LC control no. | n 50032949 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 |
Variant(s) | Byrd, William, II, 1674-1744 |
Birth date | 1674-03-28 |
Death date | 1744-08-26 |
Place of birth | Henrico County (Va.) |
Place of death | Charles City County (Va.) |
Profession or occupation | Plantation owners Surveyors |
Found in | Hayes, K.J. The library of William Byrd of Westover, 1996: CIP pref. (William Byrd II) introd. (b. 1674; d. 1744) Encyclopedia Virginia website, 30 Jan. 2024 (William Byrd, sometimes referred to as William Byrd II of Westover; born March 28, 1674, probably near the falls of the James River in Henrico County, Va., died at his plantation at Westover in Charles City County, Va., on August 26, 1744; a planter, a surveyor, a member of the governor's Council (1709-1744), and a man of letters; perhaps best known today for his diaries and the manuscript narratives of his surveying) <https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/byrd-william-1674-1744/> |