BOYT/E - BOYET/T/E NEWSLETTER
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Volume II, Number 4 Oct/Nov/Dec 1986
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Published and edited by Wendy L. Elliott, C.G.P. 0. Box 417, Salt Lake City, UT 84110
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GEORGE BOYETTE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

An article in The Smithfield newspaper (Harvest Edition 1980) by Vince Wheeler concerned the historical slave house which had belonged to the GEORGE BOYETTE family. The following three paragraphs are direct quotes from Wheeler's article:

"Plans are being made to restore a slave house in Johnston County's Glendale community which dates back before the mid-1800s and contains a rare chimney made of mud and wooden sticks.”

"The slave house was constructed between 1800 and 1852 by George BOYETT (later BOYETTE) or his son, Larkin G. BOYETT. The BOYETT family had a 400-acre farm with eight slaves in 1850, records reveal.” (Ed. note: probably the 1850 U.S. census and slave schedule)

"About 15 years ago) a man who said his mother attended school in the small building offered to buy it from the previous owners, said the current owners, Donell and Glenn STANCIL. The STANCILL brothers purchased the slave house and the BOYETTE family home about two years ago. (The brothers are the great-grandsons of Larkin BOYETT.) Mrs. Grethel BOYETTE also began researching family history concerning the slave house and the homeplace."

The historical land marks for Johnston County, N.C. has the following additional information: “BOYETTE Slave House - Kenly, N.C. A unique mud and stick chimney make this historical landmark one that everyone must see. Its a one-room log house of hand-hewn plans held together by full dove-tail notches and pegs. The unusual mud and stick chimney is the only one known to be still intact in North Carolina. The slave house sits on land purchased by George BOYETTE from the State of North Carolina as a land grant in 1797 at a price of 50 shillings per 100 acres. . . . .”

From the National Register of Historic Places: Inventory--Nomination Form is the following: "In 1800 the State of North Carolina granted to George BOYETT (1770-1852) 400 acres of land in Johnston County. On this tract BOYETT (later spelled BOYETTE) built a farm on which he lived until his death in 1852. Sometime between 1800 and 1852 he or his son, Larkin G. BOYETT built the structure now known locally as the Boyette Slave House. . . Of his total holdings, George BOYETT only farmed 100 acres on which, according to the 1850 agricultural Census, his chief crops were corn and sweet potatoes . . . The value of his farm in 1850 was $600. In the last year of his life BOYETT, who became blind, and his wife Tamsy and Larkin BOYETT (1820-1901) jointly owned eight slaves in 1850. In his will probated in 1852) George BOYETT declared:
I lend unto my beloved wife Tamsy BOYETT the land and plantation whereon 1 now live containing 350 acres including my houses and plantation during her natural life or widowhood and at her death or marriage to belong to my son Larkin BOYETT to him and his heirs forever.
Tamsy BOYETT, who was 73 in the 1850 census must have died before1860 because she is not listed in the household of Larkin BOYETT in the census of that year. With her death the BOYETT property passed to Larkin BOYETT in keeping with the terms of George BOYETT's will. Sometime between 1850 and 1858 Larkin BOYETT married Chloe BAGLEY and they subsequently had eleven children. In 1860 Larkin and Chloe BOYETTE owned four slaves.

Larkin BOYETT continued to farm. During the Civil War he served as a private in the Sixth Cavalry, 65th State Troops, from 1863 to September 1864. After the war he resumed farming but the value of his real estate had fallen from $1,200 in 1860 to $800 in 1870 and the value of his personal estate from $5,935 to $500 in the same period. (Ed note: no doubt due to the loss of his slaves as personal property.) The 1880 census indicates that he owned 586 acres of woodland and forest and 75 acres of tilled land in Johnston County. The value of his farm had risen to 1,500.

Larkin BOYETT died in 1901 and in that year his property including the slave house passed to one of his ten heirs, Stephen A. BOYETTE (1880-1958) Stephen sold his property but retained the 15 acre lot described as the homstead tract. In 1937 sold the rest of the original property to BOYETTE's wife Sallie Ann LAMM BOYETTE (1881-1943). In 1959 W. E. BOYETTE and S. A. BOYETTE, Jr. (heirs of Stephen A. and Sallie A. BOYETTE) sold 150 acres ‘originally known as the S. A. BOYETTE homeplace to W. Odell BOYETTE.

GEORGE BOYETT'S FAMILY

George BOYETT, planter was born about 1770 in or near Johnston Co., NC. He probably is the brother of Joseph BOYET whose will was probated in Johnston County in Nov. court 1841.). He married Tamsey O’NEAL in Johnston Co., NC. Tamsey was the daughter of Patrick O'NEAL and Mary RODGERS or ROGERS (a Revolutionary War soldier). George served in the War of 1812 and applied for a pension from the federal government. (This record provided the above information.) In 1805 and 1810 he was appointed overseer of the road in Nathan STANSIL's place (court records). In 1799 George was taxed as ‘Jeorge BOYETT’ in Capt. Jonathan STANSELL's Co. with 300 acres and 1 free pole, no black pole or stud horses. (Tax records).

His will was dated 10 Aug 1844 and was probated in Johnston Co., during August term of court, 1852. (Will Book I, pg. 659 Johnston Co., NC.)
Their children:
1. Penelope BOYETT who married Mr. HICKS and had children; she died prior to 10 Aug 1844.
2. Cally BOYETT who married Mr. JONES
3. Larry BOYETT who married Piety WILLIAMSON 12 Feb 1839 in Nash Co., NC (Nash Co., Marr bonds)
4. James BOYETT b. 1806 and married Sidney WILLIAMSON 1 Mar 1832.
5. Garry BOYETT b. 1816 married Temperance BOYKIN 9 Mar 1835 Nash Co., NC (Nash Co., Marr bonds)
6. Martha BOYETT
7 Larkin C. BOYETT b. 1820; married Chloe BAGLEY; d. 1901.


ID: I578
Name: George BOYETT
Given Name: George
Surname: BOYETT 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 1770 in Wilson Co, NC
Death: 1852 in Johnston Co, NC 3
Burial: Boyette Cemetary, , NC
Event: Land 1797 Johnston Co, NC
Note: The land grant was near Patrick O'Neal's corner in eastern Johnston County. This was located where Little Buffaloe Creek runs southwest of Highway 222, in the present day Glendale community.
Residence: 1845 Johnston Co, NC
Census: 1800 Census - Series: M32 Roll: 31 Page: 756 1800 Johnston Co, NC
_UID: 34CC107658B340ACB0816398BB7821ABA801
Change Date: 9 Feb 2006 at 00:01




Marriage 1 Tamsey Jane O'NEAL b: 1776-1777 in Edgecombe Co, NC
Married: Bef 1800 in NC
Change Date: 8 Feb 2006
Children
Penelope BOYETT
Larry BOYETT
Gary BOYETT
James BOYETT b: Abt 1807
Martha BOYETT
Larkin George BOYETT b: Abt 1820 in NC
Cally BOYETT b: Abt 1804
Cherry BOYETT

Sources:
Media: Letter
Abbrev: Revolutionary War Pension File of Patrick O'Neal
Title: Pension Claim R.7755
Author: Mary O'Neal, daughter of Patrick
Page: Sister in law Elizabeth names George Boyett as husband of her sister Tamsey
Quality: 3 Abbrev: Research of Steve O'Neal
Title: steveoneal_66(at)yahoo(dot)com
Published July, 2005
Author: Steve O'Neal Media: Letter
Abbrev: Revolutionary War Pension File of Patrick O'Neal
Title: Pension Claim R.7755
Author: Mary O'Neal, daughter of Patrick