Kentucky Boyds
                                    

In Deed Book E, page 330 at Barren Co. Courthouse, Glasgow, Kentucky, is a deed of the heirs of John Boyd to John P. Wagner, a tract of land containing 200 acres by survey, bearing date of 29 Aug 1799, patented to John Boyd, lying and being in the County of Barren on the waters of Peters Creek. Also another parcel of land containing 200 acres by survey, bearing the date of 29 Aug 1799 patented to Robert Boyd, lying and being in the Co. of Barren on the waters of Peters Creek (later Monroe County, Kentucky). The heirs of John Boyd listed in the deed were;

George Boyd and Dicy, his wife, John Boyd, Thomas Boyd, William Boyd, Robert Boyd, Samuel Yates, and Nancy his wife, George Daugherty and Hannah his wife, Levi Greathouse and Betsy his wife, Sally Boyd, and Susannah Boyd.

The Inventory of John Boyd was taken 29 October 1808 and the Inventory of Susannah Boyd, his wife, was taken 30 May 1818.

There was a Samuel Boyd and a William Boyd in the Barren County area at the same time as John and Robert Boyd.

Robert Boyd of Franklin County, Ohio died before 1804 and his estate was administered by William Boyd of Barren County, Kentucky. William appointed John Yates his lawful attorney and authorized John Yates to dispose of the estate, one half to John’s son, Benjamin Yates and the remainder to the rest of John Yates children.

In a Glasgow, Kentucky newspaper about 1943, Kenneth Yancey Boyd, son of Alfred D. Boyd Jr., had an Article giving the naming of Boyd’s Creek. The legend came through his Grandfather Alfred D. Boyd Sr.

The story goes that Robert Boyd immigrated from Virginia with his wife and three sons and settled on an unnamed creek about three miles from Glasgow. One night when darkness came the father failed to come in. The mother and sons called and waited all night for him to come in but to no avail. When morning came two of the boys went to look for their father. Only a short distance from the house they found the lifeless body of their father who had been scalped and killed by the Indians. His body had fallen across a small bush and up to few years ago the legend says that the tree is still standing with the crook of that break still in it.

There are no dates or records showing what year this happened but it is believed that the killing and burial was near the bank some distance from the creek, being near a small ledge, on what is now known as the old Moran farm. The Moran families across the creek from Siloam and Boyd’s Creek churches, from that day to this the stream has been known as Boyd’s Creek.

This Boyd has a grandson whose name is on the West side of the Barren County Courthouse with the names of the other boys who where soldiers in the Rev. War. His name is William Boyd.

The Boyd that was killed by the Indians is the great, great grandfather of Coleman D. and Kenneth Yancey Boyd. Their grandfather Alfred D. Boyd Sr. moved to Hart County, Kentucky. Alfred D. Boyd Sr., was the first man to grow Burley tobacco in Hart County. He Married Armildia Parrish of the Barrens and they are buried at Goodnight, Kentucky, in the family burying ground. The rest of the Boyd pioneers are buried at Lamb in Monroe County, Kentucky.

In later years this same legend was told to Alfred D. Boyd Jr., when was building oil derricks on Boyd Creek by some of the older residents of the community and they told the story as the one handed down by the Hart County Boyds.

The Rev. War soldier William Boyd was born 25 March 1754, Dobbs County, County, North Carolina and died 21 March 1839 in Barren County, Kentucky. William was a private in North Carolina militia, enlisted 1776 Guilford County, NC where he was then living. Fourteen years after the war he moved to Franklin County, Virginia and lived there for 18 years, then moved to Barren County, Kentucky.

On the back of his pension papers is written; Jesse Boyd deceased 17/55 but there is nothing to explain it. His pension began 4 March 1831, issued 30 May 1833. His war records give no family data.

In a letter to Verda Seymour Devine, Munfordville, Kentucky written 1959 by Armildia “Mim” Boyd Grady, she states that her grandparents were William Thomas Boyd of Ireland and Lucy Ann Goodall of England. Lucy Ann’s parents disinherited her for marrying an Irishman. Lucy Ann died nine days after Alfred Davis Boyd was born 1 July 1823. Alfred D. Boyd had three half brothers, Robert, Thomas and one she couldn’t remember.

Aunt Mim made at least two mistakes; Alfred Davis Boyd was born 1 July 1821 and his father was Thomas D. Boyd. I have not been able to find anything on Lucy Ann Goodall Boyd, except that her parents may be John and Lucy Goodall. The other half brother whose name Aunt Mim couldn't remember was Woodford M. Boyd,

John and Susannah Boyd may be the parents of Thomas D. Boyd, who married first, Lucy Ann Goodall, second Edna Hawkins Parker 18 October 1824, Barren County, Kentucky. That’s the way I am going to list him until proven differently.

Thomas D. Boyd had one child by his first wife, Alfred Davis Boyd who married Armildia Parrish, daughter of Parks Parrish and Elizabeth Tisdale. By his second wife, he had (1.) Woodford M. Boyd who married 1st Harriet Robinson, and 2nd Sarah F. Seay. (2.) Robert H. Boyd who married Rebecca Robertson and (3.)Thomas P. Boyd who married Mary B. Greenup.

In a deed dated 5 October 1866 Monroe Co., Ky., Woodford Boyd sold 81 acres to John R. Lyon, a part of a tract of land that had belonged to his father Thomas D. Boyd. Woodford's brothers and wives had to sign the deed to give a clear title as the Monroe Co. courthouse had burned destroying all records. Signing were Robert H. Boyd, Rebecca his wife, Alfred D. Boyd and Armildia his wife, and T.P. Boyd and Mary B., his wife.                    

Thomas D. Boyd must have died about 1856, Monroe Co, Ky., as that is when he went off the tax list and his sons show up owning land. Edna Parker Boyd died 12 Sept 1854 Monroe County, Kentucky.

According to tax lists Alfred D. Boyd bought his 200 acres on Green river in Hart County, Kentucky in 1858. This land is located about three or four miles Southeast of the bridge at Munfordville, Kentucky south of the river going toward Canmer. He operated a mill here called Boyd's Mill.

Alfred D. Boyd was a Mason and probably a Baptist as in Armildia Boyd's obituary it stated that she was a Baptist. I also have information that she was a member of Greens Chapel Church of Christ at Uno, Kentucky in Hart County. They were the parents of fourteen children. Their first child, Ordoner died when just a few months old. Their sixth child, Critty Jane, and their tenth child, Sarah L., died as small children.

My husband Ruben Boyd, says that he can remember being told that his great grand father was a squire, and was the one sent after slaves when they ran away. He would shave one side of their head to show that they were runaways.

According to Porter Houk, Alfred D. must have been quite a practical joker as a tale that he told me goes like this. William Thomas "Cobbin” Boyd, his son had gone to Canmer with a load of flour and had to pass a grave yard on his way. Alfred D. hid behind a tombstone and as Cobbin came by he jumped out with a sheet over his head to scare him, but the trick backfired as Cobbin knew he was there and gave him a good whipping with his whip.

I wonder who raised A.D., as his father did not marry again until Alfred D. was about three years old. If John and Susannah are his grandparents, they died before he was born. He was not living with his parents according to the 1850 Monroe Co. KY census, and I did not find him anywhere in Kentucky on the 1850 Census. His obituary tells a little about him and it is on a separate sheet. His other eleven children who lived to maturity are also listed on another page.

                           Alfred D. Boyd Sr

Mr. Alfred D. Boyd Sr. was born Monroe County, KY and died in Bart Co., on November 17, 1887 at the age of 66 years. He was indeed a loss to his family and the community, He began life a penniless youth, but with iron energy and industrial economy, be accumulated a good fortune. His health had been on the decline for three years and for five years previous to his death, he was confined to the house. His suffering was light, save shortness of breath. He was a man of strong prejudice, yet forgiving. His kindness to the poor was unbounded and the widow and the orphan alike found a tender place within. His devotion as a husband was a touching admiration; through all his sickness his wife seemed the pervading thought,

When his daughter ran away two years ago and married, he was greatly grieved not that he opposed the match but the thought of a desertion of a child. He fully forgave her though and expressed a wish to see her. She was sent for, but ere the messenger had reached her Alabama home, his spirit had winged its flight to that far greater exceeding and eternal weight of Glory.

In early life he was called wild, but when he united with the Church, confessing Christ, a greater change was never exceeded. Shortly before dying he said he was resigned to the will of the Lord and willing to go. The dissolution was so gentle and so peaceful that not a struggle came and it seemed at the time that Jesus was in the room and said, "I have given my angels charge concerning thee and on their hands they shall bear thee up.

                    Obituary Mrs. Alfred Boyd

At the home of her son-in-law Mr. Lawrence Hardy of Ono, Mrs. Alfred Boyd on Friday last passed into the great beyond at the ripe old age of 70 years, an attack of pneumonia being the cause of her death. She was a noble Christian woman and greatly beloved by her family and wide circle of friends. She was the mother of eleven children of whom ten are living to mourn her loss. Her re-mains were laid to rest in the old Parrish burying ground at Goodnight, Barren County, Kentucky.                                                       

The cold hand of death took away our sweet and dear friend, Mrs. Armildia Boyd January 18, 1905. She died of pneumonia fever at the home of her daughter Mrs. Lawrence Hardy. Brother Don Smith preached at her funeral at Pleasant Valley Church the 14th. Mrs. Boyd was a member of the Baptist Church, and a good Christian woman. She would have been 70 years old the 27th of February. Her children celebrated her last birthday with a nice dinner and nice presents. May God bless them in this sad trouble how my heart goes out in sympathy to Miss Minnie and her sick sister, Mrs. Hardy. Prepare to meet that good mother dear children, who now rests in the Parrish burying ground at Goodnight.

The second child of A.D. and Armildia is Richard Willis "Dick"'Boyd. He married Dorinda Alice Bass, daughter of Tyre Base and Dorinda S. Gowdy. Dick owned land on Green river southwest of the Bridge at Munfordville, Kentucky going toward mammoth Cave Kentucky. This land is now owned by Chastine Logsdon (1983). Later they sold this land and moved to Rowletts, Kentucky where they operated a store until 1929 when Dick Boyd died, Rubens mother had died when he was about four years old, and he lived with his Grandparents until 1936 when Grandma Boyd died. Some of memories Ruben has of his Grand-parents are that Alice (Grandma) loved to read and read a lot to him and that she also did a lot of needle work. She had crochet pieces everywhere even tablecloths and bed-spreads, and on the edge of the window shades. She tried to be very strict with her grandson, Ruben but Grandpa Boyd would slip candy from the candy jars to him.
He usually got caught though, with a scolding from Grandma. Bill Seymour said that Dick would come to the front door of the store and you could hear him holler Ruben all over Rowletts. I am sure that Ruben was even more spoiled as when he and his brother were picking up soft drink bottles and pitching them in a basket under the store, one of them broke and flew up and hit him in his left eye and he lost the sight of It.

Alice Boyd had lots of pretty house flowers. She would have Ruben take a shovel and bucket out to the road to pick up the droppings from the horses. She then filled a large bucket about half full of the horse manure, and finish filling it with water. This water is what she watered her flowers with. Alice was a good housekeeper and a good cook. After having any kind of meat for a meal one day, she would use the leftovers to make mush the next morning for breakfast and serve it over hot biscuits split open. Another favorite was her mashed potatoes. She would mash the potatoes, make a cake of them on a plate, make indentations around and on top, fill these with butter or cheese, slip them in the oven and brown them. She had a lot of recipes that she collected. She also had a lot of China and glassware. I have a small finger bowl and a glass candy jar that are supposed to have belonged to Alice Boyd.

Dick Boyd had a large icebox in his store that he always kept a jar of moonshine in. This was supposed to have been used for medical purposes.

I wish I knew more about these people. Dick’s obituary gives a pretty good description of him. It is on another page.

In birth records that I found at Frankfort, Richard W. Boyd was born in Barren County, Kentucky. On his death certificate, filled out by his wife Alice, he is listed as being born in Indiana and his obituary says that he was born in Jefferson County, KY.

                            Richard Willis Boyd

Richard Willis Boyd was born July 28, 1853 in Jefferson County, Kentucky and departed this life at his home in Rowletts last Sunday morning, April 28, 1929, being 75 years and 9 months old. he was
converted in early manhood and united with Old Bethlehem Church near Canmer. Later he was baptized into the fellowship of Loanoke Baptist Church, near Munfordville where he retained his membership until called to join the redeemed host above He was a good congenial husband, kind father and neighbor. Being of a quiet unassuming and retiring nature, he did not mix and mingle as much with his fellow man, but lived his life in the quiet retreat of his own happy home. Yet all who knew him honored him and respected him as a high tone Christian gentleman Moreover, he had that blessed immortal hope in Christ the Redeemer to sustain him in the hour of death, for when be felt this life slipping away from his grasp, he said “I’m going home".

The deceased was married to Miss Alice Bass of this County December 17, 1874 with whom he walked in sweet fellowship for 55 years. And to their happy union were born eleven children all of whom survive. They are as follows, Henry Taylor Boyd, Jack Boyd, Richard Jr., of Meade, Kansas, Mrs. J.H Seymour, Mrs. C.H. Seymour, Magnolia, Kentucky, Mrs. P. G. Rowlett, Woodsonville, Kentucky, Tyra Boyd, Glendale, Kentucky, Garnett Boyd, Thomas Boyd and Samuel Boyd all living in or near Munfordville, Kentucky.

Beside these there are three sisters and two brothers surviving. They are Mrs. Minnie Grady, Canmer, Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy, Horse Cave, Mrs. Allie Johnson, Selma Alabama, Jack Boyd of Goodnight, and O.P. Boyd of Uno, Kentucky. Also there are 42 Grandchildren, 7 great grand children and a great host of other relatives and friends to mourn his departure.

The funeral was conducted from the home Tuesday at 1:30 by Rev. R.P. Merritt, and internment was made in the Horse Cave cemetery where he sleeps to await the transformation, which it will know at the trumpet call of the resurrection.

                           Mrs. Alice Boyd Dies

Mrs. Alice Vass (Bass) Boyd, widow of the late Dick Boyd, age 76 years, died at her home at Rowletts Wednesday night at eleven o'clock after several days of illness. She was a member of the Rowletts Baptist Church.

Mrs. Boyd is survived by eleven children, three girls and eight boys, and several grand children. Funeral Services will be conducted at the Rowletts Baptist Church Friday morning, at eleven o’ clock, after which the remains will be laid to rest in the Horse Cave Cemetery, Five of Dick and Alice Boyd’s children went to Meade, Kansas and lived and died there. Their youngest son Tyra, lived at Greenburg, Green County, Kentucky for several years and is buried there. Ollie Boyd Seymour lived in Magnolia, Larue County, Kentucky and is buried there in the Magnolia Cemetery. Inice Boyd Seymour and Tom Boyd are buried at Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky,. Millie Boyd Rowlett and Garnett Boyd are buried at Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky. All of their children were born in Hart County, Kentucky.

Their first son was Henry Madison Boyd who married Carrie Jane Egeland, born in Leland Grove, Illinois, the daughter of Ole Martin Egeland and Julia Knutson. Henry was one of the first Boyd brothers to go to Kansas. He had four children, Gladstone Alvin Boyd, William Madison Boyd, Minnie Boyd Hite and Tyra Martin Boyd. Henry was a merchant and a great fisherman.
Taylor Boyd married Melissa Ethel Boyd, daughter of Richard Morse Boyd and Nancy Belle Spiegel of Sulfur, Texas. Taylor was also one of the first Boyd brothers who went to Kansas. He was a farmer. His children are; Richard Morris Boyd, Ollie Bernice Boyd, George McCambridge Boyd, Ervin Edwin Boyd, Maudie Evelyn, and Taylor Ethelbert Boyd.

Inice Boyd married William Jordan ''Jurd" Seymour, son of Emmit and Martha Seymour. Jurd was a farmer. Their children are Madison Ethelbert, Mary Alice, Verda Bernice, William Richard, Alma Hite, Martha Jane, Wilson Bass, Amy Pauline, Joe Price Seymour, and Emmit Seymour.

Frank Crump told me this little tale on Jurd; “Inice told Jurd that when he sold his tobacco, she wanted him, to go to town and buy himself a new suit of clothes because if anything happened, he wouldn’t have a thing to wear. When he went to town he took his horse and buggy to the livery stable and left them there while he went and bought a complete suit of clothes—hat, shoes—everything—put them in the buggy and messed around town until nearly dark. As he started home, he stopped at Green river and decided to put on his new clothes, go home and surprise his wife. He took off all his clothes, one piece at a time and threw them in the river. He reached in the buggy to get his new clothes and they were gone. Someone had stolen them. So he said, "Well, I'll just go home and surprise her anyway."

Ollie Boyd married Charles Robert "Charlie" Seymour, son of John and Ellen Seymour. They ran a store and Post Office at Magnolia, Kentucky. Their children are Inice Gertrude, Dora Mae, and Mary Louise Seymour. Ruben’s brother, Harold Thomas lived with them for a while.

Richard Willis Boyd Jr., married Nettie Pearl Isbell, the daughter of William Taylor Isbell and Sophrona Roten. Their children are Willis Burbly Boyd, Ada Lillian Boyd, Dorinda Ella Boyd, Clyde Terry Boyd, and Bessie June Boyd. Richard was a farmer, and was one of the five who went to Kansas. Gaines Rowlett said that Richard had one of the best farms in Larue County, Kentucky before ho left for Kansas.

Jack Boyd married Clara Angel Isbell, the daughter of William Taylor Isbell and Sophrona Roten. Their children are Mattie Violet Boyd, Ora Isbell Boyd, Mary Elizabeth Boyd, and Dorothy Mabel Boyd. Jack was a farmer and also went to Kansas. Jack raised Ruben's older brother, Herman Allen Boyd.

Millie Boyd married Gaines Rowlett, the son of Woodbury Rowlett and Elziva Isbell. Their children were Alice Mildred Rowlett, Rebecca Ellen Rowlett, Sarah Frances Rowlett and Amy Sharp Rowlett. Gaines Rowlett was a farmer and be and Uncle Garnett always raised some of the best tobacco in Hart County and both of them loved to fish. Gaines mother and Richard and Jack’s wives were sisters.

Garnett Boyd married Louisa Houk, the daughter of Christopher Columbus "Chris" Houk and Susie Burd. Their children were Mayme Marie Boyd, Dorinda Susan Boyd, Mary Louise Boyd, and Richard Christian Boyd. Garnett was a farmer and his farm was located near or was maybe a part of the Lee Boyd place. After Garnett's wife Louisa, died, and after his brother Tom had died, Garnett married Tom’s widow, Ruby. Tom Boyd married 1st Jessie Crump daughter of Hanibal Hatcher “Doc" Crump and Cina Loa or “Lulu” Barbour. Their children are Herman Allen Boyd, Harold Thomas Boyd, Edwin Willis Boyd who died as a baby and James Ruben Boyd. Tom married 2nd Ruby Barbour Rountree. Their children are William Thomas Boyd, Mary Frances Boyd Alice Marie Boyd, and Richard Lane Boyd. Ruby’s parents are Joe Barbour and Alice Chapman. Ruby had a daughter Pauline Rountree by her 1st marriage to Paul Rountree. Tom was a farmer, carpenter, railroad and mill worker. Someway his clothes caught on fire he wasn’t able to put the fire out and he died from the burns. Tom liked to fish, as I believe all Boyds do. He also enjoyed pulling pranks on people. He was a quiet person and kept his problems to himself. He was very meticulous.

Tom Boyd married 1st Jessie Crump, daughter of Hanibal Hatcher “Doc" Crump and Cina Loa or” Lulu” Barbour. Their children are Herman Allen Boyd, Harold Thomas Boyd, Edwin Willis Boyd who died as a baby and James Ruben Boyd. Tom married 2nd Ruby Barbour Rountree. Their children are William Thomas Boyd, Mary Frances Boyd, Alice Marie Boyd, and Richard Lane Boyd. Ruby’s parents are Joe Barbour and Alice Chapman. Ruby had a daughter Pauline Rountree by her 1st marriage to Paul Rountree. Tom was a farmer, carpenter, railroad and mill worker. Someway his clothes caught on fire he wasn’t able to put the fire out and he died from the burns. Tom liked to fish, as I believe all Boyds do. He also enjoyed pulling pranks on people. He was a quiet person and kept his problems to himself. He was very meticulous. Sam Boyd married Dorothy Gray, the daughter of William Thomas Gray and Pauline Herman. They had one son, Willis Gray. Sam was one of five brothers who went to Kansas. He was a merchant and a mechanic. I have to add that I thought a lot of my father-in-law.

Tyra Boyd married Addie Mae Buckles, the daughter of John Robert Buckles and Annie Belle Harned. Their children were Doris Evelyn Boyd and Alvin Morris. Tyra worked for the Louisvllle and Nashville Railroad Company for 48 years and served as freight agent in Greensburg, Kentucky for 30 years. He was at one time Mayor of Greensburg and was a Methodist.

The third child of Alfred D. and Armildia Boyd, William Thomas "Cobbin” Boyd is my mystery man. At one time he lived In Woodsonville, Kentucky, in the old Gaines Rowlett house. This house now in 1983, has been torn down and a new house is in its place.

In the 1900 Census of Hart County, he is living with his wife, Malinda (Kate) and six children, Annie G. Boyd, Harry W. Boyd, Sam Harper Boyd, Nora Lee Boyd, Sydney and ? Etna Lahoon?? His wife may have been a Harper.

Uncle Gaines Rowlett told me that Cobbin Boyd had just disappeared and no one knew what happened to him. Bill Seymour said that Cobbin’s brother, Lee Boyd, said that the last he heard of his brother, he was going over Niagara Falls in a raft. Cobbin's son, Sydney Parrish Boyd, was raised by his brother, Lee Boyd. There is an article in a 1887 Bart County News that says W.C. Boyd from Paducah visited his family in Woodsonville, Kentucky”. I believe that this is Cobbin as he working in Paducah and maybe went back there and stayed? I have heard that some of his children were living in the Chicago area at one time.

Lucy Ann Boyd, fourth child of Alfred D. and Armildia Boyd, married Rev. John ------? She had four daughters, Mabel Ruth, Raye, Esther, and Elizabeth. Her obit from the Glasgow Republican states that she was a good Christian woman and a Baptist. She lived at Uno, Kentucky in Hart County and is buried in the Parrish Burying Grounds at Goodnight, Kentucky in Barren County.

Alfred Davis Boyd Jr. married Sarah "Sally" Taylor Johnson from Alabama the daughter of John Gilbert Greer Johnson and Elizabeth Ophelia Evans. They had four sons, William Lett Boyd who died as a baby, Gilbert Lee Boyd, Coleman Davis Boyd, and Kenneth Yancey Boyd. Coleman and Yancey never married, but Gilbert Lee Boyd was married four times. At one time Alfred D. Jr. had a Livery Stable in Munfordville, Kentucky, Hart County about where the Dobson Motor Company is now.

It states in the 9 February 1877 Hart County News, that there was a grand h____ the Alfred Boyd Jr. home at Woodsonville, Kentucky.

In the 1900 Hart County Census he was listed as an agent for a photo enlarging company and Sally Boyd was a music teacher. Sally was an accomplished musician and had studied music in Paris, France, and spoke French fluently. She also wrote two books, “Mary Magdalene”, and “Two Paths Made One” and donated then to the Public Library in Louisville, KY, 20 March 1920. Sally was supposed to have had the Boyd family worked out back to the early 1700s. I have not bean able to find this. The records may have burned when their house burned in the early 1900s near Glasgow.

Alfred D. Boyd Jr. and Sally Boyd bought their farm west of Glasgow, Kentucky in Barren County in the early 1900s, located west of Glasgow on highway 90 near where a shopping center is now. Alfred D. Jr. was a tall, thin man and was a farmer and carpenter.

Jackson Parrish "Jack" Boyd married Nannie Woodward, lived and ran a store at Goodnight, Kentucky in Barren County. They had two sons, Jackson Parrish Boyd Jr., and James A. Boyd. Bill Seymour says he remembers Jack as a short man with a long handlebar moustache.

Hart County News 29 September 1886: J.P. Boyd and Nannie Woodward, Blue Springs Creek, Metcalfe County, Kentucky- married. She is the daughter of Capt. J. V. Woodward, married Thursday. The reception is at the groom’s father’s home.

Robert Lee “Lee” Boyd married Mattie Gorin and had three daughters: Kathleen Lucy Lee Boyd, and Virginia Boyd. In his younger days Lee had courted Mary Ella Key, but she had married Wesley Perry and Lee married Mattie Gorin, so later after Mattie and Wesley had died Lee and Mary Ella were married. Lee was a farmer and had a farm on Green river south of Munfordville, Kentucky, Hart County. So far I have not been able to establish if his farm is the Alfred D. Boyd Sr. place or a part of it.

Allie Boyd married John Gilbert Johnson brother of Sally who is the wife of Alfred D. Boyd Jr. Allie and her family lived in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. She had 12 children: Willie Davis Johnson, Alfred Bernard Johnson, John Gilbert Johnson, Philander Weaver Johnson, Arnold Parrish Johnson, Elizabeth Evans Johnson, Thomas Greer Johnson, Allie Boyd Johnson, Frances Cummings Johnson, Grace White-head Johnson, James Edgar Johnson, and Jack Boyd Johnson. She is buried in Miami, Dade County, Florida.

Oscar Parrish "Tuck" Boyd married Virginia Key, sister to Mary Key, who was the second wife of Lee Boyd, Tuck’s brother. They had one daughter, Bessie Gaines Boyd, who married Samuel Herman Crabtree.

Bill Seymour said that Tuck lived at Clearpoint (Uno), Kentucky in Hart County. Tuck was a tall thin man. Virginia and Mary Key were sisters to Sally Key Seymour, Bill’s mother.

Joe Alexander Boyd never married. He was a farmer and lived with his brother Lee. Bill Seymour said that he used to live with Lee Boyd during the summer when he was out of school, but that he would never sleep in Joe’s room. Bill says that house is HAUNTED!

Armildia "Mim" Boyd married Jefferson Davis Grady and had no children. Porter Houk told me that Mim Boyd Grady taught school at Richardson School on highway 68 between Munfordville and Hardyville, Kentucky, in Hart County.

Mary Elizabeth Boyd married Lawrence Hardy and had two children; Uberto Parrish Hardy, who died as a small child and Ruby H. Hardy who married Pete Ross.

                             A Few Things I left Out

The obituaries of Alfred D. Boyd and Armildia Boyd and Lucy Ann Boyd Winn were found in a scrap book that was over a hundred years old. Millie Boyd and Gaines Rowlett were married in a buggy on the old 31W between Rowletts and Horse Cave, Kentucky near Mammoth Onyx Cave.

Gaines Rowlett said that he stole Louisa Houk from Garnett Boyd when Garnett and Louisa went to Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee to get married. Gallatin, Tennessee was a popular place to go to and get married, as you could go to Park City in Barren County and go directly into Gallatin. Many in the late 1800s and early 1900s met there.

Herman Allen Boyd was the brother who was with him (Ruben) when be lost his eye. Reid got the glass out. (Reid Sego)

Lee Boyd was the only Republican of the Boyds and he was a Cambellite. The rest were Democrats and Baptists.

Lee Boyd raised Wiley Caswell, who was from Priceville. Wiley died about 1918-1919.

Lee Boyd’s farm was 365 Acres and is now owned by Tony Geralds.

Mim Boyd Grady lived with her sister Mary E. Hardy near Uno until she got married. She and Jeff Grady lived pretty close to Lee Boyd on the road that goes to Canmer.

After Alice Boyd died the store was sold and used as a residence and is still standing in pretty good condition, at Rowletts, Kentucky.

Alvin Morris Boyd son of Tyra and Mae Boyd was sixteen and a half years old when he died, a freshman, killed in a private plane crash at Campbellville, Kentucky. He was taking flying lessons and was taking a lesson at the time of the crash. Both Morris and his instructor were killed.

The End!

Thelma Line Boyd
17 October 1983

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