And remember....all of them made the U.S. what it is. ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > I feel so grateful to know something about each generation's > personalities, foibles, interests, not just a name on a piece of paper. > None of them was particularly famous or even notorious but they did > write letters and diaries, some of which I have or have seen. And I had > a grandmother who loved to tell family stories and with whom I spent a > great deal of time. > > On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:47 PM, Jan Curtis wrote: > > > So fun....this is what genealogy is all about! > > > > JanC > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 7:31 AM > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > >> Once every few years I drive over to my gr. grandfather's Plantation, > >> Green Plains, in Matthews County. I have really old photos of the > >> place, of his wife and daughter, of the place before someone with lots > >> of money gentrified it, sometimes even sit on the porch if no one is > >> around and view the ice house where, it is told, his sister in law > >> locked the Yankee soldier in. (Someone said that if all the stories of > >> Yankee soldiers in ice houses were true there wouldn't have been any > >> Northern Army left to fight) > >> > >> On Jul 11, 2005, at 12:26 AM, Jan Curtis wrote: > >> > >>> Anna - that's the fun part of genealogy! > >>> > >>> Years ago I went to Va, rented a car & drove all over counties there, > >>> and I > >>> went to the VA State Library. I jumped over streams & waded Rivers > >>> in > >>> King > >>> & Queen Co., Spotslvania, Orange, Botetourt. I found a lot of info, > >>> and it > >>> was way cool to walk around my 6th gr.grandfathers original 5,000 > >>> acres in > >>> Spots & Orange...1732 land grant. Part of it was shopping centers & > >>> parking > >>> lots, but it was interesting to imagine how it was when Anthony owned > >>> it. > >>> > >>> JanC > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > >>> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:28 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > >>> > >>> > >>>> There is an LDS Family History Center here in Newport News, VA. I > >>>> have > >>>> found some material there that I didn't have before. I had an > >>>> interesting day: I received a letter from an old colonial parish > >>>> here > >>>> in Matthews County, VA saying that they had my gr. grandfather, > >>>> Asbury > >>>> McKendree Boyd recorded as buried at a small country church now > >>>> known > >>>> as St. James but formerly Trinity Church, part of a larger parish > >>>> named > >>>> Kingston. I'd looked for the Trinity Church but since it no longer > >>>> exists as such couldn't find it. Today my sister and I went to the > >>>> St. > >>>> James (formerly Trinity) cemetery and after much searching, sure > >>>> enough > >>>> there it was beside his second wife, Mary Mason Roy Boyd. I don't > >>>> think > >>>> anyone on this clan ring is connected except collaterally but it's > >>>> exciting to find something you've just heard about. > >>>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >>>> RING OF BOYDS > >>>> http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >>>> > >>>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >>>> trees > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >>> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >>> > >>> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >>> trees > >>> > >> > >> > >> ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > >> RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > >> > >> http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > >> trees > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > > trees > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > >

As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace

This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

Hi Al Did this John Boyd file for his 1812 pension in Wayne Co MO. ?

May a DAR member or someone could check the DAR plaque or with them to find out more about John Boyd. It would show his wife, pension where he fought etc. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Al Boyd [mailto:al.boyd@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:53 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees