1820 census index shows 4 James Boyds. Screven 261 no twp L Hall 139 no twp L Columbia 027 no twp L Jefferson 290 Louisvil 1807 Land Lottery index lists two James Boyds Militia District Lot District Drew Land Boyd, James Columbia 3 23/15 Baldwin Boyd, James Jefferson Tarver 43/9 Wilkinson in the abstracts for the GA Journal (newspaper) Volume 1809-1818 there is a James Boyd in Jackson county that died about 1817. Nothing on a Mildred Boyd. 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery there is a James Boyd that had "Gwinnett" on his line. I am unsure if that meant he was from Gwinnett or drew there. I think drew there although there was nothing on the map in the book labelling anything as Gwinnett. I only had about 30 minutes so I was not thorough. The Milledgeville newspaper abstracts also did not show anything for a Mildred Boyd. I did not check the other land lotteries but without something more to go on there would be no way to tie a James Boyd to Thomas's James Boyd. The actual land lotteries showed if they were a Rev war vet (or at least some do as I recall- I don't know if they all do) so that might give another possible lead. the librarian was very helpful and is the one that suggested the 1820 census but she too had no idea if whites in the Indian lands may have made it into any other county census further east in 1820. Cobb county is a long way into "indian lands" though for a census taker I would think. I saw no separate listing for "Indian Lands" only the counties. Is it known if any of the younger kids were born in Georgia? Any stories of where James might have died? Did any of the kids end up in Georgia? the only maiden name I have for Mildred is the one Thomas mentions- possibly "Moody" Rhonda from Thomas Boyd: I am looking at an accumulation of papers from other relatives. James allegedly served 7 years in the Patriot Army of the American Revolution from 1775-1782 ( April 18,1775 may be enlistment date?) Had 6 children with Mildred (Millie): Wm b. 1778, John 8/25/1784, James 10/15/1785, Mildred b 1780, Elizabeth m 1/1/1803 and Robert b. unk. That is the sum of my knowledge and I'm not sure of all of it. Tom On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > Rhonda > i) Do you have Mildred's maiden name? > > ii) Cobb County was formed in 1832. It is in the NW corner of Georgia. > So what "County" may have covered that area when it was still Indian Lands. > > iii) Or do we need to look at if from the point that if they travelled > back to "white settlement" at this period, would they have gone East or > South. - ie the County Records for them are some distance away from where > they had settled. > > iv) Would the 1820 US Census list them? If so, were the Indian Lands shown > separately or part of some other County? > > v) In Georgia Land Lotteries Started in 1805 which may be another source > to find them and what County they were in in 1812. > > vi) Although as a number of people told me during my trip last year, The > Scots were quite often out in front and just took land where they found it. > > So Thomas, these may be some other avenues of research for you and Rhonda. > > Rhonda thank you for having a look for Thomas's data. > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HOBS > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rhonda" <rstarthistle@gmail.com> > To: <boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 11:34 PM > Subject: Re: [BOYD] Mars Hill Cemetery- Cobb county Georgia > > > Thomas >> I went to the Cobb county library and tried to find your Mildred or a >> James >> Boyd in Cobb county around 1812. The librarian pointed out to me that >> Cobb >> county didn't exist because that was before the Cherokee removal so >> although >> there were white men settling in Cherokee lands before that event, there >> weren't many. I had no luck (so far) with finding your James/Mildred Boyd. >> Do you have any further information on your James Boyd that might help. >> >> Rhonda >> >> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Rhonda wrote: >> >> Thomas, >>> >>> The Mars Hill cemetery wasn't established until long after Mildred died >>> >>> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&PIcrid=35175&PIpi=1848921&PIMode=cemetery >>> >>> Rhonda >>> >>> Message: 4 >>> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:50:27 -0500 >>> From: Thomas Boyd <> >>> Subject: [BOYD] John L Boyd Sr. b1802 Fredrick, Virginia - d1874 >>> Reynolds County MO >>> To: Boyd@rootsweb.com >>> Message-ID: >>> >>> >>> I have a fairly good grasp of my family up to the above John L. He was >>> married to Elizabeth Lester b1801 Cumberland County, KY abt.1820. >>> >>> John L was possibly the son of William Boyd b abt. 1778 VA. Wm was >>> married >>> on 29 Sept 1800 to Susanna Moody b1788. >>> >>> Further Wm is alleged to be the son of James Boyd b abt. 1735 in >>> Scotland. >>> James was married to Mildred Moody? b1730 Va. Mildred died 1812 in Cobb >>> County GA and is supposedly buried in Mars Hill Cemetary. >>> >>> Anyone? Anything? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Thomas C 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. 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