I know that there are two separate Boyd families in Halifax County, Virginia. One being the four sons of George and Isabella Boyd of Compass\s, PA but the second family came form some where else and also settled in Halifax County. Can anyone on this list recall where this second family might have come from? I need to cross reference these two Family Chapters. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

Mike et all, I think we are close to having enough information now to definitely sort them out with a bit of certainty, at least enough to narrow down the remaining questions. One of the problems we face is 'where is Halifax county?'. The second and larger question is 'where, exactly, were these Boyds located?'. Halifax county was founded in 1752. The county seat at that time was Peytonsburg, a stop on the road now in Pittsylvania county. The county seat was moved to the new town of Halifax in 1800. This was a major crossroad along the great wagon road system of old trading paths. It is right along these trading paths that we can follow our Boyds as they fanned out form here on the Dan River. Due south from Halifax on the central road was Boyds ferry crossing of the Dan River in what is now the town of South Boston. Now, in 1752 when Halifax county was carved out of Lunenburg county- the folks living here didn't really know where the "state line" was so they just kinda used the river. Boyds were on Both sides. Which courthouse they went to to do business was largely based on where the closest courthouse was and not necessarily which county they actually lived in. Halifax county at its founding extended all the way to the Blue ridge mountains and from there was exclusive to Natives. When exactly Patrick came to this crossing may never be known. He was here long before the road or the county came. His settlement was quite a ways up the river from Johns ferry landing, up Lawsons creek which flows to Virginia from Granville county North Carolina. I believe he was most likely a close friend or possibly a companion of John Lawson as a young man. Anyway, when he got there he was far far out of the reach of the royal government. The road came with his brother, John, and their ferry business which was established in the same place but in Lunenburg county. There are two separate warrants as he had to re- apply after the forming of the new county. This area was from 1745 until 1752 in Lunenburg county. Most of the records from the Slaymaker/Boyd family are Lunenburg county. This is where it gets sticky.as Lunenburg county also included what is now Mecklenburg county which wasn't established until 1764. Boydton is the capital of Mecklenburg county. The Boyds of Boydton are not related to the Boyds on the Dan River that I can show. In fact there seems to be a small bit of animosity. All throu-out this area of where the Dan, the Banister, and the Roanoke Rivers all come together is littered with Boyds- from both families. So to directly answer the question it is the Mecklenburg Boyds of Boytstown that are sometimes confused. In addition there is the Robert Boyd and Ann Pope family of northern neck of Virginia. Some of them came to Halifax county, but much later. Most of the Boyd had burned out their tobacco fields and moved on by then. This has caused much confusion and many have crossed and blended their research. I see it all the time on Ancestry and these mistakes have been propagated. I am one of the guilty I know. But by diligence, now that the Slaymaker/Boyd are sorted out it is just a matter of elimination. I will work out the locations of where these Dan river Boyd were. I just found where James and Robert went to in North Carolina. They were gone as the road came through in 1756. Roberts place was off the Haw river on both sides of Reedy creek west of the Hillsborough colony. He had a ferry crossing there. James had his crossing at Knapp of Reeds. What the researcher first needs is a map from the area of search showing the lay of the land as it was then. Many names of creeks and rivers have changed. Most stay the same. Few towns that were, still are- and few that still are, were extant then. Also, these Boyds of Dan river built the roads that the conestoga wagons came on all the way to Georgia and through Pickens district South Carolina into Tennessee by 18oo. The various collections of county records tell the story but the problem is that they seem to have kept moving. The key is in the early road maps and property records. It would be a worthwhile intellectual exercise to take a snapshot in time, say the outbreak of the revolution 1776. And nail down where each of these family units were at that specific time and who were the children among them. Barry in Dallas On 4/7/2016 2:43 AM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > I know that there are two separate Boyd families in Halifax County, Virginia. One being the four sons of George and Isabella Boyd of Compass\s, PA but the second family came form some where else and also settled in Halifax County. > > Can anyone on this list recall where this second family might have come from? 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