Boykin Jones was born February 15, 1840. He married Emily Chipley. Boykin and Emily Jones are found in the 1870 census of Silver Run, Russell County, Alabama, with a daughter Elizabeth, age 2. From other census, their five known children were: Wm Chipley (b.1867 KY), Elizabeth (b.ca1869 AL), Frank (b.1871), James Randal (b.1873), and Charlie (daughter born ca 1876 AL). Boykin Jones died April 2, 1923, buried next to his wife Emily Chipley Jones, son Wm Chipley Jones and his wife Nannic C. Jones, son Frank Jones, son James Randell Jones, Lizzie Roberta Jones, Daniel Francis Jones, Mary Winston Jones, and Emily Chipley Sullivan.