Brief Life History of Byrd Valentine
When Byrd Valentine Wall was born in 1755, in Halifax, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, David Wall, was 30 and his mother, Martha Mary Scoggin, was 26. He married Elizabeth Wade on 4 December 1782, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1822, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- Byrd Wall, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Byrd Wall, "Find A Grave Index"
- Halifax County Virginia Probate Reccords: Will
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1775
Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).
Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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