Here is some information for the Lewis-Floyd connections. It is an update I am doing on the book "William Lewis of Horry County" from chapter 10, a section on Edith Nichols, a daughter of Mary "Polly" Lewis Nichols, who was a daughter of William Lewis.
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EDITH NICHOLS
Edith Nichols married on March 22, 1819, the Rev. James Roland. (Jimpsey) Floyd (b. June 16, 1800 d. March 15, 1885), the son of James (Elizabeth Lewis) Floyd, Sr. James Floyd, Sr., had several sons, among them Lewis, James R., Pugh, Le¬muel, Henry, Elliott, and Samuel. He died about Dec. 10, 1828. There is another connection with the family of William Lewis, besides the marriage of Edith Nichols to James R. Floyd, for the descendants of James Floyd, Sr., "claimed kin" with the Lewises. Lewis Floyd's sons were Lewis H. and Burrell R. The latter, whose wife was Ann, died in 1845 leaving a minor child, Susannah. Lewis H. Floyd married Cynthia Strickland, daughter of Matthew Strickland, and their children were Matthew, Julius, Sam, Robbie, Georgia, Ruth, Mack, and Burney. Edith Nichols Floyd's children were Eliza (b. 1818 d. 1880); Mary (b. 1820 d. 1822) Dicey (b. 1820 d. 1860); Kezia (b. March 27, 1821 d. 1822); Kesine (b. March 27, 1821 d. 1910); Averette (b. April 29, 1822 d. 1865); Hemrick (b. Aug. 5, 1824 d. 1877); James Russell (b. Feb. 8, 1826 d. March 15, 1885); William Pinkney (b. May 20, 1827 d. 1844); Nancy (b. Dec. 27, 1828 d. March 3, 1910); Ervin (b. Feb. 22, 1833 d. 1833); Kenneth (b. Oct. 2, 1833 d. 1834); Avery J. (b. Sept. 28, 1836 d. 1869); and Giles (b. June 20, 1838 d. Aug. 10, 1862). Several sons were killed in the War Between the States. Edith Nichols Floyd died Dec. 6, 1869.
James Russell Floyd married Orpha C. (last name unknown) (b. 1837). She was from North Carolina, where they were married. After their first son was born in S. C., about 1855, they moved to Simpson County, Miss., then to Grand Gulf, Claiborne Country, Miss. Their children were: a son, Dea McGee (b. 1854); Charity A. (b. 1857); Etta (b. 1867); a son Kindra N. (b. 1870); Giles E. (b. 1872); Frank (b. 1874); and Emma (b. 1878). In about 1872 they moved to Limestone County, Texas, where the youngest three were born.
Avery Floyd married Penelope Ophelia Williams while he was home on furlough from the War Between the States. After the war, he made his home at Galivants Ferry. His children were Wilbur L., Elizabeth James, Vincie (b. Feb. 10, 1868, d. Aug. 27, 1935), Edith Roberta, Walker Anna, and Pinkie, who died unmarried. Maj. Wilbur L. Floyd married and lived in Gainesville, Fla. Nothing is known of his family except that he had a daughter, Belva Floyd Sutton, of Tampa, Fla. Elizabeth James Floyd married Clarence Franklin DuBose, and their chil¬dren were Eunice; Wilbur C., who died at the age of five; Clarence Franklin; and Mary Elizabeth. Eunice DuBose married George Lloyd Ford of Conway, former District Attorney of Horry County. They had two daughters, Elizabeth Jean and Shirley Fay. Elizabeth Jean Ford married James Benton Goldfinch and has a daughter, Elizabeth James. Shirley Fay Ford married the Rev. Wil¬liam Anderson Adams (Presb.) and their children are Shirley Virginia, Cyn¬thia Jane, Dempie Anderson, and Kitty McCants. The Rev. Clarence Franklin DuBose, Methodist minister, married Kathleen Singleton, and their children are Carla Frances and David Singleton. Mary Elizabeth DuBose married Harry Todd Stewart, and their children were Harriett Elizabeth, who died at the age of four, and Kathryn Boyd. Kathryn Boyd Stewart married Ronald Pierce Jor¬dan, and their children are Kimbra Lou, Karol Elizabeth, and Ronald Stewart.
Vincie Floyd, daughter of Avery Floyd, married her first cousin, Beverly Capers Jones (b. Feb. 23, 1858; d. Feb. 29, 1908), of Nichols, S. C. Their children were Paul C.; Avery Floyd (b. Oct. 12, 1894, d. unmarried, March 6, 1943); Thomas Beverly; and Nell. Paul C. Jones married Betty Page of Pages Mill, Marion County, and their children are Lois; Allene; Beverly; Paul, born Dec. 3, 1924, killed in ac¬tion March 1, 1945, in World War II; Thomas; and Larry. Lois Jones married Heyward Rast of Cameron, S. C., and their children are Byron and Michael. Allene Jones married Sherwood Mobley of Dillon, and their children are Betty Sherwood, Lynette, and Laura Ann. Beverly Jones married Christine Baker, and their children are Janice, Dicky, and Danny. Thomas Jones married and lives at Rocky Mount, N. C. The only record given on his family is that he and his wife, Peggy, have a son, Thomas. Thomas Beverly Jones married Nanaline (surname unknown) and has a daughter, Beverly, who married Ballou Skinner. He lives on the old Floyd place near Nichols, S. C. Nell Jones, the fourth child of Vincie Floyd Jones, married John Cartrette of Conway, a Citadel graduate. They have a daughter, Louise, who married Floyd Goodwin and has a son, John Steven.
Edith Roberta Floyd, daughter of Avery Floyd, married Oliver Floyd, son of Wilson Floyd, and had one son.
Walker Floyd married a Rast and lived in Dillon, S. C. Anna Floyd mar-ried Agrippa Williamson, son of Braddy and Sallie Tyler Williamson. He died Oct. 2, 1944. There were four children. Anna Clair, born Dec. 4, 1906, a gradu¬ate of Lander College, is a teacher in the schools of Marion County. She and her mother live together in Marion, S. C. The second child, Braddy, born Aug. 12, 1909, completed a two-year course at Clemson, died July 7, 1951. Avery Walker, born May 3, 1912, graduated from Wofford College and was a Major in the U. S. Army at the time of his death in Korea, Feb. 14, 1952. He married Sophie Adams of Spartanburg, and they had two children, Loraine and Boyd. The youngest child of Anna Floyd Williamson was Ralph, born Mar. 2, 1916.
Avie Floyd, daughter of Edith Nichols Floyd, and twin of Avery Floyd, married a Batten of Spartanburg. Russell Floyd went west, and nothing further is known of him. Dock Floyd became a dentist in Fayetteville, N. C., and had an adopted daughter. Pinckney Floyd married Margaret Lewis, and their fam¬ily is discussed in the chapter on Patrick Lewis. Dicey Floyd married Hardy Lewis, and their descendants are given in a preceding chapter. Kizzie Floyd married an Elliott and was the mother of two sons, Mac and Kelly; and her sister, Nancy, married Henry Elliott, brother of Kizzie Floyd's husband. She had four sons and three daughters.