Source "From Boyt To Boyette" by Wendy Elliott

Born 4 APR 1755 Dobbs/Wayne Co NC
Jacob Ballard Boyte married Lydia Thompson in Wayne Co NC abt. 1779.
1778 enlisted in the Dobbs County Militia commanded by Col. William Caswell
October 1779 drafted in the Wayne County Militia and sent to Charleston, discharged April 1780
1802 purchased 72 acres in Wayne Co
Moved to Blanden Co. NC with his family abt. 1816
Jacob died in 1844 in Bladen Co NC