"The original letters are in the possession of Mary Lena Moore Ward, great granddauthers of Elisabeth Sorey Alsabrook, sister of Eley Story. Copies of the letters were given to Joy Mitchell Taylor, great great granddaughter of Eley and Mary E. Sorey by Mary Lena Moore Ward in 1979. ... In an attempt to make it easier to extract the wealt of information the letters might contain, Linniel C. Taylor spent over a year typing the letters as nearly of...

"Most of this book deals with John Nelson Biard and his descendants."--Pref. John Nelson Biard, son of Henry and Keranhappuch Baird, was born 15 January 1780 in Buckingham Co., Virginia and died 9 January 1839 in Limestone Co., Alabama. By 1799 the Biard family was living in Blount Co., Tennessee. It was here that John married Rebecca Stone of Sevier Co., Tennessee in about 1803. Rebecca, daughter of Ezekiel and Jane Stone, was born 12 October1782...