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David left Tennessee for the first time with his mother and 10 brothers and sisters to raise cotton in Alabama. In 1820 difficult times led to David and others of his family to return to Tennessee, in Warren Co., but in 1834, David moved from Warren Co., TN back to AL (Clarke Co. )with others, including a Levi Meadows. H and Jane had 12 children, 2 of whom reportedly had died in earl y. John Ingram and family, also from TN, came in 1836. When these families settled there they found abundant game, especially bears, deer and wild turkey. There were also black wolves and huge rattlesnakes some as long as 7 feet . (notes from Linda Bologna of Irving, TX) [Correspondence from Tresha Gassman (Moonjagaol.com)]

1830 Federal Census in Warren Co. TN finds a David Byrd with the following: males 5-10: 3, 15-20: 3, 50-60: 1 and females 10-15: 2, 40-50: 1. There are just 8 children shown. It is possible that Isaiah was not born until after the census in 1830 and Joseph, who was supposed to have died quite young, was born in 1832-1833, Jane would still have been under 50. Jesse would have to have been counted in the 5 to 10 group, if this is the right David Byrd. This is possible because on later census reports Jesse's age is given such that a birthdate from 1820-1822 can be calculated, however he was supposed to be 80 when he died in December, 1899.
Although circumstantial evidence points to David as the father of Jesse , Isaiah and Joseph, proof of this so far does not exist. While it seems certain their grandparents were Richard and Elizabeth Buster Byrd, it i s possible their father was a brother of David, either Charles or Richard . about whom little is known. The families and movements of the other brothers do not fit. For now David will remain the "placeholder" fa ther , whose sons geographical moves and burial sites are identical to Jesse and Isaiah. We know Joseph died early in Alabama after an injury sus tained in the Mexican American War, but this again is a parallel to David's so n, Pleasant, who also fought in the Mexican American War. but survived to move to Visalia, CA

Children of DAVID BYRD and JANE MOREHEAD are:
i. UNKNOWN23 BYRD, b. Abt. 1807.
ii. UNKNOWN BYRD, b. Abt. 1809, TN.
iii. DAVID BYRD, JR., b. 1811, Madison Co., Alabama.
25. iv. JAMES BYRD, b. January 12, 1813, Madison Co. AL; d. Bef. Octob e r 01, 1858, Visalia, Tulare Co., CA.
26. v. SAMUAL BYRD, b. April 14, 1814, Madison Co. AL; d. Septembe r1 1 , 1857, Collin Co., TX.
vi. GABRIEL BYRD, b. 1815, AL; d. 1856, Russian River, CA (drowned).
Notes for GABRIEL BYRD:
Drowned in Russian River near San Francisco on way to California gold fields.
vii. DAUGHTER BYRD, b. Abt. 1816, Madison Co. AL.
viii. MARY BYRD, b. 1817, Warren Co. TN.
Notes for MARY BYRD: m. Wm Ingram
27. ix. JESSE ALBERT BYRD, b. February 04, 1819, Perry Co., Alabama ;d . December 25, 1899, Visalia, Tulare Co., CA.
x. JOSEPH BYRD, b. Abt. 1820, AL; d. Bet. 1847 - 1848, Clarke Co., Alabama.
Notes for JOSEPH BYRD:
Joined up for the Mexican American War in 1847, going with his brother, Pleasant. Joseph sustained a serious wound, returned to his mother's home in Alabama where he died of its complications.
In recollections of Emma Byrd Bush, daughter of Isaiah to Anna Belle Byrd Baker, Jesse's granddaughter, "Joseph died young and without children . He was injured in the leg during the Mexican-American War, which never healed and he developed a "cancer" from which he died."
28. xi. PLEASANT BYRD, b. December 12, 1822, Warren Co. TN.; d. Aug us t 18, 1893, Grangeville, Kings Co., CA.
29. xii. ISAIAH FRANCIS (ZEKE) BYRD, b. 1829, (Clarke Co., ?) AL; d. September 07, 1877, Porterville, Tulare Co. CA.

Birth	23 Mar 1779	Montgomery County, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1806	Hawkins County, Tennessee - Jane Morehead
Death	1837	Clarke County, Alabama

Spouse	Jane Morehead (1785 - 1847)
Child	Samuel Byrd (1814 - 1857)

Father	Richard Byrd ( - 1803)
Mother	Elizabeth Buster (1751 - 1814)
Sibling	James Pleasant Byrd (1794 - 1864)