Re: Jane Byrd, Bird
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Re: Jane Byrd, Bird
8/21/00
I am looking for a Jane Byrd / Bird also. The Jane Byrd / Bird I seek married Thomas Benjamin Johnson / B T Johnson / Benjamin Thomas Johnson / Ben Johnson / Benj Johnson . I "Think" I first find them in Hardin County, TN getting married 1880 (if you look at JAM Byrd and Thomas Johnson you find the Hardin County, TN record on Ancestry.com . I think this is my Jane Byrd and Thomas Johnson. Next they are in St Francis County, Ark.As far as I can tell she is Rebecca Jane Byrd / Jane R Byrd / Janie Byrd and on the various censuses she says she is from TN.Jane (this Jane) is my fraternal Great Grandmother and she was born about 1861-1864.We were always told she was part Cherokee Indian (and since the Byrds, Johnsons, Garretts, Hopkins, Clarks all followed the Old Military Road through Indian Territories and lived on Cherokee Indian Lands that seems reasonable enough.Anyway, if you have any lead, I am interested. Where are you finding your info on "The Old Indian" reference? I'd like to follow up there. [email protected]