February 11, 2000 Dear Jan: I believe that I may be offer some help but you will need to do some homework based upon my findings. First, I consulted the Compiled Service Record and Unit rosters for SC Confed troops, I have none of the other Confed states as the full set costs $1,500 and "Broken Fortunes" by Randolph Kirkland which is the best single register of SC Confed deaths. 1. Robert Boyd 6th Cav, Co. C was killed in action; 2. Robert Boyd, 5th State Troops, Co. A, survived the War and if your man had a brother or other kin named A.J. Boyd, then this is probably your man. I could not find the 5th State referred to as "Hatch's Coastal Ranger's" but the 5th was composed of men over 40 and boys under 17 and they saw limited action which would be consistent with a unit name that I have not seen referenced before. I do not have Stewart Sifakis SC edition of "The Confederate Compendium" which might list "Hatch's". Since Robert was born in 1835, he most likely was attached to a regular Confederate Unit but some eligible men were assigned to State Troops if they had physical impairments, were overseers, or in some other deferred. 3. Capt. Robert Boyd, 6th Reserve, Co. A could be your man. 4. Sgt. Robert Boyd, 17th Inf, Co. D. died of disease while in service to the Confederacy so he is eliminated. Furthermore, the 17th was primarily ogranized from men in the Central and western part of SC. 5. Robert Boyd, 23rd Inf, Cos. A and C, is an unlikely but possible choice since the 23rd was not staffed by eastern SC men. MY GUESS is that man #2 is your soldier and I'd order his CSR to see if the recruitment dates etc. match with your gentleman, if not then try #3 and then #5. I checked the Horry County pension rolls and Robert Boyd nor his widow Sarah received a pension in the years from 1898 to 1924, so he was either not in Horry County or did not financially qualify for the pension, which nearly all applicants or widows got by 1921. Being born in 1835, he was more than old enough to qualify by 1900. You might want to e-mail Mac Wyckoff, a real exper in SC Confederate units and if he has tiem he will try to answer your query re, "Hatch's Rangers". I checked his website and it is not listed http://members.tripod.com/mwyckoff/index.html . I hope that is coorect. If I may be of further service or if you can provide more clues as to your man's Confed service, then please let me know and I'll see what I can do. Sincerely Yours----Julian Jan Neal wrote: > Julian: > > Would you look up Robert Boyd for me? I've had a hard time with this > because The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. Vol. II shows that > there were six Robert Boyds who served from SC. My Robert Boyd was Robert > T. Boyd, Jr., from Horry Co. Before the war he lived in Horry, and after > the war (in 1870) he lived in Shallotte Township in Brunswick Co., NC, > before moving back to Horry Co. He was born about 1835 and died 1914 in > Loris, Horry Co., SC. His wife was Sarah E. Gore. I have narrowed the > Robert Boyds down to which one I think he was. There was a Robert Boyd who > served in the 23rd SC Regiment, Co. A, C (probably not Sgt. Robert A. Boyd > in Co. F). I have read that this regiment, known as Hatch's Coast Rangers, > was made up of men from Horry, Georgetown, Charleston and Colleton > Counties. I, of course, don't know anything for sure. This is just my > best guess. Thank you so very much for the help. > > Jan > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > More SCHORRY-L listmember sites: > 16. Van & Katherine Jenerette > http://members.aol.com/vandoniii/familytree.html > 17. Elizabeth Whitten ewhitten@ro.com > http://ro.com/~ewhitten/ > 18. Debbie Parsons debpar@pahrump.net > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1602/ > 19. Tom Harrelson- tharr29@idt.net > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3087/ > 20. Ron Hall- phillhall@email.msn.com > http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Quarter/5221 > 21. Marion Banks McGee - MarionBMc@aol.com > http://www.geocities.com/~marionbmc/ > 22. Danny Lee Blanton > http://millennium.fortunecity.com/abbeydale/731/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/