CHIEF:  Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock

Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd

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  Linn Boyd ~ (1) Alice C. Bennett (2) Anna Rhey Dixon

of TN and KY

Linn Boyd was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 22 November 1800 to Abraham and Elizabeth Linn of Davidson County, TN.  He was the grandson of James Boyd.  Linn Boyd grew up in a family who valued service to their country. Both James and Abraham served in the Revolutionary War.

At age 19 Linn Boyd was a United States Commissioner (1819) and negotiated a treaty with the Chickasaw Indians for land near the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.  He became involved in politics and worked with Andrew Jackson. 

Boyd moved to the Jackson purchase in Kentucky and farmed in Calloway County in 1826. He gained the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens and was elected to the state legislature in 1827. Linn Boyd served in the legislature at the same time as his father who had been elected from Trigg County.

In 1831 Linn moved back to Trigg County and was elected to the legislature there. In 1835 Linn Boyd was elected to the United States House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket. He served until 1837 when he was defeated by a Whig.  In 1832 he married Alice C. Bennett.  Their children:

Boyd, Linn born April 30, 1837 in Trigg County, KY; died September 23, 1886 at Henderson, Henderson County, KY; buried Murray City Cemetery, Calloway County, KY; son of Linn & Alice C. (Bennett) Boyd; husband of Mary Dallas (Curd) Boyd; 1860 Call. Co., KY, Census: bp. KY, age 23, attorney.

Boyd, Butler born circa 1843 in Trigg County, KY; died after 1900; son of Linn & Alice C. (Bennett) Boyd; husband of Olive (Drane) Boyd; 1860 Cald. Co., KY, Census: bp. KY, age 17, college. Butler Boyd and wife were living in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1900. Butler died 14 July 1914 in Oklahoma.       See civil war military data on Butler and Felix Boyd below.           Butler Boyd's Obit

By 1839 Linn Boyd was back in Washington. He was elected from the First Congressional District of Kentucky. He served his district and state until 1855.

In 1850 Boyd proposed a "little omnibus" bill which combined the measure for defining the  Texas boundary and the assumption of the Texas debt with a proposal to organize the New Mexico territory. 

Boyd was married for the second time after the death of his first wife to Anna Rhey Dixon, a widow and daughter of James Rhey of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. They had one son Rhey Boyd.

In 1856 Linn Boyd was a candidate for Vice President from Kentucky but this proved unsuccessful. He later was elected to be the Lieutenant-Governor in Kentucky but died before he was sworn into office (17 December 1859). He is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Pudacah, Kentucky.

Linn Boyd's Obit

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FIRST CONFEDERATE CAVALRY;

Sixteenth Confederate Cavalry 

Boyd, Butler: Pvt.; enlisted 12 June 1861 at Jackson, TN; captured POW at Shelbyville, TN 27 June 1863; POW at Franklin, TN, forwarded to Nashville, TN 30 June 1863 or 1 Jul 1863; POW at Nashville, TN, forwarded to Louisville,  KY; POW received at Military Prison, Louisville, KY 3 Jul 1863; POW at Louisville, KY, forwarded to Camp Chase, OH 6 July 1863; POW received at Camp Chase, OH 7 July 1863; POW at Camp Chase, OH, transferred to Fort Delaware, DE 14 July 1863; POW received at Fort Delaware, DE 17 Jul 1863; POW paroled at Fort Delaware, DE 30 July 1863; received $24 pay at Camp Lee, near Richmond, VA 5 Aug 1863 as Asst. QM, his company is at Chattanooga, TN; at Greensboro, GA 8 Aug 1864; on May/June 1864 Muster Roll listed as present, horse in service since 13 Dec 1863.

               For More about this Family see: 

                    Elder Elijah Martindale - Elizabeth Boyd 

From data supplied on the LDS IGI....it *appears* that Linn Boyd Jr., who
married to Dallas Curd would be the son of Linn Boyd Sr and Alice C. Bennett ....and it also appears Ward Boyd would also be their son....at least the dates and places seem to be realistic:

ABRAHAM BOYD 
Spouse: NANCY LINN 
Marriage: 1798 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 

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Marriage records, 1789-1951; Licenses and bonds, 1789-1886; index, 1944-
1946 Davidson County (Tennessee). County Clerk
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Linn BOYD Sr 
Birth: 28 Nov 1800 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Father: Abraham BOYD 
Mother: Nancy LINN 

Linn BOYD Sr
Spouse: Alice C BENNETT 
Marriage: 20 Oct 1822 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 

Children:

Ward BOYD - Birth: 1823 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Butler BOYD - Birth: 1824 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 
Linn BOYD - Birth: 1825 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 
Felix BOYD - Birth: 1827 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 

Ward BOYD 
Spouse: Louise E WARE 
Marriage: 1842 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 

Linn BOYD 
Spouse: Dallas CURD 
Marriage: 1845 Paducah, Mccracken, Kentucky 

However, the above entries are "patron submissions"...and would require
obtaining the submitters contact info in order to find out where the
information originated....and if it is *documented* information. This
*usually* can be done at ones local LDS Family History Library....a
volunteer at the library should be able to help locate the *Source* of
the information, which should contain the submitters name, address and
many times phone number. The other option, of course, would be to
personally research the TN and Ky county records if available for the
above timeframes.

As for the John Boyd and Elizabeth MCCLEAN (McClean)....Is it possible
that there is a typo here? Could Elizabeth's name be MCLEAN (McLean)?,
and the transcriber just added an extra "C"? 

There does not appear to be an entry for a John Boyd and Elizabeth
McClean marriage in the IGI....unless my searching ability is failing me
:-)....nor any listing of children. However, there is a John Boyd and
Elizabeth MCLEAN (McLean) married 07 May 1818 listed in the TN marriages
on the Clan Boyd web site....but the marriage took place in Maury Co;
TN.

>From the IGI, I see the following who appears *possibly* to be a
*brother* of Linn Boyd Sr;:

John BOYD 
Birth: 1798 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee 
Father: Abraham BOYD 
Mother: Nancy LINN 

The following looks like a good *possibly* for being the marriage record
for the above John Boyd:

John BOYD 
Spouse: Elizabeth MCEWEN (McEwen)
Marriage: 9 Oct 1817 Davidson, Tennessee 

Richard, 

My Boyd is Agnes BOYD who married Jimmy T. GRIMES.  They had 3 children - Helen, Lloyd and Maude.  The notes I have came from a great aunt who was about 80 when she gave the information to a cousin years ago. That cousin is about 70 now and doesn't remember the connections between some of the names now.  Agnes was in some way related to Abraham Boyd, father of Linn Boyd.  My guess is that she was a sister but this is only a guess.  The notes only have an arrow connecting her name and Abraham's. 

The notes go on to say Abraham had 3 sons but only lists 2 - Alfred and Lynn.  It says Alfred married Amez HARRISON and had 3 sons - George Lynn, Abraham and John and 3 daughters - Martha, Adelaide and Agnes. There are some additional notes on Linn Boyd's marriages.

Do any of the above names or information sound familiar to anyone? I just don't know where to go to get any where on the line.  The notes from Aunt Helen (we called her Bibby) has a lot of names mentioned but no dates and it is hard to make sense out of some of the connections. 

Lynn Briggs                

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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