Mike, This jogged a memory that my great great grandfather was said to be an Indian Agent, His name Varnum Boyd son of John Boyd and Jane Hefflon. I should check with the library of Congress and see if this is true. Harriet On Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:47 PM, Mike Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: During my visit to Philadelphia in June 2013 I found this series of Books Cherokee By Blood, Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U. S. Court of Claims, 1906-1910, Volume 1, Applications 1 to 1550, Jerry Wright Jordon, There were about 10 or so volumes that I went through looking for Boyd entries and found a number.  However, they gave only parents and children but nothing that showed their link back to a Boyd family. As you will notice this material is for the “Eastern Cherokee”, so my mind asks if there is an “WESTERN CHEROKEE” nation.?  (Being any uninformed outsider) Over the last 15 years that I have been on the Boyd list, I have seen a number of claims that family say their ancestor was a Cherokee Indian.  So are their other reference Books that members need to consult? I can’t recall any individual Boyd family histories that make any claims.  So was this covered up a 100 years ago, when people started to write up their families? We know that quite a large number of (European)  Boyd families moved into Virginia, North and South Carolina’s, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky from the early 1700’s to the late 1700’s and so have taken an Indian spouse. So can we develop a list of reference books on the Cherokee nation that future Boyd researchers could use when they find out that GGGG grandfather/mother was a Cherokee Indian. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ==================== House of Boyd will be present in the Clan Village at the 700th Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Bannockburn, June 2014.  Look to http://www.clanboyd.org/for more information ==================== Need to contact the Admin?  Want to discuss an Admin Note?  Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at [email protected] ==================== Remember to trim your message before hitting send!  Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. ==================== This list is set for replies to go to the list address [email protected] not just the author of the post.  ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was?  Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE 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! _________________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2014 will be held in conjunction with the St. Andrews Society of Detroit's Highland Games at Livonia, Michigan, USA.  The date is to be confirmed by the venue, however, this year's event (2013) is the first weekend in August.  Please plan on attending! Write [email protected] if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2013 was a great success. It was held in Greenville, SC, USA in conjunction with the Greenville Scottish Games, Saturday May 25th, Memorial Day Weekend 2013. _______________________________________________________________________________ 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 [email protected] ==================== Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org/ ==================== For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml **************************** ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Harriet Which area were they Indian Agents? I know that a Colonel George Boyd and his sons were Indian Agents in Green Bay, (not sure if WI or MN). I think I was told that they had both an Indian and European families. David Boyd from Maryland told me in 2011, that there were Boyd Indians in North Dakota in one of the Sioux reservations. I would even assume in parts like Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania there were other Boyd's in the 1700's who married into Indian tribes. Mike Boyd -----Original Message----- From: Harriet E. Cady Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:55 AM To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BOYD] Cherokee By Blood,Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U. S. Court of Claims Mike, This jogged a memory that my great great grandfather was said to be an Indian Agent, His name Varnum Boyd son of John Boyd and Jane Hefflon. I should check with the library of Congress and see if this is true. Harriet