Dear Deborah:

Thank you so much for writing. In the "History of Jones County, Georgia, 1807-1907," by Carolyn White Williams, with index by Margaret Heard Stephens, Memorial Edition, reprinted 2003, contained in "Hardy Christian and Descendants," by S.H. Griswold, there are two references to Mrs. Mike Byrd, on pages 474 and 475 (current pagination):

Ruch Christian. . . his sons were, Hardy, Hill, Robert and Tom. Mrs. Mitchell (my great, great grandmother Lucinda Christian Mitchell) mother of Mrs. Tom Duffy (my great grandmother, Ida Warren Mitchell Duffy), Mrs. Sam Kingman, and Mrs. Mike Byrd were his daughters. . . Mrs. Byrd has several children and are all good Jones County citizens.

It is your Hardy.

Thank you so much for the information.

Hale and hearty is what it does mean. Very Hardy is what it does mean.

Most sincerely,
Terri Anne Hastings