s/o William Baird / Beard
born ca1709 died 20 Feb 1784 Lincoln Co., NC
Will dated 25 Feb 1782 Proved 1784
In the Name of God, amen. This twentieth Day of February in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty tow (sic). I, John Beaird of Lincoln County and the State of North Carolina being Weake of Body but of perfect Mind and Memory thanks be Given to God Therefore, calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and that it is appointed for all Men once to Die, do make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament That is to Say principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that Gave it and My Body I Recommend unto the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and decent Manner at the Direction of my Executor and as touching Such worldly Estate Wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give and Devise and Dispose of the Same in the Following Manner and form to wit First: [excerpt]
Signed, sealed, Published, Pronounced, and delivered
By the said John Baird as his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of us:
John Robinson John Beard
?? Eland?
Seal
Jonn. Gullick
Executors my well beloved sons John Baird, James Baird and Adam Baird
They had known children - Jane, William, John, Ann, James, Eleanor, Adam, Sarah, Frances Elizabeth
ref: Will of John Baird 1782-1784 Lincoln Co. Wills, Unbound 1769-1926 - at NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC
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*Original research contributed 28 Mar 2009 by Paul Michael Gilliland 4th Great Grandson of Frances Elizabeth Baird Gilliland - "This Frances Elizabeth Baird 1743 - 1808 Brown Co., OH, she is not the wife of this Alexander James Gilliland, it is unknown who this Frances is". Additional research contributed by BluMoKitty
NOTE - This Frances Elizabeth Baird is not a daughter.
s/o William Baird / Beard
born ca1709 died 20 Feb 1784 Lincoln Co., NC
Will dated 25 Feb 1782 Proved 1784
In the Name of God, amen. This twentieth Day of February in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty tow (sic). I, John Beaird of Lincoln County and the State of North Carolina being Weake of Body but of perfect Mind and Memory thanks be Given to God Therefore, calling to Mind the Mortality of My Body and that it is appointed for all Men once to Die, do make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament That is to Say principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that Gave it and My Body I Recommend unto the Earth to be Buried in a Christian like and decent Manner at the Direction of my Executor and as touching Such worldly Estate Wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give and Devise and Dispose of the Same in the Following Manner and form to wit First: [excerpt]
Signed, sealed, Published, Pronounced, and delivered
By the said John Baird as his Last Will and Testament
in the presence of us:
John Robinson John Beard
?? Eland?
Seal
Jonn. Gullick
Executors my well beloved sons John Baird, James Baird and Adam Baird
They had known children - Jane, William, John, Ann, James, Eleanor, Adam, Sarah, Frances Elizabeth
ref: Will of John Baird 1782-1784 Lincoln Co. Wills, Unbound 1769-1926 - at NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC
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*Original research contributed 28 Mar 2009 by Paul Michael Gilliland 4th Great Grandson of Frances Elizabeth Baird Gilliland - "This Frances Elizabeth Baird 1743 - 1808 Brown Co., OH, she is not the wife of this Alexander James Gilliland, it is unknown who this Frances is". Additional research contributed by BluMoKitty
NOTE - This Frances Elizabeth Baird is not a daughter.
Gravesite Details
The Baird's settled on Catawba Creek, in what is now Gaston County.
Gaston County formed from Lincoln County 1846
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