He was born in Ireland to Daniel Boyce and his wife Lucy. The family sailed to America in 1765, and settled in South Carolina. John had two brothers, and all three of them served in the Revolutionary War. John was a private, and he served under his brother Alexander, who was a captain in the 6th South Carolina Regiment. After his brother was killed in Savannah, John joined another unit. While John was home on leave, several British soldiers, led by the notorious William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham, rode up to his cabin. John opened the door and then he threw his hat in the air, to startle the horses. When they moved, he ran between them and headed for the woods. But his arm was up in the air, and Cunningham sliced off three of John's fingers with his sword. The soldiers rode off quickly. John bandaged up his hand and raced back to his unit. He and several other colonists rode after Cunningham and his men. When they caught up with them (about 11 men), they hanged all of them and then buried their bodies in a mass grave.
When John was home on another leave, British soldiers tied him up in the barn, and then went over to his cabin to look for a longer rope with which to hang him. But John's black slave, "Old Sandy," had been hiding in the straw. He untied John and they both ran off and escaped.
John was well-known for his clever wit and for his practical jokes. He was an elder in McClintock's Church nearby.
John Boyce, DAR Ancestor Number A012984 fought at the Battle of King's Mountain.
For documentation, please refer to:
(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages
(2) SAR Membership #61542 of John Boyce's descendant, Henry Miot Cox
(3) The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, p151
When John was home on another leave, British soldiers tied him up in the barn, and then went over to his cabin to look for a longer rope with which to hang him. But John's black slave, "Old Sandy," had been hiding in the straw. He untied John and they both ran off and escaped.
John was well-known for his clever wit and for his practical jokes. He was an elder in McClintock's Church nearby.
John Boyce, DAR Ancestor Number A012984 fought at the Battle of King's Mountain.
For documentation, please refer to:
(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages
(2) SAR Membership #61542 of John Boyce's descendant, Henry Miot Cox
(3) The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, p151
He was born in Ireland to Daniel Boyce and his wife Lucy. The family sailed to America in 1765, and settled in South Carolina. John had two brothers, and all three of them served in the Revolutionary War. John was a private, and he served under his brother Alexander, who was a captain in the 6th South Carolina Regiment. After his brother was killed in Savannah, John joined another unit. While John was home on leave, several British soldiers, led by the notorious William "Bloody Bill" Cunningham, rode up to his cabin. John opened the door and then he threw his hat in the air, to startle the horses. When they moved, he ran between them and headed for the woods. But his arm was up in the air, and Cunningham sliced off three of John's fingers with his sword. The soldiers rode off quickly. John bandaged up his hand and raced back to his unit. He and several other colonists rode after Cunningham and his men. When they caught up with them (about 11 men), they hanged all of them and then buried their bodies in a mass grave.
When John was home on another leave, British soldiers tied him up in the barn, and then went over to his cabin to look for a longer rope with which to hang him. But John's black slave, "Old Sandy," had been hiding in the straw. He untied John and they both ran off and escaped.
John was well-known for his clever wit and for his practical jokes. He was an elder in McClintock's Church nearby.
John Boyce, DAR Ancestor Number A012984 fought at the Battle of King's Mountain.
For documentation, please refer to:
(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages
(2) SAR Membership #61542 of John Boyce's descendant, Henry Miot Cox
(3) The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, p151
When John was home on another leave, British soldiers tied him up in the barn, and then went over to his cabin to look for a longer rope with which to hang him. But John's black slave, "Old Sandy," had been hiding in the straw. He untied John and they both ran off and escaped.
John was well-known for his clever wit and for his practical jokes. He was an elder in McClintock's Church nearby.
John Boyce, DAR Ancestor Number A012984 fought at the Battle of King's Mountain.
For documentation, please refer to:
(1) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution This book is based on Federal Pension Applications; State payments; Draper's Manuscripts; Heitman's List of Continental officers; Muster Rolls; and other primary resources. The entries are alphabetic by surnames and contain the following, if found: date and place of birth; name of wife; data and place of marriage. This is documented by: Bobby Gilmer Moss Scotia-Hibernia, 1990 - Biography & Autobiography - 318 pages
(2) SAR Membership #61542 of John Boyce's descendant, Henry Miot Cox
(3) The King's Mountain Men by Katherine Keogh White, p151
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Rev. War Soldier; age 61 years; "Remember me as you pass by, as you are now so once was I, As I am now so you must be, so prepare for death and follow me"
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