Bill You may have two salutations hear:- A) That the James Boyd who died in 1823 is the FATHER of James Boyd who married Nancy Elliot, or B) That they are form separate Boyd families. C) While there typing mistake with the person reading "3" for the "8" Hard to work out if there is no marked grave. With their marriage in 1822 and Thomas Oliver Boyd's birth in 1828, you would expect perhaps another 3 children Boyd to them. So is there any evidence of that happening? I chapter 4/224 I have this Boyd family form Tuscarawas Co., OH:- S1 Robert Boyd, b 18xx, d 18xx, m 18xx, Catharine Creger, dau of Creger, b 18xx, d 18xx, and had issue:- [Lived: ] T1 John Wesley Boyd, b 22/7/1835 ( , Tuscarurras Co. Ohio), d 6/5/1889 (Monclova, Ohio), bu Swan Creek Cemetery, Montclova, Ohio, m 185x, Elizabeth Mason, dau of Mason, b 18xx ( ), dc 1863, and had issue:- m 2ndly c 1864, Malinda Keller, dau of Abraham and Barbara (nee ) Keller, b 15/10/1834 ( ), d 23/3/1887 (Tuscarurras Co., Ohio), bu and had issue:- At best this Robert Boyd MIGHT BE brother to your James Boyd who married Nancy Elliot. Over the years there have been a number of Boyd researchers looking at Tuscarawas County, OH. So hopefully one of those can identify this family for you. The several family chapters that I have for this County Do not have any James Boyd who died in 1823. Good Hunting Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Boyd" <bilvil@shaw.ca> To: "Boyd List" <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 6:07 AM Subject: [BOYD] Another brick wall re-visited > Here is my brick wall that I've been picking at for a long time concerning > James & Nancy Boyd. > They were married in 1822 in Carroll Co, Ohio, had a son, Thomas Oliver > Boyd, born on Jan 13, 1828 in Leesville, Carroll Co and then they died six > months later in Carroll Co. I know that Carroll Co wasn't organized until > 1833, but there was once a Leesburg in Tuscarawas County and that part of > that county was used to form the part of Carroll that has Leesville. There > is also a record that shows James' death date as 1823 but this cannot be! > Thomas Boyd's birth date is well established and supported by census > records for 1850, 1860, 1880 & 1900. So I am confidant that he was born on > Jan 13 1828 and so James could not have died on 1823. Incidently I have > seen part of a letter that indicates that James & Nancy died of pneumonia, > a day apart, and they are buried in a common grave- site unknown. > Thomas was brought up by Archibald Elliott and the 1830 census seems to > bear this out, not by name but by ages of the household, which was located > in Union, Harrison, Ohio. When Thomas was about 13 he left the Archibald > homein 1841 and worked for a number of farmers in the area until 1844, > when he entered into a five year contract with David Capper. David Capper > appears on the same census sheets as Archibald Elliott so they miust have > been neighbors. They were also related as David took Mary Elliott as his > wife when his first wife, Hannah, died. They were married Jan 1828, the > same month & year as Thomas' birth. > So, were Mary Elliott & Nancy Elliott sisters and daughters of Archibald > Elliott? Census for Archibald shows he had girls in the household that > were of age. 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