For those of you who have asked about John Boyd, Jr. (Johnny Buckles), he was said to have moved to Kentucky sometime after 1800 and returned to Newberry about 1814. He is found in the 1810 census for Pulaski County, KY. Some of his children stayed there, some are said to have moved to Tennessee, and some went back to Newberry. John "Buckles" died in Newberry County in 1827 and gave the names of all his children and grandchildren in his will --- all 46 of 'em. The will is in Book L, p. 181, Newberry County, written 12 Feb 1823, proven 17 March 1827. I first learned of these Boyds from an excellent book written by George Hugh Boyd and Rosalie Brown Boyd called, "Our Boyd Family, Allied Families, deGraffenried, Tidwell, Milam, Patton." At that time, I didn't know these Boyds were connected to mine ... at least now I can make a reasonable assumption that they are. The book was written in the 1960s and Mr. Boyd finished the first part on the early Boyds by 1965. He then passed away and his wife finished it, bringing the Boyds into Georgia and writing about the ones who were in Meriwether, Pike, Fayette and Campbell counties. While Mr. Boyd made the mistake of assuming my Robert was a grandson of John Sr., as did many others, the book is beautifully written and has some great stories about John Buckles' son, John Boyd, known as Wagonner Jack. I have transcribed the first part of the book into an MS Word document (the part on the early Boyds in Newberry) and would be happy to send it in a PRIVATE e-mail if you will contact me off list. I have not transcribed the entire book. There is no copyright either expressed or implied, however, to be on the safe side, let's keep the correspondence private. This would be the same as my letting you borrow my book, in my opinion. It is for your personal use. Please use this as any other source, and give credit if you use parts of it on your Web site or on your family tree. If you want me to send it, DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST as it will only clutter it with useless messages. Reply to me at jodieK444@aol.com. Also, two years ago, I did a column on these Boyds for my local newspaper, and gave more information on the Fayette and Campbell County (GA) Boyds, in addition to the earlier ones. It is in three parts. If you would like to read this, go to www.thecitizennews.com, and scroll down until you see my column on the right ... "Genealogy." Click on that and it will take you to the most recent column. Up on the left is a link to past columns. You want Sept. 13, 20 and 27, 2002, "Boyds from Ballymena to Bethany." I sincerely hope this may help someone make a Boyd connection. If you are a descendant of John Boyd of Ballymena, you will love this book. Judy Kilgore Newnan, GA