Margaret (Hill) Birdsong (1793 - 1856)

Born Oct 1793 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Birdsong — married 12 Mar 1812 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1856 at age 62 in Moniteau, Missouri

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Richard Parker [send private message]

Biography

Margaret was born in October 1793 in Kentucky and a daughter of Isaac HIll and Mildred Hines. Margaret married James Birdsong on March 12, 1812 in Kentucky. She is mentioned in in father's estate papers.As of 1850, she and her husband were living in Moniteau, Missouri, next to her brother Roland, with children Nancy, Jenna, Tenssa, Henry, William, Green, and Preston. Margaret passed away on March 5, 1856 and buried in the Allee Family Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial #59626310

Marriage

1812 --- VIRGINIA SELECT MARRIAGES 1785-1940

Name: Peggy Hill

Gender: Female

Marriage Date: May 27, 1812

Marriage Place: Sussex County, Virginia

Father: Isaac Hill

Spouse: James Birdsong

FHL Film Number: 34154

Reference ID: 143

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. --- Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. --- Description: This collection includes marriage records from Virginia.

1812 --- VIRGINIA COMPILES MARRIAGWS 1740-1850

Name: Peggy Hill

Gender: Female

Spouse Name: James Birdsong

Spouse Gender: Male

Marriage Date: May 27, 1812

County: Sussex

State: Virginia

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. --- Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers. --- Description: This collection of marriage records includes the names of over 300,000 men and women married in Virginia between 1740 and 1850.

1812 --- U. S. AND INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE RECORDS 1560-1900

Name: Margaret Hill

Gender: Female

Birth Year: 1793

Spouse Name: James Birdsong

Spouse Birth Place: Virginia

Spouse Birth Year: 1792

Marriage Year: 1812

Marriage State: Virginia

Number Pages: 1

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Citation: Source number: 603.001; 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. --- Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie. --- Description: This database contains marriage record information for approximately 1,400,000 individuals from across all 50 United States and 32 different countries around the world between 1560 and 1900. These records, which include information on over 500 years of marriages, were extracted from family group sheets, electronic databases, biographies, wills, and other sources.

U. S. Censuses

United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZX-X1M : 4 April 2020), Margarett Birdsong in household of James Birdsong, Moniteau county, Moniteau, Missouri, United States; citing family 340, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46R-VTB : 19 March 2020), Mary Birdsong in entry for James Birdsong, 1870.

(27 May 1812 marriage to James Birdsong) "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7X-7JV : 29 January 2020), Peggy Hill in entry for James Birdsong, 1812.

Legal Brief

1824 --- HEIRS

The following is a brief of a long legal agreement recorded in the deed records of Barren County Court House, Kentucky: Hill heirs to William Allee. We, Jesse HIll, Sandy Hill of Monroe County, Fredrick Ackerson, wife Rebecca and Green Hill of Barren County are bound to James Birdsong, wife Peggy, Nicholas Allee, wife Ann (should be Tempy), James Hill and John Hill, all of Cole and Cooper Counties, Missouri. In the sum of $10,000 to be paid at the close of Mildred Hill's life or widowhood, who is heir of Isaac Hill, deceased, by his last will and testament. If the Missouri people return to Kentucky to live, the first named agree to pay the $10.000 at Mildred's death, agree to divide Issac Hill's estate with the Missouri people or to pay the $10,000.

Witnesses: John Allee -- John Hamilton -- Thomas Parker -- Mary Gee Parker (made oaths the same day September 6, 1824)

Signed: Sandy Hill -- Jessee Hill -- Fredrick Ackerson -- Rebecca Ackerson --- :Recorded at special request of William Allee.

Location Of Document: Barren County Court House, Glasgow, Barren County, Kentucky

Researccher: Richard Parker

Source Information:REAL ESTATE CONVEYANCE -- County: Barren -- State: Kentucky -- Book: 2 -- Page: 27 -- Deed Record: J - Page: 531 -- Date: September 6, 1824.

Cemetery

1856 --- FIND A GRAVE INDEX 1600'S-CURRENT

Name: Margaret "Peggy" Birdsong Birth Date: October 1793 Death Date: March 5, 1856 Cemetery: Allee Family Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: California, Moniteau County, Missouri, United States of America Has Bio?: No Father: Isaac Hill Mother: Mildred Hill Spouse: James Birdsong Children: Temperance Hill -- Preston Birdsong -- Henry Birdsong URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59626310/margaret_%22peggy%22-birdsong Researcher: Richard Parker Source Information" Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. --- Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. --- Description: This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave. Corrections and additions to memorials can be submitted on the Find a Grave site. When viewing a record in this database, you can navigate to the corresponding memorial on Find a Grave by clicking "Go to website" or clicking on the Find a Grave URL. Once viewing the memorial on Find a Grave, corrections can be submitted by clicking the 'edit' tab.