Sorry I forgot to also send this to Dan & Betsy Boyd Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:12 PM Subject: [BOYD] The family of Dan & Betsy Boyd of Boyd Farm Road, Waynesville,NC, formerly of Buncombe Co., NC > On our way from Greensboro, NC to Knoxville, TN on Sunday 1 May 2011, > Michelle Ligon and I stopped to talk to a group of Boyds at Dan & Betsy > Boyd, Boyd Mountain Log Cabins, 445 Boyd Farm Road, Waynesville, NC 28785 > (Take Exit 20 on I-40 going west from Asheville, NC to Knoxville, TN down > the Jonathan Creek Road Highway and turn right into Hemphill Road.) - with > Michelle's little direction box getting us lost in Waynesville, but I will > let her tell that story. After this talk Betsy Boyd gave me an outline of > her husband's Boyd family. > > This starts with:- > > A) Robert Boyd, who had; > > B) Robert Boyd, b 1801, who married Elizabeth Garrett, dau of William > Garrett and Elizabeth Harrison [niece of President Harrison), who had; > > C) Dr T. J Boyd, who married Ester Ferguson, who had; > > D) David Rule (?) Boyd, who married Kate Moody and secondly Oralie > Ferguson > and had; > > E) Dock Boyd, who married Louisa Medford and had; > > F) Nichael (?) Daniel Boyd in 1943 > > Betsy said that this Boyd family had come from Buncombe Co., NC. > > The following day when I was at the Knoxville Library with Kathy Manning, > I > was going though, some of the County History books looking for known Boyd > families when I found in The Heritage of Old Buncombe County, North > Carolina, Volume II, 1987, Doris Cline Ward, editor, page 102 which > outlined > the family of James Boyd and Rachel McGill. > > "James Boyd was born in Ireland on February 4, 1769. The first record of > him > in Buncombe County, NC is in 1806 when he purchased 50 acres on Bee Tree > Creek. Some family members believe he, along with two brothers, John and > David, came to America by way of Charleston, South Carolina. > > ... > > "James married Rachel McGill in Lincoln County, NC on December 18, 1794. > Rachel was also born in Ireland on May 29, 1769. Most of their lives were > spent in an area known as Sandy Mush Creek, now a part of Madison County, > NC. Family historians and the will of James Boyd identify only two > children, > James Berny Boyd and Robert McGill Boyd. > > ... > > "(2) Robert McGill Boyd, born October 23, 1800, and died 1884, married > Elizabeth Garrett (1812-1904) of Buncombe County. They had the following > nine children: William J Greenberry Boyd, born 1834, never married; > Rachell > McGill E. Boyd, born 1835, married Dr Samuel L. Love; Frank Alexander M > Boyd, born 1837, married Sallie Parks; Margaret Mary I. Boyd, born 1838, > died young; Doc J Thomas Boyd, born 1841, married Esther Ferguson; John > Henry H. Boyd, born 1843, married 1st Rebecca J. Brown and 2nd Sarah R. > Plott; David Larry S. Boyd, born June 9, 1845, married Belle (M. L.) ..." > > [It seems that I did not copy the next page - 103] - to provide the name > of > the remaining children and how supplied the data for this entry.] > > If as this submitter, thinks that this James Boyd landed at Charleston, > SC, > who did he get to Buncombe Co., NC? Did he come up one of the rivers? If > so, > which one? > > If your family belongs to any of these children listed, the list, Dan & > Betsy Boyd and I will be quite glad to hear from you about this family. > > When I was in the Knoxville, TN Library I am sure that I found some > information that said that the father "James Boyd" came from County > Tyrone, > Ireland. That might be in one of the envelopes I have yet to sort. When I > sort those papers I will let the list know if this is where James Boyd > came > from in Ireland. > > Thank you > > ? > > Mike Boyd > > Chairman > > Historical Committee > > House of Boyd Society > > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the > Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games > & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be > confirmed by the venue). 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