchester, Penn., and at Bridgeport, Conn. He was converted in 1847, at a meeting conducted by Rev. Elbert Williams, the pastor at Columbus, and John E. Dawson, but formed no ecclesiastical relations until two years later while a student at Athens, where he joined the church, and was baptized by Rev. S. Landrum, the pastor. He graduated at the State University in 1851, after which he traveled in Europe for six months. He married on May 10, 1863, Miss Laura Nisbet of Macon, Georgia. The degree of Master of Arts was conferred on him by the State University in 1854, and in 1860, he was elected editor of the Christian Index, then owned by the Georgia Baptist Convention and published at Macon. He was for many years editor of the Sunday School paper "Kind Words." He is also the author of Memoirs of Hon. Howell Cobb, a work of great value, alike creditable to the head and the heart of the author, and worthy of the high character of the subject. He was a man of decided convictions; of firm purpose and resolute in action, while at the same time he had that true simplicity of character which worldly associations never impair.

(Names referenced above: Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr. Rev. Samuel Boykin Jr.). 

Family

Laura Josephine Nisbet (4 Mar 1834 - 25 Mar 1900)
Marriage*10 May 1853 He married Laura Josephine Nisbet at Columbus, Muscogee Co., Georgia, on 10 May 1853. (Bible transcription actually gives year as 1855, but that date would be out of sequence and 1853 appears more likely.).2 
Children

Charts Edward Boykin Descendants
Last Edited 29 Sep 2003

Citations

  1. Anne Jacobs Boykin (Mrs. Robert Neal) Murphy, History and Genealogy of the Boykin Family Mrs. Robert Neal Murphy and Bernard Carter Boykin, Richmond, VA, 1964.
  2. Mrs. Bun Wylie -- State Regent 1930-32, Boykin Family Bible (Given to Emily Boykin Tichenor on 16 Apr 1861 by Sam and Laura Boykin) Transcription contained in "Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters, DAR, Vol. IV Old Bible Records and Land Lotteries, 1932.
  3. Katherine Bowman Walters, Oconee River Tales to Tell, Eaton, Putnam Co., GA: Eaton, Putnam Co. (GA) Historical Society, 1995.
    Chapter 5, pp 53-57.
  4. 1840 Federal Census, United States.
    Ancestry.com image.
  5. Muscogee Co., GA Court of Probate Records. Transcribed by Warren Culpepper from photocopy by Mrs. Eugene Millsaps III.
  6. 1850 Federal Census, United States.
    pages 338 and 339, Ancestry.com images 87 & 89
    Mrs. Narcissa Boykin, 47, F, GA
    Samuel Boykin, 20, M, GA
    Emily C. Boykin, 18, F, GA
    Narcissa Boykin, 16, F, GA
    Eliza H. Boykin, 12, F, GA
    Leroy Boykin, 10, M, GA
    Lula Boykin, 4, F, GA
    Thomas C. Boykin, 14, M, GA (separated from rest of family and listed at very end of census).
  7. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
    3rd Ward, Maco, Bibb Co., GA, page 225D
    Samuel BOYKIN Self M Male W 57 GA Minister & Editor GA SC
    Laura BOYKIN Wife M Female W 46 GA Keeping House GA GA
    Laura N. BOYKIN Dau S Female W 13 GA At School GA GA
    Eugenia N. BOYKIN Dau S Female W 5 GA At Home GA GA
    Henry WRIGHT BroL M Male W 43 AL Physician LA LA
    Mary N. WRIGHT Sister M Female W 42 GA At Home GA GA
    Fitzallin B. WRIGHT Niece S Female W 13 GA At School GA GA
    C. Randolph WRIGHT Nephew S Male W 12 GA At School GA GA
    Eugenius N. WRIGHT Nephew S Male W 6 GA At Home GA GA
    Leila WRIGHT Sister W Female W 34 GA At Home GA GA
    Eugenius NISBET Nephew S Male W 18 GA Student GA GA
    Eugenius NISBET Nephew S Male W 19 GA Clerk GA GA
    Pleasent JOHNSON Other M Female B 31 GA Servant GA GA
    Georgia WHITE Other S Female B 39 GA Servant GA GA
    Georgia PARKER Other S Female B 21 GA Servant GA GA
    William RUSSEL Other S Male B 36 GA Servant GA GA.
  8. Record of burials for Rose Hill Cemetery compiled by the Engineer's Office, City of Macon, GA. Submitted by Pattie Causey e-mail address: "In Lot 21, Block 1, Forest Hill Section: Laura Josephine Nisbet Boykin, Laurette Nisbet Boykin and Samuel Boykin."
  9. Kenneth Coleman and Charles Stephen Gurr, Dictionary of Georgia Biography University of Georgia Press, 1983.
    pp. 107-108.