The following 3 documents are for sale on E-Bay. I have nothing to
do with
this auction sale, just saw the name "Boyd" and thought I'd pass it
along.
Jim Worthington
Boyd-Worthington
Discharge Documents For A Buffalo Soldier.
Two partly-printed documents regarding the discharge of Wiley
Boyd of
Captain Lewis Johnson's Company A of the Twenty fourth Regiment
of
Infantry, born in Erskine, in the State of Mississippi aged 27
years...Black complexion...by occupation a Laborer...for Five
years, who is
now discharged by reason of Special Orders. This document measures
12.75
x 8.5. The second document measures 11 x 8.5 and is a
voucher
detailing the balance paid to Fuller upon his discharge, who
adds his mark
to the signature line. Both are Extremely Fine or better, although
Form No.
5 has some varmint damage along one of the folds. (2 items)
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1820 Kentucky Deed of Manumission For A Mulato Boy
Thomas Mathers of Nicholas County County, Kentucky, signs a document
on
September 5, 1820, that he does manumit and fully set free my
Mulato Boy
called Henry Boyd...as soon as the said Mulato Henry Boyd will
arrive at
the age of twenty five years which will be against the twelfth
day of April
in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, retaining
my full
power over the said Henry untill that time..." The document was
witnessed
by three men, and the future manumission was recorded by the
court on
November 27, 1820. Dark brown ink on tan paper, with minor ink
smudges.
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along with another co-signer, Linn Boyd, who was Speaker of the House
from
1851-55). This petition was requesting the President, "confer upon
Gen'l
Pelham the appointment of Surveyor General of New Mexico "
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