Tombstone Inscriptions Found In Old Cemetery Located At Byrds Old Field.
This is about 2 miles North of Ozark on Left of Highway US 231.
Feb. 24, 1949.
O.F. Godwin Nov 18,1873 Aug 9,1894 Wife of WA Godwin
Mary E. Godwin Aug 26,1846 Oct 3,1916 Wife
Robert Godwin Apr 8,1835 Dec 1,1891
Mary Josephine Godwin June 15,1887 July 2,1887
Bright Byrd 1790 1886 Pvt 2nd NC Mil.
War of 1812
Gracy Jane Byrd Aug 27,1843 Sept 13,1883 Dau of N & Z Byrd
Rachel E. Paulk Jan 23,1846 Aug 22,1877 Wife of JW Paulk
Tombstone Inscriptions Located In BYRD CEMETERY.
Located on Camp Rucker Reservation six miles from Main Gate nearest Ozark.
Turn right at Main Gate toward the Lake, go to Gate 54 but turn right
before entering,also turn right before entering Gate 55 on left of road
that goes by Negro beach.
Copied June 10,1950.
Acrel Byrd Dec 16,1815 June 24,1891
Bartilla Byrd Feb 26,1820 June 8,1879 Wife of Acrel Byrd
Born in Johnson Cty NC
John C. Byrd Mar 9,1871 June 21,1879 Son of Curtis & Samantha Byrd
William W. Byrd Nov 21,1869 July 21,1872 Son of Curtis & Samantha Byrd
Sarah Byrd 1835 Nov 29,1903 Wife of RD Byrd
Two bases for headstones were found with stones missing.Mrs. A.D. Matthews
said these stones were there when she visited the cemetery a few years ago.
She has inscriptions from them.
Following Inscriptions were given to me by Mrs. A.D. Matthews about
August 1,1950.She said before Camp Rucker was established these were in the
Byrd Cemetery listed above.
Curtis Byrd June 21,1809 July 7,1905 Born in North Carolina
Elizabeth Harper (Byrd) Nov 7,1810 Oct 23,1889 Wife of Curtis Byrd
Mar. in Ala. Sept 27,1832
Bertis Byrd June 1814 1854
Mary Byrd June 1815 Mar 4,1888 Wife of Bertis Byrd
These inscriptions were made by Mr. E.H. Hayes in the late 1940s
to early 1950s.I have tried to copy them as accurately as possible.
PS The four individuals directly above were reburied in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery in Ozark,Alabama. Randy Ray
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