1833, November 4 - James Boyd is listed in the The Last Will and Testament of John Boyd Junior of Spencer County, Kentucky which was recorded in the probate book. "...and James my son to learn the saddlers trade".
John appoints his wife Tabitha as executor of his will. Heirs are listed as follows: Margaret, William, Robert, John, James and George. Also Betsy Boyd now Betsy Veech, Polly Boyd now Polly Stone, and Ruth Boyd now Ruth Carlin. A negro boy Charles is to be given to son George. Signed October 6, 1833.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89DK-KS51?i=218&cc=1875188&cat=242433
Sometime after the death of her husband in late 1833, Tabitha Boyd along with her children and their spouses moved from Spencer County to Daviess County, Kentucky.
1839, April 9 - Court case Joseph Carlin vs. Boyd Heirs. James Boyd is a nonresident but is ordered to appear in court.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-X3CK-K8Z3?cat=126726
1839, October 19 - Court case Jo Carlin vs. Boyd Heirs. Mentions defendant James Boyd.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-X3CK-K8MD?i=385&cat=126726
1840, April 16 - Court case Joseph Carlin vs. Boyd Heirs. James Boyd, a non resident - is ordered to traverse and answer regularly.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-F3CK-KDX5?cat=126726
1840, June 8 - Appears to be a land dispute. John Boyd, the son of John Boyd and Tabitha Boyd, is in possession of 320 acres in Daviess County, Kentucky, that had belonged to his mother. His brothers and sisters and their spouses want the land to be sold and the proceeds divided among them.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-296F-9?cat=104962
1840, November 9 - James Boyd, a minor over 14, the orphan heir of John Boyd, appears in court and asks that Joseph Carlin (his brother in law) be his guardian.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-N3CK-L3J2?cat=126706
1840, November 9 - Joseph Carlin is appointed the Guardian of the person and estate of James Boyd. Joseph Carlin was the brother in law of James and had been married to his sister Ruth.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9066/images/004819916_00099?usePUB=true&pId=82031
1842 - James Boyd purchases a hog and bacon from his uncle Peter Polly.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-18
1842, March 7 - James Boyd purchases from his brother John Boyd and his wife Elizabeth for the sum of $500 175 acres of the original 320 acres that his mother, Tabitha Boyd, had purchased from Baxter Davis.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-K91Z-C?i=397&cat=104962
1842 James Boyd appears in the Daviess County Tax Book - White males over 21 - 1, 1 horse valued at $75.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-KDWJ?cat=155137
1842 James Boyd appears in the Ohio County Tax Book - White males over 21 - 1, Horses -1, Value of horse $75
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-KDWJ?i=803&cat=155137
1842, June 13 - Marriage bond of James Boyd to marry Senora Ann Sharp, signed by her brother John W. Sharp.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-23
1842, June 26 - Ministers Certificate for the wedding of James Boyd and Senora Ann Sharp, signed by Reverend Bazel Ward.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-24
1842, June 26 James Boyd and Senora Ann Sharp were married in Ohio County, Kentucky by Reverend Bazzel Ward of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61372/images/TH-1961-28955-13735-1?pId=2435096
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61372/images/TH-1942-28955-3304-25?pId=1581460
1842, June 26 - The marriage of James boyd and Senora Ann Sharp is recorded incorrectly in Ohio County, Kentucky Records volume II as January 26, 1842
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-25
1842, September 4 - James Boyd owes Joseph Carlin $22.62 1/2 cents. He promises to pay Joseph Carlin back with 30 hogs, 6 sheep, and his current crop of tobacco, on or before the first day of June 1844.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-KSMR-Q?cat=104962
1842, September 24 - James Boyd pays Joseph Carlin $20 on John Boyd deed. Includes James' signature.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-17
1843 James Boyd appears in the Ohio County Tax Book - 180 acres in Ohio County on Barnetts Creek, White males over 20 - 1, 1 Horse, 2 Cows, Total value $540
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-69GS-F?i=1029&cat=156804
1844, May 22 - James Boyd returns a counterfeit dollar bill to Thomas Bell. Other debts listed on receipt.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-10
1844 James Boyd appears in the Ohio County Tax Book - 170 acres in Ohio County on Barnetts Creek, Value of each tract $400, 1 Horse, 2 Cows, Total value $425
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-69P1-B?cat=156804
1844, July 11 - James Boyd and wife Signor (Senora Ann Sharp) sell half a tract of land to Gideon Walker for $300. This lot was the one originally purchased by James' mother Tabitha from Baxter Davis, sold to his brother John Boyd, then 175 acres were sold to James. Witnessed by Newton Allen Sharp, Senora's brother.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-KN9D?i=181&cat=105167
1844, November - Jonathan Hoover pays $1.38 to Ohio County Clerk as administrator of James Boyd estate.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-14
1844, December 23 - Motion and Order for James Boyd deceased
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9RY-JKTN?i=712&cat=126698
1844, December 23 - Jonathan Hoover is listed as administrator of goods, chattel, and credits of James Boyd
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9DP-24JK?i=50&cc=1875188&cat=728061
1845, January 31 - Davis Smith, Jesse Chapman, and Thomas Taylor are named as appraisers of the estate of James Boyd.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-19
1845, January 31 - The inventory for the estate of James Boyd is produced.
Part 1
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-20
Part 2
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-21
1845 - $1.00 paid to Thomas Taylor by Jonathan Hoover on the James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-5
1845 - Jonathan Hoover pays $1.00 on James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-11
1845, January 28 - Jonathan Hoover pays J.W. Chapman $1.00 on the James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-8
1845, January 31 - Inventory for James Boyd is recorded
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPSY-9M8Z?i=208&cc=1875188&cat=728127
1845, June - Appraisment for the estate of James Boyd is recorded.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-22
1845, June - Jonathan Hoover pays on the account of James boyd to the Ohio County Clerk.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-13
1845, June 23 - Appraisement for the estate of James Boyd approved and ordered to be recorded
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9RY-JR9V?cat=126698
1845, August 16 - Thomas Bell account is paid off by Jonathan Hoover for James Boyd.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-9
1845, August 28 - Joseph Miller is paid $3.00 from the James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-11
1845, November - Joseph Carlin pays Gideon Walker on James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-16
1846, June 1 - Jonathan Hoover pays $1.00 on the James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-6
1846, September 14 - Allen Pool produces the mortgage to James Boyd to the court.
1852, August 1 - Jonathan Hoover pays Peter Polly on James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-15
1852, September 27 - Jonathan Hoover, administrator of the estate of James Boyd - Receipt from estate envelope.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-2
1853, August 15 - James Boyd's debts are paid by administrator of his estate Jonathan Hoover.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667
List of James Boyd's debts that were paid.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-1
Jonathan Hoover, administrator of the estate of James boyd - Receipt from estate envelope
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-3
Note from Joseph Miller - Cost of James Boyd's coffin $6.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-4
Receipt for Jonathan Hoover on the James Boyd account.
https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Boyd-12667-7
1917, March 14 - James Boyd is listed as the father of John W. Boyd on his death certificate
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/751212811:1222?ssrc=pt&tid=1125103&pid=6152149270
James Boyd is mentioned in the 2nd edition of Kentucky: A history of the state, embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony; its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state, and its subsequent development
https://archive.org/details/kentuckyhistoryo00batt/page/870/mode/2up?q=boyd
Find a Grave entry for James Boyd
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211425847
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
James is 25 degrees from Herbert Adair, 21 degrees from Richard Adams, 18 degrees from Mel Blanc, 24 degrees from Dick Bruna, 18 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 31 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 18 degrees from Sam Edwards, 12 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 19 degrees from Marty Krofft, 14 degrees from Junius Matthews, 16 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 17 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.