Do you show a Wiley or Wilie Ward inTn or Ark. My Ward great grandmother was Cherokee but no Indian paper trail on her either. My dates would be 1800 to 1850 Kenneth or Julia Wilson wrote: > John, > Have you checked on the possibility that these Ward's were Native > Americans?? > My Ward line came from TN to AR. I have been looking for a Michael Ward, b. > 1812, TN. He had a grandson named Issac Calvin Ward, b. 1870, Hempstead > Co., AR, married 1889 Susan Ebling. > We have not been able to find Native Am. paper trail for this family, but an > elder cousin who knew Michael's son Willis Washington Ward, b. 1846, says > Willis was part Cherokee, part Choctaw and the rest black Dutch. So I think > my Ward's "headed for the hills" long before the "Trail Where they Cried" > Just a thought I decided to share. > Anyone with a Michael in TN have one born 1812?? I have a list of Michael's > children. > Julia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John W. Poole <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: WARD Lines > > > Once again, I'm still looking for the parents of Issac A. Ward (1804-1874) > m. > > to Emily McGee (1816-1873). In 1840 they were living in Henderson Co., TN > > and by about about 1845 had moved into eastern Texas. They both died in > Hunt > > Co., TX but had previously lived in Wood and Rusk Counties. Their > children > > were: J.A. (Jerry), John Jasper, N.H. [female], Issac A., Jr., Margaret M, > > Garrison, Cora Jane and Mary S. > > > > Ten years searching and not found yet. > > > > John Poole > > Houston, TX > > > > > >