Mary Pauline Curtis was born in 1804 in Burke County, North Carolina, the daughter of Moses Curtis and Mary Allison.

She married Clark Bird in 1820 in Burke County, and they had 16 children.

The family probably moved from Burke County to Macon County sometime between the 1830 Burke County census enumeration and 1836 when Clark Bird bought land and received a land grant in Macon County.

Additional child:
16- daughter (died in infancy).

The family was living in Macon County in 1840, 1850 (Tennessee Valley), and 1860 (Burningtown Township).

Mary died in 1863, probably in Macon County. The 1885 probate of Clark Bird's estate references the 12 children of Clark and Mary who were living in 1885.

The Bird Family Cemetery is described in the Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina:

A family cemetery lies atop a knoll near the Tellico Baptist Church and is maintained by Thad Byrd. ... [the cemetery] is on a hilltop just south of the Tellico Baptist Church on the old Byrd property.

References:
• Bird family Bible: https://www.obcgs.com/bird-bible .
• 1830 Burke County, North Carolina census record.
• 1836 Macon County, North Carolina deeds and land grant.
• 1840-1880 Macon County census records.
• 1885 Clark Bird estate probate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78C-89P .
• 1987,c.1997 The Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina, 1987, 79,80, pages 139-140: https://www.worldcat.org/title/The-Heritage-of-Macon-County-North-Carolina-1987/oclc/25367416 ,
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/399482 .
• 2002 Clarence and Annette Goodwin: RootsWeb: Grissom Family: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grissom110/genealogy/wm%20grissom/f55.htm#f568 .
• 2003 John R. Tayloe: Clark S. Bird family record: https://www.myfamilynames.com/documents/notesLetters/Clark%20S.%20Bird.pdf .
• 2020 History Hound Detecting: Bird Family Cemetery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sw2X0g7eyY .
• 2023 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR2P-FC9 .
• 2023 Curtis descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CurtisDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Bird/Allison descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Bird descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdDescendants.txt .

Mary Pauline Curtis was born in 1804 in Burke County, North Carolina, the daughter of Moses Curtis and Mary Allison.

She married Clark Bird in 1820 in Burke County, and they had 16 children.

The family probably moved from Burke County to Macon County sometime between the 1830 Burke County census enumeration and 1836 when Clark Bird bought land and received a land grant in Macon County.

Additional child:
16- daughter (died in infancy).

The family was living in Macon County in 1840, 1850 (Tennessee Valley), and 1860 (Burningtown Township).

Mary died in 1863, probably in Macon County. The 1885 probate of Clark Bird's estate references the 12 children of Clark and Mary who were living in 1885.

The Bird Family Cemetery is described in the Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina:

A family cemetery lies atop a knoll near the Tellico Baptist Church and is maintained by Thad Byrd. ... [the cemetery] is on a hilltop just south of the Tellico Baptist Church on the old Byrd property.

References:
• Bird family Bible: https://www.obcgs.com/bird-bible .
• 1830 Burke County, North Carolina census record.
• 1836 Macon County, North Carolina deeds and land grant.
• 1840-1880 Macon County census records.
• 1885 Clark Bird estate probate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K78C-89P .
• 1987,c.1997 The Heritage of Macon County, North Carolina, 1987, 79,80, pages 139-140: https://www.worldcat.org/title/The-Heritage-of-Macon-County-North-Carolina-1987/oclc/25367416 ,
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/399482 .
• 2002 Clarence and Annette Goodwin: RootsWeb: Grissom Family: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~grissom110/genealogy/wm%20grissom/f55.htm#f568 .
• 2003 John R. Tayloe: Clark S. Bird family record: https://www.myfamilynames.com/documents/notesLetters/Clark%20S.%20Bird.pdf .
• 2020 History Hound Detecting: Bird Family Cemetery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sw2X0g7eyY .
• 2023 FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LR2P-FC9 .
• 2023 Curtis descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/CurtisDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Bird/Allison descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdAllisonDescendants.txt .
• 2023 Bird descendants: https://willbraffitt.org/roots/BirdDescendants.txt .