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John Hill Boyd (1830-1861) and Samuel H. Boyd
(1831-1861) were two of four sons of George D. Boyd, a legislator,
justice, merchant, mill owner and planter. The Boyds resided about
five miles south of Wentworth, NC at the family home, The Hermitage.
Three of the four Boyd brothers died or were killed serving in the
Confederate Army and are buried in the Wentworth Methodist Church
Cemetery in Wentworth, NC.