William Boyd

Notes:

Died unmarried after a long illness between 17 June 1825 and 26 Sept. 1826.

On 29 July 1812 William Boyd obtained from the State of Tennessee 264 acres 3
rods 38 poles in Blount Co., District South of the French Broad and Holston
Rivers, "academy land", located on Nailes Creek, abutting on the property of
James Boyd, James McClung and Skeen; he paid $26.50 down out of a total price
of $265.00.

The will of William Boyd of Bount Co., written 17 June 1825, directed that his
personal property be sold and the proceeds used "to redeem the land", which was
then to be sold to pay the following legacies within six years time: to William
Gertin, $40; to Mary Allen, $25; to Alice Black's heirs $15 with an additional
$15 "owed from my father's estate of which I was Executor"; to sister Nancy
Kirkpatrick, $10, bed, calico quilt; to sister Margaret McGaughey, a cow; to
Hannah Boyd, bed with striped tick, dishes, loom; to brother James Boyd, one
half the remaining estate; to each of four sisters, Nancy Kirkpatrick, Margaret
McGaughey, Sarah Gertin and Polly Skeen, one fifth of the other half; to Robert
Boyd's heirs, the remaining tenth part. He directed that his black boy Hardy
should be free at age 21 and should be taught to read the Bible. Executors:
James Boyd, William McTeer. Witnesses: John Simms, Samuel Boyd.

On 26 Sept. 1826 James Boyd presented a bill against the Estate of William Boyd
deceased: $260.00 "for 397 days or 13 months attendance on William Boyd day
and night." There was also a bill by William Boyd, son of James, for labor
hauling fodder and corn and one by Samuel Boyd who helped with this farm work.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 30.