There is the Civil War soldiers and sailors website that might give you a lead http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/ there is footnote.com that is scanning records at the national archives in/near DC. (it is a pay site. The amount of information there is amazing and the price very reasonable but it tiresome to access. However it is the cheapest way to go to get service records. To narrow down if any of William Boyd or Joseph Boyds on the CWSS site above are yours, a good place to ask (be sure and give as much detail as you can such as wife's name, parents etc.) is the civil war board for Tennessee http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/tncwmb/webbbs_config.pl I've heard that Union enlistments required alot more details than Confederate so good luck and if you find him, would you post back the kind of info you found listed in a Union service record. Maybe there will even be a pension record..... Some people in TN served on both sides. I had to pick on my neighbor (in good fun) when his wife and I found one of his relatives that did so. :) Rhonda On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:01 AM, <boyd-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > ______________________________________ > We are all FAMILY here. Observe the Golden Rule. > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the > Clan 2009 held at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 24-25, 2009 was a > great success! > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The > Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > interested in helping to plan it. > ====================== > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? 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Re: Civil War Records for Tennessee (Kathy Manning) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:54:26 +1000 > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > Subject: [BOYD] Civil War Records for Tennessee > To: <boyd@rootsweb.com>, <rebecca@wisemare.com> > Message-ID: <755237D1FD9F4230BB9C6108BAC42CEA@DD4KCF1S> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I have just received an query from Rebecca Boyd at the Above Email address > - > so could you copy her with your reply - saying that her William Joseph Boyd > who left Belfast and settled at Nashville, TN in about 1860. > > He fought for the North during the Civil War. I know that there are > records > available but have forgotten where the source is and what website that > Rebecca may need to look at. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:08:41 +1000 > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Another brick wall re-visited - Carroll Co., OHIO > To: "Bill Boyd" <bilvil@shaw.ca>, "Boyd List" <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <3164EBD8BA51466A8047E341EC5DF483@DD4KCF1S> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > 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. Did James own land or was he and his wife still living with > > his parents? Who were his parents? By the way I did locate a landowner > > James Boyd in Tuscarawas County, but have no idea if he is "my James". > > Any ideas? Anybody?? > > > > Bill Boyd > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with > > The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > > interested in helping to plan it. > > _______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > > Society! > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > > ______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > > Society would not be what it is without you! > > ______________________________________ > > > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > > > ==================== > > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > > ==================== > > For Officers and other Contacts, see > > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > ==================== > > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. > Make > > sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > > ==================== > > Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > > mid-discussion? Visit the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help > Desk > > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > **************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:08:47 -0500 > From: Kathy Manning <kmanning@pobox.com> > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Civil War Records for Tennessee > To: Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > Cc: rebecca@wisemare.com, "BOYD@rootsweb.com" <BOYD@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <4D6DA6AF.4080609@pobox.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > First place to look would be Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: > > http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ > > On 3/1/2011 7:54 PM, Mike Boyd wrote: > > I have just received an query from Rebecca Boyd at the Above Email > address - > > so could you copy her with your reply - saying that her William Joseph > Boyd > > who left Belfast and settled at Nashville, TN in about 1860. > > > > He fought for the North during the Civil War. I know that there are > records > > available but have forgotten where the source is and what website that > > Rebecca may need to look at. > > > > Thank you > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, HBS > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM)& Gathering of > the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The > Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be > returning to America to join us! Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be > interested in helping to plan it. > > _______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 > > ______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > > ______________________________________ > > > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact Kevin > McLachlan, Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > > > ==================== > > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > > ==================== > > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > ==================== > > Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. > Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > > ==================== > > Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? 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