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Elijah West Ward 1776–1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1776

Birth Location: Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1865

Death Location: Pine Barren, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America

Father: John Ward

Mother: Nancy (Moniac)

Spouse(s): Sarah Cochran

Children(s): William Ward

Elijah West Ward was born in 1776 in Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States, the child of John Jackson Chief White Cloud Ward And Nancy Elizabeth Nahoga Knight Moniac. Elijah West Ward married Sarah Ann Sally Cochran, and had children including William Marion Ward. Elijah West Ward passed away in 1865 in Pine Barren, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elijah West Ward was born in 1776 in Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States, the child of John Jackson Chief White Cloud Ward And Nancy Elizabeth Nahoga Knight Moniac.
  • Elijah West Ward married Sarah Ann Sally Cochran, and had children including William Marion Ward.
  • Elijah West Ward passed away in 1865 in Pine Barren, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elijah Ward's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Ward
1776–1865
Birth Place: Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
Parents
John Jackson Chief “White Cloud” Ward
1744–1813
South Carolina, United States of America
Nancy (Elizabeth(Nahoga) Knight) (Moniac)
1760–1851
Eufaula, Barbour Chatttahoochee River, Creek Nation, AL
Grandparents
John (Jackson "trader Jack" Ward) II
1715–1758
St Johns Parish, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States
Sarah Child
1708–1760
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Child
–1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Ward's Descendants

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Elijah (West) Ward (1776–1865) m. Sarah (Ann (Sally)) Cochran (1799–1860)
  1. 1. William (Marion) Ward 1812–1887 m. Catherine (Aka Katie) Campbell 1800–1878
    1. 1. Christian Bass 1853–1917 m. Holland ((Holley) Middleton) Bass 1845–1934
      1. 1. Mary (Alice) BASS 1883–1964 m. Martin (Edward) POSEY 1883–1958
        1. 1. Bonnie (Lee) Posey 1921–2008 m. Ernest (N) Stewart 1913–1983

Elijah Ward's Timeline

3 Records

1776
1776
Birth of Elijah West Ward in Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
1816
3 Apr 1816
Age 40
Elijah West Ward was married in Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, United States
Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, United States
1865
1865
Age 89
Death of Elijah West Ward in Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida
Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Ashland, Caswell, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 3 Apr 1816
    Event Place: Grove Hill, Clarke, Alabama, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1865
    Event Place: Crestview, Okaloosa, Florida
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pine Barren, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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