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Author: James English Vaughn, Jr
John Ford, Jr. was born 17 Jun 1755 in Culpepper Co., Virginia, and he died before 28 Apr 1825 in Madison Co., Virginia. He was the son of John Ford, Sr. and Alphia Petty who were married in 1753 in Orange Co., Virginia. Ford, Sr. was born 17 Jun 1725 in King George Co., Virginia, and he died 19 Dec 1791 in Culpepper Co., Virginia. Alphia Petty was born in 1738 in Orange Co., Virginia, and she died in 1797 in Culpepper Co., Virginia. John Ford, Jr. was married to Rosanna Newman 4 Apr 1788 in Culpepper Co., Virginia, and she appears to have been his second wife. Rosanna was born circa 1768, and died about the year 1852. John Ford, Jr. had seven children. John Ford, Jr. is listed by the Daughters of the American Revolution as Ancestor # A040899 for his patriotic service as a Private in Captain John Gilleson’s Company of Foot Soldiers under Colonel (General?) John Green, Field Officer of the 6th (10th?) Virginia Regiment. Ford Jr.’s grave is located in a farm graveyard near Wayland’s Mill in Madison Co., Virginia, and it is marked by a memorial plaque of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ford Jr.’s father also is listed as an Ancestor (# A113350) of the Daughters of the American Revolution for his patriotic service in furnishing supplies to the American troops in Culpepper Co., Virginia in 1781.
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