My GGGrandfather was Joab Byars, b 11Aug1807, Spartanburg, SC, d December 1884, Calhoun Couty, Mississippi, m Henrietta Arnold; Joab Byars (13th of 13 children) was the youngest child of William Byars, b ca 1755-60, Virginia, d ca 1819, Spartanburg, SC and Elizabeth Bedford, b 1763, Pennsylvania, d 1847, Calhoun County, Mississippi. My line from Joab Byars, is GGrandfather William C. Butterfield Byars, b 17 Jan 1834, Spartanburg, SC, d 20 July 1926, Calhoun County, Mississippi; Grandfather, William Randolph Byars, b 29Oct1858, Calhoun County, Missisisppi, d 26 April 1940, Calhoun County, Mississippi; father Shed Hill Byars, b 1 October 1903, Calhoun County, Mississippi, d 25 December 1983, Calhoun County, Mississippi. My email is rrbyars@aol.com.