Sturgills in America

Ward, Nathan Jr.

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Narrative

Might have been a son because was mentioned in will.

WARD: Nathan (not fit)(Probably a Baptist, listed as a non-Quaker on the

Swift lists)(on both lists)

He lived on Coal/Cole Creek, a branch of Chestnut Creek in today's

Carroll Co., VA. Ward's Mill Run is named after his family. It is thought

that he is the son of another Nathan Ward and the brother of Wells Ward

who lived to the West on Saddle Creek in today's Grayson county. Many

researchers are also looking at connections to Ward lines from Baltimore

(now Prince Georges) Co., MD (where the names Nathan and Wells are also

found) and it is possible that the Ward family co-migrated with the Swift

and Carr families or with the Blevins family. A Nathan Ward was made a

captain on the formation of the 78th Regt of militia in August 1793 soon

after the formation of Grayson county. Nathan settled on Coal [Cole]

Creek in present day Carroll County by at least 1773 and had his land

surveyed in 1774. He purchased his land from the Loyal Land Company and

it was a conflicted purchase not validated until 1802.

Nathan's daughter Margaret married Morris Cox, another son of Thomas

Davis and Elizabeth Knox (see the Quaker Davis family). Other children:

Nathan m. Anne Williams [see below] and removed to Hawkins Co., TN, Enoch

(removed to Rutherford Co., NC), Elizabeth m. Jeffrey Clark [Quaker

Clarks?], William m. Elizabeth Wilson (and remained in Carroll Co., VA)

and Wells.

1782 tax list: Nathan Ward, 1 tithe, 0 slaves, 2 horse, 8 cattle. In

1793, District 2 of Wythe there is a Nathan Ward with 7 horses and no

blacks and another Nathan Ward with 3 horses and no blacks (one of these

is his nephew by brother Wells). Nathan Ward was not on the list of those

fined for missing militia musters.

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