James Boyce Boyd
Full Name: James Boyce BoydDate of birth: 1831
Date of death: August 1, 1888
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 18 | Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) (3) (4) | Owensville / Robertson | Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Madison, Robertson |
(1) Conservative Democrat - elected on Conservative Democratic ticket in June 1866 to represent Robertson County in the Texas Senate, Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne, Dale Baum, LSU Press, 2009, p. 97. Google Books.
(2) 11th Legislature - Oath of office, 8/7/1866, p. 8. Senate Journal.
(3) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Terms of Service top
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Senate District 18
Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) (3) (4) Home City/County: Owensville / Robertson Counties in district: Brazos, Burleson, Leon, Madison, Robertson |
(1) Conservative Democrat - elected on Conservative Democratic ticket in June 1866 to represent Robertson County in the Texas Senate, Counterfeit Justice: The Judicial Odyssey of Texas Freedwoman Azeline Hearne, Dale Baum, LSU Press, 2009, p. 97. Google Books.
(2) 11th Legislature - Oath of office, 8/7/1866, p. 8. Senate Journal.
(3) Constitution of 1866, Article III, §§ 29, 30, retained the apportionment of 1860 for Senatorial districts. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
(4) Entire Senate went up for reelection - Constitution of 1869, Article III, § 39. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- Member roster, 11th Legislature, Regular Session: J.B. Boyd, Owensville, Robertson County, nativity North Carolina, lawyer, age 32 in 1866 (born ca. 1834). Senate Journal.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 58. Lawyer from North Carolina, recounts story of Boyd stricken on the battlefield in Confederate military. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private and Senior 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 4th Texas Infantry, enlisted 7/15/1861, paroled 4/9/1865 as a 1st Lieutenant. James Boyce Boyd, death date 8/1/1888 in Robertson County, widow Mrs. Willie Boyd, marriage date 11/29/1866 in Milam County. Pension File No. 16323, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Other Resources
- James Boyce Boyd (1831-1888), burial in Calvert City Cemetery, Calvert, Robertson County. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, Captain J.B. Boyd, The Galveston Daily News, 8/3/1888, p. 1, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Captain in Hood's Brigade. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1868. Included in "List of Delegates to the Reconstruction Convention, As Announced in Special order No. 213, Dated Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Orleans, LA., April 13th, 1868." Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A.D., 1868 (1870), pp 533-534. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. J.B. Boyd, 11th Legislature, By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 11th session composite photo of Senate members (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History). By the Austin Photograph Co., Prints and Photographs Collection, [identifier number: di_03923, di_03924], The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Committee Information top
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11th R.S. - 1866
Congressional Districts, Select Enrolled Bills Judiciary Manufacturing and Commerce Private Land Claims Retrenchment and Reform (Chair) |
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