I am a descendant of Joseph Bounds and Mary Bird. She was the daughter of Francis Bird who apparently migrated from NC to TN with Jesse Bounds, Joseph's father. While I have a lot of Bounds info, I know very little about the Birds. Would be interested in learning more about Francis Bird. Bill Dallas At 06:31 AM 05/05/2001, Dbyrd000@aol.com 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