John BOYD
Sinking Creek Baptist Church, 1783-1905 (FHL#976.8984 K2s)
Washington County,Tennessee Tax Lists (FHL#976.897 N2m Vol 1)
Ancestral File - nil
Ordinance Index - Version 1.02
New.FamilySearch.org, Dec 2011
Ancestry.com
Family Tree Maker (Genealogy.com)
Rootsweb.com
New.FamilySearch.org, Mar 2012
Newberry County, South Carolina, by George Summer (Google Books)
Boyd Generations in America, by Helen Boyd Piper
NOTES: John Boyd left Ireland with the Taggert family. Both settled in Virginia at first. In 1768 they bought land in Newberry County, South Carolina.
NOTES: Born North Carolina/Virginia
NOTE: Married in North Carolina or Tennessee. Captain of Light Horse Soldiers in Revolutionary War moved between 1785 and 1790 to Gap Creek, Carter County, Tennessee.
He married Mary Fenn Abt 1747 at of Ballymena, Donegal, Antrim, Ireland . Mary Fenn was born at of Ballymena, Donegal, Antrim, Ireland Abt 1727 .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Joseph Boyd
born Abt 1748.
Henry Boyd
born Abt 1750.
John Boyd
born Abt 1752.
Hugh Boyd
born Sep 1754.
William Wilson Boyd
born Abt 1756.
David Boyd
born Abt 1758.
Mary Elizabeth Boyd
born Abt 1759.
Archibald Boyd
born Abt 1761.
George Boyd
born Abt 1762.
John Boyd died 1806 at Bush River, Newberry, North Carolina .