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Descendants of James Ward

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM² WARD (JAMES¹) was born 1725 in Inishowen Penisula, County Donegal, Ireland, and died August 15, 1795 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. He married ELIZABETH THOMPSON Abt. 1745 in Augusta Co., VA, daughter of JAMES THOMPSON. She was born Abt. 1730, and died Bef. April 22, 1797 in Lexington, Fayette Co., KY.

Children of WILLIAM WARD and ELIZABETH THOMPSON are:

4.	i.	DAVID³ WARD, b. Abt. 1746, Greenville, Augusta Co., VA; d. June 1827, Ward's Cove, Tazewell Co., VA.
	ii.	GEORGE WARD, b. 1751, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iii.	MARY WARD, b. 1753, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL BLAIR; d. Unknown.
	iv.	WILLIAM WARD, b. May 31, 1753, Augusta Co., VA; d. December 21, 1817, Floyd Co., KY; m. JANE WATSON, 1775; d. Unknown.
5.	v.	JAMES WARD, SR., b. Bef. 1755, Virginia; d. June 1808, Floyd Co., KY.
	vi.	JANE WARD, b. Abt. 1755, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. GARRET DARLAND; d. Unknown.
	vii.	MALINDA WARD, b. Abt. 1757, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. JAMES RICE; d. Unknown.
	viii.	JOHN WARD, b. Abt. 1769, Augusta Co., VA; d. Abt. 1846, Floyd Co., KY; m. NANCY UNKNOWN, 1789; d. Unknown.

3. JAMES² WARD III (JAMES¹) was born Abt. 1727 in Inishowen Penisula, County Donegal, Ireland, and died October 10, 1774 in Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV. He married (1) MARGARET LOCKHART Bef. 1749, daughter of PATRICK LOCKHART. She died Unknown. He married (2) PHOEBE LOCKHART Abt. 1749 in Virginia, daughter of JACOB LOCKHART and MARY UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1729 in Greenbriar, VA Now WV, and died 1779 in Greenbriar, VA Now WV.

Notes for JAMES WARD III:
Burial: Battlefield of Point Pleasant, VA (now WV).

Military service 1: Bet. 1756 - 1757, French and Indian War: served in Captain Dickenson's company of Rangers in the Greenbrier River area in what is now West Virginia.

Military service 2: 1758, French and Indian War: served as a Lieutenant with Captain McClannahan's Company as part of Brig. General John Forbes' campaign against the French-held Ft. Duquesne. Despite early bungling and heavy losses, the fort was captured.

Military service 3: 1774, Enlisted by General Andrew Lewis as a Captain, James participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant where he was killed in action.

More About JAMES WARD III:
Burial: 1774, Battlefield of Point Pleasant, Mason Co., WV
Cause of Death: Killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant By Shawnee Indians
Military: Lord Dunmore War

Children of JAMES WARD and PHOEBE LOCKHART are:

WILLIAM³ WARD, b. December 14, 1752, Augusta Co., VA; d. December 24, 1822, Urbana, Champaign Co., OH; m. (1) REBECCA ANDERSON, Abt. 1780, Augusta Co., VA; b. 1762, Greenbriar Co., VA; d. 1805, Urbana, Champaign Co., OH; m. (2) MARGARET BARR, April 06, 1813, Champaign Co., OH; b. Abt. 1768, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1867, Urbana, Champaign Co., OH.

Notes for WILLIAM WARD:
William was a lieutenant in father's command when his father was killed.

More About WILLIAM WARD:
Military: 1774, Lord Dunmore War - Battle of Point Pleasant

6.	ii.		JOHN WARD, b. 1755, Greenbriar, VA Now WV; d. March 1793, Reeve's Crossing, Paint Creek, Ross Co., OH.
	iii.		ELIZABETH WARD, b. Abt. 1757, Greenbriar Co., VA; d. Aft. 1830, Champaign Co., OH; m. ELIJAH RICHARDS, SR., Abt. 1780; b. Abt. 1755, Greenbriar Co., VA; d. 1797, Mason Co., KY.

More About ELIJAH RICHARDS, SR.:
Burial: 1797

7.	iv.		PHOEBE WARD, b. Abt. 1761, Greenbriar Co., WV; d. Aft. 1802, Champaign Co., OH.
	v.		JAMES WARD IV, b. September 19, 1763, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA; d. February 27, 1846, Mason Co., KY; m. MARGARET MACHIR, June 11, 1795, Mason Co., KY; b. Abt. 1775; d. September 03, 1831, Mason Co., KY.

Notes for JAMES WARD IV:
Served in the Kentucky Militia in Col. Benjamin Logan's Great Miami Expedition of 1786, Col. John Edward's "Blackberry Expedition" of 1791, a small skirmish on Paint Creek in Ross County, OH in 1793, and probably the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794

vi.

CHARLES WARD, b. January 30, 1769, Augusta Co., VA; d. January 20, 1839, Mason Co., KY; m. ELIZABETH WATERS, August 26, 1794, Martin Co., KY; b. Abt. 1765; d. August 30, 1859, Mason Co., KY.

Notes for CHARLES WARD:
In 1792, Charles participated in a minor skirmish against Indians. In the War of 1812, he
was commissioned as a Captain and commanded a company.

More About CHARLES WARD:
Military: War of 1812
Occupation: Sheriff

vii.

JANE WARD, b. December 10, 1771, Staunton, Augusta Co., VA; d. March 21, 1849, Clark Co., OH; m. JOHN HUMPHRIES, November 05, 1790, Greenbriar Co., VA; b. March 06, 1764, County Tyrone, Ireland; d. March 19, 1857, Mad River Township, Clark Co., OH.

More About JOHN HUMPHRIES:
Migrated to: August 1780, Philadelphia. Philadelphia Co., PA

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