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Excerpt from Edith Boyer Scruggs "The House of Boyer": "William came to Johnson County, Arkansas sometime in the late 1830's along with his sisters and possibly with his parents. He took a land grant in 1839. In 1846 he enlisted to fight in the Mexican War with Company A, Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers under Captain P.B. Collins With his Honorable Discharge in 1847, at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, he received 165 acres of bounty land located in Horsehead Township, Johnson County, Arkansas. In February 1862 he volunteered to fight in Company F, 10th Regiment, Arkansas Militia, of the Confederate States Army. Then again in October 1863 he enlisted in Company L, Hill's 7th Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, of the Confederate States Army. In August of 1864 he was warned by neighbors that his farm was about to be robbed by bushwhackers. Other neighbors had been tortured. They hurriedly loaded a wagon and started for Little Rock, Arkansas, 112 miles away. Their home was burned behind them. He joined the Union Army on August 20, 1864. He was in Company I, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, United States Army. His wife and children were sent to Winona County, Minnesota by way of the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers for the duration of the war. Mary returned to Johnson County, Arkansas around 1868 and rebuilt her home in the same location. He was transferred to Clarksville, Arkansas to serve in the Medical Corps at the Post Isolation (smallpox) Hospital. It was while nursing Federal soldiers there that he contracted smallpox and died." William H. Boyer, age 46 born Humphries Co., TN, enlisted in Company A, 4th Arkansas Infantry, United States Army as a Private at Clarksville, Arkansas on March 28, 1864. He was later transferred to Company I, 2nd Arkansas Infantry, U.S.A.2. Arkansas Land Records: BOYER, WILLIAM H. - County: Pope, SecNo: 8, T: 6N, R: 18W, Acres: 80, Date: 1843/03/10. BOYER, WILLIAM H. - County: Johnson, SecNo: 18, T: 10N, R: 24W, Acres: 49.3, Date: 1855/03/01. BOYER, WILLIAM H. - County: Johnson, SecNo: 18, T: 10N, R: 24W, Acres: 49.66, Date: 1860/03/01.1
William was born in 1818 at Hamilton County, TN.
He was the son of Henry Boyer and Mary Gambell.
He moved after 1830.
He married Mary Cooper at Spadra, Johnson County, AR, on 4 March 1841.
William served in the military at Clarksville, Arkansas, on 10 June 1846. He enrolled as a Private in Company A, Arkansas Battalion Infantry and Mounted Rifles to fight in the Mexican War..3,1
William was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at Johnson Co., AR. Dwelling 29, Horsehead Township: BOYER, William H. 32, b.TN Mary 24 b.TN Martha 8 Pamelia 6 Malinda 4 Sarah Ann 1.
William was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at Johnson Co., AR. Horsehead Township, Dwelling 526. BOYER, William - M 43 TN - Occupation: Farmer, Real Property: $1000, Personal Property: $608. Mary - F 35 b.TN Malinda - F 14 b.AR Sarah - F 11 b.AR James - M 9 b.AR Elizabeth - F 6 b.AR Susan - F 3 b.AR. CLAY, Erastus - M 14 b.AR..4
William served in the military at in Arkansas, in 1862. Boyer, W.H; Co. L; 7 Ark Cav;Pvt/Pvt. Boyer, W.H; Co. F; 10 Ark. Militia; Sgt/Sgt..5
William served in the military at Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, on 28 March 1864. William enlisted as a Private in the United States Army at Clarksville, Arkansas on March 28, 1864. Company I, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Volunteers..6
William died on 12 February 1865 at Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. He died of smallpox in the Regimental Hospital while in Union service. His widow, Mary, applied for and received a veteran widow's pension until her death in 1901..6
William's will was probated at Johnson Co., AR, on 14 February 1865. Will Book A - February 24, 1865. Wm. H. Boyer deceased. Wido Mary (Cooper) Boyer. Heirs, Martha Swift, Parmelia Martin, Malinda Bingham, Sarah Ann Kirby, James W. Boyer minor, Elizabeth minor, Susan minor, Wm. S. minor. All of Johnson County..7
His body was interred in February 1865 at Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, at Oakland Cemetery.
His body was interred circa 1867 at National Cemetery, Forth Smith, Arkansas, at National Cemetery. U. S. Government exhumed his remains and moved him to the National Cemtery. He is buried in Section 2, Grave#2577, next to Thomas Ladd, also of Clarksville..1,8,9
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Rosa Hesty Handley1 (F)
