I am looking information on a Francis Bird who was in Washington Co. VA in the mid to late 1700's. His daughter Mary Bird married Joseph Bounds before 1797. Joseph was the son of Jesse Bounds. Jesse and Francis are named together in various records of Washington Co. At 11:58 AM 08/15/1999 , Janmim@aol.com wrote: >Fellow Bird Researchers: > >While researching another line in Rowan Co, I stumbled across two wills for >Birds in Rowan Co. (below). I am one of at least three people on this list >that are trying to sort out who the ancestors of the Thomas T. Byrd, John >Byrd and other Byrds who ended up in Robertson Co TN late 1700s. We are also >tracing Choate/Byrd connections Pittsylvania,Henry,Franklin, Augusta, >Russell,Washington Cos VA, as well as Eastern TN. > >FYI, the family I was looking into was Chambers who ended up in Greene Co TN, >where there are Byrds and Choates next door in Washington Co, among other >counties there abouts. > >In the will of John Byrd the name Valendine stuck out because of Valentine >Choate connections with these Byrds in VA and TN. Though not of the Birds in >these wills, the name LARKIN Byrd in a recent post also stuck out because my >ggg grandfather Powhatan Choate, b. 1804 Robertson Co TN (probably) named one >of his sons Larkin. In Dade Co Missouri, one of his other sons and one of his >daughters married Byrds, including a HENRY Bird, children of John Byrd and >Nancy Couts of Robertson/Sumner cos....So I find the information below >interesting. > >I am curious if any of you know who these Birds in the wills are. The first >one is short, but the second one is an abstract said to take up three pages >in a will book. The entire will might be able to make a connection between >the two Birds or other families. I did not have time to follow up in any >other Rowan County abstract books, etc. > >My best and I hope this helps someone out there in any event. > >Janet Hunter > >Will of Thomas Bird, Rowan County, North Carolina >Will Book C, p. 325 >Date of Probate not available > >In the name of God Amen: I Thomas Bird of Rowan County and State of N. >Carolina being sick but thanks be to God of sound and perfect mind and >memory, do constitute this my last will & test: Imprimus, it is my will and >desire that all my just debts be paid, as spedely as may be consisting with >the state of my affairs. I will and bequeath unto my beloved wive ANN BIRD, >all my personal estate, real I have none -- during her life or widowhood & at >her death or intermarriage it is my will & desire, that it should all be sold >& equally divided between my four youngest children va my son Hansel my >daughter JAN, REBECCA, & SUSANNAH. I also will and bequeath unto my son >WILLIAM five shillings and my daughter ELIZABETH five shillings & to my >daughter MARY five shillings, & lastly I now constitute my beloved wife Ann >Bird my executor of this my last will & test: In witness whereof, I have >hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of January 1803. > > >John Plobley Thomas Bird (Seal) >Peter Lenes > >Will of JOHN Bird, Rowan County, North Carolina >Will Book F, pp. 8, 9, 10 (most wills in this book probated late 1790s, >early 1800s) >Will probated in ???? > >Testator: JOHN Bird >Place: State of N. Carolina in the County of Rowan >Date: 6th day of March AD 180?? > >Beneficiaries: wife, SUSANNA; son HENRY Bird - underage, son VALENDINE Bird; >son, JACOB Bird; son MICHAEL Bird; daughter MARY; daughter, ELIZABETH, son >JOHN Bird; daughter MILLIA; daughter, ROANNA; daughter CHRISTINA; daughter, >LATFIA (sp?) > >Executors: Frederick Miller, wife SUSANNA >Witnesses: James Gardiner; George Benniger > > >==== BIRD Mailing List ==== >If you wish to switch how you are getting your messages, you need to >unsubscribe from the current one and then subscribe to the new one. > > > >============================== >Share your family tree with loved ones through a FREE private website at >MyFamily.com! >Get started today at http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWText1