This spot is for tons of random details on Lairds. This will be the resting point of information until a link is made with these people’s names: Laird/Lard/Lord/Leard/Leaird/Sard and so on (so many mispellings).
John Lard was born in 1792, near Charleston, SC.
Possible Links to John Lard/Laird Family line
These Lard men were in a 1790 census less than 80 miles away from Charleston, SC. in Orangeburg, SC about 2 years before John Lard’s birth.
(Census 1790 Orangeburg, SC 1st)
(Census 1790 Orangeburg, SC 2nd)
Henry Lard – 2M 16+, 3F all ages
Adam Lard – 1M 16+, 1M less 16, 6F all ages
Joseph Lard – 1M 16+, 1M less 16, 4F all ages
**Connection for Tabitha and subsequently John Lard
Alexander JONES [Parents] was born in 1786 in , Orange, North Carolina. He died on 20 Oct 1844 in Ball, Sangamon, Illinois. Alexander married Susan WOOZLEY on 1 Nov 1807 in , Pulaski, Kentucky.
Source: History of Early Settlers of Sangamon Illinois. 1876
Alexander JONES, brother to Robert, William and Thomas. He was born in 1786 in Orange County, N.C. His parents moved, when he was a child, to Madison County, KY. And from there to Pulaski county, in the same state. Susan Woozley was born in 1788, in Halifax County, Va., and taken when young to Pulaski County, Ky. Alexander Jones and Susan Woozley were married in Pulaski county about 1808. They had one child in that county, and moved to Bedford county, Tenn., where one child was born, and then moved to that part of Barren which has since became Hart county, Kentucky, where three children were born. In 1821 they moved to Wayne county, Ill., where they had two children, and then moved to Sangamon county, arriving Oct. 9, 1827 in what is now Ball township, where one child was born. *1
Robert JONES [Parents] was born on 25 Sep 1790 in , Orange, North Carolina. He died on 16 May 1874 in Ball, Sangamon, Illinois. Robert married Tabitha LARD on 20 Jan 1818 in , Barren, Kentucky.
Source: History of Early Settlers of Sangamon Illinois. 1876
Robert was a brother of Alexander,William and Thomas. When he was a child his parents moved to Madison County, Kentucky and from there to Pulaski county, Kentucky. His father died there and all the family moved to Bedford county, Tennessee. He went from that county as a soldier in the 4th Tennessee Reg. during the war of 1812 and was in a battle against the Indians on the Talladega river, Alabama, in which Gen. Jackson was in immediate command. Robert Jones served three months and fourteen days. He went from Tennessee to Hart county, Kentucky where he was married about 1816 to Tabitha Lard, who was born June 18, 1795. She was a sister of John Lard. Mr. and Mrs Jones had one child in Kentucky, and moved to Wayne county, Illinois where four children were born; thence to Sangamon county, Ill. Arriving 13 May 1828 in what is now Ball township, where they had three children. Tabitha died 22 sep 1861 and Robert died 16 May 1874 iboth in Ball Township. He was in his eight-fourth year.
marriage record of Barren County, Kentucky. Even though the above book says Hart county the record was in Barren County. It is possible that the record was there but the marriage performed in Hart.
1850 Census of Sangamon Illinois: Robert Jones (Robin) 49, Tabitha 55, Alexander, Drury, Calvin. Also living with them: Thomas LORD 48, Dennison Lord 9, Amanda Lord 20. Thomas is Tabitha’s brother.
1860 Census of Sangamon Illinois: Robert Jones 72, Tabitha 65, Alexander 40, Nancy PLUMMER 21 domestic from Ohio.
Tabitha LARD was born on 18 Jun 1795 in of Kentucky. She died on 22 Sep 1861 in Ball, Sangamon, Illinois. Tabitha married Robert JONES on 20 Jan 1818 in , Barren, Kentucky.
Source: History of Early Settlers of Sangamon Illinois. 1876
Tabitha’s brother and his family is listed on page 444 of the above book. Her brother John was born 12 feb 1792 near Charlseton, South Carolina and was taken by his parents to Kentucky, where his father died.
1850 Census of Sangamon Illinois: Robert Jones (Robin) 49, Tabitha 55, Alexander, Drury, Calvin. Also living with them: Thomas LORD 48, Dennison Lord 9, Amanda Lord 20. Thomas is Tabitha’s brother.*1
Source: marriage record of Pulaski Kentucky.
These Lard men were in an 1800 census less than 100 Miles from Charleston, SC. about 8 years after John Lard’s birth.
Possible that one of the 8 Males under 10 could be John Lard b.1792
(Census 1800 Barnwell, SC 1st)
(Census 1800 Barnwell, SC 2nd)
Absalom Lard – 30100/00100/00 – 3M under 10, 1M 17-26, 1F 17-26
Adam Lard – 30010/25010/01 – 3M less 10, 1M 27-45, 2F 0-10, 1F 11-16, 1F 27-45
Josiah Lard – 21000/10100/00 – 2M less 10, 1M 11-16, 1M 45+, 1F 0-10, 1F 17-26
Thomas Lard – 00100/00001/00 – 1M 17-26, 1F 27-45
This Lard man were in a 1790 census less about 180 miles from Charleston, SC (in Laurens, SC) 2 years before John Lard’s birth.
Samuel Lard – 244/01
These Lard men/woman were in an 1800 census less about 180 miles from Charleston, SC (in Laurens, SC) 8 years after John Lard’s birth.
Samuel Lard – 12001/00201/01
James Laird – 00100/10100/00 (New family)
Mary Lard – 10000/30010 (lost husband?) – Still in Laurens, SC in 1810 – 11000/01101/00
Mary Lard – 300000/20010/01 – Lexington, SC Census 1820
(Census 1830 Lexington, SC)
Mary Lard – 2M 10-14, 1M 15-19, 1F 20-29, 1F 40-49
1810 Barnwell, SC Census
Absalum Lard (27-36y/o) – 01010/50010/00 (also Barnwell, SC 1800)
John Lard (27-45y/o) – 21010/10010/00 (Unknown before)
William Lard (16-26y/o) – 00100/10100/00 (brand new family) – Barnwell 1830 and died prior to 3/6/1840 (will)
1810 Amite, MS Census
Josiah Lard (previous Barnwell, SC 1800)
Thomas Lard (previous Barnwell, SC 1800)
1810 Barren Co., KY
Joseph Lard – 24201/11102/00 (last record 1790 Orangeburg, SC)
1820 Hart Co., KY
Joseph Lard – 201311/ 12010/06 (last record 1810 Barren Co., KY)
Henry Lard from Orangeburg, SC in 1790 had moved to Pendleton, SC – 150 miles northwest of Orangeburg, SC.
(Census 1800 Pendleton, SC)
Henry Lard – 2M <10, 1M 26-45, 1F <10, 1F 11-16, 1F 26-45
- Henry Lard: (from here – no idea if this is the same Henry – could be same age range… ?
- Pitt, NC (470 miles north east of Pendleton, SC) – 1810 Census.
- Bertie, NC (Near Pitt, NC) – 1820 Census
- Frank Earl Laird – b. Barren Co., KY d. Apr 5, 1914 (Father Robt J. Laird b. Hart Co./Mother Anna B. M.. b. Hart KY
http://www.so-ky.com/dth/14/Frank%20Earl%20Laird.jpg - Lula Laird Toohey(sp?) – b. Feb 12, 1836 Hart Co., KY d. Nov 12, 1912 Hart Co., KY (Father ? ? Laird b. East Tenn/Mother Amanda Gill(sp?) b. KY
http://www.so-ky.com/dth/14/(Lula%20Laird)%20Lou%20Ella%20Toohey.jpg
Unknown Links to John Lard/Laird Family line
- Robert
Unlikely Links to John Lard/Laird Family line
- Britton C. Laird – b KY Sep 4, 1871 (Father Willia Laird b. Scotland/Mother Fannie(sp?) Ireland)
http://www.so-ky.com/dth/14/Britton%20C.%20Laird.jpg
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Censuses:
1850 Hart Co., KY
| First name(s) | Last name | Gender: | Age | Birth year | Birth place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | Lard | Male | 28 | 1822 | Kentucky | |
| Tobitha | Lard | Female | 30 | 1820 | Kentucky | |
| Mary A E | Lard | Female | 10 | 1840 | Kentucky | |
| Martha | Lard | Female | 8 | 1842 | Kentucky | |
| Reace | Lard | Male | 6 | 1844 | Kentucky | |
| Hesakiah | Lard | Male | 4 | 1846 | Kentucky | |
| Robert | Lard | Male | 1 | 1849 | Kentucky | |
| Younger | Wardrip | Male | 29 | 1821 | Kentucky |
Thomas Lare – 1840 – Laurel Co., KY – http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=usc%2f1840%2f005154536%2f00024&parentid=usc%2f1840%2f005154536%2f00024%2f029
***Britton C. Laird – review this page: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120045180/
*1 – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coffinquest/kentucky.wbg/pafg31.htm