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INDEX: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania History

Chapter IV. Pioneer Settlements--Erection of the County--Establishment
of the County-Seat:
PATRICK BOYD

Chapter V. the French and Indian War:
ROBERT BOYD
ADAM BOYD

Chapter VI. Lancaster County in the Revolution:
THOMAS BOYD
HUGH BOYD

Chapter VII. War of the Revolution:
DR. ROBERT BOYD, of Lancaster County, Surgeon of the First Pennsylvania
Battalion
JOHN BOYD
CAPT. JOHN BOYD
CAPT. SAMUAL BOYD

Chapter X. Lancaster County in the War of 1812-15, and Mexican War:
MATTHEW BOYD

Chapter XIV. Lancaster County in the War of the Rebellion:
SAMUEL BOYD, Feb. 24, 1865; must. out with company July 12, 1865.

Chapter XV. Lancaster County in the War of the Rebellion:
OLIVER P. BOYD, July 11, 1863; drafted; trans. to Co. D, 105th Regt. P.V., Sept. 19, 1864.
JOHN S. BOYD , Aug. 11, 1862; must. out with company May 15, 1863.

Chapter XVIII. Lancaster County in the War of the Rebellion:
HUGH M. BOYD, Aug. 30, 1864; wounded near Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 26,
1865; disch. by G. O. June 7, 1865.
NATHANIEL W. BOYD.
SAMUEL BOYD, First Lieutenant
SAMUEL J. BOYD

Chapter XIX. County Buildings and Lands:
SAMUEL BOYD - iron and iron-work

Chapter XX. Lancaster County Civil List -  Biographical Sketches of Many
of its Pioneers and Prominent Men:
1770-76 - SAMUEL BOYD
1792 - SAMUEL BOYD
1796 - SAMUEL BOYD
1861-63 - SAMUEL BOYD
Oct 21, 1784 - JOHN BOYD
-------- - WILLIAM BOYD
Dec 6, 1813 - SAMUEL BOYD
July 6, 1836 - JOSEPH S. BOYD
Nov 21, 1836 - NICHOLAS BOYD

Chapter XXI. The Bench and Bar of Lancaster County:
1739 - SAMUEL BOYD
1769 - ROBERT BOYD, commissioned June 20,1769.
Oct 21, 1784, JOHN BOYD, Quarter Sessions and Jail Delivery.
Jan 3, 1785, JOHN BOYD, Common Pleas.
-----------, JAMES BOYD

Chapter XXII. History of Medicine and Medical Men in Lancaster County:
DR. BOYD, of Bucks County, Pa.
J.O. BOYD, M.D. 1870 University of Pennsylvania - Residence: Lancaster.

Chapter XXV. Public Internal Improvements:
JAMES BOYD, of Chester County
SAMUEL BOYD, Lancaster County
JOHN C. BOYD, of Northumberland
S.W.P. BOYD, of Lancaster County

Chapter XXIX. City of Lancaster:
SAMUEL BOYD, an ingenious mechanic.
CHARLES BOYD
JAMES BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD - 1800 kept the  "Willow Grove Tavern"

Chapter XXX. Borough of Columbia:
JOSEPH BOYD - gunsmith
ROBERT BOYD - carpenter
MRS. MARY BOYD - members appear on the record in the sessions-book from 1808 to 1822.
SAMUEL BOYD - selected for school directors from West Hempfield township.
JOHN BOYD, Locust Street.
MRS. BOYD, Cherry Street.
SAMUEL H. BOYD
JOSEPH BOYD, Revolutionary soldier, was a private, and served through the Revolutionary war. He was a blacksmith, and carried on his business at the corner of Fourth and Walnut Streets. He died about 1849.

JASPER W. BOYD

Chapter XXXII. Manheim Borough:
1868,69,70,71,80 - H.C. BOYD, dry-goods and general store.
HENRY C. BOYD - member first German Reformed Church.

Chapter XXXIV. Borough of Marietta:
WILLIAM BOYD, weaver

Chapter XXXVIII. Bart Township:
REV. ADAM BOYD - 1724 pastor at Upper Octorara Church and Middle
Octorara Church.

Chapter XLVII. East Donegal Township:
DAVID BOYD
ADAM BOYD - 1732 Donegal Presbytery

Chapter XLIX. Drumore Township:
ROBERT BOYD
JOHN BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD
ALEXANDER BOYD
JOSEPH BOYD
WILLIAM R. BOYD
LIEUT. SAMUEL BOYD
JOHN S. BOYD

Chapter LIV. Elizabeth Township:
T.A. BOYD

Chapter LVI. Ful:
JAMES PORTER, grandfather of the late S.W.P. BOYD, Esq., who was sheriff
of the county from 1860 to 1863, and held other offices of trust and confidence, among them that of jury commissioner.
THOMAS BOYD
SAMUEL BOYD
REV. JOHN BOYD - Little Britain
S.W P. BOYD, sherif, Fulton township

Chapter LVIII West Hempfield Township:
SAMUEL BOYD, owned and kept "The "Fountain Inn" generally known as "Boyd's Tavern".

Chapter LXII. Leacock Township:
ADAM BOYD

Chapter LXIII. Upper Leacock Township:
JAMES BOYD

Chapter LXVI. Martic Township:
THOMAS AMBLER, married MARY JANE BOYD, residence Martic township.
MARY JANE AMBLER, a granddaughter of JOHN BOYD who settled upon the land in 1752.
THOMAS BOYD.
JOHN BOYD, Jan 17,1750, 50 acres, next to Thomas White and James Moore. This property remained in the family until the death of W.C. Boyd, when it was sold to Milton Wike.
ROBERT BOYD.

Chapter LXIX. Paradise Township:
JANE DICKSON, married JOSEPH BOYD, of Pequea, removed to Zanesville, Ohio, where he died.
M. JOSEPHINE BOYD, married REV. HERMAN HOOKER, an Episcopal clergyman of Philadelphia, who died soon after, leaving her a widow.

Chapter LXX. Penn Township:
JAMES BOYD.

Chapter LXXIV. Sadsbury Township:
JOHN BOYD.
GEORGE BOYD.

Chapter LXXV. Salisbury Township:
GEORGE BOYD.
SAMUEL BOYD, blacksmith.
JOHN BOYD, farmer.
MARY BOYD, farmer.
JAMES BOYD.
JOSEPH BOYD.
WILLIAM BOYD.
THOMAS BOYD.
REV. ADAM BOYD.
CAROLINE HENDERSON married MR.BOYD.
ELIZABETH MCILVAINE married ? BOYD.

Source: History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania published in Philadelphia by Everts and Peck in 1883.

NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.

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