Person:Frederick Ford (7)

Personal History

"On June 8, 1830, Thirza married Frederick Ford in Indiana. He was 35 and Thirza was 24. Thirza was his third wife. Frederick was first married to Elizabeth Robinson and had 5 children. She died in 1826. His second wife was Elizabeth Stucker. Frederick and Thirza Ford had two known children: Serilda Ann (Ford) Jones 1830-1909 and Elisha May Ford 1831-1871. Frederick Ford died in 1835 at the age of 40 in Bartholomew County, Indiana." - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137132774

"Rachel (Ford) May was the oldest child of Frederick Ford II (1790-1835) who was born in Ohio and died in Bartholomew County, Inidiana; and his first wife Elizabeth (Robertson) Ford (1794-1826) who was born and died in Ohio. Rachel had the following known full siblings: George Ford 1817-1905, Benjamin Ford 1820-1864, Jonathan Ford 1821-1896, and Sally Ford 1825-?. Rachel's mother died in 1826 when Rachel was 13. Her father married again in 1827 to Elizabeth Stucker; she died in 1828. Her father then married Thirza May in 1830. Rachel Ford married Philetus May (1808-1891) in about 1835. Interestingly, Philetus May was the brother of Rachel's step-mother Thirza May." - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54875537

"So a party consisting of three persons, Frederick Ford, John R. Robertson, and John C. Yeley traveled to Bartholomew Co., Indiana in 1820. Leaving their families among relatives and friends in Ohio. After selecting their location they erected a hut, and began at once to clear off a piece of ground on which to plant a corn patch. After about 3 months time, Ford and Robertson traveled back to Ohio to fetch the families for their new home in Indiana." - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17542308

“The public lands in Bartholomew County were surveyed in 1819 by A. C. Looker, Bethuel F. Morris, Abraham Lee, and Basil Bentley, and were put on sale at Brookville and Jeffersonville. The land system then required the lands to be publicly}'^ sold at not less than $2 per acre, of which one-fourth was to be paid in hand and the balance in three equal annual installments. Previous to the first sales the count}^ had been thoroughly}' explored and examined by "land hunters" with the view of securing the best tracts. Among these were Luke Bonesteel, George Doup, Gen. John Tipton, John Lindsey, Charles Edwards, William S. Jones, Joseph Lochenour, Joseph H. Vanmeter and many others. For three months after the land office had been opened for the sale of the lands in. the new purchase, they were crowded with buyers. Those who entered lands in Bartholomew County in 1820 were…Frederick Ford…one of these bought extensively for speculative purposes, others entered only enough to constitute a home farm upon which they expected to have and rear a family. These entries continued to be made with considerable activity during the first few years and afterward more slowly until all the land passed from the ownership of the government. Many of those named above continued their entries and some possessed large estates.” - History of Bartholomew County, Indiana, Pages 372-374 (https://archive.org/stream/historyofbarthol01chic/historyofbarthol01chic_djvu.txt)

From an unknown source: “Araminta was 21 when she eloped with George Ford, a lumber buyer, and they were married 10 January 1838 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. This was George's home. George's father, Frederick, had died around 1835 and he and his brothers and sisters inherited a small amount of land.”

1. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-QZSH), Frederick Ford, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 73; FHL microfilm 882,591.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. .

   Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.

3. ↑ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXBS-16N), Frederick Ford and Elizabeth Stucker, 25 Mar 1827; citing Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,301,788.

4. ↑ Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXB3-S9Z), Frederick Ford and Thursday May, 08 Jun 1830; citing Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,301,788.

5. ↑ United States Census, 1830.

   FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPB-8WH), Frederick Ford, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States; citing 189, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 7,720.

6. ↑ 14 May 1821 Directory of Bartholomew County, Indiana.

   098 Ford, Frederick