J. G. S. Boyd, Class of 1845 (A.B.) and 1848 (A.M.)

John Granville Sharpe Boyd, a lawyer in Buckingham County, VA, joined Co. E of the 20th VA Infantry, the Buckingham Lee Guard, on May 20, 1861 as 2nd Lieutenant. He was killed shortly thereafter, on July 11, 1861 at the Battle of Rich Mountain, WV. Boyd is buried in Mt Iser Cemetery, Randolph County, WV. On November 11, 1861, a resolution from the bar deploring his "tragical and untimely end" and praising his  "dauntless courage and self-sacrificing heroism" was entered into the court session record in Buckingham County.