DOCUMENTATION SOURCE:

1850 Georgia Census, Liberty County, page 318

Personally surveyed Taylors Creek Cemetery on 6/26/2001 and took photo of tombstone [another image of tombstone]
BOOKS

From Beautiful Zion to Red Bird Creek, A History of Bryan County, Georgia, by Buddy Sullivan, published by Bryan County Board of Commissioners, 2000, page 389

Taylors Creek, Story of the Community and Her People Through 200 Years", Bird and Paul Yarbrough, Editors, A Project of Taylors Creek Cemetery Association, Press of The Atkinson County Citizen, Pearson, Georgia, 1963. A copy of this book can be found at the Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia. This book has an updated and revised version printed in 1985.

(page 147) (page 148) (page 149)
WEBSITES

Taylors Creek Cemetery Plot Map & Website

Website of Rebecca A. KICENSKI

His middle name has also been spelled Robinson. It was the surname of his great grandmother, who was Mary Robinson or Robeson. His father died when he was just 8 years old. Around 1825-1830 he brought his widowed mother, Sarah, to Taylors Creek. He was a member of the Methodist church. He served in the Liberty Guards where he attained the rank of Captain. He served in this unit when it was called to suty during the Civil War. Based on the date, he may have died while serving the causes of the Civil War. It is interesting to note that his funeral sermon was not given until August 13, 1865 - 10 months after his death.
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Excerpt from From Beautiful Zion...
On April 17, 1811 he was deeded 500 acres by his father, Martin Shuman of South Carolina. Witness: Sarah Bird, James Bird They were both some type close relation to Faithy Bird- still unsure how they are related to Faithy. - work in progress...
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His tombstone (which is a large marker with one side for him, and the other for his wife Mary H.) reads: FATHER, Capt. James R. Bird, Nov. 11, 1811, Oct. 20, 1864, A Christian Hero, Rest in his Saviours Joy"
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Research Information provided by Sherry Johnson
Info provided by Sherry Johnson (email: sherrjoh7@yahoo.com) as of March 2007

I'm one of the coordinators for the Byrd DNA Project website. The family below is not my direct Bird/Byrd line, but there is a connection (according to DNA) through Burgoon Bird to my ancestor Andrew Bird of Berks Co., PA.

I've pursued three Bird lines that came out of Berks County, Pennsylvania. My ancester was Andrew Bird, who moved from Berks County, PA, about 1731-1734, to the Shenandoah Valley. DNA shows a relationship to Burgoon Bird (m. Mary Robison, d/o Israel), who moved from Berks Co., PA, to Georgia around 1760. This line is the one that includes the individuals who lived at Taylors Creek. The third line was decended from Marcus Hulings Bird (son of William Bird, founder of Birdsboro, PA), who left Berks County after the Revolutionary War and settled in North Carolina. All of these men had numerous descendants. As a coordinator for the Byrd DNA Project, I get regular requests for information about these related families. William Bird's line are related only by marriage via his wife Bridget Hulings to the other two Bird families.

As I was searching census records yesterday for the Liberty County Birds, I think I saw one elsewhere for a Faith Bird. I did not pursue her because I was trying to fill ot the family data on the children/grandchildren of James Robinson Bird. Below is the 1860 census info for Mary H. who married James.

1860 Census, Liberty Co., Georgia, p. 771, Li. 9 #333, 315.
"17th District 17 July 1860
James R. Bird 48 m GA Planter
Mary " 46 f GA
James " 23 m GA
Israel " 21 m GA
Robinson " 17 m GA
Sarah " 14 f GA
Martha " 11 f GA
Susan " 10 f GA
George " 8 m GA
Mary " 6 f GA
Georgia " 2 f GA

There are 2 other Mary Birds Mary O. vs. Mary R. In 1880, Mary O. 24, was still living at home with her mother. Mary R. was married to George P. Bird and had a 5 month old daughter Birdie. I have also seen the Taylor's Creek history that suggests that Mary Bird married John Stewart. So far, I've not found documentation for this information.

I also looked for the Birdie Bird Darsey mentioned in Sarah Louisa Bird's estate settlement. She signed as Birdie Darsey in Montgomery Co., Alabama in 1911. I didn't find a likely "Darsey" in 1910 Montgomery County, but I did find a "Lulu Dorsey" who was 32 in 1910 (not outside the realm of possibility for Birdie). She was the wife of S.E. Dorsey and they had a daughter Birdie age 6. They lived in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, and had been married 8 years. Since the name Lulu appears in the previous generation of this Bird family, this seems like a possibility.
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1. Robert P. Bird
2. Martha E. Bird
3. Lula Bird
4. James W. Bird b: 1 OCT 1836
5. Israel L. Bird b: 1 JUN 1839
6. Robinson Bird b: 1843
7. Sarah Jane Bird b: 1846 in Liberty County, Georgia (USA)
8. Susan Evelyn Bird b: 1850 in Liberty County, Georgia (USA)
9. George P. Bird b: 27 NOV 1851
10. Mary O. Bird b: 1 JUL 1854
11. Georgia Bird b: 1856