THE BLOYD FAMILY HISTORY
By Ruby McCubbin Bradem.
[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.]
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.
