Pvt William Kimsey Byrd Sr.

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Pvt William Kimsey Byrd Sr. Veteran

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
8 Feb 1862 (aged 83)
Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Burnsville, Yancey County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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William Kimsey Byrd is the son of George William Byrd and Ann Hutson.

His marker has been moved and he is buried in the Byrd Family Cemetery about 100 yards behind the old family home of Col. George Wm. Byrd and Annie Hutson Byrd. (Information provided by Byrd Descendant Nancy Yankie.)

-Byrd Cemetery-
-Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd-
Burnsville, NC 28714

* This Memorial Page was entered Aug. 5, 2007.
Additional memorial pages, cemetery photos, etc. have more recently been added.

* Appreciation:

Thank you to Gene Atkins for visiting the gravesite of Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd and for providing the very nice photo of the marker stone of Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd, a soldier who served in the War Of 1812.

- Burial Information below provided attached with the markerstone photo 11/02/2009 as:

- Marker was placed in the Byrd Cemetery just off Cox's Creek at Jacks Creek up in a valley back in Spring of 2003

* Additional Burial Info. as below received:
Their suggestion:
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Autumn: William Kimsey Byrd Sr. is not buried at this cemetery. He is buried in a very small cemetery just behind Jacks Creek Church before you turn on to Cox's Creek Road.
William Kimsey Byrd is the son of George William Byrd and Ann Hutson.

His marker has been moved and he is buried in the Byrd Family Cemetery about 100 yards behind the old family home of Col. George Wm. Byrd and Annie Hutson Byrd. (Information provided by Byrd Descendant Nancy Yankie.)

-Byrd Cemetery-
-Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd-
Burnsville, NC 28714

* This Memorial Page was entered Aug. 5, 2007.
Additional memorial pages, cemetery photos, etc. have more recently been added.

* Appreciation:

Thank you to Gene Atkins for visiting the gravesite of Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd and for providing the very nice photo of the marker stone of Pvt. William Kimsey Byrd, a soldier who served in the War Of 1812.

- Burial Information below provided attached with the markerstone photo 11/02/2009 as:

- Marker was placed in the Byrd Cemetery just off Cox's Creek at Jacks Creek up in a valley back in Spring of 2003

* Additional Burial Info. as below received:
Their suggestion:
-------------------------
Autumn: William Kimsey Byrd Sr. is not buried at this cemetery. He is buried in a very small cemetery just behind Jacks Creek Church before you turn on to Cox's Creek Road.

Inscription

WM KIMSEY BYRD
PVT
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
3 NC MILITIA
WAR OF 1812
MAY 21, 1778
FEB 8, 1862