Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameClark S. Bird
Birth18 Dec 1800, Burke, NC1,2
Death18 Jul 1885, Macon, NC1,2
BurialBird Family Cemetery, Macon, NC1,2
FatherJonathan Bird (1764-1848)
MotherAngelica Banning (1775-1863)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Bird Family Cemetery, Macon, NC1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182247198
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Clark S. Bird, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/KJSB-7Y5
!BIRTH-DEATH: Bird descendants, Clark S. Bird, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 1830 Burke, NC, page 181
!REFERENCE: 26-Jan-1836 Macon, NC Deed Book A, 298, James Galbreath to Clark Bird487
!REFERENCE: 17-Feb-1836 Macon, NC Deed Book A, 261, Benjamin S. Brittain to Clark Bird487
!CENSUS: 1840 Macon, NC, page 147
!REFERENCE: Jul-1848 McDowell, NC Petition for Dower by Angellica Bird
!CENSUS: 08-Aug-1850 Tennessee Valley, Macon, NC, 218/223, Clark Bird
!CENSUS: 31-Jul-1860 Burningtown, Macon, NC, 823/839, Clark Bird
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1868 Macon, NC marriages336, book 1, page 1, Clarke Bird and Melinda West
!CENSUS: 29-Aug-1870 Burningtown, Macon, NC, 42/42
!CENSUS: 1880 Burningtown, Macon, NC488, 9/9, Clark Byrd
!OCCUPATION: Farmer488
!PROBATE: 22-Aug-1885 Macon, NC estate probate, Clark Bird, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78C-89P
!REFERENCE: 1924 Fulton, GA deaths76 191966 for daughter Celia Wilds, Bird
!REFERENCE: 1987 The Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina, 1987489, 79,80, pages 139-140, "A family cemetery lies atop a knoll near the Tellico Baptist Church and is maintained by Thad Byrd. ... [the cemetery] is on a hilltop just south of the Tellico Baptist Church on the old Byrd property."
!REFERENCE: 2002 Grissom Family, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grissom110/genealogy/wm%20grissom/f55.htm#f568
!REFERENCE: 2003 Clark S. Bird Family Record, https://myfamilynames.com/documents/notesLetters/Clark%20S.%20Bird.pdf
!REFERENCE: Bird Family Bibles339
!REFERENCE: Old Buncombe County Heritage Vol II, Clark S. Bird
Spouses
Birth26 Mar 1804, Burke, NC1,2
Death14 Oct 1863, Macon, NC1,2
BurialBird Family Cemetery, Macon, NC1,2
FatherMoses Curtis (1777-1853)
MotherMary Allison (1782-1864)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: Bird Family Cemetery, Macon, NC1, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182247337
!BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL: FamilySearch2, Mary Pauline Curtis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LR2P-FC9
!BIRTH-DEATH: Bird descendants, Mary Pauline Curtis, https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdDescendants.txt
!CENSUS: 08-Aug-1850 Tennessee Valley, Macon, NC, 218/223, Mary Bird
!CENSUS: 31-Jul-1860 Burningtown, Macon, NC, 823/839, Mary Bird
!PROBATE: 22-Aug-1885 Macon, NC estate probate, for Clark Bird, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78C-89P
!REFERENCE: 2002 Grissom Family, "A family cemetery lies atop a knoll near the Tellico Baptist Church.", http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grissom110/genealogy/wm%20grissom/f55.htm
!REFERENCE: 10-Jul-2006 email from Penny Spencer to Don Braffitt490
!REFERENCE: 1987 The Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina, 1987489, 79,80, pages 139-140, "A family cemetery lies atop a knoll near the Tellico Baptist Church and is maintained by Thad Byrd. ... [the cemetery] is on a hilltop just south of the Tellico Baptist Church on the old Byrd property."
!REFERENCE: 2002 Grissom Family, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grissom110/genealogy/wm%20grissom/f55.htm#f568
!REFERENCE: 2003 Clark S. Bird Family Record, Polly Curtis Bird, https://www.myfamilynames.com/documents/notesLetters/Clark%20S.%20Bird.pdf
!REFERENCE: FamilySearch2, Mary Pauline Curtis, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/LR2P-FC9
!REFERENCE: A Curtis Genealogy491, no reference to a daughter of Moses Curtis named Mary Pauline Curtis
!REFERENCE: Macon, NC deaths474 for 2 children give Mary’s name as Mary Anders and Mary Kilpatric
!REFERENCE: Bird Family Bible339
!REFERENCE: Ken Bradford's Genealogy Pages337
Marriage7 Dec 1820, Burke, NC492
ChildrenJames Harvey (1821-1843)
 Asbury (1823-1845)
 John Williamson (1824-1904)
 Mary Ann (1825-1914)
 Joshua Curtis (1828-1892)
 Elizabeth Jane (1829-1915)
 Louisa Delilah (1831-~1905)
 Celia Brittain (1832-1924)
 Rebecca Melinda (1835-1920)
 Jonathan Lafayette (1837-1921)
 Ellen Marinda (1838-1927)
 Jesse Richardson (1840-1865)
 Martha Viann (1842-1920)
 Carmine Sevier (1844-1893)
 Benjamin Andrew (1846-1919)
Birthabt 1817, NC
Misc. Notes
!CENSUS: 1850 Tennessee Valley, Macon, NC, Malinda West, husband Daniel West, son Elizah H. West, daughter Jane A. West
!CENSUS: 1860 Cowee, Macon, NC, Malinda West, husband Daniel West, 2 daughters including Ida R. West
!NOTE: Previously married to Daniel West.
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1868 Macon, NC marriages336, book 1, page 1, Clarke Bird and Melinda West
!CENSUS: 29-Aug-1870 Burningtown, Macon, NC, 42/42, Malinda Bird, daughters Ida West and C. T. West
!CENSUS: 1880 Burningtown, Macon, NC488, 9/9, Melenda Byrd
Marriage2 Jan 1868, Macon, NC336
Misc. Notes
!MARRIAGE: 02-Jan-1867 Macon, NC marriages336, book 1, page 1, Clarke Bird and Melinda West
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