Floyd

WILLIAM, (flo id,) a signer of the Declaration of American Independence, was B. in Suffolk co., N. Y., in 1734, and became a member of the first Continental Congre in 1774. D. 1821. Floyd, in Georgia, a W.N.W. co., b. on Alabama; area, 540 sq. m.; C. Rome. Pop. 17,230.-In Indiana, a S. co. verging upon Kentucky; area, 150 sq. m.; O. New Albany. Pop. 23,300.-In Jowa, a N.N.E. co.; area, 550 sq. m.; C. Charles City. Pop. 10,768.-In Kentucky, an E. co.; area, 500 sq. m.; C. Preston burgh. Pop. 7,877.In Virginia, a S.S.W. co., bet. two parallel sections of the Blue Ridge; C. Floyd Court-House. Pop. 9,824. [s. 371]