(Page last updated Jam 20, 2024)
Nancy Ogburn White, was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Sr & Thurza Melvina [Golightly] White, Nancy and her husband are buried within BF White's plot, at this cemetery. She received her middle name 'Nancy Ogburn' from her grand mother Nancy [Ogburne] Golightly, her grand father was David Golightly Jr. On the White side, her grand parents were Robert Sr & Mildred [Whitehead] White.

She married Theodore Henry Byrd, on Sept 21, 1856, in Hamilton Harris Co GA.

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Nancy & Theodore had 10 known Children:

Charley PInkney--1857-1935--m. 1. Pearl Bryan--------------1880---02 Children
----------------------------------------m. 2. Cora Melville------------1896---01 child
Edward-----1859-bet1860/70---m. Died young-----------------0000---00 Died as child
Nellie L 'Nelly'--------1860-Unk-m. Columbus A Peace--------1887---01 Known Child
Pauline-----------------1861-Unk-m. Unk----------------------------Unk---00 Unk
Hattie O----------------1863-Unk--m. Unk----------------------------Unk--00 Unk
Benjamin Franklin---1864-1946-m. Eleanor Carpenter---abt1893--01 Child
Minnie L----------------1866-Unk--m. Unk---------------------------Unk---00 Unk
Augustus "Gus"-------1867-Unk--m. Unk---------------------------Unk---00 Unk
M B Byrd----------------1874-Unk--m. Unk---------------------------Unk---00 Unk
Jimmie Louisa Byrd--1876-1949-m. John Martin Cooper------1900--04 Children

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Nancy's Siblings were:

William--------1826-1901-----------m.1.Lydia Street 1852,2.Lydia Crutchfield-1828
David----------1828-1903------------m. Celeste V Brown------------------------------1852
Robert---------1831-1892------------m. Mary L :Mollie'Mann------------------------1853
Mary----------- 1831-bet1880/90---m. Col William E Adair--------------------------1851
Nancy----------1835-1924------------m. Theodore Henry Byrd----------------------1856
Thurza---------1842-1932------------m. Wesley Brown Mann------------------------1867
Benjamin J---1845-1921------------ m. Ann "Annie" Seymore Cobb--------------1872
James--------- 1847-1925------------m. Mary Melinda Clarke------------------------1887
Martha A------1848-1936-------------m. Rev Elijah H Clarke--------------------------1871

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Nancy was a talented musician she inherited her music talent from her father BF White, all of her children were musicians. She was an admire and leader in the Sacred Harp style of music, that her father is known for.

In 1920, Nancy was living with her daughter's family, Nellie (Nelly) [Byrd] Peace, Dublin Ward 2, Laurens Co., Georgia. [1920 Census provided by Annie Crenshaw].

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Published in a book 1904, the following:
"DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA - NEW SOUTH BOOK AND JOB PRINT - 1904

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1904, J. S. James, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.

MRS. NANNIE O. BIRD [Nancy O. Byrd]

Wife of Thos. Bird, [Theodore Byrd] deceased, and a daughter of B. F. White, Sr. , lives in Atlanta,; her husband having died sometime ago and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. She is the mother of nine children -- three boys and six girls. Three of whom are dead and the others living. Mr. C. P. Bird, the printer of Atlanta, is one of her sons. He is well known to most of the people of Atlanta, and has a wide circle of friends in the state. B. F. Bird of Jacksonville, Fla., is also her son. He has a fine position on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Florida. He other children have lucrative positions and are all honorable men and women. Mrs. Bird, like her brothers and sisters, were born with the faculty of music, and was educated in music by her father, and is a great admirer of the old Sacred Harp, but loves all good music. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and has been for many years. She is a woman of amiable disposition and Christian character. The writer having been unable to get the given names of her other children can not state them. She was one of the leaders in the Sacred Harp when she was a young woman and all her children are musicians. Mrs. John Cooper, one of her daughters, is the leader of the first Presbyterian church choir in Atlanta." End

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Census records in Georgia that Nancy appears on: 1830-1920

1830 Spartanburg Co Census Page 307a
Capt Benjamin White 2000100000000 - 0000100000000 - Capt in Militia.
**This census matches perfectly with Ben & Thurza's age, and children in 1830.

1840 Spartanburg Co SC Census, page 115a
Benj White
males:-1220020000000
femls---2100010000000 (Nancy is one of the 3 females in the 210001..bet 0 & 5yrs old)

1850-Nancy is on the 1850 Census in Hamilton Harris Co GA, she is 15 yrs old.
1860-Nancy is on the 1860 Randolph Co GA, married to TH Byrd, she is 25 yrs old.
1870-Nancy is on the 1870 her family living with father BF White, Dekalb Co GA.
1880-Nancy and family living Atlanta Fulton Co GA.
1900-Could not find Nancy on the 1900 Census?
1910-Nancy O motherinlaw living in house of John M Cooper, 74yrs old.
1920-Nancy Burd (mp) 84 widow mother in law living with Columbus Peace.
Nancy died in 1924 her last census 1920.

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