Baird Family

I have more questions than answers to this line of my family. Below is a four generation tree of my line and below that is some information found at the North Carolina Archives. Hope it will help those looking for information on this particular line of Bairds in North Carolina.

Descendants of John Baird

Generation No. 1 

1.  JOHN⁵ BAIRD  (JOHN⁴, PATRICK³, JOHN² BARD, PATRICK¹ BARDE) was born Abt. 1732 in East Muckroft, Cadder Parish, Lanark County, Scotland, and died Aft. 09 Feb 1804.  He married JANE POYTHRESS.  She died Aft. 02 Jul 1779. 

Children of JOHN BAIRD and JANE POYTHRESS are:

i. JOHN (JACK)⁶ BAIRD, b. bef 4/18/1807.
2.               ii.    WILLIAM BAIRD, b. 27 Jan 1772, Prince George County, Virginia, USA; d. 11 Sep 1857, Caselton, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
iii. ? BAIRD, b. Aft. 1772; m. DONALD MCKENZIE.
iv. ? BAIRD, b. Aft. 1772; m. ____WEISIGER
.v. ELIZABETH (ELIZA) BAIRD, b. Aft. 1772; d. Bet. 06 Jul - 05 Dec 1814, Petersburg, Virginia, USA.

Generation No. 2 

2.  WILLIAM⁶ BAIRD (JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, PATRICK³, JOHN² BARD, PATRICK¹ BARDE) was born 27 Jan 1772 in Prince George County, Virginia, USA, and died 11 Sep 1857 in Caselton, Person County, North Carolina, USA.  He married (1) JANE HENRY GILLIAM 09 Feb 1804 in Prince George County, Virginia, USA.  She died 24 May 1822 in Hallsfield, Prince George County, Virginia, USA.  He married (2) LUCY ANN ? Aft. 1821.  She died Aft. 1857 in Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia, USA. 

Children of WILLIAM BAIRD and JANE GILLIAM are:

i. MARY HARRISON⁷ BAIRD, b. 12 Dec 1804.
ii. JANE ANNE BAIRD, b. 02 Apr 1806.
iii. JOHN BAIRD, b. 11 Oct 1807.
3.              iv.    DR. WILLIAM H. BAIRD, b. 1809; d. 10 Aug 1874, Person County,  North Carolina USA.
v. HENRY RUFFIN BAIRD, b. 16 Jan 1811.
vi. NATHANIEL HARRISON BAIRD, b. 12 Mar 1812.
vii. JAMES DUNLOP BAIRD, b. 25 Aug 1813.
viii. BENJAMIN RICE BAIRD, b. 10 Apr 1815.
ix. CARTER PLEASANTS BAIRD, b. 11 Dec 1816.
x. DONALD MCKENZIE BAIRD, b. 10 Jun 1818.
xi. JANE GILLIAM BAIRD, b. 31 Aug 1819.
xii. JAMES ATKINSON BAIRD, b. 14 Jan 1821. 

Generation No. 3 

3.  DR. WILLIAM H.⁷ BAIRD (WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, PATRICK³, JOHN² BARD, PATRICK¹ BARDE) was born 1809, and died 10 Aug 1874 in Person County,  North Carolina USA.  He married (1) MARGARET REID/REED Bet. 1834 - 1835.    He married (2) ELYANN DAY 25 May 1869 in Person County, North Carolina, USA¹, daughter of JOSEPH DAY and MARY HUMPHRIES.  She was born Abt. 1837 in Person County,  North Carolina USA. 

Children of WILLIAM BAIRD and MARGARET REID/REED are:
i. THOMAS HILL READE⁸ BAIRD, b. Abt. 1837.
ii. JANE A. BAIRD, b. Abt. 1841.
iii. JOHN G. BAIRD, b. Abt. 1844.
4.              iv.    VIRGINIA P. BAIRD, b. Abt. 1846.
v. ALGENON/ALGERNON H. BAIRD, b. Abt. 1850. 

Children of WILLIAM BAIRD and ELYANN DAY are:
5.              vi.    ELLA C. DAY⁸ BAIRD, b. 24 Mar 1865, Person County; d. 14 Nov 1915, Wake County, N.C..
vii. SARAH B. BAIRD, b. Abt. 1871.
viii. HENRY LEWIS BAIRD, b. Abt. 1873; d. 1942 Harnett County, North Carolina, USA; m. FLORA SNOW
ix. GRAHAM BAIRD, b. Abt. 1876. 

Generation No. 4 

4.  VIRGINIA P.⁸ BAIRD (WILLIAM H.⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, PATRICK³, JOHN² BARD, PATRICK¹ BARDE) was born Abt. 1846.  She married WARREN CHESTERFIELD BROOKS 15 Dec 1870 in Person County, North Carolina, USA.

Children of VIRGINIA BAIRD and WARREN BROOKS are:
i. MARGARET R.⁹ BROOKS, b. Abt. 1871, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
ii. ROSA LEE BROOKS, b. 20 Mar 1876, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
iii. WILLIAM LEMUEL BROOKS, b. 07 May 1877, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
iv. ALMA SMITH BROOKS, b. 16 Sep 1879, Person County,  North Carolina USA.
v. ROBERT CHESTERFIELD BROOKS, b. 03 Jul 1881, Person County,  North Carolina USA.
vi. MARY READE BROOKS, b. 1883, Person County,  North Carolina USA.
vii. THOMAS WESTMORE BROOKS, b. 06 Aug 1891, Person County,  North Carolina USA. 

5.  ELLA C. DAY⁸ BAIRD (WILLIAM H.⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, PATRICK³, JOHN² BARD, PATRICK¹ BARDE)^2,3,4 was born 24 Mar 1865 in Person County, and died 14 Nov 1915 in Wake County, N.C.⁵.  She married (1) UNKNOWN DAY.    She married (2) GEORGE G. MORTON^6,7,8,9 21 Mar 1899 in Person County, N.C.^10,11, son of JOHN MORTON and ELIZABETH BROOKS.  He was born 05 Jul 1846 in North Carolina, USA, and died 18 Oct 1930 in Raleigh, N.C.  Soldier's Home. 

Children of ELLA BAIRD and UNKNOWN DAY are:
i. LENA Frances⁹ DAY¹⁶, b. 1894; m. SAMUEL PARHAM SMITH.
ii. EFFIE DAY, m. RUFUS R. WALKER; b. 1855. 

Children of ELLA BAIRD and GEORGE MORTON are:
iii. JULIAN CARR⁹ MORTON, SR.¹⁷, b. 03 Jun 1900, Person County^17,18; d. 22 Jan 1972, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA¹⁸; m. WILLIE EVANS; b. Unknown, Abbeville County, SC¹⁸.
iv. LOTTIE MORTON¹⁹, b. 1902, Person County; m. MILTON SMITH; b. Unknown.
v. CARRIE SUE MORTON¹⁹, b. 1904, Person County; d. Oct 1999, Durham, North Carolina, USA²⁰; m. GEORGE PLEASANT COLE; b. 26 Oct 1892; d. 21 Sep 1963, Durham County, NC²¹.

Endnotes 

1.  Mariage Bond, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
2.  Person County Legacy Book.
3.  Death Certificate Guilford County, Cert. #326, Registration Dist. No. 92-8033pg.#387.
4.  Mariage Bond, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
5.  Death Certificate, Wake County.
6.  Person County Legacy Book, Item #406.
7.  Tombstone, Holly Springs Cemetery, Holly Springs, NCVisited by me and Mary Ellis and Shirley Morton Thompson on 2/12/2000.
8.  Death Certificate Wake County, Registered No. 654, 191 92-2666.
9.  Mariage Bond, Person County, North Carolina, USAMarch 21, 1899.
10.  Person County Legacy Book, Item #406.
11.  Mariage Bond, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
12.  Records of Civil War, Copied by Julian Carr Morton, Jr.
13.  Tombstone, Holly Springs CemeteryHolly Springs, NCVisited by me and Mary Ellis and Shirley Morton Thompson on February 12, 2000.
14.  Person County Legacy Book, Item #406.
15.  Mariage Bond, Person County, North Carolina, USA.
16.  Letter from Joann Day, emailed letter written by her Aunt Ruth 11/08/03.
17.  Person County Legacy Book.
18.  Notes of Julian Carr Morton, Jr..
19.  Person County Legacy Book.
20.  Obituary in Durham Newspaper Herald-Sun, October 12, 1999.
21.  Obituay in Durham Newspaper.

Below are some documents from the NC State Archives on a William H. BAIRD, 1894, Person Co., NC.

There are 4 different documents. All correspondence is between Attorneys J.L. MERRITT & Victor BRYANT in Roxboro, Person Co., NC; Sheriff's Office, Key West, Monroe Co., FL; Bradstreet Merchantile Agency; Attorney J. Vining HARRIS & attorney A.C. ZOLLICOFFER in Henderson, NC & and an obit for Will BAIRD.

1st document:
- SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Key West, FLA dated March 26th, 1894
PO Box No.202

Messis. Merrit & Bryant;
Roxboro, NC
Gentleman;
Replying to your postal of the 20th would say. Thomas BAIRD & his wife, Sarah are living in this county, Wm. H. BAIRD is dead and the whereabouts of Robert BAIRD is not known.
Yours Respectfully,
G. W. KNIGHT
Sheriff, Monroe Co., FL

2nd Document:
-Obit (I do not what paper it is from , it is just a clipping, no other info.)
DEATH OF Wm. H. BAIRD
We regret to hear of the death of Mr. Will BAIRD, which occurred a few days since at his home in Orlando, Fla. He was a former citizen of Henderson, was well known and popular, and had many friends here and elsewhere who will be pained at the news of his early demise. His sister, Miss Sadie BAIRD, writes; "I send you this, that all our friends may know how desolate God has made our hearts and home. His patience was the most wonderful I have ever seen, and the last two years of his life was (sic) beautiful, without a thought of self; he was all the world to us. We feel assured that he has gone to rest." The following is taken from the Orlando Daily Reporter of May 23rd:
The funeral services of Wm. H. BAIRD, whose death at the age of 30 years was mentioned in yesterday's Reporter, were held at the family residence at 10 am to-day, Rev. WW ELWANG of Presbyterian church offiating, and the internment was in the Orlando cemetery. The deceased was a native of North Carolina.
Some two years ago he went with his father's family to Key West, and later to Texas, but during the last few months he has lived in Orlando.

3rd Document:
- Merritt & Bryant (J. S. MERRITT / Victor S. BRYANT)
Attorneys-at-Law
Roxboro, NC 3rd May, 1894

R.G. Dunn & Co.
Richmond, VA
Gents:
Please give me the name of your correspondence at Key West Florida., if you can recommend him for ??? ??? (illedgible)
Yours Truly,
Merritt & Bryant

Then xeroxed on same page is the name of:

J.V. HARRIS of Key West, FL from Bradstreet Merchantile Agency. dated 5/4/1894.

3rd Document:

From Attorney Harris to Mess. Merritt & Bryant- Dated 12th of May, 1894.

J. Vining HARRIS
Attorney at Law
Key West, FL

Mess. Merritt & Bryant,
Attorneys at law, Roxboro, NC

Gentleman;
Your favor of May 7th, 1894 in re. lost deed from BAIRD's to one E.M. WALKER, received; In reply I beg to inform you that I looked the BAIRD's up and while they acknowledged that they had signed a deed to WALKER, they refused to sign another one under any consideration; their objection to signing a duplicate they say is that they fear that they might be cheated out of what they have an interst in. I found these parties very poorly off indeed. Am sorry could not obtain deed for you.
Yours truly,
J. Vining HARRIS

4th Document:

A.C. ZOLLICOFFER
attorney at law
Henderson, NC - dated August 11th, 1894

Mess. Merritt & Bryant;
Gentleman;
Your favor rec'd.
I have just examined our records from 1881 to present date and find no deed from Thos. BAIRD or any one else to Wm. BAIRD, nor from Wm. BAIRD to WALKER. In fact there is no ??conveyance ?? of records from or to any one by the name of BAIRD.
Our records date from 1881-
?? (illedgible) here I can ?? ?? let me know.
Your truly,
A. C. Zollicoffer

 

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