Frances "Fannie" Byrd

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Mississippi, Smith County, Twp 10 Range 15 W
Enumerated 31 Aug 1870
59-57
Byrd, James 23 M W Farmer 300 Miss
Byrd, Sarah 21 F W Keeping House MIss
Byrd, Olive 3 F W Miss
Byrd, Frances 3/12 F W Miss

1880 Census
Mississippi, Smith County, District 3
Enumerated 23 Jun 1880
Page 17 SD 92 ED 105
155-155
Bird, J. A. W M 31 Farmer Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Sarah W F 30 Wf Housekeeper Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Florence W F 12 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Fannie W F 8 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Jane W F 6 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Deby W F 5 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Kate W F 3 Dtr Miss Miss Miss
Bird, Sallie W F 2 Dtr Miss Miss Miss

James married Sarah Elizabeth Howell on 13 Aug 1865 in Smith County, Mississippi. Sarah (daughter of William Marion Howell and Beatrice Elizabeth McLemore) was born on 13 Dec 1846 in Mississippi; died on 8 Mar 1928 in Mississippi; was buried in Byrd Cemetery, Mize, Smith County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Information:

1860 Census
Mississippi, Smith County, Page 1121
Enumerated 29th Aug 1860 by Jas. Mangum
HH 710-710 Mikel & Joicy Burkhalter

HH 711-711
William Howell 53 M Farmer $1500 $2415 Ky
Elizabeth Howell 50 F Tenn
John T. Howell 18 M Miss
Stephen M Howell 15 M Miss
Sarah E Howell 12 F Miss
Christianna L. Howell 8 F Miss
Christopher C Howell 6 M Miss
Jeriah C Howell 4 F Miss
Equilla Tiner 98 F S.C.

HH 712-712
F.M Howell 23 m Farmer $1200 $250 Miss
Mary J. Howell 18 F Miss

William married Beatrice Elizabeth McLemore on 16 Dec 1826 in Lawrence County, Mississippi. Beatrice (daughter of Amos McLemore and Equilla ???) was born about 1810 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 4 Jul 1881 in Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi; was buried in Ashley Cemetery, Ashley, Copiah County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Several researchers show her date of death as 20 Feb 1927 in Rockport, Copiah County, Mississippi, putting her at an unlikely 118 years of age.

Other sources show her death as 4 July 1881 in Copiah County, Mississippi.

Notes:

James L. McLemore, the author, and Mark Freeman both show that Amos was a son of Moses McLemore and grandson of Wright McLemore. However, another researcher, Jim White, does not think Amos descended from the Wright McLemore family. In January, 2009, he posted to Mark Freeman's McLemore online tree:

"Check the 1820 Giles County Tennessee Census and explain who Burwell and John McLemore are on that census..... Someone missed a necessary fact somewhere...Amos and his family did not descend of any Wright McLemore."

Some researchers also show them as the parents of Lavina, Matthew and Louisa.

Larry Kingsley is one such researcher. He shows that Lavina married John J. JOHNSTON, and that they had a large family.





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Census Information:

1790 Census
South Carolina, Cheraws District, St. Thomas

Amos McLemore 1-2-1

One Free White Male of 16 and Upwards: Amos
Two Free White Males under 16: Moses, Unknown Son
One Free White Female: Equilla

Amos married Equilla ??? between 1785 and 1787. Equilla was born between 1760 and 1762 in North Carolina; died after 1860 in Mississippi; was buried in McLemore Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mark Freeman's notes for Equilla Byler http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~markfreeman/mclemore.html

Her surname, often repeated, is not certain. May be Aquilla Bierly.

She is also called Aquilla Byler, or Equilla Tiner (1850 census, listed as 90 years old; 1860 census, 98 years). She likely married 2nd Mr. Tiner.

Abraham & Jacob, were neighbors of the McLemores in Bedford & Giles Co. TN. When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale.

Byler is often described as a Swiss name, descendants of the Beiler family that immigrated from Bern, Switzerland to Pennsylvania. One family was that of Jacob Franklin Byler, born about 1765 in Pennsylvania - went with his parents to (now Rowan Co.) North Carolina where he later married Bathsheba Oxford, daughter of Samuel Oxford and Bathsheba Barrett.

Samuel Oxford's wife Bathsheba Barrett was the daughter of Jonathan Barrett (Perrot) and Jar Fly Jarman, said to have been a full blood Catawba Indian.

Some of the descendants of this family went through Tennessee. There is not a known link to this Equilla Byler. A lot of info is available on the Byler family.

When Amos McLemore bought land in Giles Co. in 1812, Abraham Byler, Jr. was one of the chain bearers for the survey. When Amos sold land there in 1816, Jacob Byler was a witness to the sale. It is possible that the surname for Equilla / Aquilla was taken from this, and not a marriage record.

A two page document entitled "McLemore History" by Rueben McLemore, Jr." states that when Richard McLemore "came to Lauderdale county he brought with him an old relation, a Mrs. Tiner. When she died he buried her behind the church he had built. One after another his family was added to the same plot until, after some time, the McLemore Cemetery was instituted and given to the usage of the public." The McLemore Cemetery is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and is located at the corner of Sixth Street and Tenth Avenue. Others buried there include victims of the 1871 riot and the 1878 yellow fever epidemic.