Augustus M. Ward was born in Tazewell County, Virginia. His parents are Maj. John M. Ward and Nancy Bowen Ward. Both of his grandfathers were veterans of the Indian Wars and were Revolutionary War Patriots who fought at Kings Mountain.
Augustus M. Ward came to Johnson County, Arkansas with his parents and siblings prior to 1835. His father, Maj John M. Ward, was serving in the Arkansas Legislature when his mother died in 1835.
Augustus M. Ward married first about 1838 to Rachel Burk and their children were Marquis Lafayette Ward and Walter Scott Ward.
He married second about 1848 to Martha Collins and their children include Amanda E. Ward Harley; William W. Ward; Nancy V. Ward Thompson; Ella A. Ward; Augustus M. Ward, Jr.; and Martha Ward.
Augustus M. Ward served many years as clerk of Johnson County Court and was also serving in the State Legislature when the vote to join the Confederate States was passed. He later served in the CSA army as a quartermaster.
Augustus M. Ward was a generous and civic-minded person who served as guardian for numerous children and was instrumental in the founding of schools for the deaf and for the blind. His name also appears on many records of the Presbyterian churches in the area.
Under the Dawes Commission in 1896 numerous descendants of his grandmother, Louisa Bowen, applied for citizenship by right of blood in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. However, there is no record of Augustus M. Ward ever making such a claim.
Augustus M. Ward came to Johnson County, Arkansas with his parents and siblings prior to 1835. His father, Maj John M. Ward, was serving in the Arkansas Legislature when his mother died in 1835.
Augustus M. Ward married first about 1838 to Rachel Burk and their children were Marquis Lafayette Ward and Walter Scott Ward.
He married second about 1848 to Martha Collins and their children include Amanda E. Ward Harley; William W. Ward; Nancy V. Ward Thompson; Ella A. Ward; Augustus M. Ward, Jr.; and Martha Ward.
Augustus M. Ward served many years as clerk of Johnson County Court and was also serving in the State Legislature when the vote to join the Confederate States was passed. He later served in the CSA army as a quartermaster.
Augustus M. Ward was a generous and civic-minded person who served as guardian for numerous children and was instrumental in the founding of schools for the deaf and for the blind. His name also appears on many records of the Presbyterian churches in the area.
Under the Dawes Commission in 1896 numerous descendants of his grandmother, Louisa Bowen, applied for citizenship by right of blood in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. However, there is no record of Augustus M. Ward ever making such a claim.
Augustus M. Ward was born in Tazewell County, Virginia. His parents are Maj. John M. Ward and Nancy Bowen Ward. Both of his grandfathers were veterans of the Indian Wars and were Revolutionary War Patriots who fought at Kings Mountain.
Augustus M. Ward came to Johnson County, Arkansas with his parents and siblings prior to 1835. His father, Maj John M. Ward, was serving in the Arkansas Legislature when his mother died in 1835.
Augustus M. Ward married first about 1838 to Rachel Burk and their children were Marquis Lafayette Ward and Walter Scott Ward.
He married second about 1848 to Martha Collins and their children include Amanda E. Ward Harley; William W. Ward; Nancy V. Ward Thompson; Ella A. Ward; Augustus M. Ward, Jr.; and Martha Ward.
Augustus M. Ward served many years as clerk of Johnson County Court and was also serving in the State Legislature when the vote to join the Confederate States was passed. He later served in the CSA army as a quartermaster.
Augustus M. Ward was a generous and civic-minded person who served as guardian for numerous children and was instrumental in the founding of schools for the deaf and for the blind. His name also appears on many records of the Presbyterian churches in the area.
Under the Dawes Commission in 1896 numerous descendants of his grandmother, Louisa Bowen, applied for citizenship by right of blood in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. However, there is no record of Augustus M. Ward ever making such a claim.
Augustus M. Ward came to Johnson County, Arkansas with his parents and siblings prior to 1835. His father, Maj John M. Ward, was serving in the Arkansas Legislature when his mother died in 1835.
Augustus M. Ward married first about 1838 to Rachel Burk and their children were Marquis Lafayette Ward and Walter Scott Ward.
He married second about 1848 to Martha Collins and their children include Amanda E. Ward Harley; William W. Ward; Nancy V. Ward Thompson; Ella A. Ward; Augustus M. Ward, Jr.; and Martha Ward.
Augustus M. Ward served many years as clerk of Johnson County Court and was also serving in the State Legislature when the vote to join the Confederate States was passed. He later served in the CSA army as a quartermaster.
Augustus M. Ward was a generous and civic-minded person who served as guardian for numerous children and was instrumental in the founding of schools for the deaf and for the blind. His name also appears on many records of the Presbyterian churches in the area.
Under the Dawes Commission in 1896 numerous descendants of his grandmother, Louisa Bowen, applied for citizenship by right of blood in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory. However, there is no record of Augustus M. Ward ever making such a claim.
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