Lloyd Ford Jr. (1748 - 1843)

Born 1748 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wood) Ford — married 20 Feb 1780 in Saint Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1843 at about age 95 in Washington County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lloyd Ford Jr. served with Maryland during the American Revolution.

Lloyd Ford Jr. was born in 1748^[1] in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Lloyd Ford and Mary Grant.

Lloyd Jr. married Mary Wood, 20 Feb 1780 at Saint Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland.

The first available census for Washington County, Tennessee, in 1830, lists Lloyd. ^[2]

American Revolutionary War Service (RWS)

He is listed as a Veteran in the 1840 Census in Washington County, Tennessee.^[3]

He died on November 18, 1843,^[4] at the age of 94 years, in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tennessee, United States, and left a Will. ^[5]

Will

In his will, he freed and left the majority of his land to his slaves stating: "I want my Negroes to have their freedom, namely, Peg and her family, Rhoda and her family, Edward and his family, Lark and his family, and John. I want them to have the land to live on and raise their families on, but if they should see proper to leave the plantation, I want it to be equally divided between Thomas and Benjamin."^{[citation needed]}

The will was contested by his sons, the case went to the Tennessee Supreme Court and is considered a landmark case.^{[6] [citation needed]}

Children

1. John R Ford
2. Susan Ellen Ford
3. Lloyd Ford
4. Nancy Ford
5. William Ford
6. Enoch Ford
7. Thomas Ford
8. Benjamin Ford
9. Rebecca Ford
10. James Ford
11. Grantis Ford
12. Alexander Ford

SlaveOwner

Enslaved set free in 1844

• Peg and her family
• Rhoda and her family
• Edward and his family
• Larkin Ford (abt.1815-abt.1894) and his family
• John.

According to Tennessee Law, people freed, in that state, had to leave the state.^[7] Except, maybe, if they 'passed' for white and were given family given names.

A Story and 2 Facts

Blue-eyed blacks^{[8] [9]} (some deaf) were imported into Maryland from South Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, and more."^[8] Although not proven, this could answer the question of why people in his community were convinced Lloyd Ford had fathered those he kept enslaved. He was socially forced to write the Will he asked a neighbor to destroy at his death. The Will was presented for Probate.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

-- Wives were mixed-up: Woods was wife of Unknown, perhaps Sr.; Grant was wife of this Lloyd Ford Jr. based upon the marriage year of 1777. Someone had changed the marriage year to 1747 to make it fit Loyd Sr. Now each child must be checked to make sure the children are under the correct parents.

• • Changed wives back. According to memorials and records Lloyd Ford Sr (the first Sr) Was born 10 Nov 1727 and married Mary Grant born 6 May 1733 in Abt 1747. Their Son was the first Lloyd Ford Jr who became Sr after his father's death. This Lloyd Ford born about 1748 St Pauls Parish in Baltimore Maryland married Mary 'Polly' Wood born 1756 St Paul Parish Baltimore Maryland on 20 Feb 1780 in Saint Paul's Parish, Baltimore, Maryland. Together they had Lloyd Ford III born 1784 at Saint Paul's Parish in Baltimore Maryland, and he too married a Mary. He married Mary Branstetter 16 Oct 1801 in Sullivan Tennessee. ^[10]

Collaboration

-- Need to re-read and cite the more than 81 pages of court papers.

-- See Free Space Page Ford vs Ford

Sources

1. ↑ * 1748 birth: "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5D5-NTPZ : 29 August 2019), Loyd Ford, 1748 (birth); citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 102229243.

   Lloyd Ford was a Private in the Maryland Militia

   Section image with column headings, An * indicates the widow applied for a pension (none for Lloyd Ford).

   Reference: Newman, Harry Wright. Maryland Revolutionary Records. The Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, VT. 1938.

2. ↑ * 1830 census: "United States Census, 1830," FamilySearch, Loyd Ford, Washington, Tennessee, United States; citing 258, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 175; FHL microfilm 24,533, indexed 17 August 2017.
3. ↑ * 1840 census: "United States Census, 1840," FamilySearch, Loyd Ford, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 197, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm, accessed 19 May 2020.

   Enslaved:

   males 1 under ten, 1 24-36, 2 36-55

   females 1 under 10, 3 10-24, 1 24-36, 1 36-55

   Total 10 (not 13 as shown)

   6 engaged in agriculture

   1 blind

4. ↑ * 1843 death, 18 Nov: End of pension, "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LBY7 : accessed 14 October 2020), Lloyd Ford, 04 Mar 1831; citing Jonesboro, Maury, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.
5. ↑ * 2019 findagrave: Lloyd Ford Jr. (1748–18 Nov 1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #204057197; Maintained by Charles Ford (contributor 47869731) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a Near Grey’s Station—See Bio. on page. “In 1840 Lloyd [Ford, Jr.] was listed in the Washington County, TN, Census. [In] 1840 Lloyd was listed as a Revolutionary War Pensioner from the 5th Regiment, Eastern Division. Age 83. Loyd is mentioned as a member Capt. Benjamin TALBOTT's Company of the Baltimore County Militia on 31 May 1779 the same day that he gave his "Oath of Allegiance" to the colonial cause. He is described in this oath as "Lloyd FOARD JR." His father had given his oath the previous year. After the Revolution he and Mary joined his family and her sisters family in what is now the Washington County/Sullivan County, Tennessee area. There are no surviving deeds involving Loyd as either a grantor or grantee, however the Washington County Tax Lists indicate that he owned land on Sinking Creek. This property appears to have been part of his fathers Oct 1783 land grant since platte maps made of several tracts of land sold by his sons in the late 1840's and early 1850's correspond to portions of one made from the boundaries given in the original grant. How Loyd obtained this land is hard to say. Perhaps his father [Loyd Ford Sr.] sold it to him for a token amount similar to the deeds made to Loyd's brothers James and John. He was referred to as Loyd FORD JR until his father's death about 1816 and after that time as Loyd FORD SR. Loyd died 18 Nov 1843 and was buried near Grey's Station in Washington County. His tombstone there bares only the initials L. F."
6. ↑ Reference on Find A Grave: excerpted from: Loyd Ford Trial by W. D. Ford, Jr., c.1998, as transcribed on the Website, Doug Moore Genealogy.
7. ↑ * African Americans in Tennessee. Under History and Early statehood, Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed October 15, 2020).

   Cited: Imes, William Lloyd (1919-07-01). "The Legal Status of Free Negroes and Slaves in Tennessee". The Journal of Negro History. 4 (3): 260. and p.261.

   further citing #24: Statute Laws, 1831, Ch: 102, Sec. 2.

   "Once free, the Negro's status was rather precarious in some respects. He was required to have papers filled out by the clerk of the county in which he lived, specifying personal details and information intended to identify the person thoroughly. He must without fail have these emancipation records with him at any time and place in order to prove his freedom. In 1831 a law was passed which made it obligatory for the slave to leave upon his emancipation, and persons intending to emancipate their slaves were then compelled to give bond for their speedy removal.24"

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} * Adedeji Ademola. The Truth Behind Black Africans with Blue Eyes. Face to Face Africa. "Apart from genetic mutation, blue eyes can also be caused by Waardenburg Syndrome, a deficiency inherited from a single parent who may display similar characteristics. ... Evidence of blue-eyed Africans also abounds throughout Africa, including South Sudan, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, and more.May 31, 2016."
9. ↑ Siegel, Michelle. Maryland’s Legacy of Slavery Told in Black History Program.]

   "slaves with blue eyes and white wives"

   Citing: "Chris Haley, the director of the Maryland State Archive’s Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland project, brought a historical note to Sunday’s Greenbelt Black History Month program, centering his keynote presentation on what life was like for African Americans across Prince George’s County and Maryland prior to the state’s abolition of slavery in 1864."

   quoting "Since being established in 2001, the Study of the Legacy of Slavery in Maryland, in Haley’s words, “has unearthed identifiable information on over 400,000 individuals,” "in part by mining newspapers for listings that advertised rewards for the return of escaped slaves or announced the capture of individuals who were suspected of being fugitive slaves."

10. ↑ * Wrong year:

    Husband Loyd Ford.

    Wife Mary Grant.

    Child: Loyd Ford.

    Marriage

    1749

    Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

    Source: #S210 Database online. Source number: 1842.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WBF. Record for Lloyd Ford

• Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources Vol. 1
• Maryland Marriages 1655-1850
• 1843 Find A Grave Index
• 1830 US Census
• 1831 US Revolutionary War Pension Payment
• 1840 US Census
• 1850 US Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers 1818-1872
• 1867 Lloydry Ford US Freedman's Bureau, Records of Freedman's Complaints 1865-1872
• BALTIMORE COUNTY (MD) FAMILIES Barnes
• "MyTrees.com," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3YMR-C54 : accessed 15 January 2020), entry for Loyd Ford; file (2:2:2:MMX3-3K3), submitted 17 December 2019

Acknowledgments

• Ed Poor for created WikiTree profile Ford-2935 through the import of alma5.ged on May 5, 2013.
• Ford-7829 was created by Laurel Kaufmann through the import of Holifer Kaufmann Smith_2017-01-05.ged on Jan 5, 2017.