James Boyd
1769 - 1852
"A Hundred Thousand Welcomes"
Some family members believe he, along with two brothers John and David, came to America by way of Charleston, South Carolina. John Boyd is said to have resided in Mecklenburg County, N.C. and David Boyd moved to Texas. Another earlier possibility is that James was the son or brother of William Boyd, who purchased land in Buncombe County between 1790 and 1796.
During the 1790's William Boyd did live in Lincoln and Burke Counties, N.C. and could have also owned land across the county line. James married Rachel McGill in Lincoln County , N.C. on December 18, 1794. Rachel was also born in Ireland on May 29, 1769. Most of their lives were spent in an area known as Sandy Mush Creek, now a part of Madison County, N.C. Family historians and the will of James Boyd identify only two Children, James and Berny Boyd and Robert McGill Boyd.
