Rev. George Washington FORD & Elizabeth CUPP

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Rev. George Washington FORD
Elizabeth CUPP

Husband: George Washington FORD
Birth: 10 Jan 1789, Cecil Co., MD
Death: 20 Feb 1870, near Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN
Disposition: buried Ford's Chapel Cemetery, New Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN
Occupation: clergy
Religion: Methodist
Father: Rafe / Ralph FORD
Mother: Elizabeth COFFEE

Marriage:

Wife: Elizabeth CUPP
Birth: 25 Nov 1792, NC [now TN]
Death: Aug 1873, Powell Valley, Claiborne Co., TN
Disposition: buried Ford's Chapel Cemetery, New Tazewell, Claiborne Co., TN
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Jacob CUPP
Mother: Sibby BREEDING

Children — said to be born in Claiborne Co., TN:

1. Margaret "Peggy" FORD, b. 14 Dec 1810
2. Nancy Ann FORD, b. 26 Sep 1812
3. Wiley Alfred FORD, b. 13 Feb 1815
4. Elijah T. FORD, b. 1 Apr 1817
5. Spencer Baldwin FORD, b. 25 Feb 1819, TN
6. Greenberry FORD, b. 15 Dec 1820
7. Lavina/Louisa FORD, b. 9 Mar 1823
8. William Perry FORD, b. 20 May 1825
9. James Preston FORD, b. 22 Jul 1827
10. Lucinda FORD, b. 11 Sep 1829
11. Richard F. FORD, b. 7 Mar 1832
12. Isaac Nichols FORD, b. 13 Apr 1834

These two are said to be children of our subjects, but they were not in the 1830, 1840, or 1850 censuses with our subjects. If they are our subjects' children, they either died young or were married and gone by 1830.
. Mary Jane FORD
. Rhonda FORD

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Maryland, Tennessee

Sources (n.b., Claiborne Co. was formed in 1801 from Grainger and Hawkins Cos.):

1. Byron Sistler & Barbara Sistler. 1987. Early East Tennessee Marriages. Byron Sistler & Assoc., Inc., Nashville, TN (includes all extant ante-bellum marriage records from eastern Tennessee, including Claiborne Co.): not found.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313): not found, but the 1810 TN census was lost (except for Grainger, Rutherford, and part of Union Cos.).

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1820 (Broderbund CD-314): the Claiborne Co., TN, census was lost.

4. 1830 Census Index/ Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #42 of 97; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 TN Claiborne Co. Roll 180 p. 125 Line 24 George Ford 212 100 100 - 110 201 000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1825-1830 = James (b. 1827)
= William (b. 1825)

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 = Greenberry (b. 1820)

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Spencer (b. 1819)
= Elijah (b. 1817)

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = Wiley (b. 1815)

1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = George (b. 1789)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Lucinda (b. 1829)

1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Lavina/Louisa (b. 1823)

2 females 15-19 1810-1815 = Nancy (b. 1812)
= Margaret (b. 1810)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Elizabeth (b. 1792)

Listed two lines from William CAPPS (000 200 010 - 012 010 000).

5. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #5-6 of 100; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 TN Claiborne Co. Roll 518 pp. 202B-203A Line 21 George Ford 021 100 010 - 001 000 100 0500000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Isaac (b. 1834)
= Richard (b. 1832)

1 male 10-14 1825-1830 = James (b. 1827)

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = William (b. 1825)

1 male 50-59 1780-1790 = George (b. 1789)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Lucinda (b. 1829)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Elizabeth (b. 1792)

5 persons engaged in agriculture

Listed eight lines from their son, Greenberry FORD, who is three lines from Elizabeth's father, Jacob CUPP.

6. 1850 Census Index/Microfilm (online at GenealogyLibrary.com): 7th Subdivision, Claiborne Co., TN, p. 302B, 891/891, enumerated 16 Oct 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Ford 61 M Meth Clergyman 600 Maryland

Elizabeth Ford 57 F Tenn

Richard F Ford 18 M laborer Tenn

Isaac N Ford 16 M laborer Tenn

Mary J Brewer 16 F Tenn

Living next door to Elizabeth's sister, Abigail "Abby" CUPP.

7. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #25 of 25): Tazewell P.O., 12th Subdivision, Claiborne Co., TN, Roll M653_1244, p. 372A, PN 247, 1558/1558, enumerated 1 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Ford 72 M W Farmer 1000 275 Maryland

Elizabeth " 69 F W Keeping house Ten

8. 1870 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 16): Tazewell P.O., 12th Civil Dist., Claiborne Co., TN, Roll M593_1518, p. 328B, PN 10, 75/64, enumerated 3 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Ford Elizabeth 77 F W Keeping house Tenn

9. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com).

10. Descendants of Jacob Cupp by James H. Kidwell. [link died]

11. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

12. Messages in the Cupp Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

13. Archives of the CUPP-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com).

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