Janet Estep, Perhaps this is your Boyd family: Joseph Boyd m Nancy ____ b c1770 widowed and blind in 1860.. On 8 Jun 1829 PCVA Joseph deeded 200 acres to his six children: Jonathan, Elizabeth, Nancy, Patience, Robert and Zincy. Jonathan Boyd b c1802 Patrick Co VA m Mary "Polly" _____ b c1813 Patrick Co VA. Children: Nancy, Lavina, Ceily, John E., Robert A., Isaac & Malissa. Nancy Burnett b NC , age 62, living with this family in 1850 (probably mother-in-law). Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Joseph Boyd b c1830 Patrick Co VA, a Lt. 22nd VA Cavalry Civil War, m Priscilla Robinson b c1830 from Robinson Creek, PikeCo.KY. Child: Elija F. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA Fam #45. Elija F. Boyd b c1850 Russell Co VA, son of Joseph & Priscilla Robinson Boyd Nancy Boyd b Dec 1831 Russell CoVA d 1915 LeeCoKY, dau of Jonathan & Polly m (Simeon?) A. J. Samples. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Lavina Boyd b c1835 Russell CoVA, dau of Jonathan & Polly Boyd. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Celia Boyd b c1837 Russell CoVA, dau of Jonathan and Polly Boyd, m 26 Jun 1855 James B. Hurt. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. John L. Boyd b c1842 Russell CoVA Civil War Vet of RussellCoVA, a Primitive Baptist Minister, son of Jonathan and Polly. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Robert A. Boyd b c1845 Russell CoVA, son of Jonathan and Polly Boyd. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Isaac L. Boyd b c1847 Russell CoVA, a widower 1 June 1880, with the Home Guard, Civil War, son of Jonathan and Polly, m 29 Aug 1868 RussellCoVA Sarah A. Hurt b c1852. Children: Nancy Ellen, Charles W., Maggie, Nora, Otis, Phoebe. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Nancy Ellen Boyd b c1870, dau of Isaac L. & Sarah A. Hurt Boyd. Charles William Boyd b c1871, son of Isaac L. & Sarah A. Hurt Boyd, m 24 Dec 1890 TazewellCoVA Mary Jane (Mollie) Hankins. 11 children: the first six through Lenora had all attended school during the past year (1910) and could read and write. The five youngest, Clyde, Clarence, Sarah, Hattie and Otis P. Lenora Boyd, dau of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd. Clyde Boyd b c1903, son of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd .Clarence Boyd b c1905, son of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd. Sarah Boyd b c 1907, dau of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd. Hattie Boyd b c1909, dau of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd Otis P. Boyd b 1910, son of Charles Wm. & Mary Jane Hankins Boyd. Carl Boyd b 1916 RussellCoVa living 1991 British Columbia Canada. Story in Mountain Laurel July 1991. Margaret (Maggie) Boyd b c1873 d c1889 of diptheria or typhoid fever, dau of Isaac L. & Sarah A. Hurt Boyd Otis Boyd b c1976, son of Isaac L. & Sarah A. Hurt Boyd Phoebe Boyd b c1977, dau of Isaac L. & Sarah A. Hurt Boyd Melissa "Winnie" Boyd b c1849 Russell CoVA, dau of Jonathan and Polly. Children: Selia & Tonas, later m Mr. Fenton. Child: Marie Fenton Dietrich. Melissa went on a wagon train to Utah and there was a conflict with the Indians. Ref #98 FTM Russell Co VA fam #46. Selia b c1870, dau of Melissa Boyd. Tonas b c1874 committed suicide at age 18 or older, hung himself on a peach tree, son of Melissa Boyd. Charles H. Boyd b 1851, son of Jonathan & Polly, m Mariah _____ b c1854, dau of Catherine Wiser b c1838. Children: Sarah, William S. and Doug Sarah K. Boyd b c1877, dau of Charles H. & Mariah Boyd, m Drayton Thompson. Children: Garnet (Slim) and Blanche. Garnet (Slim) Thompson drove a Greyhound bus, son of Drayton & Sarah K. Boyd Thompson Blanche Thompson, dau of Drayton & Sarah K. Boyd Thompson, m Herbert Samples. William S. Boyd b c1874, son of Charles H. & Mariah Boyd Doug Boyd, son of Charles H. & Mariah Boyd Elizabeth Boyd maybe widowed 1860, dau of Joseph & Nancy Boyd, m Harvey Peck. 7 children as of 1850 Nancy Boyd, dau of Joseph & Nancy Boyd, m Abraham Reynolds, a millwright from MD. First six children ranging in ages from eitht to twenty years were all born in WytheCo., but their last child, was born in RussellCo in 1840. dau Caroline Reynolds. Patience Boyd, dau of Joseph & Nancy Boyd, m William Helton. five children. Rozina Boyd. dau Caroline Caroline, dau of Rozina m 8 Jul 1858 David C. Miller. Dau b c1859. Robert Boyd, son of Joseph & Nancy Boyd, m Nancy _____. seven children Robert Boyd b c1780, brother of Joseph Boyd, m 23 Oct 1806 PCVA Elizabeth Rakes, dau of Charles Rakes. Ref #92. Children: Elisha Boyd, Samuel Boyd & Oney "Leony" Boyd. Ref #61 .Elisha Boyd b c1807, son of Robert & Elizabeth Rakes Boyd, m 18 Nov 1830 FranklinCoVA Ella Leah Cockran. Sur. Isham Cockran. They came to Russell CoVA from FranklinCoVA c1837. Sources: Ref #61 - Mountain Legacy, Gayle Fuller Stanley via Ed Talbott Ref #92 - Marriages of Patrick Co. Va. 1791-1850, Lela C. Adams Ref #98 FTM 1850 Census Virginia - Family Tree Maker If this is your family, and you do have anything to add, I would appreciate hearing from you. Nettie S. Clifton, Catonsville MD <nettie@erols.com> ---------