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Amos Bird, Sr.
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m. 1722
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m. 1762
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[edit] Noteshttp://www.gencircles.com/users/statik/4/data/2405 Amos Byrd Sr. Birth: 1739 in Shenandoah County, Virginia Death: 5 Jun 1818 in Byrds Settlement, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Sex: M Father: Mother: Burial: Jun 1818 Penny/Byrd Farm, Byrd Township, Cape Giradeau County, Missouri
Sarah "Sally" Ruddell (Wife) b. 1741 in Augusta County, Virgin Marriage: 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia 25 Sep 2005 12:56 Children: Jesse Byrd b. About 1766 in Knox County, Tennessee Amos Byrd Jr. b. 1766 in Augusta County, Virginia Abraham Byrd b. 3 Dec 1772 Mary "Polly" Byrd b. About 1776 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Stephen Byrd b. 1778 in Watauga County, North Carolina John Thomas Byrd b. 1779 in Augusta County, Virginia Moses Byrd b. 1782 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Sarah "Sally" Byrd b. 2 Dec 1785 in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri Clara "Clarissa" Byrd b. 1 Jan 1790 in Cape Girardeau County, Missou
Individual: Amos Byrd, the progenitor of the family in Tennessee, was a pioneer resident of that state. He was a member of the Watauga settlement, arriving before 1772. His name is signed as a witness to a deed of conveyance from Jacob Brown to Richard Trevillian in that year according to "Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee" this was the first legal document of Tennessee history extant. Amos Byrd was a resident of Washington county and a member of the commission that divided the county from Green County. His record of patriotism appears on many pages in Tennessee history. He was a member of that memorable expedition against the Chickamauga Indians in 1779. He participated not only as a soldier, but furnished a large amount of supplies to outfit ithe expedition, because the State of North Carolina was not able financially at the time to equip soldiers. He was afterwards reimbursed to the amount of 262 lbs. or about $1399 for those supplies, which were furnished to Colonel Robertson's troops. He was a Justice of the Peace for many years. This was then an office of great importance in the community. He received pay for service as a soldier during the Revolutionary War. Many years later, he moved to Missouri with several of his children, because of fur trading and mining opportunities. |