AMOS BIRD/BYRD

Captain, North Carolina

Amos Bird is a documented soldier of the Revolution by the D.A.R.: born c. 1737-39 Virginia; died June 5,

1818 in Missouri. His first wife was Sarah Ruddell. The second wife was Catherine whose surname is not

known.

Ancestry.com: Author Unknown

Amos Bird Family History

by Willie Herron [Ancestry.com]

Amos and his family left Greene Country a few years later and briefly settled in Knox County, giving rise to a

the waterway, named Bird's Creek. There, he built a fort or station house on the frontier of Knox County,

before yet again moving on to his final destination 'Upper Louisiana Territory', now St. Girardeau, Missouri.

Excerpt from Allen County Public Library: History of Southeast Missouri

Amos Bird/Byrd Family Cemetery

Byrd's Creek

Cape Girardeau, Missouri