Launa...in answer to your question: Yes, this book, written by Robert Earl Byrd, was published posthumously by the author's daughter after both parents were killed in an automobile accident. In the first section of the book, Robert wrote short histories of the many Byrds in England and Virginia that he had collected while researching. He never did establish which ones he might have descended from, but his lineage starts with John Byrd and Rebecca Sutton of Chowan, Bertie, and Duplin Co NC., and Sumter District SC. I couldn't really figure out Roberts numbering sytem...so instead I copied a pedigree chart to a web page, which I will delete in a few days.... For those of you interested, it is at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/Byrd.html Charlie.... I don't find William Wilson, but do find a Wilson...apparently the son of Redden Byrd and Elizabeth Cain .... he was born 1847 in Arkansas buried in Cain Cemetery. No other info on him. Tina... Your Byrds are in the back of the book, along with mine, all Byrds in Mississippi that Robert could never connect to his. Being all in the same area's, there is bound to be a connection, just don't know where. Mine were neighbors of his in Simpson, Jones, Perry, and Copiah Co. But to date, nobody has been able to prove the connection. I have 3 Byrd women married to my Barlows...and we cannot prove their parents, nor their relations to one another..... Here is what Robert wrote about your Byrds. 1. William Byrd b ____ d. 1845, m. Essue (Ishi) Lang on June 29, 1809. 2. William Seton Byrd, b. 1830 2. Leonard C. Byrd, m 1. Mary Magdeline Eady, b. 1833. m. 3-23-2848 m. 2. Catherine Thomas 3. Elizabeth Byrd b. 1849 3. Louvilla Byrd, m. A. J. Taylor on January 22, 1880 3. Wade Byrd, m. Roxann Walker on February 05, 1880 4. Wallace E. Byrd m. Katy Crum 1912 2. James A. Byrd, m. Eliza Westrope on 4-25-1852 2. Ransom Byrd, b. 1828, m. Mary Jane Crane on 5-25-1852 2. Arrita Byrd married John Taylor on 5-17-1832 2. Elizabeth Byrd m. Edwin M. Wade on 10-23-1850 2. Edwin/Edward Byrd m. Rebecca Crum on 11-28-1848. Edwin died March 1849, no children State Papers - February 20, 1850 - Case 63 Amite Co Mississippi "Rebecca Byrd, widow of Edwin Byrd, who died March 1849, leaving no children "asks for one year's provisions out of the effects of the deceased." The three who were asked to settle the estate gave Rebecca $100.00 for a year's support. Among the people who were paid debts out of the estate were: Talbert, Dye, Anderson, Huff, Forsythe, James A. Byrd, and L.C. Byrd. On the back of the final settlement papers were: William S. Byrd, Leonard C. Byrd, James A. Byrd, Ransom Byrd, Retta Taylor, and Elizabeth Wade, wife of E. M. Wade, are named as brothers and sisters of the deceased, all of age and living in Amite Co MS. In sale of property, slave Pheba and Chile, June, belonging to Edwin, went at public auction to Ransom Byrd, highest bidder, for $586.00, 8-17-1850. Other references: Mississippi Marriage Records Mississippi Census Records Mississippi Personal Tax Records I hope you can gather at least one iota of information from that that you didn't already have! Nancy.. I don't see anything about your Thomas, even in the preface where he outlines the many Byrds from England, Virginia, N. and S. C.......sorry...... Did I miss anybody? If I did, please don't hesitate to ask again. I tend to get into so many projects, I get totally confused...which doesn't take much for my feeble mind! Susan \\\|/// \ ~ ~ / (\ o o /) ------------------o000--(_)--000o------------------ LOOKING FOR BARLOWS THE BARLOW CLEARINGHOUSE http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barlow/ "A website for everyone researching the surname Barlow, any spelling or variation, anywhere, anytime ..includes.. Barlow, Barlowe, Barlo, Barloe, Barler, Parler, Parlur, Barlage, and others yet to be discovered"