Hays, Sophia Boyd, 1827-1910

Scope and Contents Contents include the papers of Robert Berry Webb and Matilda Ann “Lit” Boyd Webb and their extended family.The collection bulks with family correspondence documenting the activities of various family members. Included are letters of Matilda Webb’s parents, John D. Boyd (1800-1844) and Anna McKee Boyd Green (1804-1886), early settlers of the Standing Pine area, near Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi. John D. Boyd’s letters from Jackson document his service as a Mississippi...