Richard Byrd, Sr

1750 - 1803  (52 years)

• Name	Richard Byrd  [1]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	3 Nov 1750	Middlesex, Virginia, United States   [2]
  Christening	5 Dec 1750	Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  Military	Revolutionary War
  Special	SAR Patriot #: P-126953
  FSID	L2F5-RRJ
  Burial	1803	Tennessee, United States
  Death	5 Mar 1803	Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
  Person ID	I8817	footsteps | Byrd, GuyBuckman
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Henry Byrd,   b. 1725, Virginia, United States d. 1775, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Carter,   b. 1721, Virginia, United States d. 1810, Russell, Russell, Virginia, United States (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1750
  Family ID	F4986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Woods Buster,   b. 1756, Orange, North Carolina, United States d. 1814, Alabama, United States (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1774
  Children	+ 1. Reverend William M. Byrd,   b. 1775, Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States d. 21 Mar 1856, Alabama, United States (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  SAR Patriot #: P-126953 State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service DAR #: A133396 Birth: 1750 / / VA Death: aft 05 Mar 1803 / Hawkins / TN Qualifying Service Description: Captains Jas Newell, Wm Love, Montgomery County Militia, Virginia Private in Fincastle County Militia, Virginia, in 1774 for the Battle of Point Pleasant Oath of Allegiance Paid for Provisions Additional References: Militia of Montgomery Co, VA, 1777-1790, Mary Kegley, pg 20, 30, 54, 127 Soldiers of Fincastle Co, VA, 1774, Mary Kegley, pg 5, 20, 21, 35, 56 "Early Adventures on the Western Waters," Mary Kegley, lists his Oath of Allegiance and his Payment for Provisions in 1777 and 1782, respectively, pg 124, 148 The VA Genealogist, V 17, 1973, Dorman, pg 158 SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004 Richard served in Revolutionary War under Captain Daniel Smith and under Lt William Edmondson, Dunsmore's War. Military Service 1777, Montgomery Co., VA, Militia under Captains’ Newell and Love, 1777-1790. Under Captain Love, on Sept. 7, 1780, he participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain. This battle is seen as one of the most important of that war. https://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_battle_of_kings_mounta in.html After his military service, Richard and family moved to Hawkins and Claiborne Counties,TN. Records of this family are found in the records of the Big Spring Baptist Church, located at Springdale, four miles southeast of Tazewell, TN, in Claiborne Co. The records show "Richard and Eliabeth Bird moved their letter there June 2 1802, the Church met and agreed to hold Church meeting at Richard Bird's on War Creek on the 4th Sunday June 2, 1802. There is a record of Richard and Elizabeth's 11 children in the Church Records. Oldest son William became a Baptist minister. Richard's will, dated and signed 5 March 1803, in Hawkins Co., TN, mentions eldest sons: William, John, David, two daughters: Jane McDaniel, and Ann Day and two younger sons: Michael and Richard, as well as four younger children: Elizabeth Byrd, Mary Byrd, James Byrd and Charles Byrd, who were still minors. He mentions wife, Elizabeth. Many of the children lived and died in Alabama which had been part of VA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S173] U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Record for Richard Bired [S7] Corr. with Barbara Baker, (bdocbaker@comcast.net).