Sources for family of Hiram Boyd and Cynthia Deweese
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United States Federal Census
1850 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census, 2nd District page 444-445
(Cynthia, nee Deweese, below, is the eldest child of David and Rhoda Chandler Deweese)
Dw#577/Fm#590 Boyd
Hiram 55
Cynthia 46
Elizabeth 18
Joseph 12
Olive 15
Martha 14
Cynthia 12
Pocahantas R. 10
Melissa J. 9
Clement 6
Louisa 4
Samuel D. 1
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1860 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census July 7,1860 1st District page 48
(Cynthia, nee Deweese, and her family. It remains unknown where Elizabeth or Joseph have gone by 1860. Daughters Martha and Cynthia have married and Martha remains in the family with her parents and husband while Cynthia is no longer in the family home)
Dw#316/Fm#316 Boyd
Hiram 65 NC Labor
Cintha 56 NC
Oliph 28 Ky
Martha Shirly 24 Ky
Nimrod 23 Ky
Poka 20 Ky
Melissa J 18 Ky
Clement 16 Ky
Louisa 13 Ky
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1870 Barren County Kentucky Federal Census Hiseville Precint Cave City PO page 39
(Hirim, below, was widower of Cynthia, nee Deweese, daughter of David and Rhoda Chandler Deweese. Cybthia has passed during the last decade, leaving her husband and their children)
Dw#271/Fm#261 Boyd
Hyram 76 Farmer 400/300 Va
Elizabeth 38 Keeping House Ky
Polka 30
Malissa 28
Clement 26 Farm Hand
Louisa 24
Laird(?)
Robt 22
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Barren County Kentucky Marriage Records:
Bond for marriage of Hiram Boyd to Cynthia Deweese January 06, 1831
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All posted Deweese family marriage records
Barren County Kentucky Deeds:
Transcription of the Deed from Heirs of David Deweese to Samuel H. Deweese
Boyd et al to Deweese
October 1852
This indenture witnesseth that Hirum Boyd and Cynthia Boyd his wife formerly Deweese-John Piper and Jincy Piper his wife formerly Deweese, Thomas McFelia and Zelphania McFeliah his wife formerly Deweese Rachel Ferguson formerly Deweese and her husband David Ferguson, Aquilla Dunaway and Mary Dunaway his wife formerly Deweese Holman Slayton and his wife Nancy Holman formerly Deweese and Cornelius H. Deweese children and heirs of David Deweese the late of Barren County Ky of the first part have sold and by these presents do sell and convey unto Samuel Deweese for two hundred dollars paid and secured to each of the heirs aforesaid all right interest and claim in and to the lands and personal estate of said David Deweese for his the Said Samuel Deweese to have and to hold the same forever and the party of the first part unto the said Samuel Deweese will each for themselves and thier heirs and all persons claiming under this or other of them warrant and defend the title to the said Samuel Deweese forever In Testamony whereof the partiy of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals this 20th day of October 1852
Cornelius Deweese (seal)
Hirum Boyd(seal)
Cynthia Boyd(seal)
State of Kentucky Barren County Sct
I David Cockrill clerk of the County court for the County certify that this deed from Hirum Boyd et al to Samuel Deweese was on this 20th October 1852 acknowledged by Cornelius Deweese to be his act and deed and on the 1st Jany 1853 was acknowledged by Boyd to be his act and deed on this 16th day of September 1854 was acknowledged by H Boyd to be his act and deed and filed for record. __________ with this certificate have recorded in my office Given under my hand this 18th day ofSeptember 1854
David Cockrill CBCC
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All Deweese Family Land Records
Barren County Kentucky Death and Probate Records
Barren County, Kentucky Cemetery Records. Edited by Brice T. Leech and Kenneth Beard. 1992, The South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society, Glasgow, KY 1992.
Deweese Cemetery (Also known as "Mt. Olivet" and "Mt. Olive")
Located off Edmonton Road in Slick Rock Community
David Deweese September 21, 1851
Rhoda Deweese (no stone)
Personal Cemetery Investigation by Debbie Coulter
Deweese/Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Will of Hiram Boyd and his wife Cynthia (Deweese) Boyd
December Term 1870
(Page 1)
Know all men by these presents that we Hiram Boyd and Cyntha Boyd his wife of the County of Barren and State of Kentucky in moderate health but in right mind make this our last will and testament
1st we commet our souls to God who gave them and our bodies to the Earth from which it was taken
2nd that our just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of our personal property The remaining portion of it to be equally divided among all our children.
3rd That the land on which we now live to remain after our demise as a homestead for such of our children to live on as may be single at that time and to be a home for the unmarried portion of them so long as any two of them think proper to occupy it
If our children should think proper to break up housekeeping at any time our desire is that our youngest son Clement Boyd should be executor to this will provided he should be twenty one years old and also that Clement Boyd shall have the privilige of living on his portion of land though he should marry
Given under our hands this 6th Feb 1861
Witness
C Edwards H Boyd
Joseph B Newberry
Richard H Munday Cynthia Boyd
John C Deweese
Allen W Durham
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State of Kentucky
Barren County Court
December Term 1870
The foregoing writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Hiram Y. Boyd and Cynthia Boyd his wife both of whom are now deced was presented in open court and proven in due form? of law by the oaths of Joseph B Newberry and John C. Deweese subscribing witnesses thereto as the last will and testement of said decedents whereupon the same was ordered to be recorded as such
Att J P Nuckols CBCC
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KENTUCKY DEATH INDEX 1911-1986
MALISSA J RUTLEDGE Date 211106 Age 079 Place BARRN
Volume 047 Cert 23204 Deathvol 21
Death Certificate for Malissa Rutledge (nee Boyd)
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS
CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
County Barren
Inc. Town Glasgow
State File No.
23204
Registration District No.
40
Primary Registration District No.
2020
FULL NAME Malissa Rutledge
PERSONAL AND STATISTICAL PARTICULARS
Sex F
Color or race W
Single, widowed, married, divorced
Widowed
Birth date of deceased
May
AGE 79
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ky
Parents
Father
Name
John Boyd
Birthplace
Ky
Mother
Maiden Name
Don't Know
Informant Nathan Rutledge
(b) Address
Glasgow Ky
FILED Nov 8, 1921
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION
DATE OF DEATH Nov 6, 1921
I hereby certify that I attended the deceased
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that I last saw him on
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and that death occurred on the date stated above at
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Immediate cause of death
Brochial Pneumonia
Signed
A. T. Botts Nov 8, 1921
Address
Glasgow Ky
PLACE OF BURIAL OR REMOVAL
Boyd Graveyard Nov 7, 1921
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