My Great Grandfathers' name was William Byard, His Fathers' name was Joseph. In the 1870 census, it said that Joseph was born in the West Indies in 1810 making him 60 and William who was also listed 16 being born in 1854. Willaims Son, Admus somehow got the name changed to the spelling Byirt. I'm assuming that both Byard and Byirt is not the name Joseph had when he left the West Indies. Admus had a brother I believe called Stut. Me e-mail is
e_byirt@yahoo.com. Thank you