GEORGIA BIOGRAPHIES: JAMES PETIGRU BOYCE

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JAMES PETIGRU BOYCE

James Petigru Boyce ia a native of Charleston, South
Carolina. He was born on the 11th of January 1827.  His
father, Hon. Ker Boyce, was a native of Newberry District,
South Carolina.  In 1877 he moved to Charleston, where he
was known, until his death, as a successful cotton factor
and a wealthy banker.  He was twice elected to the State
Senate.  The mother of the subject of this sketch, was a
sister of Hon. Job Johnston, Chancellor of the Court of
Equity of South Carolina.  Both the paternal and maternal
grandparents of James P. Boyce were of Scotch-Irish descent.
He was named for James L. Petigru, Esq., a distinguished
lawyer of Charleston, and a particular friend of his
father’s.

Mr. Ker Boyce greatly desired that his son should study law,
but the Lord determined otherwise, and in the choice of a
profession by the son the father gladly acquiesced.  He
entered Charleston College in the spring of 1843, and in
1845, went to Brown University, Rhode Island, where he was
graduated in 1847…

In 1854, Mr. Boyce’s father passed away, leaving his son
with Judge Belton O’Neal, of South Carolina.  Arthur G.
Rose, Esq., now of England and James A. Whiteside, of
Tennessee, the executors of his large estate. This trust
might have seemed enough for his talents and energies, but
they were not abated in the least from his ministerial
labors, and his incessant planning in reference to a
Theological Seminary for the South.

In 1854, at the Georgia Baptist Convention, which met in
Washington, Georgia, Mr. Boyce participated with deep
interest in the discussion with regard to the formation of a
theological school for the South.  In 1855, he resigned his
charge in Columbia to accept the professorship of theology
in the South Baptist Theological Seminary… [This is a very
long biography]

Ref:  HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA, 1881,
Atlanta, GA, pp. 39-42.