Marty and Karla Grant

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1070/1706
William Pitman 35 Farmer $1500 Marion
Helen 25
Ann 10
Harrison 7
David 5
Amanda 2;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1070/1706
William Pitman 35 Farmer $1500 Marion
Helen 25
Ann 10
Harrison 7
David 5
Amanda 2;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1558/1540
Elias B. Ford 50 Farmer $6000/21,000 SC
Hellen 44 NC
Sallie A. 18 SC
Kittie 16
Fanny 14
Anna J. 12
Martha S. 10
Wm J. R. 6 f (sic)
Lettie B. 4
Charity A. Pitman 19 $800/2000
Harrison 17 f (sic) $500/1500
David 14 $1000/1200
Amanda 11 $1500/2000;

!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
...
Elias B. Ford, a most excellent and kind hearted man, born in 1809, married, 9th February, 1830, Miss Jane Herring, of Robeson, N. C, a woman of good property and one of the best of women ; the fruits of this marriage were three sons. "Sandy" Ford, for a long time in Marion, and very prominent as a business man, now resides in Anderson County.[* Moved to Texas.] Dr. C. T. Ford, of Mullins, and Rev. Rufus Ford, a prominent minister of the Baptist Church, and now resides in Marlborough, and several daughters. Neill C. McDuffie, Sheriff, married two of them ; D. D. McDuffie married one ; Joseph N. Page married one, and George Fore married one ; one unmarried and one dead, names not remembered. Elias B. Ford lost his wife, the mother of these children, and he married, a second time, the Widow Helen Pitman, who had four Pitman children, two sons and two daughters; the sons were killed or died in the war, and one of the daughters died during the war, all unmarried ; the other daughter, the youngest, Amanda, married the late Joseph R. Oliver, and had by inheritance a good property. Elias B. Ford had no child or children by his second marriage; he died some years ago, greatly missed by the poor of his neighborhood.;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1070/1706
William Pitman 35 Farmer $1500 Marion
Helen 25
Ann 10
Harrison 7
David 5
Amanda 2;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1558/1540
Elias B. Ford 50 Farmer $6000/21,000 SC
Hellen 44 NC
Sallie A. 18 SC
Kittie 16
Fanny 14
Anna J. 12
Martha S. 10
Wm J. R. 6 f (sic)
Lettie B. 4
Charity A. Pitman 19 $800/2000
Harrison 17 f (sic) $500/1500
David 14 $1000/1200
Amanda 11 $1500/2000;

!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
...
Elias B. Ford, a most excellent and kind hearted man, born in 1809, married, 9th February, 1830, Miss Jane Herring, of Robeson, N. C, a woman of good property and one of the best of women ; the fruits of this marriage were three sons. "Sandy" Ford, for a long time in Marion, and very prominent as a business man, now resides in Anderson County.[* Moved to Texas.] Dr. C. T. Ford, of Mullins, and Rev. Rufus Ford, a prominent minister of the Baptist Church, and now resides in Marlborough, and several daughters. Neill C. McDuffie, Sheriff, married two of them ; D. D. McDuffie married one ; Joseph N. Page married one, and George Fore married one ; one unmarried and one dead, names not remembered. Elias B. Ford lost his wife, the mother of these children, and he married, a second time, the Widow Helen Pitman, who had four Pitman children, two sons and two daughters; the sons were killed or died in the war, and one of the daughters died during the war, all unmarried ; the other daughter, the youngest, Amanda, married the late Joseph R. Oliver, and had by inheritance a good property. Elias B. Ford had no child or children by his second marriage; he died some years ago, greatly missed by the poor of his neighborhood.;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1070/1706
William Pitman 35 Farmer $1500 Marion
Helen 25
Ann 10
Harrison 7
David 5
Amanda 2;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1558/1540
Elias B. Ford 50 Farmer $6000/21,000 SC
Hellen 44 NC
Sallie A. 18 SC
Kittie 16
Fanny 14
Anna J. 12
Martha S. 10
Wm J. R. 6 f (sic)
Lettie B. 4
Charity A. Pitman 19 $800/2000
Harrison 17 f (sic) $500/1500
David 14 $1000/1200
Amanda 11 $1500/2000;

!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
...
Elias B. Ford, a most excellent and kind hearted man, born in 1809, married, 9th February, 1830, Miss Jane Herring, of Robeson, N. C, a woman of good property and one of the best of women ; the fruits of this marriage were three sons. "Sandy" Ford, for a long time in Marion, and very prominent as a business man, now resides in Anderson County.[* Moved to Texas.] Dr. C. T. Ford, of Mullins, and Rev. Rufus Ford, a prominent minister of the Baptist Church, and now resides in Marlborough, and several daughters. Neill C. McDuffie, Sheriff, married two of them ; D. D. McDuffie married one ; Joseph N. Page married one, and George Fore married one ; one unmarried and one dead, names not remembered. Elias B. Ford lost his wife, the mother of these children, and he married, a second time, the Widow Helen Pitman, who had four Pitman children, two sons and two daughters; the sons were killed or died in the war, and one of the daughters died during the war, all unmarried ; the other daughter, the youngest, Amanda, married the late Joseph R. Oliver, and had by inheritance a good property. Elias B. Ford had no child or children by his second marriage; he died some years ago, greatly missed by the poor of his neighborhood.;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1070/1706
William Pitman 35 Farmer $1500 Marion
Helen 25
Ann 10
Harrison 7
David 5
Amanda 2;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1558/1540
Elias B. Ford 50 Farmer $6000/21,000 SC
Hellen 44 NC
Sallie A. 18 SC
Kittie 16
Fanny 14
Anna J. 12
Martha S. 10
Wm J. R. 6 f (sic)
Lettie B. 4
Charity A. Pitman 19 $800/2000
Harrison 17 f (sic) $500/1500
David 14 $1000/1200
Amanda 11 $1500/2000;

!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
...
Elias B. Ford, a most excellent and kind hearted man, born in 1809, married, 9th February, 1830, Miss Jane Herring, of Robeson, N. C, a woman of good property and one of the best of women ; the fruits of this marriage were three sons. "Sandy" Ford, for a long time in Marion, and very prominent as a business man, now resides in Anderson County.[* Moved to Texas.] Dr. C. T. Ford, of Mullins, and Rev. Rufus Ford, a prominent minister of the Baptist Church, and now resides in Marlborough, and several daughters. Neill C. McDuffie, Sheriff, married two of them ; D. D. McDuffie married one ; Joseph N. Page married one, and George Fore married one ; one unmarried and one dead, names not remembered. Elias B. Ford lost his wife, the mother of these children, and he married, a second time, the Widow Helen Pitman, who had four Pitman children, two sons and two daughters; the sons were killed or died in the war, and one of the daughters died during the war, all unmarried ; the other daughter, the youngest, Amanda, married the late Joseph R. Oliver, and had by inheritance a good property. Elias B. Ford had no child or children by his second marriage; he died some years ago, greatly missed by the poor of his neighborhood.;