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Descendants of Isaac Boyett

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB² BOYETT (ISAAC¹) died Unknown.

Child of JACOB BOYETT is:

JAMES W.³ BOYETT, b. December 1811, Georgia; d. Unknown.

3. JOSEPH JOSIAH² BOYETT (ISAAC¹) was born December 25, 1795 in North Carolina, and died October 08, 1867 in Randolph County, Ga. He married GATSY PEACOCK May 18, 1819 in Laurens County, Ga, daughter of URIAH PEACOCK and SARAH TURNER. She was born October 27, 1803 in Washington County, Ga, and died February 27, 1891 in Henry/Houston County, Dothan, Ala.

Notes for JOSEPH JOSIAH BOYETT:
Joseph Boyett was born Christmas Day, 1795, in North Carolina (some sources say Wayne County, NC, but this has not been proven) and appeared in Laurens County, Georgia, as a single man, in 1819 where he drew once for Georgia land in the state land lottery. He then married on May 8, 1819 and settled in Randolph County, Georgia, in 1833, where he died shortly after the end of the Civil War in 1865.

According to the "Official History of Laurens Co, Georgia, 1807-1941", the following were fortunate drawers in the 1819/1820 land lottery:
Isaac Boyett (2 draws)
Arthur Boyett (2 draws)
Josiah Boyett (1 draws)
Thomas Boyett (2 draws)

There were several Boyetts in Laurens Co, Ga around 1820, Arthur, Lock, Betsey and Jacob. Lock Boyett married a Nancy Fort.

Requirements for the 1820 lottery were that no previous winner could participate, except indigent or invalid Revolutionary War veterans had one draw. Drawers had to be Georgia residents for three years prior to 1818, US citizen, or veteran of late Indian War who lived in Georgia after the war. Could this indicate that this Isaac Boyett that was in Laurens Co, Georgia at the same time as Josiah for the 1820 land lottery was, in fact, his father and possibly a Revolutionary War soldier. Married men with children 18 years of age or younger were allowed two draws. It would also indicate that Isaac and his family were in Georgia by at least 1814 or 1815 due to the three year requirement.

In March 1833, Joseph Josiah purchased for $2075, over 200 acres of land in Randolph County that was the family home until he died.

Joseph appears in Randolph Co, Georgia for the 1840, 1850, and 1860 census.
(Source: Randolph Co, Randolph County Historical Society, 1977)

The following from "The History of Clay Co, Ga", Chapter IV, The Lost Town of Cotton Hill":
"I still remember the beautiful and hospitable homes of the Jester, Shivers, Boyett, Oliver Morris, Green,....wealthy farmers whose plantations were the show places of Southwest Georgia".

Joseph Josiah was called by the name "Josiah"

Updated information received via email March 2002, from Glenn Boyett (fgboyett@aol.com) indicates that there is a George Boyett born about 1715 who is reported to be a brother of Thomas Boyett(b 1710) and Edward Boyett (B. bet 1700-1716). This George is reported to have had two sons, Josiah and Joseph. Possibly this George's son Joseph or Josiah may have been the father of Isaac Boyett, who is alleged to be the father of Joseph Josiah Boyett. More research is required.

More About JOSEPH JOSIAH BOYETT:
Burial: Unknown, Shiloh Bapt Church Cemetery, Clay Co, Ga

Notes for GATSY PEACOCK:
Gatsy's birthplace of Washington Co, Ga is taken from the family bible.

There has been no documentation to prove that Gatsy's father was Uriah Peacock though circumstances seem to prove that to be true.

According to family stories handed down through the generations, Gatsy was a woman of strong faith, she was described as serene during the War between the States when her son George was fighting with the Confederate Army. Gatsy was confident not only that George would return, she also was certain he would be unharmed, just as it is written in Psalms 91:7, "A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand, yet it shall not come nigh thee."

The 1870 census for Clay County, Georgia shows Gatsy living alone, born in Georgia.
Gatsy is living in the home of her son John Boyett in Clay Co, Georgia in the 1880 census.

More About GATSY PEACOCK:
Burial: Unknown, Beulah Baptist Church, Dothan, Alabama
Fact 1: Buried Beulah Baptist Church, Dothan, Alabama

Children of JOSEPH BOYETT and GATSY PEACOCK are:

5.	i.	MARY MAHALA³ BOYETT, b. December 08, 1821, Laurens County, Ga; d. June 04, 1860, Laurens Co, Ga.
6.	ii.	LEROY TRIGGS BOYETT, b. February 04, 1823, Laurens Co, Ga; d. November 22, 1855, Clay County, Ga.
	iii.	WILLIAM WASHINGTON BOYETT, b. January 08, 1826, Laurens Co, Ga; d. October 30, 1855, Laurens Co, Ga.

More About WILLIAM WASHINGTON BOYETT:
Fact 1: Buried Shiloh Bapt Church Cemetery, Clay Co, Ga

7.	iv.		JANE ELIZABETH BOYETT, b. July 04, 1828, Laurens Co, Ga; d. August 15, 1902, Houston Co, Ala.
	v.		CALVIN THOMPSON BOYETT, b. February 26, 1830, Laurens Co, Ga; d. July 13, 1839, Randolph County, Ga.

More About CALVIN THOMPSON BOYETT:
Fact 1: Buried Shiloh Bapt Church Cemetery, Clay Co, Ga

8.	vi.	ABEDI ANN BOYETT, b. June 25, 1831, Laurens Co, Ga; d. January 02, 1918, Houston Co, Ala.
9.	vii.	JAMES JACKSON BOYETT, b. December 26, 1835, Randolph Co, Ga (now Clay Co); d. October 31, 1895, Clay County, Ga.
10.	viii.	AMELIA GILBERT BOYETT, b. July 13, 1839, Randolph Co, Ga; d. February 22, 1915, Clay County, Ga.
11.	ix.	GEORGE LOVE HARRISON BOYETT, b. December 18, 1843, Randolph Co, Ga; d. December 18, 1910, Houston County, Ala.
	x.	AMINDA JUDSON BOYETT, b. July 25, 1847, Randolph Co, Ga; d. Bef. 1866; m. JAMES LEWIS CROZIER; b. May 05, 1845; d. June 25, 1915, Clay County, Ga.

Notes for AMINDA JUDSON BOYETT:

Aminda's date of death is not known, other than that it was prior to Oct 18, 1866, when her husband, J. L. Crozier, remarried Arminda's niece, Roxanna Boyett, of Leroy.

Notes for JAMES LEWIS CROZIER:

Confederate Soldier, enlisted July 15, 1861, Co F, 32nd Regt Ga Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee

More About JAMES LEWIS CROZIER:
Fact 1: Buried Shiloh Bapt Church Cemetery, Clay Co, Ga

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