Russell -- Tony's mother was researching in Newton County, MS, and found a woman who is the great-granddaughter of Edward Graham Laird, who has all this documented, apparently. Obviously, I've asked Tony to see if he can get hold of the documentation, or at least the one document that links Archibald to Robert Jr. Thanks for the reminder about Spencers message... it certainly seems he was on to something at the time, but I just couldn't see it. More research is needed... -- Robert At 10:42 AM 3/6/00 -0600, you wrote: >Cousin Robert, > >First off, congratulations! I would really like to know what >Tony found to cement the connection of Archibald to >Robert Jr., as I think it's what several of us have suspected >since last summer when Spencer posted the following: >--- >Date forwarded: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:28:36 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Spencer Laird" <mlaird1@san.rr.com> >Date sent: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:28:12 -0700 >Subject: [LAIRD-L] For Discussion >To: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com >Forwarded by: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com >Send reply to: LAIRD-L@rootsweb.com > >Given the following information I would like to make a suggestion and I am >open to feedback > >Item #1 >Marriage Index: Clarke Co.,GA, 1754-1850 >Lard, Robert Jr. Spouse : Marten, Senthy Marriage date : Jul 13, 1815 > >Item #2 >M432, Roll 378, Newton County, Mississippi >25 September 1850, Thomas E. Evans, asst. Marshall. >Page 192A. No Twp Listed. >530 530 >Eli Laird, age 22, male, farmer, $200, Miss. >Synthia, age 50, female, Georgia. >Jane, age 20, female, Miss., attending school. >Elvira, age 16, female, Miss., attending school. >Emeline, age 14, female, Miss., attending school. >Viola, age 12, female, Miss., attending school. >John, age 18, male, Miss., attending school. >Sarah Martin, age 87, female, South Carolina. > >Also there are two Robert Lairds in Newton Co., MS in 1840. p14 and p.144 > >Conclusion >1. That Robert Lard Jr is the son of Rev War Robert Laird because he is in >Clarke Co., GA and Robert Laird's will list a son of the name Robert. > >2. The family in Newton Co., MS in 1850 is Roberts. He is either dead or >not at home. Eli is son and Synthia his wife. Sarah Martin is his >mother-in-law. Eli, Jane, Elvira, Viola and John are his children. > >3. With Eli age being 22 in 1850 and therefore born abt 1828 in MS. Robert >would have been gone from GA when his father Robert died and one of the >children listed as no longer in the State of GA. > > >Spencer > >---------- > >Taking Spencer's data and analysis into account, it follows >that your Arch could easily be the son of Robert, Jr., and >Senthy Martin. Arch's birthdate in March, 1816, fits pretty >darn well with Robert, Jr., and Senthy's marriage date of >July, 1815. > >Russell >(from the Lodowick->Robert->Samuel->Archibald E. line) > > To All: > > > > My g-g-grandfather, Archibald, settled in Newton County, > > Mississippi. Who his father was has been a major brick wall > > for me. But here is the new information I got from my > > 3rd cousin Tony Smith that links him to Lodowick, a Laird > > that many of you have links to. So this looks like I and > > Tony are related to those of you with Lodowick connections. > > > > Archibald and Malinda Graham's children: > > > > Robert Alexander Laird > > Emily Laird (married John Scott) > > Edward Graham Laird > > Susie Elizabeth Laird (this was new info, too, for me) > > Hiram Winfield Laird (my great-grandfather) > > Thomas J. Laird > > Franklin Palmer Laird > > George Andrew Laird (Tony's great-grandfather) > > Sarah F. Laird... > > (and a "new" discovery, the baby in the family) > > John Calhoun Laird > > > > (I've had others tell me about "J. C. Laird" but I didn't > > have any documentation on him (probably because he was > > born later than my documentation was created). So this > > confirms that information.) > > > > My Archibald Laird's father was Robert Laird Jr...his father -- Robert > > Laird Sr., who moved to Clarke County, Georgia after his stint in the > > military. He was with the South Carolina Patriots during the American > > Revolution and received a land grant in Georgia. > > > > His father: Lodowick Laird who migrated from Lancaster County, > > Pennsylvania in the mid to late 1700s. He's listed on the 1779 > > census records for South Carolina. Other records show he and wife > > Elizabeth bought land in the now-defunct Craven County, South > > Carolina in 1764. > > > > Archibald M. Laird who ended up in Rankin County, Mississippi, was my > > Archibald's uncle and a son of Lodowick. > > > > Archibald E. was son of Samuel, who also was Lodowick's son. And my > > Archibald was son of Robert Jr, Lodowick's grandson. > > > > So, now I need to go back and find all the emails and LFA Newsletters that > > talk about Lodowick/Robert Sr/Robert Jr and their relatives. > > > > I think my FamilyTreeMaker "fan" just got a WHOLE lot bigger. > > > > I would appreciate any further information from those of you out > > there that know details on Robert Jr, and a list of his children > > to see if my Archibald shows up (birth date is March 22, 1816 -- > > at least, that is what is on his headstone). > > > > -- Robert > > > > P.S. 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