This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sims, Byrd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4R.2ADE/1004 Message Board Post: I am seeking more information on Martha Byrd and her family. Martha was born in Monroe County in 1848 and died in Conecuh County in 1923. She was the wife of George Washington Sims (1845 to 1917), son of James and Susan Sims. G.W. and Martha are both buried at the Bethel West Methodist Church Cemetery in the Bethel Community, Conecuh County (near the Butler line), Alabama. A few old photos and family stories seem to indicate that Martha may have been part American Indian (possibly Choctaw).