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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
Author: Doyle E. Campbell
When James "Miles" Baird was born in 1739/40 in Tryon, North Carolina, his father, John, was 31 and his mother, Frances, was 27. He married Mary Dinwiddle about 1762, in North Carolina. They had at least seven children in 11 years. William Dinwiddie, John, James Cummings, Susannah, Adam, Frances, and Elizabeth.
Service Description: 1) Captain in the NC MILITIA, 1776; ALSO MEM OF COMMITTEE of SAFETY & SIGNED OF TRYON CO. ASSOC Declaration of Independence, 1775.
He died on October 11, 1807 or 1808, in Gaston County, North Carolina, at the age of 68. He is buried in the Olney Presbyterian Church Cemtery, Gastonia, Gaston County, The church is located at 251 Oleny Church Road, off Higway #321 South. His headstone is a standing granite tombsonte, with ornamental curgving top edge and verse inscription in Plot R6-G6. Stone cites Christina names as "James:; bronze memorial tablet placed by William Gaston Chatper cites name "Robert". Reporteed by William Gaston Chapter, DAR
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