This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5MZ.2ACEB/1064.1.1.1 Message Board Post: now this is from 1870 Madison county, Texas... Bird, Ezra 48 KY Jarina? 45 LA Abraham 22 LA William 15 LA John 14 LA Frances 12 LA Sarah 10 LA Barbara 8 LA Mary E. 18 LA Brewster, Hiram 17 LA Brewster, William 12, LA These are still there in 1880...John Bird, Frances Byrd, and Hiram Brewster........ i hear that Ezra Bird/Byrd married Jerina Goff in the 1840's........Very confusing....also this in 1860 Sabine Parish LA 708 BIRD Ezra 37 M Waggoner 200 300 Louisiana 708 Mariah 37 F Texas 708 Mary A. 15 F Louisiana 708 William 13 M Louisiana 708 John 11 M Louisiana 708 Ezra 9 M Louisiana 708 Martha 7 F Louisiana 708 Margaret 5 F Louisiana 708 James 3 M Louisiana I don't know who's the same in each census...or if a mistake happened somewhere my only connection is trying to find the father of my GGgrandfather who was a Byrd born in East Texas...father said to be from La...am looking at Abraham Bird/Byrd as possible (longshot) father.....all i know for sure is he died before 1880 census....