A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor # A013168

Not the same as 2nd cousin Major Francis Boykin

Major Francis Boykin, (1745-1821), was a Revolutionary War officer. He was from Camden south Carolina. His wife was Catherine Whitaker. Through the Whitaker family and the Bourchier family with which it connects, there is a descent from King Edward III of England through his youngest son, as well as from several barons who were sureties of England's Magna Carta. He has numerous descendants in Georgia and Alabama, one of whom is William Clifford Tucker Jr. writer of this sketch.

source. documents in the Georgia State Archives. http://bama.ua.edu/~rdobson/family/JamesBoykin.htm

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The Columbus Enquirer published on August 12, 1846, a resolution offered by Hines Holt, Esq., of the Inferior Court of Muscogee County, which was a tribute of respect for James Boykin, Esq., whose plantation home was in Stewart County, Georgia. James Boykin's father was Major Francis Boykin (1754-1821), Revolutionary War officer, from Camden, South Carolina, and his mother was Catherine Whitaker. Through the Whitaker family and the Bourchier family with which it connects, there is a direct descent from King Edward III of England through his youngest son, as well as from several barons who were sureties of England's Magna Carta. James William Boykin has numerous descendents in Georgia and Alabama, one of whom is William Clifford Tucker, Jr., writer of this sketch.