This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Byrd Classification: Deed Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TgB.2ACE/982.2 Message Board Post: In the Obion County Deed Book 1-H, pg 574,575: Lucy Byrd Deed of Gift To Thomas J. Byrd for slaves - Registered the 27th day of Febuary A.D. 1849. This document also mentions Wm. Byrd & Jethro L. Byrd