Robert Boyd, Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Robert Boyd, from whom many
of the Boyds, Newells, Kizziahs, and others
of Tuscaloosa (Alabama) and
surrounding counties are descended, came
from Mecklenburg Co., NC.
He was born about 1781 and was married to
Temperance
Pitman. The descendant, James Ernest Boyd, who had Robert
Boyd's old family Bible indicated
that he had identified Robert's father
as James Boyd. There was a
James Boyd on the 1800 Mecklenburg Co. NC
census with a male in the
age category (16-26) that would match Robert’s
age. Robert is identified
on the 1810 Mecklenburg census with four young
daughters <10 years old.
These would be Polly, Jane, Sarah, and
Elizabeth. The census identifies
him, as well as the older James Boyd,
as being in CPT Hood's Co.
Robert was a veteran of the War of 1812
serving in the Creek Indian
campaigns in Alabama during his six months
of active duty. According
to the NC Archives, he served in the 8th Co
Second Mecklenburg Regiment.
He was mustered into service at Salisbury,
NC 2/3/1814 for six months
service. He was discharged at Salisbury on
8/12/1814. He eventually received
two 80-acre Bounty Land Warrants as
payment for his service. Warrant
#10395 was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on
7/22/1851 and warrant #5526
was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on 8/23/1855.
However, land records show
that Robert had already obtained 40 acres in
Tuscaloosa Co. on 12/30/1835
near Cedar Cove. Others holding land and
settling nearby included his
sons-in law, James Newell (1/25/1833) and
William Kizziah, a brother-in-law,
Matthew Pitman (4/17/1833), and
members of the Pierson family.
Other sources indicate that
Robert served as a Private in CPT Wood's
Company (this same document
later stated it was CPT Robert Hood's
Company) and COL Jesse Pierson's
Militia Regiment. This would imply that
CPT Hood (Wood) led the 8th
Co and COL Pierson was in charge of the 2nd
Mecklenburg Regiment. The
following information has been extracted from
an archaeology report by the
Alabama Historical Commission in reference
to the Creek Indian war campaigns:
"General Joseph Graham leading
North and South Carolinians, advanced
westward from Fort Mitchell.
As the Army moved, Forts Bainbridge, Hull
and Decatur were erected or
improved. From Ft. Decatur the Carolinians
moved to the locale of old
Fort Toulouse. Here they joined Jackson's
militia and the 39th U. S.
volunteers on April 17, 1814... An encampment
bearing the name of Andrew
Jackson was established southeast of the site
of Fort Toulouse and the Carolina
units and the 39th Infantry settled
in... From these troops fatigue
parties, numbering from 100 to 200 men
were mustered each day to
raise the fort that General John Coffee states
was begun immediately after
the troops arrived...
"By May 17th the ditches and
moats at the new defenses had been dug...
Preparation began the ninth
of June for the withdrawal of Graham's
Brigade. Their enlistment
was nearing expiration and the 3rd Regiment U.
S. Infantry was scheduled
to arrive soon from the west. Two companies of
militia were left to occupy
the fort and wait for the regulars to arrive
while the main body moved
to 'Tuckabatchee Old Fields' where they began
construction of Fort Burrows
opposite Fort Decatur... Only those posts
in Alabama occupied by the
Carolinians had earth as the major component
in their construction."
By August 1814, Jackson had
begun his descent down the Alabama River,
and eventually on to the Battle
of New Orleans. On Aug 15, he landed on
the right bank "opposite where
Colonel Pearson, of the North Carolina
militia, had encamped during
the Indian war (‘Colonial Mobile’)."
This foregoing information
places the Carolina troops, in which Robert
Boyd served, in the Tallapoosa
Valley area during the construction of
Fort Jackson. As stated, the
Carolinians used earthen works as their
construction medium and Fort
Jackson was primarily an earthen based
fort. Therefore, Robert may
have actually participated in the
construction of Fort Jackson.
After his release from service, Robert
returned to Mecklenburg Co.
He was on the 1830 Mecklenburg census, but
had arrived in Tuscaloosa
by 1833. Sources indicate that the family may
have spent some time in TN
during this transition. Robert married 2nd,
Lydia
Whitaker in Tuscaloosa Co. 11/20/1837. She applied for a pension
in Tuscaloosa on 1/29/1880
and was listed on the War of 1812 Pension
rolls as a resident of Bibb
Co. She may have returned there to live with
some of her children. Robert
and several of his descendants had moved to
Franklin Co. where he died
7/14/1863. Other descendants moved to
Tishimingo Co. MS between
1860 and 1863 where several descendants
currently reside.
Robert and Tempie Boyd had
seven known children: Polly b9/28/1801; Jane
b3/29/1805; Sarah b7/8/1807
married James Newell (see Newell families);
Elizabeth b10/10/1809 married
William Kizziah; John Alexander b1/5/1812
married Rachel Lawless b9/27/1813;
William Washington b4/13/1817 married
(1) Sue Kizziah (2) Primrose
Lawless; and Caty Caroline b7/15/1820
married Jesse Prince.
Robert and Liddy Boyd had five
known children: Robert bc1838; Samuel W.;
David Baker bc1843 married
Mary Miller; James Early, bc1851; and Sarah
Leah bc1855.
Descendants of Robert Boyd
Generation No. 1
1. ROBERT1 BOYD was born
Abt. 1781 in NC, and died July 14, 1863 in
Franklin Co., AL. He
married (1) TEMPERANCE PITMAN Abt. 1800 in N Carolina
(Mecklenburg Co.?).
She was born Abt. 1784 in NC, and died in (?). He
married (2) LYDIA WHITAKER
November 30, 1837 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. She was
born Abt. 1818 in N Carolina,
and died February 4, 1897 in Alabama.
Children of ROBERT BOYD and
TEMPERANCE PITMAN are:
i. POLLY2 BOYD, b. September
28, 1801.
More About POLLY BOYD:
Fact 1: September 28, 1801,
Boyd Family Bible
ii. JANE BOYD, b. March 29, 1805.
More About JANE BOYD:
Fact 1: March 29, 1805, Boyd
Family Bible
2. iii. SARAH BOYD, b. July
8, 1807, Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. Aft. 1880, AL (Tuscaloosa?).
3. iv. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"
BOYD, b. October 10, 1809.
4. v. JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD,
b. January 5, 1812; d. Abt. 1895.
vi. RACHEL BOYD, b.
September 27, 1813.
More About RACHEL BOYD:
Fact 1: September 27, 1813,
Boyd Family Bible
vii. WILLIAM WASHINGTON
BOYD, b. April 13, 1817; m. (1) SUE KIZZIAH; m. (2)
MARY PRIMROSE LAWLESS.
More About WILLIAM WASHINGTON
BOYD:
Fact 1: April 13, 1817, Boyd
Family Bible
viii. CATY CAROLINE BOYD, b. July 15, 1820; m. JESSE PRINCE.
More About CATY CAROLINE BOYD:
Fact 1: July 15, 1820, Boyd
Family Bible.
Children of ROBERT BOYD and
LYDIA WHITAKER are:
ix. ROBERT MC.2 BOYD,
b. Abt. 1838.
x. SAMUEL W. BOYD, b.
Abt. 1842.
xi. DAVID BAKER BOYD,
b. Abt. 1843; d. Abt. 1925; m. MARY MILLER.
xii. JAMES EARLY BOYD,
b. Abt. 1851; d. Abt. 1930.
xiii. SARAH LEAH BOYD,
b. Abt. 1855.
Generation No. 2
2. SARAH2 BOYD (ROBERT1)
was born July 8, 1807 in Mecklenburg Co., NC, and
died Aft. 1880 in AL (Tuscaloosa?).
She married JAMES NEWELL Abt. 1823 in
probably Mecklenburg Co.,
NC. He was born Abt. 1795 in NC (Mecklenburg?),
and died Aft. 1880 in AL (Tuscaloosa?).
More About SARAH BOYD:
Fact 1: July 8, 1807, Boyd
Family Bible
Notes for JAMES NEWELL:
The 1840 Tuscaloosa
Co., AL census age brackets account for all the known
children of James and Sarah
(Boyd) Newell. However, there is one additional
unknown male in the 10-15
age
bracket. The 1870 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census
shows a number of children
and grandchildren, two of which cannot be
positively sorted out.
There is a J. William, age 23, and a William J., age
20. James' son, William
J. was age 6 on the 1850 census and not with him on
the 1860 census. There
was also a William J., age 22, on the 1870 Sanford
Co., AL census living near
Matthew.
James and Sarah were
#1395 on the 1860 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census. #1396 is
Reuben Newell, age 35 TN,
with two children, William, age 10 AL, and John,
age 8 AL. It is not
known what Reuben's relationship to James was, but
William's age matches the
William J., age 20 above.
More About JAMES NEWELL:
Fact 1: January 25, 1833,
#9030 SW1/4NE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 2: January 25, 1833,
#9031 NW1/4SE1/4 Sec32 T21SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 3: 1840, Tuscaloosa Co.
census
Fact 4: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
census Dist 1 #637
Fact 5: December 8, 1854,
#31052 S1/2NW1/4 Sec4 T22SR7W Tusc Co
Fact 6: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co.
Trion Collins Bt #1395
Fact 7: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co.
Pct 13 Trion
Fact 8: 1880, Tuscaloosa Co.
Smallwoods Bt 13 #278/305
Children of SARAH BOYD and
JAMES NEWELL are:
i. ROBERT BOYD3 NEWELL,
b. December 19, 1824, NC; d. Aft. 1900, AL
(Tuscaloosa?); m. (1) MARY
ANN HERRIN, December 10, 1846, Tuscaloosa Co.,
AL; m. (2) MATILDA (TELITHA)
KELLY, Abt. 1859; b. Abt. 1839, AL (Tuscaloosa?).
Notes for ROBERT BOYD NEWELL:
Robert has not been
found on either the 1850 nor 1860 censuses yet. On the
1855 Alabama State census
for Tuscaloosa Co., he is listed with two males
<21. Only Rufus,
born Nov 6, 1852, has been identified.
On Mar 13, 1889, Robert
filed a petition in Tuscaloosa Co., AL declining to
administer the estate of Hiram
Kelly whose will named his sole heirs as
Matilda Kelly, wife of Robert,
and Lively Kelly. Robert identifed himself
as Hiram Kelly's son-in-law.
More About ROBERT BOYD NEWELL:
Fact 1: December 19, 1824,
Boyd Family Bible
Fact 2: 1855, Ala State census,
Tuscaloosa Co.
Fact 3: 1870, Sanford Co.,
Big Pond Pct 12 #2
Fact 4: 1880, Lamar Co., AL
T17/R14 #84
Fact 5: 1900, Tuscaloosa Co.
w/Sylvania Dollar
ii. MATTHEW PITMAN NEWELL,
b. September 17, 1827, TN (or NC); d. October
16, 1906, Franklin Co., AL;
m. (1) REBECCA S. BRANDON, Abt. 1850; b. Abt.
1832, AL; d. Bef. 1887; m.
(2) SARAH CAROLINE KIRK, March 31, 1887, Fayette Co., AL.
More About MATTHEW PITMAN NEWELL:
Burial: Watson Cemetery,
Franklin Co.
Fact 1: September 17, 1827,
Boyd Family Bible
Fact 2: 1850, Fayette Co.,
AL #181
Fact 3: October 24, 1854,
29738-SENE Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 4: October 24, 1854,
29738-W1/2NE Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 5: January 23, 1855,
32368-E1/2NW Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 6: January 23, 1855,
32368-N1/2SW Sec 33 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 7: 1860, Fayette Co.,
AL @Millport #412
Fact 8: Abt. 1862, Co C 10th
Ala Cav
Fact 9: 1870, Sanford Co.,
Big Pond Pct 2 #61
Fact 10: 1880, Lamar Co.,
AL T15/R14 #262/273
Fact 11: 1900, Franklin Co.,
AL Mt. Spring Beat #183/191
iii. UNKNOWN NEWELL,
b. Abt. 1830.
iv. ELIZABETH MARTHA
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1833, Alabama (Tuscaloosa?); m. UNKNOWN.
More About ELIZABETH MARTHA
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co.
@ Trion #1394
Fact 2: 1870, All 3 children
listed with James and Sarah
v. JAMES G(ASAWAY) NEWELL, b. Abt. 1835, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d. Feb 17, 1864.
Notes for JAMES G(ASAWAY) NEWELL:
James G. may have been
enumerated twice on the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL
census. He appears as
James G., age 15, with his father and family as #637.
Then there is James Gasaway
Newell, age 14, living with #641 James Pierson,
an adjacent family based on
land records. James G.'s Civil War record
indicates he was born in Tuscaloosa
Co., a farmer, 6' 3/4" tall, dark hair,
blue eyes and that his father,
James, received his claims.
More About JAMES G(ASAWAY)
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
Dist 1 (#637 or #641)
Fact 2: March 5, 1855, 36826-NE1/4NW1/4
Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 3: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co.
@ Trion #1411
Fact 4: Abt. 1862, Co F 50th
Ala Inf 26 Rgt
vi. JOHN A(LEXANDER)
NEWELL, b. Abt. 1837, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d. April
11, 1862; m. EMILY (NEWELL);
b. Abt. 1840, Alabama.
Notes for JOHN A(LEXANDER)
NEWELL:
John may have been enumerated
twice on the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co., AL census.
He is shown as #637 John A.,
age 13, living with his father, James and
family. There is also
a listing as John Newell, age 12, living with #641
James Pierson, an adjacent
family. This same scenario exists with his
brother, James G. In
1860, there is a John Newell in Fayette Co. living
with Martin Lawrence at Millport.
The household #416 is quite near #412
Matthew Newell, and in 1870,
Emily Newell, widow of John Newell is #7 on the
census whereas Robert Newell
is #2 on that census. John's Civil War record
incated that he was a teamster.
More About JOHN A(LEXANDER)
NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
Dist 1 (#637 or #641)
Fact 2: March 2, 1855, 36822-SW1/4NE1/4
Sec 32 T15/R14(Lamar)
Fact 3: 1860, Fayette Co.,
AL @ Millport #416
Fact 4: Abt. 1862, Co K 36th
Ala Inf (aka Derby's Co 36th Rgt)
Fact 5: July 4, 1862, Emily
Newell in Lamar Co Pension Records
Fact 6: 1870, Sanford Co.,
Big Pond Pct 12 #7 (Emily)
vii. THOMAS DIDYMUS NEWELL,
b. November 1839, Alabama (Tuscaloosa); d.
1925; m. MARTHA SNYDER; b.
March 1839, Alabama.
Notes for THOMAS DIDYMUS NEWELL:
Thomas married the Civil
War widow, Martha Snider. Two of her children,
Mary J., bc1860 and William
H., bc1862 are with the family on the 1870 and
1880 censuses. Thomas
was a minister who performed the marriage for each of
his children, except Thomas
Matthew who died relatively young. The family
moved to the vicinity of Phil
Campbell, Franklin Co., AL sometime after 1885.
Thomas' age has been
a problem: he is 12 on 1850 census, 18 on 1860 census,
32 on 1870 census, 40 on 1880
census, and listed as born Nov. 1839 on 1900 census.
Thomas' tombstone inscription
says "Thomas Ditmus Newell 1840-1925."
More About THOMAS DIDYMUS NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
Dist 1 #637
Fact 2: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co.
@ Trion #1412
Fact 3: Co F 50th Regt Ala
Inf
Fact 4: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co.
Beat 13 #100
Fact 5: 1880, Tuscaloosa Co.
Smallwoods Beat 13 #271/298
Fact 6: 1900, Franklin Co.,
AL Mt. Spring
viii. WILLIAM J. NEWELL,
b. Abt. 1844, Alabama; d. March 23, 1926, Alabama;
m. MARY J. WILLIAMS, Tuscaloosa
Co., AL; b. October 2, 1858, Alabama; d.
March 24, 1928, Alabama.
Notes for WILLIAM J. NEWELL:
William J. is a mystery.
The only absolute identification of him as the
son of James and Sarah is
the 1850 Tuscaloosa Co. census, bc1844, and living
with his parents. There
are several records that have not been absolutely
tied to this William.
In 1870, there is a William J., age 20, working on
the farm and living with James
and Sarah. But in 1870 there is also a
William J., age 22 on the
Sanford Co., AL census at Big Pond Pct #2, line
#51. Matthew is #61
on this same census. Several of James and Sarah's sons
bought adjacent lands in Sanford/Lamar
Co. in the early 1850s.
There is a Tuscaloosa
Co. marriage record for W. J. Newell to M. J.
Williams. Then on the
1880 Tuscaloosa Co. census at Smallwoods Beat 13 is
#392/427 W. J. Newell, age
35 and wife, Jane with a 2-year old unnamed
daughter. His age here
approximates the birth shown on 1850 census. There
is a William, born Oct 1850,
and M. J., born Oct 1858, on the 1900 Jefferson
Co., AL census with seven
children. Then there is a cemetery record for W.
J. Newell, born 28 May 1850
and Mary J. Newell born 2 Oct 1858, buried at
Pleasant Grove Cemetery in
Tuscaloosa Co. These age discrepancies are problematic.
More About WILLIAM J. NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
Dist 1 #637
ix. SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL, b. Abt. 1847, Alabama (Tuscaloosa).
Notes for SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL:
No further info is known
about Sarah. She is listed as Sarah H. on
censuses except 1860 when
she is listed as Ann. One reference has been
found to indicate her name
may have been Sarah Horann.
More About SARAH H(ORAN) NEWELL:
Fact 1: 1850, Tuscaloosa Co.
Dist 1 #637
Fact 2: 1860, Tuscaloosa Co.
@ Trion #1395
Fact 3: 1870, Tuscaloosa Co.
Pct 13 Trion .
3. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"2
BOYD (ROBERT1) was born October 10, 1809. She
married WILLIAM M. "BILL"
KIZZIAH, JR.. He was born Abt. 1810, and died Abt. 1889.
More About ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"
BOYD:
Fact 1: October 10, 1809,
Boyd Family Bible
Children of ELIZABETH BOYD
and WILLIAM KIZZIAH are:
i. ANNA CAROLINE3 KIZZIAH,
b. October 21, 1827.
More About ANNA CAROLINE KIZZIAH:
Fact 1: October 21, 1827,
Boyd Family Bible
ii. JOHN ALEXANDER KIZZIAH, b. September 1, 1829.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER KIZZIAH:
Fact 1: September 1, 1829,
Boyd Family Bible
iii. WALTER WASHINGTON
"WASH" KIZZIAH, b. Abt. 1833.
iv. FRANK M. " MONK"
KIZZIAH, b. Abt. 1838.
v. REBECCA KIZZIAH.
vi. RUFUS MALACHI KIZZIAH,
b. Abt. 1842.
vii. PERNISIA T. KIZZIAH.
viii. GEORGE R. KIZZIAH.
ix. CATHERINE KIZZIAH.
x. ELIJAH N. KIZZIAH.
4. JOHN ALEXANDER2 BOYD
(ROBERT1) was born January 5, 1812, and died Abt.
1895. He married RACHEL
LAWLESS. She was born Abt. 1812, and died Abt. 1890.
More About JOHN ALEXANDER BOYD:
Fact 1: January 5, 1812, Boyd
Family Bible
Children of JOHN BOYD and RACHEL
LAWLESS are:
i. ENOCH3 BOYD, b. Abt.
1840; d. Abt. 1864; m. ELIZABETH (TOWNSEND) SHUTTLESWORTH.
ii. REBECCA E. BOYD,
b. Abt. 1835; m. MARTIN REED, 1855; b. Abt. 1829.
iii. TABITHA BOYD, b.
Abt. 1843.
iv. HOSEA BOYD, b. Abt.
1845; m. ELIZABETH PHELPS; b. Abt. 1852.
v. GEORGE W. BOYD, b.
Abt. 1846.
vi. HIRAM PRUDE BOYD,
b. Abt. 1850; d. Abt. 1921; m. MARGARET ANN THOMPSON; b. Abt. 1856; d.
Abt. 1899.
vii. ASA CANTERBURY
BOYD, b. Abt. 1852.
Written by James T. Newell for Jason R. Newell
Sources:
"At
Liberty on Bear Creek," Charles E. Boyd
"Haysop,"
Charles E. Boyd
"Fort
Toulouse Phase III Completion Report," The Alabama Historical
Commision
"Colonial
Mobile," The University of Alabama Bicentennial Reprint
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