> Descendants of Jesse Edward Byrd > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. JESSE EDWARD1 BYRD was born November 05, 1879 in Clinch Co., GA, and > died December 26, 1970 in Jacksonville, FL. He married MARY ROSEATTA > STEEDLEY November 28, 1901 in Clinch Co, Georgia, daughter of JESSE > STEEDLEY and ELIZABETH WESTBERRY. > > > Children of JESSE BYRD and MARY STEEDLEY are: > i. ELIZABETH2 BYRD, b. 1904; m. ??? SHREVE. > 2. ii. WILEY BYRD, b. February 18, 1905, GA; d. January 23, 1971, > Jacksonville, FL. > iii. BERRY BYRD, b. March 03, 1909, Georgia; d. January 1944, Georgia. > iv. EVA BYRD, b. June 12, 1913; d. April 28, 1988, Middleburg, FL; m. ??? > HARP. > v. SADIE B. BYRD, b. April 05, 1915; d. April 23, 1987, Jacksonville, FL; > m. L. L. HODGES. > vi. WILLIAM B. BYRD, b. 1917. > vii. ROSALEE BYRD, b. March 03, 1923; m. GEORGE W. SWEAT. > viii. MARGARET E. BYRD, b. September 15, 1925, Fargo, GA; d. February 05, > 1993, Middleburg, FL; m. FRO FRISBEE. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. WILEY2 BYRD (JESSE EDWARD1) was born February 18, 1905 in GA, and died > January 23, 1971 in Jacksonville, FL. He married (1) BERTIE LEE. He > married (2) ETHEL ADAMS August 07, 1926 in Clinch Co., GA. > > > Children of WILEY BYRD and BERTIE LEE are: > i. GERALDINE3 BYRD, m. ??? CLARK. > ii. MADELINE BYRD, m. ??? SOULTIERE. > iii. CATHLEEN BYRD. > iv. LEONARD BYRD. > v. ROY BYRD. > vi. LLOYD BYRD. > vii. FLOYD BYRD. > viii. BERRY BYRD. > ix. WAYNE BYRD. > x. DAVID BYRD. > ============================================================ > > > Descendants of Nathan W. Byrd > > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. NATHAN W.2 BYRD (ROBERT1) was born October 06, 1808 in North Carolina, > and died January 05, 1881 in Georgia. He married ELLEN GAY January 24, > 1834 in Georgia. > > Notes for NATHAN W. BYRD: > NATHAN W. BYRD was born in Sampson County, North Caroina, October 6, 1808, > son of Robert Byrd (or Bird), a Revolutionary patriot, who served in the > Hyde County, (North Carolina) militia about 1777-1780 (see page 590, Roster > of Soldiers from North Carolina). The elder Byrd died in Sampson County > whither he had moved, dying at the age of 90 years. > Nathan W. Bryd came to Georgia a young, unmarried man, and was married > January 24, 1834, to Miss Ellen Gay, of Alabama. They lived in Stewart > County, Georgia, then in Houston County until about 1856. They moved to > the new county of Coffee and became one of the first families in the new > town of Douglas, where they operated a boarding-house a few years. The > family was living in 1860 in Coffee County, and in 1861 in Clinch County > where Mr. Byrd enrolled in the militia of the 1061st district that year. > They evidently lived at Guest Mill for a short time. About the close of > the war the family moved to Nashville, county seat of Berrien County, and > there Mr. Byrd bought a tract of land within the present limits of the town > but at that time outside of town. He farmed there and also carried the > mails between Nashville and Milltown (Lakeland) for some years. He died at > his home January 5, 1881. Mrs. Byrd died March 17, 1901, age 85 years. > Both she and her husband were buried in the town cemetery. > > Mr. Byrd's mother was Elizabeth Gulley. She and Robert Byrd were married > February 27, 1794. She was Robert Byrd's second wife. The elder Byrd died > in 1815. Nathan W. Byrd was the only child by the second marriage. > > > Children of NATHAN BYRD and ELLEN GAY are: > i. JAMES3 BYRD, b. 1835; d. infancy. > ii. MARY ELIZABETH BYRD, b. 1837; m. (1) UNK MOBLEY; m. (2) LITTLETON L. > ALBRITTON. > iii. MARTHA BYRD, b. 1839; m. (1) G. C. DEARING; m. (2) W. M. AVERA; m. > (3) DAVID M. ROBINSON. > iv. WILLIAM BYRD, b. 1840. > > Notes for WILLIAM BYRD: > Married and lived in Houston Co. > > > v. SARAH BYRD, b. 1843; m. DAVID P. LUKE. > vi. ELLEN BYRD, b. 1846; m. HENRY B. PEEPLES. > 2. vii. SUSAN CATHERINE BYRD, b. September 20, 1848, Georgia; d. March 02, > 1882, Georgia. > viii. CAROLINE BYRD, b. 1851; m. SILAS TYGART. > ix. ANNIE BYRD, b. 1854; m. (1) HARMON GASKINS AVERA; m. (2) S. A. JUHAN. > x. ELIZA BYRD, b. 1857; d. young. > > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. SUSAN CATHERINE3 BYRD (NATHAN W.2, ROBERT1) was born September 20, 1848 > in Georgia, and died March 02, 1882 in Georgia. She married MATTHEW H. > ALBRITTON November 28, 1869 in Georgia, son of ALLEN ALBRITTON and REBECCA > ALBRITTON. > > > Notes for MATTHEW H. ALBRITTON: > Matthew Hodge (or possibly "Hodges") Albritton was born in Houston County, > March 8, 1842, a son of Allen Albritton and his second wife Rebecca (nee > Albritton). About 1861 he with his widowed mother moved to Berrien County > where his brother, Littleton L. Albritton and sister Mariah (who became the > wife of Matthew R. Grace in Berrien County in 1857) and another sister, > Mary Jane (who became the first wife of Thos. M. Ray of Berrien county) had > already moved. Matthew H., the subject, was married twice. His first > marriage was on Nov. 28, 1869, to Susan Catherine Byrd, born Sept. 20, > 1848, daughter of Nathan W. Byrd (Vol. D. By her six children were born. > She died March 2, 1882, and three years later, on July 16, 1885, he married > Miss Laura A. Myers of Nashville; she was born June 7, 1858. By her five > children were born. > > Mr. Albritton was a faithful Confederate soldier, and in his later years > was granted a Confederate soldier's pension. He enlisted at Nashville, Oct. > 22, 1862, in Co. "E", 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment, a Berrien County > company. He was wounded in his throat and later in his right side (dates > and places not shown) and was granted a furlough and came home. On his way > back to rejoin his command he learned of Gen. Lee's surrender, consequently > he surrendered himself near Augusta and was paroled and returned home > (these details from his pension papers). > Mr. Albritton lived in Nashville for several years after marriage but later > bought a farm in the Lois community of his county and lived there until his > death, Sept. 20, 1915. His widow died April 9, 1921. They were buried in > Lois cemetery, now generally called Pleasant Cemetery on account of its > nearness to Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church. > > > Children of SUSAN BYRD and MATTHEW ALBRITTON are: > i. THEOPHILUS THEODORE4 ALBRITTON, b. January 07, 1871. > ii. GERTRUDE ALBRITTON, b. May 23, 1872. > iii. TRULA ALBRITTON, b. 1874; m. LACY L. SHAW. > iv. MARY JANE ALBRITTON, b. July 07, 1876; m. LUTHER A. WEBB. > v. SOPHRONIA ALBRITTON, b. September 22, 1878; m. UNK DEVANE. > vi. MATTHEW ALLEN ALBRITTON, b. January 28, 1881. > ============================================================ > > ______________________________ > > > > > > > > >