Michelle, thanks for chiming in with this. I had been thinking along those lines as well, but just haven't spoken up. I need to print off all this info that has been flying in a mile a minute and digest it a bit more. Wouldn't it be wonderful if, in our lifetime!!!, we could find where we came from?!! Charlene In a message dated 8/19/2011 10:10:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mich9118@bellsouth.net writes: Please see Rev. War pension application of one Robert Boyd, here: http://www.southerncampaign.org/pen/r1092.pdf Would this Robert Boyd of SC and VA possibly connect to this family? I do not have much information on him, but his location of Russell Co., VA, piqued my interest. I wondered, and have not really determined, whether he connected to my Boyds there. Michelle Treasurer, HBS NC State Historian, HBS #1266F ~ If you are interested in joining the House of Boyd Society, the application is available at http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml ________________________________ From: Ray Isbell <isbell2@hotmail.com> To: boyd@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, August 18, 2011 11:20:08 PM Subject: Re: [BOYD] John Boyd of South Carolina James Boyd of Bedford co., VA., who witnessed an indenture of John Boyd, Jr and Margaret Willson (Wilson) (from Newberry, S.C.) in Pulaski Co., KY. -- I have mislaid the date of that indenture. But according to "The Boyds of Boyds Tank" p. 24, James Boyd who came to Pulaski c1806-12 (married Mildred Moody) was the son of Robert Boyd of Pennsylvania. see http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2004-06/1087460608 This indicates James Boyd's dates as c1750-1812. This posting says that this James Boyd was b. 1735 Scotland, the son of a Robert Boyd b.1705, and grandson of James Boyd b.1675 Scotland, no proof cited: http://genforum.genealogy.com/boyd/messages/6955.html > From: isbell2@hotmail.com > To: boyd@rootsweb.com > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:38:49 +0000 > Subject: Re: [BOYD] John Boyd of South Carolina > > > I'm lucky enough to have several Boyd lines. > > The John Boyd of Newberry, S.C., who you mention was one of my Boyd lines. John >Boyd Jr. and wife Margaret Wil(l)son were my ancestors. George Leland Summer's >book just calls her Margaret on p.198 and gives a blank for her maiden name. > It is at googlebooks, in case this link doesn't work: > http://books.google.com/books?id=Er8JVErXNbYC&pg=PA197&dq=%22George+leland+s ummer%22,+%22Boyds+were+a+wide%22&hl=en&ei=q4BNTtWxLImutwfQ_fGsBw&sa=X&oi=bo ok_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false > > > see also http://www.thecitizen.com/archive/finding%20your%20folks/fyf2002/fyf020913.h tml > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2005-06/1117758435 > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2005-06/1117777513 > My father descended through John Boyd Jr. and Margaret Willson's daughter Jane >Boyd who married Rev. Nathaniel Hall. They moved to Pulaski Co., Kentucky, for >awhile and had some interaction with a JAMES BOYD from Bedford Co., VA., >relationship unknown. > > I have wondered for years about the James Boyd "of Bedford Co., VA.," who >witnessed the indenture of John Boyd Jr. and wife Margaret Willson (from >Newberry, S.C.) in Pulaski Co., Ky. I still don't know who this James Boyd was, >or any connection to our Boyds, but Mike mentions it here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2005-06/1117690812 > and http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2005-11/1132395430 > > > It's interesting that other Boyd families of the Newberry, S.C., area all claim >to have come from Ballymena or Bellemena, though I don't know if they have proof >of that or not. Our John Boyd Sr. is said to be identified in the original >records throughout his life as John Boyd from Bellemena. > > Some say his wife was Margaret Fenn or Senn. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gulfcoastgal&id=I3 92 > http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=gulfcoastgal&id=I3 92&style=TABLE > Others say his wife was a Mary Cason. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mavant-roth&id=I31 071 > I don't know where these names come from. > > Ray Isbell > > > > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:56:44 -0500 > > From: kings@wtxs.net > > To: boyd@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [BOYD] John Boyd of South Carolina > > > > > I too am searching for the father of my first direct Boyd ancestor. I > > am descended from John Boyd from Bellemana, Ireland who came to America > > between 1760 & 1770 and settled in the Newberry District, the ninety-six > > district. He died in 1806, but I know no more on his birth, wife's > > name, or his parent's name. He had two sons John Jr. b.?, d. 1827 > > Newberry District, m. Margaret Wilson, and other son David m. Eleanor > > Crosson, daug. of Capt. Thomas Crosson, a prominent Irish settler of > > Virginia. Other son of John Boyd died in 1799, Hugh. Does anyone out > > there no anything about the ancestory of this John Boyd? I am a > > descendant of the him through my grandmother: Nannie E. Boyd Cotham > > > > > > I am searching for the father of my first direct Boyd ancestor born in > > > the US. His name is David Boyd, born in 1792 in Old Ninety Six area of > > > South Carolina. His father died between his birth and the 1800 census and > > > his mother Elizabeth then married a John Stewart. > > > David married Matilda Pickens (daughter of Revolutionary soldier Israel > > > Pickens) in 1815 in Anderson, SC. Their > > > natural children in order of their birth were Elizabeth, John S., Israel > > > P., > > > Archibald J., Martha and Luvine. > > > Both David and Matilda ware members of Little Generostee ARP in SC and > > > founded Bethesda, an ARP church in Smyrna,GA > > > where they died 1877. Living in their household (relation unknown) was a > > > Mary > > > Ann Dickey Boyd (DOB 1824 - died 1901) who married William Stewart > > > (parents John Stewart and Ann Partain), both Mary Ann and William died in > > > GA. William is buried in Little Geneostee Cemetery, SC, Mary in > > > Doraville, DeKalb, Georgia. > > > > > > While I do not yet have David's natural father's name, a later census > > > shows that both his parents were "born abroad". > > > > > > Any assistance in identifying David's natural father will be greatly > > > appre= ciated. > > > Wayland Garrett boyd > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > 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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