1.  Carter County, Tennessee, Circuit Court.  Case #370.  3 Oct 1817.
"John Lusk and Jean Lusk, Hugh Boyd, Rebecca Boyd, and James Boyd  legatees of William Boyd deceased to John Boyd. Relinquish a tract, acreage not stated adj. Matthew Talbert.  J.C. Young and John Lusk.  Jean Lusk       examined apart by the court. proved Feb. court 1819"
2.  Biographical Appendix of Goodspeed's History of Tennessee - Carter County.  1887.  Online transcription at http://www.ls.net/~newriver/tn/good-cct.htm
"Capt. James I. H. Boyd, was born near Gap Creek, Carter County, May 29, 1821, the son of John and Mary (Tipton) Boyd, the former born in North Carolina in 1783, the son of William Boyd, a native of North Carolina, and a captain of light horse soldiers in the Revolution. William Boyd married Rebecca Porter, and removed between 1785 and 1790, settling at Gap Creek, as a pioneer. The flrst deed on record after Tennessee became a State and in Carter County, was made to him by William Sharp. In 1823 a powder-mill explosion killed him."