Individual Details

Court

Ford & al vs Witherspoon and ots
Gardner Ford & Magdaline his wife vs Sarah Witherspoon and Robert McCombs
Discontinued at Defendant Costs

Census

3 females
2 males under 16
1 male Over 16
6 other Free Persons

Court

Ordered that Gardner Ford be appointed Guardian to Mary Love an orphan on his giving security as the law requires

Court

John Graves vs Gardner Ford Admor. of Isaac Love. Debt Judgment Received

Census

Name: Gardner Ford
Free Males - Under 10: 4
Free Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free Males - 45 and over: 1
Free Females - Under 10: 3
Free Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Slaves: 9
Number of Household Members Under 16: 10
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 21

Death

Will of Gardner Ford
State South Carolina, Fairfield district
Whereas I Gardner For being weak of body but of perfect mine and memory, Hath Contituted and Ordained this to be my last will and testament in the manner and form as followith, that is to say I lend to my wife Magdeline Ford all of my estate both real and personal during her Natural life, or widowhood and acts with prudence and if it appears by my executors that my estate is going to waste by her conduct that they may take it into there hands and make an equil division between all my children reducting twenty pounds from Mary Love and Lucy Aldridge which they have already received and to be divided between the rest of my children. And I constitute Nicholas Peay Austin F Peay and Magadline Ford to be my lawful Exect or Exectc in witnesses I have here set my hand
this twenty second day of March 1805
and seal In the presence of Humphry Muse
Elise Muse
Kezia Peay
Birth: 1755
Death: 1805, Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina
Children:
  Robert Love Ford (1780 - 1844)*
Inscription:
Taylor's Regt., S. C. Mil., Rev. War
Burial: Old Brick Church Cemetery, Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina

Negative Info

No probate in Fairfield County for Gardner Law, searched the FHL microfilms

Miscellaneous

Ford
Wanted information as to the date of birth or marriage of Gardner Ford of Virginia, who removed to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War, settling in the eastern portion of Fairfield County. He was a Revolutionary War soldier form South Carolina.
Wanted also the maiden name of his wife, whose given name was Magadelene.
Their children were, William A., Robert L., Dorrell, Gardner, Jr., Mary A Love, Sarah Aldridge, Jane Ford, Nancy Brown, and Mrs J E Graham.
Mrs S C McBryde
Winthrop College
Rock Hill, SC

Miscellaneous

From:"LaRue Foster" < lfoster@earthlink.net>
Subject:[FORD] Fords of Fairfield South Carolina - Two Major Brick Walls
Date:Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:30:29 -0500

***THE FIRST BRICK WALL***
These siblings are found in Fairfield County at the time of the Revolution,with circumstantial evidence indicating they had been there for perhaps as long as a generation:
FORD,William Gardner (my direct ancestor), married Magdalen Love in 1779(note: only a few records list him by his full name; most refer tohim only as Gardner Ford)
FORD,Nathaniel, married Seniah Cloud
FORD,Hezekiah (some dispute on his marriage partner)
FORD,El.izabeth (m. Burrell Birge, a Loyalist. They removed to North Carolina for the duration of the Revolution, then returned)
FORD,Martha Keziah, married Nicholas Peay

My concern is where the five Ford siblings came from. My great-uncle,James Love Ford, was told by his father, Daniel Faust Ford, that the family migrated from England, leaving the port of Liverpool and arriving in Charleston, South Carolina. Unfortunately, he didn't say what generation came to America--was it the siblings listed above or their parents? The family was well established in Fairfield County during the Revolution, with the men serving in the South Carolina militia.

***THE SECOND BRICK WALL***
One of William Gardner Ford's sons, Dorrel Ford (b. 1 February 1793; died 4 February 1861) married first Susannah ______ (b. 19 July 1789; died27 September 1834 in Greene County, Alabama). It seems logical thatshe was a native of Fairfield County or a nearby one, possibly Sumter County. They gave their first son the name John Faust Ford, which led me to trace some of the Fausts who lived in Columbia and northwards toward Fairfield County, but so far I've found no connection. If anyone has a Susannah with the birthdate shown--or a Susanna of the right age without a birthdate, please contact me. All suggestions welcome.

WILL DO LOOKUPS
I have a fairly complete listing of Nathaniel Ford's descendants,courtesy of "The Fords of Fairfield County, Vol. 1," a book by my cousin Sidney Ford Tatom. I will gladly do lookups in this book for those of you who do not have access to it.

I also have a book "History of Fairfield County South Carolina,published in 1943, by Fitz Hugh McMaster, which includes a local census taken in 1829 for tax purposes. It lists only heads of household and the number of dependents. The history contained in the book is fascinating and it mentions many early settlers. However, the book is *not* indexed, so please don't ask me to look for the story of a specific ancestor. There are also lists of Fairfield soldiers in the War of 1812, the Seminole War, the Confederate War (McMaster's term for the War), and World War I. I'll happily look up those for you. They list the company the man served in and the officers of that company.

LaRue Foster