Sarah Ann E. Boyett

Notes:

When she was about 72 years old, S.A.E. Boyette was granted a pension based on her husband's service in the Confederate States army. In this pension application, she indicated that she had lived in Jasper County for about 50 years. On the pension application she reported that the only property she owned was 130 acres of land and six cows, and that she needed the pension as a means of subsistence. As the application was signed with her mark, it appears that she also was unable to read or write. Her tomstone indicates she lived to age 70.

Ruby Boyett Burkett wrote that "we don't actually know when the McLemore family purchased it (the old Boyett homestead), but we feel surthe first McLemore owners were John and Sara Ann Boyett McLemore. She was Noah Boyetts youngest whole sister so the place was still partly in the Boyett family and so it happened that the McLemores began to bury their dead in the Boyett cemetery but renamed it the McLemore Cemetery. One of the McLemore relatives told us it had always been the McLemore cemetery but of course we know that is not the case. We know, for a fact, that one more Boyett was buried in the cemetery. I don't know the date of the last funeral but have a first person account of the funeral. My Aunt Lula Love Boyett, wife of Noah Jackson Boyett told me this story. On a cold winter day the youngest daughter of Noah and Susan was laid to rest in the Boyett Cemetery. She was Sarah Ann "Sallie" Bevil. Aunt Lula said by the time the graveside service had concluded they were about frozen so the McLemore family invited them in to get warm before they left to return to their homes. I seem to recall Aunt Lula saying the McLemores also served them refreshments? I would imagine they were served hot coffee and probably a desert.

Several generations of the family lived in the home before it was finally replaced with a new, more modern home. At the time I went there to visit, Lee and Othalia McLemore were living there...... He then let me borrow pictures of the original home to bring to Beaumont to have printed and enlarged. I later returned the originals, along with enlargements and he was thrilled."

Sarah married John M. McLemore on 26 Jul 1859 in Jasper County, Texas. John (son of Tobias McLemore, Sr. and Sarah "Sallie" ???) was born about 1822 in North Carolina; died in Jan 1891 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Eugene McLemore was born on 15 Jan 1861 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 17 Dec 1923 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Samuel McFarland McLemore was born on 22 Oct 1862 in Erin, Jasper County, Texas; died on 5 Jul 1924 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Zion Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
3. Earnest E. McLemore was born about 1865 in Jasper County, Texas; and died.
4. Noah McLemore was born about 1866 in Jasper County, Texas; died between 1870 and 1880 in Jasper County, Texas.
5. Martha A. McLemore was born about 1867 in Jasper County, Texas; died between 1870 and 1880 in Jasper County, Texas.
6. Infant McLemore was born about 1868 in Jasper County, Texas; died before 1870 in Jasper County, Texas.
7. Julia Ann McLemore was born on 20 Apr 1869 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 19 Sep 1936; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
8. Eliza Jane McLemore was born about 1871 in Jasper County, Texas; died in 1889.
9. George Washington McLemore was born in Jul 1871 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 7 Jun 1950 in Gregg County, Texas; was buried in Fisher Cemetery, Gregg County, Texas.

Notes:

Ruby Boyett Burkett writes that Ethel Dred Boyett was married three times: to Elizabeth Jane RUSSELL, by whom he had four children: Charlotte, Felix, William, and Eliza Ann BOYETT. He and Sarah SAUCER had six children. He and Nancy PORTER had another six children. He may have been married a fourth time, as at the time of the 1880 Census, his wife, age 36 and born in Georgia, was listed as Margaret.

In a letter from Nan McCoy Kittell to Melinda Strong on June 25, 1999, Nan wrote "that Ethel Dred Boyette was buried Spring Branch cemetery near Springfield LA with his 3rd wife; his parents believed to be Edward and Rebecca Boyett, Sr." She further wrote that "Boit" is the correct way to pronounce the name, although some family members use "Boy-ett."

He was shown as Edward at the time of the 1860 Census, as was his namesake son.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
non located

1860 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp, P. O. Matthew's Store
Enumerated 12 July 1860
Page 89 Stamped 301
586-600
Edward Boyett 60 M Farmer $500 Ga
Elizabeth Boyett 38 F Ala
Edward Boyett 15 M La
Henrietta Boyett 14 F La
James Boyett 12 M La
Lafayette Boyett 11 M La
Charlotte Boyett 2 F La

1870 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp, P. O. Gibsons Store, Ark
Enumerated 18 July 1870
Page 7, Stamped 394
63-63
Boyett, Ethel 69 M W Farmer $300 $300 Ga
Boyett, Elizabeth 52 F W Alabama
Boyett, James 23 M W Farm Laborer Ark
Boyett, Ersula A 21 F W Ark
Boyett, Charlotte 12 F W Ark
Boyett, William 5 M W Ark
Boyett, Eliza 3 F W Ark
Cassterbery, Frances 17 F M Domestic Servant Ark

1880 Census
Arkansas, Columbia County, Georgia Twp
Enumerated 10 Jun 1880
Page 14 SD 1 ED 45
110-110
Boyett, Ethel W M 79 Farmer Ga Scar La
Boyett, Margaret W F 36 Wife Keeping House Ala Ga Ga
Boyett, William A W M 16 Son Works on Farm Ark Ga Ala
Boyett, Eliza W F 14 Dtr At School Ark Ga Ala
Russel, Rebecca W F 31 Boarder Cook Ark S. Ca Ala

Ethel married Sarah Ann Saucer on 25 Sep 1821. Sarah was born on 26 Oct 1806; died on 12 Feb 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]