Adam Boyd

GEDCOM Note

BIOGRAPHY: 7 Nov 1800: Daniel Kersey & wife to James & Adam Boyd, indenture mad 7th day, 11th month, 1801 between Daniel Kersey & Ann his wife of Guilford Co, NC, and James & Adam Boyd of same co & state for love & affection a parcel of land in Guilford Co on Mordecaie Creek.
This would substantiate that James & Ann had a son named James.

BIOGRAPHY: According to his son's (Alexander), diary, he moved from NC to IN with brothers, Archie & John, and 2 brothers-in-law named Hill; he remained in IN while the others moved to Crawford Co, IL.

BIOGRAPHY: From Esther Watts: Information from diary dated 29 Mar 1892 by Alexander H. Boyd, written in Marion, Grant Co, IN: "My father was Adam Boyd, born in Guilford County, N. Carolina. My father's father was James Boyd. He was of Scottish parentage, four brothers having emigrated from Scotland to America in an early day. They were Presbyterians. My father, in company with his brothers, Archie and John, and two brothers-in-law named Hill, came to Indiana. The two older brothers, Archie and John, and the Hill brothers went on to Crawford Co., Illinois."

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Adam Boyd
BIRTH 1790, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH 1836 (aged 45–46), Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL Sugar Plain Cemetery, Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 135831823