Baird/Beard Genealogy

This line begins with Zacharias Barth (Bard) of Frederick (later Shenandoah) County, Virginia.  His children generally used the spelling "Beard".  By the fourth generation, in my particular branch of the family, the name was consistently spelled "Baird".  George Washington Baird migrated from Robertson County, Tennessee, to Dallas County, Texas in 1849.   See also STOCKSLAGER, FERGUSON, TRAUGHBER, STEWART, and ANTHONY pages.

 

Zacharias Barth/Beard (c1720 - c1796) of Frederick and Shenandoah counties, Virginia

 

Jacob Beard (1762 - 1839) of Shenandoah County, Virginia and Clinton County, Ohio

 

Isaac Beard (c1793 - c1834) of Shenandoah County, Virginia and Robertson County, Tennessee

 

George Washington Baird (1821 - 1876) of Dallas County, Texas

 

George Rolando Baird (1849 - 1895) of Dallas County, Texas

 

Harry Leon Baird (1887 - 1945) of Dallas and Morris County, Texas

The final two generations are not posted:

• Jack Anthony Baird (1921 - 1986)
• Robert William Baird (1943 - )

 

 

Some Miscellaneous Baird Files

 

Some thoughts on the Origin of Zacharias Barth/Bard

 

Chronological List of Records in Virginia for this family.  This file mainly consists of records of Shenandoah County and surrounding counties from 1769 through 1835.

 

St. Paul's Lutheran Church Records 1770 to 1799 for members of this family.

 

Ships Passenger Lists of the 18th century which includes persons named Barth or Bard.

 

Summary of an archeological dig on the site of George W. Baird's former home in Dallas. The George W. Baird family home in Dallas was torn down in the 19th century to build a structure that later became infamous as the Texas Book Repository. An excavation in 1988 for the John F. Kennedy Memorial uncovered some artifacts from adjoining lots also owned by George Baird.

 

Baird Letters 1 - Seven letters written between 1846 and 1854 to and from George and Mary Baird, including one identifying George's father and other relatives.

 

Baird Letters 2 - Two letters to George W. Baird written in 1863 and 1869.

 

Baird Letters 3 - Seven letters written to the family of George W. Baird from relatives in the 1870s and 1880s.