John Acord (abt. 1764 - abt. 1835)

Born about 1764 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Combs) Acord — married 12 Aug 1788 in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died about 1835 at about age 71 in Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio, USA [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Gwen Tinker [send private message]

Paternal father has been confirmed.

This John Acord is descendant of the Peter and Casper Eckert line of Berks, PA proven through YDNA.

He is NOT the son of Conrad Eckert and Elizabeth Hain. (See Johannes Eckert who he is frequently confused with, (1766-1857))

Name

Name: John /Acord/

Source: #S2730

Page: Ancestry Family Trees

Data:

Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1034466&pid=-1012723939

Note: #N5445

Sources

Marriage Shenandoah, Virginia "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR76-HRZ : 6 August 2020), John Eagert, 1788.

1810 Census Giles, Virginia "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2R-7WG : accessed 3 March 2021), John Akard, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing p. 381, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 68; FHL microfilm 181,428.

1820 Census Giles, Virginia "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-QJ2 : accessed 3 March 2021), John Acort, Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing p. 112, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 130; FHL microfilm 193,689.

1830 Census Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGK-DSM : 20 February 2021), John Acord, Decatur, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing 327, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 134; FHL microfilm 337,945.

• Robert Watts Handy, Civil Bend: Legend of Reality (Wilmington, DE: Authors Choice Press, 2000). Rec. Date: Mar 1, 2015. p. 10

'"By early spring 1840 more Euro-American pioneers had arrived to settle Minnesota Territory which two years later would become Iowa Territory (present Fremont County, Iowa). Among them were John and Cynthia Acord, son John, age one, and John's grandmother Rachel Combs Acord, age sixty-nine years. Rachel, born 1 January 1768 was the daughter of Job and Deborah Combs of Powels Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia. She had been reared with brothers Zur Job, John, and sisters Lacey and Deborah. On 12 August 1788 she married John Eckert Acord who was the son of a Pennsylvania Dutch family.