Richard Ward

Bef 1797 - 1850  (53 years)

• Name	Richard Ward
  Birth	Bef 1797	North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	Apr 1850	Franklin County, North Carolina
  Notes	Martha Hunt emailed, in February 2012, that ": Richard Ward's parents were Richard Ward,Sr. and Ann Nelms Ward (b. 1756). After Richard Ward, Sr., died Ann Nelms Ward married George C. Booth, Sr. They moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee. Richard and Elizabeth Ward remained in Franklin County, NC and lived on the land that Abraham McLemore gave them shortly after their marriage." Sherry Butler Ward emailed, in October 2013, that they were the parents of Ben Ward of Hallsville, Texas. Her husband, Nathan Carter Ward, is a direct descendant of this family.
  Person ID	I25530	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth McLemore,   b. Abt 1797, North Carolina d. Bef 1850 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1816	Franklin County, North Carolina   [1]
  	Martha Hunt emailed, in January 2012, that "I am a descendant of Seth Ward (b.1821), the son of Richard and Elizabeth McLemore Ward. They were married in Dec. 1816, Franklin Co., NC. Richard Ward died in April, 1850. They had the following children: Mary Ward Blacknall Wagstaff b. Oct. 1817, Seth Ward, b.1821, Benjamin Ward, Atkins Ward, Nathan P. Ward b. June 1833, Sarah A. "Sallie" Ward Gray b.1837, Presley Ward b. July 1839. They were all born in Franklin Co., NC. Benjamin Ward relocated to Harrison Co., Tx by 1859; Atkins Ward, Nathan, Presley and Sarah Ward relocated to Austin Co., Tx shortly before the Civil War. Mary Ward Wagstaff moved there also. Seth Ward remained in Franklin Co., NC. " Martha later emailed that "In 1859 Nathan Perry Ward, Atkin, Presley, and Sarah "Sallie" Ward relocated their households to the area around Justice Precinct 3 in Austin County, Texas. Mary Ward Blacknall had remariied. Her husband, Joseph J. Wagstaff, and her children moved to Austin County, Texas also. Sarah Ward married George C. Gray in Texas. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Gray (b. 1868)."
  Family ID	F8483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1797 - North Carolina Marriage - 29 Dec 1816 - Franklin County, North Carolina Death - Apr 1850 - Franklin County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.