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Boyds of Boyds Tank, Alabama

I have a copy of the book, "The Boyds of Boyds Tank" (Alabama) compiled by Frank Ewell Boyd and William Taylor Boyd, 1970. 

This book starts with Adam Boyd of Pennsylvania. Some of these Boyds

migrated south to Virginia and later settled throughout the south; their descendants settled in Alabama, Georgia and later to Texas.

I don't think you will find Boyds Tank on a map.  It is in Chambers county, near Lafayette, Alabama.

If you think you may be descended from these Boyds email me with your

Boyd family data and I'll check the check and send any information that I find.

                     The Henry Boyd Family of Long Cane
                     From the book “The Boyds of Boyds Tank”

The genealogical data for this family were supplied by Janie Lovelace Heard (Mrs. R.S.) of West Point, Georgia, Margaret Worley Jamison (Mrs. C.M.) of Marks, Mississippi and Mary Ethel Moore (Mrs. J.C.) of Jackson, Mississippi, descendants of Henry and Susan Heard Boyd. Janie Lovelace Heard has the Henry Boyd and the Boyd-Walden family Bibles in which are recorded a treasure of Boyd family history. The Boyd-Walden Bible was published in 1738 by John Baskett, Printer to the University of Oxford.

Henry Boyd, son of Richard and Fanny Walden Boyd, was born in Jasper County, Georgia, May 20, 1797 and died in Troup County, Georgia, April 17, 1848. On December 6, 1818 Henry married Susan Heard (1800-1863) of Morgan County, Georgia, a grand niece of Governor Stephen Heard an early settler of Wilkes County, Georgia. Governor Heard's father, Stephen Heard of Ireland, married Lady Mary Faulkner of Wales. They migrated to America with their eight children and settled in Virginia. He died in Pittsylvania County October 29, 1774. The oldest of their children was Thomas Heard (1742-1808) who married Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (1750-1790) in Virginia. Their son, Joseph Heard (1773-1848) of Morgan County, Georgia, married Nancy Stuart (1770-1822) of Greene County, Georgia, July 29, 1797. Their daughter, Susan, married Henry Boyd.

Now, to show a further Boyd-Heard maternal relationship we note from material supplied by Willis Morgan Boyd that Thomas and Elizabeth Heard's daughter Catherine married Issac Stocks an early settler in Greene County, Georgia, and their son, William Stocks, married Martha Gardner. The William Stocks' daughter, Martha, married James Boyd of Virginia and Kentucky. Their son was Gideon Morgan Boyd of Bartow County, Georgia. Among Gideon Boyd's children were four sons: Willis M. Boyd (Adairsville); Colonel Carl Boyd (deceased), Senior Aide-de-Camp to General Pershing in World War I; Millard Boyd (deceased); and Robert Boyd (Cartersville). Willis Boyd, a distinguished citizen of Georgia, is a genealogist and historian of note. He is the author of four editions of the "Boyd Family Journal", dated 1925, 1926, 1928 and 1956. Willis Boyd is also an accomplished musician, a long-time leader in Boy Scout Councils and active in American Legion affairs.

The paternal ancestors of these four brothers are—father, Gideon Boyd (1846-1923); grandfather, James Boyd (1814-1853) of Kentucky; great-grandfather, John Moody Boyd (1780-1862) of Virginia; great, great grandfather, James Boyd of Virginia; and great, great, great grandfather, Robert Boyd of Pennsylvania. This Robert Boyd may be a close relative of our great, great, great grandfather Patrick Boyd (1710-1762) of Pennsylvania and Virginia whose youngest brother was Robert (1719?-1778?). His son was Robert Jr. However, this relationship has not been authenticated.
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Henry and Susan Heard Boyd lived out their days in the Long Cane community of Troup County. There they died and were buried in unmarked graves in the family cemetery located just west of Long Cane near the Chattahoochee River. They had twelve children, namely:

1. Joseph (Uncle Joe) Boyd (1819-1881) married Ann McGee. They had eight children: Carrie, John Henry, Walter, Joseph, Mary Belle (Bowman), Emma (Ford), Annie and William. The children lived in Georgia and Mississippi.

2. William Wilson Boyd (1821-1864) married Mary Rebecca Fears December 14, 1847 in Chambers County, Alabama. He died in the Civil War near Orange Court House, Virginia, April 17, 1864. They
had two children: Mary Susan Rebecca, born in 1852, married (1) J. D. Trammell in 1870 and (2) J. L. Askew in 1888, and William Henry Fears, born in 1862. He married Annie C. Croft in 1884. These families lived at West Point, Georgia.

3. Thornberry (Uncle Berry) Boyd, b. Jan 20 1823 married Elizabeth Cline of Troup Co., Jan 13, 1848. They had eleven children: Tucker, Kate (Robinson), Ella (Gilbert), Henry, Joe, Dink (Mallory), Mollie Mitchell), John, Beny, Jimmie (Barrow) and Howell. The children lived in GA., AL., and MS.

4. Richard Columbus (Uncle Lum) Boyd (1825-1897), married Elizabeth Margaret Formby (1830-1855) in 1849. They had two children: Henry and Mary Susan Elizabeth (Almon). His second marriage was to Ann Rowe Eberhart of Chambers County, Alabama, January 15, 1856. They had nine children: Medorah

"Dora" (1856), Susan Briten "Britty" (1858), John William (1860), Columbus Franklin (1862), James Sanders (1863), Joseph Heard (1865), Ann Lula (1867), Nannie Laura (1870) and Hattie Florence (1873). He married (3) Harriett "Pink" Eberhart (Ann Rowe's sister) in 1877. There were no children. Uncle Lum's fourth wife was Mrs. Liza Haralson whom he married in 1890. There were no children.

Richard Columbus Boyd, born in Georgia moved to Rankin County, Mississippi, in the late 1860's. At the site of his Mississippi homestead he operated a country store. The post office there was named Pink for his third wife. Pink Eberhart Boyd. He was probably buried in the old Pisgah Churchyard in Rankin County. The descendants of Richard Columbus Boyd families are legion. Margaret Worley Jamison of Marks, Mississippi, is a descendant of Joseph Heard Boyd and Mary Ethel Moore of Jackson, Mississippi, is a descendant of Ann Lula Boyd (Gilbert).

5. Mary Kate Boyd (1827-1908), born in Covington County, Georgia, married Holmes Tatum in Troup County October 30, 1845. They were buried in East Vemon Baptist Churchyard in Troup County. They had nine children: Henry S., Marietta (Hudson), Susan C. (Williams), William Seth, Nancy E. (Freeman), Peter E., Eulie (Williams), Americus and Dora (Chambers). Janie Lovelace Heard of West Point, Georgia, is a descendant of Mary Kate (Boyd) Tatum.

6. Thomas H. Boyd, b. January 13, 1828, married Susan Ann Johnson 25 Nov 14, 1851 in Chambers County. They had three children: Laura (Bobbins), William and Clara. The children resided in MS .

7. Fitzherbert Boyd, born March 8, 1831, married Sophronia Allison of Butts County, Georgia. Their children were: Susan (Stephens), Mollie (Longino), Ida, Kate (Adams) and Annie (Andrews).

8. Nancy C. Boyd (1833-1867), unmarried. She was buried in the Boyd family cemetery near Long Cane.

9. Susan Fannie (Aunt Fan) Boyd (1835-1910), married Alonzo Dillard in Troup County. They had three children: Albin, Hugh and Alonzo Jr. The junior son lived and died at Auburn, Alabama. He married Annie Wynne of Boston, Massachusetts, and they had two children: Louise (King) and Edward Alonzo Wynne. The father and mother were buried in Auburn.

10. John Lee (Uncle Jack) Boyd (1838-1904), unmarried. He was buried in the Boyd family cemetery at Long Cane.

11. Henry F. Boyd (1840-1863) died in the Civil War March 9, 1863 at Port Royal, Virginia, of disease.

12. Medora Olive Boyd (1843-1923), married John Turner Hudson November 3, 1872. They had six children: Idus Clay, James Gordon Bennett, Erin, Susie (Wright), John Turner Jr. and Dora. The father and mother were buried in the Long Cane Baptist Churchyard. John Turner Jr. (1881-1952) lived and died at Auburn, Alabama. He married Nell Clark and they had two children: John Turner III (1921) and Peyton Clark (1923). John Turner III married Christine Blackburn and they had a son: John Turner IV. John Turner III is deceased. Clark is unmarried.

Mrs. Roland Shaefer Heard, Mrs. Charles Mellard Jamison and Mrs. Julius C. Moore, descendants of Henry and Susan Heard Boyd, are collecting and compiling genealogical data for histories of their respective Boyd-Heard family lines. We drew heavily on their material for this Henry Boyd chapter. They also supplied other genealogical data and otherwise helped in developing the Boyd Story. “The Boyds of Boyds Tank”, pages 24, 25, 26 by Frank E. Boyd and William T. Boyd, 1970.
 

                “Boyds of Boyds Tank” Update/Corrections

I have a copy of the book “The Boyds of Boyds Tank”. In some instances there are errors since the compilers failed to speak with those in Jackson, Georgia who had eminent knowledge of the family. It was certainly not their fault though. Over the years I have posted the errors in different forums, in an attempt to help those who are of the same lines.

I am a "Boyd" descendant, from the line of Robert Boyd and Elizabeth Johnstoun (Airth, Scotland); George Boyd, Sr. (died Chester Co., Pa.) and Isabella; Patrick Boyd and Ann Douglass (both died Halifax Co., Va.); Richard Boyd and Frances Walden (both died Jasper Co., Ga.); Richard Boyd (Jr.) and Lucy Farley (both died Chambers Co., Ala.); Martha Elizabeth Boyd and James Washington Harkness, Jr. (My 2nd great-grandparents - both died Jackson, Butts Co., Ga.). My grandmother, Anne Boyd Carmichael, was named "Boyd" for her grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Boyd (Harkness).

Ref. "The Boyds of Boyds Tank" (Corrections, etc.)

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Richard Boyd (no records to date support "Jr."), was born September 4, 1785, Halifax County, Virginia; died 1857, Sturkie, Chambers County, Alabama; buried Sturkie Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama. He married on July 19, 1815 (not July 10, 1815), Jasper County, Georgia, Lucy Farley, born abt. 1797, in either Amelia or Prince Edward County, Virginia (I'm working on this.); died September 14, 1881, Chambers County, Alabama; burial Antioch Baptist Churchyard, Sturkie, Alabama.

James Farley, Jr., born 1801, Hancock County, Georgia, died before December 26, 1842. (Note: marriage record shows "James Farly.") On November 7, 1825, his father, James, 'willed' him $418.25. James Farley, Jr. married Martha Boyd, born abt. 1801, Baldwin County, Georgia; died Chambers County, Alabama. Marriage took place on January 15, 1831, Jasper County, Georgia (ref. Page 130, Jasper County, Georgia Marriage Book 1821-1835-1841). The parents of Martha Boyd were Samuel Boyd, born October 8, 1782, Halifax County, Virginia; 'will' dated March 13, 1835, Jasper County, Georgia; witnesses to will were John and Polly Spears (thought to be wife); died 1835, Jasper County, Georgia. I show Samuel's wife as Elizabeth Spears and her death year as 1853.

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2 - Martha Elizabeth Boyd, born in Henry County, Georgia, April 20, 1821; died April 26, 1848, Jackson, Butts County, Georgia. Martha married in Jackson, Georgia, on April 30, 1835, James Washington Harkness, Jr., born December 22, 1812, Morgan County, Georgia; died October 20, 1902, Jackson, Georgia. Martha was buried in the Old Bethel Cemetery, the churchyard for Old Bethel Primitive Baptist Church established in 1789, now in Butts County, Georgia. Her death notice was published May 9, 1848 in newspaper "Federal Union," Milledgeville, Georgia. Her tombstone inscription reads, "Sacred to the memory of Martha Harkness who departed this life April 26, 18 _ _ aged 27 years 6 days." [Note: the year, although worn away with age and illegible on marker when visited in April 2001, it was legible when visited by her 2nd great-grandson,William Henry Beck, 3rd when he visited her gravesite in 1957, prior to publishing his book on the family history. Location of gravesite: GPS - N33 degrees 19.881, W 83 degrees 59.146 . Mary Ann, born May 11, 1837, Jackson, Georgia; died September 20, 1914, Jackson, Georgia; buried Jackson City Cemetery - Section 2, Jackson, Georgia.

Row-Marker-Plot Name/Inscription
Birth Date Death Date
02-30 MCKIBBEN, Mary Ann Harkness 11 May 1837 - 20 Sep 1914
Wife of Samuel McKIBBEN
Mother

Mary Ann married August 4, 1852, Butts County, Georgia, Samuel McKibben, born June 5, 1827, North Carolina; died August 6, 1904, Jackson, Georgia; buried Jackson City Cemetery - Section 2, Jackson, Georgia.

Row-Marker-Plot Name/Inscription
Birth Date Death Date
02-31 MCKIBBEN, Samuel 5 Jun 1827-6 Aug 1904
Masonic Symbol Confederate Veteran Father Here sleeps a Mason noted among Masons for his fidelity and zeal, he lived and loved its teachings. PM St. Johns Lodge No. 45, joined in 1848. Past H.P.Jackson Chapter R.A.M. Member of Wolibim Council No. 9, Sleep on (CSA)


Jackson, Georgia was never in Jasper County as Jackson it was not incorporated as a town until December 26, 1826, by an Act of the legislature. And by that date Butts County, Georgia had already been formed. This formation was made up of land from Henry and Monroe Counties by an Act on December 24, 1825, and presented to Gov. Troup as a gift to him from the General Assembly at Milledgeville.

The correct spelling of the second daughter was "Rosannah Elizabeth Harkness" and she was born June 24, 1842, Butts County, Georgia; died December 7, 1925, Jackson, Georgia, and is buried at City Cemetery - Section 2, Jackson, Georgia. She married Robert Carter Carmichael, born July 4, 1834, Butts County, Georgia; died May 7, 1881, Jackson, Georgia; and is buried at Fellowship Presbyterian Church (Cemetery), Jackson, Georgia. Note that on page 29 the "(1842-1925)" follows Robert Carter Carmichael whereas it should have followed his wife's name.

Raymond W. Ryan, Jr., Powhatan, Virginia. hersoncenva "at" earthlink.net

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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