Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC p. 5
Arthur Bird age 60-69 (1760/70) 001000001-012011;


!PROBATE ROLL # 68 Marion Co., SC Arthur Bird 1835
Will 10 Aug 1835
wife Elizabeth Bird
son Hugh G. Bird
Dau Martah Owens wife of Philip Owens
son Joseph Bird
dau Anna Bird
dau Mary M. Bird
dau Maria Herring wife of Wilson Herring
dau Charlotte Herring wife of Edmund Herring
dau Alafair Bird
Execs: Edwd B. Wheeler and Joseph Bird
W: C. Crawford, Stephen White, Brian Jones.
...;


!EQUITY ROLL # 289 Marion Co., SC. Arthur Bird. 31 Mar 1860
Finklea G. Wise vs Hugh G. Bird
Slave Hester is child of Hannah who was bequeathed by Arthur Bird father of defendant ...
Arthur Bird died about 1835.
Alafair of unsound mind, arangement made between legatees of Arthur Bird or all of them but two, that Elizabeth Bird, mother of Alafair should take care of her upon condition of release of:
Joseph Bird,
The defendant Hugh G.Bird
Anna Bird now wife of John Blackman Jr
and Mary ANn Bird now wife of Thomas D. Owens
...
Annual payment by Wilson Herrin husband of Mariah Herrin
and Edmund Herrin husband of Charlotte Herring ...
Alafair died about 1840 and Elizabeth died about 1848 ... leaving Hester to granddaughter Charlotte Herrin. She married --- Smith and died 1859 without issue.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 68 Marion Co., SC Arthur Bird 1835
Will 10 Aug 1835
wife Elizabeth Bird
son Hugh G. Bird
Dau Martah Owens wife of Philip Owens
son Joseph Bird
dau Anna Bird
dau Mary M. Bird
dau Maria Herring wife of Wilson Herring
dau Charlotte Herring wife of Edmund Herring
dau Alafair Bird
Execs: Edwd B. Wheeler and Joseph Bird
W: C. Crawford, Stephen White, Brian Jones.
...;


!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC p. 277
Elizabeth Bird age 50-59 (1770/80) 0-00010001;


!PROBATE ROLL # 109 Marion Co., SC Elizabeth Bird 1848
Will 14 Mar 1848
gr-dau Charlotte Herrin
my five children:
Joseph Bird
Hugh G. Bird
Ann Blackmon
Maria Herring
Miriam Owens
W: Hugh Godbold, F. A. Miles, N. J. White
proven 2 Nov 1848
* From "Marion County Probate Records" Volume 1, Lucille Utley, Danny Smith. Three Rivers Historical Society. 1985.;


!EQUITY ROLL # 17 Marion Co., SC. Arthur Bird. No date, after 1848*
Joseph Bird, Hamilton Blackman vs John Blackman, Jr
and John Blackman and wife vs H. G. Bird, exec.
Elizabeth Bird died testate 1840 (sic) leaving:
the executrix Ann Blackman,
Hugh G. Bird,
Joseph Bird,
Maria Herrin
and Miriam Owens
surviving her.
Includes Deed of Trust: John Blackman in consideration of love and affection towards my children:
Hamilton Blackman
Mary Ann Blackman
Betsey Blackman
and John Blackman
and of $1.00 paid to my brother-in-law Joseph Bird ...
S: 17 Feb 1848 John Blackman Jr.
Betsy Blackman died under age and unmarried.*
* Betsy was born ca 1843 and was with her parents in 1850, but not found in 1860, so died during that decade.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 289 Marion Co., SC. Arthur Bird. 31 Mar 1860
Finklea G. Wise vs Hugh G. Bird
Slave Hester is child of Hannah who was bequeathed by Arthur Bird father of defendant ...
Arthur Bird died about 1835.
Alafair of unsound mind, arangement made between legatees of Arthur Bird or all of them but two, that Elizabeth Bird, mother of Alafair should take care of her upon condition of release of:
Joseph Bird,
The defendant Hugh G.Bird
Anna Bird now wife of John Blackman Jr
and Mary ANn Bird now wife of Thomas D. Owens
...
Annual payment by Wilson Herrin husband of Mariah Herrin
and Edmund Herrin husband of Charlotte Herring ...
Alafair died about 1840 and Elizabeth died about 1848 ... leaving Hester to granddaughter Charlotte Herrin. She married --- Smith and died 1859 without issue.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;

!NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 68 Marion Co., SC Arthur Bird 1835
Will 10 Aug 1835
wife Elizabeth Bird
son Hugh G. Bird
Dau Martah Owens wife of Philip Owens
son Joseph Bird
dau Anna Bird
dau Mary M. Bird
dau Maria Herring wife of Wilson Herring
dau Charlotte Herring wife of Edmund Herring
dau Alafair Bird
Execs: Edwd B. Wheeler and Joseph Bird
W: C. Crawford, Stephen White, Brian Jones.
...;


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 289 Marion Co., SC. Arthur Bird. 31 Mar 1860
Finklea G. Wise vs Hugh G. Bird
Slave Hester is child of Hannah who was bequeathed by Arthur Bird father of defendant ...
Arthur Bird died about 1835.
Alafair of unsound mind, arangement made between legatees of Arthur Bird or all of them but two, that Elizabeth Bird, mother of Alafair should take care of her upon condition of release of:
Joseph Bird,
The defendant Hugh G.Bird
Anna Bird now wife of John Blackman Jr
and Mary Ann Bird now wife of Thomas D. Owens
...
Annual payment by Wilson Herrin husband of Mariah Herrin
and Edmund Herrin husband of Charlotte Herring ...
Alafair died about 1840 and Elizabeth died about 1848 ... leaving Hester to granddaughter Charlotte Herrin. She married --- Smith and died 1859 without issue.
* From "Marion County South Carolina Extracts from Equity Rolls", Lucille Utley. Three Rivers Historical Society.;