Born about in Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Adam (Laird) Lard Sr.
and Lucretia (Creasy) Laird
Sister of
Mary (Laird) Cochran, John Carroll Laird, John Laird [half], Joab Laird, Margaret (Laird) Easterling, Adam Laird II, Susan Laird, Rachel (Laird) Stringfellow and William Laird
Wife of
Spencer Runnell Bankston
— married
1823 in Mississippi, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Reuben S Bankston, Thomas Jefferson Bankston, Celia (Bankston) Dison, Rachael Marie (Bankston) Evans, Rachel Marie (Bankston) Evans, Mahala Pink Bankston, Daniel C Bankston, Virgil Henry Bankston and Sarah (Bankston) Flinn
Died
at about age 80
in Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Sep 2013
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Biography
Marriage to Spenser Runnell Bankston: [2] Name: Sarah Lard Gender: Female Birth Place: SC Birth Year: 1798 Spouse Name: Spencer Runnell Bankston Spouse: Birth Place: GA Spouse Birth Year: 1800 Marriage Year: 1823 Marriage State: MS Number Pages: 1
US General Land Office Records show the following:
Name: Spencer R Bankston, was issued a land grant signed by President Buchannen on 1 Jun 1859, a tract of 39.65 acres. Meridian: Choctaw
State: Mississippi, County: Jasper, Township: 3-N, Range: 11-E, Section: 35
Accession Number: MS0820__.480, Metes and Bounds: No from the Augusta Land Office. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Donna Nelson.
- ↑ Source number: 23827.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 1 Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- ↑ Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 11406., Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008 .
- Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Jasper, Mississippi; Roll: M432_374; Page: 76A; Image: 156, Source Information Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007
- Ancestry.com. Web: Mississippi, Find A Grave Index, 1798-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 18 January 2013.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 February 2019), memorial page for Sarah “Sally” Laird Bankston (25 Dec 1798–4 Mar 1879), Find A Grave: Memorial #28283673, citing Crawford Family Cemetery, Jasper County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Flicka Smith (contributor 46985047) .
- Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Center Beat, Jasper, Mississippi; Roll: M593_732; Page: 521B; Image: 379; Family History Library Film: 552231. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Acknowledgments
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sally by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sally:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sally by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sally:
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~1.56%
Donna (Nelson) Sotomayor
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A636690 [compare], Ancestry member donna_sotomayor
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~1.56%
Leslie (Laird) Pfeifer :
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~0.78%
Christopher Pierce :
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Rejected matches › Sarah (Craig) Laird (bef.1740-abt.1803) › Sally (Harrold) Laird (abt.1801-) › Sarah Laird (1805-1891)
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