John Baird

     John was born before 1775 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. On 25 May 1793, John Baird of Wayne Township, Mifflin County, buys Lot 48 in Lewistown, Mifflin County from James Haslett for the sum of 80 pounds. John married Elenor (?) circa 1801 in Wayne Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. The 1820 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Wayne Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, the family of John Baird [000201:00101]. Living around John are William Brattonn, Walker McCune, __ then Henry U___, James Bratton... Margaret Bratton ...¹ On 16 November 1821, John Baird & his wife, Magaret, of Wayne Township, Mifflin County, sells Lot 48 of Lewistown for $400 to Samuel Eisenbise. John departed this life on Saturday, 30 May 1829 in Wayne Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, in McVeytown Presbyterian Cemetery.