Wilma, I can't say if your Samuel Byrd is related...I don't have any Samuels born about 1803. Wish I could help. I will keep trying to make connections. Marla

Gail, thanks for the info...very interesting! I would LOVE to see parts of your GEDCOM...it will help me seperate out my Birds from yours in Indiana! I'd be happy to share if you're interested in what I have. Marla

In 1776, there is a Petition of Patriots who signed from Albemarle and Amherst Co. These are dissenters from the Church of England. There are some familiar names who signed on this Dissenters Petition, including John Bird, Abner Bird and Bartlet Bird. In the 1782 Henry County Tax List, there appears a Benjamin BURD, Samuel BEARD and Abraham BYRD. It is likely that the Samuel BEARD is “my” Samuel BIRD, as he is noted to be “of Henry and the Parish of Patrick” in 1781. I don’t know Benjamin or Abraham. John and Samuel Bird, due to age and other incidental factors such as proximity to each other on Chestnut Creek, etc., seem to be brothers. All relationships need to be verified. So, we have John, Abner, Bartlet, Abraham, Samuel and Benjamin all living in the same area in 1776-1781. I can’t where even one of these men appear before the year 1776. A decade earlier, there are Joseph, Francis and Thomas conducting land transactions. All three of these men disappear from the area before1777. Am I missing anybody? Where did they go? Marla

Hi, I am a descendant of Franics Bird/Byrd and his wife Hannah Blackmore of Fort Blackmore, VA. I have many good documented sources of ancestors of Blackmore, but have looked for years for information on Francis Byrd. I am willing to share anything that I have with members of this family. I have read with much interest all of the things that Charles and Danny have posted in the past few days. I am hoping this is the break in my brick wall that I have been hoping for. Charles: Is there any chance I can get a copy of Francis Byrd WILL. I will pay cost or if you have in image form I can handle that and also zipped files too. Thanks for all of your help and I hope I can give as much back to you. At 07:31 AM 5/5/2001 -0400, you wrote: > Charles, > Myself and about a dozen other Byrd/Bird researchers are trying to >trace the roots of Francis Byrd that died 1796 in Davidson County, Tennessee. >He previously owned land in Hawkins/Sullivan/Washington Counties in East >Tennessee and prior to that in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The Davidson >County Land was received by warrant for his six years service in the >Revolution, (North Carolina Continental Line). He was married to Hannah >Blackmore of Blackmore's Fort in East Tenn/SW Va. Had a daughter named Mary >who married a Bounds. Seemed to be from a large family with brothers named >Thomas, John, William, Richard, Joseph, among others. Affiliated families at >that time were Crabtrees, Tredways, Pikes, Browns, Armstrongs, Bounds, >Phillips, Rules, Campbells, Gores, Holemans, Choates, Shoates, Gilberts, >Finleys, English or England, Stuarts, among others. Am sure many of this >Byrd/Bird line migrated to Kentucky as well as middle Tennessee below the >Kentucky line. War Service Land Warrants were given to veterans from NC in >middle Tennessee. They were given to Virginia veterans in Kentucky. These >Byrds/Birds lived and moved back and forth around the apex of VA, NC, and >what is today Tenn and Ken. Am interesting in anything you might be able to >tell us about the Francis Byrd you mentioned on the Bird List that died >before 1864. > > Thank you, > > Danny Cooper Byrd > >Charles wrote; > > I have a Henry Byrd born 1815 in , Campbell, KY. He died in >1854 in , Pendleton, KY. His children are mentioned in Francis Byrd's >will. I know only that Francis died before 1864 and was married to a >Catharine who died in 1868 but may not be Henry's mother. He had a >sister Nancy who married a Francis Cram. > If these tie into your family I would appreciate knowing. Other >wise I guess there are at least two families of Byrds in Campbell Co. > >Charles E. Olsen ceolsenga@Juno.com >Newnan, GA > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >If you wish to switch how you are getting your messages, you need to unsubscribe from the current one and then subscribe to the new one. > > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > Charlotte Anne (Bradshaw/Baker) Kennedy charanne@3-cities.com NEW EMAIL char.anne@verizon.net http://www.3-cities.com/~charanne/index.htm

Marla, I will post all of my Byrd/Bird research notes after I update them. Danny Byrd

Marla, I have copied the research below from my notes on Pittsylvania County Va. Byrds/Birds. This county was broken down into other counties in later years. Notice the Reedy Creek connection in the bottom paragraph. Danny Byrd SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, (Pittsylvania, Franklin, Henry, Grayson, Russell Counties) 1747. Franklin Co, VA. Francis Byrd owns property near Rocky Mount. 1755 Franklin Co. VA. Joseph Byrd owns property near Francis Byrd. 1767. List of Lands and Tithes for Hugh Innes Pittsylvania County. Joseph Bird, Thomas Shoat, Francis Bird, Thomas Bird, Richard Shoat 1767, Jul 23. Joseph Bird to Francis Bird, all of Pittsylvania Co. 250 acres, both sides of South Branch Blackwater Run in Daniel Donoho's line. Witnessed by William Hungate, Vachel Dillingham, James Renfro. Signed Joseph and Hannah Bird. (Note: The Renfro's of Pittsylvania were massacared by indians while with the Donelson Flotilla to Nashville in 1779 at a Clarksville settlement.) 1768, Aug 25. Henry Chiles of Pittsylvania to Joseph Bird of Pittsylvania 184 acres 0n Butter Rum Town Creek and bounded as directed in the patent of said land dated 10 Aug 1789. Witnessed by Shadrick Turner, John Turner and David (his A mark) Adkison. 1769, Mar 20. Robert Jones to Joseph Elles 164 acres both sides north fork Pigg River. Witness; William Murphy, Francis Bird …who surveyed for ..number acres..water courses: 17 Apr 1768 Joseph Bird 240 acres on Pigg River 1773, Jun 21. Francis Bird of Pittsylvania to Daniel Spangler 150 acres both sides South Branch of Black Water River…250 acres…in Daniel Donohoes line. No witness; signed Francis Bird 1775, June 20. Pittsylvania Co., VA. Francis Bird to John Donelson, 200 acres on the North side of Pigg River where the said Francis formally lived which was conveyed to him by deed from Joseph Bird, which land is part of a larger quantity granted to Shadrack Turner. 1776, Feb 29. Pittsylvania Co.,VA. Joseph Bird to William Hunter, 184 acres on both sides of Butterum Town Creek, conveyed to Joseph Bird by Paul Chiles. Wit; Hugh Innes, Jno Heard, and John Hunter. Witnessed 25 April 1776. 1782 Census. John Bird, Preston Gilbert, William Durrett, William Haymes 1785, April 30. Franklin Co. Inquistion into the accidental shooting of George Hunter by William Hunter. Inquisiton conducted by, John Bird, John Heard, Henry Clark and others. 1786. Franklin Co.VA. John Bird to John Norris of Henry Co., 70 acres on Reedy Creek.Wife Molly Bird relinquishes her right of dower.(Note: This is actually in Washington Co Va right next door to Thomas Byrd's land at the mouth of Beaver Creek on the North Holston River) 1790, Pittsylvania Co. Census. John Byrd

Charles, Myself and about a dozen other Byrd/Bird researchers are trying to trace the roots of Francis Byrd that died 1796 in Davidson County, Tennessee. He previously owned land in Hawkins/Sullivan/Washington Counties in East Tennessee and prior to that in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The Davidson County Land was received by warrant for his six years service in the Revolution, (North Carolina Continental Line). He was married to Hannah Blackmore of Blackmore's Fort in East Tenn/SW Va. Had a daughter named Mary who married a Bounds. Seemed to be from a large family with brothers named Thomas, John, William, Richard, Joseph, among others. Affiliated families at that time were Crabtrees, Tredways, Pikes, Browns, Armstrongs, Bounds, Phillips, Rules, Campbells, Gores, Holemans, Choates, Shoates, Gilberts, Finleys, English or England, Stuarts, among others. Am sure many of this Byrd/Bird line migrated to Kentucky as well as middle Tennessee below the Kentucky line. War Service Land Warrants were given to veterans from NC in middle Tennessee. They were given to Virginia veterans in Kentucky. These Byrds/Birds lived and moved back and forth around the apex of VA, NC, and what is today Tenn and Ken. Am interesting in anything you might be able to tell us about the Francis Byrd you mentioned on the Bird List that died before 1864. Thank you, Danny Cooper Byrd Charles wrote; I have a Henry Byrd born 1815 in , Campbell, KY. He died in 1854 in , Pendleton, KY. His children are mentioned in Francis Byrd's will. I know only that Francis died before 1864 and was married to a Catharine who died in 1868 but may not be Henry's mother. He had a sister Nancy who married a Francis Cram. If these tie into your family I would appreciate knowing. Other wise I guess there are at least two families of Byrds in Campbell Co. Charles E. Olsen ceolsenga@Juno.com Newnan, GA

My Bird line originated in Pittsylvania/Henry and Franklin Cos, VA. They stayed in the area until about 1817 or so, and are next found in southern Indiana in the 1820 Census. I'm wondering if anyone can give me an idea of who a Joseph Bird is that is in Indiana w/my Birds?? This Joseph Bird, b. 1787 TN (according to Census records), lands in the backyard of my James Bird in Washington Twp, Harrison Co IN about 1830. James Bird was b. about 1765, the son of Samuel Bird, who is first seen receiving land on Ready Creek in Pitts Co. in 1772. According to the 1810 Franklin Co. Census, all of my James' boys are accounted for--so, I don't think Joseph is a son of James (or James father, Samuel, because as far as I can tell, Samuel never left VA.) This Joseph Bird has a son named Samuel b. about 1818 TN, who, in 1840, is 6 lines away from my Mason Bird (son of James) in Crawford County, IN (just across the river). Although I can't find the connection, everyone seems pretty tight. :>) The bigger picture is this: In the 1820 Harrison Co IN Census, there is a William Bird, b. about 1785 directly next to my James Bird...then he disappears before the 1830 Census, and Joseph Bird appears by 1830. There was a Cholera epidemic in the area in the 1830's....So, I don't know where William went or where Joseph came from. There is also a Jonathan Bird w/family in the 1820 Census of Crawford County. He disappears from the area as well. Marla __________________________ 1 Joseph Bird Sr. b. 1787 Tn m. 1st) unknown. This family appears in 1830 Harrison County, IN Census on page 170. Joseph & wife in same age group, 40-50. 1F 20-30, 3M 15-20, 1M 10-15, 2F 0-5. There may be other children than these listed here. 2 Christena Bird b. 1808 in TN m. John Trobaugh in Harrison Co. 5-28-1827 (not in father’s HH in this census) 2 1F Bird (age 20-30 in 1830 census) 2 Bryant Bird b. 1812 in TN, m. Mary Straughan in Crawford Co. 8-28-1833. Bryant’s family appears 1840 p 467 and 1850 p 023 Crawford Census) 3Albert b. 1835 m. Rebecca Benham 3-11-1855. This family appears 1860 Crawford Co. Census 4Mary L. b. 1857 4Rebecca b. 1859 3Joseph b. 1838 3Samuel b. 1842 3John b. 1847 3George b. 1850 2 Samuel Bird, b. 1816 in TN, m. 1st Sarah Cole 3-22-1838 in Crawford Co., 2nd Sereptha Stroud in Orange County 10-10-1850 (age 15-20 in 1830 Census. Appears 1840 p 459 and 1850 p 023 Crawford Census; (1850?) and 1860 Orange Co Census) 3David b. 1839 3Joseph b. 1841 3William A. b. 1844 3Martha 3Lydia 3Elisha 1862 3George Albert 1868 3Lizzie 2 Joseph Bird b. 1818 in TN, m. 1st Susan Babcock in 1844 Harrison Co., 2nd Hester Essarey 8-16-1849 Crawford Co. (age 10-15 in 1830 census, 1840 p 460 and 1850 p 023Crawford Census) 2 1M Bird b. 1820 (age 10-15) 2 1F Bird b. 1825 2 1F Bird b. 1827 1Joseph Bird Sr. b. 1787 TN, m. 2nd wife Sarah Ann Cummons 2-20-1834. The family appears in 1840 Harrison Co. Census and also the 1850 Crawford Co. Census: 2 Elizabeth b. 1835 (1840 & 1850 Census) 2 Rebecca b. 1837 (1840 & 1850 Census) 2 Charlotte b. 1839 (1840 & 1850 Census) 2 James b. 1844 (1850 Census) 2 David b. 1846 (1850 Census) 2 Alva b. 1848 (1850 Census) **Another possible relation to Joseph Bird Sr. is David Bird, who is buying land in Harrison County in 1827, then disappears.

I have a Henry Byrd born 1815 in , Campbell, KY. He died in 1854 in , Pendleton, KY. His children are mentioned in Francis Byrd's will. I know only that Francis died before 1864 and was married to a Catharine who died in 1868 but may not be Henry's mother. He had a sister Nancy who married a Francis Cram. If these tie into your family I would appreciate knowing. Other wise I guess there are at least two families of Byrds in Campbell Co. Charles E. Olsen ceolsenga@Juno.com Newnan, GA ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

hello all, This my first posting and I would like to talk to anyone who has knowledge of the BIRD family from Deptford SE8, London (or after 1897) Kent. I've just started researching the Bird family and I've managed to get back to my Great grandfather Alfred Bird date of birth not yet known. Any help please. Regards Michael Bird Docking Area List Administrator mailto:w.bird@ntlworld.com Visit my website http://www.cremer.co.uk Researching the following:- CREMER:- Snettisham, Fring, Paston, Ingoldisthorpe, Heacham, Sedgeford, Kings Lynn, South Creake, Gimingham, Wymondham, North Runcton, Felbrigg Hall and London (St Giles and St Martins) PRIMROSE:- Wolferton, West Newton, Trunch, South Repps, Thorpe Market, Knapton, North Walsham area, Gimingham, Sidestrand, and Norwich BIRD and LONG:- Deptford (SE London)

Correction the work KUKuab is lilian >From: "Rupert Waite" <waiterw@hotmail.com> >To: BIRD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BIRD-L] Charles H. Bird / Lillian Waite married 1886 Warfedale, >West Yorkshire England >Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:13:23 -0000 > >I have received more information. Lilian died in Cardiff in the 1st quarter >of 1946 at the age of 83. The Birth date of Frank 2nd quarter of 1887 and >Percy was born 3rd quater of 1890 That would make them over 110 if they >were alive. On the Bird Family Tree was a Tennis Player named Gladys Bird. >(They say she was quite famous) > >Thanks again > >Rupert > >>From: "Rupert Waite" <waiterw@hotmail.com> >>To: BIRD-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [BIRD-L] Fwd: Charles H. Bird / Lillian Waite married 1886 >>Warfdale, West Yorkshire England >>Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:34:12 -0000 >> >>Please Listers I NEED HELP!. I only have a copy of the Bird Family Tree >>until 1944. Sir Charles Heyward Bird passed away Sept 9 1944 in Cardiff >>taken from the paper. I am looking for living relatives. At the time Wife >>Lilian and Sons Frank & Percy survived. What happened to them? >>Please assist! >> >>>Subject: Charles H. Bird / Lilian Waite married 1886 Warfdale, West >>>Yorkshire England >> >>>Charles was Lord Mayor of Cardiff 1910/1911 I am looking for for people >>>following the Bird Family. I am Rupert Waite from the USA. I have >>>followed >>>the Waite Line. Lilians Father was Benjamin Waite and mother was Rose >>>(nee) >>>Hainsworth. My Aunt went to a Golden Wedding Aniversary in a Royal Hotel. >>>I >>>am to assume (conjecture) that this was in Cardiff. that is in 1936 and >>>Lillian would have been 70 + I have pictures. Can anyone help me? >>> >>> >>>Rupert Waite waiterw@optonline.net waiterw@att.net waiterw@msn.net >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ Get >>>your >>>FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >>> >>> >>>==== GLAMORGAN Mailing List ==== "Life is what happens when you are >>>making >>>other plans" John Lennon This Mailing List is Independent of all Family >>>History Societies >>> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> >> >>==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >>If you are going on vacation you will need to unsubscribe. There is no >>"nomail" at Rootsweb. >> >> >> >> >>============================== >>Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== > > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I have received more information. Kukuab died in Cardiff in the 1st quater of 1946 at the age of 83. The Birth date of Frank 2nd quater of 1887 and Percy was born 3rd quater of 1890 That would make them over 110 if they were alive. On the Bird Family Tree was a Tennis Player named Gladys Bird. (They say she was quite famous) Thanks again Rupert >From: "Rupert Waite" <waiterw@hotmail.com> >To: BIRD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BIRD-L] Fwd: Charles H. Bird / Lillian Waite married 1886 >Warfdale, West Yorkshire England >Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 14:34:12 -0000 > >Please Listers I NEED HELP!. I only have a copy of the Bird Family Tree >until 1944. Sir Charles Heyward Bird passed away Sept 9 1944 in Cardiff >taken from the paper. I am looking for living relatives. At the time Wife >Lilian and Sons Frank & Percy survived. What happened to them? >Please assist! > >>Subject: Charles H. Bird / Lilian Waite married 1886 Warfdale, West >>Yorkshire England > >>Charles was Lord Mayor of Cardiff 1910/1911 I am looking for for people >>following the Bird Family. I am Rupert Waite from the USA. I have followed >>the Waite Line. Lilians Father was Benjamin Waite and mother was Rose >>(nee) >>Hainsworth. My Aunt went to a Golden Wedding Aniversary in a Royal Hotel. >>I >>am to assume (conjecture) that this was in Cardiff. that is in 1936 and >>Lillian would have been 70 + I have pictures. Can anyone help me? >> >> >>Rupert Waite waiterw@optonline.net waiterw@att.net waiterw@msn.net >> >>_________________________________________________________________ Get your >>FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> >> >>==== GLAMORGAN Mailing List ==== "Life is what happens when you are making >>other plans" John Lennon This Mailing List is Independent of all Family >>History Societies >> >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >If you are going on vacation you will need to unsubscribe. There is no >"nomail" at Rootsweb. > > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Please Listers I NEED HELP!. I only have a copy of the Bird Family Tree until 1944. Sir Charles Heyward Bird passed away Sept 9 1944 in Cardiff taken from the paper. I am looking for living relatives. At the time Wife Lilian and Sons Frank & Percy survived. What happened to them? Please assist! >Subject: Charles H. Bird / Lilian Waite married 1886 Warfdale, West >Yorkshire England >Charles was Lord Mayor of Cardiff 1910/1911 I am looking for for people >following the Bird Family. I am Rupert Waite from the USA. I have followed >the Waite Line. Lilians Father was Benjamin Waite and mother was Rose (nee) >Hainsworth. My Aunt went to a Golden Wedding Aniversary in a Royal Hotel. I >am to assume (conjecture) that this was in Cardiff. that is in 1936 and >Lillian would have been 70 + I have pictures. Can anyone help me? > > >Rupert Waite waiterw@optonline.net waiterw@att.net waiterw@msn.net > >_________________________________________________________________ Get your >FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== GLAMORGAN Mailing List ==== "Life is what happens when you are making >other plans" John Lennon This Mailing List is Independent of all Family >History Societies > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

This is my first visit to the Bird list. I have a line of Bird/Byrd that I'd love to find. In fact, I just located one portion of this bunch and that made me get a bit more active. Mary Hudson married William Byrd in Oglethorpe county, GA, 1825.......then, the family moved on into Noxubee county, Ms. In 1841-42, William Bird, in right of his wife, received 1/3 of the personal estate of Frederick Hudson. By 1848, William Bird was in court, receiving guardianship of his own children, Frederick H., William W., John W., Mary P., and Elizabeth L. (or was it Mary L. and Elizabeth P.? I am doing this off the top of my head.) Frederick Hudson Bird married Lousiana Elliot in Noxubee county, MS in 1851. His brother, William W., married Martha Means, 1851. Although I did locate the family in the 1850 census in the household of Billy Bird and his second wife, also "Mary", I have "lost" the family after this. Most recently, I have met up with a decesendent of Frederick hudson Bird. Are there any other family members out there? My tie is thru the mother's brother, a John Hudson, who would be my direct line. I am more than interested in finding more cousins. God Bless, E. Annette Hudson Rose 37900 Rd 86 Dinuba, CA 93618 559 591-1979 earphoto@gonetgo.com earphoto@yahoo.com E. Annette Rose's Genealogy http://freepages.events.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/mystory.html http://freepages.events.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/rodeopage.html Web person for Hudson Family Association http://hudson-family-assoc.rootsweb.com/ List manager Hudson-Fam-Assoc-L@rootsweb.com CC Noxubee Co., Ms MSGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~msnoxube/index.html List Owner MSNOXUBE-L@rootsweb.com List Owner Hudson-L@rootsweb.com Webperson for the Durst Family http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~earphoto/ List Owner Durst-L@rootsweb.com

I live and research in Loudoun County, Virginia. Sometimes my research takes me far afield, and now I'm working in Kentucky sources, trying to identify a family of Birds, to move them back into Virginia. I can place them for certain in Bourbon Co., KY, 1790s, and then Campbell Co., KY by 1800. Does the given name Clarissa ever appear in your Birds? John Bird, b. ca 1777 in VA, named a daughter Clarissa, and there is an older Clarissa Bird (md. John Hulen, Huland, in Bourbon Co. 1793) so I think there is probably a connection to her. Whether she was his sister or widowed mother, I don't know. Ms. Marty Hiatt, CGRS "Document what you find, listen to what you are told, and especially, love and respect your work." John Morris

Hello Everyone, I thought you would all enjoy a description of various events, contests, etc. at a fair in 1737 in Hanover Co, apparently on some of Wm Byrd's land (what acreage wasn't his?? :-)). This appeared on the rootsweb Croley (Crowley) list. FYI, to Saunders researchers, John Hyde Saunders, Sr., will proven 1768 in Cumberland Co VA, has a fiddle listed in his inventory. Best Regards, Janet Hunter Posted on: CROLEY Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/c/r/CROLEY/queries/10312 Surname: ------------------------- >From the book "Old Virginia and Her Neighbors" and the chapter "Society in the Old Dominion." "An interesting newspaper notice, in the year 1737, shows that some of the innocent open-air sports of medieval England still survived: 'We have advice from Hanover County, that on St. Andrew's Day there are to be Horse Races and several other Diversions, for the entertainment of the Gentlemen and Ladies, at the Old Field, near Captain John Bickerton's, in that county (if permitted by the Hon. Wm. Byrd, Esquire, Proprietor of said land), the substance of which is as follows, viz.: It is proposed that 20 Horses or Mares do run round a three miles' course for a prize of five pounds.' 'That a Hat of the value of 20s be cudgelled for, and that after the first challenge made the Drums are to beat every Quarter of an hour for three challenges round the Ring, and none to play with their Left hand.' 'That a violin be played for by 20 Fiddlers; no person to have the liberty of playing unless he bring a fiddle with him. After the prize is won they are all to play together, and each a different tune, and to be treated by the company.' 'That 12 Boys of 12 years of age do run 112 yards for a Hat of the cost of 12 shillings.' 'That a Quire of ballads be sung for by a number of Songsters, all of them to have liquor sufficient to clear their Wind Pipes.' 'That a pair of Silver Buckles be wrestled for by a number of brisk young men.' 'That a pair of handsome shoes be danced for.' 'That a pair of handsome silk Stockings of one Pistole value be given to the handsomest young country maid that appears in the Field. With many other Whimsical and Comical Diversions too numerous to mention.'" The book further states, "The part played by violins in this quaint programme reminds us that fiddling was an accomplishment highly esteemed in the Old Dominion. As an accompaniment for dancing it was very useful in the home parties on the plantations. The philosophic Thomas Jefferson, as a dead shot with the rifle, a skilful horseman, and a clever violinist, was a typical son of Virginia. As boys learned to play the violin, and sometimes the violoncello, girls were taught to play the virginal, which was an ancestral form of the piano." The book quoted, Old Virginia and Her Neighbors by John Fiske was copyrighted in 1897 and published by Houghton Mifflin Company and the Riverside Press Cambridge.

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I am looking for information on my Bird side of the family. Ggrandfather Charles Richard Bird b.Jan 12, 1865, Gore, Sequoyah Co, OK. d. 1899 Gore, Sequoyah Co, Ok Married #1 Ggrandmother Anna May Barnett, b. abt 1867, Ok ? Children: Jep Bird, b. June 30, 1889 Gore, Sequoyah Co, OK . d. Sept 17, 1953 Shawnee, Ok Lula Maybell Bird,(my grandmother) b. May 17, 1900, Gore, Ok. d. Nov 18, 1939, Earlsboro, Ok Jep Bird married: Mary A Hammonds Their children: Bertha, Charlie, Eva, Richard, Calvin, Illine. They also, raised Jep's younger half brother Clarence Smith. Lula Maybell Bird, married: #1 Robert Lee Dickson (sr) abt. 1916 Children: Baby Girl, b. abt 1917, d. 2 weeks Son: Robert Lee Dickson (jr) (my father) b. May 10, 1918, Eufaula, OK. d. Oct 13, 1988, CA Married #2 Mike Null No children I would sincerely appreciate any information you may be able to give me. Thankyou, Donna H donnah@citlink.net

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