Georgia Maxine Jones

Family/Spouse: Wiley Cecil Alford. Wiley (son of Jesse Claude Alford and Nancy Ann "Nannie" Kelley) was born on 6 Apr 1909 in Texas; died in Apr 1974 in Pineland, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Beulah Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Dona "Donie" Boyett on 21 Dec 1904 in Jasper County, Texas. Dona (daughter of William Jasper Boyett and Martha Ann Davis) was born on 8 Sep 1887 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 28 Aug 1947 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Beulah Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Dona Jones
Death Date: 28 Aug 1947
Death Place: Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 59 years 11 months 20 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 08 Sep 1887
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James Boyette
Father's Birthplace: Do Not Know
Mother's Name: Martha Davis
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Informant: Jasper Jones
Place of Residence: Fred, Tyler, Tex
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Silsbee, Texas
Burial Date: 28 Aug 1947
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218651
Digital Film Number: 4031415
Image Number: 2695
Reference Number: cn 34865
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

Carolyn Lockhart writes that "there was an older Newton B. Jones who was a lawyer in Thomas County, Georgia. He was born in Connecticut.



(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Census Place:Jasper, Texas
Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313
Page 16
Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
Kenton B JONES Self M M W 26 GA Occ:Works In Black Smith Shop Fa: GA Mo: NC Beadah JONES Wife F M W 29 TX Occ:Keeping House Fa: GA Mo: GA
George JONES Son M S W 1 TX Fa: GA Mo: GA
Levi KELLY Bro L M S W 2 0TX Occ:Grading Fa: GA Mo: GA
Timothy LEE Other M S W 17 GA Occ:Teamster Fa: GA Mo: NC

Newton married Ruby Beatrice "Bedah" Kelley on 25 Oct 1877 in Jasper County, Texas. Ruby (daughter of Daniel Kelley and Malinda Davis) was born on 5 Jan 1850 in Texas; died on 20 Aug 1891 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):
Census Listings:

1880 Federal Census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John BOYETT Self M Male W 24 TX Works In Saw Mill --- ---
Henretta BOYETT Wife M Female W 17 GA Keeping House --- ---
Elizabeth BOYETT Dau S Female W 1 TX At Ho
Wm. J. BOYETT Brother M Male W 26 TX Works In Saw Mill --- --- Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 1, Newton, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255321
NA Film Number T9-1321
Page Number 535D

William's wife and daughters were living in the neighboring county, Jasper, at the time of this census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Martha BOYETTE Self W Female W 25 TX Ask In House Maid GA TX
Naomi BOYETTE Dau S Female W 4 TX AR TX
Elizabeth BOYETTE Dau S Female W 1 TX AR TX
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255313
NA Film Number T9-1313
Page Number 153A


1900 Census
Unable to locate

William married Martha Ann Davis on 6 May 1875 in Jasper County, Texas. Martha was born about 1856; died on 8 Oct 1914 in Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Davis Cemetery, Beulah Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Federal Census:

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Martha BOYETTE Self W Female W 25 TX Ask In House Maid GA TX Naomi BOYETTE Dau S Female W 4 TX AR TX
Elizabeth BOYETTE Dau S Female W 1 TX AR TX
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255313
NA Film Number T9-1313
Page Number 153A

Martha's husband, William, was living with his brother in neighboring Newton County in 1880:

John BOYETT Self M Male W 24 TX Works In Saw Mill --- ---
Henretta BOYETT Wife M Female W 17 GA Keeping House --- ---
Elizabeth BOYETT Dau S Female W 1 TX At Ho
Wm. J. BOYETT Brother M Male W 26 TX Works In Saw Mill --- --- Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 1, Newton, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255321
NA Film Number T9-1321
Page Number 535D

Notes:

Married:
At the time of the 1880 Census, William Jasper Boyett was living with his younger brother, John Wesley, in Newton. He was shown as married, but no wife or children were listed in the home with him.Martha Boyett, listed as "widowed" was living in Jasper with daughters Naomi and Elizabeth, and working as an "in house maid."

Notes:

Per the article entitled LOCKHART ADDS TO HAWTHORN HISTORY "Sion Jones (was the) son of Matthew Jones and grandson of Robert....He served in Campbell's County CSA which patrolled the coast of Florida and also served in Atlanta. Sion died in August 1864, leaving Elizabeth with seven children. She was 36 years old. She moved to Texas in 1868....The Morgans and Jones's are both Welsh." In a subsequent letter to Melinda Strong, Carolyn Powell Lockhart adds that Sion Jones had died in the Battle of Atlanta. Bonnie Jones notes that he actually died of an illness contracted during the fighting of the Civil War.

Sion married Elizabeth Morgan on 3 Feb 1853 in Decatur County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary ???) was born on 31 Dec 1830 in North Carolina; died on 13 Dec 1902 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Springs Cemetery, Magnolia Springs, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said by some to have been born in Surry County, NC, but no proof cited. This seems unlikely as the family was listed in Sampson County as of the 1830 census.

Carolyn Lockhart wrote that after the death of Sion Jones in Georgia "Elizabeth sold her land in Decatur County (ca 1868) and came to Texas. She and [her widowed sister] Dorcas Lee had about 9 children with them. Someone met them in Galveston and it was the first time she had ever seen an iron cook stove. She instructed her kids not to mention their Indian ancestry. She herself never mentioned it even though she always wore fringes on her dresses to remind her own self of her heritage. She was 61 when she died, never remarried and never filed a pension from Sion Jones CSA record."

In a letter from Carolyn Lockhart, she states that Elizabeth died in the home of her oldest son, Newton B. Jones. Like the Morgan's, the Jones family were also of Welsh ancestry. The Hawthorne family were neighbors in Georgia and also in Jasper County.

Ruby Boyett showed she died in 1897, but this can not be correct as (1) she had a daughter born in 1899 (2) she can be found on the 1900 census with her husband and children and (3) her tombstone is said to be inscribed 13 Dec 1902.

Notes:

Married:
Per www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/marriage

Elizabeth Morgan m Sion Jones on 3 Feb 1853

Notes:

Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 15 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Daniel KELLYSelfMMW63GA Occ:FarmerFa: NCMo: NC Malinda KELLYWifeFMW53GA Occ:Keeping HouseFa: GAMo: GA Laban KELLYSonMSW18TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: GAMo: GA Francis M KELLYSonMSW16TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: GAMo: GA George W. KELLYSonMSW14TX Occ:Works On FarmFa: GAMo: GA Martha KELLYDauFSW13TX Occ:At HomeFa: GAMo: GA Mary Ann KELLYDauFSW10TX Occ:At HomeFa: GAMo: GA Tomsill KELLYDauFSW8TX Occ:At HomeFa: GAMo: GA

Daniel married Malinda Davis before 1848. Malinda was born about 1827 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Copied from the website of Ruby Boyett Burkett:

"In the end, Grand-father Noah left everything he owned to his younger son, James Noah. The copies of the legal papers we have, plainly state, in a will written on May 15, 1897:

First, it is my will that all of my just debts and funeral expenses be paid as soon as convenient after my death.

Second, it is my will that the said J. N. Boyett, my son, have all my interest in the homestead of one hundred and four acres of land, part of the N. Kelley and part of the A. C. Parmer , said interest to include all the improvements, such as houses, barns etc. After checking birth and death dates, I now know that James Noah was 23 years old when his father willed him all his property and that he was 39 years old when he died so he owned the place about 16 years, depending on whether he sold it or his wife sold it after his death.

I hereby appoint my brother L. B. Boyett executor of this my last will and it is further my will that no action be taken in the probate court except proof of this will, and filing an inventory of this the property, and no bond be required of my executor. In the testimony of all which I sign my name hereto in the presence of M. Morgan and William Turner.

So this will was written on May 15, 1897 and fifteen days later, on May 30, 1897, Grand-father Noah Boyett, passed from this earth and was buried beside his beloved wife, Susan, there beside their "Old Boyett Homestead" in Erin, Jasper Co., Texas, where they had lived, loved and reared their large family. They would never know that only one more of their children would be buried there beside them in the quiet of the beautiful countryside they loved so much---the place where they had experienced happy time, times of sorrow, times of loneliness and all the spectrum of emotions, which come to a married couple as they struggle through a lifetime of rearing a family. This pioneering couple also experienced the dreaded separation couples have feared down through the ages? that of war time. Noah was called away to serve in the Civil War. He had to leave his wife and children but fortunately, lived to return home to them. Many others, from that area of Jasper Co., were not as fortunate. They were buried in far away places, never to return to their families."

(Research):

Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Sub 23
Enumerated 5 July 1870
Page 7 Stamped 486
44-46
Boyett, Noah 39 M W Wagon Maker $2000 $1000 Ala
Boyett, Susan 33 F W Keeping House Ala
Boyett, William J. 16 M W Texas
Boyett, John W 14 M W Texas
Boyett, Mary T 12 F W Texas
Boyett, Julia A. 9 F W Texas
Boyett, Texas 6 F W Texas
Boyett, Thomas J 2 M W Texas

1880 Census
Texas, Jasper County, Beat No. 3
Enumerated 1 June 1880
Page 11 SD 1?/7? ED 38
83-95
Boyette, Noah M W 49 Farmer Ala SC SC
Boyette, Susan W F 42 Farmer Ala SC SC
Boyette, Texas Ann W F 15 Dtr At Home Tex Ala Ala
Boyette, Henry J W M 9 Son Tx Ala Ala
Boyette, James N W M 5 Son Tx Ala Ala
Boyette, Sarah E W F 3 Dtr Tx Ala Ala


(Medical):GROUP II - The Sons of Thomas Boyt/Boyet/Boyett (b ca 1665) (Kits #4-38: Haplogroup F)

SEE KIT # 27145 Below

Thomas Boyt (Boyte, Boyet, Boyett) of Nansemond Co., VA, born ca 1665, married Rebecca:
? THOMAS (b ca 1690)
? WILLIAM (b ca 1700)
? EDWARD (b 1715)
? GEORGE (b 1715)

The Boyett(e) DNA Project has demonstrated that the ancestors of the following project members descend from the sons of Thomas and Rebecca:

Kit 123583 - Joseph Boyette (b 1745 NC) > George Boyette (b 1770) > James Boyette (b 1800)
Kit 121977 - Joseph Josiah Boyett (b 1795) > James Jackson Boyett (b 1835, GA) > Robert Triggs Boyett ( b 1866, GA)
Kit 109316 ? John Boyett (b 1815 GA) > Jasper Greene Boyett (b 1850) > Lemuel Greene Boyett (b 1891 AL)
Kit 106119 ? John Boyett (b 1815 GA) >Jasper Greene Boyett (b 1850) >Julius Newton Boyett (b 1886)
Kit 103311 ? Elisha Marion Boyett (b 1861 MS)
Kit 102538 - Joseph Josiah Boyett (b 1795). These results confirm the descent of the Clay Co., GA line of Boyetts.
Kit 101684 ? Joseph Josiah Boyett (b 1795) > Leroy Triggs Boyett (b 1823 GA) > Leroy Caroline Boyett (b 1856 GA)
Kit 95377 - Edward Boyett (b 1715)> James Boyett (b ca 1745)
Kit 89555 - Thomas James Boyett, Sr (1783)> Thomas James Boyett, Jr (b 1830)
Kit 86549 - William H. Boyte (b ca 1821 NC) > James Henry Boyte (b 1853 AR)> Henry Ward Boyte (b 1900 AR)
Kit 81573 - John D. (J.D.) Boyette (b ca 1873 in Copiah Co. MS - this line later moved to East Carroll Parish, LA)
Kit 81217 -Jesse Boyett (b 1824, NC)> James A. Boyett (b 1856)> William Boyett (b 1878 AR)
Kit 74903 - Isaac Boyett (b 1773, NC)> Robert T. Boyett (b 1807, NC)> William T Boyett (b 1852, MS)
Kit 69045 - Etheldred Boyett (b 1744/45)> Jehu Boyett (b 1785) > John F. Boyett (b 1807)
Kit 67488 ? Noah Boyett (b 1830 AL) >James Noah Boyett (b 1873)> Harry Boyett (b 1910 TX)
Kit 59028 - Arthur Boyett (b 1790, GA) > Daniel David Boyett (b 1816 GA) > John William Boyett (b 1843)
Kit 56330 - Henry Boyett (b 1815 NC) > Hiram Monroe Boyett (b 1861 AL) > Otis Jasper Boyett (b 1899)
Kit 45559 - Shadrick Boyte (b 1765) > Shadrick Boyte (b ca 1790) > Hugh Boyte (b 1827 MS)
Kit 40348- Franklin E. Boyett (b 1817, NC) > John Floyd Boyett (b 1858) > Elzie Lee Boyett (b 1879)
Kit 30548 ? Jordan Boyat (b ca 1765) > Thomas Boyat (b 1806 KY) > Elisha Boyatt (b 1839 KY)
Kit 30389 ? Jordan Boyett (b 1802)
Kit 30164 ? Harry Lee Boyett (b TX) > Harry Lee Boyett (b 1929 )
Kit 27978 - Joseph Josiah Boyett (b 1795 NC) >George Love Harrison Boyett (1843) >Charles Isaac Boyett (b 1867 GA)
Kit 27902 - William Boyett (b 1830) > William Madison Boyett (b 1858 MS) > Enoch Jefferson Boyett (b 1890 TX)
Kit 27145 ? Noah Boyett (b 1830 AL) > John Wesley Boyett (b 1856 TX) > George Peavy Boyett (b 1884 TX)
Kit 26248 ? Samuel Boyett (b 1842) > Lee Boyette (b 1867) > Samuel Boyette (b 1892)
Kit 25431 - Chatham Boyett, (b 1795) > Greenberry Boyett (b 1832 AL) >James Jackson Boyett (b 1886 TX)
Kit 26893 - Ephrahim Boyett (b 1755) > Moses Boyett ( b 1735)?
Kit 25086 ? John Boyett (b 1895).>Thomas Ashley Boyett (b 1842)>James Monroe Boyett (b 1881)>William Cullen Boyette (b 1909)
Kit 24676 - Thomas Boyatt (b 1806) > Henderson Boyatt (b 1832 TN) > James Granville Boyd (b 1861 TN)

http://www.familytreedna.com/public/boyette/default.aspx?section=results

Noah married Susan Putnell on 27 Sep 1851 in Union County, Arkansas. Susan was born on 10 Nov 1837 in Alabama; died on 16 Feb 1889 in Erin, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]