Son of William Ward and Jane Swaim
Husband of Jane Cravens — married 1760 in Virginia
Husband of Eleanor Clancy — married about 1791 in Virginia
Children:
✿ William Ward
✿ Captain John Ward
✿ Joseph Ward
✿ James Ward
✿ David Ward Jr
✿ Margaret Ward Smith
✿ Elizabeth Ward Basher
✿ Mary Ward Belsher
✿ Alexander Ward
✿ Robert Ward
✿ Isaac Ward
✿ Jane Ward Grubb
✿ Rees Madison Ward
✿ Joseph Addison Ward
✿ Nancy Ward Daughtery
✿ Hiram David Ward
✿ Phoebe Ward Calton
✿ Matilda Ward
✿ Smith Ward
✿ Rebecca Ward Harrah
Brother of Rachel Ward, John Ward Sr, William Ward II and Dr James Ward
History
David Ward was born about 1740 in Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, and died about 1827 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married twice. David married (1) Jane Cravens about 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born about 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died before 1790 in Washington County, Virginia. David married (2) Eleanor Clancy about 1790 in Tazewell County, Virginia. She was born about 1771 in Washington County, Virginia, and died after 1857 in Tazewell County.
After the death of their father, David and William Ward, followed John Cravens and moved from Augusta County in 1769 to that part of Russell County that became the southwest corner Tazewell County in 1790. In 1772, he settled in an area near the Clinch River known as the Cove (Wards Cove). Descendents of the Family live in the area even to day. David apparently farmed in three different counties – Augusta, Tazewell and Washington − although he only lived at the Cove. He is prominent in the records of Russell County as a military man, government official and landowner.
David became a leader in the area and a well known Indian and Revolutionary War fighter. He became a part of the militia group that defended against Indian attacks known as Scouts on the Clinch River. In the fall of 1774 the royal governor of Virginia sent two military columns to the frontier along the Ohio River. One column made up of 1122 men from three area counties marched overland, and on October 6 arrived at Point Pleasant (which is not 40 miles north of Huntington, West Virginia.) Lieutenant David Ward was a part of Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia. On October 10, 1774, over 1,000 Shawnee and Mingo Indians, lead by Chief Cornstalk, launched a surprise attack on the colonial militia, but were repulsed. Had the defeat of the Indians not happened, the outcome of the American Revolutionary War might have been different since Virginia would have been too busy protecting the frontier to participate in the Revolution. In 1908 the U.S. Congress recognized that this was the first battle of the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War, the call came from North Carolina for help against the British. It was decided to mobilize half of the local militia. David Ward, with his brother William, became a part of a company of mounted riflemen, armed mostly with Deckard rifles, with which they were experts against the Indians. On September 22, 1780, the 200 men rushed into North Carolina with nothing but their rifles, a blanket, a cup and a pouch of provisions, mostly ground corn. They joined forces of Generals Shelby and Sevier on the 26th at a place three miles below the present town of Elizabethton, Tennessee, where all reinforcements were gathering. They found the British; lead by the hated Col. Ferguson and his Tory forces atop Kings Mountain. The one-hour battle defeated the British, killing Ferguson and capturing his whole army. As the result Cornwallis and the British abandoned the Carolinas, ending up at Yorktown, Virginia, and their meeting with George Washington.
Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia
Daniel Smith, Captain William Bowen, Lieutenant David Ward, Ensign John Kinkeid, Ensign Robert Brown, Christian Bergman, John Courtney, Saml. Dollarhide, Robert Donelson, Robert Griffin, Joseph Horne, Benj. Jones, James Kendrick, David Kingkeid Jr., Burton Litton, Wm. McFarland, Thomas Mullin, William Neale, Joseph Olverson, James Price, Thomas Price, Richard Price, Drury Pricket (Pucket), Arcchelaus Scott, James Scott, James Smith, Samuel Vanhook, Alden Williams, Charles _____
Scouts on the Clinch River
William Bowen, James Fowler, Thomas Maxwell, Rees Bowen, David Ward, John Kingkeid, William Priest, John Sharp, William Crabtree, Samuel Hays, Robert Davis, Robert Moffett
David became Justice of the Peace of Russell County in the 1770s, and when Tazewell 1790 was created out of Russell County, be became the first Justice of the County Court. His son John became the first County Clerk of Tazewell County. In May 1774, David Ward was Sheriff of Russell County.
On February 5, 1792, David Ward prepared the bond and mortgage for the security for the public loan made by the State to the French Emigrants for 15,000 acres in Russell County. He sends a letter to the Governor of Virginia, Henry Lee (father of Robert E. Lee of Civil War fame), about the transaction, and that a road would be constructed from the courthouse to the Frenchmen. In August David Ward writes the Governor again to report the road under construction.
In December 1793, he filed for funds from the State to pay claims for military service of his men rendered on the frontiers. At the same time Colonel Daniel Boone filed for $25 for caring for wounded men. In 1797 David was a county Commissioner of the Peace. By 1794, David Ward was a Colonel of the 17th Brigade of Volunteer Militia.
In July 1800, he served as one of the Commissioners for Supervising the Presidential Election. Between 1801 and 1825, the old Indian fighter would serve seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Husband of Jane Cravens — married 1760 in Virginia
Husband of Eleanor Clancy — married about 1791 in Virginia
Children:
✿ William Ward
✿ Captain John Ward
✿ Joseph Ward
✿ James Ward
✿ David Ward Jr
✿ Margaret Ward Smith
✿ Elizabeth Ward Basher
✿ Mary Ward Belsher
✿ Alexander Ward
✿ Robert Ward
✿ Isaac Ward
✿ Jane Ward Grubb
✿ Rees Madison Ward
✿ Joseph Addison Ward
✿ Nancy Ward Daughtery
✿ Hiram David Ward
✿ Phoebe Ward Calton
✿ Matilda Ward
✿ Smith Ward
✿ Rebecca Ward Harrah
Brother of Rachel Ward, John Ward Sr, William Ward II and Dr James Ward
History
David Ward was born about 1740 in Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, and died about 1827 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married twice. David married (1) Jane Cravens about 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born about 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died before 1790 in Washington County, Virginia. David married (2) Eleanor Clancy about 1790 in Tazewell County, Virginia. She was born about 1771 in Washington County, Virginia, and died after 1857 in Tazewell County.
After the death of their father, David and William Ward, followed John Cravens and moved from Augusta County in 1769 to that part of Russell County that became the southwest corner Tazewell County in 1790. In 1772, he settled in an area near the Clinch River known as the Cove (Wards Cove). Descendents of the Family live in the area even to day. David apparently farmed in three different counties – Augusta, Tazewell and Washington − although he only lived at the Cove. He is prominent in the records of Russell County as a military man, government official and landowner.
David became a leader in the area and a well known Indian and Revolutionary War fighter. He became a part of the militia group that defended against Indian attacks known as Scouts on the Clinch River. In the fall of 1774 the royal governor of Virginia sent two military columns to the frontier along the Ohio River. One column made up of 1122 men from three area counties marched overland, and on October 6 arrived at Point Pleasant (which is not 40 miles north of Huntington, West Virginia.) Lieutenant David Ward was a part of Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia. On October 10, 1774, over 1,000 Shawnee and Mingo Indians, lead by Chief Cornstalk, launched a surprise attack on the colonial militia, but were repulsed. Had the defeat of the Indians not happened, the outcome of the American Revolutionary War might have been different since Virginia would have been too busy protecting the frontier to participate in the Revolution. In 1908 the U.S. Congress recognized that this was the first battle of the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War, the call came from North Carolina for help against the British. It was decided to mobilize half of the local militia. David Ward, with his brother William, became a part of a company of mounted riflemen, armed mostly with Deckard rifles, with which they were experts against the Indians. On September 22, 1780, the 200 men rushed into North Carolina with nothing but their rifles, a blanket, a cup and a pouch of provisions, mostly ground corn. They joined forces of Generals Shelby and Sevier on the 26th at a place three miles below the present town of Elizabethton, Tennessee, where all reinforcements were gathering. They found the British; lead by the hated Col. Ferguson and his Tory forces atop Kings Mountain. The one-hour battle defeated the British, killing Ferguson and capturing his whole army. As the result Cornwallis and the British abandoned the Carolinas, ending up at Yorktown, Virginia, and their meeting with George Washington.
Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia
Daniel Smith, Captain William Bowen, Lieutenant David Ward, Ensign John Kinkeid, Ensign Robert Brown, Christian Bergman, John Courtney, Saml. Dollarhide, Robert Donelson, Robert Griffin, Joseph Horne, Benj. Jones, James Kendrick, David Kingkeid Jr., Burton Litton, Wm. McFarland, Thomas Mullin, William Neale, Joseph Olverson, James Price, Thomas Price, Richard Price, Drury Pricket (Pucket), Arcchelaus Scott, James Scott, James Smith, Samuel Vanhook, Alden Williams, Charles _____
Scouts on the Clinch River
William Bowen, James Fowler, Thomas Maxwell, Rees Bowen, David Ward, John Kingkeid, William Priest, John Sharp, William Crabtree, Samuel Hays, Robert Davis, Robert Moffett
David became Justice of the Peace of Russell County in the 1770s, and when Tazewell 1790 was created out of Russell County, be became the first Justice of the County Court. His son John became the first County Clerk of Tazewell County. In May 1774, David Ward was Sheriff of Russell County.
On February 5, 1792, David Ward prepared the bond and mortgage for the security for the public loan made by the State to the French Emigrants for 15,000 acres in Russell County. He sends a letter to the Governor of Virginia, Henry Lee (father of Robert E. Lee of Civil War fame), about the transaction, and that a road would be constructed from the courthouse to the Frenchmen. In August David Ward writes the Governor again to report the road under construction.
In December 1793, he filed for funds from the State to pay claims for military service of his men rendered on the frontiers. At the same time Colonel Daniel Boone filed for $25 for caring for wounded men. In 1797 David was a county Commissioner of the Peace. By 1794, David Ward was a Colonel of the 17th Brigade of Volunteer Militia.
In July 1800, he served as one of the Commissioners for Supervising the Presidential Election. Between 1801 and 1825, the old Indian fighter would serve seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Son of William Ward and Jane Swaim
Husband of Jane Cravens — married 1760 in Virginia
Husband of Eleanor Clancy — married about 1791 in Virginia
Children:
✿ William Ward
✿ Captain John Ward
✿ Joseph Ward
✿ James Ward
✿ David Ward Jr
✿ Margaret Ward Smith
✿ Elizabeth Ward Basher
✿ Mary Ward Belsher
✿ Alexander Ward
✿ Robert Ward
✿ Isaac Ward
✿ Jane Ward Grubb
✿ Rees Madison Ward
✿ Joseph Addison Ward
✿ Nancy Ward Daughtery
✿ Hiram David Ward
✿ Phoebe Ward Calton
✿ Matilda Ward
✿ Smith Ward
✿ Rebecca Ward Harrah
Brother of Rachel Ward, John Ward Sr, William Ward II and Dr James Ward
History
David Ward was born about 1740 in Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, and died about 1827 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married twice. David married (1) Jane Cravens about 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born about 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died before 1790 in Washington County, Virginia. David married (2) Eleanor Clancy about 1790 in Tazewell County, Virginia. She was born about 1771 in Washington County, Virginia, and died after 1857 in Tazewell County.
After the death of their father, David and William Ward, followed John Cravens and moved from Augusta County in 1769 to that part of Russell County that became the southwest corner Tazewell County in 1790. In 1772, he settled in an area near the Clinch River known as the Cove (Wards Cove). Descendents of the Family live in the area even to day. David apparently farmed in three different counties – Augusta, Tazewell and Washington − although he only lived at the Cove. He is prominent in the records of Russell County as a military man, government official and landowner.
David became a leader in the area and a well known Indian and Revolutionary War fighter. He became a part of the militia group that defended against Indian attacks known as Scouts on the Clinch River. In the fall of 1774 the royal governor of Virginia sent two military columns to the frontier along the Ohio River. One column made up of 1122 men from three area counties marched overland, and on October 6 arrived at Point Pleasant (which is not 40 miles north of Huntington, West Virginia.) Lieutenant David Ward was a part of Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia. On October 10, 1774, over 1,000 Shawnee and Mingo Indians, lead by Chief Cornstalk, launched a surprise attack on the colonial militia, but were repulsed. Had the defeat of the Indians not happened, the outcome of the American Revolutionary War might have been different since Virginia would have been too busy protecting the frontier to participate in the Revolution. In 1908 the U.S. Congress recognized that this was the first battle of the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War, the call came from North Carolina for help against the British. It was decided to mobilize half of the local militia. David Ward, with his brother William, became a part of a company of mounted riflemen, armed mostly with Deckard rifles, with which they were experts against the Indians. On September 22, 1780, the 200 men rushed into North Carolina with nothing but their rifles, a blanket, a cup and a pouch of provisions, mostly ground corn. They joined forces of Generals Shelby and Sevier on the 26th at a place three miles below the present town of Elizabethton, Tennessee, where all reinforcements were gathering. They found the British; lead by the hated Col. Ferguson and his Tory forces atop Kings Mountain. The one-hour battle defeated the British, killing Ferguson and capturing his whole army. As the result Cornwallis and the British abandoned the Carolinas, ending up at Yorktown, Virginia, and their meeting with George Washington.
Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia
Daniel Smith, Captain William Bowen, Lieutenant David Ward, Ensign John Kinkeid, Ensign Robert Brown, Christian Bergman, John Courtney, Saml. Dollarhide, Robert Donelson, Robert Griffin, Joseph Horne, Benj. Jones, James Kendrick, David Kingkeid Jr., Burton Litton, Wm. McFarland, Thomas Mullin, William Neale, Joseph Olverson, James Price, Thomas Price, Richard Price, Drury Pricket (Pucket), Arcchelaus Scott, James Scott, James Smith, Samuel Vanhook, Alden Williams, Charles _____
Scouts on the Clinch River
William Bowen, James Fowler, Thomas Maxwell, Rees Bowen, David Ward, John Kingkeid, William Priest, John Sharp, William Crabtree, Samuel Hays, Robert Davis, Robert Moffett
David became Justice of the Peace of Russell County in the 1770s, and when Tazewell 1790 was created out of Russell County, be became the first Justice of the County Court. His son John became the first County Clerk of Tazewell County. In May 1774, David Ward was Sheriff of Russell County.
On February 5, 1792, David Ward prepared the bond and mortgage for the security for the public loan made by the State to the French Emigrants for 15,000 acres in Russell County. He sends a letter to the Governor of Virginia, Henry Lee (father of Robert E. Lee of Civil War fame), about the transaction, and that a road would be constructed from the courthouse to the Frenchmen. In August David Ward writes the Governor again to report the road under construction.
In December 1793, he filed for funds from the State to pay claims for military service of his men rendered on the frontiers. At the same time Colonel Daniel Boone filed for $25 for caring for wounded men. In 1797 David was a county Commissioner of the Peace. By 1794, David Ward was a Colonel of the 17th Brigade of Volunteer Militia.
In July 1800, he served as one of the Commissioners for Supervising the Presidential Election. Between 1801 and 1825, the old Indian fighter would serve seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Husband of Jane Cravens — married 1760 in Virginia
Husband of Eleanor Clancy — married about 1791 in Virginia
Children:
✿ William Ward
✿ Captain John Ward
✿ Joseph Ward
✿ James Ward
✿ David Ward Jr
✿ Margaret Ward Smith
✿ Elizabeth Ward Basher
✿ Mary Ward Belsher
✿ Alexander Ward
✿ Robert Ward
✿ Isaac Ward
✿ Jane Ward Grubb
✿ Rees Madison Ward
✿ Joseph Addison Ward
✿ Nancy Ward Daughtery
✿ Hiram David Ward
✿ Phoebe Ward Calton
✿ Matilda Ward
✿ Smith Ward
✿ Rebecca Ward Harrah
Brother of Rachel Ward, John Ward Sr, William Ward II and Dr James Ward
History
David Ward was born about 1740 in Greenville, Augusta County, Virginia, and died about 1827 in Tazewell County, Virginia. He married twice. David married (1) Jane Cravens about 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was born about 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died before 1790 in Washington County, Virginia. David married (2) Eleanor Clancy about 1790 in Tazewell County, Virginia. She was born about 1771 in Washington County, Virginia, and died after 1857 in Tazewell County.
After the death of their father, David and William Ward, followed John Cravens and moved from Augusta County in 1769 to that part of Russell County that became the southwest corner Tazewell County in 1790. In 1772, he settled in an area near the Clinch River known as the Cove (Wards Cove). Descendents of the Family live in the area even to day. David apparently farmed in three different counties – Augusta, Tazewell and Washington − although he only lived at the Cove. He is prominent in the records of Russell County as a military man, government official and landowner.
David became a leader in the area and a well known Indian and Revolutionary War fighter. He became a part of the militia group that defended against Indian attacks known as Scouts on the Clinch River. In the fall of 1774 the royal governor of Virginia sent two military columns to the frontier along the Ohio River. One column made up of 1122 men from three area counties marched overland, and on October 6 arrived at Point Pleasant (which is not 40 miles north of Huntington, West Virginia.) Lieutenant David Ward was a part of Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia. On October 10, 1774, over 1,000 Shawnee and Mingo Indians, lead by Chief Cornstalk, launched a surprise attack on the colonial militia, but were repulsed. Had the defeat of the Indians not happened, the outcome of the American Revolutionary War might have been different since Virginia would have been too busy protecting the frontier to participate in the Revolution. In 1908 the U.S. Congress recognized that this was the first battle of the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War, the call came from North Carolina for help against the British. It was decided to mobilize half of the local militia. David Ward, with his brother William, became a part of a company of mounted riflemen, armed mostly with Deckard rifles, with which they were experts against the Indians. On September 22, 1780, the 200 men rushed into North Carolina with nothing but their rifles, a blanket, a cup and a pouch of provisions, mostly ground corn. They joined forces of Generals Shelby and Sevier on the 26th at a place three miles below the present town of Elizabethton, Tennessee, where all reinforcements were gathering. They found the British; lead by the hated Col. Ferguson and his Tory forces atop Kings Mountain. The one-hour battle defeated the British, killing Ferguson and capturing his whole army. As the result Cornwallis and the British abandoned the Carolinas, ending up at Yorktown, Virginia, and their meeting with George Washington.
Captain Daniel Smith's Company of Fincastle Militia
Daniel Smith, Captain William Bowen, Lieutenant David Ward, Ensign John Kinkeid, Ensign Robert Brown, Christian Bergman, John Courtney, Saml. Dollarhide, Robert Donelson, Robert Griffin, Joseph Horne, Benj. Jones, James Kendrick, David Kingkeid Jr., Burton Litton, Wm. McFarland, Thomas Mullin, William Neale, Joseph Olverson, James Price, Thomas Price, Richard Price, Drury Pricket (Pucket), Arcchelaus Scott, James Scott, James Smith, Samuel Vanhook, Alden Williams, Charles _____
Scouts on the Clinch River
William Bowen, James Fowler, Thomas Maxwell, Rees Bowen, David Ward, John Kingkeid, William Priest, John Sharp, William Crabtree, Samuel Hays, Robert Davis, Robert Moffett
David became Justice of the Peace of Russell County in the 1770s, and when Tazewell 1790 was created out of Russell County, be became the first Justice of the County Court. His son John became the first County Clerk of Tazewell County. In May 1774, David Ward was Sheriff of Russell County.
On February 5, 1792, David Ward prepared the bond and mortgage for the security for the public loan made by the State to the French Emigrants for 15,000 acres in Russell County. He sends a letter to the Governor of Virginia, Henry Lee (father of Robert E. Lee of Civil War fame), about the transaction, and that a road would be constructed from the courthouse to the Frenchmen. In August David Ward writes the Governor again to report the road under construction.
In December 1793, he filed for funds from the State to pay claims for military service of his men rendered on the frontiers. At the same time Colonel Daniel Boone filed for $25 for caring for wounded men. In 1797 David was a county Commissioner of the Peace. By 1794, David Ward was a Colonel of the 17th Brigade of Volunteer Militia.
In July 1800, he served as one of the Commissioners for Supervising the Presidential Election. Between 1801 and 1825, the old Indian fighter would serve seven terms in the Virginia House of Delegates.
