Meriwether County GaArchives Deed.....Boyd, John - Leveritt, Duncan December 25, 1830 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Kilgore JodieK444@aol.com March 25, 2005, 10:08 pm Land Lot 252, 10th District Written: December 25, 1830 Recorded: December 25, 1830 JOHN BOYD PURCHASES LAND IN TENTH DISTRICT, MERIWETHER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FROM DUNCAN LEVERETT 25 Dec 1830 (recorded 25 Dec 1830) (202 1/2 acres, 10th Dist.) Copied from Deed Book A, Offices of the Superior Court, Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia By Judy Fowler Kilgore JodieK444@aol.com ____________________________ Meriwether County Deed Book A, pages 414-415 Georgia Meriwether County This indenture made this the twenty-fifth day of December, Eighteen hundred and thirty, between Duncan Leveritt of the County of Meriwether and state aforesaid if the one part and John Boyd of the county and state aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that for the sum of three (?) hundred and fifteen dollars to him in hand paid by the said John Boyd at and before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted, bargained, sold, conveyed, and confirmed and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, convey and confirm unto the said John Boyd his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land containing two hundred two and a half acres situated lying and being in the Tenth district formerly Troup County now Meriwether. Known and distinguished in the plan of said district by Lot number two hundred and fifty two (252), to have and hold said tract or parcel of land unto him, the said John Boyd, his heirs and assigns together with all and singular the rights members and appurtenances thereof to the same in any manner belonging to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof forever in fee simple. And the said Duncan Leveritt for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, the said bargained premises unto the John Boyd, his heirs executors and administrators will warrant and forever defend the right and title thereof against themselves and against the claims of all other persons whatever. In witness whereof the said Duncan Leveritt has hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year above written. Duncan Leveritt (Seal) Signed sealed and delivered in presence of William Mote Levi M. Adams C.S.C. Recorded this 25th day of Dec. 1830 Levi M. Adams Clk Additional Comments: This John Boyd is probably the John Boyd, husband of Eleanor, of Abbeville, South Carolina, who died in 1836 and left a son, John B. Boyd, who was appointed administrator of John Sr.'s estate in Meriwether County. (See Meriwether County Ordinary Court Minutes, Book 1, p. 100.) This John Boyd Sr.’s estate also was administered in Abbeville District, South Carolina, 12 Sept. 1836, by John’s son-in-law, William Campbell, leaving legatees Eleanor Boyd (widow), Hugh Boyd, William Boyd, John Boyd, Ebenezer Boyd, A.P Boyd (Alexander), Hannah Boyd, Jane Boyd, Robert Boyd, and Adam Boyd. (See Box 5, Package 93, Abbeville Dist., SC). Also in Box 12, Packages 247 and 248 respectively, Abbeville Dist., Hugh Boyd was made guardian of Adam Boyd, a minor (7 Dec. 1838), and William Campbell was made guardian of Robert Boyd, a minor (7 Dec. 1838). John Boyd’s estate administration in Meriwether named these same persons as distributees of the estate (estate administration concluded in March of 1840, Meriwether County, Georgia, Annual Returns, Book A, p. 405), specifically stating that Hugh Boyd was the guardian of Adam Boyd and William Campbell was the guardian of Robert Boyd. William Campbell was married to John Boyd’s daughter, Martha H. Boyd, and received her portion of the estate for her. The above John Boyd appears to have come to Meriwether County shortly before 1830 and appears in the 1830 census with a wife and five children, 4 boys and 1 girl. For whatever reason, it also appears he returned to South Carolina sometime after 1830 and possibly died there in 1836. In his estate records in Meriwether, the phrase “ … John Boyd, late of Meriwether County, deceased … " is noticeably NOT used, as is the case of most persons who died in the county, but the phrase “ … John Boyd, deceased …” is used instead. He owned property in Georgia in both Meriwether and Marion counties, as the estate administration shows, and probably owned property in Abbeville as well. There was no estate appraisal or sale in Meriwether, which may be another indication John did not live there when he died. Two of John’s sons, Alexander Boyd and John B. Boyd, moved to Meriwether and appear in the 1840 census in the same area as Duncan Leverett from whom John Boyd Sr. purchased his land, as shown in the above deed. This Land Lot (No. 252 in the 10th District) is about five miles due north of present-day Greenville File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/meriwether/deeds/leveritt397dd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb