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Name Sylvanus Robeson BIRD78
Birth 1741, Berks Co, Pennsylvania
Death 27 Jan 1780, Wright Plantation, Effingham County, Georgia
Father Burgeon BIRD (1707->1773)
Mother Mary ROBESON (1715-1774)
Spouses
1 Dinah STAFFORD
Birth 1747, Bath Co, North Carolina
Death May 1816, Bulloch Co, Georgia
Father Thomas Peter STAFFORD (1718->1808)
Mother Mariah [STAFFORD] (1721->1808)
Marriage 4 Mar 1768, Old Ebenezer Church, Effingham Co, Georgia
Children Dinah (1768-)
Abraham (1771-1828)
Andrew (1772-)
Alexander (1774-)
Notes for Sylvanus Robeson BIRD
Family were prominent landowners in upper Bryan County. Married in a double ceremony in the old Ebenezer Church in present Effingham County, Georgia with his brother Israel. (reference Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. IV, p. 395)

Sylvanus Bird was fatally wounded Jan. 27, 1780, when Indians attacked Sir James Wright's Plantation at Ogeechee and killed Bird's sister Mrs. Hearn. This item was in the July 11, 1780 issue of The Royal Gazette, published in Savannah during the British occupation during the Revolutionary War.
Last Modified 4 Mar 2003 Created 26 Jun 2006 by Reunion 8 for Macintosh

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