Boyd-Stimson Farm
BOYD - STIMSON FARM
With the marriage of William Francis Boyd, the grandson of the original immigrant Joe Boyd, and Fannie Belle Stimson, the granddaughter of the original immigrant, Isaac Stimson, both the Boyd and Stimson families qualified for the 1974 Texas Family Land Heritage Program, conducted by Commissioner John C. White of the Texas Department of Agriculture. Thirteen Collin County farms qualified for this program and are listed in the first edition of the registry for the program.
The Boyd-Stimson farms are listed as follows:
"Boyd-Stimson Farms - 1853 and 1858 - Lavon, Nevada, Copeville and Josephine Communities
Founders: Joseph Boyd of Tennessee (1853)
Daniel M. Stimson of Virginia (1856)
1974 Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Roland Boyd, Mrs. O’Reda B. McCartney, McKinney
"Today’s Boyd-Stimson Farms incorporate parts of land settled by Joseph Boyd (950 acres, December 5, 1853), and land bought by Daniel M. Stimson (116.5 acres, November 3, 1856). The farm also includes lands purchased by another ancestor, Mordicia M. Boyd, in the latter part of 1874. Stimson’s father-in-law, John Abston, a veteran of the Battle of King’s Mountain during the American Revolution, is buried on the farm, which originally produced cotton, corn, wheat, oats, bois d’arc posts, cattle and hogs. The Barry family, believed to be the most famous of polo players in the world, originated on the farm. During World War II, German POWs from Rommel’s Afrika Corps, worked the land to provide food for American soldiers. The farm now yields cotton, wheat, oats, hay, maize, cantaloupes, cattle and goats."
The original immigrant in the Stimson family to Collin County, Isaac Stimson, together with his wife Rachel O., together with other members of their family, who died from 1858 to 1877, are buried in s small family burial plot in a grove of trees just west of the Ridgeview Cemetery, southwest of McKinney. Daniel M. Stimson was buried in the Abston Cemetery with the Abston family north of Lavon.
The six generations of the Stimson family who have lived, or are living in Collin county, are as follows: Isaac, Stimson, Daniel M. Stimson, Fannie Belle Stimson Boyd, Roland Boyd, William Maston Boyd and Brad and Blake Boyd.
The six generations of the Joseph Boyd family who have lived or are living in Collin County, are as follows: Joseph Boyd, Mordicia M. Boyd, William Francis Boyd, Roland Boyd, William Maston Boyd and Brad and Blake Boyd.
Also, another branch of the Joseph Boyd family of which six generations have lived, or are living in Collin County, is as follows: Joseph Boyd, Mordicia M. Boyd, Todd Henry Boyd, Teresa Magaret Boyd, Billy Virgil Cryer and Bobby Nail Cryer Lokey.
With the marriage of William Francis Boyd, the grandson of the original immigrant Joe Boyd, and Fannie Belle Stimson, the granddaughter of the original immigrant, Isaac Stimson, both the Boyd and Stimson families qualified for the 1974 Texas Family Land Heritage Program, conducted by Commissioner John C. White of the Texas Department of Agriculture. Thirteen Collin County farms qualified for this program and are listed in the first edition of the registry for the program.
The Boyd-Stimson farms are listed as follows:
"Boyd-Stimson Farms - 1853 and 1858 - Lavon, Nevada, Copeville and Josephine Communities
Founders: Joseph Boyd of Tennessee (1853)
Daniel M. Stimson of Virginia (1856)
1974 Owners: Mr. & Mrs. Roland Boyd, Mrs. O’Reda B. McCartney, McKinney
"Today’s Boyd-Stimson Farms incorporate parts of land settled by Joseph Boyd (950 acres, December 5, 1853), and land bought by Daniel M. Stimson (116.5 acres, November 3, 1856). The farm also includes lands purchased by another ancestor, Mordicia M. Boyd, in the latter part of 1874. Stimson’s father-in-law, John Abston, a veteran of the Battle of King’s Mountain during the American Revolution, is buried on the farm, which originally produced cotton, corn, wheat, oats, bois d’arc posts, cattle and hogs. The Barry family, believed to be the most famous of polo players in the world, originated on the farm. During World War II, German POWs from Rommel’s Afrika Corps, worked the land to provide food for American soldiers. The farm now yields cotton, wheat, oats, hay, maize, cantaloupes, cattle and goats."
The original immigrant in the Stimson family to Collin County, Isaac Stimson, together with his wife Rachel O., together with other members of their family, who died from 1858 to 1877, are buried in s small family burial plot in a grove of trees just west of the Ridgeview Cemetery, southwest of McKinney. Daniel M. Stimson was buried in the Abston Cemetery with the Abston family north of Lavon.
The six generations of the Stimson family who have lived, or are living in Collin county, are as follows: Isaac, Stimson, Daniel M. Stimson, Fannie Belle Stimson Boyd, Roland Boyd, William Maston Boyd and Brad and Blake Boyd.
The six generations of the Joseph Boyd family who have lived or are living in Collin County, are as follows: Joseph Boyd, Mordicia M. Boyd, William Francis Boyd, Roland Boyd, William Maston Boyd and Brad and Blake Boyd.
Also, another branch of the Joseph Boyd family of which six generations have lived, or are living in Collin County, is as follows: Joseph Boyd, Mordicia M. Boyd, Todd Henry Boyd, Teresa Magaret Boyd, Billy Virgil Cryer and Bobby Nail Cryer Lokey.
