John In the last 4 or 5 days, I have had my messages to the Boyd net site bounce and have to send them 2 or 3 times. So I think there is a problem with the server at present. Hopefully, it will end shortly. A) Does Ancestry say where in Franklin County Elisha and Ella were married and what religion? B) Does Ancestry list their children and where they were born. There may be 2 John Boyd's born to this couple. Thank you Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Boyd" <johnhboyd@earthlink.net> To: "'Mike Boyd'" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com>; <Charivari2@aol.com>; <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 10:25 AM Subject: RE: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA & Russell Co., VA > Groom Name: Elisha Boyd > Bride Name: Ella Leah Cockran > Marriage Date: 18 Nov 1830 > County: Franklin > State: Virginia > > Source Information: > > Ancestry.com. Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, > USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. > Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia > to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. > > BTW, my e-mail is being blocked from the Boyd mailing list, and I am > getting > very upset about that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: boyd-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boyd-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf > Of Mike Boyd > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 7:02 PM > To: Charivari2@aol.com; Boyd@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA & > Russell Co., VA > > List > just looking at the information that Bill Boyd supplied to me for Elisha > Boyd and Ella Leah Cockram and their children. > > He does not know where the first 2 children - Christiana, bc 1830, and > Robert bc 1834, were born. However, he does provide that the 3rd child, > John Boyd was bc 1838 in Russell Co., VA. So this would suggest that > Robert > Boyd or at least Elisha Boyd had moved from Patrick Co, VA to Russell Co. > VA > > So the first task for those who are members of this family group is:- > > I) to find where Robert Boyd and Elizabeth Rakes were married. I WOULD > ASSUME IN PATRICK Co., VA? So does anyone have any information on their > marriage. If not is there some who lives in or near Patrick County that > could do a search at the County Court House please? > > II) Is it known where all of Elisha Boyd and Ella Leah Cockram's > children > > were born. The one that Bill has provided an location for is Russell Co., > VA. So can you list what research you have each done in that County. > > III) Russell County, Va was formed from Washington Co., VA in 1785. > When > Michelle Legon and I went to Abington, VA in Washington Co., VA, we were > told that there are or were a lot of Boyd in that County. > > IV) So have the VA Census from 1810 been used to find both Patrick and > Elisha Boyds families. This may help to locations to find Land Records. > These Census records may also help to identify where both Robert and > Elizabeth Boyd died or where to look for the Cemetery . > > Are there any other sources of information that I have missed that needs > to > be looked at? > > Other Counties mentioned are Tazwell and Buchanan Counties, VA. Judith > Spears of Pikesville, KY - just across the VA/KY border will be hosting a > meeting for me at the end of April 2011. So hopefully we have found a > solution before I give me talk in Pikesville, KY. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Charivari2@aol.com> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:41 PM > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Fw: Boyd, Rakes and Cockram's of Patrick County, VA > > >> Good morning everyone! Mike, this is from my family of Boyds in >> Patrick/Franklin County VA.. Michelle Ligon and Sherrie Kirby and I all >> go back to >> these three brothers, that we know of, Hugh, Joseph, and Robert. The >> Tiller's research shows that Robert died around 1830 in VA, but they give >> no >> locale. Elizabeth Rakes is listed as the daughter of Charles Rakes and >> Jane, >> Indian(?). For their children, they show the same children, but add >> that >> Oney/Leony married Edmond Arrington on 08 Mar 1829 in Patrick County. >> The >> Tillers then go on to list eight children for Elisha, but there is no >> other >> listing for Leony and Samuel. I'm sure the Tillers won't mind if I list >> he >> eight children in a further reply, if anyone wants to have them in their >> records. Their research is very substantial and has held up so far. >> >> May I make a plea that if anyone knows any thing about these Boyds of >> Patrick and Franklin (they owned land on the border of these two >> counties) > >> that >> they please offer up what they know. The origins of this family has been >> searched for years, but I've seen no proof for anyone's conjectures as >> yet. >> >> >> Charlene Boyd Kemp >> PA State Historian 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. 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