Col Stephen Heard, Sr.

In the DAR database, but he died in 1774, so cannot be a DAR ancestor.

http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?p_id=A05386...

He came to America in 1720 after taken care of his father affairs, 1737 Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania married Mary Catherine Faulkner and all of their sons were in the Revolutionary War. Stephen and his brother John and other members of the Heard family to settle on site (one mile from where Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia is today) on the last day of the year 1773 and on new year's day 1774 they began Cutting down the first trees to build a stockade fort it was called Fort Heard, After a few months Stephen became very sick and was taken back to Virgina his death was in Nov.

His nephew Col Stephen Heard & Governor b 1741 d 1815 was son of John Heard Jr & Bridget Carroll.

Children Abranham Heard 1739 – 1761 Thomas Heard Capt 1742 – 1808 George Heard 1743 – 1791 Anne Heard 1744 – 1821 John Heard Capt 1744 – 1797 # 64146087 Stephen Autry Heard 1748 – 1815 Jesse Faulkner Heard 1749 – 1803 Suzannah Heard 1750 – 1795 Mary Heard 1758 – 1775

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via son Capt Thomas Heard by SmartCopy: Feb 25 2015, 0:09:56 UTC

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In the DAR database, but he died in 1774, so cannot be a DAR ancestor.

http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?p_id=A05386... Son of John Heard and Margaret McDonald Heard

He came to America in 1720 after taken care of his father affairs, 1737 Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania married Mary Catherine Faulkner and all of their sons were in the Revolutionary War. Stephen and his brother John and other members of the Heard family to settle on site (one mile from where Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia is today) on the last day of the year 1773 and on new year's day 1774 they began Cutting down the first trees to build a stockade fort it was called Fort Heard, After a few months Stephen became very sick and was taken back to Virgina his death was in Nov.

His nephew Col Stephen Heard & Governor b 1741 d 1815 was son of John Heard Jr & Bridget Carroll.

Children Abranham Heard 1739 – 1761 Thomas Heard Capt 1742 – 1808 George Heard 1743 – 1791 Anne Heard 1744 – 1821 John Heard Capt 1744 – 1797 # 64146087 Stephen Autry Heard 1748 – 1815 Jesse Faulkner Heard 1749 – 1803 Suzannah Heard 1750 – 1795 Mary Heard 1758 – 1775

   Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via son Capt Thomas Heard by SmartCopy: Feb 25 2015, 0:09:56 UTC