Byrd Lockhart I (abt. 1750 - bef. 1814)

Born about 1750 in Virginia, America (USA)

Husband of Sarah Eliza (Williamson) Lockhart — married 1781 (to 1814) in VA

Descendants

Died before 1814 before about age 64 in Fort Russell Township, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lockhart Name Study.

Pvt Byrd Lockhart I served in the United States in the War of 1812
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Data provided by descendant Nancy Page indicates that Byrd Lockhart Sr. (the father of the Texas Lockharts) died in 1814 in Illinois. He owned 1900 acres on Hughes River in VA and land in Wood County, VA in the 1780s according to an 1804 deed. He is listed on the Hampshire County, VA tax lists of 1782 and 1790. A "corner" of land to Byrd Lockhart is mentioned in a Harrison County, WV deed book.

In 1793 he lived in the garrison established by Isaac Williams which is today Williamston, Wood County, WV on the Ohio River. He is listed on the Kanawha County, Va tax roll of 1810. He took the family to Illinois before 1812 and died after rescuing a daughter from the "savages" at Fort Russell, Madison County, IL. ^[1]

Property Records

Wife signs as Sarah Lockhart on Wood Co VA deed in 1804 Vol 2 p. 197.

She is listed as "Sarah Lockhart, widow of the said Bird Lockhart, deceast" in a land record in Madison Co IL in 1819.^[2]

Census Records

Sarah Lockhart appears as head of family in the 1818 Illinois Territorial Census.^[3]

Military

He was enlisted in the War of 1812 (along with sons, Andrew & Byrd Jr.) he and Andrew serving from Fort Russell near Edwardsville. He served from March to June 1813.^[4]

Record listed under Lockhart, Byrd, Sr. Colonel Ferguson's, subsequently Major Stephenson's, command, Illinois. War of 1812

Rank Private^[5]

State: Illinois

Given Name: Byrd Surname: Lockhart

Regiment: Colonel Ferguson's, Subsequently Major Stephenson's, Command, Illinois Mil Enlistment Rank: Pvt Discharge Rank: Pvt

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Death

I have found two dates, 1813 and 1814. Additional research is needed.

Records indicate that Byrd (Bird) Lockhart Sr "died after rescuing a daughter from the "savages" at Fort Russell, Madison County, Illinois".^[6]

Death: quote from History of Bond & Montgomery County

"Robert Briggs' maternal grandfather, living in the Fort at Edwardsville, rescued a daughter from the savages, and while bearing her home to the fort, began bleeding at the nose, and died from loss of blood."

(The Robert Briggs referred to is the son of Robert Briggs and Mary {Polly} Lockhart). This means the g father referred to is Byrd Lockhart, and yes, he did die in Madison Co. IL, as referred to above.^[7]

Will and Probate

The following record indicates that the Lockharts were children of Bird and Sarah Lockhart Sr., once of MadisonCo, IL (From Land Record Bk. W, pp. 24-25)

LOCKHART Heirs to S. LOCKHART

Know all men by these presents, that we BIRD LOCKHART, ANDREW LOCKHART, CHARLES LOCKHART, DRUSILLA LOCKHART, MARGARET LOCKHART, MARY BRIGGS, NANCY MCKINNY and SALLY FULTON Children and legal heirs of BIRD LOCKHART sig. Late of Madison County in the Illinois Territory deceased and SARAH LOCKHART widow of the said BIRD LOCKHART deceased do for and in consideration of one hundred and sixty dollars current money of the U.S. to us in hand paid by SAMUEL LOCKHART of place aforesaid the receipt of which is hereby confessed and we do by these presents acknowledge to have sold and conveyed unto him the said SAMUEL LOCKHART and to his heirs and assigns forever all out right, title, interest, claim or demand of in or unto the west half of the South east quarter of Section No. three in the Township No. five North in Range No. ten west in County aforesaid. To have and to hold the above conveyed premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging unto him the said SAMUEL LOCKHART to his heirs and assigns forever. And we do by these presents covenant and promise to warrant and defend the above conveyed premises unto him the said SAMUEL LOCKHART against all lawful claims or demands of all persons whatever. In testimony of which we have hereunto set our hands and seals this eighteenth day of April A.D. 1818 Signed, Sealed & delivered in the presence of us witnesses present- Joseph Meacham

SARAH (her X) LOCKHART (seal);

SARAH FULTON (seal);

MARGARET LOCKHART (seal);

DRUSILLA LOCKHART (seal);

ANDREW LOCKHART (seal);

ROBERT( his X) BRIGGS (seal);

BYRD LOCKHART (seal);

I ROBERT BRIGGS husband to the within named MARY BRIGGS

and I JAMES MCKINNEY husband of the within named NANCY MCKINNEY do for a valuable consideration consent to the foregoing conveyance made by our wives and others. James Mc Kinney (seal);

Joseph Meacham—Thos. A.S. Anderson (seal) (Provided by Carla H. Ratliff)^[8]

Misc. Info

NOTE: This information needs to be reviewed to determine if this all pertains to this Byrd (Bird) Lockhart:

SOURCE: Descendants of Byrd Lockhart Sr., Unknown Author, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/l/o/Margaret-M-Glosson/GENE1-0001.html Accessed 7 Nov 2014.

Owned about 1900 acres of land on Hughes River in Virginia.

Moved his family from Illinois to Missouri where they met Green DeWitt.

Some of Byrd Sr.'s family left with DeWitt and started the DeWitt colony about 1827.

1782 & 1790 Byrd Lockhart and his family are found with neighbor Kimber Barton and his family in the Hampshire County, Virginia tax lists.

1793-1794 Bird Lockhart, celebrated hunter, lives in the garrison established by Isaac Williams. Today that spot is called Williamstown and is directly opposite Marietta, D. on the West Virginia shore.

1795, Augusta Co., VA--notice of pay muster for Byrd Lockhart, scout.

1804, Byrd Lockhart and Sarah, his wife, residents of Washington Co, OH, sell property in Wood Co, VA (Williamstown is in Wood Co.).

April 15, 1807, Byrd Lockhart and David McCoy buy 4,253 acres of land from John Allen for $1.00. Description--Kanawha Co., VA, on the main left hand fork of the Great Sandy River about 25 miles from the main fork, at the mouth of Running Creek.

1808, 1809, 1810, & 1811-- Byrd Lockhart appears in Kanawha Co., VA, court records.

1813 March through June--According to muster records of the War of 1812, Andrew, Byrd Sr. (spy), and William Lockhart are serving in Madison Co., Illinois, stationed in Fort Russell (only a few miles from Edwardsville). Polly and her husband, Robert Briggs, are in the same fort during that year and according to the History of Bond and Montgomery Co., Illinois, Polly's father dies there after rescuing a daughter from the Indians. The Briggs' have children loom to them while living in the fort. Polly's father is not named in the sketch.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/lockhartfam.htm
2. ↑ sbcheyerly2698937, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MLY-N4P : accessed 2014-11-06), entry for Byrd Lockhart.
3. ↑ "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MLY-N4P : accessed 2014-11-06), entry for Byrd Lockhart.
4. ↑ "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MLY-N4P : accessed 2014-11-06), entry for Byrd Lockhart.
5. ↑ Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M602 Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812 Content Source: NARA Content Partner: NARA Source Publication Year: N/A Fold3 Publication Year: 2013 Record Group: 94 National Archives Catalog ID: 654501 National Archives Catalog Title: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the War of 1812, compiled 1899 - 1927, documenting the period 1812 - 1815 Fold3 Job: 13-037 Language: English Country: United States Date Range: 1812-1815 Short Description: NARA M602. Alphabetical card index to the compiled service records of volunteer soldiers who served during the War of 1812. Roll: M602_0127
6. ↑ Wallace L. McKeehan, SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS The Lockharts of the DeWitt Colony, http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/lockhartfam.htm Accessed 6 Nov 2014.
7. ↑ sbcheyerly2698937, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9MLY-N4P : accessed 2014-11-06), entry for Byrd Lockhart.
8. ↑ http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/lockhartfam.htm

• Wallace L. McKeehan, SONS OF DEWITT COLONY TEXAS, The Lockharts of the DeWitt Colony, Contains information from various sources and articles by Floyd D. Pridgen and Josephine Dubose Johnson in the History of Gonzales County Texas and Mrs. T.H. Corley in the History of DeWitt County Texas. Verbatim passages are reprinted by permission of the Gonzales Historical Commission and Curtis Publishing Co., http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/lockhartfam.htm

Additional Sources to Review

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LOCKHART/1999-08/0934345373
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/briggs/messages/4254.html
• http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/alamocouriers.htm
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/l/o/Margaret-M-Glosson/GENE1-0001.html
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/l/o/Margaret-M-Glosson/GENE1-0003.html
• http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/lockhartfam.htm
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txdewitt/lockhart.htm ANDREW
• http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=1354&p=localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.counties.tazewell
• http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/alamocouriers.htm
• Image login required Capt William Jones' roster

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LOCKHART/1999-08/0934345373