This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bird Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/4290 Message Board Post: This query goes back to when this was the Free State of Franklin. Jonathan Bird was said to be born here, in either 1777 or 1783. I would like to find out who his parents were. I have found the names of three possibilities: Amos Bird a magistrate in the first group of settlers, John Bird, Joseph Bird. All three were listed in the first county tax list for Greene County. I obtained this information from "The Overmountain Men" by Pat Alderman. Jonathan Bird married Margaret Brandon in NC, and moved to Alabama. He died in Titus Co. Texas 1850. I hope someone may have this information. Thank you, Donna