Tombstone Inscriptions Found In Old Cemetery Located At Byrds Old Field.
This is about 2 miles North of Ozark on Left of Highway US 231.
Feb. 24, 1949.



O.F. Godwin		Nov 18,1873	Aug 9,1894	Wife of WA Godwin

Mary E. Godwin		Aug 26,1846	Oct 3,1916	Wife

Robert Godwin		Apr 8,1835	Dec 1,1891

Mary Josephine Godwin	June 15,1887	July 2,1887

Bright Byrd		1790		1886		Pvt 2nd NC Mil. 
							War of 1812

Gracy Jane Byrd		Aug 27,1843	Sept 13,1883	Dau of N & Z Byrd

Rachel E. Paulk		Jan 23,1846	Aug 22,1877	Wife of JW Paulk




Tombstone Inscriptions Located In BYRD CEMETERY.
Located on Camp Rucker Reservation six miles from Main Gate nearest Ozark.
Turn right at Main Gate toward the Lake, go to Gate 54 but turn right
before entering,also turn right before entering Gate 55 on left of road 
that goes by Negro beach.
Copied June 10,1950.

Acrel Byrd		Dec 16,1815	June 24,1891

Bartilla Byrd		Feb 26,1820	June 8,1879	Wife of Acrel Byrd
							Born in Johnson Cty NC

John C. Byrd		Mar 9,1871	June 21,1879	Son of Curtis & Samantha Byrd

William W. Byrd		Nov 21,1869	July 21,1872	Son of Curtis & Samantha Byrd

Sarah Byrd		1835		Nov 29,1903	Wife of RD Byrd


Two bases for headstones were found with stones missing.Mrs. A.D. Matthews
said these stones were there when she visited the cemetery a few years ago.
She has inscriptions from them.

Following Inscriptions were given to me by Mrs. A.D. Matthews about 
August 1,1950.She said before Camp Rucker was established these were in the 
Byrd Cemetery listed above.

Curtis Byrd		June 21,1809	July 7,1905	Born in North Carolina

Elizabeth Harper (Byrd)	Nov 7,1810	Oct 23,1889	Wife of Curtis Byrd
							Mar. in Ala. Sept 27,1832

Bertis Byrd		June 1814	1854

Mary Byrd		June 1815	Mar 4,1888	Wife of Bertis Byrd


These inscriptions were made by Mr. E.H. Hayes in the late 1940s 
to early 1950s.I have tried to copy them as accurately as possible. 
PS The four individuals directly above were reburied in Pleasant Hill 
Cemetery in Ozark,Alabama.        Randy Ray