Benjamin Joab Byars I (1807 - 1884)

Born 11 Aug 1807 in Spartanburg District, North Carolina

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Died 24 Dec 1884 at age 77 in Calhoun, Mississippi

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All of Joab Byars sons were Confederate Soldiers but Rufus who died just before the War.

1880 CensusCalhoun, Mississippi

Name: Joab Byars Residence: Calhoun, Mississippi Birthdate: 1808 Birthplace: South Carolina, United States Relationship to Head: Self Spouse's Name: Henrietta Byars Spouse's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Male Martial Status: Married Age (Expanded): 72 years Occupation: Farming NARA Film Number: T9-0642 Page: 540 Page Character: B Entry Number: 2279 Film number: 1254642 Household Gender Age Joab Byars M 72 Spouse Henrietta Byars F 75

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Here are some notes from the book "Byars Family History"53 by Nell Byars Thaten:

Earliest known ancestor is Jonas Byars (b. circa 1718) who married Frances Collins. Some references call him James. They had at least two children named William Byars (who married Elizabeth Bedford) and Henrietta Byars (who married Joel Blackwell). William Byars birth date is unknown although he was married before the Revolutionary War. He died in the fall of 1819 in Spartanburg County, SC according to estate papers on file in the South Carolina Archives. Elizabeth Bedford Byars died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi in 1847. It is not known when she moved to Mississippi, but some family members think it may have been only a few months before she died. The children of William and Elizabeth Byars were: Robert Byars Rebekah Byars Seth Byars Lydia Byars Nancy Byars Joe Byars Jonas Byars, b.1790 in SC, married Sarah Davis (daughter of Benjamin Davis), moved to Alabama James Byars, b.1794 in SC, married Mary F. Richards before 1818, moved to Georgia Susie Byars Eunice Byars Joab Byars, b.1807 in SC, married Henrietta Arnold, died in Calhoun Co. Miss. in 1884 The book includes significant details of the families of William and Elizabeth's children Jonas, James, and Joab. The book includes a map that illustrates the Byars family migration as follows: Lancaster County, VA (arrived 1653) Lousia County, VA Hanover County, VA Franklin County, NC (early 1700's) Rutherford County, NC Spartanburg County, SC (arrived before Rev. War, left 1818) Butts County, GA (arrived 1819, left 1842) Tuscaloosa County, AL (migrated across 1842) Calhoun County, MS (arrived 1843, left 1892) Collin County, TX (arrived 1892, left 1920) Childress County, TX (arrived 1920, left 1976)

Sources

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4G9-H27

http://logan-family.org/doc/byars.html