Boykin Witherspoon

b. circa 6 July 1814, d. 21 May 1898
  • Boykin Witherspoon was born circa 6 July 1814 in Darlington District, South Carolina.
  • He married Elizabeth Williams Edwards on 1 December 1841.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Darlington District, South Carolina, and two other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and seven other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Boykin Witherspoon and Elizabeth Williams Edwards appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Keachie PO, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, and at least eight other children, not yet recorded.. Other members of the household included Rebecca P. Witherspoon and Thomas Godfrey Pegues.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Boykin Witherspoon died on 21 May 1898 in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
  • He was interred at Old Salem Cemetery, Stonewall, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
  • Last Edited: 7 Jan 2012

Family: Elizabeth Williams Edwards b. 10 September 1822, d. 26 May 1909