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BOYD

NANCY BLACKBURN BOYD was born on 20 July 1818 and died on 24 July 1890, in Perry County, Alabama.(1-2)

On 8 September 1836, in Perry County, Alabama,(3) she married, as his second wife, Malcolm Demus Canon (see Canon), who was born on 4 May 1803 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and died on 29 July 1885 in Perry County, Alabama. Both Nancy and Malcolm are buried in Providence Cemetery near Marion, Alabama.

Malcolm was a very capable and successful person. He started out as a doctor but quit because he said that doctors were frauds. He owned a large farm, a number of slaves, a cotton gin, and a blacksmith shop. He was the first up in the morning and started his own fire, and was in the blacksmith shop before breakfast. He worked all day and got back home about eight o'clock at night. Malcolm always wore broadcloth with collar and tie. He bought one of the first cooking stoves that was built, but it sat idle for many years as the cook wanted no part of the new, fancy gadget. About 1870, Lambeth Hopkins and some of his family moved to Texas, and Malcolm wanted to move. Nancy did not want to and suggested that Malcolm take a trip to Texas and see if he really wanted to move. He enjoyed the trip, visiting with his brother John who had a farm in Tyler County, but decided he did not want to move.

The children of Malcolm and Nancy are listed under "Canon."

Nancy was the daughter of

JOHN BOYD, "Squire Boyd," born on 11 October 1795 in the Newberry District, South Carolina, and died on 9 November 1872 in Perry County, Alabama.(2-3-7) On 25 September 1817, in Newberry District, South Carolina, he married Elizabeth Blackburn who was born on 21 January 1797 in the Newberry District and died on 25 August 1856 in Perry County, Alabama.(2-3-7) John and Elizabeth are buried in the Fellowship Cemetery near Marion, Alabama. He married, second, on 3 February 1857, in Perry County, Chelly M. Mixon.

John Boyd was one of the first settlers on Old Town Creek, Perry County, in 1817. The 1830 Census shows him living in Bush Creek as did the 1850 Census. He resigned as Commissioner of Section 16, Township 20, Range 8, in 1826, possibly because he was moving to another section, The children of John and Elizabeth were: (2-3) Nancy Blackburn (see above), born 20 July 1818, died 24 July 1890, and married Malcolm Demus Canon; Roseannah S., born 4 August 1820, died 16 May 1855, and married Elias Earl Tramill; Emily J., born 7 June 1822, and married James Madison Tubbs; Mary Ann Martha, born 28 June 1824, died 22 July 1894, and married John Hall; George Robert, born 2 September 1826, died 16 February 1907, and married Melissa C. Oldham; Rachel Frances, born I October 1828, died 18 February 1900, and married, first, John Ellis, and, second, Edmund Hurley; William Thomas, born 14 August 1830, died 10 April 1898, and married, first, Cyrena Hopkins, and, second, Mrs. Kate Cunningham Craig; John Caldwell Calhoun, born in 1833 and died in 1842; Martha Elizabeth, born I March 1835, died 6 September 1893, and married John Washington Mackey; and Sarah Caroline, born 21 June 1840 and married, first, Goldsberry Mackey, and, second, George Turner.

The names of the parents of John Boyd are not known.. The brothers and sisters of John are listed in the Family Bible (2) and also given on Page 125 of South Carolina in the Revolution. (6) They are as follows: William, born 27 June 1789; Joseph, born 25 June 1791; Mary, born 24 August 1793; John (see above), born 11 October 1795, died 9 November 1872, and married, first, Elizabeth Blackburn, and, second, Chellie M. Mixon; Hugh, born 16 December 1797, Jennett, born 9 January 1799; James, born 4 July 1802; Robert, born 29 January 1805; Rosenna, born 14 August 1807; David, born 14 August 1810; Francis, born 11 October 1812; and Jefferson, born 26 March 1814.

Ref:

1. John A. Hopkins Family Bible, published by C. F. Vent, Cincinnati, 1869-owned by Clifton Baker, Nacogdoches, Texas.

2. Christenberry-Boyd-Blackburn Family Bible, published by Merriam, Moore & Co., Troy, New York, 1850--owned by Mrs. Sue Thomas, Greensboro, Alabama.

3. Letters-Rev. F. S. Moseley, Eutaw, Alabama.

4. Agreement between Heirs of M. D. Cannon, dec'd, 8 September 1885, Perry County, Alabama, Deed Book 18, Page 325.37.

5. Interview with Mrs. Susan Hopkins Wyche, 14 September 1949.

6. South Carolina in the Revolution, p. 125.

7. Fellowship Cemetery, near Marion, Alabama.