John Boyd (1777 - 1837)

Born 7 Dec 1777 in Orange County, North Carolina

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Leath) Boyd — married 16 Dec 1801 in Anderson East Tennessee

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1837 at age 59 in Putnam, Jackson County, Tennessee

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Biography

John is the son of William Boyd, Revolutionary War Veteran, born 15 March 1761 in Orange County, North Carolina.^[1]

John Boyd, was born 7 Dec 1777. He married Mary Elizabeth (Leath) Boyd. They had 14 children:

1. William Boyd 18 Oct 1802 – unknown
2. Nancy Elizabeth Boyd Harvey 19 Jan 1804–1885
3. Mary Boyd Cross 19 Nov 1806–1873
4. Elizabeth Boyd Vance 2 Dec 1808–1872
5. Ephraim Lemuel Boyd 16 Sept 1810–1874
6. Lavina Boyd 13 May 1812
7. James Robert Boyd 22 April 1814–1862
8. Melinda Boyd 10 Dec 1816 – unknown
9. Ruth Boyd Bockmon 9 Jan 1818–1852
10. John Clinton Boyd 3 Sept 1820 – unknown
11. Alexander Boyd 12 Oct 1821–1910
12. Jefferson Wiseman Boyd 01 Dec 1823–1891
13. Hester Anna Boyd Banks 26 March 1825 – unknown
14. Joseph Bransford Boyd 12 June 1828–1861

Private John Boyd served in the Tennessee, Military in the War of 1812
Service started: September 20, 1814
Unit(s): Capt. John Sutton's Co., W. Tenn. Mil.
Service ended: April 10, 1815

Siblings

Henry S. Boyd 1780–1856 Half Siblings Mildred Boyd Oliver 1785–1837

• Fact: Burial John Boyd Cemetery , Putnam County, Tennessee, USA

The War of 1812

Sources

1. ↑ Chancery Court Records, November Term 1825, Smith County,Tennessee

• War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 for John Boyd, by widow Elizabeth Leath Boyd, [see copy of record in images of this profile].

• Copy of Bible record of John Boyd and Elizabeth Boyd his wife (now widow), [see copy of this record in images of this profile].

• John Boyd (1777-1837) on Find A Grave: Memorial #25568295 retrieved 27 March 2018

• Ancestry family trees: Granville Family Tree. http://person.ancestry.com/tree/2212280/person/-1852656012/facts retrieved 12/2/16