Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 28 October, District 13, page 403, Hse #1038, Fam #1077
  Sarah Ward 45 F $1600 Real Estate b Kentucky [b abt 1805]
  Augustus Ward 25 M Laborer b South Carolina [b abt 1825]
  Cessaro Ward 21 Laborer M b South Carolina [b abt 1829]
  Benjamin 18 M b South Carolina [b abt 1832]
  Joseph 10 M b South Carolina [b abt 1840]
  Collistes 8 F b South Carolina [b abt 1842]
  
  Gregory, Dorthaly A & Ward, Benjamin
  Marriage 30 Jul 1854 Jefferson County, Tennessee
  --  M Guyette Wardlaw research, http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gregoryc/genealogy/tngregory.htm
  
  Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950
  Benjamin Ward
  Darthuly A Gregory
  License issued 28 July 1854
  Marriage 30 July 1854 Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
  Ceremony by M M Corbet, Justice of the Peace
  Recorded Jefferson County Marriage Book, p 124
  
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  1859
  
  Andrew L & Mary Ann Mason v B J & Dorthula A Ward
  Jefferson County, Tennessee
  
  Fraud
  
  Defendant's name is Benjamin F Ward.  William Gregory died owning land on south side of French Broad River, leaving plaintiff Mary Ann (who later married Andrew) as his widow.  Richard Gregory, deceased, administered William's estate but never assigned dower to Mary Ann, so Plaintiffs now claim dower out of that land.  William & Mary Ann had 1 child, Defendant Dorthula.  At time of suit, both parties lived on the land at issue. Plaintiffs claim Defendants are trying to cheat & defraud them out of Mary Ann's dower.
  
  East Range 7, Section G, Shelf 1, Box Number 680, page 126
  
  --  Tennessee Supreme Court Cases, Tennessee State Library and Archives, https://supreme-court-cases.tennsos.org/search?search=1&search_fields%5B%5D=case_name%2Ccause%2Cnotes&search_fields%5B%5D=case_name&search_fields%5B%5D=cause&search_fields%5B%5D=notes&county=Jefferson&start_year=&end_year=&search_keywords=Gregory
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  1860 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 11 September, page 346, Hse #2452, Fam #2496
  B F Ward 26 M  Blacksmith $1800 Real Estate $250 Personal Estate born South Carolina [b abt 1834]
  D A Ward 23 F born Tennessee [b abt 1837]
  M Ward 5 F born Tennessee [b abt 1855]
  C Ward 3 F born Tennessee [b abt 1857]

Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 28 October, District 13, page 403, Hse #1038, Fam #1077
• 2. 1860 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 11 September, page 346, Hse #2452, Fam #2496
• 3. Tennessee State Archives
• 4. RootsWeb Marriage Records
• 5. Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950