> > Descendants of William Byrd > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. WILLIAM1 BYRD died June 1831 in Georgia. > > Child of WILLIAM BYRD is: > 2. i. JONAS2 BYRD, b. 1795, Georgia; d. 1845, Georgia. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. JONAS2 BYRD (WILLIAM1) was born 1795 in Georgia, and died 1845 in > Georgia. He married REBECCA TURNER. > > Notes for JONAS BYRD: > Jonas Byrd was a son of William Byrd who died testate in Emanuel County in > June 1831. He was born about 1795 in what was at the time Bulloch County, > later cut into Emanuel. He married Rebecca Turner, born 1810 in Jefferson > County. > > All of the above children were born in Emanuel County. About 1840, Jonas > Byrd with his family moved to Telfair County and settled in the portion > south of the Ocmulgee River. This portion was cut into the new county of > Coffee in 1854. > Record is found of survey of 200 acres of land on Caney Creek in Emanuel > County for Jonas Byrd, January 28, 1815. This was his home place until he > moved to present Coffee County. > He died comparatively young, about 50 years old, soon after moving to > Telfair County. His wife survived him about thirty years, dying about 1875 > in Clinch County where she had gone to live with her two orphaned > grandchildren, Wiley H. and Jane Hinson. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd are buried in > unmarked graves on the old McEachern place near the old Enos Burkett farm > in Coffee County. > > > Children of JONAS BYRD and REBECCA TURNER are: > i. SHEROD3 BYRD, b. 1823; m. AMANDA CAROLINE ROBERTS. > 3. ii. WILEY BYRD, b. January 04, 1825, Georgia; d. December 01, 1908, > Georgia. > iii. WINNIFRED BYRD, b. 1830; m. JAMES W. FULLWOOD, January 01, 1854. > 4. iv. SOPHRONIA BYRD, b. 1832. > v. WILLIAM A. BYRD, b. 1835; m. NARCISSUS STANFIELD. > vi. ANTHONY BYRD, b. 1837; m. MATILDA BOONE. > vii. JESSE BYRD, b. 1839; m. CELIA JERNIGAN. > > > Generation No. 3 > > 3. WILEY3 BYRD (JONAS2, WILLIAM1) was born January 04, 1825 in Georgia, > and died December 01, 1908 in Georgia. He married (1) ELISA WILCOX January > 13, 1853 in Georgia, daughter of THOMAS WILCOX and LUCINDA FRIER. He > married (2) SAMANTHA CREECH February 23, 1873 in Georgia. > > Notes for WILEY BYRD: > Wiley Byrd, son of Jonas and Rebecca Byrd, was born in Emanuel County, > January 4, 1825, and died at his home in Coffee County, December 1, 1908. > He was married twice. His first wife was Eliza Wilcox, daughter of Thomas > and Lucinda Frier Wilcox. She was born October 15, 1831, and died January > 8, 1873. They were married in Telfair County, January 13, 1853. The > second marriage was on February 23, 1873 in Coffee County to Miss Samantha > Creech, born April 20, 1844, died April 10, 1926. Mr. Byrd served as > Coronor of Coffee County, 1865-1868. > > > Children of WILEY BYRD and ELISA WILCOX are: > i. WILEY4 BYRD, b. December 10, 1853; m. ELIZABETH LOTT KIRKLAND, January > 12, 1878. > ii. AARON BYRD, b. March 13, 1855; m. LINNIE GASKINS. > iii. ELIZA BYRD, b. September 02, 1856; m. (1) A. S. MOBLEY; m. (2) DAVID > PETERSON, December 28, 1874. > iv. ELIZABETH BYRD, b. January 18, 1858; m. DAVID LOTT. > v. SHEROD BYRD, b. January 24, 1860; m. REBECCA WILCOX. > vi. LEONARD BYRD, b. December 01, 1860. > vii. WINNIFRED BYRD, b. December 16, 1861; m. DANIEL LOTT. > viii. THOMAS J. BYRD, b. December 16, 1861; m. FANNIE LOTT. > ix. VIRGINIA BYRD, b. June 25, 1863; m. ALEXANDER O'QUINN. > x. ROBERT LEE BYRD, b. October 26, 1864; m. (1) CATHERINE GASKINS; m. (2) > LEVADA RODDENBERRY. > xi. THARP BYRD, b. 1867; m. MOLLIE NABORS. > xii. JOHN N. BYRD, b. August 10, 1870. > xiii. MOLLIE F. BYRD, b. September 29, 1872; m. W. J. O'QUINN. > > Children of WILEY BYRD and SAMANTHA CREECH are: > xiv. MATTIE4 BYRD, b. April 13, 1874; m. JOHN PAULK. > xv. CHRISTIANA BYRD, b. November 11, 1875. > xvi. LUCINDA BYRD, b. November 12, 1876; m. MACK WOOTEN. > xvii. A. WARREN BYRD, b. 1876; m. (1) LILLIAN RENFROE; m. (2) VERA > ANDREWS. > xviii. MINNIE BYRD, b. October 29, 1881; m. FISHER PAULK. > xix. ALIEF BYRD, b. April 05, 1884; m. THOMAS J. SMITH. > xx. DORA BYRD, b. May 05, 1886; m. H. P. LONG. > xxi. SAM JONES BYRD, b. June 1888; m. (1) LULA RODDENBERRY; m. (2) GUSSIE > RODDENBERRY, January 01, 1910. > > 4. SOPHRONIA3 BYRD (JONAS2, WILLIAM1) was born 1832. She married JAMES > HINSON July 21, 1853 in Georgia. > > > Children of SOPHRONIA BYRD and JAMES HINSON are: > i. WILEY H.4 HINSON. > ii. JANE HINSON. > > > > > > > > > >