James Byars

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1718, New Kent County, Virginia

Notes:

Posted By: Clovis Byars Herring
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Subject: Re: Nell Byars Thaten Book
Post Date: May 21, 2008 at 00:23:46
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Forum: Byars Family Genealogy Forum
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I am looking at my copy of "Byars Family History" Copyright 1976 by Nell Byars Thaten. The binding was by Worth Bindery, Ft. Worth, Texas 76107. Published by Miran Publishers, Fort Worth, Texas 76116. It is a soft cover book, about the size of a sheet of paper folded in half. It has 185 pages, an Index,appendix and a Table of Contents. It brings Nell's "Byars Family" from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and to Texas.

The first known ancestor is Jonas Byars b. ca 1718. Jonas married Francis Collins. Two known children are named in the book.

# 1. William Byars, who m Elizabeth Bedford.
#2. Henrietta Byars, who married Joel Blackwell, the only known child for them was Mary Blackwell.

Mary Blackwell married Richard Arnold and they had the following children:

(1) Rebecca Arnold
(2) Joel Arnold
(3) John Arnold
(4) Benjamin Arnold
(5) Richard Arnold
(6) Henrietta Arnold, m. Joab Byars
(7) Cinderella Arnold
(8) James Arnold
(9) Sally Arnold
(10) Daniel Arnold
(11) Nathaniel Arnold
(12) Thomas Arnold
(13) Alfred Arnold.

Nell stated it was possible there was one or more children, names unknown to her.

William Byars , son of Jonas Byars and Frances Collins Byars, married Elizabeth Bedford, daughter of Jonas Bedford and Amasa "Mercy" Raymond. Mercy was a descendant of a man the signed the Mayflower Compact.

As I said before the book is well written and contains copies of Wills, Marriage Records and many pictures. Nell was a very thorough researcher. She and several other Byars Descendants worked together to accumulate documents for any person named Byars/Byers or a variant of the name. All of those people have passed away. If you cannot find a place to purchase the book then try to get your local Library to order it inter Library loan. Or you might try asking the LDS Library to put a copy on a CD and let you purchase it. Or if you can make contact with Nell Byars Thaten's children they may have copies for sell.

I will be glad to look up things for you, provided you can give me a Given Name as well as a Surname and a time period. My husband has a terminal illness and it may take me awhile to get back to you. I hope to put all the issues of the Byars - Byers Family Enquirer on a CD in the near future. There are 22 issues that answers the questions many of you are asking now. cbh






My ggg grandfather Jonas Byars, proven son of Wm./Elizabeth also migrated to St. Clair Co., AL about the same time as Abraham/Mary. I noticed that both gave VA as birth then later NC. It is possible that they were born in VA.

... email me if you want more info. dixieladye@hotmail.com [Linda McMurry]

Birth:
Map & History of Hanover County, Virginia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia

Alt Birth:
now Hanover County...

James married Frances "Fannie" Collins in 1758 in Orange County, North Carolina. Frances (daughter of Thomas Collins and Rosanna Dodds) was born in 0___ 1740 in (Virginia); died in 1764 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married Joel Blackwell in 1765 in (Rutherford County) North Carolina. Joel was born in ~1740 in (Fauquier County, Virginia); died in 1818-1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: ~1755, Louisa County, Virginia

Notes:

Here are some notes from the book "Byars Family History"53 by Nell Byars Thaten:

Earliest known ancestor is Jonas Byars (b. circa 1718) who married Frances Collins. Some references call him James. They had at least two children named William Byars (who married Elizabeth Bedford) and Henrietta Byars (who married Joel Blackwell). William Byars birth date is unknown although he was married before the Revolutionary War. He died in the fall of 1819 in Spartanburg County, SC according to estate papers on file in the South Carolina Archives. Elizabeth Bedford Byars died in Chickasaw County, Mississippi in 1847.

It is not known when she moved to Mississippi, but some family members think it may have been only a few months before she died.

The children of William and Elizabeth Byars were: Robert Byars Rebekah Byars Seth Byars Lydia Byars Nancy Byars Joe Byars Jonas Byars, b.1790 in SC, married Sarah Davis (daughter of Benjamin Davis), moved to Alabama James Byars, b.1794 in SC, married Mary F. Richards before 1818, moved to Georgia Susie Byars Eunice Byars Joab Byars, b.1807 in SC, married Henrietta Arnold, died in Calhoun Co. Miss. in 1884.

The book includes significant details of the families of William and Elizabeth's children Jonas, James, and Joab.

The book includes a map that illustrates the Byars family migration as follows: Lancaster County, VA (arrived 1653) Lousia County, VA Hanover County, VA Franklin County, NC (early 1700's) Rutherford County, NC Spartanburg County, SC (arrived before Rev. War, left 1818) Butts County, GA (arrived 1819, left 1842) Tuscaloosa County, AL (migrated across 1842) Calhoun County, MS (arrived 1843, left 1892) Collin County, TX (arrived 1892, left 1920) Childress County, TX (arrived 1920, left 1976)

Alt Birth:
Map & History of Louisa County, Virginia ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia

William married Elizabeth Bedford in 1785 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonas Bedford and Amasa "Mercy" Travis Raymond) was born in 1763 in Essex County, New Jersey; died in ~1847 in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Revolutionary War Patriot

Notes:

James Byars
Pension File 15249

Know all men by these presents that I - ISAIAH BYARS a resident of the County of Pickens and State of Alabama, son of JAMES BYARS (a pensioner of the United States who was placed on the pension roll of the State of South Carolina and who died at his residence in Spartanburg District in the state aforesaid) and of his wife SARAH who removed after the death of said ISAIAH (note - should be JAMES - MST) to the County of Pickens and State of Alabama and who died at the residence of Isaiah Byars in the County of Pickens and State of Alabama on or about the 1st day of January 1838, do hereby Constitute and appoint CATHARINE BYARS (widow of JOHN BYARS) of Spartanburg District and State of South Carolina my agent to ask demand and receive from the Government of the United States the pension due me as son and heir of said SARAH BYARS decd widow of said JAMES BYARS decd hereby authorize her to employ an attorney or attorneys under her to ask and demand a Certificate of the pension due me to be sent in her name to her.

Hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said CATHARINE BYARS may do or her constituted attorney under her may do in the premises.

Witness my hand and seal
this 13 day of June - 1853
Signed and sealed in presence of
Isaiah Byars
M.L. Stansel
I.M. Bryan

The second is the Revolutionary War pension file of James Byars, son of Jonas James Byars and Francis Collins. Please note the affidavit given by Robert Byars. This is the same Robert Byars we discussed in our earlier correspondence. Please let me know if you make a connection between the Byars family and your Byas family. I strongly believe there is a common connection

Family/Spouse: Sarah Pigg. Sarah (daughter of Edward Pigg and unnamed spouse) was born in 1762 in North Carolina; died on 1 Jan 1838 in Pickens County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Sarah LNU(North Carolina). Sarah was born in (CIRCA 1770) in (North Carolina). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Reuben Mastin before 1797. Reuben (son of William Mastin, Sr. and Lucy Sanders) was born about 1772 in Commonwealth of Virginia; died on 11 Feb 1850 in Greeneville County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Richard Arnold in ~1795 in South Carolina. Richard was born in (CIRCA 1775). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married George K. Byars in 1802 in (Rutherford County) North Carolina. George (son of William Byars and Sarah Ann Doggett) was born in 1760-1770 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died in 1843 in Butts County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lydia Byars. Lydia (daughter of William Byars and Elizabeth Bedford) was born in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Chesley Webb. Chesley (son of Reverend John Webb and Sarah Byars) was born on 2 Jan 1772 in North Carolina; died on 30 Oct 1842 in (DeKalb County) Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonas Bedford Byars was b. ca 1790 Spartanburg District S.C. Per the 1850 & 1860 Blount Co. AL Census records. and the "Memorial Record of Alabama, Vol. 1 1893 pg. 502. (see record under son, William George Byars). He died between 1860 & 1870 census in Blount County, Alabama.
Buried at Cedar Grove based on the following accounts.

1)Some cousins and I went to Cedar Grove to clean the cemetery in Mar. 2010 and two gentlemen from the hunting lodge where the cemetery now rests came by. One a Mr. Jones told us that as a child he remembers a large tombstone with the name of Jonas Byars sat in the cemetery and that years back vandals broke it apart and how sad it was.
2) Thursday February 11, 1892
Sketches of Blount County, Alabama by Mary Gordon Duffee
published in Blount County News and Dispatch. (Mary Gordon Duffee was a noted historian of the area).
"Mr. Jonas Byars lived to a ripe old age, passing his declining years in the old homestead, tenderly nourished by his dutiful son William and his good wife. He lived to see this region populated, and the ranks of wealth and fashion gather at the springs where so often he had come to hunt deer. Somehow, I love to think of this pioneer, and in memory I see his portly figure, his clean-shaven face, kindly eyes, soft, silken hair, and polite, gentle manners, as plainly as though the leaves of many autumns had not drifted above his silent tomb in the shadows of a beautiful CEDAR GROVE!"

NO MARKER HAS BEEN LOCATED

Family/Spouse: Sarah Davis. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Davis and unnamed spouse) was born in 0___ 1795 in Greenville County, South Carolina; died in 0___ 1850 in Hayden, Blount County, Alabama; was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hayden, Blount Co., AL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Re: Byars Family at Gaffney,SC

Posted: 18 Nov 2013 1:42PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Byars

William David Byars was Perry Harrison Byars son. Joseph "Joe" Byars is Perry Harrison's father. His birth date is June 7, 1792 and death date 1850. If you want the full family tree from William David Byars just let me know. Andrew Byars

Family/Spouse: Nancy Blanton. Nancy was born on 11 Feb 1792; died in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Georgia

James married Mary F. Richards before 1818 in (South Carolina). Mary was born in 0___ 1798 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Methodist

Notes:

Family Members
Spouse
Martha Ann Ray Byars
1793–1863

Children
Photo
William Dudley Byars*
1820–1882

Nancy Ann Byars Bush*
1826–1882

Jonas Washington Byars*
1828–1884

Photo
Mary Frances Byars Bedford French*
1833–1907

*Calculated Relationship

Birth:
in the "Pacolet Mills" area...

Buried:
Inscription: No surviving marker but said by descendants to be buried here.

Seth married Martha Ann "Patsy" Ray in 1818 in Jasper County, Georgia. Martha (daughter of Frederick Ray and Nancy Harwell) was born in 0___ 1793 in Iredell County, North Carolina; died on 3 Dec 1863 in Pickens County, Alabama; was buried in Center Springs Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joel Blackwell, Jr.. Joel (son of Joel Blackwell and Henrietta Byars) was born in 0___ 1779; died in 0___ 1807 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Calhoun County, Mississippi

Notes:

All of Joab Byars sons were Confederate Soldiers but Rufus who died just before the War.

1880 CensusCalhoun, Mississippi

Name: Joab Byars Residence: Calhoun, Mississippi Birthdate: 1808 Birthplace: South Carolina, United States Relationship to Head: Self Spouse's Name: Henrietta Byars Spouse's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Male Martial Status: Married Age (Expanded): 72 years Occupation: Farming NARA Film Number: T9-0642 Page: 540 Page Character: B Entry Number: 2279 Film number: 1254642

Household Gender Age Joab Byars M 72
Spouse Henrietta Byars F 75

Benjamin married Henrietta Arnold on 10 Aug 1829 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Henrietta (daughter of Richard Arnold and Mary "Polly" Blackwell) was born on 8 Feb 1805 in South Carolina; died on 2 Sep 1892 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sylvia LNU. Sylvia was born in 0___ 1817 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I found discrepancy in the information below on the 1870 Calhoun, Mississippi Census which shows that both Joab and Henrietta were born in Mississippi...not South Carolina.

Benjamin Joab Byars I Was born August 11, 1807, Spartanburg, District, South Carolina. Died December 24, 1884. Married Henrietta Arnold or Arendale, granddaughter of Henrietta Byars & Joel Blackwell. She was born February 8, 1805 in South Carolina. Died Sept-ember 23, 1892. Daughter of Richard Arendale & Mary Blackwell.

Henrietta married Benjamin Joab "Joab" Byars on 10 Aug 1829 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Benjamin (son of William Byars and Elizabeth Bedford) was born on 11 Aug 1807 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina; died on 24 Dec 1884 in Calhoun County, Mississippi; was buried in Macedonia Cemetery, Calhoun City, Calhoun County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Temperance Watkins(Rutherford County) North Carolina. Temperance (daughter of William Watkins and Sarah Davis) was born on 2 Nov 1805 in (Rutherford County) North Carolina; died on 24 Apr 1875 in (Butts County, Georgia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Death: 3 Jan 1886

Sarah married Robert Byars in 1827 in (Butts County) Georgia. Robert (son of James Byars and Elizabeth Walker) was born on 17 Jan 1810 in Butts County, Georgia; died on 24 Sep 1855 in Butts County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Planter & General Store Owner
• Military: CSA Veteran
• Occupation: 1850-1857; Butts County, Georgia Tax Collector
• Occupation: 1859-1860; Butts County, Georgia State Senator

Notes:

Confederate Civil War Veteran.

Son of George K. Byars and Anna Blackwell Byars.

First tax collector of Butts County, Georgia to receive a commission from the state in 1850. He served as tax collector during the years 1850 - 1854 & 1856 - 1857. Farmer, planter, and owned a general store from 1879 - 1899. Served as State Senator of Butts County from 1859-1860.

Family/Spouse: Mary I. Moore Nutt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harrell married Ann Eliza Nutt on 23 Nov 1843 in (Butts County, Georgia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Jane Thomas. Mary (daughter of William Jeter Thomas and Mary Baker) was born on 19 Nov 1835 in Alabama; died on 23 Jun 1924 in Blount County, Alabama; was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hayden, Blount County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah "Sallie" Cooper. Sarah was born on 31 Jan 1822 in (Gaffney, South Carolina); died on 5 Feb 1911 in (Cherokee County) South Carolina; was buried in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Cherokee County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: L. M. Burke. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 0___ 1830, Pickens County, Alabama

Notes:

James Absalom Byars was the son of Seth and Martha Ray Byars and the father of William Edward Byars. He was the husband of Elizabeth Betsy Friday Byars. He was my second great grandfather (Sherri Kemp).

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Betsy Friday Byars*
1836–1905

Children
Photo
William Edward Byars*
1861–1938

*Calculated Relationship

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsy" Friday. Elizabeth was born in 0___ 1836 in Pickens County, Alabama; died in 0___ 1905 in Pickens County, Alabama; was buried in Elmore Cemetery, Gordo, Pickens County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard Pinkney Byars, born September 6, 1831 in Spartanburg District South Carolina, died February 14, 1891 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. Migrated to Mississippi and then to Arkansas. He was well educated; wrote a beautiful hand, married Jan 3, 1856 to Nancy Jane Vaughan in Calhoun City, Miss. She was born 1836 in North Carolina; died Jan. 2, 1907 in Calhoun Co., Ark. She was daughter of Jerome Vaughan. www.agsgenealogy.org/databases/pdffiles/AFH/AFH122Jun1974.pdf

RICHARD PINCKNEY & NANCY JANE VAUGHN BYARS http://vaughan-vaughn.org/verna/1987/87-pg17.htm

Notes:

He served as a Senator for the State of Mississippi.

Buried:
Inscription: Masonic Emblem

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: CSA Veteran

Notes:

Richard Pinkney Byars, born September 6, 1831 in Spartanburg District South Carolina, died February 14, 1891 in Calhoun County, Arkansas. Migrated to Mississippi and then to Arkansas. He was well educated; wrote a beautiful hand, married Jan 3, 1856 to Nancy Jane Vaughan in Calhoun City, Miss. She was born 1836 in North Carolina; died Jan. 2, 1907 in Calhoun Co., Ark. She was daughter of Jerome Vaughan. www.agsgenealogy.org/databases/pdffiles/AFH/AFH122Jun1974.pdf

RICHARD PINCKNEY & NANCY JANE VAUGHN BYARS http://vaughan-vaughn.org/verna/1987/87-pg17.htm

Notes:

He served as a Senator for the State of Mississippi.

Buried:
Inscription: Masonic Emblem

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: CSA Veteran

George married Martha Jane Meredith on 6 Aug 1846 in Butts County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: CSA Veteran

Notes:

Inscription: PVT CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
He was the s/o Robert and Sarah Byars

James married Virginia Preston(Butts County, Georgia). Virginia was born on 10 Mar 1838 in Butts County, Georgia; died on 20 Nov 1914 in Butts County, Georgia; was buried in Preston Family Cemetery, Flovilla, Butts County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farming
• Military: CSA Veteran
• Residence: 1880, Indian Springs, Butts County, Georgia

Notes:

Name: Richard T. Byars
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 22 Dec 1859
Event Place: Butts, Georgia, United States
Event Place: Butts, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mary Anne C. Janes
Spouse's Gender: Female

GS Film Number: 000164757
Digital Folder Number: 004849057
Image Number: 00155

Citing this Record
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWK-SBC : 23 July 2019), Richard T. Byars and Mary Anne C. Janes, 22 Dec 1859; citing Marriage, Butts, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 164,757.

end of marriage record

Name: Richard G Byars
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Indian Springs, Butts, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1840
Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Father's Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia, United States
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 301
Person Number: 0
Volume: 1


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Richard G Byars Self M 40 Georgia, United States
Nannie Byars Wife F 36 Georgia, United States
James Byars Son M 19 Georgia, United States
John Byars Son M 16 Georgia, United States
Thomas Byars Son M 14 Georgia, United States
Sallie Byars Daughter F 12 Georgia, United States
Mary S Byars Daughter F 6 Georgia, United States
Nannie Byars Daughter F 3 Georgia, United States
George Byars Son M 8 Georgia, United States
Bobbie Byars Daughter F 0 Georgia, United States

District: ED 18
Sheet Number and Letter: 301D
Household ID: 12512136
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T9
Affiliate Film Number: 0136
GS Film Number: 1254136
Digital Folder Number: 005157341
Image Number: 00608

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LD-SDK : 19 August 2017), Bobbie Byars in entry for Richard G Byars, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 18, sheet 301D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0136; FHL microfilm 1,254,136.

end of this census record

CSA Private, Co."I", 45th Reg.GA, Volunteer Infantry of Virginia, surrendered at Appomatox,,April 9, 1865.

Richard married Mary Ann Clementine "Nannie" Jones on 22 Dec 1859 in Butts County, Georgia. Mary was born on 11 Dec 1844 in (Butts County, Georgia); died on 2 Aug 1898 in (Butts County, Georgia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Baptist

Notes:

Buried:
Plot: Row 09 Mkr 67

Family/Spouse: Augustus Rowe Jones. Augustus died in 1861-1865. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FNU Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

9 Mar 2014: Click on the follow link to view a slate of his children: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49953387

Taken from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III, Thomas McAdory Owen, 1921, reprinted 1976, page 276.

Byars, William Edgar, business man and legislator, was born February 22, 1864, near Blount Springs; son of William George and Mary Jane (Thomas) Byars, of Blount County; grandson of Jonas Byars and wife, a Miss Davis, the former of South Carolina, of Revolutionary War ancestry, emigrated to Alabama in 1820, and of William Jeter and Mary (Baker) Thomas, the former born in Union District, S.C., emigrated to Alabama in 1835, served as a member of the 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment C.S. Army, and of the same family as Governor Jeter of South Carolina. He was educated in the common schools near his home; when sixteen years of age engaged in farming; later entering business with his father.

Some years ago he became proprietor of the Blount Springs hotel, which he owns and manages. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of 1903, from Blount County, being the first and only successful candidate from his section of the county in over fifty years. He is a Democrat; Methodist; and a Mason. Married: October 20, 1886, at Blount Springs, to Annie Amanda, daughter of John Paul and Mary Jane (Cosby) Willoughby, of Springville, St. Clair County. The Willoughby's originally came from Virginia, where Edwin the great-great-grandfather received a land grant from Virginia for service in the War of the Revolution. Residence: Blount Springs.

William married Anna Amanda "Annie" Willoughby on 20 Oct 1886 in Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama. Anna (daughter of John Paul Willoughby and Mary Jane Cosby) was born on 3 Sep 1866 in (Blount County) Alabama; died on 22 Jan 1939 in (Blount County) Alabama; was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Hayden, Blount County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Son of Perry Harrison and Sallie Cooper Byars, husband of Nancy Parris.

Family/Spouse: Nancy "Nannie" Parris. Nancy (daughter of John S. Parris and Eliza Cantrell) was born on 25 Nov 1858 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina; died on 4 Mar 1927 in Marion County, South Carolina; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Marion County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ellen McGuire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Blassingame. Elizabeth (daughter of William Blasingame and unnamed spouse) was born on 20 Mar 1864 in Alabama; died on 13 Dec 1952 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Edward (Billy) Byars was the son of James Absalom Byars and the grandson of Seth Byars. He was the husband of Rutha Ellen Elmore Byars and the father of Mary Charlotte (Lottie) Byars Strickland, my grandmother... Kathy Vogel

Family/Spouse: Rutha Ellen Elmore. Rutha was born in 0___ 1863; died in 0___ 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Jackson Progress-Argus, 8 January 1937
Mr. T. J. Byars Is Claimed By Death

Mr. T. J. Byars, 70 years of age, died suddenly December 15 at his home in Yatesville. Mr. Byars, although he had been in ill health for several months, was improving and was performing his usual duties at the time of his death. Mr. Byars was a devoted member of Antioch church in Butts county from which place he moved to Barnesville 16 years ago.

Funeral services were held at the Byars home on Greenwood street in Barnesville December 17, with the Rev. Harry V. Smith officiating. Interment was in Watkins cemetery, Butts county.

Surviving Mr. Byars are his wife; six sons, Moses and Philip, of Barnesville; Paul, of Yatesville; Enoch, of Jackson; Joel, of Atlanta; Harry, of Woodbury; two daughters, Lois, of Barnesville, and Ruth, of Miami, Fla; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Cora Bell Byars
1869–1924

Children
Photo
Cyrus J Byars
1886–1916

Photo
Moses Franklin Byars
1889–1964

Photo
Paul D. Byars
1892–1961

Photo
Phillip Dewy Byars
1897–1946

Enoch J. Byars
1899–1964

Photo
Harry B. Byars
1909–1956

end of obituary

Thomas Jefferson Byars 1866 - 1936 (person id I19506) is listed as spouse of Pauline B Fincher (person id I19507) which I believe is correct. However, that was probably his second wife. His first wife was Cora Bell Byars, whose maiden name was Fincher. She could have been Pauline's sister. I have a copy of Cora Bell Byars's death certificate that I can email to you.

end of comment

Name: Thomas Byars
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Militia District 613, Goodys, Butts, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Years Married: 15
Birth Date: Apr 1866
Birthplace: Georgia
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1885
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Thomas Byars Head M 34 Georgia
Pauline B Byars Wife F 38 Georgia
Silas Byars Son M 19 Georgia
Moses F Byars Son M 10 Georgia
Paul D Byars Son M 8 Georgia
Mary L Byars Daughter F 4 Georgia
Philip Byars Son M 3 Georgia
Eric Byars Son M 0 Georgia

District: 38
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Household ID: 164
Line Number: 99
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T623
GS Film Number: 1240182
Digital Folder Number: 004119688
Image Number: 00611

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FR-QZS : accessed 14 August 2019), Eric Byars in household of Thomas Byars, Militia District 613, Goodys, Butts, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 9A, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,182.

end of this census record

Thomas married Cora Bell Fincher in 1885 in (Butts County, Georgia). Cora (daughter of Billy Fincher and Polly Cregg) was born on 27 Mar 1869 in Georgia; died on 14 Apr 1924 in Greenwood Street, Barnesville, Polk County, Georgia; was buried in Watkins Cemetery, Jackson, Butts County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pauline B. (Fincher). Pauline was born in 0Mar 1862 in (Butts County, Georgia). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Plot: Row 09 Mkr 66

Family/Spouse: Lurline Patton. Lurline was born in 0___ 1901; died in 0___ 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 0___ 1952, Lake City, Florida

Family/Spouse: FNU Austin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FNU Jennings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FNU Horton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama

Family/Spouse: George Gann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Luna married James Thomas Howell on 9 Apr 1927 in Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama. James was born on 14 Oct 1907 in Steens, Lowndes County, Mississippi; died on 8 Dec 1949 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1881, (Butts County) Georgia

Moses married Dora Beatrice "Dollie" Williams(Butts County, Georgia). Dora was born on 9 Dec 1891 in Butts County, Georgia; died on 1 May 1947 in Georgia; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Barnesville, Polk County, Georgia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Miami, Florida

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Barnesville, Polk County, Georgia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1937, Jackson, Georgia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: WW II Veteran, US Navy

Harry married Thelma G. LNU(Butts County, Georgia). Thelma was born in 0___ 1909 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1950, Marion County, South Carolina

Family/Spouse: John Steadman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jean Howell Capps
BIRTH 29 May 1929
DEATH 17 Apr 1991
BURIAL Greenhill Memorial Gardens Reform, Pickens County, Alabama, USA
MEMORIAL ID 171156509

Died:
at St. Vincent's Hospital...

Family/Spouse: James Edward Capps. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tommie married Virginia C. LNU(Butts County, Georgia). Virginia was born on 17 Apr 1915 in (Butts County, Georgia); died on 15 Feb 1999; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Vert Lee Woodson. Vert was born on 10 Mar 1915 in (Georgia); died on 17 Jun 1977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert Clark. Robert was born in 1909; died in 1974. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Pat LNU. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]