Samuel Carson Byrd

1841 - 1928  (86 years)

• Name	Samuel Carson Byrd
  Nickname	Cass
  Birth	23 May 1841	Bakersville, Yancey Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	E610898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400001BF3
  Death	12 May 1928	Watauga Co, NC
  Burial	Clark's Creek Cem, Watauga Co, NC
  Person ID	I12163	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	George Byrd,   b. 1812/1813, NC d. Aft 1880, Mitchell Co, NC (Age > 68 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane Phillips,   b. 1813/1814, NC d. 1855/1860, Yancey Co, NC (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1835	Yancey Co, NC
  Family ID	F6840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Everline Aldridge,   b. 11 Oct 1848, Yancey Co, NC d. 10 Dec 1928 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1866	Watauga Co, NC
  Children	1. William Harrison Byrd,   b. 7 Jan 1867, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 14 years)   2. Mary Jane Byrd,   b. 1 Dec 1868, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 13 years)   3. George Washington Byrd,   b. 24 Jan 1870, Watauga Co, NC d. 5 Oct 1956, Watauga Co, NC (Age 86 years)   4. Tempy Cordelia Byrd,   b. 17 May 1872, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 9 years)   5. James Samuel Byrd,   b. 24 Sep 1874, Watauga Co, NC d. 11 Oct 1899, Watauga Co, NC (Age 25 years)   6. Alice Victoria Byrd,   b. 7 Mar 1876, Watauga Co, NC d. 28 Jan 1922, Watauga Co, NC (Age 45 years)   7. Hardie Monroe Byrd,   b. 3 Jul 1880, Watauga Co, NC   8. Minnie E Byrd,   b. 20 Sep 1881, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 20 years)   9. Lillian M Byrd,   b. 12 Aug 1886, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 15 years)   10. Rosa Byrd,   b. 8 Aug 1886, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 15 years)   11. Benjamin Martin Byrd,   b. 14 Oct 1888, Watauga Co, NC d. 8 Jan 1975, Watauga Co, NC (Age 86 years)   12. Margaret B Byrd,   b. 8 Nov 1891, Watauga Co, NC d. Aft 1900, Watauga Co, NC (Age > 10 years)
  Family ID	F1139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTES: (1) I am not related to this person as far as I know. (2) This person is an ancestor of my step-grandmother Rosa Byrd. !REFERENCE: http://www.martygrant.com/ http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/ !NOTE:B/D given as 3 May 1840 on d/c, but 1841 works better with his 1850 and 1860 census ages; !CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # 205/214 George Byrd Jr, 37 farmer NC William 15 Lazarus 13 Charles 12 Carson 9 Mitchell 7 George 5 Jane 36 Elizabeth J. 1; !CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co., NC Day Brook? PO, # 563/563 Samuel Byrd Senr. 72 Bap. Clergyman, VA Mary 68 NC Mc William Harris, 21 Farm Laborer Carson Byrd, 19 Farm Laborer NOTE:Is Samuel Byrd Carson's grandfather? Could be, or perhaps an uncle instead; !CENSUS:1870 Watauga Co., NC Watauga Township, Valley Crucis PO, # 18/18 Casson Bird, 28 Farmer NC Martha E. 20 William H. 3 Mary Jane 1; !CENSUS:1880 Watauga Co., NC Watauga Township # 84/84 Cass Bird, 40 Farmer, NC-NC-NC Martha, 32 wife Harrison 13 son Mary J. 11 dau George 9 son Cordelia 7 dau James 5 son Victoria 2 dau; !CENSUS:1900 Watauga Co., NC Watauga Township # 100/100 Carson Byrd, Head, May 1844, 56, married 35, NC-NC-NC Martha E, wife, Oct 1847, 52 13 children, 11 living Minnie E. dau Sep 1882 17 Lilly M. dau Aug 1884 15 Rosia, dau Aug 1886 13 Ben M. son Oct 1888 11 Maggie B. dau Nov 1890 9; !CENSUS:1910 Watauga Co., NC Watauga Township # 81/83 Samuel C. Byrd, Head, 69 Married once, 45 years, NC-NC-NC Martha E. wife 63, married once, 13 children, 11 living Ben M. son 21 married once, 0 years Rhoda, dau-in-law, 16 married once, 0 years, 0 children ???? Andrews, Servant, 8 female; !CENSUS:1920 Watauga Co., NC Watauga Township # 100/101 Carson S. Byrd, Head, 79 married, NC-NC-NC Martha E. wife, 74 Harve Brewer, hired man, 19; !NOTE:D/D from NC Death Certificates (ancestry.com): Samuel C. Byrd, born May 3, 1840 Yancey Co., NC died May 11 1928 Watauga Co., NC Married, wife Martha E. Byrd Father George Byrd born Yancey Mother Betsy Phillipps born Yancey buried Clarkes Creek;