Thank you all -- or ya'll as we say in va. Interesting as my last Wilhoite (Sally/Sarah) married a Hembree and him and their sons all used Bird for their middle names.. I was told it was for a Bird on the Hembree side, now it seems it may be the Wilhoite side (or maybe both). Again, that you for your input -- though I was hoping someone had proven her line back to Adam and Eve....hahahaha Gail Ann Adams In a message dated 8/29/2010 9:20:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The SEATON, WILHOIT, BIRD/BYRD, and RYMAL families intermarried many times in Green County, TN. They are all related.

Hello Gail, Joel Bird HEMBREE, Jr., married Sarah "Sally" WILHOIT. The parents of Joel, Jr., were: Joel Bird HEMBREE, Sr., and Mary Hannah PETTIT The parents of Joel, Sr., were: James HEMBREE and Sarah BIRD Joel, Jr.; Joel, Sr., and James were from Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC, as were Mary Hannah PETTIT and Sarah BIRD. It seems that both the HEMBREE and BIRD families came originally from VA. I can find no connection between the SC BIRD families and the TN BIRD families, although there is probably a tie-in somewhere, especially since the BIRD families of TN often married into the same families as the HEMBREE families. Also, even though Joel, Jr., and Sarah WILHOIT had 9 children, I find only one with a middle name of BIRD, and that was Joel Bird HEMBREE, III. Are we speaking of the same Joel, Jr.? Joel's and Sarah's children were: Benjamin Franklin HEMBREE, b.1830, Roane Co., TN Julia Ann HEMBREE, b.1832, Roane Co., TN Andrew Jackson HEMBREE, b.23 Jul 1834, Roane Co., TN Sarah Alvira HEMBREE, b.1837, Roane Co., TN John HEMBREE, b.1839, Roane Co., TN William Jordan HEMBREE, b.13 Sep 1842, Roane Co., TN Thomas HEMBREE, b.1843, Roane Co., TN Joel Bird HEMBREE, III, b.20 Jun 1845, Roane Co., TN Hugh Lawson HEMBREE, b.16 Jun 1850, Roane Co., TN Sarge George W. Durman At 8/29/2010 09:27 PM Sunday, [email protected] wrote: *********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT********* >Thank you all -- or ya'll as we say in va. > >Interesting as my last Wilhoite (Sally/Sarah) married >a Hembree and him and their sons all used Bird for their >middle names.. I was told it was for a Bird on the Hembree >side, now it seems it may be the Wilhoite side (or maybe both). > >Again, that you for your input -- though I was hoping someone >had proven her line back to Adam and Eve....hahahaha > >Gail Ann Adams **********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********** My Germanna Database at Rootsweb: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=germanna My Germanna Website at Rootsweb: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/index.html