Settled in Texas 1848 in Peters Colony - present day Dallas, TX. Please email Jim Dodd - [email protected] - or call 214-545-2340.
Many thanks to Greta Koehl and Randy Floyd for confirmation via old Family letter of George's burial @ Floyd Cemetery - family always suspected he was there - now we know for sure.
George was married once to Nancy Finley 11-30-1834 in Greene County, IL. She is buried in Pioneer Section at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, TX - other wife was Elizabeth.
George brought a nephew Philander Floyd with his family to TEXAS. The son of his brother Henry.
**** Family Discovered in 2010 - Actual name is George Dalaney Floyd --- HOWEVER - I entered it under a previous email as GEORGE WILLIAM FLOYD>>>> please read below for that entry:
George is thought to be buried at Floyd-Taylor by his 2nd wife Elizabeth -- however it is possible that he is buried at Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster next to his 1st wife Nancy Finley Floyd. Curiously there is no headstone for him at either cemetery. There is however, a 2.5 ton granite stone reading "FLOYD" in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery. There are numerous Bois D'Arc stakes at the Floyd-Cemetery marking graves of unknown occupants. George came to TX from Green County, IL in 1846 and staked his claim to a Peters Colony Headright - Abstract 463- built a cabin and moved his family to Texas in December 1848. According to early Dallas historians he came to TEXAS with five sons and one daughter - on whom we cannot find any census records - Bianca. Shed did not appear in the 1850 census. The cemetery was actually located on George Floyd's headright along the Southwestern border just south of Floyd Branch. The old Hutchins-Mansfield Road (a dirt track) which ran from old Cleveland Road just north of Overton Branch cross-country on the south side of the cemetery all the way to the original Dallas-Lancaster Pike (also a dirt track) about 400 feet west of present Lancaster Rd. Highway 342. The concrete abutments are located next to remaining Bois D'Arc posts which supported the original wooden bridge over Floyd Branch. This was a horse and wagon trail as were all the roads at that time. He had 640 acres of land. As of this entry 2014 - George's 3rd Great-Grandson Louie Travis Dodd, Sr. still owns 4 1/4 acres -- all that remains of the original headright still in family's possession. Louie is the official Caretaker of the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery.
Generations:
George ---Charles ----Oscar ---- Arthur Floyd --Patricia Margaret (Floyd) Dodd -- Louie Travis Dodd, Sr.
BIO notes from James Dodd:
Born in the forests of Vermont, George went to NY state ca. 1825 with Joseph Call, widely known then as Paul Bunyon of the North, a wrestling mountain of a man. George later migrated to ILL where he met and married Nancy Finley on Nov 30,1834 in Greene Co. Their marriage license was signed by Moses A Bledsoe, Clerk of the Court, who appears to have been the father or perhaps a brother of Albert A Bledsoe, founder of Lancaster,TX and later Comptroller for the State of Texas.
See bio of wife Nancy Floyd.
As no one now knows for sure whether George is buried in Edgewood or in Floyd Family Cemetery north of Lancaster, I will show him as interred in Edgewood. There is someone with no headstone buried next to Nancy per metal detector testing. Not sure if it is George or Bianca Floyd - her little girl.
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Many thanks to Greta Koehl and Randy Floyd for confirmation via old Family letter of George's burial @ Floyd Cemetery - family always suspected he was there - now we know for sure.
George was married once to Nancy Finley 11-30-1834 in Greene County, IL. She is buried in Pioneer Section at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, TX - other wife was Elizabeth.
George brought a nephew Philander Floyd with his family to TEXAS. The son of his brother Henry.
**** Family Discovered in 2010 - Actual name is George Dalaney Floyd --- HOWEVER - I entered it under a previous email as GEORGE WILLIAM FLOYD>>>> please read below for that entry:
George is thought to be buried at Floyd-Taylor by his 2nd wife Elizabeth -- however it is possible that he is buried at Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster next to his 1st wife Nancy Finley Floyd. Curiously there is no headstone for him at either cemetery. There is however, a 2.5 ton granite stone reading "FLOYD" in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery. There are numerous Bois D'Arc stakes at the Floyd-Cemetery marking graves of unknown occupants. George came to TX from Green County, IL in 1846 and staked his claim to a Peters Colony Headright - Abstract 463- built a cabin and moved his family to Texas in December 1848. According to early Dallas historians he came to TEXAS with five sons and one daughter - on whom we cannot find any census records - Bianca. Shed did not appear in the 1850 census. The cemetery was actually located on George Floyd's headright along the Southwestern border just south of Floyd Branch. The old Hutchins-Mansfield Road (a dirt track) which ran from old Cleveland Road just north of Overton Branch cross-country on the south side of the cemetery all the way to the original Dallas-Lancaster Pike (also a dirt track) about 400 feet west of present Lancaster Rd. Highway 342. The concrete abutments are located next to remaining Bois D'Arc posts which supported the original wooden bridge over Floyd Branch. This was a horse and wagon trail as were all the roads at that time. He had 640 acres of land. As of this entry 2014 - George's 3rd Great-Grandson Louie Travis Dodd, Sr. still owns 4 1/4 acres -- all that remains of the original headright still in family's possession. Louie is the official Caretaker of the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery.
Generations:
George ---Charles ----Oscar ---- Arthur Floyd --Patricia Margaret (Floyd) Dodd -- Louie Travis Dodd, Sr.
BIO notes from James Dodd:
Born in the forests of Vermont, George went to NY state ca. 1825 with Joseph Call, widely known then as Paul Bunyon of the North, a wrestling mountain of a man. George later migrated to ILL where he met and married Nancy Finley on Nov 30,1834 in Greene Co. Their marriage license was signed by Moses A Bledsoe, Clerk of the Court, who appears to have been the father or perhaps a brother of Albert A Bledsoe, founder of Lancaster,TX and later Comptroller for the State of Texas.
See bio of wife Nancy Floyd.
As no one now knows for sure whether George is buried in Edgewood or in Floyd Family Cemetery north of Lancaster, I will show him as interred in Edgewood. There is someone with no headstone buried next to Nancy per metal detector testing. Not sure if it is George or Bianca Floyd - her little girl.
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Settled in Texas 1848 in Peters Colony - present day Dallas, TX. Please email Jim Dodd - [email protected] - or call 214-545-2340.
Many thanks to Greta Koehl and Randy Floyd for confirmation via old Family letter of George's burial @ Floyd Cemetery - family always suspected he was there - now we know for sure.
George was married once to Nancy Finley 11-30-1834 in Greene County, IL. She is buried in Pioneer Section at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, TX - other wife was Elizabeth.
George brought a nephew Philander Floyd with his family to TEXAS. The son of his brother Henry.
**** Family Discovered in 2010 - Actual name is George Dalaney Floyd --- HOWEVER - I entered it under a previous email as GEORGE WILLIAM FLOYD>>>> please read below for that entry:
George is thought to be buried at Floyd-Taylor by his 2nd wife Elizabeth -- however it is possible that he is buried at Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster next to his 1st wife Nancy Finley Floyd. Curiously there is no headstone for him at either cemetery. There is however, a 2.5 ton granite stone reading "FLOYD" in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery. There are numerous Bois D'Arc stakes at the Floyd-Cemetery marking graves of unknown occupants. George came to TX from Green County, IL in 1846 and staked his claim to a Peters Colony Headright - Abstract 463- built a cabin and moved his family to Texas in December 1848. According to early Dallas historians he came to TEXAS with five sons and one daughter - on whom we cannot find any census records - Bianca. Shed did not appear in the 1850 census. The cemetery was actually located on George Floyd's headright along the Southwestern border just south of Floyd Branch. The old Hutchins-Mansfield Road (a dirt track) which ran from old Cleveland Road just north of Overton Branch cross-country on the south side of the cemetery all the way to the original Dallas-Lancaster Pike (also a dirt track) about 400 feet west of present Lancaster Rd. Highway 342. The concrete abutments are located next to remaining Bois D'Arc posts which supported the original wooden bridge over Floyd Branch. This was a horse and wagon trail as were all the roads at that time. He had 640 acres of land. As of this entry 2014 - George's 3rd Great-Grandson Louie Travis Dodd, Sr. still owns 4 1/4 acres -- all that remains of the original headright still in family's possession. Louie is the official Caretaker of the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery.
Generations:
George ---Charles ----Oscar ---- Arthur Floyd --Patricia Margaret (Floyd) Dodd -- Louie Travis Dodd, Sr.
BIO notes from James Dodd:
Born in the forests of Vermont, George went to NY state ca. 1825 with Joseph Call, widely known then as Paul Bunyon of the North, a wrestling mountain of a man. George later migrated to ILL where he met and married Nancy Finley on Nov 30,1834 in Greene Co. Their marriage license was signed by Moses A Bledsoe, Clerk of the Court, who appears to have been the father or perhaps a brother of Albert A Bledsoe, founder of Lancaster,TX and later Comptroller for the State of Texas.
See bio of wife Nancy Floyd.
As no one now knows for sure whether George is buried in Edgewood or in Floyd Family Cemetery north of Lancaster, I will show him as interred in Edgewood. There is someone with no headstone buried next to Nancy per metal detector testing. Not sure if it is George or Bianca Floyd - her little girl.
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Many thanks to Greta Koehl and Randy Floyd for confirmation via old Family letter of George's burial @ Floyd Cemetery - family always suspected he was there - now we know for sure.
George was married once to Nancy Finley 11-30-1834 in Greene County, IL. She is buried in Pioneer Section at Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, TX - other wife was Elizabeth.
George brought a nephew Philander Floyd with his family to TEXAS. The son of his brother Henry.
**** Family Discovered in 2010 - Actual name is George Dalaney Floyd --- HOWEVER - I entered it under a previous email as GEORGE WILLIAM FLOYD>>>> please read below for that entry:
George is thought to be buried at Floyd-Taylor by his 2nd wife Elizabeth -- however it is possible that he is buried at Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster next to his 1st wife Nancy Finley Floyd. Curiously there is no headstone for him at either cemetery. There is however, a 2.5 ton granite stone reading "FLOYD" in the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery. There are numerous Bois D'Arc stakes at the Floyd-Cemetery marking graves of unknown occupants. George came to TX from Green County, IL in 1846 and staked his claim to a Peters Colony Headright - Abstract 463- built a cabin and moved his family to Texas in December 1848. According to early Dallas historians he came to TEXAS with five sons and one daughter - on whom we cannot find any census records - Bianca. Shed did not appear in the 1850 census. The cemetery was actually located on George Floyd's headright along the Southwestern border just south of Floyd Branch. The old Hutchins-Mansfield Road (a dirt track) which ran from old Cleveland Road just north of Overton Branch cross-country on the south side of the cemetery all the way to the original Dallas-Lancaster Pike (also a dirt track) about 400 feet west of present Lancaster Rd. Highway 342. The concrete abutments are located next to remaining Bois D'Arc posts which supported the original wooden bridge over Floyd Branch. This was a horse and wagon trail as were all the roads at that time. He had 640 acres of land. As of this entry 2014 - George's 3rd Great-Grandson Louie Travis Dodd, Sr. still owns 4 1/4 acres -- all that remains of the original headright still in family's possession. Louie is the official Caretaker of the Floyd-Taylor Cemetery.
Generations:
George ---Charles ----Oscar ---- Arthur Floyd --Patricia Margaret (Floyd) Dodd -- Louie Travis Dodd, Sr.
BIO notes from James Dodd:
Born in the forests of Vermont, George went to NY state ca. 1825 with Joseph Call, widely known then as Paul Bunyon of the North, a wrestling mountain of a man. George later migrated to ILL where he met and married Nancy Finley on Nov 30,1834 in Greene Co. Their marriage license was signed by Moses A Bledsoe, Clerk of the Court, who appears to have been the father or perhaps a brother of Albert A Bledsoe, founder of Lancaster,TX and later Comptroller for the State of Texas.
See bio of wife Nancy Floyd.
As no one now knows for sure whether George is buried in Edgewood or in Floyd Family Cemetery north of Lancaster, I will show him as interred in Edgewood. There is someone with no headstone buried next to Nancy per metal detector testing. Not sure if it is George or Bianca Floyd - her little girl.
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