Greetings Cousins: Searching for additional information concerning the BYRD family of Grayson Co and SW VA area, and specifically regarding: Samuel Byrd (bca 1758/Unk-bef Oct 1820/prob. Grayson Co VA) Military Veteran: Illinois Regiment, George Rogers Clark Regiment - Revolutionary War Residence bef 1789/Montgomery Co VA Residence 1789/Spring Valley, Grayson Co VA Buried bef Oct 1820/Rock Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Grayson Co VA Will Recorded: p 237 Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA Estate Inventory taken by Stephen Bourn, Daniel Boyer and Stephen Bourn, p 208 8 Nov 1820/Grayson Co VA Estate Inventory Recorded, p 208 23 Oct 1821/Grayson Co VA Father: John Byrd Mother: Unknown Spouse: Mourning Gilbert, bca 1758 Buried at Rock Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cem., Grayson Co VA Father: Unknown Mother: Unknown Married bef 1784. [working assumption based on births] Children: 1 Nancy Byrd, bca 1784/VA, m. Thomas Mallory 2 Elizabeth Byrd, bca 1785, m. James Swinney, 1807/VA Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA 3 John Byrd, 02 Nov 1786/VA-aft 1850, m. Eleanor Atkins Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA Census Citation 1850/Grayson Co VA 1 known child 4 Barnet Byrd, bca 1788/VA, m. Lydia Swinney Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA 5 Polly Byrd, bca 1793/VA, m. William Bourne, 6 Aug 1818/ Grayson Co VA Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA 6 Samuel Byrd, bca 1796/VA, m. Permelia Wheeler, 12 Nov 1818/ Grayson Co VA Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA Census Citation 1850 at Grayson Co VA 8 known children 7 Mourning Byrd, bca 1800/VA, m. James Swinney Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA 8 Sally Byrd, bca 1804/VA Cited in father's will Oct 1820/Grayson Co VA Many thanks for your time in checking your data. Thanks! Allen [email protected] -- ____________________________________________________ | / ) Allen Richmond - [email protected] ( \ | |/ /Scioto Trails: Paths From Another Time & Place\ \| _( (_ http://www.scioto.org/SciotoTrails/ _) ) ((\ \>__/ )__________________________________( \__</ /)) (\\\ \_/ / \ \_/ ///) \ / \ / \ _/ \_ / / / \ \