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Bryant Byrd 1824–1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1824

Birth Location: North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1842

Death Location: North Carolina, USA

Father: Braxton Sr

Mother: Jean Wood

Spouse(s): Sidney Johnson, Elizabeth Higgins

Children(s): Braxton Byrd, George Higgins, Ida Byrd, Margret Higgins, Phoebe Roop, William Byra, Nancy Byra, John Byrd, Alice Byrd, Susan Higgins, George Byrd, Charley Byrd, John Byrd, Miry Bird

Bryant Byrd was born in 1824 in North Carolina, USA, the child of Braxton Bryant Byrd Sr And Jean Wood. Bryant Byrd married Elizabeth Lizzie Higgins, Sidney Johnson, and had children including Alice E Byrd, Braxton Byrd, Charley P Byrd, George W Higgins, George Washington Byrd, Ida Byrd, John Q Byrd, John Q Byrd, Margret E Higgins, Miry J Bird, Nancy L Byra, Phoebe Roop, Susan Higgins, William H Byra. Bryant Byrd passed away in 1842 in North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Bryant Byrd was born in 1824 in North Carolina, USA, the child of Braxton Bryant Byrd Sr And Jean Wood.
  • Bryant Byrd married Elizabeth Lizzie Higgins, Sidney Johnson, and had children including Alice E Byrd, Braxton Byrd, Charley P Byrd, George W Higgins, George Washington Byrd, Ida Byrd, John Q Byrd, John Q Byrd, Margret E Higgins, Miry J Bird, Nancy L Byra, Phoebe Roop, Susan Higgins, William H Byra.
  • Bryant Byrd passed away in 1842 in North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Braxton Sr
1787–1850
Birth Location: Canada
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Jean Wood
1789–1860
Birth Location: Virginia
JW

Spouses(s)

Sidney Johnson
1832–1923
Birth Location: Wilkes Co., N.C.
SJ
Elizabeth Higgins
1846–1938
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Children(s)

Braxton Byrd
1852–1913
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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George Higgins
1876–1961
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
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Ida Byrd
1886–1967
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
IB
Margret Higgins
1873–1959
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
MH
Phoebe Roop
1845–1926
Birth Location: North Carolina
PR
William Byra
1856–1928
Birth Location: North Carolina
WB
Nancy Byra
1858–
Birth Location: North Carolina
NB
John Byrd
1866–
Birth Location: North Carolina
JB
Alice Byrd
1878–1961
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
AB
Susan Higgins
1867–1934
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
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George Byrd
1876–1961
Birth Location: Wilkes, North Carolina
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Charley Byrd
1885–
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
CB
John Byrd
1866–
Birth Location: North Carolina
JB
Miry Bird
1851–
Birth Location: –
MB

Bryant Byrd's Ancestors

Self
Bryant Byrd
1824–1842
Birth Place: North Carolina, USA
Parents
Braxton Bryant Byrd Sr
1787–1850
Canada
Jean Wood
1789–1860
Virginia
Grandparents
Thomas Byrd
1760–1814
King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Anne Browning
1760–1795
Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Joseph Wood
1740–1816
Virginia, USA
Martha Epperson
1745–1816
Great-Grandparents
Braxton Byrd
1735–1782
Mary Price
1740–1826
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Philemon Byrd
1710–1749
Hannah Braxton
1712–1773
Elizabeth Lindsey
1723–1769

Bryant Byrd's Descendants

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Bryant Byrd (Jan 1824–1842) m. Sidney Johnson (abt 1832–20 Apr 1923) m. Elizabeth ((Lizzie)) Higgins (1 July 1846–26 September 1938)
  1. 1. Braxton Byrd 1852–1913
    1. 1. Lura (Dema) Combs 1891–1967
  2. 2. George (W.) Higgins 1876–1961
  3. 3. Ida Byrd 1886–1967 m. Robert (F) Eller 1873–1953
  4. 4. Margret (E.) Higgins 1873–1959
  5. 5. Phoebe Roop 1845–1926 m. Nelson Roope 1855–1939
    1. 1. John (Ander) Roope 1873–1928
      1. 1. Thomas (Vernon) Roope 1906–1972
    2. 2. Evy (Cornelius " Babe" Roope) Roop 1887–1968 m. Lelia Wiles 1888–1964
      1. 1. Bruce (R) Roope 1911–1995 m. Zear (Myrtle) Johnson 1905–2002
        1. 1. Colen (James) Roope 1942–2016
    3. 3. Lura (Virginia) Billings 1906–1986 m. Clarence (Elmore) Billings 1895–1955
      1. 1. Paul (Ammon) Billings 1922–1927
    4. 4. Freelin (I.) Roope 1882–1915 m. Fannie (E) Roop 1887– m. Mary Grimes 1892–
      1. 1. Texie (Mae) Roop 1908–1994 m. Dwight (Moody) Wiles 1904– m. Theodore H. 1908–1968
        1. 1. Edna (Elizabeth) Wiles 1927–1996
        2. 2. Dwight (Larry) Wiles 1925–2008 m. Virginia (Josephine) Wiles 1926–2004
      2. 2. Willie (Freeland) Roope 1915–2006
    5. 5. William (Avery) Roope 1876–1959 m. Rhoda (J.) Felts 1873–1963
      1. 1. James (Sherman) Roope 1901–1970 m. Nellie Billings 1917–2013
        1. 1. Fred (Allen) Roope 1938–2015
      2. 2. Norman (C) Roope 1904–2000
      3. 3. Mary (Etta) Roope 1899–1995 m. Lonnie (Jackson) Richardson 1897–1972
        1. 1. Ralph (Wesley) Richardson 1918–1971
        2. 2. Rhoda (Beatrice) Richardson 1925–2021 m. Elmer (Henry) Blackburn 1915–2004
        3. 3. Thelma (Jane) Richardson 1933–1991 m. Ralph (Smith) Johnson 1926–1999
        4. 4. Rena (M) Richardson 1921–
      4. 4. Lura Roop 1906–
    6. 6. Thomas (Morgan) Roope 1879–1969
  6. 6. William (H) Byra 1856–1928 m. Pheba Brown 1859–1936
    1. 1. Mace Johnson 1877–1934 m. Cora (Geneva) Johnson 1880–1969
      1. 1. Myrtle (Clementine) Johnson 1901–1988
      2. 2. Novella Johnson 1906–1964
      3. 3. Charlie (Vestal) Johnson 1899–1964
      4. 4. Lester (Brady) Johnson 1920–1981
      5. 5. Dessie Johnson 1903–1983
      6. 6. Ida Smith 1898–1953
    2. 2. Nancy (Ellen) Byrd 1887–1957
    3. 3. Myra (Duggie) Byrd 1889–1927
    4. 4. Ollie (Viola) Byrd 1903–1966
    5. 5. Manley (Garfield) Byrd 1894–1946 m. Verna Candill 1900–1981
      1. 1. Reba (Clara) Byrd 1938–1982
      2. 2. Hazel Byrd 1923–1995
      3. 3. Pansy Byrd 1925–2011
      4. 4. Hessie (Jane) Byrd 1919–2004
      5. 5. Fred Byrd 1917–1917
      6. 6. Infant (Daughter) Byrd 1921–1921
      7. 7. Unnamed (Child) Byrd 1918–1918
      8. 8. Sylvia (Texie) Byrd 1929–1963
    6. 6. Evan Byrd 1901–
    7. 7. George (M) Byrd 1897–
  7. 7. Nancy (L) Byra 1858–
  8. 8. John (Q) Byrd 1866– m. Mary (Ann) Johnson 1866–
    1. 1. Edward (Talmage) Byrd 1908–
    2. 2. Robert (Washington) Byrd 1892–1968
    3. 3. Nora (Bell) Byrd 1889–
    4. 4. Mamie Byrd 1900–
    5. 5. Martha (A) Byrd 1894–
  9. 9. Alice (E.) Byrd 1878–1961 m. Robert (Glenn) Walsh 1887–1962
  10. 10. Susan Higgins 1867–1934 m. Thomas (Zeno) Price 1869–1941
    1. 1. Mary (E) Triplett 1891–
  11. 11. George (Washington) Byrd 1876–1961 m. Mattie (Celia) Byrd 1896–1983 m. Sarah (J) Ayers 1876–1943
    1. 1. John (W) Byrd 1910–1978 m. Elizabeth (T) Byrd 1916–
    2. 2. Mamie (Emma) Byrd 1906–1981
    3. 3. Charles (Spencer) Byrd 1908–1967
    4. 4. Albert Byrd 1920–
    5. 5. Vera Byrd 1914–
    6. 6. Emma Byrd 1898–
    7. 7. Georgia (Anna) Byrd 1904–1980
    8. 8. Minnie (Mae) Byrd 1901–1988
    9. 9. Rufus (William) Byrd 1914–1986
  12. 12. Charley (P) Byrd 1885–
  13. 13. John (Q.) Byrd 1866–
  14. 14. Miry (J) Bird 1851–

Bryant Byrd's Timeline

10 Records

1820
Jan 1820
Birth of Bryant Byrd in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
1823
abt 1823
Birth of Bryant Byrd in North Carolina, USA
North Carolina, USA
1824
Jan 1824
Birth of Bryant Byrd in North Carolina, USA
North Carolina, USA
1830
1830
Age 6
Bryant Byrd resided here in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
1840
1840
Age 16
Bryant Byrd resided here in Spicers District, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Spicers District, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
1842
1842
Age 18
Death of Bryant Byrd in North Carolina, USA
North Carolina, USA
1842
1842
Age 18
Bryant Byrd - Probate in Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
1860
1860
Age 36
Bryant Byrd resided here in Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
1870
1870
Age 46
Bryant Byrd resided here in Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
1900
1900
Age 76
Bryant Byrd resided here in Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1820
    Event Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1165; Page: 373B
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1241224
    [4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 32
    [5] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1823
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database
    [2] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1165; Page: 373B
    [3] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1241224
    [4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 32
    [5] North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1824
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1241224

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Wilkes, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 125; Page: 344; Family History Library Film: 0018091

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Spicers District, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Spicers District, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: 373; Page: 90; Family History Library Film: 0018098

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Lower Division, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 32

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rock Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1165; Page: 373B

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Boomer, Wilkes, North Carolina; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0143; FHL microfilm: 1241224

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wilkes, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1842
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Probate Place: Cumberland, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 1842
    Event Place: Cumberland, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Probate Place: Cumberland, North Carolina
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