Byrd Thomas JENNINGS

1815 - 1900  (85 years)

• Name	Byrd Thomas JENNINGS  [1]
  Born	14 Aug 1815	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	3568
  Died	24 Dec 1900
  Person ID	I3568	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Meredith JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1786, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1850, Kentucky  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Tabitha MUSTAIN,   d. Bef 1850
  Married	14 Dec 1807	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [2]
  Children	3 children
  1. J. A. JENNINGS
  2. Jane JENNINGS
  3. Byrd Thomas JENNINGS,   b. 14 Aug 1815, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Dec 1900
  Family ID	F951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha G. BRIGHTWELL,   b. 15 Jun 1824, Virginia ,   d. 17 Jul 1859, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 35 years)
  Married	09 Oct 1839	Caswell County, North Carolina   [3, 4]
  Census	1850	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [5]
  Children	1. Mary J. JENNINGS,   b. 1840, Virginia   2. James H. JENNINGS,   b. 1841, Virginia   3. William G. JENNINGS,   b. 1846, Virginia   4. Thomas J. JENNINGS,   b. 1847, Virginia   5. Jane G. JENNINGS,   b. 1848, Virginia   6. Meredith H. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1849, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   7. Tabitha Elizabeth JENNINGS,   b. 11 Oct 1851, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 01 Dec 1884, Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 33 years) Married: Henry Joel DODSON (1874)   8. Martha Ann JENNINGS,   b. 28 Oct 1853, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   9. Byrd JENNINGS,   b. 1855, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 08 Sep 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 2 years)   10. Charles Wesley JENNINGS,   b. 26 Dec 1857, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Jan 1941, Greensboro, North Carolina  (Age 83 years) Married:
  Family ID	F441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor N. GARDNER,   b. Abt 1838, Virginia ,   d. Aft 1860  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Marr Bond	20 Dec 1859	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [6]
  Census	1860	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [7]
  Children	1. John B. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   2. Sallie F. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1864, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   3. Ella M. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1866, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Martha Ann GARDNER,   b. 12 Mar 1841, Virginia ,   d. 26 Sep 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 42 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1869	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [8]
  Census	1870	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [9]
  Census	1880	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [10]
  Children	1. Louisa JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   2. Robert H. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1873, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   3. Cora S. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   4. Samuel W. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1877, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   5. Jessie M. JENNINGS,   b. Abt 1878, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   6. Nannie C. JENNINGS,   b. Jul 1879, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F807	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Martha FARMER,   b. Abt 1847
  Married	25 Jun 1885	Danville, Virginia   [11]
  Family ID	F950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He appears in the 1850 and 1860 Census of Pittsylvania Co. His occupation is farmer and wheelright. Living with them in 1860 are: Siboan Gardner, 57 VA, Baptist Clergyman; Mary F. Gardner, 23, Va, teacher; Jane Earp, 54, VA; Elizabeth Earp, 50, VA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Mrs. Sherman Williams, (Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC, 1988), pg. 283. [S291] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1850, Campbell, Jeffrey A., (2003), p. 60. [S177] North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868, Compiler: Ancestry.com. [S95] 1859 Death Register - Pittsylvania County, Austin, Gayle, Entry for Martha Jennings. [S31] 1850 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Byrd Jennings household. [S3] Pittsylvania Co., VA Marriage bonds book 1767-1861, (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah). [S155] 1860 Census, Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Byrd T. Jennings household. [S82] Pittsylvania County Marriages, 1860-1869, Adkins, Posey L., Byrd T. Jennings to Martha A. Gardner. [S293] 1870 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Bird T. Jennings household. [S502] 1880 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Byrd T. Jennings household. [S416] Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, 3 Apr 2011.