My branch of the GA Boyds descends from James Boyd b. 1740 at Knockavaddy Rock, Dungannon, County Tyrone, NIR married in 1780 Nancy Weir b. 1745 Cookstown, County Tyrone, NIR. This family came to the US in 1795 and entered at Charleston, SC. They migrated to GA in 1817 and settled in Hall County, GA. My James Boyd was the an alleged grandson of Captain James Boyd, the second son of William Boyd, 1st Earl of Kilmarnock. Yours Aye, David Boyd in GA