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JESSE FORD born circa 1758 in Charles County, Maryland; moved with his family to Fauquier County, Virginia; from there to Pendleton County, Kentucky; then to Harrison County, Kentucky; and last to Livingston County, Kentucky. He settled near the extinct town of Pinckneyville, Livingston County, Kentucky. Some of his children moved across the Ohio River and settled in the Counties of Massac and Pope in Illinois prior to the 1850 census. His wife’s name is unknown. Jesse Ford acted as a witness to the marriage of his brother, Noah Ford, in Harrison County, Virginia in 1810. By 1812, he was living in Pendleton County, Kentucky as his name is on the county delinquent tax rolls for that year as having removed to Harrison County, Kentucky. His length of stay there is not certain, but by the late teens, he had settled in Livingston County, Kentucky. He died sometime in the middle or late 1830s, but little record of his existence in Livingston County, Kentucky exists except the county tax assessment rolls. There is much confusion concerning the Ford families that lived contemporaneous to Jesse Ford’s residence in Livingston County, KY. In fact there was another Jesse Ford from an unrelated family from South Carolina living in Livingston County around shortly before Jesse Ford arrived in the County, but this Jesse Ford later removed from Livingston County to Louisiana where he died. Still another group of Fords resided in what would become Crittenden County, KY. After lengthly study of the Livingston County records, we can only make claim to the three children listed below for our particular Jesse Ford. Jesse Ford served during the American Revolution. He claimed and received a pension for his service in that conflict. He enlisted in 1776 at Alexandria, Virginia in Capt. John Ashby's Company in the regiment commanded by Col. Henry Marshall. In his pension declaration, he mentioned that he had been shown a statement that his name was not found on the rolls of enlisted men in the service. From reading his declaration, he was quite upset by this and emphatically affirmed his service. He stated that he had lived in the "Western Country" for a long time and that any witnesses to his service would be almost impossible to produce. He served in the Battle of Long Island in 1776. After his escape with the troops from this Battle, he was stationed in Philadelphia for a while. He later was engaged with the Army in the crossing of the Delaware River and the taking of Trenton, New Jersey. During the Battle of Brandywine, he was engaged guarding the baggage wagons. Shortly after the Battle of Brandywine, he was discharged and furloughed home. In the fall or early winter of 1780, he was drafted as a Private into the Virginia militia for three months service. He rendered Colonel Edmonds, Major Welsh and Captain Grigsby. His militia group joined the troops under General Greene at Charlotte, Virginia. His group was not actively engaged in any battles, but was charged with conducting prisoners from the Battle of Cowpens to Charlotte, VA for safekeeping. He was discharged in February 1781, as he remembered. Upon his return to his home in Virginia, his brother William Ford was drafted, for whom he substituted, for three months service. He later substituted for his married brother George Ford who had been drafted in 1781. It is evident from this that George Ford must have been married prior to his marriage to Charity Colvert, but to whom and where is not known. George Ford returned home to Fauquier Co., Virginia while Jesse Ford served in his place. After serving two months in this militia service, he became "disgusted" with the militia and became determined to enlist in the regulars. He enlisted in 1781 in the Continental Line serving under Captain Edins. He enlisted at Little York in Virginia and was stationed to guard a fort at that place. The enemy later abandoned the fort upon attack. Upon his company's retreat, they were fired upon and he was wounded slightly in the hand and the knee and had his hair "cut off behind." He later joined up with Lafayette's troops and served in the Battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In other notes included in his declaration, he mentioned that his captain had called him by the name Elisha, but that his proper name was Jesse. He stated that he was born in Charles County, Maryland about 1757 by reference to his age in 1833 as 76 years. He stated he lived in Fauquier County for a while after the service and then moved to Livingston Co., Kentucky about 1807. However, he is found witnessing Noah Ford's marriage in 1810 in Harrison Co., Virginia and living in 1811 or 1812 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky before his move to Livingston Co., Kentucky; thus, he is mistaken about his residences, probably owing to his advanced age in 1833. Of his children, we know remarkably little. In fact, we do not know all of his childrens' names as there are many more listed in the 1820 Livingston County, KY census than we can account for here. Their names were derived from a study of names, marriage bonds, marriage permissions, tax rolls, county court minute books, and various other records in Livingston Co., Kentucky and from the process of elimination. References
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