I'm not sure if there is a connection but I have done a "little" research on the WARD family of my Uncle John REYNOLDS wife, Josephine "Jo" WARD from Avon Park, Highlands, Fl. The family were road pavers and moved around the state quite a lot with the females acting mostly as cooks and other family type jobs for all their sons/ brothers/uncles. What little I have ends in Walton Co, Fl but begins in Levy Co then to Bradford Co on the 1880-1930 censuses. There are a number of other WARD families on the various Bradford Co censuses as well. My uncle said they were in Wauchula, Hardee, Fl just before moving to Avon Park where he met and married Anut Jo in 1951. Aunt Jo's father's name was William J. WARD and I have only been able to reliable trace him back to 1910 in Pine Hill, Bradford, Fl on the censuses with a probably 1880 Levy Co, Fl at 8 months old but this is not proven at this time. William died in 1938 at 50 years old according to my uncle Junior and the only one I can find in Ancestry.com (Florida death Index) is shown as dying in Walton Co but this also is only conjecture at this time. I am unable to visit the places for more indepth research because of I live in El Paso, Tx and distance it prohibative so everything has to be on the internet for research or contact with people in the various areas of my research that KINDLY are able to do lookups or supply information they know is valid. I know this does not help you much but maybe between us maybe someone will note the similarities in their own research and be able to make connections. Che-ers BB On Apr 3, 2007, at 2:30 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: CARLAPAGE81 > Surnames: page/ward/gamble/vickers/oates/kirkland/balcom/nordan/ > norris/culpepper/curry/espy/ > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/ > localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.henry/5532/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > i am the great great great granddaughter of christopher ward who > married lucretia vickers.i was in abbeville last summer and did not > find a burial place for christopher or his wife.i did find > christopher in 1850 and 1860 in walton county florida in the > census.i would love to know what happened to him and > lucretia.christopher ward born1835 is buried in the cemetery in > abbeville along with his wife nancy j.gamble.i would love to hear > from his family.am also seeking old photos. > thankyou very much > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALHENRY- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message