First, I got this from a Mr. Melvin Byrd in response to a posting I had on a MS list about this branch of Byrds...the line of Eden Byrd: Melvin writes; The line that Eden comes from. He had a lot of descendants, but I will list the children. William Byrd & Jean (Bell) Byrd and these are the parents of most of the Southern Byrds: Children: Sutton Byrd, b. 1821 - George Byrd, Sr. b. 1730 - William Byre, b. 1732, - John Byrd, b. 1734 - Edward Byrd, b. 1737, now I believe that Nathaniel Byrd came between John and Edward and Joshus was after Edward, I did not find any dates for these two. Sutton was born in Bertie Co., NC. and died in Sumter Dist., SC. He was married once before and she died and was not listed and the had one child that died also. Then he married Margaret Randolph and they had seven children, Children:: Redden Byrd, b. 1760 m. Ann Huggins John Byrd, b. 1768, m. an Indian Girls in Alabama Oshea Byrd, b. 1774,m. Elizabeth Lee Eden Byrd, b. 1778, m. Ann Lee Margaret Byrd, b. 1784, m. William Boyd Athela Byrd, b. 1786, nothing else known William Sutton Byrd, b. 1789,m. Martha Elizabeth Easley - ----------------------------- Eden Byrd b. 1778, in South Carolina, d. before 1830, m. Ann Lee a daughter of Needham Lee and Ann Lee, Eden was in Greene county in 1815 and in Franklin county in 1816, still listed in Franklin County in 1820. He disappeared (died or killed) before 1830, reported by his granddaughter, Mary Bean Byrd, that he went to Texas on an exploration trip and is believed that he traveled through Oklahoma and was probably killed by the Indians. However according to a G'Granddaughter Mrs. Foster Round, ( Nobia Byrd), he was robbed and killed on his way home from Natchez, MS. so apparently no one knows actually what happened to him. Eden was a pretty wealthy farmer. He left his wife with 2 sons and 4 daughter and 6 slaves. Ann's father died in 1804, and his widow remarried to a Mr. Spring. Her will in Williamsburg co., SC, named her daughter Ann Byrd and Granddaughter Orpha Byrd Children; Eron Orpha Byrd, b. 9-27-1805, d. 1-29-1858- m. Robert Arthur Rawls in Tenn. Isabelle Byrd, b. 10-25-1810, d. 10-28-1857, never married. Margret Byrd, b. 1812, d. 1880,- m. William Lewis, he d. 1835 Redden Byrd, b. 1812, m. Elizabeth Cain, b. 1818 Mary Byrd, b. 1815, died young. Cornelius Byrd, b. 9-13-1820, d. 11-1-1885, m. (1)- Christianna Harrington, b. 1830. m. (2) Elvira D. Rea, b. 4-28-1843, d. 6-19-1930, Cornelius was Sheriff of Franklin Co. and President of the Board of Police. I hope that his will help, Melvin Byrd Today Mr. Byrd posted this to the Perry Co MS list, if anyone might be interested: From: "MLBJBYRD" <mlbjbyrd@email.msn.com> : Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:54:26 -0500 Subject: [MSPERRY-L] Re: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Anniversary : This is the Anniversary of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on October 17, 99 the third Sunday of the month. To be at the Church in Pleasant Hill Community, bring a dish and enjoy the day of GOOD FELLOWSHIP, singing and some of the best of meals, This Church was originated in abt 1895 by Josiah Walton Byrd, Jr. , (the first Pastor was Robert Prine) to Most that knew him Josiah was by Uncle "Joe" and Aunt Clarissa Byrd. Home of many of that area, the Byrd's consisted of Uncle Joe, Jeff, Calvin, Hiram Dawson and Absalom, Aunt Agnes ""Agg"" Turner, that lived and went to this church, Roots for many as it is for me, We would like to see as many as could and would like to see and go back in History and know where we originated from. Tell your friends of this event. Melvin Byrd Tina...I was one of the "not a subscribers" as my e-mail address changed without notice until the day of the change...I had transcribed some information I found in the Byrd Family History by Robert Earl Byrd..who's family came from MS. He had some Langs in it..but not your particular one. I can take time to re transcribe it if you would like...but first I will ask if you have already seen the book... thanks...susan \\\|/// \ ~ ~ / (\ o o /) ----------------o000--(_)--000o--------------------- LOOKING FOR BARLOWS "THE BARLOW CLEARINGHOUSE" http://www.genweb.net/~barlow/index.html "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"