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Elijah Ward 1776–1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1776

Birth Location: Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1861

Death Location: Okaloosa, Florida, USA

Father: John Ward

Mother: Nancy Knight

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Elijah Ward was born in 1776 in Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Jack Ward And Nancy Elizabeth Nahoga No Hem Knight. Elijah Ward passed away in 1861 in Okaloosa, Florida, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Ward was born in 1776 in Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA, the child of John Jack Ward And Nancy Elizabeth Nahoga No Hem Knight.
  • Elijah Ward passed away in 1861 in Okaloosa, Florida, USA.

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Elijah Ward's Ancestors

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Elijah Ward
1776–1861
Birth Place: Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA
Parents
John Jack Ward
1770–1813
, , Virginia Colony, British America
Nancy (Elizabeth Nahoga No-Hem) Knight
1770–1851
Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, United States
Grandparents
Bryant Ward
1750–
of, , Georgia
Mrs Ward
1753–
of, Georgia, United States
William (Dixon) Moniac
1750–1846
Netherlands
Polly Colbert
1740–1827
Cherokee, Washington, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
Edmond Ward
1720–1815
Elspeth McGregor
1703–1744
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Francis Ward
1680–1795
Lady Atkins
1685–1744

Elijah Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1776
1776
Birth of Elijah Ward in Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA
Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA
1861
1861
Age 85
Death of Elijah Ward in Okaloosa, Florida, USA
Okaloosa, Florida, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Ashland, NC, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Okaloosa, Florida, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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