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Note: !FAMILY-HISTORY:John BOYD of Berkley Co WV by Gordon W PAUL; SLC: chapter 1, (page 10) In the 1790's they settled in what is now Bath Co KY.
He engaged in land transactions "on the waters if Somerset Creek
and Little Flat Creek," the first one on 10 Feb 1797 in Bourbon Co was a sale. Several of his children were married in Nicholas Co and some of them
accompained him late in his life to Indian Creek Twp Lawrence Co IN, west of
Bedford IN when he moved there in 1827. In Lawrence Co IN John Jr entered into an agreement as follows: "Know all men by these presents that I John BOYD Jr or his heirs are firmly bound unto John BOYD Sen. in the penal sum of two thousand dallors current money of the State of Indiana given under my hand and seal this 19th day of Jan A. D. 1828.....The conditions of the above obligation is such that the above bonded John BOYD Jr doth obligate himself or his heirs to support Charles and John BOYD Sen. in diet and clothing in a good Christian like manner during their natural life and at their death to bury them in a Christian like manner. For which the said John BOYD Jr is to ahve the half quarter section of land which he now lives on, also all the said John BOYD Sen. moveable property, Exceot one horse beast and a Saddle & one Cow, that he must give to Isaac BOYD when he is of age or marries also the said John BOYD Jr is to have Eighty Seven Dallors per annum that is coming to Charles and John BOYD Sen. from Elisha BOYD living in Berkley Co VA during the said Charles BOYD's natural lifetime. The said John BOYD Jr obligates himself to give Ann Rebecca BOYD one bed and bedding also a cow and a side saddle, when she comes of the age of twenty one if she stays with him until then, given under my hand and seal the day and the date above written. John BOYD Jr (seal) Attest: Alexander J KERN and Isaac BOYD.
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