Table of Contents:
  • Early years and background: Morlatton and Birdsborough, 1739-1761
  • Birdsborough Forges, 1762-1770: ironmaster
  • Pre-Revolution, 1770-1774: Birdsborough Forges and Hopewell Furnace ironmaster
  • Revolutionary years, 1774-1782: political and military/Colonel Mark Bird
  • Revolutionary War years, 1774-1782: Industrial/Hopewell Furnace
  • Financial ruin, 1782-1788: Delaware Mills/Works, Bucks County
  • Exile and death, 1788-1812: Western North Carolina
  • Children of Mark and Mary (Ross) Bird
  • Photos.