Hi Natalie, No I don't belong to Ancestry.com. My father-in-law might, I need to ask.That might be the right time frame, I need to see when my great grandfather was born maybe I can get closer to Jackson. There is a interesting story regarding their coming to Illinois. Supposedly they came to Illinois after the civil war and settled near Charleston, IL. The story has it that a family of brothers from Kentucky with a grudge followed them there. The story is that they found one of the Boyd's in some pool room in Charleston and there was a big shoot out. All the brothers were killed but so was the Boyd. Nothing to substantiate this though. The other part of the story is that I am not sure if Jackson made the trip to Illinois, or died in Kentucky.I don't know if his wife wasn't an Alice Boyd, I don't have a clue as to where their graves are. I do know where my great grandfather is buried. It is Mound cemetery near Oblong, IL. The same cemetery Burl Ives is buried at. He, his wife and son Frank( who was killed in a knife fight) are all buried next to each other in unmarked graves, or the marking has worn off Anyway thanks for the info, that is more than I had Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Natalie" <natwick@comcast.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Boyd naming patterns > Jeff: Not knowing your age, I don't know what time period you are looking > for. Do you belong to Ancestry.com? Jackson L. Boyd listed in 1870 as > age 8 with A.D. Boyd and Armilda Boyd...born Kentucky (P.O. Green River, > Hart, Kentucky); Jackon Boyd listed with Rachel Boyd as head; his age 18, > born Ky (1870 Census, Meramec, Jefferson, Missouri); and there are Jackson > Boyd's listed in Floyd, Kentucky in 1880. Several genealogies are listed > for ANDREW Jackson Boy in Kentucky; couple of Jackson Boyd's listed in Ky > land Grants, Pulaski County. Natalie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Boyd" <prairie1@shawneelink.net> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Boyd naming patterns > > >>I sure am envious of the folks that can trace their family back. I don't >>have much of a clue about mine after my great grandfather. The best I have >>ever come up with is his father a "Jackson Boyd" who was born as the death >>certificate of my ggf says in " Kentucky Country" >> Jeff >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <JodieK444@aol.com> >> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:02 PM >> Subject: [Boyd] Boyd naming patterns >> >> >>> Usually after they got through naming the first several children after >>> fathers and mothers, they went to aunts, uncles and brothers and >>> sisters. Although >>> not 100 percent reliable, naming patterns can really help you match up >>> your >>> families. The name "Rosannah" in my Boyd family (who migrated from >>> Newberry, SC >>> to Meriwether County, GA) carried down for several generations and went >>> with >>> the family into Georgia, Alabama and sometimes, farther west. >>> >>> Another Boyd family in Meriwether (John and Eleanor Boyd of Abbeville, >>> SC) >>> carried the family names Hannah, Adam, Ebenezer and Alexander. After >>> tracking >>> this family for several generations (both earlier and later), I came to >>> the >>> conclusion they were probably not related to my Boyds from Newberry. >>> This John >>> Boyd's estate (he died in 1836) was settled in both Meriwether and >>> Abbeville. The >>> list of names of legatees in both cases was identical. >>> >>> Another lucky break came when I was tracking Robert Boyd, b. 1791, son >>> of >>> Hugh and Jennett Boyd of Newberry, who married Chloeretta Gray. They >>> also moved >>> to Meriwether. After much research, I found that Robert's daughter, >>> Julia Boyd, >>> married Benjamin White in Meriwether and had a daughter named Chloretta. >>> That >>> sure helped me connect Julia as a child of Robert and Chloeretta. Also, >>> there >>> was a Frederick Boyd in Meriwether. Since Chloeretta's father was >>> Frederick >>> Gray, it was worth the pursuit and I later "cemented" Frederick as a son >>> of >>> Robert and Chloeretta Gray Boyd. Bible and family records from this >>> family later >>> shared by a descendant "sealed the deal." We are still trying to figure >>> out >>> where the name of "McDuffie" came from in this family. McDuffie was >>> another son >>> of Robert and Chloretta. (Chloretta is seen in at least one source as >>> "Floretta" but her mother's name was Chloeretta Dawkins Gray and the >>> Bible record >>> clearly shows Robert's wife as "Chloeretta" or "Chloretta.") Robert >>> remarried >>> twice after Chloretta's death, both times to women named Martha. Now, >>> that has led >>> me on a merry chase! >>> >>> Although it is maddening and frustrating to search through all the >>> Johns, >>> Roberts, Elizabeths and other common names, you can usually latch onto >>> one child >>> whose name is just a little different and it is well worth the research >>> time >>> to check it out. >>> >>> Judy K. in Newnan, GA >>> >>> >>> ==== 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 >