William
Ward
Born in Augusta, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of James Ward III
and Phoebe (Lockhart) Ward
Brother of
Hannah (Ward) Moore, John Ward, Elizabeth (Ward) Richards, Phoebe (Ward) Johnson, James Ward II, Charles Ward and Jane (Ward) Humphreys
Husband of
Rebecca (Anderson) Ward
— married
1780 in Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Husband of
Margaret (Barr) Ward
— married
6 Apr 1813 in Champaign Ohio
Descendants 
Father of
William Ward, James Ward, John Anderson Ward, Sarah Ward, Charles I Ward, Cyrus Turpin Ward, Lewis Ward, Charles Ward Sr., Elizabeth (Ward) Decamp, Phoebe (Ward) Barr, Margaret C Ward, Frances (Ward) Compton, James Ward, Rebecca Ward and Marshall Louis Ward
Died
at age 70
in Urbana, Urbana Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2011
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Biography
William Ward is Notable.
Captain William Ward served with Greenbrier County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
William Ward is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A120741.
William Ward lived in Appalachia, in Virginia. See Appalachia Project.
William Ward was born on December 14, 1752, in Augusta County, Virginia, the first son of Irish and Scotch-Irish immigrants James and Phoebe (Lockhart) Ward.
Wm married Margret Barr on 6 April 1813 in Champaign, Ohio, United States.[1]
William died on 24 December 1822 and was buried in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, United States.[2][3]
William Ward was a frontiersman born in Augusta County, Virginia then moved to Greenbrier County, and later to Staunton as his father participated in the French and Indian War. Ward participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, where his father was killed. He witnessed the mob attack at Fort Randolph where Shawnee chief, Cornstalk was murdered.
Fort Randolph, Virginia One Place Study
Associate of General Simon Kenton (1755-1836) in the settlement of Mad River Valley. The founder of Urbana, Ohio and brother of John Ward (abt.1755-1793), the white Indian and grandfather of John Quincy Adams Ward (1830-1910), noted American sculptor. [4]
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
citing Digital film/folder number: 004016260; FHL microfilm: 295228; Image number: 35; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: M02271-8
FamilySearch Record: X8FF-K58 (accessed 8 March 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 9392-SM4Y
Wm Ward marriage to Margret Barr on 6 Apr 1813 in Champaign, Ohio, United States. - ↑
Burial:
"Find A Grave Index"
citing record ID 27654040, Find a Grave
FamilySearch Record: QVV1-C38X (accessed 8 March 2024)
Find A Grave: Memorial #27654040
William Ward burial (died on 24 Dec 1822) in Urbana, Champaign, Ohio, United States of America. Born on 14 Dec 1752. - ↑
Burial:
"Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007506043; FHL microfilm: 182787; Image number: 1972; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I11702-9
FamilySearch Record: D6RF-4R2M (accessed 8 March 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89ZB-NY3
William Ward burial on 24 Dec 1822 in Clark, Ohio, United States. - ↑
Wikipedia entry:
Wikipedia contributors, "William Ward (frontiersman)"
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 8 March 2024)
- "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8FF-K58 : 26 August 2019), Wm. Ward and Margret Barr, 06 Apr 1813; citing Marriage, Champaign, Ohio, United States, 34, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
See Also:
- WikiPedia: William Ward (frontiersman)
- Wikidata: Item Q27827557, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #27654040
Memories: 2
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David Shipp
Hand written notes from Beatrice Weaver states Moved to Mason co 1789; then to N west Territory 1798; William laid out Urbanna Ohio 1805
posted 11 May 2017 by David Shipp
[thank David]
Military: 1774, Lord Dunmore War - Battle of Point Pleasant
William was a lieutenant in his father's command when his father Captian James Ward III was killed.
posted 27 Oct 2011 by Anonymous Ward
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Yvonne (Johnston) Plummer
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23andMe, GEDmatch M872783 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member YvonneAPlummer
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~0.78%
Mike (Adam) Major :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A108146 [compare], yourDNAportal LKH2fc48b37, Ancestry member mmajor123
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