I have some fun news. I am happy to report finding a solid prospect for the family and / or father of our George Birdwell (c1720-1781) of Virginia ! However, before going into the details I want to clearly state that it is NOT PROVEN yet that our George was even related to these new prospects. The folks we have here are very promising but we need to find some evidence linking them before we can add a new generation to our family tree. Still I believe most of you will agree this find provides our most likely lead on the origins of our common ancestor George Birdwell (c1720 to 1781). Records show a “George BIRDWELL” on the 1726 tax list in Kent Co., Delaware. This was not the same George who lived in Augusta & Botetourt Counties in Virginia. The records show this older “George BURDWELL” died in Kent Co, Delaware during 1750 ! Another Birdwell was also listed in early Kent Co., Delaware records. The tax levy for 1730 listed an “Alexander BIRDWELL”. Unfortunately this is the one and only record I’ve found so far for this Alexander. Upon finding this Delaware line, my first question was to confirm if the BIRDWELL surname was correct as opposed to one of the other similar names (Bedwell, Bidwell, Bardwell, Bridwell, ect ...). After looking at the Kent County records with his estate papers, a deed, and the tax rolls I am certain these men were named Birdwell and/or Burdwell. While it is not proof of a connection, note that these are the same two variants we find in the records for our George Birdwell (c1720-1781) of Virginia. A rather prominent BEDWELL family was also living in Kent County from about 1680 until well after the Revolution. Yet the Kent Co. records never spell George’s name as “Bedwell” while they consistently show members of that family spelled Bedwell. Some tax lists even listed George “Birdwell” on the same page as one of the Bedwells. Therefore, since the same tax collector was writing both names there is no reason to believe that George’s name was a spelling error for this Bedwell family. The single entry found for Alexander spelled his last name “BIRDWELL”. Then in the 17 records I’ve found naming George; his name was spelled “BIRDWELL” eight times, spelled “BURDWELL” seven times, and was spelled “BORDWELL” and “BIDWELL” once each. These two cases of Bordwell & Bidwell were from the tax levies which otherwise spell his name as Birdwell or occasionally as Burdwell. As far as I know, this is the earliest confirmed case of ANY Birdwell (or Burdwell) in America. As noted in the other email posting, there might have been a Mary Birdwell who married in Connecticut in 1671. However, I don’t believe anyone has looked at the actual Connecticut records to confirm if her name was in fact “Birdwell” and not Bidwell (which was rather common up there). I am still reviewing some of the microfilmed records. Yet thus far I have only found a son in law named “John Vicory” and the possible name for this George Birdwell’s daughter “Elisabeth”. The Kent Co, Delaware tax rolls prior to 1726 were not filmed so I can’t say just when this George Birdwell arrived there. Nor have I found out where they came from. Alexander & George Birdwell may have been immigrants from the British Isles or from another colony (perhaps even Connecticut). It is a familiar story, our new prospects have raised an entirely new set of questions. We have not yet found proof of a connection to our family. But it is exciting to find two Birdwell men who could theoretically be the father of our George Birdwell (c1720-1781). I am not convinced that either was his father. Yet considering how uncommon the BIRDWELL name is in the early records I have to believe that we have at least discovered some of our George Birdwell’s family. I will follow this with two other postings to provide a quick sketch on what is known about Alexander & George Birdwell of Delaware and why I feel there is a likely connection. More to come... Weldon J. Birdwell, in Montana

I checked these databases in ancestry.com and came up with the following 2 Birdwells. Connecticut Apprentices, 1637-1900 Connecticut Census, 1790 Connecticut Census, 1790-1890 Connecticut Death Index, 1949-96 Connecticut Marriages to 1800 Connecticut Pensioners, 1835 Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845 Connecticut Revolutionary War Military Lists, 1775-83 Connecticut Servicemen, Spanish American War Connecticut Soldiers, French & Indian War, 1755-62 1860 BIRDWELL JOSEPHINE Hartford County CT 030 Bristol Federal Population Schedule CT 1860 Federal Census Index CT36865708 1860 BIRDWELL WILLIAM D. Hartford County CT 126 Windsor Federal Population Schedule CT 1860 Federal Census Index CT36853600

Thank you Linda C. Baker, and again thank you Velma, for your recent postings regarding Birdwell families in early Connecticut records. While we Birdwell researchers descend from just about all of George Birdwell’s (c1721-1781) fourteen children, this is the one search which binds us all together. The search for the origins of our George of Virginia is our common goal. This 9-7-1671 marriage of Mary Birdwell to John DIX in Wethersfield, Conn. is very intriguing. Quite awhile back I saw mention of her in queries dated from 1917 and 1921. Whoever wrote those queries speculated that she might be a BIDWELL but they were unable to connect her to a given family in that area. Since this question was raised so long ago, I’ve wondered if someone might have positively identified her during the last 80 years. Perhaps there is a published lineage for either of these families in New England; DIX (her spouse) or HUNN (her son-in-law). What makes Connecticut so interesting is the possible presence of other Birdwell families in later records. From indexes and some website I’ve seen the following items put out there (are they accurate, or not ?); 2-23-1751 Abigail Birdwell, birth “of Hartford, CT” abt. 1772 Abigail Birdwell, marriage to Ashbel SPENCER 5-15-1787 John Burdwell, signed petition “of Simsbury, CT” The index for the 1790 Census for Connecticut also shows these three “Birdwell” families: John Birdwell, Simsbury Town, Hartford Co. Ozeas Birdwell, East Hartford Town, Hartford Co. Stephen Birdwell, Litchfield Town, Litchfield Co. So while it looks promising that there were some Birdwell families living up there during the 1700’s, I’m sorry to report that at least one of them wasn’t a Birdwell. The Stephen shown in Litchfield Co. was in fact a BIDWELL. I looked into him a little bit and even though there are other sites showing him and his kids as “Birdwell”, his grave and several of his children are in the “East Burying Ground” in Litchfield. The cemetery shows their graves are all marked as BIDWELL. A Bidwell researcher then confirmed via a query that this Litchfield family was definitely not a Birdwell family. So until one of us looks at the actual records in CT (or their microfilms) we can’t be sure what surname these Connecticut families had. Mary, Abigail, John, and Ozeas could be Birdwell, or they might be families with some other similar names (Bardwell, Bedwell, Bidwell, Bodwell, Birdsell, ect ...). I would like to think that they are some of ours. But this will have to be established with certainty before we’ll know. Are one of you looking for a fun genealogy challenge ? I believe that Connecticut has some pretty good surviving early records. Good Hunting, Weldon J. Birdwell, in Montana

Velma thanks for your latest efforts and posting your results. Chasing down any Birdwells in England is a brilliant idea. Perhaps that will provide our long lost key one of these days. Finding the link back to England or Europe will probably take all of our collective brain power and efforts. By the way, I have a new American lead I will post later this week but in light of these postings it would be most appropriate to review this other material first. It would be great fun if we could connect our line to the Henry Birdwell you noted. The IGI shows what appears to be four consecutive generations from his 1630 marriage to beyond 1700. If it happened to work out that our Birdwell line tied back to him we would have a huge jump on an English lineage. OK now folks don’t roll your eyes, there is no harm in wishful thinking. Of course there is no known link to Henry Birdwell’s family. Yet if it exists maybe we can find it. A gentleman in England saw a query I posted in 1998. He is not related to the Birdwell family but was kind enough to look up a few more Bedfordshire records on that Henry Birdwell family and email them to me. He did find some additional dates (primarily death records). So if there is interest, when I have some spare time I’ll put those together with the already known IGI records and post them to the Birdwell List. What his efforts do prove is that more records exist than have been put out on those IGI files ! So perhaps our proof is still waiting for us there. Velma, a couple of questions; Regarding the Benjamin Birdwell married in Nottinghamshire in 1728, I’ve known of his marriage record but I’d not seen any birth information on him before. However, I do note the birth year provided was after his marriage. Is that how the Ancestral file was shown, or was that a typo in the email ? Also, the statement “The family rep. at that time was ...” is that a reference to an LDS ancestral thing ? In other words, would those people who you wrote to in 1982 be descendents of the Birdwells in those records ? It would be nice to know if someone out there had actually traced back some line to those English folks. Again, Velma thanks for the renewal in interest in our possible English connection. Weldon J. Birdwell, in Montana

Hi--A few weeks ago I checked the name of Birdwell in England for addresses, etc. and came up with a Bruce Birdwell. I wrote, giving him my URL and asking for info. Turned out it is Bruce W Birdwell a M/Sgt in the US Army stationed over there & he answered saying that he had just had a company called A World Apart LTD give him info on his ancestory and he would mail it. I received it today FAMILY SURNAME ---BIRDWELL BIRDWELL - is a surname of English origin adopted from the locational name given to "Dweller at or near a spring or well frequented by birds". When surnames were becoming established in the 11th and 12th centuries, locational names were to be one of the main sources used for surname. A man would be known by the name of the place he lived in, or near and would adopt this as a surname. Not only town and village names appear in modern surname records but many local places names are also found. He goes on in the report telling about the place Birdwell in England and a description of Coat of Arms. It is 4 pages long. If anyone wants it I will be glad to slow mail it to them. He sent along a copy of page 7 from a book called "The First Settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. On the page is: Birdwell, II, 53 and another page numbered 5 telling about an Anthony Dix, Plymouth, as one of the first comers, 1623. Further down the page he has marked" John, Hartford, perhaps br. of Leonard, was requir. by ct. to m. Mary Birdwell, but was complain. of for beating her, 1676, was still there tax. 1683; sold his ho. and ld. 1686, and one of his ch. John d. 1692. Then there are 2 pages: one of a list of Soldiers of the American Civil War 1861-1865 ( 8 listed) and one page a Census of World War I, Civilian Draft with 10 names listed but several are repeats. I also checked through an old box that I had and in Oct.1982 I went to Morman Genealogy Library and copied down 2 names: Henry Birdwell born 1605 Cranfield Beds.Eng. married 6-17-1630 to Alice Odel (Woddel)born 1609 at Cranfield, Eng. listed in family records. Beds-2 Vol 27, p. 5-8,39 and 62-3 and listed 7 children born in the 1600's. The family repr. at the time was a Rozena Nelson Oaks, Mrs. LeRoy Oaks 2699 N 100 East, Ogden, Utah. I wrote her in 1982 but she never answered There was also a Benjamin Birdwell born 1763 in Gedling Notts, England, married 4-22-1728 to Sarah Key born 1707 at Gedling Notts, Engl. info waws on vol 10, p. 65, Gedling Notts 4. and was submitted by Evelyn Kershaw Jorgenson 176 N. Main #4, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Stella Richards. I also wrote to Ms Jorgenson in 1982 but she never answered either. So I guess we are still trying to find out who was the first Birdwell who came to US and when. Good hunting Velma PS--now you know I am a packrat when I save all these little tidbits.

Col. Allen Birdwell was named one of the top 20 wealthiest men in Henderson, TX when it was burned to the ground. Only 2 or 3 buildings were left. The Col. luckily did not put very much of his money in real estate. (Wasn't he lucky?) I visited the family home, the log cabin is really huge. It is just beautiful. People live there, still. You can't go inside. It sits in back of the old Jude Devereau plantation, and is on the road going into Rusk. Seems it had been wooded over, and when they took it off, there were the logs!!!. Let me gather together what I have on Allen. His sister is my g g grandmother, Lucinda Birdwell Vaught. Their father, John, lived there also. He was an overseer (over the slaves, I suppose, since Allen did have some. In fact one was named, Dinah.). Of course, I adore his son, John Calhoun Birdwell, because he was the one, who wrote 60 pages of personal letters from Camp Hope which was renamed Camp Nelson, when the Admiral Allison Nelson died the same month, Oct. 1862 as my g grandfather. His name was Oscar Bell and he was with John Calhoun Birdwell, enlisting with him in Douglas, out of Rusk, TX., as was John Calhoun's little brother, Billy (William). The 3 of them enlisted together, since Oscar was married to their cousin, Sarah Jane Vaught Bell Are you with me, so far? Lucinda Birdwell Vaught (Allen's sister) lived next door to Joel and Eliz Bell. Their children, Sarah Jane Vaught and Oscar F. Bell married. Those are my g grandparents. When the war came, Oscar and John Calhoun and Billy (William) joined together. They were sent to Camp Hope (Nelson) in Arkansas. It is near Cabot, AR. Oscar died there, after having his leg amputated. I have the letters that John Calhoun wrote, saying Oscar shot his finger off, that he was very ill, and should be sent home. That they were going to Helena (the forced march in the snow that was so terrible) and the letter when he came back from Helena saying that Oscar was dead. So you can see how I treasure Col. Allen's son, John Calhoun Birdwell, for writing those letters to his wife, Adaline. Now Billy was sick all along the way, going to AR when they enlisted. J. C. had to stay with him along the way, and finally go back and get him, etc. He was married to Victoria Polk. They had a little boy. In the letters, Lafayette Branch (son of Ash Branch) is mentioned several times. He was too young and they sent him back home again. When Billy died in the Chicago prison that he and John Calhoun were sent to (by trains) when they were captured at AR POST Billy died within a month in the prison. Anyway, Victoria married Lafayette Branch, later on. Isn't that a lovely thing to know? John Calhoun escaped (the story is he was befriended by a guard whom J.C. had helped at one time, fellow Masons) and joined his company again. He was one of the fortunate ones to get to come home after the war. He and his wife had a tannery in Etoile after the war. If you care to read the letters, you can obtain them, through the East Texas Research Center. They are in the Stephen F. Austin University, where, as I told you before, Alton Birdwell was the first president when it was a college. His portrain hangs in the University Center, there. There are 3 (I believe) letters from Adaline. I think she was embarrassed at her handwriting because she only wrote a few letters the whole time her husband was gone. They are full of news of back home, in Nacogdoches (Linn Flat). Hope you enjoy what I have written. My line is me, whose mother was Dooma Bell Rhodes, whose father was John B,. Bell, whose father was Oscar F. Bell, whose mother was Sarah Jane Vaught whose mother was Lucinda Birdwell Vaught, whose father was John Birdwell, the minister. (the family is well written in the Rusk Cnty History Center, that has pictures, including one of the Birdwell Log house.). Thank you, Lovey Rhodes Smitham.

Here are documents 1 - 10 out of 10 available: 1. (0.791) Handbook of Texas Online: BIRDWELL, ALTON WILLIAM of several professional associations. He was in great demand as a speaker and spoke in cities throughout the United States. Some 200 of his speeches are in the Birdwell Collection in the Stephen F. Austin State University Library. Birdwell married Margaret Shipe in 1915. He died on October 25, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. (0.782) Handbook of Texas Online: BIRDWELL, JOHN E. II 8, 1929, in Ralls, Texas, to John Lowry and Cordelia (Golden) Birdwell. He was named Joe Earnest, but he later changed his name to John E. Birdwell II. He attended grade school in Ralls and in Lubbock, where his family moved in 1939. He attended Lubbock High School and then -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. (0.633) Handbook of Texas Online: STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY Birdwell qv was elected president when the site was chosen, but with the entrance of the United States into World War I, qv the legislature, in October 1917, repealed the appropriation for the school. In April 1921 the -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. (0.522) Handbook of Texas Online: SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE Birdwell offered to sell 300 acres of his cattle ranch to the government for one dollar. Congress accepted. Later an additional 500 acres was added to the site. Construction of the base began on June 12, 1941, and was completed on October 17. The training facility was named Sheppard Field -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. (0.520) Handbook of Texas Online: BRIDWELL, JOSEPH STERLING Birdwell was married and had two daughters. He died may 9, 1966, in Wichita Falls. In 1972 the Archer County Historical Commission placed a historical marker for Bridwell in Bridwell Park, on U.S. highway 281 south of Windthorst. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cattleman , June 1966. Mary Basham Loggie, Joseph -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. (0.518) Handbook of Texas Online: NEWCOMB, SAMUEL PIERCE Birdwell Union . In 1859 he went to the frontier for his health. He was among those who helped in 1860 to organize Stephens County (then Buchanan County), where he served as the first county clerk and in 1861 surveyed Breckenridge town lots. Newcomb married Susan Emily Reynolds in 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. (0.518) Handbook of Texas Online: BEN FRANKLIN, TX Birdwells and Hogues, arrived in the area in 1835 and were among the first settlers. The first post office was established by Isaac B. Nelson in 1853 at his one-room cabin on the crossroads. The community, at that time in Lamar County, supported cotton gins, the Greenville Smith sawmill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. (0.469) Handbook of Texas Online: GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Birdwell of the Texas Employment Commission, operated without permanent staffing or funding and disbanded when Connally left office in early 1969. Their primary legacy was the preparation of a report on the status of women in Texas, based on research in such areas as education, home and community, employment practices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. (0.438) The Handbook of Texas Online -- Browse - B BEWLEY, ANTHONY BEWLEY, MURRAY PERCIVAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. (0.429) delta county Birdwell, Simmons, and Wilson families had established the little village of Ben Franklin. In 1840 the Congress of Texas formed Lamar County, which included present-day Delta County, from Red River County. In March 1846 the new state legislature organized Hopkins County, which absorbed the southern two-thirds of Delta http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/web_evaluate?query=Birdwell&dataset=tsha.dst

Hi. I wanted to tell you that if you go to Stephen F. Austin, in the University Center, there is a huge portrait of the first president of that (then College) and it is our Alton Birdwell. It is impressive. The portrait gallery is on the staircase landing. Sincerely. Sincerely, Lovey Rhodes Smitham (descensdant of Lucinda Birdwell Vaught and James McElder Vaught.

I don't remember whether this database has been mentined before on this list or not. Sorry if it's duplicatous. Search for "Birdwell" has 10 hits: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Hey Gang, Got a problem for you all to solve for me. Ancestry.com has got Civil War Pensions in their recent database. I've tried printing them out, but only get part of a page, and have tried downloading their imaging program, also to no avail. If anyone can figure it out and email me these images (there are 16 Birdwells listed), I will get them on Birdtracks as soon as I can. Please let me know on this one, so that I will know which direction to take from here. Thanks bunches Rose Rose Birdwell To subscribe or unsubscribe: <[email protected]> To send queries or answers: <[email protected]> Problems or opinions: <[email protected]> Birdtracks website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~birdtracks/

Weldon - one of these days, you/me/we/somebody (wink) should trace Waddy Thomson back .... I have two Waddy Thomsons' in my ANDERSON line - also connected to the MERIWETHERs (as in Meriwether Lewis) ... Waddy Jr (my 5th GGF) was a renowned character in the War of our Independence ... he was an aristocrat that was known to have taunted the British every chance he got ... Including, once he was cornered by the British while visiting the house of a friend for a toddy ,,,, he raised his glass to the British as they were closing in, saluting them, downed the drink, spurred his horse and off he went jumping a fence and into the woods ... There has to be some connection - who would name a son "Waddy" on purpose for no apparent reason other than kinship ??? Jerry Jerry R Anderson Anderson & Associates Recruiting For Financial Professionals www.members.home.net/j.r.anderson/

One mystery replaced with another ... The Patsy Birdwell who married Waddy Thompson on 2-5-1823 in Roane Co, TN was a daughter of Joshua Birdwell (11-4-1777 to July 1839), and granddaughter of George Birdwell (c1720-1781). Patsy’s mother is unknown. Patsy’s relationship to Joshua was proven in his estate papers which show “Wadda Thompson” received her share of Joshua’s estate. The marriage of Joshua Birdwell (1777-1839) to Mary JEANS (or some show JOANS) was recorded in Roane Co, TN on 8-18-1813. This later marriage is widely known and some have shown it as his only marriage. However Joshua’s earlier marriage to a wife whose name is not known is confirmed by the presence of Patsy as his daughter. Again Patsy married on 2-5-1823 and was certainly born well prior to Joshua’s 8-18-1813 marriage to Mary. Aggie Birdwell located Joshua’s estate papers filed in Blount Co, Tennessee. They also confirm he was dead before 8-5-1839 when the first of these papers were filed. Of course the mystery isn’t fully solved yet since Joshua’s estate papers also indicate there was at least one, or probably two, more unnamed children who were still alive in 1845 and living somewhere outside of Tennessee. In 1845 these unnamed children had not yet claimed their share of Joshua’s estate. Now my best guess is that one of them was the Abraham Birdwell (c1804, TN) who was listed on the 1850 census in Marshall Co, Alabama. However, THIS IS NOT PROVEN, it is just my guess. I would welcome any other ideas on Joshua’s first set of children, or the identity of his unknown wife. Weldon J. Birdwell, in Montana

Okay you Birdwell researchers here's a mystery to be solved: According to a Roane County TN marriage record: Waddy Thompson to Patsy Birdwell, Feb 5, 1823. Signed by Waddy Thompson and Thomas Cox. Who does Patsy belong to? Is this Waddy Thompson a minister plenipotentiary in Texas to Mexico in the days of Sam Houston. His sister became the wife of Dr.. Richard Harrison of Greenville, or Spartenburg, SC and who was the son of Major Richard Harrison of the revolutionary war. This was listed on page 460 of Ray's "Tennessee Cousins". I have a number of listings of marriage records of Birdwells in Knox Co, Washington Co, Blount Co. and Davidson Co, Tennessee if someone is looking for an official citation of them. Effie

Hey Gang, FYI, I've added new info to Birdtracks, sent to me by Effie. Very interesting reading material. You will be able to access it from the opening page, under "Articles of Interest". Take a look, and if you notice any typos, please let me know. I will be adding more in the next few days, so check back! And thank you, Effie, for all of this info. And please thank Aggie and Jane! Have a great day Rose Rose Birdwell To subscribe or unsubscribe: <[email protected]> To send queries or answers: <[email protected]> Problems or opinions: <[email protected]> Birdtracks website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~birdtracks/

BIRDWELL, Abraham B. 29 April 1871 Dove, Marion Co., Tennessee 31 May = > 1929 Coffeeville, Montgomery Co., Kansas DOBBS, Elzada Maldirene = > "Zada/Sarah" > BIRDWELL, Ada Anna 16 August 1875 Grays, Woodruff Co., Arkansas 03 = > October 1950 Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee WARNER, Samuel Eli > BIRDWELL, Anna Jane Abt. 1846 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Arthur B. 13 March 1915 Natural Dam, Crawford Co. Arkansas = > UNGER, Francis > BIRDWELL, Bertie Mae 05 September 1907 Daisy, Arkansas 27 December 1983 = > Duncan, Stephens Co., Oklahoma BAUCUM/BAWCUM, Roy Shilton > BIRDWELL, Bonnie October 1893 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Cansada/Kanzada J. 28 April 1868 Tennessee or Arkansas = > WILHITE, Edward B. > BIRDWELL, Clarence Boone Co., Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Cora Elizabeth Abt. 1898 Arkansas Abt. 1943 SMITH, Clarence = > Morris > BIRDWELL, David Hinson 05 August 1939 Griffithville, White Co., Arkansas = > AUNSPAUGH, Ruby Geraldine > BIRDWELL, Durward Frank "Sarge" 20 August 1920 Arkansas 29 May 1976 = > Porterville, Tulare Co., California 93257 Hillcrest Cemetery, Section = > K-1630-6, Porterville, Tulare Co., California WHITE, Earline Mae > BIRDWELL, Eddie Bass "Edd" 03 April 1896 Arkansas November 1972 = > Stilwell, Adair, Oklahoma 74960 GRIFFIN, Edna > BIRDWELL, Emity Safronia 03 April 1860 White Co., Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Eugene Allison 07 August 1877 Vilonia, Faulkner Co., Arkansas = > 07 September 1950 Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., Texas JUDY, Lelia Virginia > BIRDWELL, Frederick Leo 30 April 1904 Arkansas 10 May 1978 Frederick, = > Oklahoma FAUBION, Beatrice Lola > BIRDWELL, Genevra Casandra 19 October 1871 White Co., Arkansas 10 = > February 1929 Judsonia, White Co., Arkansas West Point, White Co., = > Arkansas CASTLE, John Everett Franklin > BIRDWELL, George Washington 22 September 1901 Arkansas 1988 Lubbock, = > Texas PHILLIPS, Selita > BIRDWELL, Idas L. January 1881 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, J. Abt. 1840 Arkansas Charity > BIRDWELL, James A. or M. or W. 03 May 1837 Arkansas 19 May 1895 Graham = > Cemetery, Graham, Young Co., Texas GIBSON, Elizabeth E. "Lizzie" > BIRDWELL, James A.M. Bef. 1874 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, James AndrewAnderson Unknown White Co., Arkansas CHANDLER, = > Mary Alice > BIRDWELL, John "Mancel" 11 October 1833 Arkansas 19 May 1895 Oldham Co., = > Texas MILLER, Caroline > BIRDWELL, John Brown 05 November 1858 Arkansas 14 February 1950 Los = > Angeles Co., California=20 > BIRDWELL, John F. 27 March 1909 Arkansas 09 October 1962 San Diego Co., = > California=20 > BIRDWELL, John H. 17 September 1907 Arkansas 22 September 1960 Merced = > Co., California Bethlehem-Brushy Creek Cemetery, nr Whelen Springs, = > Clark Co., Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, John W. Abt. 1858 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Lillie Lizzie Abt. 1878 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Lois Private St. Jo, Searcy Co., Arkansas BARNETT, John = > Donahue > BIRDWELL, Lulu Virgie Boone, Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Luvina F. 20 August 1858 Van Buren, Arkansas 15 June 1920=20 > BIRDWELL, Lydia Syrena "Liddie" 21 March 1860 Arkansas 27 September 1914 = > Lauderdale Co., Alabama McCARTNEY, William Patrick "Will" > BIRDWELL, Marion Abt. 1861 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Mary Belle Boone, Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Mary Ella 13 April 1874 Arkansas 20 January 1912=20 > BIRDWELL, Mary Frances 06 June 1862 White Co., Arkansas SCOTT, John = > Andrew > BIRDWELL, Maude L. January 1890 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Nannie/Nancy J. Abt. 1836 Siloam Springs, Benton Co., Arkansas = > HAND, Hiram > BIRDWELL, Oscar 1884 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Rebecca Tennpee "Becky" 12 December 1858 Carroll Co., = > Tennessee 19 May 1942 Whelen Springs, Arkansas HUGHES, William McCarrol > BIRDWELL, Robert Bruce Boone Co., Arkansas WILLIS, Orphea Delores > BIRDWELL, Robert Dillon "R.D." 18 April 1887 Compton, Newton Co., = > Arkansas 06 May 1975 Springfield, Baca Co., Colorado 81073 FARMER, = > Virginia > BIRDWELL, Samuel Abt. 1856 Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, Samuel Unknown White Co., Arkansas Will Index 1869-1889, Vol = > B, page 8-9=20 > BIRDWELL, Samuel Daniel "Sam" 21 March 1868 Kings Mill, Sharp Co., = > Arkansas 01 June 1952 Taney Co., Missouri McCarty Cemetery, Cedar Creek, = > Missouri HOLT, Grace Delilah > BIRDWELL, Sarah Elizabeth March 1871 Arkansas CAMPBELL, Pleasant "Plez" > BIRDWELL, Susan Victoryo 1866 White Co., Arkansas BENNETT, Pleasant > BIRDWELL, Thomas Levi 30 June 1868 Arkansas 10 June 1943 Contra Costa = > Co., California BIRDWELL, Mary C. (Mrs.) > BIRDWELL, Tom Bef. 1893 In Prison in 1893 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas=20 > BIRDWELL, William Arthur 16 March 1875 Wilonia, Faulkner Co., Arkansas = > 07 January 1944 Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California WEBB, Nettie B. Rose Birdwell To subscribe or unsubscribe: <[email protected]> To send queries or answers: <[email protected]> Problems or opinions: <[email protected]> Birdtracks website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~birdtracks/

Does anyone have any Birdwell's in Arkansas at any time? Peg

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 00:00:04 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone know who the Margaret Birdwell listed on the 1820 Jackson Co., Tn. census is? She is listed with 1 male 10-, 1 male 10+, 1 male 18-26, 1 female 10-, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45 ( I assume this female 26-45 is Margaret), # 411. I would appreciate any information since she is in same area as William. Thanks >Betty Betty - this Margaret is the "mystery woman Birdwell" .... She is probably Margaret McKaughan which is pronounced "McCoin" and was later changed to that surname in Jackson County - This is a long story and there was a web site that explained her existance etc ... http://www.genweb.net/~mckaughan/index1.htm Unfortunately, that web site is evidently not up anymore ... She was evidently married to a William Birdwell or a Joseph Birdwell (I don't recall) that none of us Jackson County researchers have positively identified. My theory is she is the mother of the Joseph Birdwell born 1803 and the George Washington Birdwell born about 1810 that we find in Jackson County census' during the mid 1800s ... Weldon and I have explored the possibility that she was the wife of the Birdwell that was hanged in Alabama in the early 1820s. I hate to throw wild stuff out there, but I've been out of pocket regarding genealogy for a few weeks and "how soon we forget" I'm very satisfied, this won't satisfy your question ... (wink) Jerry Jerry Jerry R Anderson Anderson & Associates Recruiting For Financial Professionals [email protected]

Does anyone know who the Margaret Birdwell listed on the 1820 Jackson Co., Tn. census is? She is listed with 1 male 10-, 1 male 10+, 1 male 18-26, 1 female 10-, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45 ( I assume this female 26-45 is Margaret), # 411. I would appreciate any information since she is in same area as William. Thanks Betty

Volume 2 page 54 Dix, Anthony, Plymouth, one of the first comers, 1623, in the Ann, took a sh. in the div. of ld. next yr. but not in the div. of cattle 1627, bec. he left the Col. and join. with Conant and other Mass. people; freem. 18 May 1631, was tak. by the irate Bull in 1632, but allow. easi. to escape, and in 1637 was of Charlestown or Salem, had w. Tabitha, wh. after his d. m. Nathaniel Pitman; and was lost by shipwr. of his 30 ton boat on Cape Cod 15 Dec. 1638, the same storm in wh. Dinely perish. at Bostn. This we learn from Danforth's Almanac. See Winth. I. 287, who spells the name Dick wh. Felt prefers to give as Dike, and both Dikes and Deekes are found in some rec. EDWARD, Watertown, came, prob. in the fleet with Winth. and was first of Boston, No. 49 among mem. of the ch. freem. 4 Mar. 1635, by w. Jane, whose fam. name was Wilkinson, had Abigail, b. 2 May 1637; Mary, 2 May 1639; John, 4 Sept. 1640; and Rebecca, 18 Feb. 1642; had sec. w. Susanna, wh. surv. him; was a selectman, and d. 9 July 1660. The s. were all m. viz. Abigail, 1 Dec. 1653, to Thomas Parks of Cambridge; Mary, 5 Feb. 1663, Abraham Brown, jr.; and Rebecca, 18 Feb. 1668, Thomas Flagg, jr. His will of 25 June 1660, makes s. John Excor. but the inv. was sworn to Dec. foll. by serg. John Wincoll, his guardn. Bond gives him ano. d. Deborah, without date of b. wh. m. Richard Barnes of Marlborough, he says, and disting. him from the Boston ch. mem. by remark. that he emb. at age of 19, on 16 Jan. 1635, and that Jane Wilkinson, aged 20 emb. at same time. So there must have been two of the name. But the mem. of Boston ch. and not the youth of 19 must have been that freem., and this Deborah must have been a wid. for she was mo. of Leonard of Wethersfield. JOHN, Taunton 1669. Baylies, II. 241. JOHN, Watertown, s. of Edward, m. 7 Jan. 1671, Eliz. d. of John Barnard, had Eliz. b. 4 Dec. 1671; John, 6 Mar. 1673; Mary, 27 Feb. 1675, d. next yr.; Abigail, 15 Mar. 1677; Rebecca, 1 Mar. 1679, d. soon; Deborah, 20 July 1680; Edward, 25 Sept. 1682; Joseph, 8 ept. 1686; and Jane, bapt. 13 Oct. 1689; and he d. 7 Nov. 1714, leav. wid. Eliz. JOHN, Hartford, perhaps br. of Leonard, was requir. by ct. to m. Mary Birdwell, but was complain. of for beating her, 1676, was still there tax. 1683; sold his ho. and ld. 1686, and one of his ch. John d. 1692. JOHN, Reading, s. of Ralph, freem. 1691. JOHN, Wethersfield, s. of Leonard of the same, had w. Rebecca, and perhaps ch. not ment. d. Nov. 1711, aged 50, and his wid. d. next mo. LEONARD, Wethersfield 1645, had w. Sarah, and d. 7 Dec. 1697, leav. John, Samuel, and three ds. He had been at Branford, and gr. of ld. there 1648; was b. prob. [p.54] 1624, and his will wh. names the ds. Mercy, Hannah, and Eliz. provid. for the wid. wh. d. 1709. RALPH, Ipswich 1647, fisherman, had w. Esther and ch. John, b. 12 Mar. 1659; Samuel, 28 Aug. 1661; rem. next yr. to Reading, had there Stephen, 18 June 1664; and Stephen, again, 14 Dec. 1672; freem. 1684, and d. 1688. Of his descend. are Rev. Samuel, H. C. 1758, and J. A. Dix, late U. S. senator from New York. RALPH, Malden, freem. 1685, had liv. at Reading yrs. bef. SAMUEL, from Norwich, Eng. had leave to emb. at Great Yarmouth 8 Apr. 1637, being aged 43 yrs. with w. Joane, 38; two ch. Priscilla, and Abigail; and two serv. William Storey, and Daniel Linsey, to come to Boston to inhabit, but I have not yet learn. where he sat down. WILLIAM, Hartford, perhaps br. of Leonard, a single man, d. Mar. 1676 or 7. Six of this name, in 1834, had been gr. at Harv.

From ancestry.com: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 8 page 287 [p.287] Mrs. Marie Josephine Birdwell Andrus. DAR ID Number: 7851 Born in Illinois. Wife of Capt. Edwin Proctor Andrus, U. S. A. Descendant of Capt. Lemuel Clift, of Connecticut. Daughter of John William Birdwell and Julia Moorehouse Clift, his wife. Granddaughter of Samuel Clift and Mary Conningham, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Lemuel Clift and Sarah Hall, his wife. Lemuel Clift, 1775, before he was of age, served as sergeant under his brother Waterman. He was at Long Island, Germantown, Valley Forge and Monmouth. In 1781 he commanded a company in which his brother Wills was major. He was an original member of the Cincinnati. Also Nos. 795, 3184. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 55 page 250 [p.250] Mrs. Gertrude Boughton Urquhart. DAR ID Number: 54578 Born in Cassville, Wis. Wife of Kenneth Urquhart. Descendant of Sergt. Alexander Ford. Daughter of Lester Hezekiah Boughton and Clara (Boughton), his wife. Granddaughter of Hezekiah Boughton and Antoinette Bonham, his wife (parents of Lester). Gr-granddaughter of James Bonham and Isabelle Ford, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Alexander Ford and - Birdwell, his wife. Alexander Ford (1754-1836) in 1777 served as private in Captain Young's company, Col. Joshua Stephenson's Maryland regiment, and in 1778 as sergeant in Capt. Harvey's company. He was born in Baltimore County, Md.; died in Missouri. The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 69 page 350 Miss Georgia Boughton. DAR ID Number: 68977 Born in Cassville, Wis. Descendant of Sergt. Alexander Ford. Daughter of Lester Hezekiah Boughton and Clara Baumgarten, his wife. Granddaughter of Hezekiah Boughton and Antonette Bonham, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of James Bonham and Isabella Ford, his wife. Gr-gr-granddaughter of Alexander Ford and - Birdwell, his wife. Alexander Ford (1754-1836) in 1777 served as private in Captain Young's company, Col. Joshua Stephenson's Maryland regiment, and in 1778 as sergeant in Captain Harvey's company. He was born in Baltimore County, Md.; died in Missouri. Also No. 54578.