Sarah Catherine Boyd

First Name: Sarah
Middle Name(s): Catherine
Last Name: Boyd
Residence (County): 
Abbeville County, SC
Biography: 

Sarah Catherine Boyd (1841-1918) resided in Abbeville County, South Carolina with her family. Her parents were Robert (1804-1875) and Catherine (1813-1846) Boyd. She had five brothers and one sister. Four of her five brothers died while serving in the Confederacy. She, her sister, one brother, and her father all survived the war. She married Samuel Amaziah Purdy (1843-1936). They and their many children continued to live in Abbeville County, South Carolina long after the war.

Received Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10736 Boyd10 October 24, 1861 Robert Pressly Boyd John Thomas Boyd , Andrew Boyd , Sarah Catherine Boyd , Robert Boyd Centreville, Fairfax County, VA Abbeville County, SC
10738 Boyd12 January 9, 1862 Robert Pressly Boyd Robert Boyd , Sarah Catherine Boyd Centreville, Fairfax County, VA Abbeville County, SC
10741 Boyd15 March 26, 1862 John Thomas Boyd Robert Boyd , Sarah Catherine Boyd Abbeville County, SC
10747 Boyd21 July 3, 1862 John Thomas Boyd Mary Jane Hall , Fenton Hall , Sarah Catherine Boyd Tupelo, MS Abbeville County, SC
10787 Boyd59 June 9, 1864 Daniel Boyd Sarah Catherine Boyd , Mary Jane Hall Hanover County, VA Abbeville County, SC

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