When slavery was abolished many of them continued working for the Pettways as sharecroppers. About a year later, the Pettway family moved from North Carolina to Gee's Bend, bringing about one hundred slaves with them. Pettway in 1845 to settle a $29,000 debt. The brothers then sold it to their relative Mark H. The plantation started by Joseph Gee passed to his nephews Sterling and Charles Gee upon his death, along with 47 slaves. Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)īoykin is a block of land enclosed on three sides by the Alabama River, within a horseshoe shaped turn of the river named Gee's Bend. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. Demographics Historical population CensusĢ020 census Boykin CDP, Alabama – Demographic Profile Gee brought 18 African American slaves with him and established a cotton plantation within the bend. Gee's Bend was named for Joseph Gee, an early large land owner from Halifax County, North Carolina who settled here in 1816. The Boykin Post Office was established in the community in 1949 and remains active, servicing the 36723 ZIP code.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 208. Boykin, also known as Gee's Bend, is an African American majority community and census-designated place in a large bend of the Alabama River in Wilcox County, Alabama.
