TENNESSEE BOYD RECORDS:
BOYD, John - b. May 2,1764
- d. Dec 4,1847.
BOYD, Martha B. - b. Nov 3,1798
- d. Feb 8,1856; age,58 years.
BOYD, Mary Jane - b. Feb 6,1823
- d. Nov 13,1855; dau. of M.and J. Buck.
BOYD, Joseph B. - b. Jul 10,1818
- d. Aug 17,1835; born in Bedford Co.
BOYD, Elizabeth McEwen - b.
Feb 28,1788 - d. Dec 29,1861.
BOYD, Isabela - d. Aug 24,1877;
age,14 months.
BOYD, Francis - d. May 20,1857;
age,58 years.
BOYD, Mary B. - b. 1812 -
d. 1899.
LAFFERTY, Mary J - d.
Jun 23,1861; age,24 years; wife of W.L. Lafferty,
daughter of F. and Mary B.
BOYD.
SHRYER
MONUMENT:
L.B. BOYD, b. Oct 14,1847
- d. Sept 15,1882.
HARDING
LOT IN SPRING HILL CEMETERY:
LOU JANE BOYD, wife of W.C.
BOYD, b. Apr 15,1848 - d. Jun 5,1912.
Southwest
suburb of McMinnville, Tenn;
DR.THOMAS BOYD; died 1831;
wife, Buchanan.
Bonnie Kate Chapter, Knoxville:
JANE BOYD d. 1838.
M.F. BOYD, d. 1821, Revolutionary
Soldier.
Athens, Tenn:
JAMES, son of F. and MARY
BOYD, b. Jan 2,1845 - d. May 9,1846.
JOHN, son of F. and MARY BOYD,
b. Jul 17, 1842 - d. Jun 9, 1849.
ELIZABETH, daughter of F.
and MARY BOYD, b. Aug 5,1840 - d. Sept
30,1841.
MARTHA, daughter of F. and
MARY BOYD, b. Oct 12,1854 - d. Aug 15,1856.
GRAVESTONES,
MONUMENTS, OLD CEMETERIES, AND FAMILY BIBLES IN WILLIAMSON
COUNTY TENN:
BOYD,Harrison.
BOYD,Virginia Cliffe.
GRAY
CEMETERY:
MARY KENNEDY,wife of WILLIAM
BOYD, b.Oct.21,1834 - d. Oct 11,1877.
JAMES BOYD, b. Oct 23,1811
- d. Jun 9,1884.
SARAH, daughter of JOHN and
SARAH BOYD, b.1816 - d. 1877.
MCMULLEN BOYD, b. Mar
25,1840 - d. Mar 14,1907.
SAMUEL BECKET BOYD, b. Jun
3,1827 - d. Jan 3,1920.
ISABELLA REED, wife of S.B.
BOYD, b. June 8,1813 - d. Sept 25,1907.
FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY:
JANE BOYD, d. 1821.
H.F. BOYD, d. 1821.
Blount
County:
ANN ELIZA DUNN, daughter of
ROBERT BOYD, d. Aug 18,1865; age,41 yrs.
EUSUBIA
GRAVEYARD:
JAMES BOYD, b. Sept 1812 -
d. Jan 16,1862.
OLD ZION
GRAVEYARD:
LOUISA BOYD, b. Nov 25,1829
- d. Mar 9,1910.
B.T. BOYD, b. Apr 25,1822
- d. Apr 29,1884.
WILLIAM H. BOYD, b. Jan 10,1812
- d. Mar 15,1875.
GRAVEYARD
ADJOINING THE LAWRENCE GRAVEYARD:
ELLA JOHNSON, wife of GEORGE
C. BOYD, b. Jul 6, 1872 - d. Sep 3, 1905.
EBENEZER
CHURCH REGISTER:
JAMES BOYD, communicant; d.
Sep 15,1825.
MISS WINEBETH BOYD, communicant;
d. Apr 27,1830.
MISS SARAH BOYD, communicant,
dismissed.
GREENWOOD
CEMETERY:
POLEY RUSSELL, step-daughter
of L.B. BOYD, b.Jan 7,1789 - d. Mar 22, 1816.
BETSY ANN BOYD, b. Feb 8,1814
- d. Sept 26,1816.
LUCINDA M. BOYD, b. Dec 7,1810
- d. Oct 22,1811.
LOUISA A. BOYD, b. May 29,1809
- d. Sept 30,1814.
OLD BAPTIST
GRAVEYARD:
ANN, daughter of J. and W.
BOYD, d. Apr 19,1832; age, 36 years.
JANE, daughter of W. and I.
BOYD, d. Aug 15,1836; age, 25 years.
WILLIAM BOYD, d. Apr 4,1816;
age, 58 years, 6 months, 9 days.
JAMES H. BOYD, d. Apr 16,1858;
age, 55 years, 9 days.
NANCY BOYD, consort of H.
BOYD, d. Aug 10,1850; age, 52 years.
ROBERT BOYD, d. Dec 2, 1857;
age, 29 years, 10 months, 19 days.
WOODLAWN
CEMETERY:
PEARL BOYD, b. Feb 8, 1890
- d. Mar 19, 1900.
SOURCE: Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson,
Tennessee Records, Nashville:
Cullom and Ghertner, 1923.
Information has been obtained from family
Bibles, tombstones, diaries,
letters, manuscripts, and county records
...............
Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 1
VOYAGE
OF THE DONELSON PARTY:
MR. BOYD
................
A CENSUS
OF PENSIONERS FOR REVOLUTIONARY OR MILITARY SERVICES;
Below is the list of those
living in Tennessee, June 1,1840:
WILLIAM BOYD, age 84
................
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.
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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., 1923.
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. He belonged to the
class of pure lawyers, that
is to say, a class that adheres strictly to
the law, giving attention
to nothing else. Mr. Boyd was not a narrow or
uncultured man. Upon the contrary,
it seems that he was well educated,
but after entering upon the
profession he gave it his exclusive
attention. He was born in
Virginia, but the place and the date of his
birth cannot be stated. In
his youth his father moved to Christian
County, Kentucky, and he was
educated in the literary, and also in the
law department of Transylvania
University, at Lexington. After leaving
the University he moved to
Clarksville, Tennessee, and completed his law
studies in the office of Cave
Johnson. He practiced law at Clarksville
until his death, which occurred
in 1847. Like all the successful lawyers
of that time, he rode the
circuit. In his case the circuit embraced
Montgomery, Robertson,Dickson,
Stewart and Humphreys counties, in all of
which he practiced with success.
It is said that he almost invariably
had one side in the more important
cases, in all this circuit. His
reputation extended into Kentucky,
and he frequently appeared in the
Courts at Hopkinsville and
Russellville.In politics he was a Whig, and
was repeatedly urged to run
for Congress against Cave Johnson, but he
held Mr. Johnson in the highest
esteem, and not only refused to
antagonize him, but voted
for him. He was a great admirer of Mr.
Webster, whom he regarded
as the foremost American lawyer. His memory
was marvelously retentive,
and he could cite the volume and page of all
our more important decisions.
Gustavus S. Henry said of him: “His mind
was too much engrossed in
delving down to the reason and foundations of
every legal principle, to
have time to indulge in elegant and ornamental
rhetoric. He did not disdain
these things,for
no man was more moved by true
eloquence than he, but the bent and
inclination of his mind was
toward profound legal investigation,and
close and earnest thought.
He was the best lawyer of his age I ever
knew, and would have risen
to the head of the profession in Tennessee
had not his life been cut
short in early manhood.” Mr. Boyd was married
in 1842 to MISS VIRGINIA C.
CONRAD, of Springfield, Tennessee. It is
with special pleasure that
the writer contributes his mite toward
rescuing from neglect the
memory of a man like Mr. Boyd. He was
supremely devoted to his profession,
and by his abilities and high
character improved and honored
it. He preferred the law before
everything, and we should
be ready to do honor to the memory of one who
manifested so high and just
an estimate of the dignity of our
profession.
..............
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, a
daughter of DAVID FRENCH and
ESTHER (WRIGHT) BOYD, residents of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and of Auburn,
Alabama. Her father, a Virginian, was
graduated from the State University
of Virginia and became president of
the Louisiana State University.
Her mother was of Huguenot descent and
both parents came of Revolutionary
ancestry. The marriage of Professor
and Mrs. Fleming was blessed
with four children: Esther Lynwood, William
Leroy, Mary Boyd and Eleanor
Louise.
...............
ERNEST HOUSTON BOYD - Ernest
Houston Boyd, prominent attorney of
Cookeville, is a man of wide
and varied interests. He was born in
Cookeville, on the 1st of
October, 1880, a son of ALVIN WHITTEN and
MARY (GOODPASTURE)BOYD, both
natives of Tennessee. For many years his
father engaged in the practice
of law at Cookeville, and for several
years he held the office of
clerk and master of the chancery court and
he represented the tenth senatorial
district in the general assemblies
of 1897 and 1899. His demise
occurred in 1912. In the acquirement of his
early education Ernest Houston
Boyd attended the schools of Cookeville
and subsequently attended
both the literary and law departments of
Cumberland University. He
was graduated from that institution in 1911,
with the LL. B. degree and
immediately engaged in practice at Cookeville
in partnership with his father,
under the firm name of Boyd & Boyd.
Prior to taking up the study
of law Mr. Boyd engaged in teaching school
and was county superintendent
of schools of Putnam county from 1903 to
1911. His law practice now
takes up his time and attention,and since
1912 he has held the office
of county attorney of Putnam county. Mr.
Boyd brought to the profession
innate ability and thorough training and
he well merits the success
he has achieved. On the 21st of August, 1912,
he was married to MISS MATTIE
RAGLAND and to their union five children
have been born: ALVIN WHITTEN,
WILLIAM HARDIN RAGLAND, MARY BUTLER, AVO
DYER and HOUSTON GOODPASTURE.
Mr. Boyd has always given his political
allegiance to the democratic
party and the principles for which it
stands. He was assistant clerk
of the state senate for one term, 1907.
Fraternally he is identified
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and the Masons. He was grand
patriarch of the Grand Encampment of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of Tennessee during 1908-09;was grand
representative to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge at Seattle, Washington, in
1909, and at Atlanta in 1910;
and he has been chairman of the judiciary
committee of the Grand Lodge,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Tennessee
for several years. Mr.Boyd
was formerly a member of the board of trustees of
the Odd Fellows Orphanage
at Clarksville and for several years he was a member
of the city board of education
of Cookeville. Mr. Boyd's religious faith is
that of the Presbyterian church
and he is an Elder in the local church.
He has frequently served as
Moderator of his Presbytery and in 1916 he
represented the Cumberland
Mountain Presbytery in the general assembly
of the Presbyterian church
at Atlantic City. He has been deeply
interested in Tennessee history
from childhood and has written a great
deal on the subject. He has
frequently delivered lectures on Tennessee
history to State Teachers'
Institutes and other educational meetings. He
is a member of the Tennessee
Historical Commission. As may be gathered
from the preceding statements,
Mr. Boyd is essentially public-spirited
and is highly esteemed in
Cookeville for his integrity and sterling
worth.
.............
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.,
1923.
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