John Anthony “Jack” Boykin Sr. (1838-1906)

John Anthony “Jack” Boykin Sr. Veteran

Birth

1 Mar 1838

Death

21 Nov 1906 (aged 68)

Burial

Black Creek Methodist Church Cemetery

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John Anthony BOYKIN Sr., "Jack," was the second of the ten children of Tobias BOYKIN & Asenith T. HODGES, and the husband, first of Ruth WEBSTER of Chatham County, and then of Mary Jane ROBBINS, "Molly."

Georgia County Marriages
Name John A Boykin
Spouse's Name Ruth Webster
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 6 Jun 1869
Event Place Chatham County, Georgia, United States

Jack & Ruth were the parents of but one child,
• Ruth Irene BOYKIN, born in 1869, the wife of Robert Burns BRYAN.

By Molly, Jack was the father of ten more children, born 1875-1893:
• Judge Horace Arthur BOYKIN, the husband of Florence Childerson MARSHALL,
• Beulah BOYKIN,
• Herman BOYKIN (who was born about 1876 and died between 1880 and 1900),
• William John BOYKIN, "Willie", the husband of Bertha LEE, "Bertie",
• Laura E. BOYKIN, the wife of Henry Oseola STUART Sr.
• Bertranna BOYKIN, "Tranna", the wife of Angelo Black CAIL.
• Jane Catherine BOYKIN, "Janie,", the wife of LeHomes Frank BEARD,
• Lee Roy BOYKIN, the husband of Geneva H. LEE, "Bertie",
• John Anthony BOYKIN Jr., the husband of Emmie Guardell POTTER , and
• James Henry BOYKIN, "Jim", the husband, first of Madie Louise SCOTT of Jackson, and then of Della CLARKE of East St. Louis, Illinois.

C.S.A. Service Record - Screven County, Georgia "Black Creek Volunteers," 1st Company B of the 25th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteer Infantry:
Jack enlisted as a private on the 10th of August, 1861, and was appointed 3rd Sergeant on the 5th of May, 1862. He was captured at Nashville, Tennessee, on the 16th of December, 1864. He was released at Camp Douglas, Illinois, on the 18th of June, 1865. [He served the Confederate cause with his elder brother, Paul Green BOYKIN, who was also captured at Nashville TN and released from Camp Douglas IL, all service dates being the same for both.]

Savannah Morning News, issue of the 21st of November, 1906 5:6 - OBITUARY. J. A. BOYKIN, Screven County, Sylvania, Ga. Nov. 20, - Mr. J. A. BOYKIN died at his home near Middle Ground in this county Sunday night, after an illness of some weeks with Bright's disease. He was the father of Judge H. A. BOYKIN of Sylvania, and was a highly respected citizen of the county.