This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Beard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SBC.2ACI/683 Message Board Post: John and Mary BEARD had a daughter b.26 Oct 1828 in Colchester, Fairfax, VA (death certificate). Their next child was b.5 Apr 1830 Prince William Co., VA, per his Civil War pension file. There were not many Beards in Fairfax or Prince William Counties and none of those 1830 censuses (including name variations) include a John or a household where John and his young family could be residing if with a Beard family. The John Beard family left Virginia some time prior to 1842 but have never been identified on a census before 1850. Are there any Beards listed in "Implied Marriages of Fairfax County, Virginia?" Thank you very much to anyone who might have the time to look for an entry in this source.