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From: "Larry Crocker" <>
Subject: [ALSUMTER] Re: Public Cemeteries of Sumter County
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 16:06:19 -0600

Old Sides Cemetery near Sumterville, Alabama Ellen A. Boyette - Dau. of Locke Boyette Born 1828 (Marker Broken) Locke Boyette - Born 1784 - Oct. 9, 1840 Nancy Boyette - Born 1793 - Oct 13, 1840 Sarah I. Boyette - Sept. 16 1824 - Sept. 5 1840 From "Pioneer Families of Sumter County, Alabama" by Nelle Morris Jenkins Page 219; (Section 27 of Sumter County) "This section was settled by Samuel Webb, Henry Y. Webb, Lock Boyette, and Edward Graves. Leroy Boyette, son of Locke Boyette, married Mary L. Moore 14 May 1842. She was daughter of Thomas Moore. Page 36 (about people buried in Old Side Cemetery) "Mrs. Nancy Boyette born 1793, died 13 October 1840. She was the wife of Locke Boyette who came to Sumter County from Autauga County. Locke Boyette born 1784, died 0 October 1840. See obituaries in Sumter Democrat. The settlement of this estate shows that Zelpha was the wife of Loftin Pipen, and that Leroy, Eleanor and Thomas W. Boyette were minors. Leroy became of age the next year and married Mary S. Moore 14 May 1842. Robert Boyette, a son of Locke, died a short time before his father died. Locke was shown as being administrator of Robert's Estate. See Sumter Democrat 1854. T.W. Boyette." "Ellen A. (Boyette), daughter of Locke Boyette, born 1828. The stone is broken, we think this is perhaps Eleanor A., who is mentioned in the settlement of the estate." Page 16 (from minutes of Bethel Presbyterian Church, Sumterville Alabama) "1st Sabbath April 1843, Leroy Boyett and wife dismissed at their request." Page 68 (about people buried at Bethel Memorial Chapel) "Thomas Moore born 23 July 1789, died 8 December 1852. His will is recorded in Will Book 2, page 24, Sumter County Court House. Mentions daughters Mary Louise Boyette, wife of Leroy Boyette; ......." page 178 (Death Notices Published in The Sumter County Whig) "Died in Leona, Texas, 16 March 1854, in his 22nd year, Dr. T.W. Boyette, born in Autauga County, Alabama. His parents immigrated to Sumterville in this county." >>> 11/03/02 06:42AM >>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Boyett/Boyette Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZS.2ADE/437.2 Message Board Post: Cherry, thanks so much for the offer of lookups. When you have time could you look up BOYETT/BOYETTE ? thanks so much. Janis Robinson ==== ALSUMTER Mailing List ==== "We shall find no ancestor before his time." "To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root." - Chinese Proverb Sumter County, ALGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~alsumter Listowner Kristy Williams