Hello Judy, I am researching Joseph Boyd b. circa 1855 in Georgia. There was nothing in you posting that specifically connect Joseph to Boyd family but the time and the fact that your Robert was from Meriwether County are interesting. Joseph is my wife's great-grandfather who lived for a time in Meriwether County, Georgia. He is listed on the 1870 Census for Taylor County as living with Willis & Mary Elkins. He married Nettie Wadsworth in 1896 in Marion County. Nettie gave birth to Eva Pearl Boyd (my wife's grandmother) in June of 1897 and died in July of the same year. I am guessing from complications of childbirth. Joseph was married again in 1899 to Julia Chapman. This marriage produced two sons, John Thomas and Burl Boyd. Julia died circa 1910. Several of the members of this family worked at the cotton mill in Meriwether County. Joseph died in Coplumbus, Georgia in 1934 and is buried in Pine Level Cemetery in Maulk, Taylor County, Georgia. Both of his wives are buried there also. There is also the possibility he may have been married before Nettie since he was circa 40 years of age at the time of this marriage. I was wondering if there might be a connection to Joseph. I have not been able to get past him due to the lack of information and the name Joseph and Boyd is so common. If you have anything that might help me I would appreciate you sharing it with me. Donald

Donald, Unfortunately, I don't seem to have any of your family in the Boyd Trees Project. However, if you send me a GEDCOM or FTM file of them, then I could include them as well. Boyd Trees is a data base devoted to any family tree that includes the surname BOYD. Stop by and take a look at what we do have: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees Do your cousins know who and where you are? Mine do. John H. Boyd -----Original Message----- From: GunthorpeDgunny@cs.com [mailto:GunthorpeDgunny@cs.com] Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 7:47 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ClanBoyd] Robert H. Boyd - SC > Meriwether Hello Judy, I am researching Joseph Boyd b. circa 1855 in Georgia. There was nothing in you posting that specifically connect Joseph to Boyd family but the time and the fact that your Robert was from Meriwether County are interesting. Joseph is my wife's great-grandfather who lived for a time in Meriwether County, Georgia. He is listed on the 1870 Census for Taylor County as living with Willis & Mary Elkins. He married Nettie Wadsworth in 1896 in Marion County. Nettie gave birth to Eva Pearl Boyd (my wife's grandmother) in June of 1897 and died in July of the same year. I am guessing from complications of childbirth. Joseph was married again in 1899 to Julia Chapman. This marriage produced two sons, John Thomas and Burl Boyd. Julia died circa 1910. Several of the members of this family worked at the cotton mill in Meriwether County. Joseph died in Coplumbus, Georgia in 1934 and is buried in Pine Level Cemetery in Maulk, Taylor County, Georgia. Both of his wives are buried there also. There is also the possibility he may have been married before Nettie since he was circa 40 years of age at the time of this marriage. I was wondering if there might be a connection to Joseph. I have not been able to get past him due to the lack of information and the name Joseph and Boyd is so common. If you have anything that might help me I would appreciate you sharing it with me. Donald ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite BOOKS http://clanboyd.info/books/forsale http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees