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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Ivan V. Dooley, Jr.
William Boyd, the father of Mary Boyd, Was born in1710 in Virginia, county unknown.
His first wife was Margaret Mason daughter of John Mason.
On April 9, 1756, he submitted a claim for services rendered during the French and Indian War by having horse and wagons impressed for twenty-five days during which time he provided for said horses and wagons without compensation.
In March of 1760, he purchased 284 acres on the north side of Hall Creek both sides of Quarry Branch for thirty Shillings.
In August 1761, he was named executor of his father in-law's (John Mason) estate, he was living in Bedford County, Virginia at the time.
In May of 1774, he signed a partition to the House of Burgesses that would allow the peaks of Otter Presbyterian Church of Bedford County to purchase land and slaves to raise money and pay salary for ministers.
On 9 February 1781, he bought forty acres on the north fork of the Otter River in Bedford County for five Shillings.
He was a patriot of the Revolution through his material aid (375 pounds of beef) to Christopher Irvine's Company (filed 27 May 1782)Irvine was Bedford County Commissioner of Provisions.
He died 27 January 1794 his will names the following children: Martha Patterson, William, Mary Dooley, James, Elizabeth Milam, and Nancy Oliver. The William Boyd grave-site is not known but could have possibly been in the old Peaks of Otter Church Cemetery that used to be across the road from the Church and is now farmland.
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