Russell, could you provide the citation for the book? (publisher, title, etc.) Thanks! LaRue Foster > [Original Message] > From: Russell Jordan <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/17/2006 10:59:55 PM > Subject: [Ford] Ford in Battle of Cowpens > > Just came across this in a book I have and thought I might post it. Book is > a list of patriots that fought at the Battle of Cowpen(South Carolina). > > Ford,Joseph---b. c.-1759 > Joseph Ford enlisted at > Baltimore,Maryland under Capt.(later General)Samuel Smith and continued in > this corps until discharged at Camden,S.C. in 17782. He was in the battles > of Mud Flats,Camden,Cowpens,Eutaw Springs,and Yorktown. Ford was granted > pension on his application executed July 15,1818 whie living in the District > of Baltimore and aged 59. At the time of his application(and 3 years > previous),he was a tenant on the plantation of Joseph and Walter Crook at > Middle River Neck. > Federal Pension > Application--#S34867 > hope this helps someone ! Happy > Hunting--Russell > > > >From: [email protected] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: FORD-D Digest V06 #19 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:00:05 -0700 > > > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >FORD-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 19 > > > >Today's Topics: > > #1 RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website [[email protected]] > > #2 Re: George Ford [[email protected]] > > #3 Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middles ["Webmaster" > ><[email protected]] > > > >Administrivia: > >To unsubscribe from FORD-D, send a message to > > > >[email protected] > > > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > > >unsubscribe > > > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #1 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:40:36 +0000 > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Message-Id: > ><01172006[email protected]co mcast.net> > >Subject: RE: Re: [Ford] Civil War website > >Content-Type: text/plain > > > >The only one is the Civil War one that I know of, and I can lookup the > >Revolutionary war ones. I sent for alot of the Civil war ones, but don't > >know if any FORD's in my line was in one of those. > > > >-- > >Teddy > >List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky > >List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, > >Fulkerson,and Commonwealth > >http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- > >From: "Karen" <[email protected]> > > > > > Is there any kind of web site for pensions, or for prisoner of war > >people? > > > It seems like there would be somewhere. Good luck. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: jvford5 [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:43 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > Dear Barbara, > > > Your father was an honorable man in his own right the way I see it. > > > God bless you and yours, Vicki > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 4:04 PM > > > Subject: Re: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > > > > Hello, Joy, > > > > > > Many thanks for respondimg to my e mail, but I hope I didn't write it in > > > such a way that I offended you - that is the last thing I wanted to do. > >I > > > think my frustration is purely personal - my poor old dad (his mother > >was a > > > Mary Anne Ford born in Paddington in London in 1889) was brought up in a > > > very, very poor part of London and when he was 14, enlisted in the Army > > > where he stayed until 1976 (a very long service), during which he was a > > > Japanese Prisoner of War, a Korean POW, etc, but it seems so awful that > >his > > > life and family just seems to have vanished into space... > > > > > > I also kow that if if wasn't for the US, we probably wouldnt even have > >the > > > opportunity to go this farback. So please dont think that I am knocking > > > the system - I just want my dad and his family to be recognised in some > >way. > > > > > > Barbara > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > Date: 2006/01/15 Sun PM 07:27:45 GMT > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > > > > > > > > Might I respond to the statement about all the Fords responses being > >in > > > > > > > America. Those of us who live in America are endeavoring to trace our > > > families > > > > beyond and prior to being in America. We know how frustrating it must > > > be to > > > > receive only information from America. But... we are as interested in > > > the > > > > Fords in England and France or wherever they may have been. We just > > > haven't > > > > been able to trace our Fords to the point to get back in some cases to > > > the > > > > earliest ones in our country. But, we aren't giving up. Don't you. > > > > > > > > Some of us started at a later age, to try to discover all we could. > > > It > > > > takes time and lots of work, I've found and it is all worth it. I wish > > > you luck > > > > in finding your families. I am a Ford descendant so I understand the > > > > frustration. > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Joy > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site > >[email protected] > > > > Teddy > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > >the > > > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > > > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > > New content added every business day. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ==== FORD Mailing List ==== > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/FORD > > > Contact me if there is any trouble with this site [email protected] > > > Teddy > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #2 > >Date: 17 Jan 2006 07:57:55 -0700 > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: George Ford > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > >Classification: Query > > > >Message Board URL: > > > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/REX.2ACIB/3799.3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 > > > >Message Board Post: > > > >If you find out any more information let me know & I'll do the same. > >Rita > > > >______________________________ > > > >X-Message: #3 > >Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:49:01 -0500 > >From: "Webmaster" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [Ford] Re: Ford family Middlesex UK > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > format=flowed; > > charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >I might be willing to help you with creating a database, I have extensive > >experience creating websites. My mother's Ford Family is included in a > >searchable database on my site called Mercer Family History at > >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com which is named in honor of my grandmother's > >family. > > > >The unique thing about the software that I use for the site is that it can > >be have multiple administrators setup and by using a username and password > >system can be administered from any computer with internet access. > > > >The site uses PhpNuke as its core software and with several added module's > >including TNG Genealogy Software. It has the features of adding document's, > >personal or headstone (in a general photo album or individual album), a > >forum, and a downloads section for documents (mine has some family tree's > >and a DAR Book on my Ford Family in Acrobat Reader format) accessible by > >members only. > > > >Each person has their own individual page that includes tabs for viewing > >their Descendants and Ancestors in several different viewing options and > >includes the ability to download a gedcom file for an individual by any > >number of generations set by the administrator of the site. > > > >Take a look at the site and let me know if you think it would work. I went > >ahead a captured a domain name called fordfamilydatabase.com in case there > >is a interest in starting it up before I suggested this so it would be > >available. > > > >The cost would be what it would cost me which would be $8.88 a year for the > >domain, $29.00 for the Genealogy Software and right now I can obtain > >hosting > >for $15.00 per month for 5 GB (5,000 MB) and 100 GB (100,000 MB) per month > >Data transfer. Future costs would be determined by the amount of bandwidth > >and storage size the site requires. I can set up a PayPal account with a > >link on the site for those wishing to contribute. > > > >Let me know what everyone thinks. > > > >Thanks > >Charles A. Watkins > >http://mercerfamilyhistory.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? 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