The following article was graciously submitted by James T. Newell.<\/p>\n
Robert Boyd, from whom many of the Boyds, Newells, Kizziahs, and others of Tuscaloosa Co., AL and surrounding areas are descended, came from Mecklenburg Co., NC.\u00a0 He was born about 1781 and was married to Temperance Pitman.\u00a0 A descendant, James Ernest Boyd, who had Robert Boyd’s old family Bible indicated that he had identified Robert’s father as James Boyd.\u00a0 Although not proven, there was a James Boyd on the 1800 Mecklenburg Co., NC census with a male in the age category (16-26) that matched Robert\u2019s age.\u00a0 Robert is identified on the 1810 Mecklenburg census with four young daughters <10 years old.\u00a0 These would be Polly, Jane, Sarah, and Elizabeth.\u00a0 The census identifies him, as well as the older James Boyd, as being in CPT Hood’s Co. \u00a0Robert was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served in the Creek Indian campaigns in Alabama during his six months of active duty.\u00a0 According to the NC Archives, he served in the 8th Co Second Mecklenburg Regiment.\u00a0 He was mustered into service at Salisbury, NC Feb 3, 1814 for six months service.\u00a0 He was discharged at Salisbury on Aug 12, 1814.\u00a0 He eventually received two 80-acre Bounty Land Warrants as payment for his service.\u00a0 Warrant #10395 was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on Jul 22, 1851 and warrant #5526 was entered in Tuscaloosa Co. on Aug 23, 1855.\u00a0 However, land records show that Robert had already obtained 40 acres in Tuscaloosa Co. on Dec 30, 1835 near Cedar Cove.\u00a0 Others holding land and settling nearby included his sons-in law, James Newell (land purchase Jan 25, 1833) and William Kizziah, and a brother-in-law Matthew Pitman (land purchase Apr 17, 1833), and members of the Pierson family.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 This would imply that CPT Hood led the 8th Co and COL Pierson was in charge of the Second Mecklenburg Regiment.\u00a0 The following information has been extracted from an archaeology report by the Alabama Historical Commission in reference to the Creek Indian war campaigns in Alabama:<\/p>\n
“General Joseph Graham leading North and South Carolinians advanced westward from Fort Mitchell.\u00a0 As the Army moved, Forts Bainbridge, Hull and Decatur were erected or improved.\u00a0 From Ft. Decatur the Carolinians moved to the locale of old Fort Toulouse.\u00a0 Here they joined Jackson’s militia and the 39th U. S. volunteers on April 17, 1814…\u00a0 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…\u00a0 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…<\/p>\n
“By May 17th the ditches and moats at the new defenses had been dug…\u00a0 Preparation began the ninth of June for the withdrawal of Graham’s Brigade.\u00a0 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…\u00a0 Only those posts in Alabama occupied by the Carolinians had earth as the major component in their construction.”<\/p>\n
By August 1814, Jackson had begun his descent down the Alabama River, and eventually on to the Battle of New Orleans.\u00a0 On Aug 15, he landed on the right bank “opposite where Colonel Pearson, of the North Carolina militia, had encamped during the Indian war (\u2018Colonial Mobile\u2019).”<\/p>\n
This foregoing information places the Carolina troops, in which Robert Boyd served, in the Tallapoosa Valley area during the construction of Fort Jackson.\u00a0 As stated, the Carolinians used earthen works as their primary construction medium.\u00a0 This was because they were used to constructing Coastal defenses against bombardments from ships at sea.\u00a0 Fort Jackson was primarily an earthen based fort.\u00a0 Therefore, Robert may have actually participated in the construction of Fort Jackson.\u00a0 After his release from service, Robert returned to Mecklenburg Co., NC.\u00a0\u00a0 He was on the 1830 Mecklenburg census, but had arrived in Tuscaloosa by 1833.\u00a0 Sources indicate that the family may have spent some time in TN during this transition.\u00a0 Robert married 2nd, Lydia Whitaker in Tuscaloosa Co. Nov 20, 1837.\u00a0 She applied for a pension in Tuscaloosa on Jan 29, 1880 and was listed on the War of 1812 Pension rolls as a resident of Bibb Co.\u00a0 She may have returned there to live with some of her children.\u00a0 Robert and several of his descendants had moved to Franklin Co. where he died Jul 14, 1863.\u00a0 It is unknown at this time where his grave may be located.\u00a0 Other descendants moved across to Tishomingo Co., MS in the early 1860s where several descendants still reside.<\/p>\n
Robert and Tempie Boyd had seven known children:\u00a0 Polly b Sep 28, 1801 married Robert Lee Kizziah; Jane b Mar 29, 1805 (no further info); Sarah b Jul 8, 1807 married James Newell (my ancestral line); Elizabeth b Oct 10, 1809 married William Kizziah, Jr.; John Alexander b Jan 5, 1812 married Rachel Lawless; Rachel b Sep 27, 1813 (no further info); William Washington b Apr 13, 1817 married (1) Sue Kizziah (2) Primrose Lawless; and Caty Caroline b Jul 15, 1820 married Jesse Prince.<\/p>\n
Robert and Liddy Boyd had five known children:\u00a0 Robert M. bc1838 (no further info); Samuel W. b Mar 1840 married Mildred Vaughn; David Baker b Apr 7, 1843 married (1) Sarah Anne Miller (2) Rebecca A. (?); James Early, b Jul 2, 1851 married (1) Patsy J. Cummings (2) Fanny Jane Hullman; and Sarah Emeline bc1855 (no further info).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Written by James T. Newell originally for the \u201cThe Heritage of Lamar County, Alabama (2000).\u201d\u00a0 Revised May 2010.<\/p>\n
Sources:<\/p>\n
\u201cAt Liberty on Bear Creek,\u201d Charles E. Boyd<\/p>\n
\u201cHaysop,\u201d Charles E. Boyd<\/p>\n
\u201cFort Toulouse Phase III Completion Report,\u201d The Alabama Historical Commission<\/p>\n
\u201cColonial Mobile,\u201d The University of Alabama Bicentennial Reprint<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The following article was graciously submitted by James T. Newell. Robert Boyd, from whom many of the Boyds, Newells, Kizziahs, and others of Tuscaloosa Co., AL and surrounding areas are descended, came from Mecklenburg Co., NC.\u00a0 He was born about 1781 and was married to Temperance Pitman.\u00a0 A descendant, James Ernest Boyd, who had Robert … Continue reading “Boyd, Robert – War of 1812”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4529],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/mecklenburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}