Patrick Eli Byrd, called "Pad", is the son of Col. George William Sutton Byrd and Margaret Mary Ann Hutson (Hudson) Byrd. Though the family began in Virginia and he along with some of his siblings were born there, Col. Byrd relocated to Yancey County (then Buncombe County), North Carolina, using monies due him for exemplary service in the Revolutionary War. This is where they remained, on Jacks Creek, flourished and ultimately where most of them returned and remained, being buried in a The Byrd Cemetery behind the Byrd Homestead across from Byrd Branch Cemetery.
Pad Byrd homesteaded a 160 acre farm east of Ham farm south of Corydon on the James Wiseman farm in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
Patrick Byrd married Mary Catherine Potete (Whitaker was her stepfather and she used the name Whitaker though her birth name is Potete with various spellings), on 29 January 1823, according to the Harrison County marriage records. She used her birth name, Potete, on her marriage record.
After the death of Patrick Byrd, Mary married Zachariah Kitterman.
Name: Patrick Byrd
Gender: M (Male)
State: Alabama
Locality: Alabama Territory
County: Cherokee Country
Residence Year: 1820
NOTE: Memorial, 1819, to the Secretary of War from residents of the Cherokee Country complaining of the order for intruders on Cherokee land to remove.
(Nancy Yankie, Byrd Descendant).
.∼Patrick Bird was born about 1798 in Franklin, Virginia. He is the son of James Bird and Fanny Mason. He married Mary Catherine Whitaker Poteet on February 28, 1823. Patrick Bird homesteaded the 160 acres just east of the Ham farm. He died on July 29, 1823, in Harrison, Indiana, at the age of 25, and was buried in Corydon, Indiana. His only child, Elzira Ann Bird, was born January 27, 1824 after his death. Patrick's widow went on to marry Zachariah Kitterman, who was a brother to Patrick's sister's husband.
Siblings:
John Bird (1787–1862)
Samuel J. BIRD (1788–1851)
Mason Bird (1792–1873)
Sarah Ann Bird (1794–1860)
James Bird Jr. (1802–1843)
Probate:
Hoosier Journal of Ancestry, Oct 78, p. 11, Crawford Co. Probate #27, 4 Aug 1823. Granted to Mason Bird on Estate of Patrick Bird. Page 12, 19 Sept 25, came Mason Bird, adm. of Patrick Bird, dec'd, list sale of deceased property in Harrison Co., IN.
1818 Voting List for Harrison County:
The Hoosier Genealogist 1989 GEN929.05 Hg, Vol 29, Number 4 Published by the Indiana Historical Society. List of Harrison County IN Voters for 1818. p. 224, Corydon, March 1818. Line 130 James Burd p. 230, Corydon, August 1818. Line 492 Mason Bird, 493 James Bird, 494 Patrick Bird p. 232, Corydon, September 1818. Line 43 Patrich Bird, 79 James Bird p. 235, Corydon, Oct 1818. Line 210 Mason Bird, 332 Patric Bird, 333 James Bird
Kitterman Connections:
Patrick's sister, Sarah, was married to John Kitterman, the brother of Zachariah Kitterman who married Patrick's widow. Patrick's brother, Samuel, was married to Christina Ader whose mother was a Kitterman.
Pad Byrd homesteaded a 160 acre farm east of Ham farm south of Corydon on the James Wiseman farm in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
Patrick Byrd married Mary Catherine Potete (Whitaker was her stepfather and she used the name Whitaker though her birth name is Potete with various spellings), on 29 January 1823, according to the Harrison County marriage records. She used her birth name, Potete, on her marriage record.
After the death of Patrick Byrd, Mary married Zachariah Kitterman.
Name: Patrick Byrd
Gender: M (Male)
State: Alabama
Locality: Alabama Territory
County: Cherokee Country
Residence Year: 1820
NOTE: Memorial, 1819, to the Secretary of War from residents of the Cherokee Country complaining of the order for intruders on Cherokee land to remove.
(Nancy Yankie, Byrd Descendant).
.∼Patrick Bird was born about 1798 in Franklin, Virginia. He is the son of James Bird and Fanny Mason. He married Mary Catherine Whitaker Poteet on February 28, 1823. Patrick Bird homesteaded the 160 acres just east of the Ham farm. He died on July 29, 1823, in Harrison, Indiana, at the age of 25, and was buried in Corydon, Indiana. His only child, Elzira Ann Bird, was born January 27, 1824 after his death. Patrick's widow went on to marry Zachariah Kitterman, who was a brother to Patrick's sister's husband.
Siblings:
John Bird (1787–1862)
Samuel J. BIRD (1788–1851)
Mason Bird (1792–1873)
Sarah Ann Bird (1794–1860)
James Bird Jr. (1802–1843)
Probate:
Hoosier Journal of Ancestry, Oct 78, p. 11, Crawford Co. Probate #27, 4 Aug 1823. Granted to Mason Bird on Estate of Patrick Bird. Page 12, 19 Sept 25, came Mason Bird, adm. of Patrick Bird, dec'd, list sale of deceased property in Harrison Co., IN.
1818 Voting List for Harrison County:
The Hoosier Genealogist 1989 GEN929.05 Hg, Vol 29, Number 4 Published by the Indiana Historical Society. List of Harrison County IN Voters for 1818. p. 224, Corydon, March 1818. Line 130 James Burd p. 230, Corydon, August 1818. Line 492 Mason Bird, 493 James Bird, 494 Patrick Bird p. 232, Corydon, September 1818. Line 43 Patrich Bird, 79 James Bird p. 235, Corydon, Oct 1818. Line 210 Mason Bird, 332 Patric Bird, 333 James Bird
Kitterman Connections:
Patrick's sister, Sarah, was married to John Kitterman, the brother of Zachariah Kitterman who married Patrick's widow. Patrick's brother, Samuel, was married to Christina Ader whose mother was a Kitterman.
Patrick Eli Byrd, called "Pad", is the son of Col. George William Sutton Byrd and Margaret Mary Ann Hutson (Hudson) Byrd. Though the family began in Virginia and he along with some of his siblings were born there, Col. Byrd relocated to Yancey County (then Buncombe County), North Carolina, using monies due him for exemplary service in the Revolutionary War. This is where they remained, on Jacks Creek, flourished and ultimately where most of them returned and remained, being buried in a The Byrd Cemetery behind the Byrd Homestead across from Byrd Branch Cemetery.
Pad Byrd homesteaded a 160 acre farm east of Ham farm south of Corydon on the James Wiseman farm in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
Patrick Byrd married Mary Catherine Potete (Whitaker was her stepfather and she used the name Whitaker though her birth name is Potete with various spellings), on 29 January 1823, according to the Harrison County marriage records. She used her birth name, Potete, on her marriage record.
After the death of Patrick Byrd, Mary married Zachariah Kitterman.
Name: Patrick Byrd
Gender: M (Male)
State: Alabama
Locality: Alabama Territory
County: Cherokee Country
Residence Year: 1820
NOTE: Memorial, 1819, to the Secretary of War from residents of the Cherokee Country complaining of the order for intruders on Cherokee land to remove.
(Nancy Yankie, Byrd Descendant).
.∼Patrick Bird was born about 1798 in Franklin, Virginia. He is the son of James Bird and Fanny Mason. He married Mary Catherine Whitaker Poteet on February 28, 1823. Patrick Bird homesteaded the 160 acres just east of the Ham farm. He died on July 29, 1823, in Harrison, Indiana, at the age of 25, and was buried in Corydon, Indiana. His only child, Elzira Ann Bird, was born January 27, 1824 after his death. Patrick's widow went on to marry Zachariah Kitterman, who was a brother to Patrick's sister's husband.
Siblings:
John Bird (1787–1862)
Samuel J. BIRD (1788–1851)
Mason Bird (1792–1873)
Sarah Ann Bird (1794–1860)
James Bird Jr. (1802–1843)
Probate:
Hoosier Journal of Ancestry, Oct 78, p. 11, Crawford Co. Probate #27, 4 Aug 1823. Granted to Mason Bird on Estate of Patrick Bird. Page 12, 19 Sept 25, came Mason Bird, adm. of Patrick Bird, dec'd, list sale of deceased property in Harrison Co., IN.
1818 Voting List for Harrison County:
The Hoosier Genealogist 1989 GEN929.05 Hg, Vol 29, Number 4 Published by the Indiana Historical Society. List of Harrison County IN Voters for 1818. p. 224, Corydon, March 1818. Line 130 James Burd p. 230, Corydon, August 1818. Line 492 Mason Bird, 493 James Bird, 494 Patrick Bird p. 232, Corydon, September 1818. Line 43 Patrich Bird, 79 James Bird p. 235, Corydon, Oct 1818. Line 210 Mason Bird, 332 Patric Bird, 333 James Bird
Kitterman Connections:
Patrick's sister, Sarah, was married to John Kitterman, the brother of Zachariah Kitterman who married Patrick's widow. Patrick's brother, Samuel, was married to Christina Ader whose mother was a Kitterman.
Pad Byrd homesteaded a 160 acre farm east of Ham farm south of Corydon on the James Wiseman farm in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana.
Patrick Byrd married Mary Catherine Potete (Whitaker was her stepfather and she used the name Whitaker though her birth name is Potete with various spellings), on 29 January 1823, according to the Harrison County marriage records. She used her birth name, Potete, on her marriage record.
After the death of Patrick Byrd, Mary married Zachariah Kitterman.
Name: Patrick Byrd
Gender: M (Male)
State: Alabama
Locality: Alabama Territory
County: Cherokee Country
Residence Year: 1820
NOTE: Memorial, 1819, to the Secretary of War from residents of the Cherokee Country complaining of the order for intruders on Cherokee land to remove.
(Nancy Yankie, Byrd Descendant).
.∼Patrick Bird was born about 1798 in Franklin, Virginia. He is the son of James Bird and Fanny Mason. He married Mary Catherine Whitaker Poteet on February 28, 1823. Patrick Bird homesteaded the 160 acres just east of the Ham farm. He died on July 29, 1823, in Harrison, Indiana, at the age of 25, and was buried in Corydon, Indiana. His only child, Elzira Ann Bird, was born January 27, 1824 after his death. Patrick's widow went on to marry Zachariah Kitterman, who was a brother to Patrick's sister's husband.
Siblings:
John Bird (1787–1862)
Samuel J. BIRD (1788–1851)
Mason Bird (1792–1873)
Sarah Ann Bird (1794–1860)
James Bird Jr. (1802–1843)
Probate:
Hoosier Journal of Ancestry, Oct 78, p. 11, Crawford Co. Probate #27, 4 Aug 1823. Granted to Mason Bird on Estate of Patrick Bird. Page 12, 19 Sept 25, came Mason Bird, adm. of Patrick Bird, dec'd, list sale of deceased property in Harrison Co., IN.
1818 Voting List for Harrison County:
The Hoosier Genealogist 1989 GEN929.05 Hg, Vol 29, Number 4 Published by the Indiana Historical Society. List of Harrison County IN Voters for 1818. p. 224, Corydon, March 1818. Line 130 James Burd p. 230, Corydon, August 1818. Line 492 Mason Bird, 493 James Bird, 494 Patrick Bird p. 232, Corydon, September 1818. Line 43 Patrich Bird, 79 James Bird p. 235, Corydon, Oct 1818. Line 210 Mason Bird, 332 Patric Bird, 333 James Bird
Kitterman Connections:
Patrick's sister, Sarah, was married to John Kitterman, the brother of Zachariah Kitterman who married Patrick's widow. Patrick's brother, Samuel, was married to Christina Ader whose mother was a Kitterman.
