Dr. James Cloud Boyd^{[1, 2, 3]}

1806 - 1881  (74 years)

• Name	James Cloud Boyd
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	Mar 06, 1806	Chester county, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Feb 22, 1881	Montgomery county, Alabama, USA   [2]
  Buried	Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA
  Notes	Attended South Carolina College in 1824 thru 1826, did not graduate with his class in 1827.  Establish residence in Montgomery, Alabama in 1833. Files claim to land in Macon County, Alabama (1833).  Brings wife and slaves to Cotton Valley, Participates in removing all Indians from Macon County in 1837.  Joined Boyd's Company, Wellborn's Alabama mounted Volunteers served as Captain.  Establish a large cotton plantation and becomes a land speculator.  After the Civil War, moves to Cross Keys, Alabama.  Wills 1700 acres to William E. McGehee (1875). Source:  Willie Boyd Source:  Tap Roots, Creek Indian War On 1880 Census for Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama. James death recorded in family bible.     Macon County was a part of the territory ceded by the Muscogee Indians, established by an act in 1832, and took its name from a North Carolina statesman, General Macon.  The county covers about 600 square miles, devoted to cotton cultivation from the beginning of the English and American occupation.  It was the birthplace of Osceola, the mixed-blood Seminole chief who for many years resisted the invasion of the whites. Sources:  "Shadow Of The Plantation" by Charles S. Johnson James C. Boyd moved to Montgomery, AL before Macon County was established. Macon County was a part of the territory ceded by the Muscogee Indian and established by an act in 1832, and took its name from a North Carolina statesman, General Macon. The County covers about 600square miles, devoted to cotton, cultivation from the beginning of the English and American occupation. It was the birthplace of Osceola, the mixed-blood Seminole Chief who for many years resisted the invasion of the whites. Source: "Shadow of the Plantation" by Charles S. Johnson In 1860 James C. Boyd owned 132 slaves which equated to $140,000 in personal property. His brother, C.L.R.  Boyd, owned 75 slaves and his dad Charles Leroy Boyd owned 58 slaves.
  Person ID	I63527	mykindred
  Last Modified	Aug 25, 2006

  
  

  Father	Dr. Charles LeRoy Boyd,   b. Aug 15, 1771, Edgefield District, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Nov 09, 1861, Macon county, Alabama, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth "Betsy" Cloud,   b. Sep 16, 1779, Edgefield county, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 1862, Macon county, Alabama, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	Dec 27, 1798	Chester county, South Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F21527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Adeline Meek Johnson,   b. May 27, 1814, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Aug 26, 1895, Montgomery county, Alabama, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Jan 02, 1832	Montgomery county, Alabama, USA   [4]
  Children	1. William David Boyd,   b. Dec 16, 1832, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Feb 26, 1884, La Place, Macon county, Alabama, USA  (Age 51 years)   2. Charles McCracken Boyd,   b. May 11, 1840, Alabama, USA ,   d. La Place, Macon county, Alabama, USA   3. Joseph Boyd,   b. circa 1841, Cross Keys, Macon county, Alabama, USA ,   d. Y   4. John Job Boyd,   b. Oct 1843, Alabama, USA ,   d. Aug 07, 1921, La Place, Macon county, Alabama, USA  (Age ~ 77 years)   5. Mary Elizabeth Cloud Boyd,   b. Dec 24, 1845, Alabama, USA ,   d. Alabama, USA
  Family ID	F21526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eliza Cloud (__),   b. 1818, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Oct 21, 1921, La Place, Macon county, Alabama, USA  (Age 103 years)
  Married	Oct 20, 1865	Cotton Valley, Alabama, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Rev. Hilliard Boyd,   b. Aug 1844, Cotton Valley, Alabama, USA ,   d. Apr 04, 1911, Pine Grove Church, Cotton Valley, Alabama, USA  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Family ID	F21558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Cloud, James Will, Chester District - 1819

  
  

• Sources

  [S1098] Gedcom - Lee, Charlene. [S1099] Boyd, Willie H. Boyd. Date of Import: Sep 23, 2002 [S1205] Reichner and Aiken genealogies. [S1099] Boyd, Willie H. Boyd.