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Rep Jesse Ford

Rep Jesse Ford

Male 1789 - Aft 1850  (> 62 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 40 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Jesse Ford
    Prefix Rep
    Birth 1788/1789  Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _UID 8778898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000241B 
    Death Aft 1850  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36764  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2012

    Father Preserved Ford,   b. Bef 1755   d. 1829, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 74 years)
    Mother ?,   b. Bef 1755   d. 1820/1829, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 74 years)
    Marriage Bef 1780  Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID F7524980CE90A649ACBDF8949630E1221DAC 
    Family ID F8883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Townsend,   b. 1784/1794, Robeson Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1810/1818, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Marriage Bef 1809  Robeson Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 31B09569A746A245A68EAC4AEF1FD22DEAE8 
    Children 
     1. Elias B Ford,   b. 1809, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 52 years)
     2. Allen Ford,   b. 1809/1810, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Choctaw Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 41 years)
     3. Elizabeth Ford,   b. 13 Aug 1816, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1863, Marion Dist, SC (now Dillon Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F14527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

    Family 2 Mary Watson,   b. 1793/1794, Georgetown Dist, SC (now Marion Co, SC) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 57 years)
    Marriage Bef 1819  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 3071643927BF9D47A4EE921BC601B7C68B8A 
    Notes 
    • MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Bef 1818
    Children 
     1. Watson Ford,   b. 1818/1819, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Marion Co, MS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 42 years)
     2. Jesse Ford,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas Ford,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. David Ford,   b. 1831/1832, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 19 years)
     5. Charles Ford,   b. 1833/1834, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 17 years)
     6. Mary Ford,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Caroline Ford,   b. 1830/1831, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 20 years)
     8. Virginia Ford,   b. Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Sarah Ford,   b. 1836/1837, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 14 years)
     10. Amy Ford,   b. 1837/1838, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 13 years)
    Family ID F14528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !CENSUS:1790;

      !CENSUS:1800;

      !CENSUS:1810 Marion Dist., SC pg 21
      Jesse Ford age 16-25 (1784/94)
      10100-00100-0-1;

      !CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist., SC pg 58
      Jesse Ford age 26-44 (1775/94)
      300110-20010-0, slaves=2011-0110;

      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 801 Marion Co., SC S. B. Watson 1826
      Jesse Ford, adm 13 Nov 1826 for Scacebook Watson, late of Marion Dist.
      ... of Little Pee Dee ...
      15 Dec 1826 We the heirs of S. B. Watson ...:
      Jesse Ford
      Thomas Watson
      Michael Watson
      Sally Watson
      ...
      12 Jan 182(7)? ... Dawson Waters one of the heirs is out of state
      Mrs. Sally Watson widow 1/3
      2/3 between Bryant Ralls, James Ralls, Dawson Waters, Jesse Ford, Michael Watson, Thomas Watson, John Watson and Virginia Ann Watson (last two under 14)
      ...;

      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 268 Marion Co., SC Preserved Ford 1829
      Will dated 20 Mar 1829 proved 6 Apr 1829
      Wife Celia Ford
      son Charles Ford
      dau Mary Floyd
      son Jesse Ford
      sons and daughters: George Ford, James Ford, THomas Cooper, Preserved Ford, Jesse Ford, Jesse Rawls, John Ford, William Ford and Francis Floyd.
      Executors my sons Jesse Ford and William Ford.;

      !CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist., SC pg 19
      Jesse Ford age 40-49 (1780/90)
      1111201-011001, slaves=321300-320210;

      !CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC pg 145
      Jesse Ford age 50-59 (1780/90)
      02201001-2101101;

      !CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 813/817
      Jesse Ford 61 Farmer $- Marion
      Mary 56
      Elizabeth 35
      Caroline 19
      David 18
      Charles 16
      Sarah 13
      Amy 12;


      !NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 2138 Marion Co., SC Scacebook Watson 1872
      12 Nov 1872 heirs are Virginia Ann Haynes, Calvin Haynes, Dawson Waters, Elizabeth Waters, Sarah F. Watson and Beedy Amanda Watson
      ... divide among:
      widow Sarah F. Watson
      Martha E. Grantham wife of J. F. Grantham
      V. A. Watson
      W. F. Watson
      C. H. Watson
      J. C. Watson
      J. N. Page purchaser from Calvin Haynes and wife Virginia Ann Haynes
      the children of Elizabeth Waters
      B. A. Watson
      S. F. Watson
      Calvin Watson son of John R. Watson shows that Scacebook Watson died leaving his widow Sarah who married Moore Lennon and the following children:
      John R.
      Michael
      Thomas
      Mary wife of Jesse Ford Sr
      Sarah married a Rawls
      Elizabeth Watson married Dawson Waters, moved to MS 40 years ago
      Calvin Haynes and wife to TX.
      John R. Watson died in 1852 leaving:
      widow Sarah
      James
      Martha E. wife of Jno F. Grantham
      Wm F.
      Calvin H.
      Calhoun
      Virginia Ann
      Sarah Frances
      Beedy A.
      James Watson died in War unmarried;



      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 167-170
      ...
      The first one known to the writer, in about 1830, was Preserved Ford, universally called Zarv Ford ; he was then seventy-five or eighty years of age, may be older ; he lived on the west side of Caddy's Mills, then called Ford's Mills. It was at an association held at the old Saw Mill Church, on the east side of the mills—the church was old and dilapidated. It was there that I first saw him, and never saw him afterwards. He was a well-to-do man, and prominent in his day; he had three sons, Jessee, William and Charles.
      ...
      Major Jessee Ford, the eldest son, represented the district in the Legislature in the twenties—I do not know the precise date.* [* Jessee Ford was elected a Representative in 1820. See list of Representatives in latter part hereof.] He was Major in the militia ; his first wife was a Miss Townsend, of Robeson County, N. C. ; by her he had two sons, the late Elias B. Ford and Allen Ford ; his second wife was a Miss Watson, a daughter of Scarcebook Watson, above Nichols, on the road from Nichols to Lumberton, N. C. by the second wife he had several sons and daughters ; the sons, as their names are remembered, were Watson, Jessee, Thomas, David and Charles Ford.
      ...
      The daughters of Major Jesse Ford, as remembered, were Elizabeth, Mary, Caroline and Virginia. Elizabeth married William H. Hays; by him she had several children; Mary married John I. Gaddy, and died in a year or two childless; Caroline married Dr. George E. Shooter, and raised a large family, unknown ; I do not remember what became of Virginia. Major Jesse Ford may have had other daughters. ;


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