I have been trying to find information also on the Byars of Blount county Al. JOHN BYARS married REBECCA HARWOOD 28june1834 IN BLOUNT CO. AL. I believe that she was a sister to my great great grandfather ELIAS HARWOOD. They were neighbors on the 1850 census. John and Rebecca had a daughter named Manerva. There was a MINERVA BYARS who married ROBERT McMURRY 5-6-1830. How was she related to JOHN BYARS? Do you know anything about John and Rebecca? Margaret ---------- > From: Ryan Clarke <rclarke@erinet.com> > To: Blount Co. mail list <ALBLOUNT-L@rootsweb.com> > Subject: McMurry, Byars, Edwards > Date: Saturday, November 29, 1997 10:05 AM > > I am researching the McMurry, Byars and Edwards families in Blount County. > I have a lot of information on McMurry and Edwards but not much on Byars. I > would like to contact anyone working on these lines. > > I have some information that a West family is also connected in some way to > my McMurry's but I have not been able to find a connection. I would like to > contact anyone researching West. There are some West's buried near my > McMurry's in Fairview West Babtist Church Cemetery near Hanceville. > > My biggest research problem is identifying Thomas McMurry's (he was born ca > 1785 somewhere in TN and died after 1860 in Blount Co.) wife's name and > where in Tennessee he migrated from to Blount County. He came to Blount > about 1820. > > Any help. contacts on these families will be appreciated. > > Beth McMurry Clarke > rclarke@erinet.com