Harry Boyd and his wife, Dorothy, recently published their third historical reference work entitled “Tribute to Williamson County Heroes.” Harry Boyd is a Director serving on the board of the Williamson County Historical Society. He and his wife Dorothy live in Marion and have been residents of Williamson County for over 45 years, having moved from Saline County.
“Tribute”, is a large, four volume set that details over 8,600 men and women who served in the military and were buried in Williamson County. Harry stated, “The two requirements were that they did military service and had to be buried in this county. The rather extensive listings detail those who were in military service ranging from the Revolutionary War to current times. There were found to be five Revolutionary soldiers buried in the county, one of which was John Ellis, a free black man from N. Carolina who signed up for the Continental army on April 27, 1776. He is the only black Revolutionary war soldier buried in Williamson County and is buried near New Denison where his family lived for decades. Continue reading
