Inga, I've a possible WARD from TN who settled in Alabama. She's Rachel (first name may also be Alla) WARD, b 1804 TN, m William WEEMS (1801 SC) and settled in Greene Co, AL. They're there from before 1830 until aft 1855. I don't know what happened to them. Next door in the 1850 Greene Co census is Mary WARD (1783 SC) and her (presumed) widowed daughter, Catherine Ward EDWARDS (1806 TN). Any of these familiar? Steven [email protected] wrote: > Hey, Guys!!!! > > Don't forget about me!!!! I have been looking for a Thomas Ward - my > grandfather - forever and 50 years. According to census records, he was born > in TN. I have no idea about his family. I could belong to one of ya'll. > > He was born 4/15/1849 in TN and died 3/3/1919 in Lee County, MS. He is > buried with his wife, Ada Estes, in the Saltillo Cemetery, Saltillo, Lee > County, MS. > > There was some family rumbling at one time about a Nat Ward from Itawamba > County, MS, who married a Catherine Whitten; it was said that he was a > earlier family member as well. > > I KNOW that every male Ward on earth is named Thomas, but I wanna be family > too! > > Let me hear from you! > > Bebe Roper Byerly > > Do you have any more info? I am looking for a Ward brother in this > general area around the same time frame. The ones I am looking for came out > of Virginia, did your Edward? One of these brothers was an Edward. The > story was there were 5 or 6 brothers, one went to Tennessee, one went to the > Carolina's, then on to Georgia , and the others to Georgia then on to Alabama > (Where I want to find them) Some settled in Miss. and Arkansas. Family > stories tell that the Ward Drug Chain in Texas was from this set of brothers. > > Do you think we have a match? > > Inga