Sophia Byars (1862)

Born 1862 in Washington, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sophia Byars is a part of US Black heritage.

Sophia was the daughter of Bott Byars and Eliza Simmons.

She married Preston Austin, 6 Jan 1886 in Washington, Virginia.

Sources

• Washington County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons of Washington County, State of Virginia, cohabiting together as Husband and Wife on 27th February 1866. Local Government Records Collection, Washington County Court Records. Page 1, Entry 6. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Accessed online via the Library of Virginia website.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFG6-5RG : 29 May 2021), Sophia Byers in entry for Solomon M Wilkins, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCR8-81Q : 15 January 2022), Sophia Byars in household of Bott Byars, Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9N7-NC3Z : 21 January 2022), Sophia C Byars in entry for Preston Austin, 6 Jan 1886; citing Marriage Registration, Washington, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HV3D-H3MM : 29 January 2020), Sofia C. Byars in entry for Preston Austin, 1886.