Synopsis Familial Context Julia Ann nee Luke Boykin (1851-1885), my 2d greatgrandmother, was the first of three wives of my 2d greatgrandfather John David Boykin (1848-1923). She was the daughter of Elder William Luke () and Sarah nee Rhodes Luke ().3 ****************Elder Luke, along with others, was declared "unsound in practice" by the Primitive Baptist Union Association in 1901, and several "Luke Churches" (named after Toad Luke, son of the venerable David Perry Luke2), formed a separate organization. New Hope was one of those that stayed in what became the "Old Line Union Association,"1 putting 3d greatgrandfather Luke in ecclesial opposition to greatgrandfather Rev. W.H. Outlaw. ***************** I descend from Julia through her daughter Elizabeth, who was the mother of my maternal grandfather, Mark A. Watson. Victim Context The William Luke family was enumerated as Family No. 72 in District 4, Irwin County, 1860 FC. Eight-year-old Julia's brothers William (then age 11) and Daniel (then age 10) were enumerated, along with other family members. Other families in my ancestry, viz., Boykins and Tucker, were enumerated nearby. Suspect Context Slaves were not enumerated by their names in 1860, but under their owners' names. Often, a slave took the owner's surname, but I found no Williams enumerated in the 1860 Slave Schedule for Irwin County. Joshua Williams was also said to use the alias "Elbert Stevens," but no Stevens was found among the owners of the 246 slaves that were enumerated in the Slave Schedule for Irwin County, either. In fact, none of the Lukes in Irwin County owned slaves. [A household headed by 33-year-old Joshua Williams was enumered in District 3 of Irwin County in the 1860 Free-Inhibitants FC. He was a carpenter and had a small personal estate. This Joshua Williams was not connected with the case.]
Last edit: 2015-01-04 Footnotes Footnote 1. Crowley, John G. 1998 Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South. University of Florida Presses, Gainesville Footnote 2. David Perry Luke (1825-1920, descendent in the Daniel M. Luke line) was profiled in Huxford's Pioneers . . . . v2, pg 189-190 with additional information in 5:549. Huxford indicated he was in the mercantile business in present-day Lakeland, Alapaha, Cecil, was a public servant (Justice of the Peace, Clerk of the Court) and serviced in the militia before the war. In the war, he was intially a 2d Lieutenant in Berrien Light Infantry (Company I, 50th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia). He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in June, 1862; to Captain, April, 1863. He was wounded (date, place, nature unknown) and resigned from the army in January 1864. He acquired all of Lot 222, 10th Land District (Irwin, then Lowndes, now Berrien) at an unknown time, and sold it to the estate of Samuel Connell--older brother of my 3d greatgrandfather John Ellis Connell--in 1869. (Most of the present W.H. Outlaw Farm is in this land lot.) In the 1850 FC, he is enumerated next to Daniel M. Luke in Irwin County, GA (I am not sure where this would be from the FC, but simply note that D.P. Luke was 70 families away from James and Lucinda nee Tucker Boykin, my 3d greatgrandparents). I did not find him in the index for the 1860 FC (but didn't manually search). In the 1870 & 1880 FC, he is enumerated in GMD 1157 (around Nashville, GA) (in both instances, near M.B. Clyatt who bought the property from the Samuel Connell estate, see above). The 1890 FC is mostly missing. In the 1900, 1910, 1920 FC, he is enumerated near Cecil. His image is found in Pioneers . . . and in the Berrien County Historical Photos Collection. Footnote 3. Digital-age geneaology is fraught with error. Following names can indeed be confusing, e.g., my 3d and 4th greatgrandfathers were named "William Luke,"which was a very common name in and around Berrien County. I've certainly gotten off on the wrong foot from time to time. Thus, one will find different lineages on Ancestry.com than I have presented. For this reason, I have accessed the FC, and importantly, have consulted expert Phillip Joe Luke, to whom thanks are owed.
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