James Boyd Hawkins | |
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| Born | December 27, 1813 |
| Died | May 11, 1896 (aged 82) Matagorda County, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
| Occupation(s) | Planter, rancher |
| Spouse | Ariella Alston |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | John D. Hawkins Jane A. Boyd |
| Relatives | Willis Alston (father-in-law) |
Colonel James Boyd Hawkins (December 27, 1813 – May 11, 1896) was an American planter and rancher. He moved from North Carolina to Texas in the 1840s, and he established the Hawkins Ranch, a working sugarcane plantation, operated by 101 enslaved African Americans by 1860. After the American Civil War, he replaced the slaves with paid laborers and convicts, and gradually turned his landholdings into a cattle ranch.