Ebenezer by Voight page 76 and Bible Recordsenezer Record Book
BIRD, Sylvanus (1741 – 1780), Loyalist, Wife, and Family. A prominent planter of St. Phillip Parish, and Effingham and Bryan Counties Georgia. He was a son of BURGEON BIRD and his wife MARY ROBESON, of Berks co., PA; and Black Creek, St. Philip Parish and Effingham Co., GA. On the night of 27 Jan 1779, Sylvanus fled with John Hearn, John's 2nd wife Margaret Bird (Sylanvus' sister), and their plantation overseer, across the Ogeechee River to the Royal Governor Sir James Wright's Plantation, where John Hearn, his wife, and the plantation overseer were killed by local American rebels dressed as Indians. Sylvanus was mortally wounded during the attach and died of wounds a few days later. It is not known if his wife Dinah and his young children were with him when he was wounded. Also, as of this writing, it is not known if Sylvanus was an English Loyalist/Tory, or if he was an unfortunate non-participant in the Revolutionary War who had too much to lose, i.e., a large 12,000 acre plantation that was surrounded by friends and neighbors who were prominent England officials. Whatever his reason, he died because of it.
From: "First Settlers of Bryan County, Georgia" (See under Memories)
BIRD, Sylvanus (1741 – 1780), Loyalist, Wife, and Family. A prominent planter of St. Phillip Parish, and Effingham and Bryan Counties Georgia. He was a son of BURGEON BIRD and his wife MARY ROBESON, of Berks co., PA; and Black Creek, St. Philip Parish and Effingham Co., GA. On the night of 27 Jan 1779, Sylvanus fled with John Hearn, John's 2nd wife Margaret Bird (Sylanvus' sister), and their plantation overseer, across the Ogeechee River to the Royal Governor Sir James Wright's Plantation, where John Hearn, his wife, and the plantation overseer were killed by local American rebels dressed as Indians. Sylvanus was mortally wounded during the attach and died of wounds a few days later. It is not known if his wife Dinah and his young children were with him when he was wounded. Also, as of this writing, it is not known if Sylvanus was an English Loyalist/Tory, or if he was an unfortunate non-participant in the Revolutionary War who had too much to lose, i.e., a large 12,000 acre plantation that was surrounded by friends and neighbors who were prominent England officials. Whatever his reason, he died because of it.
From: "First Settlers of Bryan County, Georgia" (See under Memories)
Ebenezer by Voight page 76 and Bible Recordsenezer Record Book
BIRD, Sylvanus (1741 – 1780), Loyalist, Wife, and Family. A prominent planter of St. Phillip Parish, and Effingham and Bryan Counties Georgia. He was a son of BURGEON BIRD and his wife MARY ROBESON, of Berks co., PA; and Black Creek, St. Philip Parish and Effingham Co., GA. On the night of 27 Jan 1779, Sylvanus fled with John Hearn, John's 2nd wife Margaret Bird (Sylanvus' sister), and their plantation overseer, across the Ogeechee River to the Royal Governor Sir James Wright's Plantation, where John Hearn, his wife, and the plantation overseer were killed by local American rebels dressed as Indians. Sylvanus was mortally wounded during the attach and died of wounds a few days later. It is not known if his wife Dinah and his young children were with him when he was wounded. Also, as of this writing, it is not known if Sylvanus was an English Loyalist/Tory, or if he was an unfortunate non-participant in the Revolutionary War who had too much to lose, i.e., a large 12,000 acre plantation that was surrounded by friends and neighbors who were prominent England officials. Whatever his reason, he died because of it.
From: "First Settlers of Bryan County, Georgia" (See under Memories)
BIRD, Sylvanus (1741 – 1780), Loyalist, Wife, and Family. A prominent planter of St. Phillip Parish, and Effingham and Bryan Counties Georgia. He was a son of BURGEON BIRD and his wife MARY ROBESON, of Berks co., PA; and Black Creek, St. Philip Parish and Effingham Co., GA. On the night of 27 Jan 1779, Sylvanus fled with John Hearn, John's 2nd wife Margaret Bird (Sylanvus' sister), and their plantation overseer, across the Ogeechee River to the Royal Governor Sir James Wright's Plantation, where John Hearn, his wife, and the plantation overseer were killed by local American rebels dressed as Indians. Sylvanus was mortally wounded during the attach and died of wounds a few days later. It is not known if his wife Dinah and his young children were with him when he was wounded. Also, as of this writing, it is not known if Sylvanus was an English Loyalist/Tory, or if he was an unfortunate non-participant in the Revolutionary War who had too much to lose, i.e., a large 12,000 acre plantation that was surrounded by friends and neighbors who were prominent England officials. Whatever his reason, he died because of it.
From: "First Settlers of Bryan County, Georgia" (See under Memories)
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