Person:James Ward (94)

James Ward was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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From Chalkley's:

• Vol. 2 - Machir vs. Machir--O. S. 323; N. S. 116--Copy of bill in Shenandoah County Court by Jeremiah Inscep and Scotia, his wife, late Machir; James Ward and Margaret, late Machir; William Worthington and Elizabeth, his wife, late Machir; Sarah Machir; Henry Machir, infant, and John G. Machir, infant, children, heirs and devisees of Alexander Machir, deceased, of Shenandoah. James Carnagy died 17__, testate, and devised to orators and oratrixes. Alexander Machir died 179_ testate. Will of James Carnagee of Woodstock. Brother, Andrew Carnagee; devisee, John Machir, Jr., and his brothers and sisters in Scotland; cousin Alexander Machir's children. Dated 11th August, 1780. Recorded in Shenandoah, August, 1780. Will of Alexander Machir of Strasburg. Children, Scota, Margaret, Betsy, Sarah, Angus and Henry Machir; son John, son Angus, son Alexander; kinsman, James Carnagy; wife, Magdalena Ann; daughter, Elizabeth. Dated 2d March, 1790. Recorded in Shenandoah, 24th June, 1790. Supplement bill by Henry Machir of Mason County, Ky.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://person.ancestry.com/tree/66447089/person/48154802081/facts

2.   Find A Grave.

   James Ward IV
   Birth 19 Sep 1763
   Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA
   Death 27 Feb 1846 (aged 82)
   Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky, USA
   Burial Washington Baptist Church Cemetery
   Old Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, USA
   
   Son of James Ward and Phoebe Lockhart. Married Margaret Machir on June 11, 1795, Mason co., KY. She died September 3, 1831, Mason Co., KY.
   
   Served in the Kentucky Militia in Col. Benjamin Logan's Great Miami Expedition of 1786, Col. John Edward's "Blackberry Expedition" of 1791, a small skirmish on Paint Creek in Ross County, OH in 1793, and probably the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794.
   
   James brother John Ward was kidnapped by Shawnee Indians at the age of 3. He was raised by an Indian family, was given the Indian name of "White Wolf", and fought as an Indian in their campaigns. It was at the small skirmish on Reeve's Crossing, Paint Creek in Ross County, OH in 1793, that James and the white party fought the Shawnee Indians. James brother John was killed by the white party.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162599692/james_ward