Elizabeth married Valentine Bird on 14 Sep 1846 in Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Columbus T. Bird was born on 17 Jan 1853; died about 1918.
2. Jane Bird
3. Mary (Mollie) Bird
4. Ida Florence Bird was born on 22 Sep 1858; and died.
5. Anna Bird was born on 2 Feb 1861; died in 1930.
6. Clara Bird was born on 1 May 1955; died about 1926.
7. Will Bird died in 1925/1927.
8. Charles Bird died in 1922/1924.
9. John Lee Bird was born on 25 Jan 1865; and died.
10. Eliza Bird

Notes:

Source is AAF FGR 17 in file. From copy of records compiled by Roy Bird Cook
and sent to Mary Elizabeth Bird of Omaha, NE, in Dec. 1930. Mary Elizabeth
Bird is the granddaughter of Andrew Jackson BIrd and wife Emily Cook and
daughter of George Johnson Bird and Laura Alice Crouch who lived in IL, later
Omaha, NE. Mary Elizabeth Bird was born on 27 Oct 1883 at Carthage, IL. Mary
Elizabeth loaned these records to Amanda Arbogast Forbes in May 1966. The John
Cook records continue......when Bell laid off the town of Monterey in 1847 it
was but a small cleared farm, on a road where another primitive road joined to

go down the valley to Franklin. It was the only opening in the woods between
the two Straight Creeks, branches of the South Branch of the Potomac. John Cook
and his wife Catherine Arbogast at the time of the formation of Highland
County, VA, (1847), lived in a large log hewn house of two stories and an "ell"
that stood by a never failing spring on a site just back of the law offices of
C. P. Jones in Monterey, on a corner opposite the present Court House. On 20
May 1847, the Justices of the new county met at his house and organized the
government of the new county. Court continued to meet until a court house was
constructed, and Cook was granted a tavern license at the first session. He
continued to run a hotel in this building until the summer of 1858.

John is the son of John and Mary Ann or Elizabeth (Varner) Cook

John married Catherine Arbogast about 1825 in Not Found. Catherine (daughter of George Arbogast and Catherine Yeager) was born about 1801 in Crabbottom, Highland Co., Va; died about 1852 in Monterey, Highland, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source is AAF FGR 17 in file. Two additional children, Emanuel and Benjamin,
died in infancy.

Notes:

All information from Amanda Arbogast Forbes RIN# 28, copy in file.

See Pendleton Co. deed from heirs of his brother, John.

Married once, remained in the community where his father settled near the
village of Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., VA/WV, now Blue Grass, Highland Co., VA.
His place probably abutted the lands of his father and brother, Michael. It
may be possible that he lived 2-3 miles from his fathers home, on Franks Run.
His son, Daniel, lived at this location. Carl Arbogast, son of Abraham
Arbogast lived there in 1971, per Amanda Forbes. Had 9 children.

See extensive research and records of Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes.

Deed of heirs filed in Pendleton Co., 1844 gives names of children. Died
intestate. His dates are from a family bible in possession of Larry Roberts.
Bible was kept by Emanuel or some of his family who went to Illinois.

George married Catherine Yeager about 1791/2 in Pendleton Co., Va. Catherine was born on 17 Jun 1769 in Shenandoah Co., Va; died in Feb 1848 in Crabbottom, Highland Co., Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is possible Catherine was born in Pennsylvania before her parents came to
Shenandoah Co., VA. Birth and death dates are from family bible kept by her
son, Emanuel, and now in possession of Larry Roberts.

All research and records on this line from Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes.

Other Events:

• Military: American Revolution
• Residence: 1810, Pendleton, Virginia, United States

Notes:

For family, see History of Pendleton (Highland) Co., by Morton, pages 257 &
332. Michael immigrated through Philadelphia on 25 Sep 1749 on ship,
Speedwell.

CHILDREN: Ft. Seybert births of children are approximate from census reel,
except Peter (Fam.Cem.), Adam (Pension), David (Fam. Rec.) and Dorothy, from
Highland History, page 290. Settled prior to 1758 in VA.

WILL: Probated in Pendleton Co., VA, 4 Aug 1812, now Highland Co., VA.

MARRIAGE RECORDS: Only records available are found in Augusta Co. Marriage
Records and Pendleton Co. Court Records.

All information from extensive research and records of Amanda Crawford Arbogast
Forbes on Michael and his descendants unless otherwise indicated.

BIRTH record from Evangelical Lutheran Church Records, Kehl, Baden, Germany

Records of daughter, Mary, indicate Michael had two wives. Considering all
available information, Mary was probably his first wife, Elizabeth his second.

Naturalized in Augusta Co., VA, 22 Aug 1770, #117, Chalkleys Abstracts, Vol.
I, p. 161.

Records of Dr. Dunham indicate the possibility of another son, Joseph, b. 1769
based on information from tax records, d. 1820 based on information in Morton's
Pendleton Co. History. The Peter Arbogsast who married Henry Arbogast's daughter also not placed.

Christened:
Michael was baptized on 27 Sept 1732.

Buried:
"Take Wimer Mountain road from Blue Grass, at the intersection with Hardscrabble road, continue north on Wimer Mountain, go approximately 3/10 mile. On the left will be a pond. The two rocks marking the graves are on the right side of the road. The graves sit almost in the fence row, if the grass is high its difficult to see them from the road. "

Michael married Mary E Samuels about 1758 in Prb Frederick Co, Va. Mary was born in 1736; died in 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of Pendleton (Highland Co.), by Morton, indicate Mary as wife. First
public document found by Amanda Crawford Arbogast Forbes on wife of Michael is
a deed in 1791 from Michael and Elizabeth to one of his sons. Elizabeth's
signature appears on deed, documents, etc.

MILITARY: Accepted by DAR as Revolutionary War veteran, Yorktown Campaign,
1781. Capt. Peter Hull's Company of Cavalry. AAF's DAR Nat'l.#-484839.

See Deed Book 19, page 267, 130 acres on head of South Branch of Potowmackpatented to Michael Arbocust, undated, but adjacent entries indicate the year
was 1773; Augusta Co., VA. Also Deed Book 23, page 90, 17 Aug 1779, conveying
property to Michael Armingcost. This area is now Blue Grass, Highland Co., VA.
This information from, Records of Augusta Co., VA, Vol.III, by Chalkley, p.
531, 560. Page 195, citing Will Book VI, records appraisment of the estate of
Barnet Lance by Peter Hull, Jno. Gum, Sr. and Michael Armengash, 20 Sep 1791.
In other books, Michael's sons married into the Hull and Gum families, so they
were probably neighbors.

Only Mary's given name is on record, her full name has not been proven by documents at this time.

Notes:

Married:
No actual marriage record has, as of yet, been found for Michael and Mary. And as of yet only Mary's given name has been documented.