Florida Family Group Sheet for the William WARD Family *********************************************** Copyright Martha Abbott Post. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Martha Abbott Post Email address: Husband: William WARD Birthdate: 5 Oct 1794 Birthplace: South Carolina Death date: 1854 Place of death: Brooker, FL Burial: old New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Father: Mother: Marriage date: 1818 Marriage place: Wife: Rosetta JONES Birthdate: 1796 Birthplace: Nassau Co., FL Death date: 1860 Place of death: Brooker, FL Burial: old New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetry Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Richard B. WARD Sex: M Birthdate: 1821 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Huldah WARD Sex: F Birthdate: 1822 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: 1897 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Valentine Rowell PREVATT Child No. 3: William H. WARD Sex: M Birthdate: 1826 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Elizabeth WARD Sex: F Birthdate: 1828 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: John HAUGEIC Child No. 5: John G. WARD Sex: M Birthdate: 1830 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: Amanda K. WARD Sex: F Birthdate: 1833 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Edwin HODGE Child No. 7: Emma Kelsandra WARD Sex: F Birthdate: 1833 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: 1860 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 1827 Marriage place: Georgia Spouse's name: William OSTEEN Child No. 8: Emra Priest WARD Sex: M Birthdate: 17 May 1836 Birthplace: Middleburg, FL Death date: 10 Nov 1904 Place of death: Ward City, FL Burial: Brooker Baptist Church Marriage date: 24 Oct 1861 Marriage place: Brooker, FL Spouse's name: Margaret GODWIN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documentation: William Ward grew up in Coffee Co., Georgia. After growing into manhood he came to Florida and married Rosetta Jones. In 1818 they settled in Middleburg, FL where all of their children were born. About 1840 he moved his family in a covered wagon to settle on a homestead on the Sante Fe River near present day Brooker, FL in Bradford County. He established a fort there named Fort Ward during the Seminole Indian War. He was active in the early government of Florida signing a petition in 1832 asking for an appointment of Col James Gadsden as Governor of Florida. .