>From the book The Boyds of Boyds Tank, by Frank Ewell Boyd & William Taylor Boyd. (1970), pages 22-23 the following outline is provided of the family of Richard Coleman Boyd and his wife Frances (Fanny) Walden, daughter of Samuel Wallden and Mary Dismukes. This family initially moved from Virginia to Slab Camp Branch of Rose Creek in the Greene/Clarke County area in 1782. In 1797 they moved to Jasper County settling on Murder Creek, some 16 miles northwest of Monticello near the Jasper/Newton County line. I would assume that other Boyd had already reached Georgia before this family arrived in 1782. You will notice that this book says that Richard and Fanny had eleven children but only lists seven of them. So can anyone supply the names and details of the other four children? The book give some details on the sons Henry Boyd, who moved to Long Cane, Troup County, Georgia; Richard Boyd, Jr. who moved to Sturkie, Chambers County, Alabama and John Coleman Boyd who moved to Boyd Tank, Chambers County, Alabama in the 1830’s takes up the remainder of the book. So if anyone has connections to Samuel, Frances (Fanny), Sarah, Nancy Boyd and their families, I would like to hear from you also. Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS 23/11/2013 “Chapter IV THE GEORGIA BOYDS Richard Boyd, the son of Patrick and Ann Wells Boyd, was born in 1753, and married Frances (Fanny) Walden of Virginia in 1782. She was born February 8, 1757. Richard and Fanny Boyd moved to Georgia and lived for a short time in the Greene/Clarke County area on Slab Camp Branch which flows into Rose Creek which runs into the Oconee River. In 1797 they moved to Jasper County, settling in old District 19 on Murder Creek, some 16 miles northwest of Monticello near the Jasper/Newton County line. Hall's map of Georgia (1895) shows the original counties and land districts of this early period. Boyds, Waldens and relatives had drawn lots for land grants in Jasper and several adjoining counties, including Greene, Newton, Morgan, Walton, Wilkinson, Clarke and Oconee. All Revolutionary soldiers were eligible to participate in land lotteries. Such lotteries were discontinued in 1840. A search in the Murder Creek watershed failed to locate Richard Boyd's homesite or burial plot. Too frequently graves of this period were not adequately marked and houses often have been completely obliterated. However, the Boyd land holdings are recorded in Jasper County Court House Deed Books. In this area is an old Murder Creek Church and Cemetery and many small family/farm burial plots. The church building was still standing in 1968 but it had been abandoned. The cemetery continues to be used by slave descendants. Richard and Fanny Walden Boyd had eleven children but only seven lived to maturity, namely: 1-Samuel, born October 8, 1782; died in 1835. He married Elizabeth - - - (Spears?). John and Polly Spears witnessed Samuel's will dated March 13, 1835. Elizabeth died in 1853. Their children were-Richard A., Elizabeth A., Martha, Sarah, Fanny, Jacovah C., Mark, Samuel Jr., William and Jonah. 2-Frances (Fanny), born January 28, 1787, married (1) Daniel Trammel November 24, 1809 in Clarke County and (2) William S. Bond in 1818. It seems that the Bonds moved to Chambers County, Alabama, where he died. 3-Sarah (Sally), born January 30, 1791, married Thomas W. Hester December 28, 1808 in Clarke County. Hester was born in Virginia in 1785 and died in Troup County, Georgia, in 1850. Sally died in Troup County. 4-Nancy, born February 12, 1793, married Eaton Banks July 10, 1815 in Jasper County. 5-Richard Jr., born September 4, 1795; died in 1857. He married Lucy Farley July 19, 1815 in jasper County. They finally settled at Sturkie in Chambers County, Alabama. 6-Henry, born May 20, 1797; died April 17, 1848. He married Susan Heard December 6, 1818. They settled at Long Cane, Troup County, Georgia. 7-John Coleman, born March 16, 1802; died March 2, 1861. He married (1) Caroline M. Banks May 6, 1823 in jasper County and (2) Elizabeth M. 22 Glass January 30, 1855 in Harris County, Georgia. He homesteaded at Boyds Tank, Chambers County, Alabama, in the 1830's. The above birth and marriage dates indicate that the first five of these children were born in Virginia and that Henry and John Coleman were born in Georgia. Richard Sr. left a will dated July 6, 1822 (Annual Return Book #4 page 6). He died September 28, 1823. His will was probated November 7, 1823 in Jasper County and recorded in Minute Book C-1823-1832-page 24. Many descendants of Samuel and Elizabeth Boyd continue to live in jasper and Newton Counties in Georgia. Samuel's homestead was established in jasper County near the Newton County line. In the Tabernacle and Mansfield Cemeteries in Newton County are several Boyd graves. Richard A. Boyd (1809-1840), son of Samuel and Elizabeth Boyd, married Nancy Kelly (1810-1855) on August 8, 1832. They were buried in Tabernacle Cemetery in well-marked graves. Descendants of the Kelly family continue to live in jasper County. The E. C. Kelly family of Monticello have valuable BoydKelly family records. Richard A. Boyd's son, Julius C. (1839-1902). and Julius' son, Richard Frank (1868-1925), were buried in the Mansfield Cemetery. Richard Frank's son, Homer Troy (b.1895), lives at Monticello. Homer has four brothers and four sisters living nearby. Homer's aunt, Julius' youngest daughter, Mrs. John Lazenby, lives near Mansfield (1967). Descendants of Richard and Fanny Walden Boyd's children-Fanny (Trammell-Bond), Sally (Hester) and Nancy (Banks) also live in the two-county area. The O. H. Banks family of Shady Dale, Jasper County, have old family records. The senior Richard Boyd's three youngest children-Richard Jr., Henry and John Coleman-are vital to the Boyd Story. They lead us to Troup County, Georgia, and to Chambers County, Alabama. These three brothers sold their interests in jasper County to relatives and friends and moved to Long Cane in Troup County in the late 1820's. In the early 1830's the brothers Richard Jr. and John Coleman disposed of their Georgia interests and bought land in Alabama. With their families they probably crossed the Chattahoochee River at the shoals "where the Wehadkee Creek pours its waters into the river." They homesteaded in the Sturkie and Boyds Tank communities in Chambers County. These sites and Long Cane are shown on an Alabama-Georgia Quadrangle map (1907) available from the United States Department of Interior Geological Survey. Thus our Boyd line of descent comes down from Scotland, to Ireland, to Pennsylvania, to Virginia, to Georgia, to Alabama. This overall migration period involved about 300 years.