Overview

Location

Tippah Co., MS

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Boyd

Historical notes

William A. Boyd was born in Warrington, Abbeville District, South Carolina (1833). He may have migrated to Tippah Co., MS before 1850 with a relative (W.A. Gray, b.1807) of his mother Sarah Gray.

Associated Slave Workplaces

James Rogan Plantation (Tippah Co., MS)

Associated Free Persons

• John Lyon Boyd (b.?-d.1857) - father of William A. Boyd
• Sarah Gray Boyd - first wife of John L. Boyd
• Ruth R. Huey Boyd - second wife? of John L. Boyd

• Reverend W.A. Gray (b.1807-d.?) - possible relative; pastor of the Presbyterean Church of Ripley MS
• Catherine Crawford Rogan (b.1828-d.?) - wife of Rev. W.A. Gray; daughter of James Rogan (James Rogan Plantation)

• William Allen Boyd (b.1833-d.1911) - owner; son of John L. Boyd and Sarah J.S. Boyd; state legislator and senator (1861-1906)
• Sarah Jane Smith Boyd - wife of William A. Boyd (m.1855)

Associated Enslaved Persons

1860 Federal Slave Schedule, W.A. Boyd
Tippah Co., MS

• 25 slaves, 3 slave houses

• 23 slaves, 5 slave houses

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Tippah County Death Notices
• See also James Rogan Plantation

Users Researching This Workplace

• Karmella Haynes

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