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From: Allen Richmond <>
Subject: Samuel BYRD (c1758-c1820)
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 21:21:57 -0600


Greetings Cousins:

Searching for additional information concerning the BYRD family of
Grayson Co and SW VA area, and specifically regarding:

Samuel Byrd (bca 1758/Unk-bef Oct 1820/prob. Grayson Co VA)
• Military Veteran: Illinois Regiment, George Rogers Clark
Regiment - Revolutionary War
• Residence bef 1789/Montgomery Co VA
• Residence 1789/Spring Valley, Grayson Co VA
• Buried bef Oct 1820/Rock Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery, Grayson Co VA
• Will Recorded: p 237 Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
• Estate Inventory taken by Stephen Bourn, Daniel Boyer and
Stephen Bourn, p 208 8 Nov 1820/Grayson Co VA
• Estate Inventory Recorded, p 208 23 Oct 1821/Grayson Co VA

Father: John Byrd
Mother: Unknown

Spouse: Mourning Gilbert, bca 1758
• Buried at Rock Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cem., Grayson Co VA

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Married bef 1784. [working assumption based on births]

Children:

1 Nancy Byrd, bca 1784/VA, m. Thomas Mallory
2 Elizabeth Byrd, bca 1785, m. James Swinney, 1807/VA
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
3 John Byrd, 02 Nov 1786/VA-aft 1850, m. Eleanor Atkins
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
• Census Citation 1850/Grayson Co VA
• 1 known child
4 Barnet Byrd, bca 1788/VA, m. Lydia Swinney
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
5 Polly Byrd, bca 1793/VA, m. William Bourne, 6 Aug 1818/
Grayson Co VA
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
6 Samuel Byrd, bca 1796/VA, m. Permelia Wheeler, 12 Nov 1818/
Grayson Co VA
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
• Census Citation 1850 at Grayson Co VA
• 8 known children
7 Mourning Byrd, bca 1800/VA, m. James Swinney
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA
8 Sally Byrd, bca 1804/VA
• Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA

Many thanks for your time in checking your data.

Thanks!
Allen


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