Dear Rosalie Goodrich, and Robert Hunter, Were you aware of the fact that a Mary Milsaps became guardian over John,s children Lorenzo Austin Byrd, Virginia, and Margaret in 1835 in Independence County,ARK.(From the Genealogical Records of Northeast Arkansas 1830-1838, compiled by the Norhteast Arkansas Genealogical Association 314 Vine Street, Newport, Arkansas72112 copyright 1971 by James Logan Morgan) There is more info in this record. I will send more info if you wish. There is note in this paper that John's siblings were possibly Mary and Abraham, and the parents wereThompson and Elizabeth. Marissa Spencer Pulsipher Sacramento CA