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     Daniel F. Wadsworth was born on 15 Aug 1827 at Georgia. He married Matilda D. Bird, daughter of Hiram Bird and Temperance "Tempy" A. Wheeles, on 11 Jan 1853 at Meriwether Co, Georgia. Daniel F. Wadsworth married Cornelia A. Bozeman on 1 Oct 1874 at Chambers Co, Alabama. Daniel F. Wadsworth died on 31 May 1895 at Alabama at age 67. He was buried at Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph Co, Alabama.

      By 1860 Matilda Bird and Daniel Wadsworth were living in St. Cloud, Heard Co, GA on the Alabama border where Daniel was a shoemaker with 100 in real estate and 10,000 in personal estate.

By 1870 the family was living in Oak Bowery, Chambers Co, AL where they were shown as the Wodsworths, and Daniel was a farmer with 1300 in real estate and 500 in personal estate.

By 1880 Daniel was working as a boot maker and had remarried to Cornelia; they were listed as the Wallworth family, living in Roanoke, Randolph Co, AL with his children.

     Robert D. Bird was born in 1832. He was the son of Hiram Bird and Temperance "Tempy" A. Wheeles. Robert D. Bird married Caroline Gates on 2 May 1854 at Meriwether Co, Georgia. Robert D. Bird married Catharine Duncan on 28 Dec 1858 at Coweta Co, Georgia.

      Robert D. Bird age 28 was shown as Berbert C. Bird living with his second wife Catharine and their first two children in 1860 at Coweta Co, GA, where they had married. By 1870 the family, shown as Robert P. Bird and Cathrine, had expanded and he was farming in Talladega Co, AL. In 1880 they were in Sulphur Springs, Calhoun Co, AL where Robert was farming. Living next door was Luther Bird age 20 born in Georgia, who would be the correct age to be Robert's son Edward, and his family. The Robert Bird family was easily tracked as they moved from place to place by the names of their children.

A Robert D. Bird was #582 on the list of Calhoun Co, AL pension warrants awarded for $4,092 to maimed soldiers in Jacksonville, AL on 1 Nov 1895. A L. E. [Luiyer E.?] Bird born Feb 1846 in Georgia, who was known as Liza Bice when she married a Robert D. Bird on 7 Dec 1884 in St. Clair, AL, applied for a widow's pension in Oxford, AL on 25 Apr 1898; it is unknown if she was a third wife of our Robert D. Bird.

     Caroline Gates was born c 1836 at Georgia. She married Robert D. Bird, son of Hiram Bird and Temperance "Tempy" A. Wheeles, on 2 May 1854 at Meriwether Co, Georgia. Caroline Gates died c 1855.

     John H. Bird was born in 1834. He was the son of Hiram Bird and Temperance "Tempy" A. Wheeles.

     Mary (Unknown) was born a 1712. She married Joseph Wheeless I, son of Unknown Wheeless, a 1732.

     Unknown Bird / Byrd was born a 1760.

      There is a possiblility Peter Bird is Hiram Bird's father because: the Peter Bird and Hardy Wheless families were living in District 11, Halifax Co, NC in 1786 and in 1790; Hardy's daughter Tempie Wheless married Hiram Bird in 1813; and the Bird and Wheless families moved to Hillsborough, Wake Co, NC where they were living in 1800 -- after which Peter no longer appears on the census. However Peter Bird senior's will did not note Hiram as a son, so Peter is not likely Hiram's father.

A different Peter Bird was noted as marrying Minerva Manly in Halifax Co, NC sometime about 1741 on but no date is given so it is impossible to ascertain if this could be the same man or his relative.

On 9 Feb 1786 Peter was enumerated with 1 white male age 21-60, 2 white males under 21 or above 60 (one could be Hiram Bird), 3 white females, 3 blacks including 2 blacks under 12 or over 60.

By 1790 Peter was noted as living in Halifax Co, NC near Allin Bird, who had a family totalling 7. In addition to his wife he was living with 1 male under 16 (one could be Hiram Bird) and 2 females in addition to another "free person" and 3 slaves, for a total of 9 people; this is likely the same Peter Bird because of the continuity of the slaves in the household. By 1800 Peter was living in Wake Co, NC with 5 free people and 1 slave for a total of 6 in the household. Peter has consistently had only 3-4 children in his home indicating his was a relatively small family with only 2 sons to carry on the Bird name.

Descendants of the Dollar family believe Hiram's father was Thomas Bird b 6 May 1766 in Anson Co, NC (more data online on his parents) and died 12 Jun 1839 in Hall Co, GA and his mother Judith May 1 Jan 1769 Anson Co, NC to 1 Jan 1854 in Alpharetta, Fulton Co, GA.


other Research notes:

http://www.roots2buds.net/getperson.php?personID=I1380&tree=NestorRichTree


22 Oct 1772 Halifax Co, NC
270-(94) WILLIAM BIRD and RACHEL his wife of Edgecombe Co. to PETER BIRD of same. 22 Oct 1772. 30 pounds proclamation money. 100 acres which had been patented by JOHN SPIER 17 Feb 1737, joining Short Swamp. WILLIAM BIRD(x), RACHEL BIRD(x). Wit: ISHAM PITMAN, MICAJAH RAWLS, PENNELOPE BIRD. May Ct 1774


Peter Bird witnessed the 7 Jul 1782 will of John Rorie senior in Halifax Co, NC.


Peter Bird Will 20 Feb 1784 Halifax Co, NC (no mention of Hiram)
"wife CHARITY BIRD land and plantation whereon I now live etc. and at her Death or marriage the same to go to my son PETER BIRD son ALLEN BIRD land and plantation on Beech swamp etc. daughters MARY BIRD and NANCY BIRD negroes etc. grandaughter PENELLOPY JONES bed etc.
Wit: JOHN BASS, JOSIAH VICK
Extrs: JOHN WHITAKER, WILLIAM NOBLEN, JESSE HAYNIE"
Probated Nov 1784, Halifax Co, NC


Wife: Charity McCullers on the 1790 Halifax Co, NC census

Father: James Bird b bef 1695 Virginia; d bef 1746, Edgecombe Co, NC;

Mother: Ann


http://www.roots2buds.net/getperson.php?personID=I1378&tree=NestorRichTree

Peter Bird junior married Penelope Coffield and had James, Mary/Polly, Nancy who married Henry Collier, Irvin

sold in 1793 177 acres to john whitaker for $1,000 in Halifax Co
Of the total land, 155 acres had been willed to sd. PETER BIRD by PETER BIRD dec'd, and 22 of which sd. PETER BIRD had acquired from ELIJAH PITMAN 17 Mar 1790 and had been part of land patented by JOHN SPEIR 17 Feb 1737 on north side of Fishing Creek, joining sd JOHN WHITAKER, sd PETER BIRD, WILLIAM NOBLIN, ROBERT BARROW. PETER BIRD Wit: WILSON W. CARTER, SAMUEL FOREMAN. Feb. Ct 1794. CC L. Long 1281-(615)

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/states/topics/nc/10521/

I'm descended from BIRDS who were in Halifax Co. NC by late 18th c.Believe line to be Allen Bird m. Mary Jane Brantly; they had at least 4 children including son John Bird; Allen moved family c. 1798 to Hancock Co., GA. and my "for-sure" Bird ancestor, Nancy Bird b. c. 1804/5 per census records, wed Stephen Hiram Rowe in Hancock Co. in 1824.I believe Nancy Bird was a dtr of John Bird; I believe further that she had a first cousin, Gressom (or Gresham) Cofield Bird, and that some, many even of the Birds who were in Hancock Co., GA c. 1820s were by 1860s in Jackson Co., FL (that's a panhandle country bordering GA).

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bird/3983/
1825 – Putnam County Sup Ct (old book at courthouse) – To the honorable Augustus B. Longstreet judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit holding jurisdiction in chancery – Humbly complaining unto your Honor your orator John L. Selman in right of his wife Sophia Selman formerly Sophia Bird coheir and distributee of the estate of Price Bird late of said County dec’d showeth that on or about the _ day in the the year _ (these were left blank) the said Price Bird departed this life intestate leaving your orator John L. Selman in right ofhis wife Sophia, Warner Lewis in right of his wife Polly, formerly Polly Bird, Rushin Lane in right of his wife Phebe, formerly Phebe Bird,John Heath in right of his wife America, formerly America Bird, and Maria Bird, Pue Bird, William Bird and Susannah Bird, the widow of said Price, all coheirs and distributes of the said estate.
(Note – this goes on for several pages – hard to get the full pages with the copier they had at the courthouse and book was very fragile).

     Elizabeth Sturdivent was born a 1720. She married Benjamin Wheeless, son of Unknown Wheeless, a 1740.

     William Mason was born c 1685 at Accomack Co, Virginia. He married Eleanor "Ellen" Satchell, daughter of William Satchell and Anne "Nan" (Unknown), c 1708. William Mason died in Nov 1759. His estate was probated on 28 Nov 1759 at Accomack Co, Virginia.

      William Mason and Eleanor Satchell's children included:

Middleton Mason b. c 1710, d. c 1780
William Mason b. c 1712, d. 1774
John Mason b. c 1714, d. c 1778
Bennett Mason b. c 1716, d. Mar 1768
Ann Mason b. c 1718
Zorobable Mason b. c 1720, d. 1748
Hannah Mason b. c 1722
Susannah Mason b. c 1724
Eleanor Mason b. c 1726
Ede Mason b. c 1728, d. Nov 1748


Moody Miles sources:

[S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 38 (will of Thomas Middleton) and p. 195 (will of William Mason Sr).

     Alice (Unknown) was born a 1718. She married Revell Custis I, son of CPT Henry Custis (of Ravenswood) and Rachel Revell, a 1738.

     Anne (Unknown) was born a 1530. She married George Lording I c 1550.

     Ralph "Rodolph" Mercer was born c 1585. He married Hannah Smith, daughter of Rev Edmund Smith I and Alice Barry, c 1610. Ralph "Rodolph" Mercer died in 1613. He was buried at Church of Saint Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

     Elizabeth (Unknown) was born c 1575. She married Robert Mewe c 1600. Elizabeth (Unknown) died a Mar 1668.

     John Bowdoin II was born a 1708. He was the son of John Bowdoin I and Susannah (Unknown). John Bowdoin II died b 1732.

     Thomas Mifflin Smith was born on 22 Aug 1808 at Tinicum, Chester Co, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Rep. Thomas Smith Esq. and Maria Mifflin. Thomas Mifflin Smith married Elizabeth Coultas Leiper, daughter of Hon. George Gray Leiper and Eliza Snowden Thomas, on 12 Dec 1843. Thomas Mifflin Smith died on 30 Aug 1857 at age 49.

     Nathaniel Bell II was born a 1734. He married Susanna (Unknown) a 1759.

     Susanna (Unknown) was born a 1739. She married Nathaniel Bell II a 1759.

     Anne Belle Satchell was born on 5 Apr 1792 at Accomack Co, Virginia. She was the daughter of Christopher Satchell and Anne "Nancy" Bell. Anne Belle Satchell married Thomas R. Joynes I, son of LTC Levin Joynes I and Ann "Nancy" Smith, on 2 Apr 1812 at Accomack Co, Virginia. Anne Belle Satchell died on 6 Sep 1862 at Accomack Co, Virginia, at age 70. She was buried in 1862 at 'Bowman's Folly', Joynes Neck, Accomack Co, Virginia.

     Southy Stewart Satchell was born c 1776 at Northampton Co, Virginia. He was the son of William Satchell I and Mary Stockley. Southy Stewart Satchell died in 1796 at Northampton Co, Virginia. His estate was probated on 13 Apr 1796 at Northampton Co, Virginia.

     John Simpkins was born c 1780 at Northampton Co, Virginia. He married Sarah "Sally" Satchell, daughter of William Satchell I and Mary Stockley, on 20 Dec 1808 at Northampton Co, Virginia.

     Levin S. Joynes II was born c 1792 at Accomack Co, Virginia. He was the son of LTC Levin Joynes I and Ann "Nancy" Smith. Levin S. Joynes II married Mary "Maria" Stringer Gunn? Satchell, daughter of William Satchell II and Elizabeth B. Stringer, on 29 Jan 1824 at Northampton Co, Virginia. Levin S. Joynes II died c 1845 at Accomack Co, Virginia. His estate was probated on 26 May 1845 at Accomack Co, Virginia.

      LTC Levin S. Joynes I was quite well to do as is shown by his will: 1 Aug 1826 at Accomack Co, VA. To my wife Mary, alias Maria, the whole of my estate & at her death or marriage I give her ½ of my estate, except the land I bought of the Extrs. of William Seymour dec'd & my houses & lots in Onancock Town. Also to her my ½ of the lands formerly belonging to her father William Satchell dec'd of Northampton County, which she has deeded to me. Should my mother-in-law E. B. Satchell survive my wife I leave her during her life 4 of her choice of my slaves & should she prefer living in Accomack, I leave her also during her life the land I bought of the Extrs. of William Seymour dec'd & my houses & lots in Onancock Town. I do not wish the land & slaves I obtained by my wife from the estate of her former husband Edward Baptist dec'd, to be considered as a part of my estate, but the whole to return to her. To Harriet, the wife of Walter D. Bayne Esq., my Negro girl Jenny that I bought of John Fosque. To Levin J. T. R. Joynes my Negro boy Henry that I bought of John Fosque. To Susan Stith Satchell my Negro woman Phoebe & her children Susanna, Nicholas & Jane. To Mary S. Joynes my Negro woman Patience & her increase & my boy George. To Levin S. Joynes, the son of Thomas R. Joynes, my houses & lots in Onancock & the lands I bought of William Seymour's Extrs. & my Negro boy Robert. To Louisa A. Joynes my Negro girl Ellen & her increase. To Charlotte Bell Satchell Joynes, the daughter of Thomas R. Joynes, my Negro boys Douglas & Custis. To nephew William Thomas Joynes my Negro boy Isaac. The land I bought of Polly Bird & the land I bought of Thomas Scott to be sold. Should it be necessary for the payment of my debts, I leave all my real estate to be sold except the lands I obtained by my wife in Northampton. Balance to my 2 sisters Ann S. Joynes & Sarah C. Chase or the survivor of them ... None of my slaves should be sold for the purpose of division & if it necessary for the payment of my debts, my Extrs. will get them good homes within the county & in no case should they be exposed to public sale, even if they sell below their value, unless my creditors should be likely to suffer by it, in which case I do not consider that I have a right to impose any conditions. My clothes as my wife may not wish to keep to be divided by her amongst such part of my male slaves as she may think most deserving of them & that each of my women Chloe, Phoebe, Patience & Ellen, also Mrs. Satchell's woman Letty should each have a black Bombazette dress of good quality. Brother Thomas R. Joynes & friend Dr. Southey S. Satchell Extrs. & that they not be required to give security on their administration bond. Witt: Walter D. Bayne, William E. Wise & George Scarburgh.

     William Joynes was born c 1725 at Accomack Co, Virginia. He married (1st wife of Levin Joynes) (Unknown) a 1752. William Joynes married Margaret Mears on 2 Dec 1774 at Accomack Co, Virginia. William Joynes died in Feb 1775. His estate was probated on 28 Feb 1775 at Accomack Co, Virginia.

     Margaret Mears was born c 1750 at Accomack Co, Virginia. She married William Joynes on 2 Dec 1774 at Accomack Co, Virginia. Margaret Mears died in Jan 1791 at Accomack Co, Virginia. Her estate was probated on 25 Jan 1791 at Accomack Co, Virginia.

     Edward Baptist was born c 1790 at York Co, Virginia. He married Mary "Maria" Stringer Gunn? Satchell, daughter of William Satchell II and Elizabeth B. Stringer, on 14 Mar 1820 at Northampton Co, Virginia. Edward Baptist died c 1821. His estate was probated on 12 Nov 1821 at Northampton Co, Virginia.

     Dr Levin S. Joynes was born c 1819 at Accomack Co, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas R. Joynes I and Anne Belle Satchell.

      Dr. Levin S. Joynes was a physician who did not do well economically. In the 1850 census Levin was listed with another family at St. George Parish, Accomack Co, VA. He was shown as Levin S. Joynes, a 31 year old physican in household #1114 headed by Wm. H. Parker, a 41 year old hotel keeper at the Accomack Court House Hotel.


Levin's father Thomas died in 1858 leaving Levin his plantation Mount Prospect with a $5000 levy due 7 years after Thomas' death and one slave. Thomas also released Levin's debts on the condition he make no charges on the estate for medical accounts.

     Adelaide Leiper Martin was born in 1883. She was the daughter of George Fox Martin and Helen Patterson Holmes. Adelaide Leiper Martin married Robert Bennett Bean a 1903.

     Robert Bennett Bean was born in 1874. He married Adelaide Leiper Martin, daughter of George Fox Martin and Helen Patterson Holmes, a 1903.

     Helen Patterson Martin was born a 1880. She was the daughter of George Fox Martin and Helen Patterson Holmes. Helen Patterson Martin married Robert Forsyth Livingston a 1900. Helen Patterson Martin died in 1950.