Richard Ward

Notes:

Martha Hunt emailed, in February 2012, that ": Richard Ward's parents were Richard Ward,Sr. and Ann Nelms Ward (b. 1756). After Richard Ward, Sr., died Ann Nelms Ward married George C. Booth, Sr. They moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee.

Richard and Elizabeth Ward remained in Franklin County, NC and lived on the land that Abraham McLemore gave them shortly after their marriage."

Sherry Butler Ward emailed, in October 2013, that they were the parents of Ben Ward of Hallsville, Texas. Her husband, Nathan Carter Ward, is a direct descendant of this family.

Richard married Elizabeth McLemore on 29 Dec 1816 in Franklin County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham McLemore and Mary "Polly" Nicholson) was born about 1797 in North Carolina; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]