Yep, there are at the least two of them, too…
So The Authorized Genealogist was dismayed to study that the John Baird of Wilson County, Tennessee, who’s her fifth nice grandfather isn’t the one who left all of the cool probate data.
Sigh…
I imply, I’ve solely been attempting to determine the John who’s the daddy of my recognized fourth nice grandfather Hiram Baird for roughly perpetually…
However hey… there was a clue in a deed that famous that John had a son Zebulon, and that needs to be a superb clue, proper?
I imply, what number of Zebulon Bairds can there be within the first many years of the 1800s in Wilson County, Tennessee — a county that hardly had 25,000 individuals by 1830?
Sigh…
If I’m counting proper, I believe the reply is “at the least two, possibly three, presumably even 4…”
Sigh…
First, now we have a Zebulon who’s the son of William Baird. This Zebulon may be recognized from the 1824 partition deed of William Baird’s lands in Wilson County. It was break up into eight items, with one piece going to every of eight named people: Thomas Baird, Margaret Baird, Sally Baird, Murphy Kemp, Elizabeth Baird, Matilda Baird, Zebulon Baird, and Absolan Smith.
That son of William ended up in Morgan County, Illinois, by 1833, when he and a bunch of the opposite heirs of William ended up promoting these items to one of many John Bairds — which John isn’t but sure.
So this Zebulon can’t be Hiram’s brother Zebulon. For one factor, Hiram’s father is clearly proved to be one of many John Bairds by repeated deed references to land Hiram acquired from his father John. And this Zebulon was already in Morgan County, Illinois, by the point Hiram’s brother Zebulon went to court docket to show Hiram’s signature on a deed in 1837.
So… that’s at the least two Zebulons.
After which there is perhaps a 3rd.
There are additionally early deeds naming a Zebulon Baird. One in 1806 the place he and William Blackburn purchased a tract of land on Cedar Lick Creek.
However then there are two extra — in 1808 and 1812 — by a William Baird as legal professional in actual fact for Zebulon Baird Jr.
Which implies as of 1808 at the least there have been two grownup Zebulon Bairds within the county who have been being distinguished, one older and one youthful. It isn’t in any respect clear whether or not Hiram’s brother is one in all them — or whether or not there’s a 3rd one on the market.
And it’s not doable that both of the 1808 Zebulons was William’s son Zebulon, as a result of he wasn’t born but. He was simply 10 years previous in 1820 when William A. White was appointed his guardian after his father’s loss of life.
So… until a kind of early Zebulons was Hiram’s brother, there might be 4 of them.
In different phrases, not one Zebulon, at the least two Zebulons, in all probability three… and possibly even 4.
Sigh…
That is going to be a problem…
Cite/hyperlink to this submit: Judy G. Russell, “Zufferin’ Zebulons!,” The Authorized Genealogist ( : posted 2 Sep 2023).
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