John BOYD / Lavinia COOTES

1 John BOYD b. 1 May 1784 NC? d. 1850-1860 Panola Co MS m. June 22, 1811 Davidson Co T (1) Lavinia COOTES b. 18 Jun 1789 Guilford Co NC d. a1860 Panola Co, MS (2)
    2 Mary BOYD b. 20 May 1812 TN d. 18 Feb 1829 TN
    2 John Cootes BOYD b. 30 Jan 1816 TN d. 4 Feb 1859 m. c1845 TN Martha S
    2 Lavinia BOYD b. 13 Mar 1818 TN
    2 Austin M BOYD b. 11 Mar 1823 TN d. 1868 Desoto Co MS m. c1845 TN

       Sarah
    3 Mary BOYD b. 1845 TN
    3 Zachary BOYD b. 1846 MS
    3 Francis BOYD b. 1848 MS
    3 Sarah BOYD b. 1849 TN
    2 Wellington BOYD b. 5 Apr 1827 TN d. 10 Oct 1871 Waco TX m. 15 Mar

1849 Panola Co MS

        Charity COUCH b. 1829 AL d. 7 May 1865 Memphis TN (3)
    3 Alonzo BOYD b. 10 Nov 1850 Panola Co MS d. 6 Nov 1882 m. 10
        Jan 1882 Tallahatchie Co MS Rosellee BOYED
    3 John Wellington BOYD b. 27 Apr 1851 Panola Co MS d. 27 Jan 19

           Coryell Co TX m. Rose Clementine KIRKLAND b. 1855 d. 21 May 1944            Coryell Co TX (4)
    3 Davy BOYD b. 20 Sep 1853 Panola Co MS d. 21 Oct 1855
    3 Felix BOYD b. 24 Nov 1855 Woodruff Co AR d. 1 Déc 1928 Osage
        TX m. 1 Déc 1878 Coryell Co TX
        Sarah Emeline KIRKLAND b. 10 Oct 1860 Woodruff Co AR d. 16 Avr 1942          Osage TX (4)
    4 Charity Ann BOYD b. 3 Mar 1880 Osage TX d. 21 Oct 1945
       Osage TX m. Frank SIMMONS d. 1919
    4 Claud Edwin BOYD b. 2 Jan 1882 Osage TX d. 3 Déc 1959
    4 Henry R BOYD b. 28 May 1884 Osage TX d. 24 Apr 1939 m. Bertie WARD        d. 1 Dec 1926
    4 Thomas Harrison BOYD b. 26 May 1886 Osage TX d. 14 Oct 1940 Austin TX
       m. 2 Jun 1912 1st Bapt Church, Gatesville TX
       Julia Isabel NEAVITT b. 19 Aug 1893 Jonesboro TX d. 26 Sep 1976 Colorado        City TX (5)
    4 Fred J BOYD b. 12 Aug 1888 Osage TX d. 17 May 1969 m. Annie ROE d. 5        Jan 1964
    4 Minnie C BOYD b. 23 Oct 1890 Osage TX d. 10 Sep 1977
    4 Johnnie V BOYD b. 18 Mar 1893 Osage TX d. 27 Sep 1894 Osage TX
    4 Evalyn G BOYD b. 12 Feb 1895 Osage TX d. 1 Mar 1973 m. Duey PATTON
    4 William Pitson BOYD b. 22 Oct 1897 Osage TX d. a1976 Dallas TX m.

       Floradell HUSKERSON
    4 James Sumner BOYD b. 11 Jun 1900 Osage TX d. 28 Jun 1948 NM m.        Annie MOSLEY
    3 Harrison BOYD b. 24 May 1857 AR d. 26 Feb 1905 Ponca City OK m. 1

       Oct 1877 Brandon Hill TX (6)
       Mollie Mary TULLEY
    4 Henry Preston BOYD b. 29 Aug 1878 Brandon Hill TX
    4 Infant Son BOYD b. 10 Dec 1881
    4 Charles E BOYD b. 3 Dec 1882 TX
    4 John W BOYD b. 15 Jul 1885 TX
    4 Will H BOYD b. 20 May 1887 TX
    4 Walter F BOYD b. 1 Jan 1889 TX
    4 Fannie BOYD b. 2 Feb 1890 Gatesville TX
    4 Frederick Mortimore BOYD b. 21 Oct 1891 Gatesville TX
    4 Nellie BOYD b. 20 Nov 1895 Gatesville TX
    3 Sarah Lavinia BOYD b. 26 Sep 1859 Jackson Co AR d. 9 Sep 1925 m.

       Sumner Marvin EDWARDS
    3 Baby BOYD b. 3 May 1863 Jackson Co AR d. 27 Oct 1864 Jackson Co AR
    3 William Henry BOYD b. 25 Feb 1865 Jackson Co AR or TN d. 25 Sep 1928

       m. Ella GILES
    2 Felix Y BOYD b. 4 Dec 1830 TN
        m. 13 Jan 1870 Sardis, Panola Co MS Mattie B RASBERRY
        m. 28 Dec 1871 Desoto Co MS Amanda COPPAGE

1. All of the information on this page began with personal notes of Minnie C. Boyd b. 1880 and has been confirmed largely through the US Census, land records, wills, and marriage records. Corrections and commentary are welcome. We are desparately seeking any and all information on the origins of John Boyd. He was probably from Guilford Co NC and probably a nephew to John Boyd, early settler of Nashville.

2. Lavinia Cootes was the daughter of John Cootes and Mary McCuiston.
John and Mary were married July 18, 1769 in Rowan County NC. Mary, b Sept 17 1749 PA, was the youngest daughter of Robert McCuiston and Ann Denny. This line leads back to John McCuiston and Isabella Crelon of Northern Ireland. At least 3 of their sons (Thomas, Robert and James and probably one daughter Margaret migrated to American in 1735). John Cootes was probably the brother of James Cootes, both of whom were relatively early settlers of Nashville TN. They may have also been related to Austin M and Lavinia Cootes of TN.

3. Charity Couch was probably a child of Gabriel Couch and Sarah Hughes.
Census records and land records prove that Gabriel Couch and Wellington Boyd lived near each other in Panola County MS. Along with their children, spouses and other family members, they eventually joined up with WW Kirkland, and continued on as a group through Arkansas and into TX. The family story is that Charity died during the migration to TX and was buried near Memphis on the bank of the Mississippi River. I have never found a reference to Charity as one of Gabriel's many children, however I suggest the following line-up:

Descendants of: Gabriel COUCH

1 Gabriel COUCH b. 1800 SC d. a1870 AR m. 12 Feb 1819 Madison Co AL
    Sarah HUGHES b. 1803 NC d. c1854 MS?
    2 Thomas COUCH b. 1820 d. 1866 Woodruff Co AR
    2 James M COUCH b. 1823 AL m. Margaret E
    2 Minerva Jane COUCH b. 26 Nov 1826 d. 30 Apr 1889 Italy TX m. 1842
    Tishomingo Co MS Thomas LS BURTON b. c1820
    2 Micah COUCH b. 1828 AL
    2 Charity COUCH b. 1829 AL d. 7 May 1865 Memphis TN m. 15 Mar 1849       Panola Co MS
       Wellington BOYD b. 5 Apr 1827 TN d. 10 Oct 1871 Waco TX
    2 Malakiah COUCH b. 1831 AL
    2 William G "Pat" COUCH b. 1834 Lawrence Co AL m. 8 Jul 1855 Jackson Co        AR
        Permelia A WILEFORD m. Nancy J
    2 Gabriel M COUCH b. 1836 AL d. 18 Jun 1916 Wills Point TX m. Avery
    Z PRICE b. 1850 m. Mary BRAY
    2 Doctor Franklin COUCH b. 14 Feb 1838 Franklin Co AL d. 22 Oct 1921          Karnes Co TX
        m. 27 Dec 1866 Woodruff Co AR Nancy Elizabeth WESTMORELAND
    2 Sarah Jane COUCH b. 10 Jan 1840 MS d. 4 Apr 1901 Woodruff Co AR
        m. 11 Mar 1858 Jackson Co AR James Elias HUFF b. 19 Jan 1816 d.
        24 Sep 1873 White Co AR
    2 Jesse Pinkney COUCH b. 6 May 1842 Tishomingo Co MS d. 9 Mar 1920       Frost, Navarro Co TX
       m. c1865 Martha Jane GILLIAM
    2 Henry Clay COUCH b. 12 Jul 1845 MS d. 9 Mar 1920 Milford, Ellis Co TX m.        1865 Margaret

4. Sarah Emeline Kirkland and her older sister Rose Clementine (wife of John Wellington Boyd) were daughters of Dr. William Wilson Kirkland and Polly Ann Kellum married Sept 13, 1837 in MS. As mentioned in note 3, Kirkland joined up with Boyd and Couch during their migration out of MS, through AR and into the Waco TX area. WW Kirkland was the son of Archibald Kirkland and Mary Chaney; Polly Ann Kellum was the daughter of Edward Kellum and Karenhappuck Tabor.

5. Julia Isabel Neavitt was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Neavitt JR and Maribett Powell married Aug 14, 1888 in Hamilton Co TX. Neavitt's father had been a pharmacist in Queen Anne Co MD for a number of years when he moved to TX and married Julia Fitzgerald, the young daugher of William Fitzgerald and Rebecca Patton. Maribett Powell was the oldest daughter of Christopher Columbus Powell and Isabella Sapp of Blount Co, AL.

6. This particular family line was obtained via the LDS FamilySearch site. Other than Harrison Boyd's birthdate, the information has not been independently verified.

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