Cullen Boney and his wife, Phoebe Williams migrated from North Carolina and settled in the China Hill community of Telfair County in the eighteen twenties.

He had three children: Mary Jane Boney Cravey, Eliza Boney Reeves and Stephen Boney.

Stephen Boney married May Jane Williams and they had the following children:

1. John C., b. 1850, d. 1930, m. Rebecca Wilcox
2. William F., b. 1852, d. 1916, m. Molly Mizell
3. Joseph J., b. 1853, d. 1931, Claire Williams
4. Wiley H[?], b. 1856, d. [????]
5. Rebeccas, b. 1861, d. 1865[?]
6. Alexander J., b. 1863, d. 1940[?], m. (1) Rebecca Swain, (2) Polly bloodworth
7. Anne[?], b. 1863, d. 1880
8. Lucius[?] W., b. 1868[?], d. 1958[?], m. Emma Swinney
9. Lewis L., b. 1870, d. 1873
10. ??, b. 1875, d. 1898