James Boykin papers Bulk, 1848-1870 1833-1967

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James Boykin papers Bulk, 1848-1870 1833-1967

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Papers of an important Dallas County, Alabama planter family, including correspondence, household and plantation records, domestic and business expenditures, records of cotton sales, sales receipts for slaves, foodstuffs, tools and other hardware, papers regarding James Boykin’s cavalry unit during the Civil War, and papers of Boykin's descendants down to the mid twentieth century.

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W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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Boykin, James, 1823-1907

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James Boykin (8 August 1823-13 July 1907), was one of six sons of Francis Boykin (1785-1839) and Mary Darrington James Boykin (1795-1854), who arrived in Alabama from Camden, South Carolina about 1818. The Boykins were part of a large and prominent Southern family with branches in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. James was a cousin of Mary Boykin Chestnut. James Boykin was a planter and soldier from Tilden, Dallas County, Alabama. On 16 March 1847, he married Elizab...

Boykin Family

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Lewis, Burwell Boykin, 1838-1885

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President of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. From the description of Papers, 1843-1894. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865936 Burwell Boykin Lewis was a Confederate officer from Alabama. He later served in the Alabama House of Representatives and the United States Congress, and as president of the University of Alabama. From the guide to the Burwell Boykin Lewis Papers, ., 1862 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Li...