I have already corresponded privately with Terry and Mary Anna but just in case there is anyone else on this list interested in the tombstones of the Byrds, while John Kirk Byrd and Elvira C. Moore Byrd do indeed have tombstones in Shiloh Cemetery, Elvira also has one in a small cemetery on or near the property where the Byrds used to live, and the William Moore family before them and George Stanford after them. While I'm not certain what Dr. Evans was making reference to as far as where this tombstone was, he did make a mistake in saying the tombstone was for John Kirk Byrd because he had Elvira Byrd's birth and death dates, which is what was on the tombstone, rather than that of John's. There are indeed two different tombstones for Elvira Caroline Moore Byrd, one in the Shiloh Cemetery and the other somewhere either on or near the property in Splunge where they lived. I was thinking it was the George Stanford Cemetery but the picture Terry sent me of that cemetery shows it to be larger than the one I remember and the tombstone he pointed out that was illegible, is not the one I'm talking about. There was a long driveway leading to a house back in the woods (with lots of dogs :-) ) that is there next to the cemetery in question or very close by. The people at the house called it the Stanford Cemetery, but I'm not sure, now, what the name of it is, just that Elvira Byrd has a tombstone in the cemetery. If anyone has any idea which cemetery I'm talking about, with my very vague directions, please let us know. Glenda, There is a problem with the Evans' 1938 transcription of Thompson/George Stanford Cemetery, pages 109 - 110 of MONORE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY RECORDS. In May 1938, Dr. Evans, assisted by Horace Baker and Frank Crawford inventoried the George Stanford Cemetery. They must have also inventoried the Shiloh Cemetery which is located nearby beccause their list of Stanford Cemetery contains 9 names from Shiloh Cemetery and only 14 names from Stanford Cemetery. It is my opinion that the lists of two cemeteries which Dr. Evans and his crew inventoried in 1938 got mixed up and combined when the manuscript was being typed --- and that the mistake haunts us decades later. I cannot find Shiloh Cemetery in their index of cemeteries. If you have access to the Evans inventory as reprinted in 1980, the last two names listed as Stanford Cemetery at the bottom of page 109 is the beginning of the Shiloh Cemetery burials which continues on the top of page 110. The only reference on either page to BIRD is "Bird, John K. Born -- 26 Sept. 1831, Died -- 21 Sept. 1905" on page 110. No other notation or reference to Bird burials is made by Evans on either page. You may also wish to consult the inventory of Shiloh Cemetery done by Patricia Horne. She found both of your Byrds when she was there in 2006. Her inventory is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msmonro2/cems/shiloh.html I did an inventory based upon photographs of the grave markers at both Shiloh and Thompson/Stanford in 2009. No Bird/Byrd burials were found at Thompson/Stanford; two Byrd burials were noted at Shiloh. That inventory with links to the photographs is from March 20, 2009 and was published in article # 80 of Cemeteries of the Hill Country http://cemeterieshillcountry.blogspot.com/2009/08/cemeteries-of-hill-country -cd-ordering.html). It is my opinon that both Mr and Mrs Byrd are buried at Shiloh Cemetery --- both their large markers are located there. But can't these old records confuse us completely? Hope this helps. And my offer still stands --- next time you are in Monroe County let me know in advance and I'll make arrangement to take you to Shiloh Cemetery where John K Byrd and his wife's grave markers are located. Terry Thornton Fulton, Mississippi