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Mary Ann Bondurant m. 1740? ?Goochland VA b. 1710? ?Henrico Co. VA d. after Mar 8, 1758 VA |
Ebenezer b. 1741? SC d. 1823? |
Mary Ann b. 1743? Marion Co. SC d. 1803? ?NC |
Solomon Jessie b. 1745? SC d. Sep 30, 1820 Hancock Co. MS |
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Preserved "Zarv" b. Mar 10, 1749 SC d. Mar 20, 1829 Marion Co. SC |
David b. Mar 10, 1747 Florence, Marion Co. SC d. Jan 23, 1836 Holmes Co. MS |
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Ann Townsend m. 1762? ?Marion Co. SC b. 1744? ?SC d. 1814? SC |
Stephen b. Apr 12, 1766 ?SC d. Jan 19, 1823 ?Marion Co. MS |
Rev. John b. Feb 27, 1767 Marion Co. SC d. Feb 14, 1826 Fordsville, Sandy Hook, Marion Co. SC |
Joseph b. Jun 23, 1773 SC d. Sep 20, 1823 Columbia, Marion Co. MS |
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Samantha b. Nov 12, 1782 SC d. Jul 16, 1843 Hinds Co. MS |
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James was the second of three sons born to Preserved "The Settler" Ford (1685-1739)
who lived and died in the Georgetown District of Craven Co. SC. |
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James was one of the Captains who fought under Col. Powell in the Cherokee Wars
of 1759-60 in SC. Brother Joseph may be the Ensign Joseph Ford listed as
one of the troops [Andrea, "SC Colonial Soldiers & Patriots..."]. |
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In 1762, James married a woman named Ann Townsend in NC. |
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In 1774 son Preserved married Miriam Gaddy in Marion Co. and then Celia Barefield.
In 1830, Zarv, as everyone called him, was about 75-80 years old and lived "on the
west side of Gaddy's Mills, then called Ford's Mills" [Sellers, a History
of Old Marion County, South Carolina]. |
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James registered for military service in 1776 [Gregg, p. 245]. |
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A "Ford, Jno, Sergt." enlisted Sep 1, 1778 for 9 months service, was "Ensn."
Nov 3, 1778 in Jarvis' company, and "Lieut." in 1780. [Thomas, "Roster of North
Carolina Troops...",
website,
vol 16, p. 1059]. |
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Ensign John Ford enlisted Nov 3, 1778 and initially served under Lt.
Stephen Jarvis. Jarvis was a British commander when he led a charge at Biggin
Creek Bridge in SC on Jul 16, 1781. John Ford was "Ensign 3rd North Carolina,
30th November, 1778; taken prisoner at Charleston, 12th May, 1780;
Lieutenant, 23d January, 1781, and served to close of war"
[Heitman, Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army ...,
page 232]. |
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The minor battle at Biggin Creek Bridge on Jul 16, 1781 was located in the original
Charles Town District (see
Map
for location of battle [carolana.com/sc/Revolution, website]. |
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A John Ford [son?], on Oct 20, 1778, entered a
land claim #277
in Rowan Co. NC, that was granted in Oct 10, 1783 and was not a military grant
based on service in the Continental Army [NC Land Grants, #277, file no. 894]. |
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In 1790, son John married Catherine Ann Ard (1773-1854) in Marion District SC.
About 1798 the family moved to the Natchez District in the Miss. Territory, and
lived there until about 1805. They built the Ford Home on the Pearl River about
1809 [Webb]. |
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About 1804, daughter Samantha married Levi Jefferson Fatheree (1781-1843).
Their household of 3 adults and 9 children is in the 1820 Marion Co. Census.
2 adults were engaged in agriculture [msmarion.com, website]. |
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Son Stephen married Elizabeth Barfield Rawls (1767-1845).
Stephen's household of 2 adults and 8 children is in the 1820 Marion Co. Census
[msmarion.com, census,website]. They had a son John born Jan 27, 1812 according
to the Ford Family Bible [MSGenWeb, Hinds Co., website]. |
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Son Joseph married Sarah Rebecca Rawls (1782-1859). There is no Joseph Ford
household in the 1820 Marion Co. Census but his family could have been living
in the household of [Rev] "John Ford Sr." that had 3 male adults and 2 female
adults [msmarion.com, census,website]. |
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The Adams Co. MS will of brother Joseph Ford, dated Nov 6, 1804, probate date unknown,
names wife Rebecca, children John (executor), Thomas,
Joseph (Jr.), Robert, George, Esther Strawder, & Elizabeth, and grandchildren
"Elizabeth, & George Holliway". Joseph's son Robert Ford was a witness along with
John Spires and Jacob Guice. |
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In 1805, a "John Ford" [?son] was listed in the
Burke Co. list of
taxables
[page 237], as owning 270 acres and taxable for 1 poll [persons living on the land
over a certain age]. He was listed in Captain Howel's Company near a John White,
(400 acres and 1 poll), posibly a grandson of
William White [NCGSJ, in Alexander,
Here Will I Dwell..., p. 237]. |
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On page 1, line 14 of the
1810 Amite Co. MS
Census, the Joseph Ford [Jr.] household had: 1 white male over 21 [?son Joseph], 2 white males under 21, 1 white female over 21 [wife Kate?], 1 white female under 21, for a total of 5 white persons, and 10 slaves On page 9, line 8, a Preserved Ford household had: 1 white male over 21 [son Preserved], 0 white males under 21, 1 white female over 21 [wife ?], 1 white female under 21, for a total of 3 white persons, and 1 slave. On page 15, line 14, a David Ford household had: 1 white male over 21 [son David], and no females, and 6 slaves [USGenWeb]. |
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On Oct 3, 1820 Louisa Ford, "widow and relic of Solomon Ford, late of Hancock Co.
[southernmost county in MS founded 1812]" deeded $4500, "all claims upon my late
husbands property" to Joseph Ford, Solomon's "brother" [msmarion.com, deeds,website]. |
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| Sons Solomon and Joseph Ford are both buried in the Joseph Ford Cemetery in Marion Co. MS. A Photo of Joseph's grave marker has his dates as 1773-1823. | ||||
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On Dec 5, 1836 Ebenezer Ford, "as adminstrator of the estate of Joseph Ford of
Marion County, deceased, May 4, 1835" sold at public auction for $2,700 to
Solomon R. Ford" land containing 370 acres [msmarion.com, deeds,website]. This
would be Joseph's son "Judge" Ebenezer Ford (1801-1858) who married Juliet Anne
Swift (1810-1883), and Solomon Rawls Ford (1816-1852) who was another son of
Joseph Ford (1773-1823). There are other deed records in the county involving
Ebenezer Ford of Tammany Parish LA, Joseph Ford and Irvin family members. |
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SOURCES: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "Adams County, Mississippi Wills", 2009, website. Alexander, Nancy, Here Will I Dwell, The Story of Caldwell County, 1956, "Burke County, N.C. List of Taxables for 1805" abstracted by Ransom McBride, in NCGSJ, Nov 1982, p. 237. Andrea, Leonardo, "South Carolina Colonial Soldiers and Patriots...", publ. 1952, transcribed by Sara Augerson in Genealogy Trails website. DAR, #A040825. Heitman, Francis B., Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December 1783, Washington DC, rev. 1914, Rare Book Shop Publ. Co., p. 232 [microfilm p. 240]. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, pp. 36-7, 51, 288, 400, Book B, p. 83, Book D, p. 141. Franklin Co. Genealogy & Hustory Network, Franklin Co. Mississippi Marriages, website. Gregg, Alexander, History of the Old Cheraws, Geneal Publ. Co., Balt. MD, 1967, repr 1925 ed., p. 245. MS Dept. of Arch. & Hist., 1816 Franklin Co. Census in "Territorial Censuses", website. North Carolina Land Grants, NC Rowan Co. Grant #277, File #894, website. MSGW, Franklin Co. MS, website, http://www.msgw.org/franklin/settlfms.html, ref. Lambright, W.W., History of Franklin Co. MS. Marion Co. MS, 1820 Alpha Census, website, transcribed by Diane Aultman Lafferty from reel #M33-57, 2003, alpha by Shannon Gorman, 2008. Marion Co. MS, Marion Co. Miss. Deeds, website, transcribed by Diane Aultman Lafferty from reel #M33-57, 2003, alpha by Shannon Gorman, 2008. Sellers, W.W., a History of Old Marion County, South Carolina. Thomas, Abishai et al., "Roster of the North Carolina troops in the Continental Army", copy of a register taken from original muster and pay rolls 1791, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, vol. 16, pp. 1002-1197. on Univ. of NC website. USGenWeb, Early Southwest Miss. Territory, "Natchez District 1792 Spanish Census Index", website. USGenWeb, "The 1810 State and Territorial Census for Amite Co. Mississippi", trans. by Virginia Ewing, 1810 Amite Co. Census, Nov 5, 1810, microfilm. USGenWeb, Franklin Co. Mississippi, "Franklin County Mississippi Early Settlers", website. Webb, Irene Ford, Revised record of the John Ford Family of Marion Co. Mississippi, cited on Wikitree website. |
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