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 Aug 1867 & 1870 census in Blount County, Alabama. (Jonas Byars name appears on the Blount County, Alabama Voters Registration Record on 03 Aug 1867).
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. NO MARKER HAS BEEN LOCATED
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!"
Southern Democrat
Oneonta, Alabama
Thursday April 30, 1936
Blount County History Blount Springs
by Bessie Warren
Blount Springs Community is located on the Bee Line Highway between Garden City and Warrior. In the year 1818, Jonas Byars moved from North Carolina and settled in a little cave one and one half miles East of the Springs, and in 1820 was built the first cabin. In the late twenties the property was bought by Mrs Harris and Mr Perine who built a splendid hotel right near the springs, and it was not long until Blount Springs became a noted Summer resort, and was patronized by the people of the South. In the early forties the property was sold to Mr George Goff a wealthy New Yorker, who planted Mulberry trees along what is now known as the Mulberry gorge of the Warrior River. The river took its name from this project of Mr Goff. As soon as the Mulberry trees were large enough Mr Goff placed millions of silk worms on these trees and started a silk factory at Blount Springs. The silk industry was a failure so was Mr Goff and in a few years the property was sold and mortgagee and bought by Parrish and Company of New York. The property remained in their hands until bought by J F B Jackson in 1876. The hotel which had already been started was burned in 1866. When J F B Jackson bought the property he built another, and in 1878 built a large one. In the later eighties Mr Jackson sold the property to the Sloss Company of Birmingham, Alabama. In 1895 Blount Springs was again sold under mortgage and bought in by Arthur W Smith. W E Byars and Captain Graves. In 1903 they sold this property to W M Drennen whose heirs and assigns now own the property. In the forties a Methodist Church was organized and a building erected down at Old Cold Springs about one mile South-East of the springs. In 1873, the Church was moved up near the springs. Microfilmed newspaper article supplied by Robin Sterling 2013
Children:
1) Minerva Byars (1814-1887) m Robert P McMurry (1810-1887)
2) John William Byars (1815-1872) m 1) Rebecca Harwood (1814-1855) m2) Sarah Jane Morgan (1844-1890)
3) Susannah "Susan" Byars (abt 1816-1886) m Daniel Porter (1809-1888)
4) Elizabeth Byars (1823-1901) m1) William Wood (1811-1841) m 2) Wiley Blount Pannell (1820-1895)
5) Joseph Benjamin Franklin Byars (1824-1896) m Laurana Powell (1828-1889)
6) William George Byars (1826-1902) m Mary Jane Thomas (1835-1924)
7) Nancy Ann Byars (1828-bet 1867-1870) m Macabees "Mack" Glasscock (1823-1902)
8) Martha B "Patsy" Byars (abt 1830-1857) m Andrew Jackson Ashley (1827-1898)
Mayflower Society has Documentation from Peter Brown to Jonas Bedford Byars.
Jonas Bedford Byars lineage to Mayflower Passenger, Peter Brown.
Jonas Bedford Byars - Elizabeth Bedford - Mercy Raymond - Peter Raymond - Mercy Tinkham - Peter Tinkham - Mary Brown - Peter Brown
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. NO MARKER HAS BEEN LOCATED
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!"
Southern Democrat
Oneonta, Alabama
Thursday April 30, 1936
Blount County History Blount Springs
by Bessie Warren
Blount Springs Community is located on the Bee Line Highway between Garden City and Warrior. In the year 1818, Jonas Byars moved from North Carolina and settled in a little cave one and one half miles East of the Springs, and in 1820 was built the first cabin. In the late twenties the property was bought by Mrs Harris and Mr Perine who built a splendid hotel right near the springs, and it was not long until Blount Springs became a noted Summer resort, and was patronized by the people of the South. In the early forties the property was sold to Mr George Goff a wealthy New Yorker, who planted Mulberry trees along what is now known as the Mulberry gorge of the Warrior River. The river took its name from this project of Mr Goff. As soon as the Mulberry trees were large enough Mr Goff placed millions of silk worms on these trees and started a silk factory at Blount Springs. The silk industry was a failure so was Mr Goff and in a few years the property was sold and mortgagee and bought by Parrish and Company of New York. The property remained in their hands until bought by J F B Jackson in 1876. The hotel which had already been started was burned in 1866. When J F B Jackson bought the property he built another, and in 1878 built a large one. In the later eighties Mr Jackson sold the property to the Sloss Company of Birmingham, Alabama. In 1895 Blount Springs was again sold under mortgage and bought in by Arthur W Smith. W E Byars and Captain Graves. In 1903 they sold this property to W M Drennen whose heirs and assigns now own the property. In the forties a Methodist Church was organized and a building erected down at Old Cold Springs about one mile South-East of the springs. In 1873, the Church was moved up near the springs. Microfilmed newspaper article supplied by Robin Sterling 2013
Children:
1) Minerva Byars (1814-1887) m Robert P McMurry (1810-1887)
2) John William Byars (1815-1872) m 1) Rebecca Harwood (1814-1855) m2) Sarah Jane Morgan (1844-1890)
3) Susannah "Susan" Byars (abt 1816-1886) m Daniel Porter (1809-1888)
4) Elizabeth Byars (1823-1901) m1) William Wood (1811-1841) m 2) Wiley Blount Pannell (1820-1895)
5) Joseph Benjamin Franklin Byars (1824-1896) m Laurana Powell (1828-1889)
6) William George Byars (1826-1902) m Mary Jane Thomas (1835-1924)
7) Nancy Ann Byars (1828-bet 1867-1870) m Macabees "Mack" Glasscock (1823-1902)
8) Martha B "Patsy" Byars (abt 1830-1857) m Andrew Jackson Ashley (1827-1898)
Mayflower Society has Documentation from Peter Brown to Jonas Bedford Byars.
Jonas Bedford Byars lineage to Mayflower Passenger, Peter Brown.
Jonas Bedford Byars - Elizabeth Bedford - Mercy Raymond - Peter Raymond - Mercy Tinkham - Peter Tinkham - Mary Brown - Peter Brown
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 Aug 1867 & 1870 census in Blount County, Alabama. (Jonas Byars name appears on the Blount County, Alabama Voters Registration Record on 03 Aug 1867).
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. NO MARKER HAS BEEN LOCATED
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!"
Southern Democrat
Oneonta, Alabama
Thursday April 30, 1936
Blount County History Blount Springs
by Bessie Warren
Blount Springs Community is located on the Bee Line Highway between Garden City and Warrior. In the year 1818, Jonas Byars moved from North Carolina and settled in a little cave one and one half miles East of the Springs, and in 1820 was built the first cabin. In the late twenties the property was bought by Mrs Harris and Mr Perine who built a splendid hotel right near the springs, and it was not long until Blount Springs became a noted Summer resort, and was patronized by the people of the South. In the early forties the property was sold to Mr George Goff a wealthy New Yorker, who planted Mulberry trees along what is now known as the Mulberry gorge of the Warrior River. The river took its name from this project of Mr Goff. As soon as the Mulberry trees were large enough Mr Goff placed millions of silk worms on these trees and started a silk factory at Blount Springs. The silk industry was a failure so was Mr Goff and in a few years the property was sold and mortgagee and bought by Parrish and Company of New York. The property remained in their hands until bought by J F B Jackson in 1876. The hotel which had already been started was burned in 1866. When J F B Jackson bought the property he built another, and in 1878 built a large one. In the later eighties Mr Jackson sold the property to the Sloss Company of Birmingham, Alabama. In 1895 Blount Springs was again sold under mortgage and bought in by Arthur W Smith. W E Byars and Captain Graves. In 1903 they sold this property to W M Drennen whose heirs and assigns now own the property. In the forties a Methodist Church was organized and a building erected down at Old Cold Springs about one mile South-East of the springs. In 1873, the Church was moved up near the springs. Microfilmed newspaper article supplied by Robin Sterling 2013
Children:
1) Minerva Byars (1814-1887) m Robert P McMurry (1810-1887)
2) John William Byars (1815-1872) m 1) Rebecca Harwood (1814-1855) m2) Sarah Jane Morgan (1844-1890)
3) Susannah "Susan" Byars (abt 1816-1886) m Daniel Porter (1809-1888)
4) Elizabeth Byars (1823-1901) m1) William Wood (1811-1841) m 2) Wiley Blount Pannell (1820-1895)
5) Joseph Benjamin Franklin Byars (1824-1896) m Laurana Powell (1828-1889)
6) William George Byars (1826-1902) m Mary Jane Thomas (1835-1924)
7) Nancy Ann Byars (1828-bet 1867-1870) m Macabees "Mack" Glasscock (1823-1902)
8) Martha B "Patsy" Byars (abt 1830-1857) m Andrew Jackson Ashley (1827-1898)
Mayflower Society has Documentation from Peter Brown to Jonas Bedford Byars.
Jonas Bedford Byars lineage to Mayflower Passenger, Peter Brown.
Jonas Bedford Byars - Elizabeth Bedford - Mercy Raymond - Peter Raymond - Mercy Tinkham - Peter Tinkham - Mary Brown - Peter Brown
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. NO MARKER HAS BEEN LOCATED
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!"
Southern Democrat
Oneonta, Alabama
Thursday April 30, 1936
Blount County History Blount Springs
by Bessie Warren
Blount Springs Community is located on the Bee Line Highway between Garden City and Warrior. In the year 1818, Jonas Byars moved from North Carolina and settled in a little cave one and one half miles East of the Springs, and in 1820 was built the first cabin. In the late twenties the property was bought by Mrs Harris and Mr Perine who built a splendid hotel right near the springs, and it was not long until Blount Springs became a noted Summer resort, and was patronized by the people of the South. In the early forties the property was sold to Mr George Goff a wealthy New Yorker, who planted Mulberry trees along what is now known as the Mulberry gorge of the Warrior River. The river took its name from this project of Mr Goff. As soon as the Mulberry trees were large enough Mr Goff placed millions of silk worms on these trees and started a silk factory at Blount Springs. The silk industry was a failure so was Mr Goff and in a few years the property was sold and mortgagee and bought by Parrish and Company of New York. The property remained in their hands until bought by J F B Jackson in 1876. The hotel which had already been started was burned in 1866. When J F B Jackson bought the property he built another, and in 1878 built a large one. In the later eighties Mr Jackson sold the property to the Sloss Company of Birmingham, Alabama. In 1895 Blount Springs was again sold under mortgage and bought in by Arthur W Smith. W E Byars and Captain Graves. In 1903 they sold this property to W M Drennen whose heirs and assigns now own the property. In the forties a Methodist Church was organized and a building erected down at Old Cold Springs about one mile South-East of the springs. In 1873, the Church was moved up near the springs. Microfilmed newspaper article supplied by Robin Sterling 2013
Children:
1) Minerva Byars (1814-1887) m Robert P McMurry (1810-1887)
2) John William Byars (1815-1872) m 1) Rebecca Harwood (1814-1855) m2) Sarah Jane Morgan (1844-1890)
3) Susannah "Susan" Byars (abt 1816-1886) m Daniel Porter (1809-1888)
4) Elizabeth Byars (1823-1901) m1) William Wood (1811-1841) m 2) Wiley Blount Pannell (1820-1895)
5) Joseph Benjamin Franklin Byars (1824-1896) m Laurana Powell (1828-1889)
6) William George Byars (1826-1902) m Mary Jane Thomas (1835-1924)
7) Nancy Ann Byars (1828-bet 1867-1870) m Macabees "Mack" Glasscock (1823-1902)
8) Martha B "Patsy" Byars (abt 1830-1857) m Andrew Jackson Ashley (1827-1898)
Mayflower Society has Documentation from Peter Brown to Jonas Bedford Byars.
Jonas Bedford Byars lineage to Mayflower Passenger, Peter Brown.
Jonas Bedford Byars - Elizabeth Bedford - Mercy Raymond - Peter Raymond - Mercy Tinkham - Peter Tinkham - Mary Brown - Peter Brown
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