James Ward III (1727 - 1774)

Born 10 Oct 1727 in Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Phoebe (Lockhart) Ward — married 1749 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1774 at age 47 in Battle of Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Hope Moore [send private message] and Sherry Lockhart [send private message]

Biography

James Ward, Captain

Origin

James was born in about 1727 at Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland. He was the son of James Ward and Annn Chiles. He passed away in 1774.^{[citation needed]}

Family

James Ward III was a Virginia colonist.

James married about 1749 in Virginia to Phoebe Lockhart , daughter of Jacob Lockhart and Mary. She was born c.1729 in Greenbriar, Virginia (now WV), and died 1779 in Greenbriar, Virginia (now WV).^{[citation needed]}

Military Service

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.

Captain James Ward III served with Augusta County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

James Ward III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A120540.

James Ward III is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 313207
Rank: Captain

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. ^[1]

Death and Legacy

James died October 10, 1774 in Point Pleasant Mason West Virginia. His burial was in 1774, on the Battlefield of Point Pleasant, Mason Co., West Virginia.^[2] He was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant by Shawnee Indians, the same tribe which had kidnapped his son John as a young child. In fact, John participated in the battle.^[2] James was injured at the Botetourt Line and actually died a couple of days after the battle.^[2]

Fort Randolph, Virginia One Place Study

Battle of Point Pleasant

Capt. James Ward was born in 1727 in County Donegal, Ireland to parents John Edward Ward and Anne Chiles. He married Phebe Lockhart in 1748 in Augusta, Virginia. Children: Hannah, David, William, John, Elizabeth, Phoebe, James, John, Charles, Jane. He died on 10 Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, Mason, Virginia at the Battle of Point Pleasant.

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Captain James /Ward III/

James /Ward III/

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Captain James /Ward III/.

Birth

10 Oct 1727

Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal, Ireland^[3][4][5][6]

1727

Donegal, Ireland

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 10 Oct 1727

Death

was the Colony of Virginia

10 Oct 1774

Point Pleasant, Virginia, USA^{[7][8][9][10]}

was the Colony of New Jersey

10 Oct 1774

Point Pleasant, Camden, New Jersey, USA

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 10 Oct 1774Array

Event

Arrival

1750

Pennsylvania, USA^[11]

Note

CAPT JAMES WARD III OF HISTORY PG 2

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8bf1861f-eb5e-442e-ac47-298e1c59f7ee&tid=15289954&pid=1135

Ward Family Crest

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=294421de-ccbc-46ae-8067-2f28df034a81&tid=15289954&pid=1135

Point Pleasant Monument

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c3824a3f-8516-4ff3-8056-3ee72d136fe5&tid=15289954&pid=1135

CAPT JAMES WARD III HISTORY PG 1

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=230ff30f-abd6-46ee-bdbd-421fba965bf5&tid=15289954&pid=1135

Son in his command

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=03845d0c-582b-4088-9686-5ff00f1c2661&tid=15289954&pid=1135

Battle of Point Plesant - brief history

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=316e5fd9-fcca-4ab1-ab17-74676de17caa&tid=15289954&pid=1135

Sources

1. ↑ Proving Point Pleasant Service (accessed 25 Feb 2022)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Thwaites, Reuben G., Documentary History of Dunmore's War, 1774 (Pages 275, 344, 422 footnote) State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Sons of the American Revolution. Wisconsin Society; Kellogg, Louise Phelps, Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905, Archive.org accessed November 9, 2014
3. ↑ Source: #S-2059540268 Note: Ancestry Record sarmemberapps #922195 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Birth place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: Point Pleasant, Virginia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::922195
4. ↑ Source: #S-2059540268 Note: Ancestry Record sarmemberapps #793339 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Birth place: Virginia Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: Point Pleasant, Virginia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::793339
5. ↑ Source: #S-1349772981 Note: Ancestry Record websearch-4114 #364104 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1727 Birth place: Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: APID: 1,70630::364104
6. ↑ Source: #S-2059540563 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1750; Page Number: . Note: Ancestry Record pili354 #3139770 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1727 Birth place: Arrival date: 1750 Arrival place: Pennsylvania APID: 1,7486::3139770
7. ↑ Source: #S-2059540268 Note: Ancestry Record sarmemberapps #922195 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Birth place: Botetourt County, Virginia Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: Point Pleasant, Virginia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::922195
8. ↑ Source: #S-2059540268 Note: Ancestry Record sarmemberapps #793339 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Birth place: Virginia Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: Point Pleasant, Virginia Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::793339
9. ↑ Source: #S-1349772981 Note: Ancestry Record websearch-4114 #364104 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1727 Birth place: Death date: 10 Oct 1774 Death place: APID: 1,70630::364104
10. ↑ Source: #S-2059540268 Note: Ancestry Record sarmemberapps #198505 Note: Data: Text: Death date: 10 Oct Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::198505
11. ↑ Source: #S-2059540563 Page: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1750; Page Number: . Note: Ancestry Record pili354 #3139770 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1727 Birth place: Arrival date: 1750 Arrival place: Pennsylvania APID: 1,7486::3139770

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 27 Nov. 2020), "Record of James Ward", Ancestor # A120540.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=WAR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=52&GScntry=4&GSsr=561&GRid=68658630&
• North America Family Histories 1500-2000
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68658630
• Source: S-1349772981 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: Web: West Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1788-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 03 March 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b Note: APID: 1,70630::0
• Source: S-1401625254 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - The Virginia Genealogical Society. Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly and Magazine of Virginia Genealogy.Original data: The Virginia Genealogical Society. Virgini Note: APID: 1,6131::0 Note: Ancestry Record vgs #520651874 Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: Virginia APID: 1,6131::520651874
• Source: S-2059540268 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls Note: APID: 1,2204::0
• Source: S-2059540563 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge Note: APID: 1,7486::0
• Source: S-2067412026 Repository: #R-2139939163 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/15289954/family

See Also

Family Search ID: LZDL-MV3

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Hope Moore for creating WikiTree profile Ward-6456 through the import of Moore _ Grant Family Tree.ged on Mar 3, 2013.

Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Hope and others.