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Archibald Boyd/Rebecca
Jamison of Bull Skin Creek
Chester, South Carolina
1-Archibald Boyd was born about 1760 and died in Aug 1820 in Chester District, South Carolina, at about age 60.
Archibald Boyd was the son of Mary McKinley and Alexander Boyd. He was a 1st Generation North American from Ireland. He settled in Chester District, South Carolina
Our earliest record has him in Chester, SC in 1801. We suspect he was in America earlier, perhaps in Maryland or Pennsylvania; we just don't have the facts yet.
Archibald married Rebecca Jamison, daughter of Robert Jamison Sr. and Mary Gardner. They had seven children: Alexander, Mary, Margaret, Anna, Jennet (Jane), Sarah, and Elizabeth (Betsy).
Considerable energy has been expended to discover more about the Archibald Boyd family. Most of the research is outlined on these pages. It is tempting to assume that records exist or that a person with the surname Boyd is the one we are seeking. The fact is that there were dozens of Boyd's and dozens of Jamison's who settled in SC in the 1700's.
There is a great deal of information available about families (E.G. Jamison, Harbison, Cherry, etc) connected to the Archibald Boyd family. Certainly Robert Jamison, Sr. is very connected; his daughter Rebecca was married to Archibald; his younger daughter Ann was probably the mother of Robert Jamison Boyd. His son Gardner Jamison witnessed the sale of property in 1801. His other sons, James and David Jamison, made the inventory in 1820.
John Cherry later married Ann Jamison; he is the executor of Archibald's will in 1820. William Harbison married Elizabeth Boyd, Archibald's daughter and a John Harbison witnessed Robert Jamison Sr's will. Hugh Knox also witnessed Robert Jamison's will. Thomas McCullough married Archibald's daughter, Jennet Boyd, and made the inventory in 1820.
2-Alexander Boyd was born probably in the late 1700’s and died in 1827 in Chester County, South Carolina.
Very little is known about Alexander Boyd. He was one of the eight children of Archibald Boyd and Rebecca Jamison. His estate was administered October 2, 1827 by his brother in law, James Gillespie and his bond signed by Col. John Cherry and James Douglas.
Alexander and Ann Jamison had one child: Robert Jamison.
3-Reverend Dr. Robert Jamison Boyd was born on 24 Nov 1805 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina died on 3 Sep 1869 in Marion - District Parsonage, Marion County, South Carolina, at age 63, and was buried in Marion- Methodist Churchyard, Marion County, South Carolina.
Robert Jamison Boyd was born in Cheraw on November 24, 1805. Very little is known about Robert Jamison's life as a young man, except that he was close to and probably lived with his grandmother, Rebecca Jamison, and grandfather, Archibald Boyd.
He was religiously trained and converted to the study of God in early youth. He studied and graduated in medicine but felt his calling to be ordained. That being impossible at the time, he went into the practice of medicine and continuing to pursue the church.
He finally was licensed to preach by the Quarterly Conference in Orangeburg Circuit - William Capers, Presiding Elder in January 4, 1830. He was ordained Deacon in 1833 and became an Elder in 1836. His medical practice flourished, giving him independence to enter mission work. He traveled the mission circuit for several years, then in 1839 removed to the Marion Circuit. In 1840 and 1841 he traveled the Black Swamp Circuit, in 1842 the Orangeburg Circuit and the next four years the Charleston Circuit. Then the Orangeburg Circuit, the Barnwell Circuit the Union Circuit, the Cokesbury Circuit, and the Laurens Circuit.
He was a circuit rider throughout the Low Country of South Carolina, including the Duncan Memorial Methodist Church. The Church has a picture gallery of prior Ministers, including one of Dr. Robert Jamison Boyd. He became the Presiding Elder in Marion, South Carolina. He was on the original Board of Trustees of Columbia Female College and was a Trustee at Wofford College from 1868 until his death.
Robert married Rachael Bell Pooser, daughter of George Pooser and Margaret Weimer, on 17 Jun 1830. Rachael was born in Orangeburg District, South Carolina. They had six children: Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Robert Watson, Charles Wesley, Mary Eliza (Mamie), and John A.
4-Elizabeth Boyd .
Elizabeth married John Alex. Kelly.
4-Sarah Ann Boyd was born on 26 Sep 1831, died on 9 Sep 1920, at age 88, and was buried in Sunnyside, Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
Sarah married Rev. Thomas Elliott Wannamaker, son of Rev. Jacob Wannamaker and Rachel Whetstone, on 3 Sep 1850. Thomas was born on 13 Oct 1827, died on 7 Apr 1910, at age 82, and was buried in Sunnyside, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. They had 11 children: Sara Boyd, Rosa Garlington, Theodore Elliott, Emma Rachel, Robert Boyd, Charles Thornwell, Thomas Herber, Mary Elizabeth, Edward Jones, Florence Bell, and William Whetstone.
4-Colonel Robert Watson Boyd CSA was born on 27 May 1833 died on 10 Aug 1900 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 67, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina.
Robert Watson Boyd was son of Dr. Robert Jamison Boyd and Rachel Bell Pooser. He probably was born in Walterboro where his brother Charles Wesley was born two years later. He constantly moved about South Carolina with his father who was a Methodist Minister. He attended the old Cokesbury School, and was a graduate of Wofford College.
He first appeared in the Darlington area in the year 1861 and is believed to have studied law in the office of Gen W. W. Harllee, later his Senior Partner, of Mars Bluff, S. C. He was admitted to the Bar May 9, 1866, and shortly thereafter opened an office in Darlington as junior partner in the law firm "Harllee & Boyd”.
For many years he was trustee of the Darlington Schools beginning with St John's Academy in 1880 and is credited with the up-building of the city school system second to none in the state. He also served sometime as trustee of the South Carolina College. He was trustee at Wofford College from 1870-1877.
He was the first sergeant in the CSA Company that his Brother, Capt. Charles Wesley Boyd, served and he was at Chancellorsville when his brother was killed.
It was said of him: ".... he was greatly devoted to his profession, was a learned lawyer, prompt and rapid in his work…and was never known to complain when the judges decided against him.......” He is said also to have been possessed of rare conversational powers.
Robert married Mary Louise McCall, in Apr 1861. Mary was born on 20 Jul 1842, died on 1 Jan 1904 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 61, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina. They had seven children: John Elliott, George M., Louise, Rachel Belden, Robert McCall, Infant, and Charles Thornwell.
5-Dr. John Elliott Boyd was born on 11 Dec 1869 in Darlington County, South Carolina and died on 26 Jan 1934, at age 64.
John Elliott Boyd was son of Robert Watson Boyd and Mary McCall. He married Bessie Lenoir Williamson, then Hazel Locke with whom she had two children.
After receiving his early education in the Darlington schools, he attended the South Carolina College, graduating in 1890. He began the study of medicine under his uncle, Dr John A Boyd, also of Darlington, and clerked in his Grocery Store until September 1891, when he entered the South Carolina Medical College. He graduated in March 1894, with the highest standing in a large class, and won the annual award for first honors.
John married Bessie Lenoir Williamson, on 23 Apr 1895. Bessie was born in Darlington County, South Carolina.
John next married Hazel Locke, on 28 Aug 1914. Hazel was born in Jacksonville, Florida. They had two children: Robert Watson and Anna Locke.
6-Robert Watson Boyd was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
6-Anna Locke Boyd was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
5-George M. Boyd .
5-Louise Boyd .
Louise married McIver. They had one child: Robert Boyd.
6-Robert Boyd McIver .
5-Rachel Belden Boyd was born on 10 Jul 1872 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina died on 5 Sep 1873 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 1, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina.
5-Robert McCall Boyd was born on 7 Jan 1862 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina died on 11 Jul 1862 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina.
5-Infant Boyd was born on 1 Aug 1873 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina died on 3 Aug 1873 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina.
5-Charles Thornwell Boyd was born on 6 Sep 1865 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina died on 18 Apr 1867 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 1, and was buried in Darlington - Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Darlington County, South Carolina.
4-Captain Charles Wesley Boyd CSA was born on 27 Mar 1835 in Walterboro, South Carolina died on 2 May 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia, at age 28, and was buried in Chancellorsville Battle Field, Virginia. He had five brothers and sisters.
He attended preparatory school at Cokesbury and then entered South Carolina College. He took high marks there. He became a member of the Euphradian society, and in his junior year he took the medal in the society for oratory. In his senior year he took the medal for an essay on Sir James Macintosch.
After he graduated, he attended University of Gottingen (Germany), where he maintained his high academic standards finishing in two years with the degree of doctor of laws.
He returned home in 1858 and studied law in Union, SC in the office of Judge Davis Goudelock whose daughter, Maria Agnes, he married in 1859. His father, Rev. Robert Jamison Boyd, performed the wedding ceremony. He began the practice of law in partnership with Judge William Wallace, in conjunction with whom he edited the “Union Times”.
He threw himself into the session movement and made political speeches. He went to the coast at the opening of hostilities in 1861 and was present at the taking of Ft. Sumpter. He also was at Port Royal and held his mortally wounded cousin, Lieutenant James Norris Jr., dying in his arms.
He went to Virginia with Gregg's First Regiment and when it was disbanded he returned to Union. There he raised a company, joined the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment as commander Company F, Thicketty Rifles and was elected Captain. He was with his command throughout the campaign in Virginia until he was killed at the battle of Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863. His brother Robert was his 1st Sergeant. Captain Boyd's picture hung in the South Carolina university Hall, but when Sherman burned Columbia, this picture was destroyed.
Charles married Maria Agnes Goudelock, daughter of Judge Davis Goudelock and Caroline Henderson Fernandez, on 5 May 1859 in York County, South Carolina. Maria was born on 14 Aug 1841 in Union, Union County, South Carolina and died in 1925, at age 84. They had two children: Charles William and Caroline Stuart.
Maria Goudelock and her cousin, Sarah Norris, when young ladies, visited their uncle Walter a number of times in Oxford, Mississippi where his sons attended the University of MS. They had a “wonderful time” with her young beaus, friends from the university that visited with the boys on weekends.
His father Rev Robert Jamison Boyd married Charles and Maria when she was 18 years old. Charles was killed while leading a desperate charge at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Maria was widowed with two children when she was 22. She lived another 61 years and died in 1925 when she was 84 years old.
5-Reverend Charles William Boyd was born on 28 Apr 1863 in Union, Union County, South Carolina died on 4 Jul 1926 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 63, and was buried in Cheraw - St David's Cemetery, South Carolina.
Charles William Boyd was the only son and youngest child of Charles Wesley Boyd and Maria Agnes Goudelock of Union, SC.
After preparation for college at schools within reach of his early home ( he attended Porter Military Academy, in Charleston, SC), Charles W. Boyd entered Union college at Schenectady, New York; but he did not continue his academic course at that institution beyond the second year.
He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in May 1884 when he was 21 years old. He began the practice of law at Darlington in his uncle's (Robert Watson Boyd) practice in 1885; and for ten years he followed the practice of that profession. (Actually, according to his son CW Boyd Jr, he never made money at law and went to Oklahoma and taught at a government-sponsored school for Indians. It was probably there that, according to his other son GG Boyd, he encountered an Indian wanting to sell him an animal skin with the tail sold separately. Charles pulled out a nickel coin and asked if the Indian knew what the inscription E Pluribus Unum meant. Of course, he did not, and Charles convinced him that it meant “the tail goes with the hide”.). But he writes, "through experience and reflection, and the conviction that it is best to live for the highest ends," he "was brought into the ministry." Private study and contact with men in active life, he feels, have been upon the whole the most potent influences in shaping his life and his work.
When he was 32 years old he decided to enter the Episcopal ministry and was admitted as a postulate. He then entered the University of the South. He took his first assignment at St. Johns while still a divinity student due to the illness of Rev Allison.
He was ordained by Bishop Capers on May 11, 1900, being presented at the ceremony by the Rev John D. McCollough, his mentor, during the annual convention at St Thaddeus', Aiken, SC. This started his long and varied career that included assignments at over 15 towns all over the State of South Carolina.
He was for many years the rector at St David's Cheraw where on January 1, 1903 he was married to Marion Gillespie Godfrey at St David's, Cheraw by Bishop Capers. The couple had five children, including one, Caroline Fernandez, who died at an early age.
He retired on January 1, 1926 due to ill health and died at his home in Georgetown, SC on July 4. He is buried in the Godfrey plot at St David's Cheraw.
Charles married Marion Gillespie Godfrey, daughter of Captain Samuel Gillespie Godfrey CSA and Harriet Elizabeth Powe, on 1 Jan 1903 in Cheraw - St David's Episcopal Church, South Carolina. Marion was born on 1 Nov 1877 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, died on 22 May 1947 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 69, and was buried in Cheraw - St David's Cemetery, South Carolina. They had five children: Gillespie Godfrey, Charles William, Marion Godfrey, Elizabeth (Lib) Henderson, and Caroline Fernandez.
Marion Gillespie Godfrey was tenth of the thirteen children of Samuel Gillespie Godfrey and Harriett Elizabeth Powe of Cheraw, SC.
She followed him to over fifteen locations throughout the Diocese of South Carolina where he was frequently assigned and reassigned. It fell mostly on her to raise the children and make the family comfortable in the limited space of the parsonages.
She became an excellent cook and in her later life supplemented her income making and selling wedding cakes and other baked goods. In their late career together they settled in Georgetown and bought a house.
She lived 21 years after Charles died and is buried in the Godfrey plot at St David's Cheraw.
6-Charles William Boyd was born on 21 Dec 1906 died on 30 Sep 1997 in Florence, Florence County, South Carolina, at age 90, and was buried in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Charles William Boyd was the oldest son of Marion Godfrey and Charles William Boyd.
Charles married Julia King. Julia King died on 25 Jan 2000 in Sylva, North Carolina and was buried in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina. They had two children: Marion Godfrey and Ellen Julia.
6-Marion Godfrey Boyd was born on 4 Jan 1904 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina died on 23 Jul 1995 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 91, and was buried in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Marion Godfrey Boyd was the daughter of Marion Godfrey and Charles William Boyd. She had a life long career as a legal secretary in Georgetown.
6-Captain Gillespie Godfrey Boyd USNR was born on 18 Oct 1909 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina died on 4 Aug 1988 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 78, and was buried on 5 Aug 1988 in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Gillespie Godfrey Boyd grew up as a child in the many towns in South Carolina that his father, Rev Charles W. Boyd, took him.
He attended school in Georgetown, SC and worked for the US Coastal Geodetic Survey for many years. He was in the Georgetown Naval Reserve 4th Fleet Division when WWII broke out and served with distinction in the US Navy during the war. He served three years through 1943 as gunnery officer on USS Guadalupe and served as Commanding Officer on the USS Nemasket in 1944 and the USS Chikaskia in 1945 in the Pacific Theater under Admiral Halsey.
After WWII he worked thru various management positions at International Paper Co in Georgetown, Natchez and Mobile, becoming the Southern Craft Division’s Director of Engineering.
Gillespie married Geraldine Price, daughter of Charles Sumpter Price and Isa (Isadora) Harper, on 8 Jun 1935 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. Geraldine was born on 7 Nov 1909 in Eddy Lake, Horry County, South Carolina. They had seven children: Gillespie Godfrey, Geraldine Price, Charles Price, Samuel Harper, William Herbert, Harriet Claire, and Isabelle Harper.
Geraldine Price is the youngest daughter of Isa Harper and Charles Sumpter Price.
6-Elizabeth (Lib) Henderson Boyd was born on 3 Dec 1911 in Rock Hill, South Carolina died on 23 Nov 1998 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 86, and was buried in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina.
Elizabeth (Lib) Henderson Boyd was the daughter of Marion Godfrey and Charles William Boyd.
Elizabeth married Jesse Pearl Thomas, son of George Madison Thomas and Rebecca Belle Godwin. Jesse was born on 3 Nov 1905, died in 1967 in Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina, at age 62, and was buried in Georgetown - Prince George Winyah Episcopal Cemetery, Georgetown County, South Carolina. They had three children: Caroline Boyd, Marion Elizabeth (Betty), and Jesse Madison.
Jesse Pearl Thomas was the son of Rebecca Belle Godwin and George Madison Thomas. He served in the US Coast Guard during WWII. When he returned to Georgetown SC after the war he managed the ESSO Marine facility on Winyah Bay.
6-Caroline Fernandez Boyd was born on 30 Mar 1905 and died on 8 May 1911, at age 6.
Caroline Fernandez was the daughter of Marion Godfrey and Charles William Boyd. She died when she was 6 years old of acute appendicitis.
5-Caroline Stuart Boyd was born on 4 Jan 1861 in Union, Union County, South Carolina died on 17 Jul 1935, at age 74, and was buried in Union - Church Of The Nativity, Union County, South Carolina.
Caroline Stuart Boyd was the only daughter and oldest child of Charles Wesley Boyd and Maria Agnes Goudelock of Union, SC.
She was principal of the Otteray School in Union, SC.
She is buried in the Church of the Nativity Cemetery in Union, SC.
Caroline married Columbus R. Robertson, on 17 Aug 1881. Columbus was born on 30 Nov 1851 in Union, Union County, South Carolina, died on 2 Apr 1918 in Union, Union County, South Carolina, at age 66, and was buried in Union - Episcopal Church, Union County, South Carolina. They had three children: Caroline Fernandez, Maria Agnes, and Cornelia.
Columbus R Robertson in early life was a salesman for Capt AH Foster. He then went into business for himself and was later associated with the US Postal Service
4-Mary Eliza (Mamie) Boyd was born in Feb 1838 died on 10 Mar 1915 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, at age 77, and was buried in Darlington - Grove Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina.
4-Dr. John A. Boyd was born on 23 May 1848 in Orangeburg, , South Carolina died on 23 May 1848 in Darlington, Darlington County, South Carolina, and was buried in Darlington - Grove Hill, Darlington County, South Carolina.
Dr. John A. Boyd was son of Dr. Robert Jamison Boyd and Rachel Bell Pooser.
Dr Boyd began his medical career as a clerk in the drug trade, being associated for some time with the McMillan Drug Company of Marion, SC. In 1870, he moved to Darlington, SC to establish his own drug business; shortly after arriving in Darlington, he began to read medicine under Dr. W. A. Player. He entered the University Medical College of New York, graduating with a medical degree in March 9, 1876. Dr Boyd never married.
2-Mary Boyd .
Mary Boyd, the unmarried sister of Elizabeth, came to Monroe County, Iowa, about 1830 with William Harbison and Elizabeth and lived with them. After William was accidentally killed by a falling tree while he was clearing land, she stayed with Elizabeth until she died at the age of 75. It was said that she was a wonderful woman and a great help to Elizabeth after William was killed.
2-Margaret Boyd was born in Chester County, South Carolina.
2-Anna Boyd was born about 1801 in Chester County, South Carolina and died about 1853 in Monroe County, Indiana, about age 52.
Anna married Jacob Westbrook, son of Jacob Westbrook and Nancy Waters, about 1826 in South Carolina. Jacob was born about 1801 in Chester County, South Carolina and died about 1861 in Indiana, about age 60. They had seven children: Catherine, Mary Ann, Rebecca, Nancy G., William Turner, Charles W. Steiner, and William Henry.
2-Jennet (Jane) Boyd .
Jennet married Thomas McCallough.
2-Sarah Boyd was born in Chester County, South Carolina.
Sarah married James Gillespie.
2-Elizabeth (Betsy) Boyd was born on 1 Apr 1806 in Yorkville, Chester County, South Carolina and died on 18 Aug 1892 in Lockman, Monroe County, Iowa, at age 86.
Elizabeth married William Harbison, son of Alexander Harbison and Elizabeth Stewart, on 22 Dec 1825 in Chester County, South Carolina. William was born on 15 Apr 1804 in Chester County, South Carolina, died on 15 Jul 1853 in Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, at age 49, and was buried in 1853 in Pleasant Divide Cemetery, NE Of Albia, Iowa. They had 12 children: Rebecca Jane, Elizabeth Julie Ann, Alexander, Archie Boyd, Margaret, Mary, John, Sarah, Nancy Catherine, Martha Esther, Susan Emma, and William Dickerson.
William moved from Carolina to Ohio to Bloomington, IN then to Iowa near Albia.
About 1830 William Harbison and Elizabeth Boyd, his wife, some of the Castles, Spencer’s, Buchanan’s and others, left Chester, South Carolina and first settled near Zenia, Ohio and after remaining there a few years removed to Monroe Co, Indiana remaining there only a short time; they finally settled in Monroe Co, Iowa---They were all members of the Associated Reformed Presbyterians (Seceders) and always settled in colonies."
Charles Boyd c.p.boyd at mindspring.com
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