Apparently West Point actually crosses the county line between Troup County and Harris County. The major portion of the town lies in Troup County. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Boyd Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:14 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [BOYD] William Wilson Boyd (1821-1864), who married Mary Rebecca Fears, the second child of Henry Boyd and Susan Heard of Troup County, Georgia >From the book The Boyds of Boyds Tank, by Frank Ewell Boyd & William Taylor Boyd. (1970), page 24, tells us that the second child of Henry Boyd and Susan Heard was William Wilson Boyd. Henry and Susan lived out their days in the Long Cane community of Troup County. “2-William Wilson Boyd (1821-1864), married Mary Rebecca Fears December 14, 1847 in Chambers County, Alabama. He died in the Civil War near Orange Court House, Virginia, April 17, 1864. They had two children -Mary Susan Rebecca, born in 1852, married (1) J. D. Trammell in 1870 and (2) J. L. Askew in 1888, and William Henry Fears, born in 1862. He married Annie C. Croft in 1884. These families lived at West Point, Georgia.” I am not sure if “West Point Georgia” is within Troup County, Georgia or outside it. While seeing that William died “in the Civil War near Orange Court House, Virginia, April 17, 1864” would suggest that he was fighting with one of the CSA units there. Unfortunately it does not say which one or where he was buried. So can any of your Virginian cousins near the Orange Court House have a look to see if there is any there is any cemetery where he might be buried please? Do any members of the list belong to William Wilson Boyd and Mary Rebecca Fears family? If so, I would like to hear from you. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee House of Boyd Society ==================== 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