MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - DEEDS GRANTEE Boyd Surname

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The following information was taken from the Grantee
Index, from 1827 to the present, books located in
the office of the Superior Court Judge, Meriwether
County Courthouse. For those who are just beginning,
the Grantee is the person who received, or
purchased, the land. The Grantor is the person who
sold the land. Since I was looking for specific
Boyds, I didn't write down the acreage and land lots
for the first few, until I realized how helpful this
information might be to others. I did write down the
deed book and page number, the district and date of
filing/record. The first entry is the earliest
recorded Boyd transaction, that is, the first Boyd
who bought land in Meriwether County. Many of these
Boyds moved to Carroll county, died and are buried
there.


In most cases, the date of instrument (the day the
two persons actually sat down at the table and made
the deal) was a few days before the deed was filed.
However, in some cases, it was years before. Again,
I did not get all the dates of instrument. When
running the letters/numbers together would be
confusing, I put a dash (-) between them. But most
of the books are abbreviated (i.e., J434 would be
book J, page 434).


I hope this may help some of you (like me) who are
trying to separate all the different Boyds in
Meriwether, most of whom came from Newberry Dist.,
SC. Mine specifically is the family of Robert Boyd,
who married Rosannah Stewart, and died in Meriwether
County in 1846. Most, if not all of Robert's
children who were with him in Meriwether, moved to
Carroll.


You may find copies of these original records at the
Meriwether Courthouse, on microfilm at the Georgia
Archives, or most likely on microfilm at your local
LDS Family History Center. The deed book and page
number should point the way. The first two entries
will show the format I used.


Submitted by Judy Fowler Kilgore, Sept. 2003
JodieK444@aol.com


BOYD, John, purchased land in the 10th Dist., from LEVERETT, Duncan, 
recorded/filed 25 Dec 1830, Book A, p. 414


BOYD, John, purchased land in the 9th Dist., from HANNER, James A., 
recorded/filed 10 Mar 1834, Book C, p. 165


BOYD, Milton, purchased land in the 8th Dist. from MOORE, William, r/f 8 Sep 
1834, C353


BOYD, ROBERT, 9th Dist, from BUTLER, John (estate sale), r/f 25 Sep 1834, 
C377. Date of instrument on this transaction was 7 Jan 1834. The land was an 
entire land lot (no. 269, 202.5 acres) and Robert purchased it for $250. John 
Butler of Elbert County drew the land in the 1827 land lottery and it was 
originally in Troup County. John died and the land was put up for public sale by 
Martha Butler, his wife and executrix, as ordered by the court, and Robert was the 
highest bidder. This transaction also may be recorded in Elbert County probate 
records as part of John Butler's estate, as that is the way the deed begins 
... "Georgia, Elbert County ..." However, it was recorded in Meriwether since 
that is where the land was located. In Robert's will, this is the land he 
described as leaving to his heirs ... "Lot. No. 269 in the Ninth District, formerly 
Troup now Meriwether ..." The land is located in the Upper Ninth District, in 
the extreme northeastern corner of the county, almost adjacent to Pike 
County. I have a copy of this deed if anyone wants one. Most of my Boyds were in 
that section of Meriwether County (upper 9th). It is near Mt. Carmel Methodist 
Church.


BOYD, John, 9th Dist., from STANFORD, Joshua T., r/f 26 Jan 1835, C470


BOYD, Joseph, 9th Dist., L(and) L(ot) 270, from BOYD, William, r/f 24 Apr 
1835, D84


BOYD, Robert, 9th Dist., LL 227, from BOYD, John, r/f 26 Jan 1835, C471


BOYD, Robert, 9th Dist., LLs 271-227, from TIDWELL, John, r/f 26 Jan 1835, 
C472


BOYD, James, 9th Dist., LL 265, 50 acres, from BOYD, John Sr., r/f 18 April 
1835, D74
(I believe this to be the James Boyd who married Amelia (Millie) Tidwell and 
moved to Fayette County. If so, the John Sr. above would probably be John 
"Waggoner Jack" Boyd, the colorful rascal described in George Hugh Boyd's book, 
"Our Boyd Family, Allied families ...." and whose family connected to the De
Graffenried line.)


BOYD, Hugh, 9th Dist., LL270, 101.25 acres, from BOYD, William, r/f 24 April 
1835, D84


BOYD, James, 9th Dist., LL233, 101.25 acres, from BOYD, John, r/f 18 Oct 
1835, D75


BOYD, Hugh, 9th Dist., LL227, 50 acres, from STANFORD, Levi, r/f 17 Nov 1835, 
D262


BOYD, Joseph, 9th Dist, LLs 170-150, 405 acres, from GREENWOOD, Wm., r/f 14 
Apr 1836, D410


BOYD, James, 9th Dist., LL265, 51.25 acres, from BOYD, John, r/f 25 Apr 1836, 
D438


BOYD, Hugh, 9th Dist., LL150-171, 202.5 acres, from BOYD, Joseph, r/f 16 Mar 
1837, E231


BOYD, John B, Jr, 2nd Dist., LL218, 202.5 acres, from BOYD, John Sr., r/f 25 
May 1837, E277


BOYD, Robert H, 9th Dist, LL270-277, 202.5 acres, from PALMER, John W., r/f 
18 Oct 1838, F349


BOYD, Robert, 9th Dist., LL228, 25 acres, from VARDEMAN, Edwy L., r/f 19 Oct 
1838, F351


BOYD, Robert H, 9th Dist, LL227, 50 acres, from BOYD, Hugh, r/f 29 Nov 1838, 
F387


BOYD, Robert H, 9th Dist., LL228, 112.5 acres, from QUICK, Henry G., r/f 7 
Nov 1838, F363


BOYD, William, 9th Dist., LL284, 95 acres, from DAVIS, Lewis, r/f 1839 (no 
book given)


BOYD, Joseph & Hugh, 9th Dist., LL171, from HULSEY, Elijah, sheriff, r/f 7 
Dec 1839, G9


BOYD, D.B., 9th Dist., LL166, 101.25 acres, from THOMAS, Stephen, r/f 11 JAN 
1840, G38


BOYD, John D., 10th Dist., LL200, 101.25 acres, from TRAMMELL, John, r/f 16 
June 1842, G540


BOYD, John, 10th Dist., LL85, 101.25 ac, from WILLIAMS, Isaac, sheriff, r/f 
25 Jan 1843, G664


BOYD, Hugh, 9th Dist., LL234, 50 ac, from OWENS, Martin, r/f 22 Feb 1843, H6
(This one took me by surprise. Hugh Boyd was my maternal GGG grandfather. 
Martin Owens was my paternal GG grandfather. Who would have thought their 
descendants would meet and marry nearly 100 years later (1935) in Fulton County?)


BOYD, Alston, 11TH Dist, LL238, 202.5 ac, from MILLS, Richard, sheriff, r/f 7 
Nov 1843, H143


BOYD, William, 9th Dist., LL269, 202.5 ac, from BOYD, Robert, r/f 10 Feb 
1845, H380
(Apparently Robert, father of William above, sold all the land he purchased 
earlier from John Butler's estate, to his oldest son, William. The date of 
instrument [the date Robert signed over the land] was 2 Nov 1843, more than a year 
before the transaction was filed with the court.)


BOYD, Alston, 8th Dist., LL121, from SHARP, James T., r/f 22 Feb 1844, H217


BOYD, John B., 10th Dist., LL3, from MONCRIEF, John M., r/f 3 Dec (no year), 
H310


BOYD, Joseph, 9th Dist., LL156, 101.25 ac, from COOK, Powell. r/f 18 Dec 
1846, I-208


BOYD, John H, 7th Dist., LL48, 102 ac, from DENNY, Wm., r/f 17 July 1848, 
I-492


BOYD, John H, 7th Dist., LL17, 5.25 ac, from BRAZELL, Nathan, r/f 11 Oct 
1848, I-534


BOYD, John B., 10th Dist., LL299, from SMITH, Jeptha V., r/f 20 Feb 1849, 
I-603


BOYD, John B., 10th Dist., LL189, 100 ac, from EARNEST, Elisha C., r/f 28 
April 1849, I-632


BOYD, John, 11th Dist., LL238, 100 ac, from CLOWER, Cyrus I., r/f 30 Nov 
1849, J119


BOYD, Melton, Upper 9th Dist, LL147-148, 352 ac, from FAVOR, W.R., r/f 31 Oct 
1851, J526


BOYD, Herbert, 9th Dist., LL150-171, 202.5 ac, from BRITTAIN, A.J., r/f 7 Feb 
1855, K409


BOYD, Robert H., 9th Dist., LL270,  from LANEY, Geo. W., r/f 25 Aug 1859, L316
(date of instrument was 24 Dec 1845)


BOYD, H.H., 9th Dist., LL284, 95.6 ac, from BOYD, Wm., r/f 3 Nov 1862, L624
(Date of instrument was 28 Feb 1854. This is probably Hugh H. Boyd, son of 
William Boyd, and grandson of Robert Boyd. William died intestate in Carroll 
County in 1857. Hugh married Martha Caroline Pyron and moved first to Carroll 
County, and then went on to Texas.)


BOYD, H.H., 9th Dist. LL277, 33.33 ac, from ENLOW, Wm., Admr., r/f 3 Nov 
1862, L627
(Date of instrument was 1 Feb 1854)


BOYD, Milton, Greenville, City Lot 33-34, from WINSLOW, Elbridge, r/f 2 Jan 
1867, M295


BOYD, John W., Greenville, City Lot 43, from HARRIS, Judge R., sheriff, r/f 2 
Jan 1867, M290


BOYD, Milton, Mid. 9th Dist., LL81-82, 163 ac, from SASSER, Wm. W., r/f 5 Mar 
1867, M322


BOYD, John W. et al, Greenville, City Lot 5, from LAWSON, W.S., r/f 17 Oct 
1867, M531


BOYD, John D., Mid. 9th Dist., LL110, from COOK, James M. sheriff, r/f 8 Feb 
1869, M592


BOYD, Milton, 9th Dist., LL111, from GRIFFIN, F.F., et al, r/f 27 Apr 1869, 
N38 (Lein)


BOYD, Milton, 9th Dist., LL111, from LOVEJOY, A.R., et al, r/f 27 Apr 1869, 
N38


BOYD, J.W., Greenville 8th Dist., Store Lot, from ADAIR, W.H.P., Admr, r/f 21 
Nov 1871, N436


BOYD, John W., Greenville, City Lot 8, from RENDER, Sarah, r/f 21 Dec 1871, 
N438


BOYD, M.C., Upper 9th Dist., LL97, 50 ac, from BOYD, Frederick, r/f 25 may 
1875, O-207


BOYD, McDuffie C., 9th Dist., LL271, 101.25 ac, from BOYD, Robert H., r/f 7 
Dec 1885, V278


BOYD, William H.B., Upper 9th Dist., LL271, from BOYD, Robert H., r/f 7 Dec 
1885, V276
(Date of instrument was 25 Aug 1849)


BOYD, R.H., Upper 9th Dist., LL271, 101.25 ac, from BOYD, W.H., r/f 7 dec 
1885, V277


BOYD, Joseph D., Upper 9th Dist., LL9, 1280 ac, from EDGE, W.R., r/f 17 Feb 
1892, X666 (Date of instrument was 21 Oct 1873)


Here the books change from letters to numbers)


BOYD, Douglas & Joseph D. Jr., (no lot or dist), 810 ac, from BOYD, Emily, et 
al, , r/f 21 Mar 1898, 3-148


BOYD, Douglas & Joseph D. Jr., 810 ac (no dist or LL), from Mangham Ora B. & 
Olive B., et al, r/f 21 Mar 1898, 3-148


BOYD, Douglas & Joseph D. Jr, Upper 9th Dist., 1000 ac, from City National 
Bank of Griffin, r/f 5 May 1898, 3-168


BOYD, Douglas, from Edge, Wm R., Admr., r/f 2 Jan 1900, 2-643


BOYD, Douglas, Upper 9th Dist., 840 ac, from Edge, Wm. R., Admr, r/f 2 Jan 
1900, 2-642


BOYD, Douglas, 810 ac, from BOYD, Joseph David, r/f 2 Jan 1900, 3-441


BOYD, J.W., 2nd Dist., LL181, 202.5 ac, from GODWIN, W.H., r/f 19 July 1923, 
19-264


All remaining deeds for Boyds are after 1927 and none are in the 9th District 
... so I stopped looking. Mine were gone by 1860, having moved to Carroll 
County, but apparently some still owned land there up until the late 1800s. I 
believe the Boyd/Edge transactions may involve Carroll County Boyds. -- JK