[4] His brother, Linn Boyd, went on to serve as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855.
[4] By 1835, Boyd settled in Sabine County, Texas, with his wife and children.
[5] He donated 11,000 acres (4,500 ha) of land as well as financial assistance for the establishment of Trinity University.
[1][3] After his death, the land he owned in Nashville, Tennessee was inherited by his granddaughter, Rachel Douglas Boyd Smiley, the wife of Senator Henry S.
[5] They built a house, Old Central, which was later acquired by Vanderbilt University, on whose campus it still stands today.