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Byrd Wall (1785 - 1853)

Byrd Wall
Born in Virginia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 27 Jan 1809 in Halifax County, Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died at about age 68 in Forsyth County, North Carolina, USAmap
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Biography

He moved from Halifax County, Virginia in 1835 to Stokes County, North Carolina[1]

Byrd was born about 1785[2]. He passed away about 1853[3][4].

Name: Byrd or Bird Wall[2][5][6]

Birth:

Date: 1785
Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA[6][2]

Residence:

Date: 1850
Place: Forsyth County, North Carolina[2]

Marriage

Byrd married Lucy Griffin in 1809 in Halifax County, Virginia[6][7].

Sources

  1. ↑ From the notes of Etta Eaton.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Online publication - Provo, UT, Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, Year: 1850; Census Place: Forsyth, North Carolina; Roll: 630; Page: 298b, household of Boyd (Byrd) and Lucy Wall
  3. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Ancestry.com, Bird Wall, Images 471 - 479, original page numbers 1574-1578, an accounting of the estate of Bird Wall, mentioning widow Lucy, Apr-Jun 1853, inferred year of death: 1853
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/182600756/byrdbird-wall: accessed 23 July 2022), memorial page for Byrd/Bird Wall (1785–1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #182600756, ; Maintained by James Wall (contributor 49157901)Burial Details Unknown, who reports a gravesite currently unknown but believed to be somewhere in the vicinity of King, NC.
  5. ↑ Per various Ancestry Family Trees
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Ancestry.com, Bire (Bird) Wall and Lucy Griffin, Halifax, 27 Jan 1809
  7. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry.com online publications, Author: Yates Publishing, Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases, Bird Wall and Lucy Griffin, married 1809

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Etta Eaton for starting this profile.

This profile was created by the family of Etta Eaton (1908-2000), who did extensive research on families in the area of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.





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James Wall
Daniel WALL m. Linny (thought to be Angelina Overby) are Byrd WALLs parents. Byrd purchased the John BARR farm adjacent to his father Daniel Sr. and moved to Stokes County from Halifax County Virginia. Younger brother Drury WALL appears to have removed to Stokes County at about the same time.

James Wall

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Vardeman-46 Jana (Vardeman) Diamond
Wall-1787 and Wall-1340 appear to represent the same person because: these are parallel lines of research that need merging ;- )

not sure which father is correct.

posted by Jana (Vardeman) Diamond

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