Marty and Karla Grant

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 167-170
...
Major William Ford, the second son of old man "Zarv" Ford, married a Miss Thompson; he was a well-to-do man; had not many children; the writer does not remember but one, a daughter, Sallie, who had a personal distinction, seldom, if ever, met with-she had a black eye and a blue one; a very pretty girl; she married John R. Watson, who occupied and owned his father's homestead, on the road from Nichols to Lumberton, N. C. ; he died, leaving six or seven children together with his widow; the children all small; the widow managed well and raised a very nice family, sons and daughters-mostly daughters; the mother died some years ago, much respected while living. Major William Ford may have had a son, not now recollected; he had another daughter, as now remembered, who became and is now, the wife of Captain R. H. Rogers.;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1091/1096
William Ford 53 Farmer $8000 Marion
Beady 53
Lewis 32 "
William 27 "
John 18 "
George 14
Beady 9
Martha 1;


!NAMED-EQUITY ROLL # 328 Marion Co., SC William Ford, Sr. 5 Dec 1863
Elias B. Ford and John T. Ford vs John J. Gaddy and wife Celia Gaddy
... show that William Ford, Sr. died 1 Jan 1860
heirs:
Celia Ford his widow who has since married John J. Gaddy
Sarah Watson
Lewis Ford who died 1 Feb 1860, Jesse Ford Jr. adm.
Enoch said to reside in TX
Marshall Ford a son of William Ford Jr (died 1854) and a grandson of intestate
Nancy Ford wife of Jesse Ford Jr.
George W. Ford, residence unknown
Beedy Ford
orator John T. Ford
and Ferdinand Ford infant of tender years.
...
Widow Celia was daughter of Jesse Elvington
...;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 167-170
...
Major William Ford, the second son of old man "Zarv" Ford, married a Miss Thompson; he was a well-to-do man; had not many children; the writer does not remember but one, a daughter, Sallie, who had a personal distinction, seldom, if ever, met with-she had a black eye and a blue one; a very pretty girl; she married John R. Watson, who occupied and owned his father's homestead, on the road from Nichols to Lumberton, N. C. ; he died, leaving six or seven children together with his widow; the children all small; the widow managed well and raised a very nice family, sons and daughters-mostly daughters; the mother died some years ago, much respected while living. Major William Ford may have had a son, not now recollected; he had another daughter, as now remembered, who became and is now, the wife of Captain R. H. Rogers.;