Wilma - I have the Byers Family Bible record with the whole bunch in there, Moses, Elizabeth, their children and marriages, etc. This was hand-written at the time of each occurence. DThomas ----- Original Message ----- From: WILMA J THOMPSON Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Moses Byers Let's try and get this piece of research right! ----- Subject: Moses Byers - Born 1790 NC > I am the great-great granddaughter of Moses and Elizabeth(Cook(e) Byers. W. > Joanne(Byers)Thompson. My son Gary Thompson and I have been researching the > Byers and Cook(e) families for more then ten years. Gary traveled to > Cookeville. Tn. and other locales in the south. NOT ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE > was found to support Moses's parentage! When we first started to research > we were told Moses was born in Caswell Co, NC too many records were > destroyed from that county and makes research difficult. Ever since the > bastard bond was found it has been NOTHING BUT SPECULATION! I have also > researched the Waston and Bumgarner(Bumgardner)families, finding and sending > for wills and etc.Nothing there that says Moses was in the Watson (Byers) > family! A lot of manual research needs to be done here such as going to > libraries and travel to sites of their origins. Gary and I have always > located three pieces of information to cross-reference our findings. I do > not want my descendants misled! There was a John Byers listed in the 1790 > Lincoln Co NC census.,more research needs to done on him also. FOR NOW THE > LINE STOPS WITH MOSES TILL ACUTAL PROOF BESIDES THE BOND IS FOUND. People > who are descendants of Moses and Elizabeth (Cook(e) Byers who are able to > travel to Cookville,Tn. will find history of their's in the Cookeville > library and graves. They were two fine old families to be very proud of. > W. Joanne(Byers)Thompson > ==== BYERS Mailing List ==== Please remember! If you would like your message to go to everyone on the list, make sure that [email protected] appears on your address line ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>
>From Ancestry.com Gene Pool section Name Birth Date Birth Place Death Date Death Place Marriage Date Marriage Place Spouse Father Mother Elizabeth Cooke 7 May 1795 Greenville, , SC , , , 12 October 1811 , , SC Moses Byers Robert Fielding Cooke Susannah Watson Elias Harrison Byers 1815 , , TN , , , , , Elizabeth Kinnard Moses Byers Elizabeth Cooke Don Byers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deanna Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 4:25 PM Subject: Re: Moses Byers > Wilma - I have the Byers Family Bible record with the whole bunch in there, Moses, Elizabeth, their children and marriages, etc. This was hand-written at the time of each occurence. DThomas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: WILMA J THOMPSON > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 3:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Moses Byers > > > Let's try and get this piece of research right! > ----- > Subject: Moses Byers - Born 1790 NC > > > I am the great-great granddaughter of Moses and Elizabeth(Cook(e) Byers. > W. > > Joanne(Byers)Thompson. My son Gary Thompson and I have been researching > the > > Byers and Cook(e) families for more then ten years. Gary traveled to > > Cookeville. Tn. and other locales in the south. NOT ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE > > was found to support Moses's parentage! When we first started to research > > we were told Moses was born in Caswell Co, NC too many records were > > destroyed from that county and makes research difficult. Ever since the > > bastard bond was found it has been NOTHING BUT SPECULATION! I have also > > researched the Waston and Bumgarner(Bumgardner)families, finding and > sending > > for wills and etc.Nothing there that says Moses was in the Watson (Byers) > > family! A lot of manual research needs to be done here such as going to > > libraries and travel to sites of their origins. Gary and I have always > > located three pieces of information to cross-reference our findings. I do > > not want my descendants misled! There was a John Byers listed in the 1790 > > Lincoln Co NC census.,more research needs to done on him also. FOR NOW THE > > LINE STOPS WITH MOSES TILL ACUTAL PROOF BESIDES THE BOND IS FOUND. People > > who are descendants of Moses and Elizabeth (Cook(e) Byers who are able to > > travel to Cookville,Tn. will find history of their's in the Cookeville > > library and graves. They were two fine old families to be very proud of. > > W. Joanne(Byers)Thompson > > > > > > ==== BYERS Mailing List ==== > Please remember! > If you would like your message to go to everyone on the list, > make sure that [email protected] appears on your address line > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> > > > ==== BYERS Mailing List ==== > If you have any questions pertaining to how this list is run, > please contact the listowner at: [email protected] > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/ >