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Descendants of Thomas BOYLSTON, Jr.

151. KEZIAH⁸ BOYDSTUN (ROBERT WASHINGTON⁷, JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 23 Dec 1814 in Hickman Co, TN, and died Unknown. She married WILLIAM SPRADLING 05 Jul 1832 in Crawford Co, MO. He was born Abt. 1810, and died Unknown.

Children of KEZIAH BOYDSTUN and WILLIAM SPRADLING are:

	i.		JOHN P.⁹ SPRADLING, b. 24 Jul 1833; d. Unknown.
	ii.		JOSEPH H. SPRADLING, b. 01 Jul 1835; d. Unknown.
	iii.		SIERENA SPRADLING, b. 02 May 1839; d. Unknown.

152. MARTHA ANN⁸ BOYDSTUN (ROBERT WASHINGTON⁷, JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 13 Feb 1818 in "Patsy" b. Hickman Co, TN, and died Abt. 1850 in Johnson Co, AR, age 68. She married RICHARD KENNER POUND 08 Sep 1833 in Steelville, Crawford Co., MO, son of NEWMAN POUND and MARGARET ... He was born 03 Oct 1815 in Missouri, and died 03 Mar 1885 in Springdale, Washington Co, AR.

Notes for RICHARD KENNER POUND:
Notes from Dan Page, whose wife is a descendant of Richard Kenner Pound:

Shortly after the first child was born, Richard moved south to Carroll Co., Arkansas, where two more daughters were born. The family appears on the 1840 census for Carroll Co. They lived there near Martha's uncle, William Boydstun. Between 1840-1842, Richard moved the family to Johnson Co., Arkansas where Martha's parents had previously moved from Missouri, as well as Martha's brothers James, William, and Robert. Richard's family appears there on the 1850 census. Martha died very shortly afterward, leaving four orphan children at home.

Richard was a farmer, blacksmith, woodworker, and ordained minister of the Gospel in the Primitive Baptist Church. He was a trustee of the church in Horsehead community Baptist church in Johnson Co. in 1845 when Abraham Laster deeded land to the church. Descendant Cleburne Pound tells us "All pioneer communities did not welcome the preacher with outstretched arms. Preachers, like school teachers, were often the subject of ridicule, and in some instances, outright violence. A story in the family converning Richard Pound illustrates his unusual courage and determination and also illustrates the wild and untamed nature of the American frontier community during the first half of the Nineteenth Century:

"After it was announced that he would preach in a certain community on a particular Sunday, Richard K. Pound received a letter warning him that if he appeared to preach that day, he would be killed. Undaunted, he appeared to fulfill the appointment. He walked to the rostrum, laid his Bible on the pulpit, then drew from his coat pocket a pistol and placed it by the Bible. He explained to the congregation the reason for the gun. He kept it at a comfortable distance while delivering his sermon without a hint of interruption."

By 1860, Richard had relocated to Crawford Co., Arkansas. His 1860 marriage record to Nancy Milton mentions him as a resident of Crawford Co., and he appears on the July 1860 federal census Richland Twp. in Crawford Co. However, they apparently removed to Franklin Co. by 1861, where his children by Harriet were born. He appears in the White Oak Twp., Crawford Co. on the 1870 and 1880 censuses. By 1882 he had relocated to Logan Co., Arkansas, where his son James Franklin died, and his married daughter Mary Lee died in childbirth as did her baby. The three are buried at National Springs in Logan Co.

About 1884 or early 1885 Richard moved to Springdale, Washington Co. , Arkansas where he was pastor of the Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church. Church minutes show "Feb. 1885, Second Sunday -- Rev. R. K. Pound and Sister Harriet Pound joined the church by letter."

On Mar. 3, 1885, Richard was hauling a wagon load of freight in Springdale when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack. A man noticed him slumped over in the spring seat of the wagon and the team going without a driver. The man stopped the team and he and some other men carried him into a nearby hotel, but he was already dead.

In an 1850 letter to one of his fellow ministers, Richard had written: "....I have my trials here. In all my troubles there is a sweetness, a pleasure in the Cross to those who have senses exercised to discern and to find it out. There is a certain sweetness in a man seeing himself upon his trials for Heaven, and there is a pleasure in traveling over those mountains where the Christians can see the prints of Christ's own feet and the footsteps of the flock that has gone before him. How pleasant it is to see a saint in the exercise of grace; to see how a good God crosses his corrupt inclinations and prevents his follies...."

There are many Pound family members buried at (1) the Pound Cemetery about 1 1/2 mile southwest of Dyer, (2) on the original Isaac S. Pound farm., (3) in the Salem Cemetery just north of Cedarville on Hwy. 59, and (4) in the Twelve Corners Cemetery near Red Hill Road between Dyer and Alma. The similarity of some of the names, like Isaac and Sarah Katherine, suggest that this Pound family might be related to the Pounds.

The Crawford Co. marriage record for Richard and Harriet Huggins includes a note that this was his fifth marriage.

Children of MARTHA BOYDSTUN and RICHARD POUND are:

	i.		KEZIAH JANE⁹ POUND, b. 29 Oct 1834, Missouri; d. 1855, Johnson Co., Arkansas; m. JOHN SMITH, 1850, Johnson Co., Arkansas; b. Abt. 1824, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
	ii.		SARAH ANN POUND, b. 25 Dec 1836, Carroll Co, AR; d. Unknown, Arkansas; m. (1) SAMUEL MILTON HUGGINS, Abt. 1860; b. 14 Feb 1823, Alabama; d. 15 Jan 1905, White Oak, Franklin Co, AR; m. (2) CALVIN SKAGGS, Unknown; b. Unknown; d. Bef. 1860.

Notes for SARAH ANN POUND:
Notes from Dan Page; wife is descendant of Richard Kenner Pound:

Sarah had no children by her first husband, Calvin Skaggs.

Birthplace shown as Tennessee on the 1880 census, and age as 44 then. Fern Rogers correspondence gives the birthplace as Arkansas. One source has her
middle name as Catherine instead of Ann. The 1860 census for Crawford Co.,
Arkansas shows her as Sarah A. Skeggs, age 22, daughter, in the house hold of Richard Kenner Pound.

Notes for SAMUEL MILTON HUGGINS:
Notes from Dan Page; wife is descendant of Richard Kenner Pound:

Both he and Sarah may have been born in Tennessee. e.g. See 1870 census for Mulberry Twp., Franklin Co., Arkansas.

In Alabama before 1860, but on 1850 census for Franklin Co., Arkansas. Note
that the 1900 census for Franklin Co. Arkansas shows his birthplace as Alabama, although other records show Tennessee. Alabama is probably correct, to conform with his older sister's Alabama birth.

His first wife must have died before 1860 because the 1860 census shows him
alone with his children.

Notes for CALVIN SKAGGS:
Killed while on a coyote hunt. Failing to return to camp, his companions began a search, and found him partially eaten by coyotes.

	iii.		SERENA POUND, b. 05 May 1839, Carroll Co, AR; d. Bef. 1850, died young; Arkansas.
	iv.		ISAAC SIMPSON POUND, b. 11 Oct 1842, Johnson Co, AR; d. 20 Apr 1908, Alma, Crawford Co, AR; m. (1) NANCY JANE JAMES, 05 Dec 1867, Franklin Co, AR; b. 23 Jun 1848, Ozark, Franklin Co, AR; d. 21 Nov 1910, Alma, Crawford Co, AR; m. (2) MARY HUNTER, Unknown; b. Bet. 1840 - 1845, Illinois; d. Abt. Oct 1867, Crawford Co., Arkansas.

Notes for ISAAC SIMPSON POUND:
Notes from Dan Page, whose wife is a descendant of Richard Kinner Pound:

Born on Big Horsehead Creek, in Johnson Co., Arkansas. He moved to Crawford Co., Arkansas and spent his life there. He blacksmithed all his life, but also farmed and did woodworking, like his father before him. He taught for a while on Six Mile Creek in the Sewell School District in Logan Co., and also taught a while in Crawford Co. in a district now called Hobbstown. He was ordained a Primitive Baptist minister Oct. 3, 1867 in Franklin Co., Arkansas by his father.

During the Civil War, Isaac enlisted as a Pvt. in Co. G, 22nd Regt . of the Arkansas Infantry, as did his brother Newman. They were two of the 35 survivors of the original 150 who left Van Buren, Arkansas for battle. They were in the battles of Prairie Grove, Salem, Jenkins Ferry, and Helena, as well as many other skirmishes. Isaac was not injured during the war although at one point in the Battle of Prairie Grove, the men to his left and right both fell mortally wounded.

While away at war, bushwhackers attempted to steal his horse. Mary attempted to stop them and grabbed the bridle to restrain them, whereupon one of the men drew his sword and struck her hand, severing a part of it, and took the horse.

Notes for NANCY JANE JAMES:
Raised by her grandparents, the Miltons.

Notes for MARY HUNTER:
Died at the birth of her son Thomas.

PERMELIA CATHERINE POUND, b. 08 Dec 1845, Johnson Co, AR; d. Nov 1927, Lampasas, TX; m. (1) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MILTON, 1861; b. 1838, Tennessee; d. 1913, Llano Co, TX; m. (2) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MILTON, 20 Feb 1862, Franklin Co., Arkansas; b. 15 Jun 1837, McNairy Co, TN; d. 21 Mar 1913, Valley Springs, Llano Co, TX.

Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MILTON:
!A Confederate soldier during the Civil War. In 1874 he moved to Tex as, spending a year in the Indian Territory along the way, settling i n Llano Co., Texas near Valley Spring.

vi.

NEWMAN LAFAYETTE POUND, b. 10 Jun 1847, Johnson Co, AR; d. 1918, Caney, Atoka Co, OK; m. (1) ELIZA JANE HUNTER, Abt. 1865; b. Unknown, Illinois; m. (2) ELIZABETH HENDRIX, 08 Jan 1879, Franklin Co., Arkansas; b. Unknown; m. (3) ELIZA PERKINS, Unknown; b. Unknown; m. (4) NANCY CAMPBELL, Unknown; b. Unknown; m. (5) ELIZABETH PERKINS, Unknown; b. Unknown; m. (6) NANCY J. POOL, Unknown, Caney, Atoka Co., Oklahoma; b. Unknown.

Notes for NEWMAN LAFAYETTE POUND:
Newman was blacksmith, farmer, and also a Primitive Baptist minister . During the Civil War he served with Co. G, 22nd Regt. of Arkansas Infantry, as did his older brother Isaac.

Newman eventually moved from Franklin Co., Arkansas to the Choctaw nation in the Indian Territory, settling at Caney, south of Atoka, where he married Nancy.

The book "Boydstun-Boydston Family," by Gladys Boydstun Domonoske, 1975, pg. 186, shows his spouses as (1) Eliza Hunter, (2) Eliza Perkins, and (3) Nancy Campbell.

Notes for ELIZA JANE HUNTER:
!Some time in the 1870's Eliza burned to death in her home in Crawfor d Co., Arkansas. She was almost blind, and her clothing caught fir e from the open fireplace.

153. BENJAMIN ANDREW JACKSON⁸ BOYDSTUN (ROBERT WASHINGTON⁷, JAMES⁶, JAMES⁵, DAVID⁴ BOYDSTON, WILLIAM³ BOYLSTON, THOMAS², THOMAS¹) was born 13 Feb 1820 in Hickman Co, TN, and died 02 Jan 1853 in White Co, AR. He married SIDNEY JANE PRICE Unknown in 2nd wife; 1st wife unknown. She was born 22 Dec 1829, and died 14 Mar 1908.

Notes for BENJAMIN ANDREW JACKSON BOYDSTUN:
Chuck Boydstun's lineage has the death location as Neosho, Newton County, Missouri.

Notes for SIDNEY JANE PRICE:
E. D. Yarberry posted this message 12 Oct 1999 at the Genforum Boydstun site:

I am looking for any information for Sidney Jane Boyston-Price born Nov. 29,1829. She married Willis Price (born Feb 5,1825) on Sept. 18,1851. I believe she was full blooded Cherokee Indian. I also believe she was previously married before marrying Willis. Any one know what her maiden name was?

This is the first mention of another marriage, but the 1851 date does not mesh with the birth of the last child of Sidney and Benjamin A. J. Boydstun.

Children of BENJAMIN BOYDSTUN and SIDNEY PRICE are:

JOSEPH LAFAYETTE⁹ BOYDSTUN, b. 12 Jun 1843, b. AR; child of 1st wife; adopted by Jas. Washington Boydstun (uncle); d. Unknown, In Butte Co, CA Aug 1867; m. LETITIA ELIZABETH ROBERTS, 06 Jul 1873, Rothrock Ranch, Butte Co, CA; b. 27 Mar 1857; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH LAFAYETTE BOYDSTUN:
Joseph L. Boydstun ran away from his stepmother and was subsequently adopted by his uncle, James W. Boydstun.

ii.

ANDREW JACKSON BOYDSTUN, b. 05 Sep 1850, Arkansas; d. 30 Mar 1916, Faulkner, AR; m. DORA MAY ROGERS, Unknown; b. 10 Jul 1852; d. Unknown.

Notes for ANDREW JACKSON BOYDSTUN:
White County, Arkansas Federal Bureau of Land Management records, including homestead and cash entry patents before 1908 (believed to apply to this Andrew J. Boydstun:

Boydstun, Andrew J.
Section 33, Township 6N, Range 8W - 40 acres 20 Nov 1884

iii.

EDWARD BOYDSTUN, b. Abt. 1852; d. Unknown; m. DINA ROGERS, 20 Sep 1874, White Co, AR; b. Abt. 1852; d. Unknown.

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