Elijah Ford

Birth Date

1798-08-01

Death Date

1878-09-17

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. South Carolina native. Married to Mary Armstrong Ford in Christian County, Kentucky, on July 6, 1818. Father of Sarah H. Ford, Gracey Matilda Ford, John S. Ford, and Pernecy C. Ford. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Princeton in 1860. Employed Sarah Armstrong as a domestic servant in Princeton in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 364B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Princeton, p. 65.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #001942963, p. 184.
"Elijah Ford (1798-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial #9923763, accessed September 9, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9923763.

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