-----Original Message----- From: Al Byrd <byrdman@theriver.com> To: BYRD-L@ROOTSWEB.COM <BYRD-L@ROOTSWEB.COM> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 7:20 AM Subject: iNFORMATION >Morning ! > >Looking for some ancestors of mine, here what I know about them. > >Thomas Bird/Byrd b 1817, Alabama d abt 1869 Gallatin Co Illinois >Md Polly Higdon 1838, in Marshall Co. Alabama. > >Fought in the Indian Wars with Capt Griffins Company /Colonel >Snodgrass's North Alabama Mounted Volunteers. He enlisted >at Bellefonte Alabama on October 26, 1837 to fight in the >Seminole War ( Called the Florida War 1835-1842). >Discharged , April 11, 1838 at Fort Mitchell Alabama. > >About 1839/40 thomas and Polly moved to Gallatin Co Illinois >or in that vincinty. > >In October 1850 Thomas applied for a land grant based on his service >in the Florida War. In Noveber 1851, Thomas was awarded 80 acres >on the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 Section 14 Twshp 8 South of Range 7 >East in the District of Lands. > >Thomas and Polly had the following children. > Rebrcca Jane b abt 1844 Illinois > Andrew J. b abt 1845 Alabama > John T. b abt 1848 Illinois > Sarah C. b abt l1850 Illinois > > >It appears that Polly died shortly after the 1850 Census, >on January 12, 1851 Thomas married his second wife, >Mary Louise Scroggin, at Gallatin Co Illinois.. There >children are; > Samuel J. b abt 1854 Illinois > James b abt 1855 Illinois > Mary Cad b abt 1858 Illinois > Henry b abt 1864 Illinois > Sarah Elvira b abt 1867 Illinois > Jacob L b abt 1869 Illinois ( my grand father) > > >Any help greatly appreciated. > >Al Byrd Sierra Vista AZ. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >