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Robert Boyd ~ (1)
Temperance Pitman/Pittman (2) Lydia Whitaker Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Robert Boyd, from whom
many of the Boyds, Newells, Kizziahs, and others
of Tuscaloosa (Alabama) and surrounding counties are descended, came
from Mecklenburg Co., NC. He was born about 1781 and was married
to
Temperance Pitman. The descendant, James Ernest Boyd, who had Robert
Boyd's old family Bible indicated that he had identified Robert's father
as James Boyd. There was a James Boyd on the 1800 Mecklenburg Co. NC
census with a male in the age category (16-26) that would match
Robert’s age. Robert is identified on the 1810 Mecklenburg census with
four young daughters <10 years old. These would be Polly Boyd, Jane
Boyd, Sarah Boyd, and Elizabeth Boyd. The census identifies him, as well as the older
James Boyd, as being in CPT Hood's Co. Robert was a veteran of the War
of 1812 serving in the Creek Indian campaigns in Alabama during his six
months of active duty. According to the NC Archives, he served in the
8th Co Second Mecklenburg Regiment. He was mustered into service at
Salisbury, NC 2/3/1814 for six months service. He was discharged at
Salisbury on 8/12/1814. He eventually received two 80-acre Bounty Land
Warrants as
payment for his service. Warrant #10395 was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on
7/22/1851 and warrant #5526 was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on 8/23/1855.
However, land records show that Robert had already obtained 40 acres in
Tuscaloosa Co. on 12/30/1835 near Cedar Cove. Others holding land and
settling nearby included his sons-in law, James Newell (1/25/1833) and
William Kizziah, a brother-in-law, Matthew Pitman (4/17/1833), and
members of the Pierson family.
Other sources indicate
that Robert served as a Private in CPT Wood's Company (this same
document later stated it was CPT Robert Hood's Company) and COL Jesse
Pierson's Militia Regiment. This would imply that CPT Hood (Wood) led
the 8th Co and COL Pierson was in charge of the 2nd Mecklenburg
Regiment. The following information has been extracted from an
archaeology report by the Alabama Historical Commission in reference to
the Creek Indian war campaigns:
"General Joseph
Graham leading North and South Carolinians, advanced
westward from Fort Mitchell. As the Army moved, Forts Bainbridge, Hull
and Decatur were erected or improved. From Ft. Decatur the Carolinians
moved to the locale of old Fort Toulouse. Here they joined Jackson's
militia and the 39th U. S. volunteers on April 17, 1814... An encampment
bearing the name of Andrew Jackson was established southeast of the site
of Fort Toulouse and the Carolina units and the 39th Infantry settled
in... From these troops fatigue parties, numbering from 100 to 200 men
were mustered each day to raise the fort that General John Coffee states
was begun immediately after the troops arrived...
"By May 17th the
ditches and moats at the new defenses had been dug...
Preparation began the ninth of June for the withdrawal of Graham's
Brigade. Their enlistment was nearing expiration and the 3rd Regiment
U.S. Infantry was scheduled to arrive soon from the west. Two companies
of militia were left to occupy the fort and wait for the regulars to
arrive while the main body moved to 'Tuckabatchee Old Fields' where they
began construction of Fort Burrows opposite Fort Decatur... Only those
posts in Alabama occupied by the Carolinians had earth as the major
component in their construction."
By August 1814, Jackson
had begun his descent down the Alabama River,
and eventually on to the Battle of New Orleans. On Aug 15, he landed on
the right bank "opposite where Colonel Pearson, of the North
Carolina militia, had encamped during the Indian war (‘Colonial
Mobile’)."
This foregoing
information places the Carolina troops, in which Robert Boyd served, in
the Tallapoosa Valley area during the construction of Fort Jackson. As
stated, the Carolinians used earthen works as their construction medium
and Fort Jackson was primarily an earthen based fort. Therefore, Robert
may have actually participated in the construction of Fort Jackson.
After his release from service, Robert returned to Mecklenburg Co. He
was on the 1830 Mecklenburg census, but had arrived in Tuscaloosa by
1833. Sources indicate that the family may have spent some time in TN
during this transition. Robert married 2nd,
Lydia Whitaker in Tuscaloosa Co. 11/20/1837. She applied for a pension
in Tuscaloosa on 1/29/1880 and was listed on the War of 1812 Pension
rolls as a resident of Bibb Co. She may have returned there to live with
some of her children. Robert and several of his descendants had moved to
Franklin Co. where he died 7/14/1863. Other descendants moved to
Tishimingo Co. MS between 1860 and 1863 where several descendants
currently reside.
Robert and Temperance
(Tempie) Pitman Boyd
had seven known children:
1. Polly Boyd b 9/28/1801
2. Jane Boyd b
3/29/1805
3. Sarah
b 7/8/1807 married James Newell (see Newell families)
4. Elizabeth Boyd b 10/10/1809 married William
Kizziah
5. John Alexander Boyd
b 1/5/1812
married Rachel Lawless b 9/27/1813
6. William Washington Boyd b 4/13/1817 married
(1) Sue Kizziah (2) Primrose Lawless
7. Caty Caroline Boyd b 7/15/1820
married Jesse Prince.
Robert and Lydia (Liddy)
Whitaker Boyd had
five known children:
8. Robert Boyd b.ca. 1838
9. Samuel W. Boyd
10. David Baker Boyd b. ca. 1843 married Mary
Miller
11. James Early Boyd, b.
ca. 1851
12.; and Sarah
Leah Boyd b. ca. 1855.
Descendants of Robert Boyd
Generation
No. 1
1. ROBERT1 BOYD was
born Abt. 1781 in NC, and died July 14, 1863 in
Franklin Co., AL. He married (1) TEMPERANCE PITMAN Abt. 1800 in N
Carolina (Mecklenburg Co.?). She was born Abt. 1784 in NC, and
died in (?). He
married (2) LYDIA WHITAKER November 30, 1837 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL.
She was born Abt. 1818 in N Carolina, and died February 4, 1897 in
Alabama.
Children of ROBERT BOYD
and TEMPERANCE PITMAN are:
i. POLLY2 BOYD, b. September 28, 1801.
More About POLLY BOYD:
Fact 1: September 28, 1801, Boyd Family Bible
ii. JANE BOYD, b.
March 29, 1805.
More About JANE BOYD:
Fact 1: March 29, 1805, Boyd Family Bible
2. iii. SARAH BOYD, b.
July 8, 1807, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880, AL (Tuscaloosa?).
3. iv. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" BOYD, b. October 10, 1809.
4. v. JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD, b. January 5, 1812; d. Abt. 1895.
vi. RACHEL BOYD, b. September 27, 1813.
More About RACHEL BOYD:
Fact 1: September 27, 1813, Boyd Family Bible
vii. WILLIAM
WASHINGTON BOYD, b. April 13, 1817; m. (1) SUE KIZZIAH; m. (2) MARY
PRIMROSE LAWLESS.
More About WILLIAM
WASHINGTON BOYD:
Fact 1: April 13, 1817, Boyd Family Bible
viii. CATY CAROLINE
BOYD, b. July 15, 1820; m. JESSE PRINCE.
More About CATY CAROLINE
BOYD:
Fact 1: July 15, 1820, Boyd Family Bible.
Children of ROBERT BOYD
and LYDIA WHITAKER are:
ix. ROBERT MC.2 BOYD, b. Abt. 1838.
x. SAMUEL W. BOYD, b. Abt. 1842.
xi. DAVID BAKER BOYD, b. Abt. 1843; d. Abt. 1925; m. MARY MILLER.
xii. JAMES EARLY BOYD, b. Abt. 1851; d. Abt. 1930.
xiii. SARAH LEAH BOYD, b. Abt. 1855.
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH2 BOYD
(ROBERT1) was born July 8, 1807 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died Aft.
1880 in AL (Tuscaloosa?). She married JAMES NEWELL Abt. 1823 in
probably Mecklenburg Co., NC. He was born Abt. 1795 in NC
(Mecklenburg?), and died Aft. 1880 in AL (Tuscaloosa?).
More About SARAH BOYD:
Fact 1: July 8, 1807, Boyd Family Bible
Notes for JAMES NEWELL:
The 1840 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census age brackets account for all
the known
children of James and Sarah (Boyd) Newell. However, there is one
additional
unknown male in the 10-15 age bracket. The 1870 Tuscaloosa Co., AL
census
shows a number of children and grandchildren, two of which cannot be
positively sorted out. There is a J. William, age 23, and a
William J., age 20. James' son, William J. was age 6 on the 1850
census and not with him on the 1860 census. There was also a
William J., age 22, on the 1870 Sanford Co., AL census living near
Matthew. James and Sarah were #1395 on the 1860 Tuscaloosa Co., AL
census. #1396 is Reuben Newell, age 35 TN, with two
children, William, age 10 AL, and John, age 8 AL. It is not known
what Reuben's relationship to James was, but William's age matches the
William J., age 20 above.
More About JAMES NEWELL:
Fact 1: January 25, 1833, #9030 SW1/4NE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 2: January 25, 1833, #9031 NW1/4SE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 3: 1840, Tuscaloosa Co. census
Fact 4: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. census Dist 1 #637
Fact 5: December 8, 1854, #31052 S1/2NW1/4 Sec4 T22SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 6: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. Trion Collins Bt #1395
Fact 7: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co. Pct 13 Trion
Fact 8: 1880, Tuscaloosa Co. Smallwoods Bt 13 #278/305
Children of SARAH BOYD
and JAMES NEWELL are:
i. ROBERT BOYD3 NEWELL, b. December 19, 1824, NC; d. Aft. 1900, AL
(Tuscaloosa?); m. (1) MARY ANN HERRIN, December 10, 1846, Tuscaloosa
Co., AL; m. (2) MATILDA (TELITHA) KELLY, Abt. 1859; b. Abt. 1839, AL
(Tuscaloosa?).
Notes for ROBERT BOYD
NEWELL:
Robert has not been found on either the 1850 nor 1860 censuses
yet. On the
1855 Alabama State census for Tuscaloosa Co., he is listed with two
males
<21. Only Rufus, born Nov 6, 1852, has been identified. On Mar
13, 1889, Robert filed a petition in Tuscaloosa Co., AL declining to
administer the estate of Hiram Kelly whose will named his sole heirs as
Matilda Kelly, wife of Robert, and Lively Kelly. Robert identifed
himself as Hiram Kelly's son-in-law.
More About ROBERT BOYD
NEWELL:
Fact 1: December 19, 1824, Boyd Family Bible
Fact 2: 1855, Ala State census, Tuscaloosa Co.
Fact 3: 1870, Sanford Co., Big Pond Pct 12 #2
Fact 4: 1880, Lamar Co., AL T17/R14 #84
Fact 5: 1900, Tuscaloosa Co. w/Sylvania Dollar
ii. MATTHEW PITMAN
NEWELL, b. September 17, 1827, TN (or NC); d. October 16, 1906, Franklin
Co., AL; m. (1) REBECCA S. BRANDON, Abt. 1850; b. Abt. 1832, AL; d. Bef.
1887; m. (2) SARAH CAROLINE KIRK, March 31, 1887, Fayette Co., AL.
More About MATTHEW PITMAN
NEWELL:
Burial: Watson Cemetery, Franklin Co.
Fact 1: September 17, 1827, Boyd Family Bible
Fact 2: 1850, Fayette Co., AL #181
Fact 3: October 24, 1854, 29738-SENE Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 4: October 24, 1854, 29738-W1/2NE Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 5: January 23, 1855, 32368-E1/2NW Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 6: January 23, 1855, 32368-N1/2SW Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 7: 1860, Fayette Co., AL @Millport #412
Fact 8: Abt. 1862, Co C 10th Ala Cav
Fact 9: 1870, Sanford Co., Big Pond Pct 2 #61
Fact 10: 1880, Lamar Co., AL T15/R14 #262/273
Fact 11: 1900, Franklin Co., AL Mt. Spring Beat #183/191
iii. UNKNOWN
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1830.
iv. ELIZABETH MARTHA NEWELL, b. Abt. 1833, Alabama (Tuscaloosa?);
m. UNKNOWN.
More About ELIZABETH
MARTHA NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1394
Fact 2: 1870, All 3 children listed with James and Sarah
v. JAMES G(ASAWAY)
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1835, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d. Feb 17, 1864.
Notes for JAMES G(ASAWAY)
NEWELL:
James G. may have been enumerated twice on the 1850 Tuscaloosa
Co., AL
census. He appears as James G., age 15, with his father and family
as #637.
Then there is James Gasaway Newell, age 14, living with #641 James
Pierson,
an adjacent family based on land records. James G.'s Civil War
record indicates he was born in Tuscaloosa Co., a farmer, 6' 3/4"
tall, dark hair, blue eyes and that his father, James, received his
claims.
More About JAMES G(ASAWAY)
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 (#637 or #641)
Fact 2: March 5, 1855, 36826-NE1/4NW1/4 Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 3: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1411
Fact 4: Abt. 1862, Co F 50th Ala Inf 26 Rgt
vi. JOHN A(LEXANDER)
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1837, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d. April
11, 1862; m. EMILY (NEWELL); b. Abt. 1840, Alabama.
Notes for JOHN A(LEXANDER)
NEWELL:
John may have been enumerated twice on the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL
census.
He is shown as #637 John A., age 13, living with his father, James and
family. There is also a listing as John Newell, age 12, living
with #641 James Pierson, an adjacent family. This same scenario
exists with his brother, James G. In 1860, there is a John Newell
in Fayette Co. living with Martin Lawrence at Millport. The
household #416 is quite near #412 Matthew Newell, and in 1870,
Emily Newell, widow of John Newell is #7 on the census whereas Robert
Newell is #2 on that census. John's Civil War record incated that
he was a teamster.
More About JOHN
A(LEXANDER) NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 (#637 or #641)
Fact 2: March 2, 1855, 36822-SW1/4NE1/4 Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 3: 1860, Fayette Co., AL @ Millport #416
Fact 4: Abt. 1862, Co K 36th Ala Inf (aka Derby's Co 36th Rgt)
Fact 5: July 4, 1862, Emily Newell in Lamar Co Pension Records
Fact 6: 1870, Sanford Co., Big Pond Pct 12 #7 (Emily)
vii. THOMAS DIDYMUS
NEWELL, b. November 1839, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d.
1925; m. MARTHA SNYDER; b. March 1839, Alabama.
Notes for THOMAS DIDYMUS
NEWELL:
Thomas married the Civil War widow, Martha Snider. Two of
her children,
Mary J., bc1860 and William H., bc1862 are with the family on the 1870
and
1880 censuses. Thomas was a minister who performed the marriage
for each of
his children, except Thomas Matthew who died relatively young. The
family
moved to the vicinity of Phil Campbell, Franklin Co., AL sometime after
1885.
Thomas' age has been a problem: he is 12 on 1850 census, 18 on
1860 census, 32 on 1870 census, 40 on 1880 census, and listed as born Nov. 1839 on
1900 census. Thomas' tombstone inscription says "Thomas Ditmus Newell
1840-1925."
More About THOMAS DIDYMUS
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 #637
Fact 2: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1412
Fact 3: Co F 50th Regt Ala Inf
Fact 4: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co. Beat 13 #100
Fact 5: 1880, Tuscaloosa Co. Smallwoods Beat 13 #271/298
Fact 6: 1900, Franklin Co., AL Mt. Spring
viii. WILLIAM J.
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1844, Alabama; d. March 23, 1926, Alabama;
m. MARY J. WILLIAMS, Tuscaloosa Co., AL; b. October 2, 1858, Alabama; d.
March 24, 1928, Alabama.
Notes for WILLIAM J.
NEWELL:
William J. is a mystery. The only absolute identification of
him as the son of James and Sarah is the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co. census,
bc1844, and living with his parents. There are several records
that have not been absolutely tied to this William. In 1870, there
is a William J., age 20, working on the farm and living with James and
Sarah. But in 1870 there is also a William J., age 22 on the
Sanford Co., AL census at Big Pond Pct #2, line #51. Matthew is
#61 on this same census. Several of James and Sarah's sons bought
adjacent lands in Sanford/Lamar Co. in the early 1850s. There is a
Tuscaloosa Co. marriage record for W. J. Newell to M. J. Williams.
Then on the 1880 Tuscaloosa Co. census at Smallwoods Beat 13 is #392/427
W. J. Newell, age 35 and wife, Jane with a 2-year old unnamed daughter.
His age here approximates the birth shown on 1850 census. There is
a William, born Oct 1850, and M. J., born Oct 1858, on the 1900
Jefferson Co., AL census with seven children. Then there is a
cemetery record for W. J. Newell, born 28 May 1850 and Mary J. Newell
born 2 Oct 1858, buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Tuscaloosa Co.
These age discrepancies are problematic.
More About WILLIAM J.
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 #637
ix. SARAH H(ORAN)
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1847, Alabama (Tuscaloosa).
Notes for SARAH H(ORAN)
NEWELL:
No further info is known about Sarah. She is listed as Sarah
H. on censuses except 1860 when she is listed as Ann. One
reference has been found to indicate her name may have been Sarah Horann.
More About SARAH H(ORAN)
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co. Dist 1 #637
Fact 2: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co. @ Trion #1395
Fact 3: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co. Pct 13 Trion .
3. ELIZABETH
"LIZZIE"2 BOYD (ROBERT1) was born October 10, 1809. She
married WILLIAM M. "BILL" KIZZIAH, JR.. He was born Abt.
1810, and died Abt. 1889.
More About ELIZABETH
"LIZZIE" BOYD:
Fact 1: October 10, 1809, Boyd Family Bible
Children of ELIZABETH
BOYD and WILLIAM KIZZIAH are:
i. ANNA CAROLINE3 KIZZIAH, b. October 21, 1827.
More About ANNA CAROLINE
KIZZIAH:
Fact 1: October 21, 1827, Boyd Family Bible
ii. JOHN ALEXANDER
KIZZIAH, b. September 1, 1829.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER
KIZZIAH:
Fact 1: September 1, 1829, Boyd Family Bible
iii. WALTER
WASHINGTON "WASH" KIZZIAH, b. Abt. 1833.
iv. FRANK M. " MONK" KIZZIAH, b. Abt. 1838.
v. REBECCA KIZZIAH.
vi. RUFUS MALACHI KIZZIAH, b. Abt. 1842.
vii. PERNISIA T. KIZZIAH.
viii. GEORGE R. KIZZIAH.
ix. CATHERINE KIZZIAH.
x. ELIJAH N. KIZZIAH.
4. JOHN ALEXANDER2
BOYD (ROBERT1) was born January 5, 1812, and died Abt. 1895. He
married RACHEL LAWLESS. She was born Abt. 1812, and died Abt.
1890.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER
BOYD:
Fact 1: January 5, 1812, Boyd Family Bible
Children of JOHN BOYD and
RACHEL LAWLESS are:
i. ENOCH3 BOYD, b. Abt. 1840; d. Abt. 1864; m. ELIZABETH
(TOWNSEND) SHUTTLESWORTH.
ii. REBECCA E. BOYD, b. Abt. 1835; m. MARTIN REED, 1855; b. Abt.
1829.
iii. TABITHA BOYD, b. Abt. 1843.
iv. HOSEA BOYD, b. Abt. 1845; m. ELIZABETH PHELPS; b. Abt. 1852.
v. GEORGE W. BOYD, b. Abt. 1846.
vi. HIRAM PRUDE BOYD, b. Abt. 1850; d. Abt. 1921; m. MARGARET ANN
THOMPSON; b. Abt. 1856; d. Abt. 1899.
vii. ASA CANTERBURY BOYD, b. Abt. 1852.
Written by James T.
Newell for Jason R. Newell
Sources:
"At Liberty on Bear Creek," Charles E. Boyd
"Haysop," Charles E. Boyd
"Fort Toulouse Phase III Completion Report," The Alabama
Historical
Commision
"Colonial Mobile," The University of Alabama Bicentennial
Reprint
Thanks to James T. Newall
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