Person:John Byrd (33)

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John Byrd
b.Abt 1759 Augusta County, Virginia
d.11 Aug 1829 Fayette County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1755
  1. Abraham Bird1756 - 1820
  2. Margaret Bird1758 - Aft 1813
  3. Magdalene 'Molly' BirdAbt 1759 - Aft 1813
  4. John ByrdAbt 1759 - 1829
  5. Sarah Bird1762 - 1833
  6. Ingibord Bird1766 - 1842
  7. William Bird1768 - Abt 1838
  8. Mounce Bird1771 - 1827
Spouse and Children
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m. 19 Feb 1782
  1. John M. Byrd1787 - 1857
  2. Abraham ByrdBet 1787 & 1791 - Bet 1812 & 1819
  3. Rebecca Byrd
  4. Mary Ann Byrd1793 - 1818
  5. Sarah Byrd
  6. Child ByrdEst 1803 -
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Facts and Events
Name John Byrd
Alt Name John Moore Bird
Alt Name John Moore Byrd
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1759 Augusta County, Virginia
Alt Marriage Feb 1778 to Eleanor Hawkins
Marriage 19 Feb 1782 to Eleanor Hawkins
Death? 11 Aug 1829 Fayette County, Indiana
Alt Death? Abt 1830 Rush County, Indiana
Burial? Assumed on Home Farm, Unmarked

John Bird (Byrd) was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. X, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Byrd, John - entered service 1776 in Virginia; granted Pension abt. age 60 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1819; to Fayette County, Indiana, before 1823; died abt. 1830 leaving wife Elinor age 57 & 1 child at home; married 3/1780 who resided in Indiana in 1870; daughter married in Indiana; query letter in file states soldier's son Robert, born 5/22/1776 in Virginia, who married 1/22/1799 Rachel Allen, Barren County, Kentucky, & died in Oregon on 10/13/1855. R444.
References
  1.   Wikitree.com.

    John Bird was born about 1759 in Virginia according to DAR records.[1] (before 1766 according to the 1810 and a820 census.[2][3])

    He married Elinor.[1] Last name uncertain, listed as Frey or Hawkins in various online family trees but no direct source identified.

    The family moved to Kentucky, where son John M Bird was born.

    John Bird is listed on the 1791 tax list for Bourbon, Kentucky.[4]

    In the 1810 US census, John Bird was living in Stoner, Bourbon, Kentucky. His household included one male under 10, two males 16-25, one male 45 and over (himself, so born before 1766), one female under 10, one female 16-25, and one female 26-44.[2]

    In the 1820 US census, John Bird was living in Millersburg, Bourbon, Kentucky. His household included one male 16-18, one male 45 and over (himself, so born before 1776), one female 16-25 and one female 45 and over.[3]

    The family subsequently moved to Indiana. John died in 1829 in Fayette County, Indiana, United States

    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Byrd-94

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