Who is your Beard family?Do you have any thing on the Beard familyt? Debra Maddox Wilson Greenback,Tn

Debra, This isn't my own family--just that of one of our new Turner DNA Members who descends from Allen Turner who married Melvina Beard. I think that she is probably the Melvina Beard in the household of Welcome Beard who is on the 1850 Census of Pontotoc Co. MS. I think he was the same one who was on the 1840 Census in Itawamba Co. MS. He was next door to a Richard Beard in 1850 Pontotoc Co. MS and there was also a Richard Beard in 1840 in Itawamba Co. MS. Both Welcome Beard (census sometimes was Bierd) and Richard were listed as born in TN. Welcome Beard was born about 1808-1809 (age 41 in 1850) and Richard was born about 1804 (age 46 in 1850). Beyond that, I haven't researched this line. There is a Rootsweb Family Tree which lists this Welcome Beard as a son of George Baird (b. c 1777). But, that same person posting the tree didn't list a son of George named Richard. Spouse for Welcome Beard is listed as Jane Gincey. In 1850, Welcome Beard's wife was named Jane. The RFT does list a daughter Melvina and other children which match those listed in the 1850 Census. Melvina was 20 years old on the 1850 Census. The tree lists nothing more on Melvina. The marriage record for her to Allen Turner in 1851 is recorded in marriage records of Pontotoc Co. MS. In 1900, she reported her birth as January 1831. Don't know if this helps you or not. Gail JWi4194718@aol.com wrote: >Who is your Beard family?Do you have any thing on the Beard familyt? > >Debra Maddox Wilson >Greenback,Tn > > > >