John Birdwell

John was born on September 24th, 1770 in Botecourt County, VA.¹   John's father was George Birdwell and his mother was Mary. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named George, Benjamin, Joseph, Moses, William, James, Joshua, Elizabeth, Mary and Jane. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Robert, Ann and Sarah.  He died at the age of 83 on April 24th, 1854.¹