Josiah Joseph Baird, Sr

Businessman & Plantation Owner A plantation owner, Josiah Baird was born in Rowan County, NC. He was a shrewd, close manager and became very wealthy; a large portion of his money was made by ginning cotton. He married Mary HOLMES in 1798 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He entered the matrimonial state when only sixteen years of age, and entirely without capital. He immigrated to Smith County in 1803, when the country was almost a wilderness, and filled with wild animals. He and his wife made their own clothing. Their shoes were often made from skins of the beast with which the woods abounded. A receipt for payment of Josiah Baird's coffin was dated as being paid in November, 1861.

Children of Josiah and Mary Holmes Baird: Reuben, born 1802, Smith County

• Hannah, born 1805, married David Prowell Mary Baird, born 1810 Smith County Josiah Baird Jr., Born 1818 Jesse H. Baird, Born 1823 Jerimiah, Susan Baird, and Sarah Baird Garrison--dead by Feb 22, 1873 as proven in legal documents.

Josiah Baird (born 1782 in North Carolina) married Mary (born 1783 in North Carolina) in 1798 in North Carolina, per the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.

Josiah Sr. Baird is listed on the 1860 District 20 Slave Schedule for Smith County, Tennessee

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U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880

Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891

10078.006; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 11

"Baird Family" by John A Baird

Businessman & Plantation Owner
A plantation owner, Josiah Baird was born in Rowan County, NC. He was a shrewd, close manager and became very wealthy; a large portion of his money was made by ginning cotton. He married Mary HOLMES in 1798 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He entered the matrimonial state when only sixteen years of age, and entirely without capital. He immigrated to Smith County in 1803, when the country was almost a wilderness, and filled with wild animals. He and his wife made their own clothing. Their shoes were often made from skins of the beast with which the woods abounded. A receipt for payment of Josiah Baird's coffin was dated as being paid in November, 1861.

Children of Josiah and Mary Holmes Baird:
Reuben, born 1802, Smith County

• Hannah, born 1805, married David Prowell

Mary Baird, born 1810 Smith County
Josiah Baird Jr., Born 1818
Jesse H. Baird, Born 1823
Jerimiah, Susan Baird, and
Sarah Baird Garrison--dead by Feb 22, 1873 as proven in legal documents.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 5 2023, 18:24:54 UTC