Tennessee History

THE TENNESSEE MEMORIAL BUILDING
BOYD, RICHARD H., Second Lieutenant, Distinguished Service Cross, Knoxville, Tenn.
BOYD, THEODORE E; Second Lieutenant, Distinguished Service Cross, Ashland City, Tenn.

OFFICERS:
BOYD, RICHARD H; 2nd Lieut.

PRIVATES:
BOYD, Berry
BOYD, Harley
BOYD, Lake C.
BOYD, William H.

POLK COUNTY:
Settlements were made in 1836, the first town being Columbus, where the County Court met on May 4, 1840. In August, 1840, the court met for the first time at Benton, which had been laid out on the McKamy farm. The Federal road from Knoxville to Cassville, Ga., passed through Polk County. Among the early settlers were:
EARLY BOYD

STEWART COUNTY:
The earliest settlers arrived about 1795, mostly from North Carolina. They settled on or near the site of Dover. Among them were:
SAMUEL BOYD

WILLIAMSON COUNTY:
The act of October 26,1799, provided "that Abraham Maury, John Walthall,
Joseph Porter, WILLIAM BOYD and David McEwen are hereby constituted and
appointed commissioners for the regulation of said Town of Franklin, vested with full power and authority for that purpose; provided, they govern themselves by the original plan of said town."

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The
Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 2

GEORGE C. BOYD - One of the best lawyers of Tennessee in the first half
of this century was George C. Boyd, of Clarksville. (see bio)

MRS. N.E. BOYD of Chattanooga; daughter of of James and Mary (McCue)
CRABTREE.

WALTER LYNWOOD FLEMING. On the 17th of September, 1902, at Auburn,
Alabama, Professor Fleming was married to MISS MARY WRIGHT BOYD....(see bio)

ERNEST HOUSTON BOYD - Ernest Houston Boyd, prominent attorney of
Cookeville (see bio)

HENRY EDWARD CHRISTENBERY, M. D. A representative member of the medical profession of Knoxville is Dr. Henry Edward Christenbery, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist. He was born in Roane county, Tennessee, on his father's farm, near Oliver Springs, on the 12th of September, 1884, a son of A. W. and Anna (Adams) Christenbery. The Chistenberys are of Scotch-Irish and German descent. Joshua Christenbery, the paternal grandfather, was born in Virginia, one of twenty-two children, he married MISS MARY BOYD and settled in Roane county when a young man.

SPENCER BOYD McCLARY, M. D; a prominent member of the medical profession in Benton, is a veteran of the World war. He was born in Polk county on the 2d of October, 1882, a son of Bennett F. and Mattie (Wilson) McClary. His paternal grandparents were JACOB and LOUISE (BOYD) MCCLARY of Tennessee. The father, now a retired farmer, was born in 1848 and the mother was also born in the same year.

HENRY HAMILTON LOVE attended the public schools of Nashville until he had completed a high school course and in young manhood he turned his attention to newspaper work as a reporter on Nashville journals. He manifested great ability in this connection and in the early '90s covered the round on the Nashville American. However, he turned his attention to the lumber trade in 1896,when he became a member of the firm of LOVE, BOYD & COMPANY, being associated in this undertaking with his brother, John W. Love, and his brother-in-law, J.W. BOYD.

COLONEL BOYD JOHNSON. The parents of Colonel Boyd Johnson were MAJOR JAMES HICKMAN and MARY (BOYD) JOHNSON, both of whom are deceased. Major Johnson's demise occurred on the 28th of October, 1880, and his wife survived him until May 8, 1917. Major and Mrs. Johnson were married in 1867. She was a native of Springfield, Tennessee, and a daughter of GEORGE C. and VIRGINIA C. (CONRAD) BOYD. Her father was one of the most distinguished members of the Tennessee bar and at the time of his demise was residing in Clarksville.

HENRY WETTER - sister, MRS. JULIA ALSTON (WETTER) BOYD.

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The
Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 2.Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 3

A.M. BOYD - cotton commission firm

PROFESSOR WHARTON STEWART JONES. On the 20th of December. 1888, Professor Jones was united in marriage to MISS MATTIE BOYD (see bio)

FRANK BOYD. One of the prominent attorneys of Waynesboro is Frank Boyd (see bio)

Jeffie Lee Holding, daughter of Dr. Samuel Holding, wife of E. B. BOYD of
New York city.

Olive DRANE, who was born November 2, 1858, and was twice married. Her
first husband was George H. Johnson and to their union three children were born, William Hudson of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, being the only one living. Her second marriage was to DR. BUTLER BOYD and no children were born to that union.

WILLIAM DEXTER PADGET, M. D. For some time Dr. William Dexter Padget has successfully engaged in practice in Lenoir City. A native of James county, his birth occurred on the 8th of November, 1873, and he is a son of Benjamin and Hattie (McNair) Padget. His paternal grandparents were Elias and Elizabeth (Wells) Padget of North Carolina, while the maternal grandparents were R.L. and ELIZA (BOYD) MCNAIR of Tennessee.

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 3. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 4

JAMES BARNA WITHERINGTON, M. D.- James Barna Witherington of Munford, Tipton county, Tennessee, was born in Shelby County, Tennessee, on the 7th of December, 1854, the oldest of eight children of Daniel Mordecai and Sarah (Gillespie) Witherington. His maternal grandparents were JAMES and SARAH (BOYD) GILLESPIE, natives of South Carolina.

IRVIN SUTHERLAND SAXTON - One of the prominent young attorneys at the
Knoxville bar is Irvin Sutherland Saxton, member of the law firm of Wright, Wright & Saxton. He was born in this city on the 7th of March, 1891, a son of HENRY NEVETT and SARAH SUTHERLAND (BOYD) SAXTON. (see bio)

HARRY ROBERTS BOYD - No member of the Memphis bar is better known or
more highly esteemed than Harry R. Boyd (see bio)

ABRAHAM WEATHERLY BOYD, M. D.- Dr. Abraham Weatherly Boyd, a member of the medical profession at Chattanooga (see bio)

BEN R. HENDERSON -.........the following children were born to Ben R. and Sallie Henderson: Mrs. J.C. BOYD of St. Louis, Missouri.

FLEMING - In the early 1870s John M. Fleming (see bio)

CRABTREE - James Crabtree was born on Lookout Mountain in 1851. He devoted his time largely to railroad interests in his earlier manhood, while later he was a farmer. By trade he was a carpenter and it was along that line that he did his railroad work. He was married in Tennessee, December 23, 1873, to Mollie McCue, who was born in Hamilton county, in 1854. She is now living in Chattanooga, but Mr. Crabtree passed away in June, 1921.........To him and his wife were born eight children: NETTIE E. the eldest, is the wife of J.S. BOYD, a railroad engineer living at Chattanooga;.........

LATTA - Fred Latta, mayor of Columbia and active in the conduct of a drug business here..........To the unon of Mr. and Mrs. Latta eight children were born: MYRTLE, who is the wife of W.P. BOYD, well known resident of Columbia;........

THE MORRISTOWN NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE.
About 1900, in order to satisfy the widespread demand for industrial training, a trade school was opened. At the beginning an old machine shop near the school grounds was rented and classes were instructed in carpentry, molding and machine work. In 1903 a department of domestic science for girls was opened in Crary Hall and subsequently the contributions of MISSES MARY and BELLE BOYD of Philadelphia, whose mother gave the first money ever donated to the school in 1881, enabled the college officials to undertake the erection of a modern and commodious building two hundred by forty feet in dimensions for the industrial work of the school.

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The
Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 4. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.

County Histories

COALMAN BOYD Seeks His Horse
The Memphis Daily Avalanche
May 23, 1859

The original newpaper article can be viewed at:
http://theoldentimes.com/stray_horse.html

CARTER COUNTY

The first settler on Gap Creek was Simeon Bundy, whose house stood near the Big Spring, the head of that stream. Matthew Talbott also lived on Gap Creek, where he built one of the first mills in the State. Another was built at about the same time, perhaps a little before, by Baptist McNabb. It was on Buffalo Creek near where Alexander Anderson now lives. Charles Robertson lived on Sinking Creek on the farm now owned by Robert Miller. Michael Hyder settled on Powder Branch, about a mile from Watauga, on property still owned by his descendants. James Edens located near Big Spring, on Gap Creek, above Simeon Bundy. Thomas Gourley, WILLIAM BOYD and Joseph Hyder also located in that vicinity.

Elizabethton - The population of the town has never been large. In 1830 it was 136, and by 1850 it had a little more than doubled. It is now about 500, having increased somewhat since the completion of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad. The present business of the town is as follows: C. P. Toncray & Co., H. H. Snyder, W. L. Carriger & Co. and J. J. Edens & Son, general merchandise; W. E. Carter, drugs; A. R. P. Toncray, Johnson & Walters and H. C. BOYD, groceries...........

The academy incorporated for Carter County under the act of 1806 was denominated Duffield Academy, and George Duffield, Nathaniel Taylor, George Williams, Alexander Doran, John Greer. Andrew Taylor, Abraham Henry and Reuben Thornton were appointed trustees of the institution. At what time a building was erected and the school put into operation is not known, but is was some time about 1820. In 1838 the old building was torn down, and a contract for the erection of a new one upon the same foundation was let to P. Q. Satterfield, and Solomon Q. Sherfy. It was not, however, until 1841 that the building, which is still standing was completed, Meanwhile a school had been taught in the Methodist Church, In October, 1841, James McLin was elected teacher. He continued in that position about two years, during which time the institution
experienced its greatest prosperity. Since then schools of varying degrees of excellence, and of varying duration have been maintained. From the close of the war until 1881, the institution was under the management of Capt. J.I.R. BOYD, an experienced teacher and an excellent disciplinarian........

Source: Goodspeed's History of Carter County

Lauderdale County History

.............Probably the next settlement in the county was made in the
neighborhood of Fulton by Samuel Givens and others in 1825-26, and the next one in the Durhamville neighborhood in 1826-27, by the Durhams, Turners, Neiswongers, Rices, Chambers and Taylors, and at about the same time Robert C. Campbell settled near Ashport on the Mississippi; Jacob Boyler, settled near Ripley; John Flippin, eleven miles north of Ripley; Hugh Dunlap, near Double Bridges; James Sherman, on Hatchie River, and Stephen Blackwell, near Hurricane Hill. Other early settlers were Joseph Wardlaw, Benjamin Jordan, James Blair, John Kenley, James Bethell, Patton Chambers, Samuel Strickland, James Saulsberry, L. H. Dunnaway, John and Zachariah Mitchell, John Flemming, James and John Russell, Leonard Dunnevant, Wm. Chambers, Zachariah Paine, John Brown, Beverly and Wm. Watson, Richard and Wm. Matthews, Samuel V. Gilliland, Wm. Braden, James Crook, Cary Alsobrook, Dickison Jennings, Jeremiah Cheek, Claibourn Ransville, James N. Buck, James P. and John N. Percell, Jordan C. Cowell, H. R. Chambers, Jesse Goodman, Jefferson Brown, John Byrn, Robert West, Joseph Taylor, John Rudder, W. H. Stone, Samuel C. Loveless, James Price, Claiborn Hutton, Thomas Fitzpatrick,R. Golden, J. P. Fuller, R. P. Reynolds, Wm. P. Gains, E. Stringer, Wm.McClelland and J. Robertson. Among those who received grants for land in the county were the following, together with the number of acres each received: Henry Rutherford, 500 acres; Griffith L. Rutherford, 3,000; ADAM BOYD, 1,000;.............

Source: Lauderdale County History - Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887

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