To All The Descendants of Alexander Boyd, The Elder

and Ann Swepson Boyd

July 2016

Satutday. October 1. 2016

1 :00 1P.M. Gather at Boyd Tavern for lemonade and cookies. Visit with family. Bring family photos and documents for viewing.

You may be interested in viewing some of the Boyd graves in Boydton. Alexander, the Elder's grave in behind the Health Department Building and William B. Hill's grave in on the right side of the Presbyterian Church.

Clarksville is having its Harvest Festival all day on Saturday, which may be of interest to some of you. This will be on Virginia Avenue through the downtown area which means 2nd - 5th Streets and the bridge will be blocked off to traffic until 3:00 P.M. You will need to use the Hwy. 58 By-Pass and enter Clarksville from the west.

Some of you may enjoy a self-guided tour of Clarksville using a brochure featuring Clarksville's oldest homes. Mary Anne Oettinger has brochures to help you with this.

1: 15 P.M. Leave the Boyd Tavern and travel to Chase City (10-12 miles) to visit the monument ofour illustrious ancestor, Col. Lewis Burwell at St. John's Episcopal Church at 338 Fourth Street.

If enough people are interested, we will visit MacCallum­More Gardens, in Chase City, where some articles of "Stoneland" are on display. where Col. Lewis Burwell lived with his family. (See article in this newsletter about Col. Lewis Burwell.)

2:15 P.M. Leave Chase City for Clarksville to visit Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger's home, the "Clark-Royster", for refreshments.

3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Visit Mary Anne Oettinger's home for refreshments.

6:30 P.M. Meet at Boyd Tavern for dinner

7:30 P.M. Evening program "Alexander Boyd, Scottish Merchant in Colonial Virginia" by Chris Kolbe.

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Sunday. October 2. 2016

10:00 A.M. Coffee and doughnuts at.Tavern

11:00 A.M. Worship service at Boydton Presbyterian Church with guest speaker, Rev. Russell Burchard.

12:00 P.M. Gather at Tavern on front steps for pictures before lunch.

Letter from our President. Robin Bovd Rawles

Greetings Family and Friends, I hope you all are erzjoying the sunny, summer days that are

now upon us. We are once again making preparations for our annual family reunion, which will be October 1and2, 2016. Let's encourage everyone to bring a cousin. With prior generations of dozens of children, there must be thousands of cousins out there that have never attended our family reunion.. Wouldn't it be great to meet them?

Please read our reunion schedule carefully, as we have many events to attend. As always, the tavern will be open on Saturday afternoon for lemonade and cookies. Feel.free to spend the afternoon rocking on the front porch or perusing the genealogical files. We will gather there at 1 :00 P.M And caravan to the grave site of our ancestor, Col. Lewis Burwell, whose daughters, Matilda and Panthea married sons of Alexander Boyd, the elder. Matilda's portrait hangs in the Tavern next to her husband, Alexander Boyd, the younger. From Chase City we will go to the historic Clark-R.oyster Home of Mary Anne Boyd Dettinger on Rose Hill in Clarksville for refreshments. You may be interested in taking a self-guided walking tour of Clarksville using a brochure that Mary Anne has available at her home. Clarksville is also hosting its Harvest Festival that day which may be interesting to you and your family.

Saturday evening we will have cocktails at the tavern followed by BBQ and some Chesapeake Bay oysters to roast. A very special treat will be Mr. Chris Kolbe's talk on Scottish Merchants. Chris is a Boyd descendant through Alexander, the eider's son Robert, then Richard and Lucy Anne Goode. He is the Archives Reference Coordinator at the Library of Virginia, and has spent many years researching the Boyd Family. I know his topic will be of great interest, and I am sure we will have many questions for him, too.

On Sunday, we will have our traditional church service followed by a family photo and lunch at the tavern. Rev.

Russell Burchard will again be leading us in our worship service. Russell's sermons have been an inspiration to us/or the last few years. If you have missed his sermons, here's another chance.

Let's all put OCTOBER 1 and 2 on our calendars now! Make your reservations and come learn about your family ancestry and rekindle family ties at the Boyd Family Reunion! Love, Robin Boyd Rawles

********************** A special thanks to all who contributed to The Boyd Tavern

Foundation and the Boyd Family Memorial Foundation in memory or honor of our ·beloved. It helps keep their memory alive in our hearts and minds.

These donations are used for support and upkeep for the Boyd Tavern and it's furnishings. The printing and mailing of this newsletter is also supported by your donations.

If you do not wish to receive the newsletter please let us know and we will kindly remove your name from the mailing list.

Your gifts are tax exempt!

CONTRIBUTIONS

Generous contributions gratefully received by The BOYD FAMILY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

between June 15, 2015 and June 15, 2016.

IN MEMORY

In Memory of Frank Rader by:

Dr. Bobbie Boyd Lubker Dr. John Lynn Lubker

Gerald & Tammy Bullock

In Memory of Mazy Frances Thatcher Lewis by:

Mrs. Zach (Louise Lewis) Toms

In Memory of Mazy Ann Kinchen by:

James P. Beckwith

In Memory of James White Rawles & Georgiana Rawles

by: Hon. Helen Marie Taylor

In Memory of Charles Sharpe Davis by:

John William Davis, Jr. In Memory of Ruby Everette Brown

by: John & Blair Hughes

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IN HONOR

In Honor of Helen Gregory by:

Janet 0. Jones

GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS

Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Reamy Dr. & Mrs. Millard I. Ross

Jim & Daniela Shew Dorothy L. Robinson John Christian Kolbe

Conrad Boyd Sturges, Jr. Sally Boyd Hudgins Dr. Julian Hudson

Dr. & Mrs. James W. Rawles, Jr. Dorothy Marie Thomas

Alexander & Virginia Salzman Lt. Col. (Ret.) & Mrs. Harold Gielow

John & Jane DeHart Edwina T. Goddard

Alexander B. Rawles Dr. & Mrs. William Shelton

Terry & Gale Fripp

Generous contributions gratefully received by The BOYD TAVERN FOUNDATION

between June 15, 2015 and June 15, 2016.

IN MEMORY

In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Woodrow P. Lipscomb

by: Lipscomb Family Foundation

Mr. Thomson Lipscomb and Mrs. Jane Lipscomb

In Memory of Elizabeth "Bettie" Campbell Snead Herbert

by: Jan Hundley

Marion Jeffiies Stokes Susan & Robert B. Goetz, Jr.

Betty C. Watkins Lisa A. Reinhard

Dr. & Mrs. Willoughby Hundley, Jr. Anne Ross Snead

Joy L. Gupton Elizabeth S. Herbert

Barbara Phipps Raymond H. Suttle, Atty.

Pamela Gowen Lloyd & Barbara Garnett

Dr. & Mrs. Fred T. Given, Jr. Ray & Nina L. Byrd

Walter R. Beales, III Millie B. Bracey

Terry R. & Robin D. Eggleston Robert J. & Virginia T. Holub William L. & Jane D. Wellons

JuliaB. Cox Town of Boydton

Robert C. & Julia N. Griffin Ted B. Thompson Donna T. Meers

Ellen Jones Thompson Jennifer Dutschmann

Elizabeth S. & Thomas L. Holloway Almalyle L. Warren

The Sneads of Fluvanna, Inc.

In Memmy of Frank Rader by:

Linden Tucker Bell

In Memmy of H. Armistead Boyd. Lucy B. Meade. Elizabeth B. Thome. & Miriam B. Tisdale Orgain

by: Hon. B. Randolph Boyd

In Memozy of Harry A. Thomas by:

MargaretR. Thomas

In Memozy of Ruby Everett Brown by:

John L. Hughes

In Memozy of Mae Powell Norman by

Linwood P. Norman, Jr.

In Memozy ofEmett S .. FrankD .. & Sarah U. Davis by:

IdaB. Davis

IN HONOR

In Honor of Nora Gray Russell Dickens by:

Robert & Anne Gullett Macek

In Honor of Walter Beales. III by:

Hon. & Mrs. Randolph Beales & Family

In Honor of Mazy Anne Oettinger by:

Sydney P. Britt

In Honor of L. Jackson & Carolyn K. Hite by:

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Mary Jane Banning Jam es L. Banning

Robbie, Mark, Catherine & Cassie Emblidge Scott & Dale Banning

In Honor of Emma Dickie by:

Charles T. Hawkins

In Honor of Margaret Thomas by:

Thomas M. & Elizabeth T. Uhlman

GENERAL CONTRIBUTORS

Otis B. & Alice R. Boyd Elizabeth H. Butterworth Exxon Mobil Foundation

Frank W. Davis Dr. Susan Dupuy Hundley

John Goode Chapter ofNSCD XVII Century Leonard Jackson & Carolyn K. Hite

John Christian Kolbe Frances Webb

John Boyd & Caroline P. Davis Susan and Reuben W. Moore, Jr.

Crowder-Hite-Crews Funeral Home W. Boyd & Catherine M. Spencer

Margaret C. Reynolds Herbert Lee & Beth Farrar

F. W. Richards William Norwood & Janet Burrow Boyd

Dr. & Mrs. Randall Suslick Russell 0. Slayton, Atty. Joe W. & Betty R. Noah

Todd & Elizabeth Huebscher Thomson & Jane Lipscomb

Panthea Reid & John Irwin Fischer Austin Tucker Interior Design

Mildred Boyd H. Russ & Claire Lewis Arnold

Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger Margaret Cobb & Marion Boyd, Jr.

Alexander B. Rawles Anne Gayle & Page Roberts Catherine and Hart Hudson

Jonathan Matthews Thomas & Evelyn Emory

William C. Boyd William H. Boyd, III

Robin & Jamie Rawles, Jr. Jim & Daniela Shew

Lee Melchor Turlington Millicent & William E. Bowman, Jr.

Timothy M. Hawkins Virginia Broyles

Walter Beales, III Arthur Jones

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTERS of

THE BOYD TAVERN and

THE BOYD FAMILY FOUNDATIONS

Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger Carolyn K. & L. Jackson Hite

Dr. & Mrs. Jamie Rawles B. Randolph Boyd

MargaretR. Thomas Mildred Boyd

Dr. & Mrs. Randall Suslick Hon. Helen Marie Taylor

Thomson & Jane Lipscomb

ABOUT OUR BOYD FAMILY

William Christian Kolbe Chris Kolbe will be our guest speaker at our reunion on

Saturday evening, October 1-, 2016. Chris is a native of Richmond, Virginia and a graduate of St. Christopher's School. He received a B.A;:-iffhisroryfrom William and Mary and an M.A. In history from the University of South Carolina. At the Library of Virginia, where he has worked for 3 5 years, he is the Archives Reference Coordinator. He has written several artides on Southern artisans, especially cabinetmakers, for the Journal of Early Decorative Arts.

Chris is a descendant ofMariaBoyd of Oakley who in 1858 married George T. Roberts of Charlotte County. He is descended from Alexander Boyd, the Eider's son, Robert, and then Richard and Lucy Anne Goode.

This will be an interesting evening with his program of "Alexander Boyd, Scottish merchant in colonial Virginia."

Todd Huebscher Todd and his wife, Elizabeth, traveled all the way from

Minnesota to visit the Boyd Tavern in 2007 and it made a lasting impression on them. Todd is a direct descendant of Alexander Boyd, the Elder, and he was very surprised and delighted to find pictures in the tavern of his ancestors.

Todd wrote, "I have only been there once almost 10 years ago but was very impressed with the history and hospitality of Mary Boyd Oettinger. I remember seeing her coming down the stairs and was amazed' at the resemblance to my grandmother. Her (mine) lineage is traced back to Mary Armistead Boyd-who married John Bennett and they moved on to New Salem, Illinois and then Petersburg, Illinois, where they knew Lincoln, who came of age there. I also remember being in the library there where Mary Anne showed me the letters from John Bennett. I also vividly remember the pictures on the wall of my great-great-great-great grandparents - Alexander Boyd, Jr.

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and Matilda Burwell."

SOMETHING NEW Another link has been located in the Boyd Family chain

through the Goodes .. We have Jim Shew, Bland Crowder, and Harrison Taylor to thank for their combined efforts in finding these pictures and this information about three of our Goode relations.

U.S. Col. John Thomas Goode married Sarah Ravenscroft Buford (1840-1868) in 1857. They had four children. By now, CSA Col. John Thomas Goode married Carrie Sturdivant (1852-1874) in 1871 and they had no children. Thirdly, in 1876, he married Betty (Bessie) Margaret Morton (1856 -1890) and they had seven children. (Her portrait is in the Boyd Tavern.) Lastly, he married Ida Rosalie Jones (1850-1937) in 1894 and they had no children.

We have pictures of three of these wives.

Sarah Ravenscroft Buford Goode

Carrie Sturdivant Goode Bessie Morton Goode

Rev. Joseph R. Thornton and Water Beales

Rev. Joseph R. Thornton Guest Speaker at Celebration

Members of Boydton United Methodist Church traced the history of their congregation back more than 230 years a a Homecoming celebration in June 2015 with the help of a direct descendant of a Methodist church founder from the Colonial era.

The Rev. Joseph R. Thornton, who is related to the Boyd Family, is a fifth great-grandson of Col. Edmond Taylor, one of the fbunders of an early Methodist Church. Col. Taylor helped bring Randolph-Macon College to America, to Boydton (now located in Ashland, VA).

According to Thornton, the Taylor family left Virginia in the early 1800's and moved to western TN where they began Taylor's Tabernacle Kinfolk Camp Meeting, the oldest continuously o:wned ~nd op~rated.fap:iily camp meeting in America.

The camp meeting is a form of Protestant Christian religious service originating in England and Scotland. Camp meetings were held in frontier areas, where people without regular preachers would travel on occasion to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, pray, sing hymns, and take communion.

Cousins Reminiscing

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Nora Gray Mary Anne and Joan

In the spring of2016, Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger and Joan Boyd Easley, sisters, visited Nora Gray Russell Dickens in her home in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Edwina Taylor Goddard

Edwina is such an important part of our family. We can never thank her enough for all the work she has done to enable us to find, and know more about, our relatives. Edwina has devoted a large part of her life traveling and searching to obtain our genealogical records and has shared them with the Boyd Family through the Boyd Tavern. They are treasures of lasting facts about our heritage. We are ever grateful!

soth Wedding Anniversary

Carolyn Baptist Maples and Mike Maples

Carolyn and Mike Maples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary August 29, 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Carolyn is the daughter of the late Jane VonStorch Baptist and Nathaniel Wilson Baptist, III,(Buddy) of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

This picture is of Mildred Boyd during World War II. Mildred, standing third from the left, was a singer and dancer with the USO. Later she taught dancing in the Tidewater area.

Mildred Boyd celebrated her 1 OOth birthday December 30, 2015 at The Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach, VA. She turned 100 on December 18, 2015.

Back row: L. to R. Dr. Boyd Rawles, Charlie Rawles, Robin Boyd Rawles, Dr. Jamie Rawles, Alexander Rawles, and Dr. James White Rawles. III, Front row: L. to R. Katie Rawles holding baby Gina, baby sister Mika, Mildred Boyd, and James' wife, Kelsey.

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This newsletter is compiled

by Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger

GENEALOGY

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Each year the newsletter grows as more information is found about the Boyd Family and more family members are located. The Boyd Family is extremely large and it's always interesting to learn more about our ancestry and heritage. One important fact to keep in mind is that not all Boyd kin have the name Boyd to be easily associated with the Boyd Family.

Alexander Boyd, the Elder was the first of the family to emigrate to the "new world" coming to America for the first time in 1760. He marriedAnn Swepson in 1766 and they had 11 children, William, Robert, Richard, Alexander, James, David, John, Jane, Ann, Mary, and Suzannah,. All but Suzannah lived to adulthood. Six sons married and carried on the name Boyd and three daughters married Hawkinses with a total of 93 grandchildren. Of the grandchildren, there were 24 granddaughters with the Boyd name, when married took another name, 32 Hawkins grandchildren, and 24 grandsons to carry on the Boyd family name.

We are all still Boyd Family but this genealogical listing shows how our family is connected to many different families, with the emphasis on Burwells, Dandridges, Davises, and Spotswoods.

Two of Alexander, the Eider's sons, married sisters. Richard Blair Boyd ( 1771-1860) married Panthea Burwell (1781-1848), and Alexander, the Younger (1773-1836) married Matilda Burwell (1781-1848). Panthea and Matilda were daughters of Col. Lewis Burwell (1745-1800) andAnne Spotswood Burwell (1752-1789)

Anne Spotswood was the daughter of Col. John Spotswood and Mary Dandridge Spotswood, and granddaughter of Gov. Alexander Spotswood.

Col. Richard Blair Boyd and Panthea Burwell Boyd's daughter (Alexander, the Eider's granddaughter), Panthea Elizabeth Boyd (1821-1851) married Capt. John S. R. Burwell.

These marriages connect the Burwells, Spotswoods, and Dandridges to the Boyd Family. Panthea Burwell Boyd and Col. Richard Blair Boyd's daughter, Matilda Spotswood Boyd (1808-1852) married JoshuaA. Davis, II (1788-1845) connecting the Davises to the Boyds, the Spotswoods, the Dandridges, and the Burwells.

COL. LEWIS BURWELL

Col. Lewis Burwell was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and established his home with his family at "Stoneland" which was located near what is now, Chase City, VA. He married Anne Spotswood Burwell on March 24, 1768, and they had 12 children. They were: 1. Mary Burwell, m. Col. Samuel Goode 2. Armistead Burwell, m. Lucy Crawley 3. Ann Burwell, m John Ravenscroft, the first Bishop of NC 4. Elizabeth Burwell, m Edward Tabb 5. John Burwell, m. ? Woods 6. Christian Burwell, m. William Hamblin 7. Lewis Burwell, m. Sally Green 8. Panthea Burwell, m. Richard Boyd (continued)

9. Blair Burwell, m. Elizabeth Hatcher, 2nct, Delia Harris

10. Spotswood Burwell m. Mary Polly Green Marshall 11. Matilda Burwell m. Alexander Boyd, the Younger 12. Harriet Burwell, died in infancy

Col. Lewis Burwell married a second time to Elizabeth Harrison (d. 1824) and they had four children. They were:

1. H. Harrison Burwell m. Catherine Buford 2. P. Randolph Burwell m. Jane Sewell 3. Jean Blair Burwell m. Col. William Eaton 4. Martha Burwell m. Grandison Field, 2nd, John Field

"Stoneland" was built by Col. Lewis Burwell for his family. The Stoneland Complex consisted of a grist mill, a general store, iron mines and a forge, a sawmill, orchards, pastures, a still house and hundreds of acres of productive tobacco and grain fields worked by as many as 200 slaves.

Stoneland burned in 1815 killing eight people, four Burwells and four employees. The MacCallum-More Museum and Gardens of Chase City are enclosed by walls constructed of stones from the chimneys and foundations of different plantations around the countryside, of particular interest, stones from "Stoneland" Plantation.

A quick trip to Chase City, Virginia on Saturday afternoon is being planned to visit the monument of Col. Lewis Burwell and his family, which is placed on the grounds of St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery.

Col. Lewis Burwell commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary War and served 14 years as a member of the Virginia Legislature.

One line of Col. Lewis Burwell's ancestry is traced back to England, Edward, III ( 1312-13 77).

*Edward Burwell and wife (unknown) of Bedfordshire, England had a son Edward Burwell. *Edward Burwell ofToddington, England m. Dorothy Bedell and had six children, one which was Major Lewis Burwell who came to America, *Major Lewis Burwell (d. 1653) and wife Lucy Higginson of Carter's Creek, Gloucester Co., Virginia Colony had at least one child, Hon. Lewis Burwell. *Hon. Lewis Burwell (d. 1710) ofYork County, m. Abigail Smith and they had at least one son, James Burwell. *James Burwell (d. 17188) a citizen of the Virginia Colony, a member of the House of Burgesses, died at King's Creek, York County, m. Mary Armistead. They had at least one son, Armistead Burwell. *Armistead Burwell 'Yas a member of the House of Burgesses and married Christina Blair. They had at least one son, which was Col. Lewis Burwell.

This is another line of our ancestors which has been traced to King Edward III of England (1312-1377) who reigned (1327-1377) and shows how the Boyd and Spotswood families are connected. Other family connections are seen here

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throughout the marriages including the Dandridges and the Davis es.

The following detailed lineage is taken from Joe Stokley's book, Short Biography and History of William Smith Davis and Family 1840-1910.

*Edward Ill's (1312-1377) third son was John of Gaunt (1340-1399), and was married to Katherine Roelt (1350-1403) in 1397. *John of Gaunt's son, Sir John deBeaufort (1372-1410) married Margaret Holland in 1397. *Sir John de Beaufort's son was Sir Edmund Beaufort (1406-1455) who marriedAlianore Beauchamp. *Sir Edmund Beaufort's daughter was Alianore Beaufort who married Sir Robert Spencer. * Alianore Beaufort Spencer's daughter was Margaret Spencer who married Thomas Carey. *Margaret Spencer Carey's son was Sir William Carey (1495-1529) who married Mary Boleyn (1503-1543) in 1521. *Sir William Carey's daughter was Mary Catherine Carey (1522-1568) who married Sir Francis Knollys (1502-1596) in 1538. *Sir Francis Knollys' daughter was Anne Knollys who married Sir Thomas West(1555-1596) in 1571. *Anne Knollys West's son was Col. John West, Sr. (1590-1659) who married Anne Percy. *Col. John West, Sr.'s (1590-1659) son was Col. John West, Jr.(1632-1691)who married Unity Croshaw in 1677. *Col. John West, Jr. 's son was Nathaniel West ( d. 1724), who married Martha Woodward in 1699. *Nathaniel West's daughter was Unity West(l 700-1753)) who married William Dandridge(1690-1743) in 1719. *Unity West Dandridge's daughter was Mary Dandridge(l 725-1798)who married Col John Spotswood (1724-1754), son of Gov. Alexander Spotswood, in 1745. *Col. John Spotswood's daughter was Anne Spotswood who married Col. Lewis Burwell (1745-1800) in 1768. *Anne Spotswood Burwell's daughter was Panthea Burwell (1781-1848) married Col. Richard Blair Boyd (1771-1860) in 1799. *Panthea Burwell Boyd's daughter Matilda Spotswood Boyd (1808-1852) in JoshuaA. Davis, II (1788-1845) in 1830. *Matilda Spotswood Boyd Davis's son was William Smith Davis(1840-1910) who married Elizabeth "Bettie" Anne Jones( 1844-1907). *Col. William Smith Davis and Bettie Anne Davis of Grape Hill inherited Locust Grove in Warrenton, NC from Joshua Davis. He tried to farm but it was too difficult after having lost an arm in the Civil War, and sold the farm to Sarah Sims Boyd Robinson for $500. Col. William Smith Davis's parents hosted Robert E. Lee at their Jones Springs Plantation in Warrenton, NC. William Smith Davis died in Warrenton, NC.

Col. William Smith Davis when old enough to attend school enrolled in Warrenton Male Academy. Later he was called to preach and enrolled in Randolph-Macon College then located at

Boydton, VA and graduated in 1859 receiving the highest honors of his class and the college. He then attended UVA but was stopped by the Civil War, enlisting in 1861 and progressing to Colonel. After the war he went home to Locust Grove and had a family to support but still wanting to enter the ministry, obtained a license to preach. Col. Davis was a trustee of Randolph-Macon but resigned to build up Trinity College in Durham and became a chaplain. Trinity College became what is now Duke University.

Col. William Smith Davis and Elizabeth "Bettie" Anne Jones Davis had 14 children, ten of which lived to adulthood.

1. William Jones Davis (1864-1935) married Hannah Martin Barham. They had 6 children, William B., Bessie, Martin, Richard, Walter, and Edward.

2. John Boyd Davis 1866-1951 married Bernice Kearney Williams. They had 5 children, Henry Williams, John Boyd, Van Kearney, William Speed, and Sally Ethlyn.

3. Mary Ella Davis 1867-1925 married William Haywood McCabe.

4. Angelina Peete Davis 1869-1870 5. Robert Lee Davis 1870-1929 married Marriott Blake

Betts or Getts. They had one child Mariott Getts or Betts Davis.

6. Richard Spotswood Davis 1872-1929 married Lilia Ruth Green 1st and 2nd Maybelle Snick.

7. Elizabeth Speed Davis 187 4-197 4, married Walter Gil well Borches. They had . .two . .children N{ary .

Elizabeth and Walter Glenn. 8. Died unnamed 9. Frank Weldon 1877-1942 married Margaret Faye

Clark. 10. Marvin Mann Davis 1879-1961maried Lucy Haney

White and they had eight children, Elizabeth Hardy Davis, Frank White Davis, Marvin Speed Davis, Elouise Barham Davis, Annie May Davis, Julia Bagley Davis, Hanie Angelina Davis, and Charlotte Helen Davis.

11. Emma Peete "Pauline" Davis 1881-1933 married Benjamin Franklin Stafford.(See picture in this article.)

12. Died unnamed. 13. Joseph Speed Davis 1884-1888. 14. Julian Carr Davis 1887-1944.

Emma Peete Davis was born in Warrenton, NC on March 27, 1881. She used the middle name Pauline because so many people teased her about a girl named Peete.

She married Benjamin Franklin Stafford on June 17, 1908 in Warrenton, NC. He was an insurance salesman and a fundamentalist Christian. They moved to Johnson City, TN early in their marriage and remained there for the rest of their lives. Emma died in 1933 and her husband died in 1954 at 77 years.

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Emma Peete "Pauline" Davis Stafford, her husband and children, Benjamin Franklin, III, Mary Ann, William Eugene and George Harold Stafford.

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OBITUARIES

BOYD. Otis B. "0.B.", 89, d. April 28, 2016, of Clarksville, VA and Charleston, SC, was the husband of Alice Robertson Boyd. He was born March 7, 1927 to the late Shelton Goode Boyd and Lelia Crowder Boyd and lived in Clarksville until his

later retirement years where he lived with his daughter and son­in-law Martha and Tim Smith.

"O.B." is survived by his wife, Alice, and their children, Robert R. Boyd, II, of Atlanta, GA and Martha Boyd Smith and son-in-law, Rev. Timothy Smith of Charleston, SC. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Brittany Leigh Smith Stockman (Nicholas), Bethany Smith, Holly Boyd, and Madison Boyd; great-grandchildren, Bentley, Caroline, and Nora Stockman. Also surviving are his sisters, Elizabeth "Beth" Boyd Baker, Mary Anne Boyd Oettinger, and Joan R. Boyd Easley all of Clarksville. He was predeceased by one brother, Hon. Robert Richard Boyd.

He was a graduate of Chase City High School and studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. O.B. served his country during World War II and was employed by the Atlantic & Danville and the Norfolk, Franklin, & Danville Railroads until his retirement. He loved his grape arbors and listening to classical music.

The funeral service was held at Ephesus United Methodist Church, West Orgainsville Road, Clarksville with internment in the church cemetery with military honors by American Legion Post 43.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.

BOYD. Mary T. 94, d. Sept. 29, 2015, was the wife of the late Col. William B. Boyd, USAF (Ret.) of Leisure World of Lansdowne, VA. Mary was the devoted mother of Patrick W. Boyd, (Mary), Andrew W. Boyd, Susan Boyd Dietz (Joel) , and the late Michael W. Boyd and Lauren Boyd Summers. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Melissa, grandchildren, Daniel, Samuel, Kelly, Marie, Evie, Carol, Paul, Jeffrey, Carrie, David, and her great-grandchildren. Services and internment were held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.

BULLOCK. William Cobb 68, d .. Dec. 14, 2015. He was born in Person County, NC to the late John and Virginia Stephens Bullock and died in Roxboro, NC. William wads a member of Roxboro Presbyterian Church, the president of the Roxboro Elks BPO Lodge #2005, past state president of the NC Elks Association, chairman of the Roxboro Saving Bank Board of Directors, member of the Person County Lake Authority, and owner and operator of Bullock Lumber Company for 45 years. William is survived by his wife, Charline G. Bullock, his daughter Virginia B. Crisp, his son, John Bullock (Maria), grandchildren, Sam Hall and Lainey Crisp, sisters, Nancy Ruth B. Connors and Sarah B. Fulp, (Dr. Jim Fulp). A graveside service was held Dec. 16, 2015 at Burchwood Cemetery.

BUREN. Sarah McDuffie (Belles) 74, d. May 24, 2015, wife of, the late Bruce Miller Buren, of Chapel Hill, NC. was the daughter of Alice Boyd White McDuffie and Fuller McDuffie. She was a long-time resident of Chapel Hill, NC and a member of Binkley Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Grace McLaurin Ehrenreich (John), John McLaurin (Melanie, grandchildren, Christopher Young, Ryan Young, Taylor Young, and Michael McLaurin. A memorial service was held June 8,

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2015 at Binkley Baptist Church. Sarah's ancestry goes through her mother Alice Boyd White McDuffie who was daughter to Sally Daniel Boyd White and Charles Mayfield White. Sallie Daniel Boyd White was the daughter of William Henry Boyd son of Richard Boyd, son of Alexander Boyd, the Elder.

DAVIS. Charles Sharpe 76, died October 26, 2015, was married to Margaret (Maggie) Daly Davis and the son of Lucy Thornton Sharpe Davis and J. William Davis of Burlington, NC. He lived in Munich, Germany and Venice, Italy and died in Germany. He is survived by his wife and siblings, Lucy Boyd Davis Christopher (Bill) John W. Davis (Brenda), and Emma Thornton Davis Napier, and ten grandchildren. He is predeceased by one brother, Robert Edgerton Davis, who died in Africa serving in the Peace Corp, and brother-in-law, John Grimsley Napier, who died as a missionary in Australia. Charles was graduated from Walter Williams High School in Bulington, NC and the University of North Carolina where he was awarded Undergraduate (Honors), Masters and Doctorate degrees in Political Science and Art History. His life's work was relating to Renaissance Art and architectural works largely in Italy and Germany. A celebration of Charles' life was held at the Macon United Methodist Church in Macon, NC on December 5, 2015 with a graveside service at Greenway Cemetery. Charles' ancestry is traced through his mother, Lucy Thornton Sharpe Davis, the daughter of Selma Thornton, daughter of Robert Boyd Thornton. Robert's mother was Lucy Nelson Boyd whose father was Robert Boyd, the second son of Alexander, the Elder.

POMEROY.Aloyise Haskins 95, died July 26, 2015 and was a resident of Block Island and Newport, RI. She was the wife of the late Lawrence Pomeroy, a Block Island Times Bayberry Award recipient and public activist on utility and environmental issues. Aloyise was a former member of the board of trustees and a volunteer at Block Island's Island Free Library, the school board, and the vestry of St. Anne's by the Sea Episcopal Church. A native of Virginia, She attended St. Margaret's School of Tappahannock, VA. She served for many years as assistant to the headmistress of The Brearley School in Manhattan. She is survived by stepsons Lawrence K. Pomeroy (Helen) and Joseph B. Pomeroy(Mildred) as well as numerous cousins in Richmond, VA. Also, she is survived by grandchildren Patrick, Peter, and Lawrence Pomeroy and great­grandchildren Pier and Piper Pomeroy. She is also survived by a niece Nancy Albers of Winston-Salem, NC., nephew Ronald Stephen Haskins of Kernersville, NC, and grand-nephew Matthew Green of Winston-Salem.

STYRON. Helen Burwell of Charlotte and Raleigh, NC died August 31, 2007. She was the daughter of Armistead Burwell and Helen Rhyne Burwell. She graduated from The Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was active in many civic and Christian organizations. She was a member of The Church of the Good Shepherd in

Raleigh where she was active in Sunday School and the Women of the Church. She is survived by a daughter Mabel Andrews Cook and a son Alexander Boyd Andrews. She was predeceased by a brother Armistead Burwell. NOTE: OOPS! Sometimes we goofl The newspaper obituary of Helen Burwell Styron was seen by Frances DeHart in a North Carolina newspaper in 2007 but did not know if she were family. She sent the article to her sister Margaret Roberts Thomas in Virginia and then was misplaced only to be found while searching for something else. Several familiar names were listed in the article so we know Helen was family. We are so very sorry we did not know of this until now. We are a large family and it is difficult to keep up with everyone.

HERBERT. Elizabeth "Bettie" Snead, died June 9, 2015. Bettie worked in Boydton for the Mecklenburg County Social Services and was very active in Boydton after she and her husband, Scott moved here in 1955 to operate Herbert Drug Company. She served on the Boyd Tavern Foundation Board of:Oirectors (Secretary), the Boydton Town Council, The Prestwould Foundation, and the Boydton Medical Center. Betty was a member of the DAR and National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century.

DID YOU KNOW???

There Were Boydton Boyds on the Marianna in 1849.

According to an article written by William B. Hill, February 20, 1949, in the Richmond Times Dispatch, we have this information:

"Your readers might be interested in a note on the voyage of the Marianna to California in 1849.

Alexander Heiskell in his journal which you published last Sunday referred to the election of Mr. Burwell as president and Mr. Boyd as vice-president of the company which set out for the gold fields in that ship. The journal of Mr. Boyd for that same trip is in existence, and belongs to his daughter, Mrs. G. H. Finch, of this place. (Mrs. G. H. Finch is now deceased.) He was Alexander Spotswood Boyd who left Boydton accompanied by his first cousin, Henry H. Burwell, his 29-year old nephew, Phillip Rainey, Jr., and by Paschal F. Gafford. His younger brother, John Ravenscroft Boyd was also a member of the company. Apparently, each of them subscribed $300 to become members of the Pacific Trading and Mining Company. What gold they found I do not know, but none of them became rich in California.

Mr. Boyd's journal is in greater detail than that of young Heiskell but he did not complete it. The last entry being dated June 19, before they reached Cape Hom. They had no easy voyage. Speaking of the heavy seas and the sea sickness from which they suffered, Boyd wrote on March 29: 'I believe that some aboard would have given everything they possessed to have gotten ashore and for myself I was opposed to going back only on account of particular circumstances, but I felt if I was only back in old Boydton I would freely give $500 and forfeit

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my claims upon California gold. Every place in my own native village seemed lovely.'

Phil Rainey's father was postmaster of Boydton. There is a letter in existence written by his mother Aug. 14, 1849, in which she said: 'We have received several letters from the boys lately-Phil says give him the old Post Office forever .... '.

Holly and Madison Boyd, daughters of Robert Boyd, II and granddaughters of Alice Boyd and the late Otis B. Boyd.

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2016 BOYD FAMILY REUNION

OCTOBER JST AND 2ND

SEE YOU THERE!!

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Some Accommodations in this Area:

*Southern Heritage B & B 434-738-0167 Jefferson Street, Boydton, VA

*Kinderton Manor 434-374-4439 850 Kinderton Road, Clarksville, VA

*Bayview Efficiencies 434-374-9216 405 Fourth Street, Clarksville, VA

*Magnuson Motel on the Lake 434-374-5023 103 Second Street, Clarksville, VA

*Lake Motel & Efficiencies 434-374-8106 101 Virginia Avenue, Clarksville, VA

Isle of Rest

Planter, merchant, entrepreneur, and local business adviser, Armistead Goode Boyd, lived at Horsford Plantation, which took its name from the ford on the Roanoke River. The present house "Isle of Rest" was built for Boyd in 1868 to replace the house destroyed by fire, that he and his family lived in during the Civil War.

On this plantation there is a Boyd Family Cemetery located at Bracey, VA, also known as "Isle of Rest" Cemetery. This cemetery has been kept up by Nora Gray Russell Dickens and many of her close relatives, listed below, are buried there.

Armistead Good Boyd and his wife, Annie V. Boyd, Pannie A. Boyd, William B. Boyd, William H. Boyd and his wife Cora L. Emory Boyd, Clyde L. Galbraith, Ethel Boyd Galbraith, Ella B. Russell, wife ofFrank M. Weaver, Edwin H. Russell and wife Mary Boyd Russell, Annie E. Russell, James Organ son of H. J. & N. 0. Russell, James Henry Russell, Boyd Haskins Russell, James Hendrick Russell, Nora Meredith Orgain Russell, Thomas R. Hendrick and his wife, Mary James Walker Hendrick, Mamie P. Hendrick, Mattie Hendrick Harris, wife ofG H. Harris and daughter of Thomas R. and Mary Hendrick.

REPLY SLIP for REUNION WEEKEND

Saturday, October 1, 2016 6:30 P.M. "Pig Roast" at Boyd Tavern $10/ Adults; Children under 10 Free

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Mail reservations by September 15, 2016, to: Mary Anne B. Oettinger P. 0. Box 876 Clarksville, VA 23927

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Make checks payable to The Boyd Family Memorial Foundation

Participating in Tour to Chase City Cemetery

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Sunday, October 2, 2016 12:45 P.M. Lunch at Boyd Tavern $10/ Adults; Children under 10 Free

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