I found and article from the Virginia Historical Magazine in my mother's files on Alexander Boyd and his Family. This section was on the father of Henry C. Boyd.
David Boyd, born February 10, 1778, settled in the Bluestone district, his plantation "Pleasant Hill" adjoining the lands of his brothers William and Robert. He was a merchant in the neighborhood. He had married, July 10, 1799, Elizabeth Ott Durell, who was born November 27, 1783, the daughter of James Durell, one of the leading citizens of Petersburg. The owner at one time of Durell's tavern, a well-known early hotel, James Durell was in 1820 one of the directors of the Petersburg branch of the Bank of Virginia.
David was a breeder of Thoroughbreds, one of them being noted by Patrick Edgar. This was a grey mare, "Betsey Palafox," sired by "Palafox"; her dam, "Betsy Mufti." The mare became the property of Dr. Patrick H. Foster, a son-in-law, and may possibly have been taken by him to the West. (He settled first in Tipton County, Tenn., later in Arkansas.)
Nine children were born to David and Elizabeth. He died in 1815 and was buried in the family cemetery in Boydton. His tombstone is the only one that remains except his father's
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David Boyd, born February 10, 1778, settled in the Bluestone district, his plantation "Pleasant Hill" adjoining the lands of his brothers William and Robert. He was a merchant in the neighborhood. He had married, July 10, 1799, Elizabeth Ott Durell, who was born November 27, 1783, the daughter of James Durell, one of the leading citizens of Petersburg. The owner at one time of Durell's tavern, a well-known early hotel, James Durell was in 1820 one of the directors of the Petersburg branch of the Bank of Virginia.
David was a breeder of Thoroughbreds, one of them being noted by Patrick Edgar. This was a grey mare, "Betsey Palafox," sired by "Palafox"; her dam, "Betsy Mufti." The mare became the property of Dr. Patrick H. Foster, a son-in-law, and may possibly have been taken by him to the West. (He settled first in Tipton County, Tenn., later in Arkansas.)
Nine children were born to David and Elizabeth. He died in 1815 and was buried in the family cemetery in Boydton. His tombstone is the only one that remains except his father's
Information submitted by Andy Keller
I found and article from the Virginia Historical Magazine in my mother's files on Alexander Boyd and his Family. This section was on the father of Henry C. Boyd.
David Boyd, born February 10, 1778, settled in the Bluestone district, his plantation "Pleasant Hill" adjoining the lands of his brothers William and Robert. He was a merchant in the neighborhood. He had married, July 10, 1799, Elizabeth Ott Durell, who was born November 27, 1783, the daughter of James Durell, one of the leading citizens of Petersburg. The owner at one time of Durell's tavern, a well-known early hotel, James Durell was in 1820 one of the directors of the Petersburg branch of the Bank of Virginia.
David was a breeder of Thoroughbreds, one of them being noted by Patrick Edgar. This was a grey mare, "Betsey Palafox," sired by "Palafox"; her dam, "Betsy Mufti." The mare became the property of Dr. Patrick H. Foster, a son-in-law, and may possibly have been taken by him to the West. (He settled first in Tipton County, Tenn., later in Arkansas.)
Nine children were born to David and Elizabeth. He died in 1815 and was buried in the family cemetery in Boydton. His tombstone is the only one that remains except his father's
Information submitted by Andy Keller
David Boyd, born February 10, 1778, settled in the Bluestone district, his plantation "Pleasant Hill" adjoining the lands of his brothers William and Robert. He was a merchant in the neighborhood. He had married, July 10, 1799, Elizabeth Ott Durell, who was born November 27, 1783, the daughter of James Durell, one of the leading citizens of Petersburg. The owner at one time of Durell's tavern, a well-known early hotel, James Durell was in 1820 one of the directors of the Petersburg branch of the Bank of Virginia.
David was a breeder of Thoroughbreds, one of them being noted by Patrick Edgar. This was a grey mare, "Betsey Palafox," sired by "Palafox"; her dam, "Betsy Mufti." The mare became the property of Dr. Patrick H. Foster, a son-in-law, and may possibly have been taken by him to the West. (He settled first in Tipton County, Tenn., later in Arkansas.)
Nine children were born to David and Elizabeth. He died in 1815 and was buried in the family cemetery in Boydton. His tombstone is the only one that remains except his father's
Information submitted by Andy Keller
Inscription
"To the Memory of David Boyd
Who Departed this Life
March 13, 1815, Aged 37 Years 28 Days
Sacred Forever May this Place Be Made
My Father and Relations Humble Shade
Unmoved and Undisturbed Until Time Shall End
The Turf That's Around Us May God Defend."
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