John Boyd (called "Johnny Buckles") married Margaret Wilson or Willson and went to Kentucky for a few years but returned to Newberry, S.C.
His will was signed in Newberry in 1823 and witnessed by the Hon. John Belton O'Neall, who referred to his father as "John Boyd of Bellamena" in his book Annals of Newberry (1859; 1892), p.47. He also referred to his son John Boyd III as "Waggoner Jack" Boyd.
This was his father, according to some family trees:
NSSAR 39260 says John Boyd enlisted Nov. 4, 1775 in the 1st S.C. Regiment and was discharged Aug. 17, 1778. "He settled in Newberry County and is buried near New Hope Church," wrote Robert P. Boyd, Rock Hill, S.C., Nov. 14, 1923. He listed his wife as Jane Barnardo. Robert P. Boyd was a descendant of their son Rev. Nathan Boyd and Elizabeth Taggart.
Annals of Newberry (1892) by John Belton O'Neall (1783-1863), p. 699: "Salem (Methodist Church) was located on Second Creek, near the late residence of Felix Graham. It was built about 1800, but in 1835 was merged into New Hope, which church was organized in 1795. Rev. Nathan Boyd was a leading spirit in its early history. He was zealously aided by the Tygerts, Lakes, Cromers, Grahams, Thompsons and others of that day. The present church building was built about 1831, about two miles from the site of the old church."
This family came from Ballymena, Antrim, N. Ireland, according to researchers of the last generation, to Virginia and later Newberry Co., S.C. A lot of work was done on this family 40-50 years ago by Ethel Speer Updike and her sister, Laura Speer Mentzel. They were both quoted as saying that old John Boyd was described in records as "John Boyd of Ballymena."
Also, the book OUR BOYD FAMILY AND ALLIED FAMILIES: deGraffenried, Tidwell, Milam, Patton (1971) by George Hugh Boyd, & Rosalie Brown Boyd (Danielsville, Georgia: HERITAGE PAPERS), pp. 3-4:
John Boyd, Jr., was a shoe buckler and harness maker by trade and was commonly known and referred to as "Johnny Buckles." He apparently worked extensively with leather in the making of harness, shoes and other articles. The inventory of his personal property at the time of his death included considerable stocks of leather and leather working tools. He is said to have been born in North Ireland in 1756, [3.1] tho I doubt the correctness of this date. When he appeared in South Carolina in 1772, he apparently was already married though his wife was not with him. He is said to have married Margaret Willson about 1770. If this date is correct, his birthdate of 1756 must surely not be correct. If so, he would have been only 14 years old at the time of his marriage.
John Boyd, Jr.'s (Johnny Buckles) land grant of 100 acres on his arrival in South Carolina was located on the south side of the "Saludy" (Saluda) River on a branch of Beech Creek adjacent to land granted to his father and sister Elizabeth. I have in my files a copy of the plat surveyed to him December 20, 1772, and of the grant made to him in the name of King George III on November 9, 1774.
Mr. O'Neal in his book, Annals of Newberry, published in 1850, has the following to say regarding John Boyd, Jr., and his brother, David: "John Boyd of Ballymena, John Boyd called Johnny Buckles and David Boyd, the last two lived between Gilders Creek and Bush River, were Covenanters. [3.3] Like the Quakers they set their faces against slavery. Yet, if I remember right, John Boyd was the owner of slaves at his death. I know that David Boyd manumitted his, but was compelled from their want of thrift to gather them all home and take charge of them as if they were slaves..." [the above quote is from the Annals of Newberry, Vol. 1, pp. 47-48 --JK] John Boyd, Jr. (Johnny Buckles) had slaves at the time of his death as they were included in the inventory of his estate.
Three sons of John of Ballymena were soldiers in the Revolutionary War [3.4] and in the South Carolina Archives are copies if indents showing that his daughter, Elizabeth, made many contributions to the American Armies in that war. John Boyd, Jr., was a Private in the South Carolina Militia under Col Philemon Waters. I have photostatic copies of accounts numbers 2448X and 2449X showing payments to him for his militia duty in Waters' Regiment.
Hila Van Horn, in the October 1998 issue of "The Dean Road" p 16,
said that John Boyd "was born 21 November 1740 in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland."
See also: "Boyds... from Ballymena to Bethany" by Judy Fowler Kilgore, The (Fayetteville, Georgia) CITIZEN, Sept. 13, 2002 and part II in Sept. 20, 2002.
His will was signed in Newberry in 1823 and witnessed by the Hon. John Belton O'Neall, who referred to his father as "John Boyd of Bellamena" in his book Annals of Newberry (1859; 1892), p.47. He also referred to his son John Boyd III as "Waggoner Jack" Boyd.
This was his father, according to some family trees:
NSSAR 39260 says John Boyd enlisted Nov. 4, 1775 in the 1st S.C. Regiment and was discharged Aug. 17, 1778. "He settled in Newberry County and is buried near New Hope Church," wrote Robert P. Boyd, Rock Hill, S.C., Nov. 14, 1923. He listed his wife as Jane Barnardo. Robert P. Boyd was a descendant of their son Rev. Nathan Boyd and Elizabeth Taggart.
Annals of Newberry (1892) by John Belton O'Neall (1783-1863), p. 699: "Salem (Methodist Church) was located on Second Creek, near the late residence of Felix Graham. It was built about 1800, but in 1835 was merged into New Hope, which church was organized in 1795. Rev. Nathan Boyd was a leading spirit in its early history. He was zealously aided by the Tygerts, Lakes, Cromers, Grahams, Thompsons and others of that day. The present church building was built about 1831, about two miles from the site of the old church."
This family came from Ballymena, Antrim, N. Ireland, according to researchers of the last generation, to Virginia and later Newberry Co., S.C. A lot of work was done on this family 40-50 years ago by Ethel Speer Updike and her sister, Laura Speer Mentzel. They were both quoted as saying that old John Boyd was described in records as "John Boyd of Ballymena."
Also, the book OUR BOYD FAMILY AND ALLIED FAMILIES: deGraffenried, Tidwell, Milam, Patton (1971) by George Hugh Boyd, & Rosalie Brown Boyd (Danielsville, Georgia: HERITAGE PAPERS), pp. 3-4:
John Boyd, Jr., was a shoe buckler and harness maker by trade and was commonly known and referred to as "Johnny Buckles." He apparently worked extensively with leather in the making of harness, shoes and other articles. The inventory of his personal property at the time of his death included considerable stocks of leather and leather working tools. He is said to have been born in North Ireland in 1756, [3.1] tho I doubt the correctness of this date. When he appeared in South Carolina in 1772, he apparently was already married though his wife was not with him. He is said to have married Margaret Willson about 1770. If this date is correct, his birthdate of 1756 must surely not be correct. If so, he would have been only 14 years old at the time of his marriage.
John Boyd, Jr.'s (Johnny Buckles) land grant of 100 acres on his arrival in South Carolina was located on the south side of the "Saludy" (Saluda) River on a branch of Beech Creek adjacent to land granted to his father and sister Elizabeth. I have in my files a copy of the plat surveyed to him December 20, 1772, and of the grant made to him in the name of King George III on November 9, 1774.
Mr. O'Neal in his book, Annals of Newberry, published in 1850, has the following to say regarding John Boyd, Jr., and his brother, David: "John Boyd of Ballymena, John Boyd called Johnny Buckles and David Boyd, the last two lived between Gilders Creek and Bush River, were Covenanters. [3.3] Like the Quakers they set their faces against slavery. Yet, if I remember right, John Boyd was the owner of slaves at his death. I know that David Boyd manumitted his, but was compelled from their want of thrift to gather them all home and take charge of them as if they were slaves..." [the above quote is from the Annals of Newberry, Vol. 1, pp. 47-48 --JK] John Boyd, Jr. (Johnny Buckles) had slaves at the time of his death as they were included in the inventory of his estate.
Three sons of John of Ballymena were soldiers in the Revolutionary War [3.4] and in the South Carolina Archives are copies if indents showing that his daughter, Elizabeth, made many contributions to the American Armies in that war. John Boyd, Jr., was a Private in the South Carolina Militia under Col Philemon Waters. I have photostatic copies of accounts numbers 2448X and 2449X showing payments to him for his militia duty in Waters' Regiment.
Hila Van Horn, in the October 1998 issue of "The Dean Road" p 16,
said that John Boyd "was born 21 November 1740 in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland."
See also: "Boyds... from Ballymena to Bethany" by Judy Fowler Kilgore, The (Fayetteville, Georgia) CITIZEN, Sept. 13, 2002 and part II in Sept. 20, 2002.
John Boyd (called "Johnny Buckles") married Margaret Wilson or Willson and went to Kentucky for a few years but returned to Newberry, S.C.
His will was signed in Newberry in 1823 and witnessed by the Hon. John Belton O'Neall, who referred to his father as "John Boyd of Bellamena" in his book Annals of Newberry (1859; 1892), p.47. He also referred to his son John Boyd III as "Waggoner Jack" Boyd.
This was his father, according to some family trees:
NSSAR 39260 says John Boyd enlisted Nov. 4, 1775 in the 1st S.C. Regiment and was discharged Aug. 17, 1778. "He settled in Newberry County and is buried near New Hope Church," wrote Robert P. Boyd, Rock Hill, S.C., Nov. 14, 1923. He listed his wife as Jane Barnardo. Robert P. Boyd was a descendant of their son Rev. Nathan Boyd and Elizabeth Taggart.
Annals of Newberry (1892) by John Belton O'Neall (1783-1863), p. 699: "Salem (Methodist Church) was located on Second Creek, near the late residence of Felix Graham. It was built about 1800, but in 1835 was merged into New Hope, which church was organized in 1795. Rev. Nathan Boyd was a leading spirit in its early history. He was zealously aided by the Tygerts, Lakes, Cromers, Grahams, Thompsons and others of that day. The present church building was built about 1831, about two miles from the site of the old church."
This family came from Ballymena, Antrim, N. Ireland, according to researchers of the last generation, to Virginia and later Newberry Co., S.C. A lot of work was done on this family 40-50 years ago by Ethel Speer Updike and her sister, Laura Speer Mentzel. They were both quoted as saying that old John Boyd was described in records as "John Boyd of Ballymena."
Also, the book OUR BOYD FAMILY AND ALLIED FAMILIES: deGraffenried, Tidwell, Milam, Patton (1971) by George Hugh Boyd, & Rosalie Brown Boyd (Danielsville, Georgia: HERITAGE PAPERS), pp. 3-4:
John Boyd, Jr., was a shoe buckler and harness maker by trade and was commonly known and referred to as "Johnny Buckles." He apparently worked extensively with leather in the making of harness, shoes and other articles. The inventory of his personal property at the time of his death included considerable stocks of leather and leather working tools. He is said to have been born in North Ireland in 1756, [3.1] tho I doubt the correctness of this date. When he appeared in South Carolina in 1772, he apparently was already married though his wife was not with him. He is said to have married Margaret Willson about 1770. If this date is correct, his birthdate of 1756 must surely not be correct. If so, he would have been only 14 years old at the time of his marriage.
John Boyd, Jr.'s (Johnny Buckles) land grant of 100 acres on his arrival in South Carolina was located on the south side of the "Saludy" (Saluda) River on a branch of Beech Creek adjacent to land granted to his father and sister Elizabeth. I have in my files a copy of the plat surveyed to him December 20, 1772, and of the grant made to him in the name of King George III on November 9, 1774.
Mr. O'Neal in his book, Annals of Newberry, published in 1850, has the following to say regarding John Boyd, Jr., and his brother, David: "John Boyd of Ballymena, John Boyd called Johnny Buckles and David Boyd, the last two lived between Gilders Creek and Bush River, were Covenanters. [3.3] Like the Quakers they set their faces against slavery. Yet, if I remember right, John Boyd was the owner of slaves at his death. I know that David Boyd manumitted his, but was compelled from their want of thrift to gather them all home and take charge of them as if they were slaves..." [the above quote is from the Annals of Newberry, Vol. 1, pp. 47-48 --JK] John Boyd, Jr. (Johnny Buckles) had slaves at the time of his death as they were included in the inventory of his estate.
Three sons of John of Ballymena were soldiers in the Revolutionary War [3.4] and in the South Carolina Archives are copies if indents showing that his daughter, Elizabeth, made many contributions to the American Armies in that war. John Boyd, Jr., was a Private in the South Carolina Militia under Col Philemon Waters. I have photostatic copies of accounts numbers 2448X and 2449X showing payments to him for his militia duty in Waters' Regiment.
Hila Van Horn, in the October 1998 issue of "The Dean Road" p 16,
said that John Boyd "was born 21 November 1740 in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland."
See also: "Boyds... from Ballymena to Bethany" by Judy Fowler Kilgore, The (Fayetteville, Georgia) CITIZEN, Sept. 13, 2002 and part II in Sept. 20, 2002.
His will was signed in Newberry in 1823 and witnessed by the Hon. John Belton O'Neall, who referred to his father as "John Boyd of Bellamena" in his book Annals of Newberry (1859; 1892), p.47. He also referred to his son John Boyd III as "Waggoner Jack" Boyd.
This was his father, according to some family trees:
NSSAR 39260 says John Boyd enlisted Nov. 4, 1775 in the 1st S.C. Regiment and was discharged Aug. 17, 1778. "He settled in Newberry County and is buried near New Hope Church," wrote Robert P. Boyd, Rock Hill, S.C., Nov. 14, 1923. He listed his wife as Jane Barnardo. Robert P. Boyd was a descendant of their son Rev. Nathan Boyd and Elizabeth Taggart.
Annals of Newberry (1892) by John Belton O'Neall (1783-1863), p. 699: "Salem (Methodist Church) was located on Second Creek, near the late residence of Felix Graham. It was built about 1800, but in 1835 was merged into New Hope, which church was organized in 1795. Rev. Nathan Boyd was a leading spirit in its early history. He was zealously aided by the Tygerts, Lakes, Cromers, Grahams, Thompsons and others of that day. The present church building was built about 1831, about two miles from the site of the old church."
This family came from Ballymena, Antrim, N. Ireland, according to researchers of the last generation, to Virginia and later Newberry Co., S.C. A lot of work was done on this family 40-50 years ago by Ethel Speer Updike and her sister, Laura Speer Mentzel. They were both quoted as saying that old John Boyd was described in records as "John Boyd of Ballymena."
Also, the book OUR BOYD FAMILY AND ALLIED FAMILIES: deGraffenried, Tidwell, Milam, Patton (1971) by George Hugh Boyd, & Rosalie Brown Boyd (Danielsville, Georgia: HERITAGE PAPERS), pp. 3-4:
John Boyd, Jr., was a shoe buckler and harness maker by trade and was commonly known and referred to as "Johnny Buckles." He apparently worked extensively with leather in the making of harness, shoes and other articles. The inventory of his personal property at the time of his death included considerable stocks of leather and leather working tools. He is said to have been born in North Ireland in 1756, [3.1] tho I doubt the correctness of this date. When he appeared in South Carolina in 1772, he apparently was already married though his wife was not with him. He is said to have married Margaret Willson about 1770. If this date is correct, his birthdate of 1756 must surely not be correct. If so, he would have been only 14 years old at the time of his marriage.
John Boyd, Jr.'s (Johnny Buckles) land grant of 100 acres on his arrival in South Carolina was located on the south side of the "Saludy" (Saluda) River on a branch of Beech Creek adjacent to land granted to his father and sister Elizabeth. I have in my files a copy of the plat surveyed to him December 20, 1772, and of the grant made to him in the name of King George III on November 9, 1774.
Mr. O'Neal in his book, Annals of Newberry, published in 1850, has the following to say regarding John Boyd, Jr., and his brother, David: "John Boyd of Ballymena, John Boyd called Johnny Buckles and David Boyd, the last two lived between Gilders Creek and Bush River, were Covenanters. [3.3] Like the Quakers they set their faces against slavery. Yet, if I remember right, John Boyd was the owner of slaves at his death. I know that David Boyd manumitted his, but was compelled from their want of thrift to gather them all home and take charge of them as if they were slaves..." [the above quote is from the Annals of Newberry, Vol. 1, pp. 47-48 --JK] John Boyd, Jr. (Johnny Buckles) had slaves at the time of his death as they were included in the inventory of his estate.
Three sons of John of Ballymena were soldiers in the Revolutionary War [3.4] and in the South Carolina Archives are copies if indents showing that his daughter, Elizabeth, made many contributions to the American Armies in that war. John Boyd, Jr., was a Private in the South Carolina Militia under Col Philemon Waters. I have photostatic copies of accounts numbers 2448X and 2449X showing payments to him for his militia duty in Waters' Regiment.
Hila Van Horn, in the October 1998 issue of "The Dean Road" p 16,
said that John Boyd "was born 21 November 1740 in Ballymena, Co Antrim, Ireland."
See also: "Boyds... from Ballymena to Bethany" by Judy Fowler Kilgore, The (Fayetteville, Georgia) CITIZEN, Sept. 13, 2002 and part II in Sept. 20, 2002.
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