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John Boyd, Sr.

Male 1764 - 1852  (88 years)


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  • Name John Boyd 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 1 Nov 1764  Richmond Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 20 Oct 1852  Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 10 Nov 1852  Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1429  MyTree
    Last Modified 23 Feb 2011 

    Father Robert Boyd, Sr.,   b. Bef 1728, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between Feb 1806 and May 1806, Iredell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 78 years) 
    Mother Eleanor McCullough,   b. Abt 1732, Province of Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1819, Iredell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 1752  Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Leach,   b. 19 Dec 1773, Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1863, Trigg Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 10 Nov 1791  Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Abner Boyd,   b. 4 Aug 1792, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1844, Pike Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     2. Eleanor M. Boyd,   b. 7 May 1794, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1828, Pike Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     3. Margaret E. Boyd,   b. 3 Aug 1796, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1816, Logan Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     4. Isabella Boyd,   b. 16 Jan 1799, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1876, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. John Boyd, Jr.,   b. Jan 1803, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1804, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    +6. Nancy Boyd,   b. 19 Jan 1804, Burke Co., NC (Jackson Co., TN?) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1847, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    +7. John Adlai Boyd,   b. 26 Nov 1804, Iredell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1881, Muhlenburg Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     8. James Hall Boyd,   b. 20 Jun 1807, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1846, Christian Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
     9. Alfred C. Boyd,   b. 7 Nov 1809, Burke Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1880, Christian Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +10. Robert W. Boyd,   b. 27 Mar 1812, Wilson Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 25 Dec 1894 and 26 ??? 1894, Calahan Co., TX or Graves Co., KY (unproven) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    +11. Elizabeth L. Boyd,   b. 21 Apr 1814, Logan Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1892, Logan Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     12. Martha C. Boyd,   b. 8 Aug 1816, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1830, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     13. Hannah Ewing Boyd,   b. 12 Dec 1818, Stewart Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1897, Trigg Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F5096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Listed in the Battle of King's Mountain:
      Boyd, John (k)
      Boyd, John, Lieutenant
      Boyd, William

      On 15 February 1809 in Iredell County, North Carolina, William
      Leatch, Thomas Leach, Alexander Witherspoon, Samuel Cross, John Boyd
      Sr., Joseph Bogle, and John Boyd Jr., legatees of John Leich, to
      William Hines of Iredell Co., part of a tract originally granted to
      Samuel Woods, both sides of Muddy Fork of the Lower Little River, 640
      acres, bearing the date 29 Oct 1782. Wits. William Reed, Thomas
      Mordak, William Smith (Ibid., (citing Deed Book G:226).

      John Boyd
      Kentucky Federal Population Schedules:
      NC 1810 Federal Census Index, Burke Co., No Township, Page 107.
      NC 1820 Federal Census Index, Christian Co., No Township, Page 29.

      He and his family left North Carolina about 1811 and went to Logan
      Co., Ky.

      On 20 November 1812 Iredell County, North Carolina, William Leach,
      Thomas Leach, Alexander & Martha Witherspoon, Samuel & Margaret Cross,
      John & Elizabeth Boyd, and John Boyd Jr. all of the State of
      Tennessee, Wilson County, of one part, to Edward Barnes of Iredell Co.
      of the other part, the remaining 320 acres of the land of John Leach.
      Wit.George Bogle, James Bogle, Jurat, Robt. Erwin (Surry County
      DeedsRecords: DB H:352-353, County Court House, unknown repository
      address.). (Black, Iredell County, North Carolina, (citing Deed Book
      H:352).).

      John Boyd - Kentucky Land Grants: Acres: 100 Book: D, Survey Date:
      9-19-1817 County: Christian, WaterCourse: Saline Cr Page: Township:
      Range: Reference: The Kentucky Land Grants Volume 1 Part 1 Chapter
      VI KY Land Warrants (1816-1873) The Counties of Kentucky, page 483.

      About 1817, John and ten of his children moved to Stewart Co.,Tenn.
      There he purchased 271 acres on the north bank of Green Tree Grove
      Creek, about a mile south of the Trigg Co., Ky. line. This land
      remained in the family until 1880. John purchased the land from land
      speculator Joshua Cates who had acquired it from a recipient of a
      North Carolina grant given to Revolutionary veterans. By 1850, only
      Robert remained with his parents on the farm. John died in 1852, his
      will being found under Settlements and Bonds, Book XX, p. 173,
      directing sale of the property for benefit of wife, Elizabeth, who had
      moved into daughter, Hannah's, home in Trigg Co., Ky. Personal
      property was sold for $571.98, much of it to James Mathis and Richard
      Hudson, sons-in-law of John Boyd. In the minute books,

      Stewart County Deed Book C (typed in 1921 as Book 3) [1809-1818
      registrations for 1789-1818 deeds]
      349 Benjamin Brinson and Lewis Williams to Drury Brinson, 2
      tracts on Wells Creek: 100a adj. Sterling May’s W bou., Ganse Brinson
      (part of 640a grant to Samuel Benton), and 228a adj. John Boyd’s SE
      corner (274a), granted to Anthony Foster; wit: Robert Cooper, James
      Malloy; 6 Feb 1818, registered 22 Oct 1818

      1830 Census, Stewart Co., TN:
      John Boyd: 1 m. 15-20, 1 m. 20-30, 1 m. 60-70, 2 f. 10-15, 1 f.
      15-20, 1 f. 50-60.
      (Robert W. age 18, Alfred C. age 21 John age 66; Hannah Ewing age 12,
      Martha C. age 14, Elizabeth L. age 16, Elizabeth Leach Boyd age 57. By
      1830, Abner, Isabella, Nancy, J. Adlai and James H. are grown and
      moved out. Eleanor, John Jr. and Margaret are dead.)

      John Adalai is also found in the 1830 Census for Stewart Co., TN,
      roll 181, pg. 231, with 1 m. under 5, 1 m. 5-10, 1 m. 20-30; 1 f.
      under 5, 1 f. 30-40.

      1840 Census, Stewart Co., TN:
      John Boyd: 1 m. under 5, 1 m. 20-30, 1 m. 70-80; 1 f. under 5, 1 f.
      20-30, 1 f. 60-70.
      (Must be John Adlai Boyd with 1 son under 5, John 27, John Boyd Sr.
      76; 1 daughter under 5, wife 20-30, and Elizabeth Leach Boyd 67).

      1850 Census, Stewart Co., TN
      John age 83 and Elizabeth age 76 are living with their son, Robert and his family.
      United States Census, 1850 for John Boyd
      Name: John Boyd
      Residence: Stewart county, Stewart , Tennessee
      Age: 83 years
      Calculated Birth Year: 1767
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Gender: Male
      Film Number: 444852
      Digital GS Number: 4202145
      Image Number: 00424
      Line Number: 13
      Dwelling House Number: 544
      Family Number: 544
      Household Gender Age
      Robert Boyd M 38 y
      Hariet Boyd F 34 y
      Elisabeth Boyd F 14 y
      William Boyd M 12 y
      Jacob Boyd M 9 y
      Mary Boyd F 7 y
      Gabrella Boyd F 5 y
      Margaret Boyd F 3 y
      John Boyd M 83 y
      Elisabeth Boyd F 76 y

      Stewart County Settlements and Bonds, Volume XX (Jan. 1852 - Aug.
      1854)
      transcribed 2003 by Jim Long
      173 Will of John Boyd: wife Elizabeth Boyd; executor is R. W. Boyd;
      wit: Richard Hudson, James Mathis; written 20 Oct 1852,
      proven Feb. term 1853
      173 letters of administration to R. W. Boyd to execute the will of
      John Boyd; 7 Feb 1853
      176 Robert W. Boyd, John A. Lisenby, Samuel L. Gentry, executor's bond
      for the will of John Boyd; 7 Feb 1853
      215 sale of the estate of John Boyd by administrator R. W. Boyd; 8 Mar
      1853
      323 John A. Lisenby, Robert W. Boyd, Hyram T. Bogard, administrator's
      bond for William Cross; 6 Feb 1853
      395 receipt from R. W. Boyd, executor of John Boyd, for sale of land
      belonging to the estate; 1 May 1854

      John's Will was probated on 7 Feb 1853 in Stewart Co., TN.

      Court of March 8, 1853, Elizabeth petitioned for the sale of the
      land, the court allowing 40 days grace before demanding an auction of
      the property. Robert apparently bought the land, but on May 1, 1854,
      Book 13, P. 237, he sued the heirs for the purchase money. Court
      directed money be put in Robert's hand for use by Elizabeth, and that
      title be divested from the heirs and bestowed on Robert.

      In 1880, Robert sold the land to W.H. Johnson who, in 1884, sold it
      to W. J. White. In 1942 the Whites sold the land to the U.S.
      Government for use by Fort Campbell. The grave sites of
      John and Elizabeth have not been located. The U.S. Army Engineers
      moved all cemetaries off the Military Reservation, and while some
      effort was made to record new burial sites, the Boyds, Hudsons and
      Mathis names do not appear. Many of their neighbors were interred in
      the Red Top/Fairview Cemetary about a mile south of Highway 79 on the
      Needmore Road. Many of the markers are eroded, fallen or covered with
      detritus. This is the most probable site for the Boyd burial site.
      (Above compiled by Charles Boyd Morgan of Amarillo, Texas.).

      Stewart County Settlements and Bonds, Volume XX (Jan. 1852 – Aug.
      1854)
      Transcribed 2003 by Jim Long:
      173 will of John Boyd: wife Elizabeth Boyd; executor is R. W.
      Boyd; wit: Richard Hudson, James Mathis; written 20 Oct 1852, proven
      Feb. term 1853
      173 letters of administration to R. W. Boyd to execute the will
      of John Boyd; 7 Feb 1853 176 Robert W. Boyd, John A. Lisenby,
      Samuel L. Gentry, executor’s bond for the will of John Boyd; 7 Feb
      1853
      215 sale of the estate of John Boyd by administrator R. W.
      Boyd; 8 Mar 1853
      323 John A. Lisenby, Robert W. Boyd, Hyram T. Bogard,
      administrator’s bond for William Cross; 6 Feb 1854
      395 receipt from R. W. Boyd, executor of John Boyd, for sale of
      land belonging to the estate; 1 May 1854.
      (Courtesy of Tommy Allen)

      Note: This R. W. Boyd must be Robert Boyd, 6th son of John Boyd Sr.
      m. Elizabeth Leach. Robert Boyd married Harriet Sherril 10 Nov 1792
      in Burke Co., NC. Robert died 26 Dec 1894 in Graves Co., KY .
      Daughters of John Boyd Sr., Isabella Boyd m. James Mathis 6 Jan 1824
      in Stewart Co., Hannah Boyd m. Richard Hudson 10 Nov 1791 in Burke
      Co., NC., and Nancy Boyd m. William Cross 27 Jan 1827 in Stewart Co.,
      TN. Possibly John A. Lisenby, Samuel L. Gentry and Hyram T. Bogard
      were husbands of three of the four other daughters ... Eleanor M.,
      Margaret E., Elizabeth L. and Martha C. (MCM-2004)

      From: Atlas of the Cumberland Pioneer Settlements 1779 - 1804. Authors Bill Puryear, Jack Masters & Doug Drake.
      * On May 13, 1780 the following pioneers signed the Cumberland Compact. The document provided guidelines for a constitutional government until North Carolina was formed in what was then Davidson County in 1783. Only the names are provided here - we follow each with a short biographical sketch in our completed work.

      "Rich'd Henderson, Nath'l Hart, Wm H. Moore, Jn'o Donelson C., Gasper Mansker, John Caffery, John Blackemore Sen'r, John Blakemore Jun'r, James Shaw, Samuel Deson, Samuel Martin, James Buchanan, Solomon Turpin, Isaac Rentfro, Robert Cartwright, Hugh Rogan, Joseph Morton, William Woods, David Mitchell, David Shelton, Spill Coleman, Sam'l McMurray, P. Henderson, Edward Bradley, Edw'd Bradley Jun'r, Ja's Bradley, Michael Stoner, Joseph Mosely, Henry Guthrie, Francis Armstrong, Robert Lucas, J's Robertson, George Freland, James Freland, John Tucker, Peter Catron, Philop Catron, Francis Catron, John Dunham, Isaac Johnson, Adam Kelar, Tho's Burgess, Wm Burgess, William Green, Moses Webb, Absalom Thompson, John McVay, James Thomson, Charles Thomson, Robert Thomson, Martain Hardin, Elijah Thomson, Andrew Thomson, William Leaton, Edward Thomelu, Isaac Drake, Jonathan Jening, Zachariah Green, Andrew Lucas, James [X] Patrick, Rich'd Gross, John Drake, Daniel Turner, Timothy Terel, Isaac Lefever, Thomas Fletcher, Sam'l Barton, James Ray, Thomas Denton, Thomas Hendricks, John Holloday, Frederick Stump, William Hood, John Boyd, Jacob Stump, Henry Hardin, Richard Stanton, Sampson Sawyers, John Holson, Ralph Wilson, James Givens, Robert Givens, Ja's Harrod, James Buchanan Sr. William Geioch, Sam'l Shelton, John Gibson, Robert Espey, George Espey, William Gowen, John Wilson, James Espey, Michael Kimberlin, John Cowan, Francis Hodge, William Fleming, James Leeper, George Leeper, Daniel Mungle, Patrick McCutchan, Sam'l McCutchan, Wm Price, Henry Kerbey, Joseph jackson, Daniel Ragsdil, Michael Shaver, Samuel Willson, John Reid, Joseph Daugherty, George Daugherty, Cha's Cameron, W. Russell Jun'r, Hugh Simpson, Samuel Moore, Joseph Denton, Arthur McAdoo, James McAdoo, Nath'l Henderson, John Evans, Wm. Bailey Smith, Peter Luney, Jon Luney, James Cain, Dan'l Johnston, Dan'l Jarrot, Jesse Maxey, Noah Hawthorn, Charles McCartney, John Anderson, Matthew Anderson, William McWhorter, Bartnet Hainey, Rich'd Sims, Titus Murray, James Hamilton, Henry Daugerty, Zach White Burgess White, William Calley, James Ray, William Ray, Perley Grimes, Samuel White, Daniel Hogan, Tho's Hines, Robert Goodloe, Tho's W. Alston, Wm Barret, Thomas Shannon, James Moore, Edward Moore, Rich'd Moore, Sam'l Moore, Elijah Moore, John Moore, Demsey Moore, Andrew Ewin, Ebenezer Titus, Mark Roberson, John Montgomery, Charles Campbill, William Overall, John Turner, Nathaniel Overall, Patrick Quigley, Josias Gamble, Sam'l Newell, Joseph Read, David Maxwell, Thos. Jefriss, Joseph Dunnagin, John Phelps, Andrew Bushongs, Daniel Ragsdell, Jn'o McMyrty, D. D. Williams, John McAdams, Samson Williams, Thomas Thompson, Martin King, Wm Logan, John Allstead, Nicholas Counrod, Evin Evins, Jonathan Evins, Thomas, Joshua Thomas, David Rounsavall, Isaac Rounsavall, James Crocket, Andrew Crocket, Russell Gower, John Shannon, David Shannon, Jonathan Drake, Benjamin Drake, John Drake, Mereday Rains, Rich'd Dodge, James Green, James Cooke, Daniel Johnston, Geo. Mines, George Green, WilIiam More, Jacob Cimberlin, Robert Dockerty, John Crow, William Summers, Lesois Frize [?], Amb's Mauldin, Morton Mauldin, John Dukham, Archelaus Allaway, Sam'l Hayes, Nath'l Hayes, Isaac Johnson, Thomas Edmeston, Ezek'l Norris, William Purnell, Wm McMurrey, John Condey, NiColas Tramal, Haydon Wells, Daniel Ratletf, John Callaway, John Pleake, Willis Pope, Silas Harlan, Hugh Leeper, Harmon Consellea, Humphrey Hogan, James Foster, Wm Morris, Nathaniel Bidkew, A. Tatom, William Hinson, Edmund Newton, Jonathan Green, John Phillips, George Flynn, Daniel Jarrott, John Owens, James Freland, Tho's Molloy, Isaac Lindsey, Isaac Bledsoe, Jacob Castleman, George Power, James Lynn, Thomas Cox, Edward Lucas, Philip Alston, James Russell"

      * Summary and detailed location of all known Pioneer sites. Armstrong's Station, Asher's Station, Barton's Station, Hugh Bell's Blockhouse, Bells Station, Bledsoe's Fort, Bosley's Station, John Brown's Station, Thomas Brown's Station, Buchanan's Station, Desha's Station, John Donelson's Station, Dromgooles Station, Douglass Station, Thomas Dunbar's Blockhouse, Dunham's Station, Elliott's Station, Fort Blount, Fort Defiance, aka Johnston's Station, Freeland Station, Greenfield Fort, Hall's Station, Hamilton's Fort, Hardiman's Station, Hay's Station, Heaton's Station - Old (aka Eaton's Station), Heaton's Station New (aka Eaton's Station), Hendricks Station, Hickmans Station (aka Hogatts station), Hodge's Station, Johnson's Station, Joslin's Station, Kiefes Station, Kilgore's Station, Mansker's Station - 1st, Mansker's 2nd, Martin's Blockhouse, Mayfield's Station, Morgan's Fort, James Maulding's Station, Morton Maulding's Station, Mouth of Red River Station, Nashborough, Robert Nelson's Blockhouse, Neville's Station, Nolen's Station, Prince's Station, Rains Station, Renfro's Station (aka Fort Union, aka Red River Station, aka Red River Station), Ridley's Station, Robertson's Station, Sanders Fort, Sevier's Station (aka Ford's Station), Station Camp, Stones River Station, Thompson's Station, James Thompson's Station, Thomas Thompson's Station, Tittsworth's Station, Walnut Field Station, White's Station, Williams Station, Wilson's Station, Zeigler's Station,