Settler of township lots: Lot 6, Conc. 4, Hindon (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot on the west shore of Brady Lake off One Mile Drive, north of Hwy 118 (formerly Peterson Colonization Road)

Land acquisition: 1925 from The Crown. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Hindon (Image 295)

Other land:

• Lot 7, Conc. 3, Hindon: 1925 from The Crown; 1928 to James Edgar Austen. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Hindon (Image 220)
• Lot 1, Conc. 4, Hindon: 1882 from Bowes Cecil Wright; 1939 to Samuel Crawford. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Hindon (Image 253).
• Lot 2, Conc. 4, Hindon: 1931 from Daniel Taylor; 1939 to Samuel Crawford. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Hindon (Image 259).

Other locations:

• Lots 3 & 5, Conc. A, Stanhope: Location: Hwy 118 and Brady Lake Road - no record of ownership
  - 1901 Stanhope Voters List. 
  - 1911 Census of Canada, Hindon - Lot 5, Conc. A: John Boyd, Mary Boyd, John Boyd Jr, Jennie Boyd, Daniel Taylor Jr, John Taylor, Thomas Taylor

Dates of residency:

• 1887 Birth of Daughter Mary Boyd (1887–1890) Peterson's Corners
• 1893 Anson & Hindon Townships Directory: John Boyd, Petersons Cors
• 1901 Stanhope Voters List: Lot 1, Conc. A
• 1901 Death of Son Robert Boyd (1882–1901) Lot 4, Conc. 4, Hindon Twp
• 1903 Business Directory, Anson & Hindon: John Boyd Jr, Petersons Cors, Lot 4, Conc. 4
• 1911 Census of Canada, Hindon - John & Mary Boyd at Lot 7, Conc. 4, Hindon
• 1911 Death of Daughter Mary 'Minnie May' Boyd (1888–1911) Lot 7, Conc 4, Hindon Twp
• 1920 Death of Wife Mary at Part Lot 2, Conc. 4, Hindon 
• 1923 Marriage to Sarah McConachie Haliburton. Both bride and groom were widowed when they married.
• 1932 Death: Hindon Hill, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
  Cause of death: Angina Pectoris & Senility Informant: Sam Crawford, nephew Therefore, Mary Crawford Boyd and John Crawford were siblings. Buried in Minden Cemetery, 14 Jan 1932.

Interesting facts: 

It has been said that everyone has a special day. If anyone could claim the Twelfth of July [Orangemen's Day] for their own, it would have been a bantam weight Irishmen from County Antrim who lived at the foot of Brady's Lake, Johnny Boyd. Promptly at 6 a.m. each Boyne anniversary Johnny would present himself at the Minden Orange Hall to warm up the big bass drum which he always played in the grand parade. No matter how hot the day or how long the march, Johnny Boyd lugged the heavy instrument with as much enthusiasm as if his life depended on the regularity of its drum beat. When he grew older his friends, concerned for his welfare, feared he would over tax his strength. Towards evening, one of them laid a restraining hand on the big drum which Johnny carried. Outraged at the inference that he needed help, he indignantly exclaimed, "Nae, nae, dinna hold her. By the name of the Eternal, gi' her her liberty!" 

For many years, Boyd and is team and buggy were a familiar sight on the roads around Minden. His approach could always be recognized, not by his time for he traded at every opportunity, but by the outbursts of melody with which he accompanied the rattle of his buggy wheels. Johnny Boyd had an endless repertoire of Irish folk songs which brightened many a wary evening in the logging camps of the day. One of his favourites concerned the charms of a colleen and "The collar that she wore boys, was garnished with love."

When Dan Taylor was appointed postmaster, there was a temporary feud between his family and that of Johnny Boyd. The indomitable Johnny Boyd expressed his displeasure in this jingle:
        "Dan Taylor's is the blood we'll spill,  When we post our letters at Hindon Hill"
Either his bark was worse than his bite, or Johnny Boyd repented of his boast, for Dan Taylor lived well beyond his three score years and ten to die in his 93rd year.

When unexpected trouble, illness or sudden death came to his neighbours, Johnny Boyd was always first on the come to offer the services of himself and his team for any errands that might be required. All his life he would stoutly maintain "I'll nae die in bed." As it happened, he was right; one day while climbing out of his buggy in front of a friend's home, he had a coronary seizure. The valiant little heart which had beaten to the rhythm of the great bass drum at some many glorious Twelfths, was stilled forever. To this day, there are some in the Minden area who feel that the Twelfth of July has never been quite the same since.

Source: In Quest of Yesterday by Nila Reynolds. Published by The Provisional County of Haliburton, Minden, Ontario 1973 pgs. 272-274

Landowners:

• 1905 Patent to James Hill Coulter from The Crown
• 1943 James E. Austin
• 1948 Allen M. Austin

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• John Boyd, b. 4 Feb 1857, Ireland. d. 11 Jan 1932, Hindon Hill. COD: Heart attack, senility. Buried: Minden Village Cemetery See obituary below
• Family 1: Mary Crawford, b. 15 Jun 1858, Scotland d. 20 Nov 1920, Hindon Hill. COD: Cancer. Buried: Minden Village Cemetery
  1. Robert John Boyd, b. 31 Oct 1879, Hindon Hill. d. 21 Mar 1901. COD: Spinal disease
  2. Minnie May Boyd, b. 1888, Hindon,  d. 19 Dec 1911, Haliburton, (Age 23 years)
  3. Agnes Jane Boyd, b. 21 Apr 1891, Ontario
• Family 2: Sarah McConachie, b. abt 1863, Ireland. d. unknown

Photo: Lydia Coulter scrapbook newspaper clipping of John Boyd's 1932 death (photocopy in Haliburton Highlands Genealogy Room in the Minden Library - scrapbook #3 page 15)