THE BLOYD FAMILY HISTORY

(This is an excerpt of the Bloyd History as written by Cora Poteet, Mass. born 16 November 1867 and believed to be taken from records of the family as written by her mother, Mary Katherine Bloyd, born 22 December 1845, and her mother's sister, Ruby McCubbin Bradem.)
By Ruby McCubbin Bradem.

William Bloyd, a sailor and a native of Scotland, married Miss Barsheba Lord and came to America and settled in Maryland. They lived there some years and then moved to NC. and lived there until 1806.

They then came to Green County, Ky. He had the first sater mill for corn built that was ever put up in Green Co. It was built by his son-in-law, Mr. McMurtry.

John McCubbin and his wife, Sapho Lunnon settled in NC. Their daughter Nancy McCubbin, married William Bloyd's son, Stephen and they came to KY in the fall of 1806. Their son John Bloyd, was born 22 April 1807.


Wednesday, May 20, 1998, Record-Herald, Greensburg, KY
HISTORY OF THE PERKINS CEMETERY
Submitted by Carolyn M. Scott
The Perkins Cemetery, located in Green County on Hwy 569 or Hudgins Hwy., approximately two miles from Bloyd’s Crossing, is one of the oldest cemeteries that is still being used today. In trying to establish the date the cemetery may have been started, the following information was obtained from the Green County Clerk’s Office. There is a reservation for this graveyard in Deed Book 44 page 419 which
says: This deed of conveyance made July 22, 1907 between Royal S. Perkins and his wife Cynthia R. Perkins of Summersville, Green County, KY., parties of the first part to Moses Akin, party of the second part; a tract of land containing 134 acres. Parties of the first part conveys to party of the second part a certain tract of land lying and being in Green County and lying between the waters of the two Brush Creeks. The parties of the first part RESERVES one acre at the Old Bloyd Graveyard for that purpose which the party of the first part reserves the Northwest corner running from the head of the old Bro J. Bloyd’s grave West, thence North and then East and then South to the beginning for his own and his father and brother’s people and there is also reserved a road from the Lee’s Ferry Road to the graveyard for wagons and vehicles to pass in and out of said graveyard.
In tracing the deeds of the landowners surrounding the cemetery all of them mention the old Stephen Bloyd survey. I searched the records at the local Courthouse and unfortunately was not able to find this survey. There are several unmarked field stones. The earliest marked stone I find of the Perkins family is James Perkins who died Dec. 19, 1861, and the largest stone in the graveyard is W. F. Perkins and Eliza, his wife. W. F. Perkins was a very prominent and wealthy citizen of the community.
This cemetery is also known as the Bloyd Cemetery. The earliest marked stone I could find was for Temperence Bloyd, wife of William who died Dec. 13, 1863. There are several field stones in the row of the Bloyds that are unmarked.

According to a book written on the Bloyd descendants, it states that William Bloyd, a native of Scotland, came to America settling on the Eastern shore of Maryland with his wife Barsheba moved from Maryland to the Carolinas and finally to Green County, Kentucky, in the fall of 1805 William purchased land on the waters of Brush Creek and they raised nine children. William died in the spring of 1809 and his will was probated in April, 1809, in Green County, Kentucky. Nothing states where William Bloyd is buried but it
is possible his grave is one of the graves marked with a field ston
William and Barsheba Lord Bloyd’s oldest son was Stephen Bloyd who was probably born about 1775 in Maryland. He married Nancy W. McCubbins in North Carolina in 1805. Stephen died prior to Feb 17, 1848, and Nancy died in 1849. They were the parents of nine children: John, William, Malethe, Malinda, Mary Elizabeth, Leonra, Nancy, James Franklin and George. According to family history, John, William, Malinda, James Franklin and George are all buried in the Bloyd Cemetery.
Whether or not the cemetery is the Bloyd or Perkins Cemetery, it is very well kept. Among the names you can find on the tombstones, besides the Bloyds and Perkins are as follows: Akin, Bale, Burrues, Cantrell, Close, DeSpain, Dobston, Durrett, Elmore, Estes, Gardner, Graham, Jones, Larimore, Lewis, Logan, Marcum, Milby, Morgan, McCubbins, Parker, Price, Rattliff,
Stearman, Scott, Thompson, Underwood and Warren. Most of these families are
connected through blood or marriage and they came to Kentucky very early.
These people were the pioneers who struggled and endured the hardships to
settle Green County. They were mostly very hard-working, religious people
who helped settle and establish the Brush Creek area.