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- William stated in his declaration to obtain a Rev. War pension that he
was born in York Co. Pa. As William and Robert are older than Thomas
-- it is *presumed* that they were born in Pennsylvania, too. (Source:
Linda Boyd Lawhon)
On 20 April 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, the land of John Gable Sr.
was said to have been surveyed by William Boyd, Dep. Surveyor to
Christopher Beekman, but the survey was not given to him because it
was lost or burnt in said Boyd house (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778,
Volume
I, page 151).
On 3 May 1780 Burke Co., North Carolina, # 1569 entry, p. 519
"William Boyd, son of Robert Boyd, 200 acres on Lower Little River.
May 3, 1780" (Ibid., Volume II, page 14.).
He appeared on the census of 1790 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina;
Morgan District, 8th Co., William Boyd 1m +16, 3m -16, 1f.
In 1791 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, William appeared on a tax
list in Capt. Forrister's Dist. with 100 acres.
In 1793 Burke Co., North Carolina,::: Capt. Austin's Company: William
Boyd 300 acres, 1 poll (Huggins, Burke County Land 1778, Volume II,
page 131).
In 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, he was on the tax list of Capt.
Austin, listed with 300 acres and
1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 110).
On 22 October 1794 Burke Co., North Carolina, Hugh Reed to Wm. Boyd,
300a., pr. William Reed. This deed was recorded in the court minutes
of 1794, p. 242 (Ibid., Volume IV, page 21).
In 1795 Burke Co., North Carolina,: he was on the tax list of Capt.
Austin, 300 acres, 1 poll (Ibid., Volume IV, page 114).
On 25 March 1796 in Burke Co., North Carolina, he sold 200 acres to
John Boyd.
On 30 September 1799 in Sumner County, Tennessee, William Boyd: was
listed on a petition of citizens wanting a new county formed and his
name appeared near to those of Jeremiah Taylor, Samuel Young, and some
Beards ("Petitions to the General Assembly of Tennessee," The
Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Ansearchin' News, Spring, Vol. 39 No.
1 (1992): page
23. Hereinafter cited as "Tennessee Petitions".).
In 1801 in Smith County, Tennessee: his signature appeared on a
petition.
In 1803 in Wilson County, Tennessee, on a tax list in Capt. Wood's
District with 257 acres on Sander's Fork (Partlow, Tax Lists of
Wilson, page 11).
In 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, he was listed in Capt. Cannon's
District No. 2 with 200 acres on Sanders Fork. His brother, Aaron
Boyd, is listed with 57 acres (Ibid., page 15.).
On 20 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, page 407:
Jeremiah Taylor of Smith Co., to Wm. Boyd of Wilson Co., 357 acres.
Wit. Abrm. Britton and Robert Boyd.
On 25 June 1804 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, pages
407-408: William Boyd of Smith Co., to Joseph McCleskey of Wilson Co.,
100 a. lying on the water of Sander's fork of Smith's fork. Wit. James
McBride and Samuel McCleskey.
On 12 May 1807 in Wilson County, Tennessee, a William Boyd attended
the estate sale of Samuel Bogle -- it may not be this older William
Boyd. ("Research and Records of Patricia Wilson Spradley (Dallas,
Texas) , Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:39; From: Pat
Spradley . Hereinafter cited as "Research &
Records".).
On 15 July 1808 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book C, page 252:
William Boyd of Wilson County to William C. Hodges, 200 acres on
Sanders Fork of Smiths Fork. Wit. Christopher Cooper, Arthur Harris,
Robert Bogle.
On 15 February 1809 Iredell County, North Carolina, William Leach,
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 (Black,
Iredell
County, North Carolina, (citing Deed Book G:226).).
On 23 October 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Book D, page 440:
William Boyd of Bedford Co. to Aaron Boyd of Wilson Co., 57 acres
lying and
being in the County of Wilson on Sanders Fork and Smiths fork and
being a
part of a tract of land that the sd. Wm. Boyd purchased of Jeremiah
Taylor
(Wilson County Deeds: Deed Book D:440, County Clerk's Office, Wilson
County, Tennessee; Hereinafter cited as Wilson County Deeds.).
In 1812 Bedford County, Tennessee, Tax List, Capt. Duncan Nulle's Co.
lists: William Boyd, William Boyd (2), and Alexander Boyd.
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