Hi, I've been "lurking" in the background here for several weeks, trying to get the "flavor" of Pike County. I may or may not have had relatives/ancestors there, but I have a strong hunch they may have been there for a short time. Also, I've been watching all the discourse on Hollonville, which is where my sister lives --- right at the intersection of Hollonville Rd. and 362. It's about 25 minutes from my home near Sharpsburg in Coweta County. I don't want to make any promises I can't keep, but we have talked about checking out that Hollonville Cemetery --- she is not "into" genealogy --- yet. But I'm working on her. Let me see what we can do. I would love to survey it and make it available on the Pike County site. Now ... for family. My Robert Boyd left Newberry Dist., SC in 1822 and headed for Georgia, according to a message on the Rootsweb family trees. His sons were witnesses to the sale of his land, so I'm pretty sure the transaction exists somewhere in the Newberry Courthouse. The next record I have of Robert is his will recorded in 1847 in Meriwether County, in which he leaves land to his children in "formerly Troup, now Meriwether County ..." I found the land on the map and drove down there and was shocked when I found it was almost in Pike County. It is on Sullivan Road near Mt. Carmel church and just a land lot and a half away from the Flint River and Pike County. (Land lot 269 in the upper ninth dist. of Meriwether). I drove four more miles and was sitting in my sister's living room with my mouth hanging open at the coincidence of the proximity. She was a little surprised too. Well, if Robert left Newberry in 1822, neither Troup nor Meriwether existed then. So, we thought ... where would he go? Then the light came on and we said ... Pike. A quick check of the Pike County history book in the Fayetteville library gave me the encouraging information that a William Boyd was among the fortunate drawers in Pike, drawing land in the first district, I believe it was land lot 142. Anyway, it is right there in western Pike, near the Flint River. This William's land was probably a stone's throw from Robert's land in Meriwether. The book has a wonderful map of Pike showing land lots and districts. Robert had a son named William and I'm wondering if this could be the same William Boyd and maybe that was the reason his father moved to Georgia. Robert was an old man of 60 or so when he moved to Georgia and I can't imagine pulling up stakes and moving at that age, unless there was a reason. Most of his children ended up in Meriwether by 1840 (including William) and moved to Carroll between 1850 and 1860, after Robert died. My ancestor is Hugh Boyd, William's brother. I haven't had time to do much Pike county research, but I just wanted to introduce myself and let everybody know why I am signed on to this list. The newspaper excerpts are wonderful and I'm saving all the ones that refer to Hollonville to give to my sister. She and her husband bought an older home that was owned by two brothers, supposedly Hollonville natives. I can't remember their names. They have remodeled it and in the spring it is a botanical showplace. Will lurk some more until I get my bearings or can do some serious research on this William Boyd. Just wanted to say hello to all ... especially Valerie. :-) Our paths have crossed many times. Judy Fowler Kilgore Newnan