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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.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Ford, Elijah. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204452 (November 12, 2026).

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William M. Wells et al. to Beriah Magoffin

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