Cutliff Harmon (Harman); Council Harmon and his family

Council "Old Counce" Harmon

[Council Harmon (1807-1898) married Nancy Tester (1809-1850) around 1830. Sabra Hicks (1785- ) was his mother and Andrew Harmon (1789-1814) was his father. When her husband Andrew died in 1814, Sabra went to live with her father, Big Sammy Hicks. The eight-year-old Council, his younger brothers Goulder and Mathias and his sister Rachel.  Big Sammy's son, Little Sammy was fourteen and he learned ballads and tales from his grandfather, Big Sammy Hicks, his uncle Little Sammy and also his aunt Fanny Hicks. When Elizabeth Harmon died, her husband Duke Ward, married Sabra. When Ward moved to Illinois with his four sons, his new wife Sabra took Rachel her youngest and left Council, Goulder, and Mathias with Andrew's sister, Susan Harmon and her Susan's husband, John Mast.

Rebecca Harmon (1842-1929) was Council and Nancy's ninth child. Rebecca married Samuel Hicks III  and their children included Ben who was Nathan Hicks' father. Nathan was featured in my grandfather's book, Beech Mountain Folk-Songs and Ballads published in 1932.

Council and Nancy's grandsons, John Benjamin (Ben) Hicks, Andrew Jackson (Andy) Hicks, James Brownlow (Brownlow) Hicks, and Roby Monroe (Roby) Hicks are credited by many as being among the first dulcimer makers and players in Watauga County, NC. My grandfather and now my father has a dulcimer made by Nathan patterned after his father's dulcimer.

Council's seventh daughter Emily (Emoline) married Little Sammy's son, Carroll Hicks. Caroll was one of many Hicks to lose their lives in the Civil War (58th NC infantry Division). Emily then married Ransome Hicks, son of Hiram, whose father was David Hicks  (son of Big Sammy). From the marriage of Emily and Ransome came Jane Hicks (Gentry), who provided ballads to Cecil Sharp in 1916-1917 and Jack tales to Carter in the 1920s that were published in the 1925 JOAFL.

This is a hodgepodge of information about Cutliff, Andrew Council and other Harmons- of course this includes spouses and various other relatives.

R. Matteson 2012, 2014]

Cutliffe "Cutliff" Harmon
Council's grandfather known as "Cutliff" Harmon (also Harman) was one of the first settlers in the Cove Creek area in 1791.
Born: Est 1748, Salisbury, Rowan, NC 977
Marriage (1): Susan FOUTZ (Fouts) before 1774--Ten Children; Andrew Harmon was 9th child.
Marriage (2): Elizabeth PARKER after 1817 in Cove Creek, Watauga, NC
Died: 1838, Cove Creek, Watauga, NC about age 90
Grandfather (father's side): John Michael Hermann born c. 1670 married Kundigunda Regis
Father: George Harmon (Hermann) born 1710- d. 1787 married Mary Margaret Wiley 1720-1789 in Maryland, The Harmons came from Germany to America about 1725. Traveled doen Shenandoah Valley from Maryland- Pennsylvania to New River Virginia area (Giles Co.).
Brothers: George, Mathias, Philip
Sisters: Elie; Katharine (Catherine)

A History of Watauga County, 1915, p. 317:

Cutliffe Harman (Harmon) was a Revolutionary War Soldier. (C-205) He and his wife Susan were the first Harmans in Watauga Co., NC according to "A Family History of Watauga Co." They came from Rowan Co. (now located in Randolph Co.) in 1791 and bought 522 acres in Cove Creek from James Gwynn. His mother was thought to be a Wiley by elder descendents. He, wife Susan and children supposedly lived in a natural rock cave called Shupe's Rockhouse at the mouth of Phillips Branch until his house was built. Cutliff was employed by Daniel Boone to help transport goods and purchase Indian lands. (C-1845)

Susan died several years before her husband who lived to the ripe age of 90. She, he and his second wife, Elizabeth are all buried in Cove Creek at the Cutliff Harmon homeplace. (C-695, 698)

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Harman Family. — In 1791 Cutliff Harman came from Randolph County and bought 522 acres of land on Cove Creek from James Gwyn, to whom it had been granted August 6, 1791, according to Maiden C. Harman in Watauga Democrat of April,
1891.

Cutliff married Susan Fouts, and was about ninety years of age when he died in 1838, his wife having died several years before, and he having married Elizabeth Parker, a widow. He had ten children by his first marriage; none by his second. Among his children were: Mary, who married Bedent Baird; Andrew, who married Sabra Hix (Hicks); Eli, who married the widow Rhoda Dyer (born Dugger) ; Mathias, who married and moved to Indiana; Catherine, who married Benjamin Ward, and went west; Rebecca, who married Frank Adams and moved to Indiana; Rachel, who married Holden Davis; Sarah, who married John Mast; Nancy, who married Thomas Curtis; Rev. D. C. Harman was a son of Eli Harman and was born April 17, 1826, and died December 23, 1904.

Goulder Harmon, Counce's bro married Rebecca. Goulder and Rebecca lived near Council in the Beech Mountain area.

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Harmons and Hickses brought stories and songs to Hot Springs
 by Rob Neufeld
 
            Beautiful coves are available in Watauga County!
            This is what Cutliff Harmon, son of a German immigrant from the Danube River valley, might have heard when he’d gotten a job transporting goods into these mountains in 1790.      
            Except, he would have heard, “Wilkes County,” because the area around Boone did not get set aside as part of Watauga County until 1849.
            Cutliff’s employer, family history relates, had been Daniel Boone, who had established a store in western Virginia and a trading post in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina.
            Cutliff and his young wife, Susan Fouts, whose family had moved with his from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, had set out on their own after the Revolutionary War to settle in Randolph (now Rowan) County.
             They had seven children with them when they’d made the trek up the Watauga River to Cove Creek, along the way to what had been, up until 1789, the independent State of Franklin in east Tennessee.
            While building his first home there, Cutliff and his family “took shelter beneath a huge rock at the mouth of Phillips Branch known as ‘Shupe's Rockhouse,’” family historian Terry L. Harmon has noted.
            “The rockhouse was a beautiful and lovely chamber midway in the face of a cliff 100 feet high,” he reports.  “The shelter was entered by a descending stairway of three natural stone steps, and Cove Creek ran west almost to the base of the cliff and then turned directly south.”
            The baby of the family at the time of the trip, Andrew Harmon, grew up and married Sabra Hicks, daughter of the Harmons’ neighbor, Samuel Hicks.
            When Andy died at age 25—a snagged shoelace had prevented him from getting out of the way of a tree he was felling—Sabra left her two oldest children, Council and Goulder with her in-laws, Susan Harmon and John Mast.  Council got to know his grandpa, “Big Sammy,” original transmitter of the Jack Tales in this region.
            “One time there was a fine wealthy man lived way out in the forest,” one tale began.  “He went out and put him up an ad-ver-tise-ment” for someone to clear his land, though he was really after a giant-killer; and Jack responded.
            “Jack says, ‘Give me a tomihawk,” and he went out, climbed up a tree, and waited until a two-headed giant came by.
            “What are you doin’ up there?” the giant asked.
            “I’m a clearin’ timber,” Jack says.
            That began a series of encounters in which Jack squeezed milk out of a rock; pretended to cut open and sew up his belly when he was really cutting a pouch; and threw rocks at two giants who were carrying a log in which he was hiding—all to get the giants to destroy each other so that Jack could bring their severed heads back to his employer.
            Big Sammy was also the thrice-great-grandfather of the late, great storyteller Ray Hicks of Beech Mountain, famed for adopting the identity of Jack in his tales.
            When Council Harmon’s daughter, Emily, moved with her second husband, Ransom Hicks, to the Warm Springs (now, Hot Springs) area of Madison County (her first husband had died in the Civil War), Council, age 70, went along, entertaining kids and campers with Jack Tales, fiddle-playing, and songs.
            “After the war,” Emily testified about the reasons for leaving, “people just got so mean, stealing and everything, we just decided to leave.”
            Mars Hill, through which the Harmons and Hickses passed, had a college.  Warm Springs had a fancy resort.
            One of the children on that long trip was 12-year-old Jane Hicks (late, Gentry), famed source of traditional ballads for the collector, Cecil Sharp, and others.  Her former home and boarding house still stands in the center of town.
 
CAPTION
Detail of the cover of “The Jack Tales: Stories by Ray Hicks,” as told to Lynn Salsi, illus. by Owen Smith (Callaway, 2000).
 
SOURCES:
An Appalachian Medley: Hot Springs and the Gentry Family by Jacqueline Burgin Painter (Biltmore Pr., 1994).
Jane Hicks Gentry: A Singer among Singers by Betty N. Smith (U. of Ky. Pr., 1998).
The Harmon family, 1670-1984:
The Genealogy of Cutliff Harmon and His Descendants by Terry L. Harmon (Minor’s Pub. Co., 1984).
“Mountain White Folk-Lore: Tales from the Southern Blue Ridge,” told by Jane Hicks Gentry to Isabel Gordon Carter, and published in “Journal of American Folklore,” XXXVIII, 1925.

 

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The Harmon family, 1670-1984: the genealogy of Cutliff ...

Terry L. Harmon - 1984 - ‎

Cutliff died at the age of 90 and was buried beside of where his home once stood. 30. MATHIAS HARMAN (6) b. 1750; m. 1794 in Frederick Co., Virginia to Maybella Davis. 31. PHILIP HARMAN (6) b. 1752. 32. ELIZABETH (ELIE) HARMAN (6) .

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Council Harmon's Children

Nancy Tester (also Teaster)  married Council Harmon around 1830. The Harmon family was also among the early settlers of the Watauga area. Their children were:
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 Andy J. Harmon
      Spouse: Elizabeth Roland
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Eli George Harmon
      Spouse: Susan Yelton
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Susan Harmon
      Spouse: Abraham Kilby
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Ellen Harmon
      Spouse: Mike Roland
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Eliza Harmon
       Birth: 18 Jul 1832
       Death:                Watauga County, NC
      Spouse: Eli Presnell
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Irene Harmon
      Spouse: Bill Roland
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Fannie Harmon
      Spouse: Ransom Hicks
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Goulder Monroe Harmon (b. 1844- )
      Spouse: Nancy Jane Hicks (b. 1844- ) "Little Sammy" was her father

   Their son Samuel (b. 1869-- ) and his wife, Pollyana were discovered by Mellinger Henry c. 1930, now living in Cade's Cove, TN. Henry collected many ballads from them and published them in Folk Songs from the Southern Highlands (1938). Samuel was also recorded by Halpert (Jovial Hunter- Bangum) in 1939.
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Rebecca Harmon
       Birth: 1842
       Death: 17 Jan 1929    Watauga County, NC
      Spouse: Samuel III Hicks
           Rebecca married Samuel Hicks III  and their children included Ben Hicks, who was Nathan Hicks' father. Nathan married Rena and one son was Ray Hicks.

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Cammoline Harmon
      Spouse: Jackson Ward
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Emmoline HARMON
       Birth: 1835
       Death: 1909
      Spouse: Ransom Merritt HICKS (1843-1900) His father- Hiram Hicks (1811-1910) Mother- Jane Tester (1817-1860)
      Spouse: Carroll HICKS

              Daughter; Jane  Hicks Gentry (1863- 1925)-- Sharp's best informant. Moved to Hot Springs, NC (Madison County) after the Civil War. Jane was 12 at the time. She married Jasper Newton Gentry 1860-1922; Daughter Maud Long.

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Council Remarries
Nancy Elizabeth died and Council Harmon remarried. This time he married Celia Ward. Celia was the daughter of Duke Ward and his wife Lucy Teaster Ward. Celia was the niece of Nancy Elizabeth.
Children of Council Harmon and Celia Ward were:

Wiley Harmon
      Spouse: Nellie Ward
      Spouse: Grizzy Glenn
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Council , Jr. Harmon
      Spouse: Sarah Ann Tester     Sarah Ann was the daughter of Robert (Robin) Teaster and the granddaughter of Samuel (2).
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Alice Harmon
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Sabra Harmon
      Spouse: Amos Ward
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Adaline Harmon
      Spouse: Will Day
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Dill Harmon
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Kell Harmon
      Spouse: Susan Presnell

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Council Harmon
Storyteller and musician
Watauga County, NC

[Article from http://www.blueridgeheritage.com]

"'Old Counce' was certainly the kind of man about whom unforgettable tales are told," writes historian Betty Smith. "The tales he told have been perpetuated through several different family lines, but the tales about him have lived on as well." Remembered as a warm and fun-loving man, Council Harmon was one of the first residents of the Beech Mountain area to gain a widespread reputation as a great storyteller. In the twentieth century, Ray Hicks would carry on the tradition, and today the storytelling continues with Orville Hicks. The rich Jack Tale tradition of Beech Mountain would be far less fruitful today, perhaps nonexistent, had it not been for Council Harmon.

The Harmons were one of the first families to settle in the Valle Crucis area of what is now Watauga County. They were Germans who came to America in the 1720s. By the end of the 1700s, the Harmons had settled in Northwest North Carolina, and Council Harmon was born around 1807. He learned his stories from his mother, Sabra Hicks (also spelled Hix) Harmon.

Council Harmon worked as a farmer all of his life, living in various areas around Watauga County, including Big Ridge, Beech Creek, Beech Mountain, and Buckeye. He was very popular in the community, particularly among children. Ballad singer and storyteller Jane Hicks Gentry admired Harmon, who was her grandfather, and there are stories of other children in the community sitting on his lap to listen to stories. Betty Smith notes, "In a family with more than its share of memorable characters, Council Harmon is the one most often mentioned."

Harmon was known for loving good music, flatfoot dancing, entertaining children, and being the best in a community full of storytellers. During a time when families knew how to entertain themselves with music, dancing, and games, Council Harmon was a standout. Without this lively character, many of the stories still told today by Orville Hicks, a descendent, would not be around, and the rich traditions of Beech Mountain might not have been as well documented.
 
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Birth:  1806
Watauga County
North Carolina, USA
Death:  Feb., 1890
Sugar Grove
Watauga County
North Carolina, USA

Son of Sabra Hicks and Andrew Harmon. Married Nancy Elizabeth Tester and later Celia Ward. Altogether he had around twenty children. Council is credited for reviving and expounding upon the "Jack Tales." These tales have old English variants, but "Old Counce" updated them and probably created additional stories, as well. Amongst these tales are world-wide familiar tales such as "Jack and the Beanstalk." 
 
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Council's great-grandfather Generation 2

2. GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN (JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born 1710 in Mittelfranken, Wurttemburg, Austria, and died 1787 in Rowan County, now Randolph, North Carolina. He married MARGARET MARY WILEY December 1744 in Maryland. She was born 1722 in Frederick, North Carolina, and died 1789 in Rowan County now Randolph, North Carolina.
     
Children of GEORGE HERMANN and MARGARET WILEY are:
3.     i.           MATHIAS CUTLIFF3 HARMON, b. March 08, 1747/48, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. April 30, 1831, Cove Creek, North Carolina.
      ii.           GEORGE HARMON, b. 1746; d. Unknown.
      iii.           MATHIAS HARMON, b. 1750; d. Unknown.
      iv.           PHILIP HARMON, b. 1752; d. Unknown; m. ANNA STAATSMAN; d. Unknown.
      v.           ELIZABETH HARMON, b. September 17, 1753; d. Unknown.
      vi.           DANIEL WAGGONER HARMON, b. 1735; d. Unknown.
      vii.           KATHERINE HARMON, b. 1756; d. Unknown.


Council's Grandfather Cutliff. Generation 3

[MATHIAS] CUTLIFF3 HARMON (GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born March 08, 1747/48 in Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County, and died April 30, 1831 in Cove Creek, North Carolina. He married SUSANNAH FOUTS, daughter of MICHAEL SR. and KATARINA VARNER. She was born April 1755 in Frederick County, Maryland, and died July 18, 1817 in Cove Creek, North Carolina.
     
Children of MATHIAS HARMON and SUSANNAH FOUTS are:
      i.           ELIZABETH4 HARMON, b. 1782, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. DUKE WARD; b. Abt. 1775, Washington Co., TN or Wilkes Co, NC; d. Bet. 1830 - 1831, Clinton Co., Illinois.
     Notes for DUKE WARD:
Married Elizabeth she died and he married Sabra. Then he moved his four sons and wife, Sabra and her daughter Rachel to Clinton, Illinois. He was killed in a wrestling match there.

4.     ii.           CATHERINE HARMON, b. 1780, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. Unknown.
5.     iii.           MARY HARMON, b. 1775, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. 1855, Valle Crucis, North Carolina.
      iv.           NANCY HARMON, b. 1781, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. July 31, 1856, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. THOMAS CURTIS; d. Unknown.
      v.           ELI HARMON, b. April 05, 1793, Ashe County, North Carolina now Watauga Co.; d. June 30, 1828; m. RHODA DUGGER DYER; d. Unknown.
      vi.           SUSAN E. HARMON, b. March 05, 1791, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. July 15, 1868, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. JOHN MAST, July 14, 1808, Ashe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
      vii.           REBECCA HARMON, b. June 20, 1798, Cove Creek, North Carolina; d. April 05, 1864, Taylorsville, Christian Co., Illinois; m. FRANCIS ADAMS, September 17, 1815, Ashe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
      viii.           RACHEL HARMON, d. Unknown; m. HOLDEN DAVIS; d. Unknown.
6.     ix.           ANDREW HARMON, b. February 05, 1789; d. March 16, 1814, Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      x.           MATHIAS HARMON, b. 1774, Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County; d. March 19, 1856, Indiania; m. (1) SALLY SHEETS; d. Unknown; m. (2) MARY WOLF, Harrison County, Indiania; d. Unknown.

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Generation No. 4

4. CATHERINE4 HARMON (MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born 1780 in Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County, and died Unknown. She married BENJAMIN JR. WARD, son of BENJAMIN WARD and SELAH (DUKE?). He was born 1775 in Turkey Knob, Allegahany County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1837 in Careyville, Tennessee.

Notes for BENJAMIN JR. WARD:
When his son Duke Ward II was a young man he moved his family to Caryville, near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Descendants of Benjamin Ward Jr., say that the move to Caryville was made, hoping to break up the romance between their son Duke Ward II and Lucy Tester. This move did not keep Duke from marrying Lucy as he came back to Watauga and married Lucy, raising his family here. It is not known how many other children Benjamin and Lucy may have had; a descendant of this family, Nathan Duke Ward of Elizabethton, TN, says there was a son of Benjamin Ward called Bill Ward in Caryville TN that used to correspond with relatives here many years ago.

     
Children of CATHERINE HARMON and BENJAMIN WARD are:
7.     i.           DUKE II5 WARD, b. Abt. 1803, Ashe County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880.
      ii.           BILL WARD, d. Unknown.
      iii.           CELIA WARD, d. Unknown; m. DRURY CARROLL JR.; d. Unknown.
      iv.           SUSANNAH C. WARD, d. Unknown.


5. MARY4 HARMON (MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born 1775 in Rowan County, North Carolina now Randolph County, and died 1855 in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. She married BEDENT E. BAIRD 1798 in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. He died Unknown.
     
Child of MARY HARMON and BEDENT BAIRD is:
8.     i.           RITTENHOUSE5 BAIRD, b. January 01, 1816, Valle Crucis, North Carolina; d. March 30, 1896, Valle Crucis, North Carolina.


6. ANDREW4 HARMON (MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born February 05, 1789, and died March 16, 1814 in Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married SABRA HICKS, daughter of SAMUEL HICKS and SARAH HARMON. She was born Abt. 1785, and died Unknown.

Notes for SABRA HICKS:
Sabra left her two sons, Goulder and Council Harmon with John Mast and his wife and they raised them, after Duke Ward died.

   
Children of ANDREW HARMON and SABRA HICKS are:
      i.           RACHEL5 HARMON, d. Unknown.
      ii.           GOULDER HARMON, b. July 1807; d. December 06, 1900; m. (1) MARY ANN LOWRANCE; d. Unknown; m. (2) REBECA LOUISA FORD, October 18, 1833, Ashe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
9.     iii.           COUNCIL HARMON, b. 1805; d. Unknown.
      iv.           MATHIAS HARMON, d. Unknown; m. NANCY SWIFT; d. Unknown.
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Generation No. 5


7. DUKE II5 WARD (CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born Abt. 1803 in Ashe County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1880. He married LUCINDA TESTER August 04, 1824 in Ashe County, North Carolina, daughter of SAMUEL TESTER and MARY DANIELS. She was born Abt. 1805, and died Unknown.

Marriage Notes for DUKE WARD and LUCINDA TESTER:
Marriage Records of Ashe County, North Carolina
1801-1872

     
Children of DUKE WARD and LUCINDA TESTER are:
10.     i.           DUKE III6 WARD, b. September 1842, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. January 15, 1926, Watauga County, North Carolina.
11.     ii.           MICHAEL WARD, d. Unknown.
12.     iii.           CELIA WARD, d. Unknown.
13.     iv.           AMOS WARD, b. May 08, 1843; d. January 10, 1918, Shawneehaw, Watauga County, North Carolina.
14.     v.           SARAH WARD, d. Unknown.
15.     vi.           ELIZABETH WARD, d. June 27, 1919.
16.     vii.           CATHERINE WARD, d. Unknown.
17.     viii.           CALVIN B. WARD, b. February 1827; d. Unknown.
      ix.           WILIAM RILEY WARD SR., d. Unknown; m. MARY ANNE PRESNELL; b. 1835; d. January 05, 1922, Shawneehaw, Watauga County, North Carolina.


8. RITTENHOUSE5 BAIRD (MARY4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born January 01, 1816 in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, and died March 30, 1896 in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. He married RACHEL LOUISA COUNCILL, daughter of JORDAN COUNCILL and SARAH HOWARD. She was born March 14, 1816 in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, and died March 02, 1900.
     
Child of RITTENHOUSE BAIRD and RACHEL COUNCILL is:
      i.           WILLIAM BEDENT6 BAIRD, b. April 20, 1850, Valle Crucis, North Carolina; d. March 08, 1932, Valle Crucis, North Carolina; m. LOUISA ANN GRAGG, July 24, 1873, Valle Crucis, North Carolina; b. July 04, 1848, Valle Crucis, North Carolina; d. April 06, 1929, Valle Crucis, North Carolina.


9. COUNCIL5 HARMON (ANDREW4, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born 1805, and died Unknown. He married (1) CELIA WARD, daughter of DUKE WARD and LUCINDA TESTER. She died Unknown. He married (2) NANCY ELIZABETH TESTER, daughter of SAMUEL TESTER and MARY DANIELS. She died Unknown.
     
Children of COUNCIL HARMON and CELIA WARD are:
      i.           FLORENCE ALICE6 HARMON, d. Unknown; m. JOHN ALEXANDER TESTER; d. Unknown.
      ii.           COUNCIL HARMON, b. 1858; d. April 09, 1935, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. SARAH ANN TESTER, February 19, 1880, Johnson County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
      iii.           JULIA ANN HARMON, d. July 03, 1920, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. MICHAEL A. GLENN, September 30, 1878, Johnson County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
      iv.           CORDELIA HARMON, d. Unknown.
      v.           MCKELLER HARMON, b. August 1866; d. August 30, 1950, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. SUSAN L. PRESNELL; d. Unknown.
      vi.           ADELINE HARMON, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM DAY; d. Unknown.
     
Children of COUNCIL HARMON and NANCY TESTER are:
18.     vii.           SARAH ANNE CAMMELINE6 HARMON, b. March 1850; d. Unknown.
19.     viii.           LOUISA JANE HARMON, b. July 18, 1828, Watauga Falls, North Carolina; d. August 27, 1898, Beech Creek, North Carolina.
      ix.           SUSANNAH E. HARMON, b. 1830; d. Unknown; m. ABRAM E. KILBY; d. Unknown.
      x.           LUCINDA HARMON, b. February 24, 1831; d. September 15, 1871, Zionville, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. GEORGE WASHINGTON EGGERS; d. Unknown.
      xi.           ANDREW J. HARMON, b. July 16, 1833; d. November 16, 1904; m. ELIZABETH ROLAND; d. Unknown.
      xii.           ELI GEORGE WASHINGTON HARMON, b. April 02, 1835; d. Unknown; m. SUSAN E. YELTSON; d. Unknown.
      xiii.           ELLEN HARMON, b. 1837; d. Unknown; m. MICHAEL ROLAND; d. Unknown.
      xiv.           EMILY CAROLINE HARMON, b. 1839; d. Unknown; m. (1) CARROLL HICKS; d. Unknown; m. (2) RANSOM MERRITT HICKS; d. Unknown.
      xv.           ELIZABETH CYRENA HARMON, b. 1841; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM ROLAND; d. Unknown.
      xvi.           REBECCA M. HARMON, b. December 1842; d. September 22, 1919; m. SAMUEL HICKS; d. Unknown.
      xvii.           GOULDER MONROE HARMON, d. Unknown; m. NANCY JANE HICKS; d. Unknown.
20.     xviii.           SABRA L. HARMON, d. Unknown.
      xix.           WILLIAM RILEY HARMON, b. April 1848; d. Unknown; m. (1) NELLIE WARD; d. Unknown; m. (2) GRIZZY ANN GLENN; d. Unknown.
     Notes for NELLIE WARD:
Ward Book states she died does not say why
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Generation No. 6


10. DUKE III6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born September 1842 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died January 15, 1926 in Watauga County, North Carolina. He married SUSAN GLENN. She was born May 1845 in North Carolina, and died Unknown.
     
Children of DUKE WARD and SUSAN GLENN are:
21.     i.           THOMAS DUKE7 WARD, b. March 1871, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
22.     ii.           MICHAEL ANDERSON WARD, b. November 19, 1864, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. August 23, 1957, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
23.     iii.           MARY WARD, b. July 1888; d. Unknown.
24.     iv.           GUILFORD DUDLEY WARD, b. Bet. May 1873 - 1877; d. July 10, 1919, Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina.
25.     v.           WILLIAM RILEY WARD, b. April 23, 1867, North Carolina; d. November 11, 1949.
26.     vi.           MOSES PARKS WARD, b. November 06, 1884; d. February 09, 1970.
27.     vii.           HENRY HARDIE WARD, b. January 29, 1880; d. November 15, 1950, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
28.     viii.           JAMES MONROE WARD, b. July 20, 1877, North Carolina; d. June 11, 1968, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
29.     ix.           JOHN BENJAMIN WARD, b. March 22, 1867, North Carolina; d. January 19, 1949, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.


11. MICHAEL6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. He married SARAH FOSTER, daughter of GEORGE FOSTER. She died Unknown.

Notes for MICHAEL WARD:
Died as a soldier of the Confederate service

Notes for SARAH FOSTER:
An old death notice, written many years ago, states that Mrs. Sally Foster Ward Hartley had died at the ago of seventy-two, at the home of a son-in-law, Mr Rush Byrd in upper Buffalo, the family having moved here from Nebraska. There is no idea, as to where this Buffalo was. The notice stated that her first husband was Mike Ward and that her second husband was Calvin Hartley, both husbands being deceased. At the time of her death there were two children by her first marriage still living, names not stated. The death notice also stated that there were eight children by the last marriage, still living. Sally Foster was a native of North Carolina and was the daughter of George Foster.
     
Children of MICHAEL WARD and SARAH FOSTER are:
30.     i.           AMOS7 WARD, d. Unknown.
31.     ii.           CATHERINE WARD, b. August 30, 1860, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. March 07, 1924, Mason City, Nebraska.
      iii.           NELLIE WARD, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM RILEY HARMON; b. April 1848; d. Unknown.
     Notes for NELLIE WARD:
Ward Book states she died does not say why     


12. CELIA6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. She married (1) OFF WATSON. He died Unknown. She married (2) COUNCIL HARMON, son of ANDREW HARMON and SABRA HICKS. He was born 1805, and died Unknown.
     
Child of CELIA WARD and OFF WATSON is:
32.     i.           CAROLINE7 WATSON, d. Unknown.
     
Children are listed above under (9) Council Harmon.


13. AMOS6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born May 08, 1843, and died January 10, 1918 in Shawneehaw, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married (1) SABRA L. HARMON, daughter of COUNCIL HARMON and NANCY TESTER. She died Unknown. He married (2) LETTY JOHNSON. She died Unknown.
     
Children of AMOS WARD and SABRA HARMON are:
      i.           JOHN7 WARD, d. Unknown.
      ii.           RANSOM WARD, d. Unknown.
      iii.           CALVIN WARD, d. Unknown.
      iv.           DANIEL WARD, d. Unknown.
      v.           MARTHA WARD, d. Unknown.
      vi.           WESLEY WARD, d. Unknown.
      vii.           CAROLINE WARD, d. Unknown; m. SAMUAL TESTER; d. Unknown.
     
Children of AMOS WARD and LETTY JOHNSON are:
      viii.           ZENNIE7 WARD, d. Unknown; m. MARTIN HARMON; d. Unknown.
      ix.           BESSIE WARD, d. Unknown; m. MILLARD MCGUIRE; d. Unknown.
33.     x.           SARAH WARD, d. Unknown.
      xi.           EPSIE WARD, d. Unknown.
      xii.           JAMES WARD, d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH HICKS; d. Unknown.
      xiii.           CHARLES WARD, d. Unknown; m. KIZZA PRESNELL; d. Unknown.
      xiv.           JANE WARD, d. Unknown; m. LAWSON MONTGOMERY; d. Unknown.


14. SARAH6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. She married (1) HENRY H. GLENN. He died Unknown. She married (2) WILLIAM HICKS. He died Unknown.
     
Children of SARAH WARD and HENRY GLENN are:
34.     i.           DUKE7 GLENN, b. November 06, 1858; d. May 20, 1945.
35.     ii.           ELISHA GLENN, b. February 02, 1856; d. January 04, 1933.


15. ELIZABETH6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died June 27, 1919. She married DUDLEY GLENN. He died Unknown.
     
Children of ELIZABETH WARD and DUDLEY GLENN are:
      i.           HENRY7 GLENN, d. Unknown; m. SARAH HARTLEY; d. Unknown.
      ii.           MICHAEL A. GLENN, d. Unknown; m. JULIA ANN HARMON, September 30, 1878, Johnson County, Tennessee; d. July 03, 1920, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      iii.           CRISSY GLENN, d. Unknown; m. RILEY HARMON; d. Unknown.


16. CATHERINE6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. She married ROBIN TESTER. He died Unknown.
     
Children of CATHERINE WARD and ROBIN TESTER are:
      i.           DUKE7 TESTER, d. Unknown.
      ii.           JAMES TESTER, d. Unknown.
      iii.           SAMUAL TESTER, d. Unknown; m. CAROLINE WARD; d. Unknown.
      iv.           SARAH ANN TESTER, d. Unknown; m. COUNCIL HARMON, February 19, 1880, Johnson County, Tennessee; b. 1858; d. April 09, 1935, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      v.           CELIA TESTER, d. Unknown.
      vi.           ROBIN WARD JR. TESTER, d. Unknown.


17. CALVIN B.6 WARD (DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born February 1827, and died Unknown. He married CLARRISSA PRESNELL, daughter of JAMES PRESNELL and SUSANNAH BENFIELD. She was born May 1827, and died Unknown.

Notes for CALVIN B. WARD:
1850 Watauga County Census
390. Ward, Calvin 23 Farmer
Clarissa 22
Susannah 2
Jackson 1


More About CALVIN B. WARD:
Census: 1850, Watauga County, North Carolina
     
Children of CALVIN WARD and CLARRISSA PRESNELL are:
36.     i.           ANDREW JACKSON7 WARD, b. November 06, 1848, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. January 19, 1944, New River, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      ii.           MARY LUCINDA WARD, d. January 20, 1931, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. GOULDER CARROL HARMON; d. Unknown.
      iii.           JAMES C. WARD, d. Unknown; m. MARTHA C. HARMON, December 08, 1873; d. Unknown.
      iv.           REBECCA L. WARD, b. May 15, 1866; d. Bef. April 10, 1890; m. JONES LLOYD MILLSAPS, September 24, 1883, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
37.     v.           MARY PAULINE WARD, b. June 09, 1861, Tom's Knob, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. November 23, 1929, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      vi.           LORENZO DOW WARD, b. October 16, 1865, Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. November 17, 1958, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. MARTHA JANE PRESNELL, August 19, 1887, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
      vii.           SUSAN WARD, d. Unknown.


18. SARAH ANNE CAMMELINE6 HARMON (COUNCIL5, ANDREW4, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born March 1850, and died Unknown. She married ANDREW JACKSON WARD, son of CALVIN WARD and CLARRISSA PRESNELL. He was born November 06, 1848 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died January 19, 1944 in New River, Watauga County, North Carolina.
     
Children of SARAH HARMON and ANDREW WARD are:
38.     i.           SAMUEL LEWIS7 WARD, b. April 11, 1888, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. August 18, 1969, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
39.     ii.           ROBY MONROE WARD, b. April 14, 1875, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. November 20, 1944, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
40.     iii.           MILES ABERNATHY WARD, b. June 12, 1877, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. August 09, 1956, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
41.     iv.           JAMES CALVIN WARD, b. May 01, 1884; d. August 27, 1949, Crossville, Tennessee.
      v.           DANIEL WARD, d. September 10, 1944.
     More About DANIEL WARD:
Burial: Unknown, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina

42.     vi.           ALFRED COUNCIL WARD, b. June 11, 1890, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. January 10, 1959, Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina.
43.     vii.           LIONEL AUDIE WARD, b. June 26, 1894, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. July 19, 1963, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
44.     viii.           MARTHA WARD, d. Unknown.
      ix.           MARY E. WARD, b. July 18, 1878, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. December 03, 1951, Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. JOHN BENJAMIN WARD, March 12, 1927; b. March 22, 1867, North Carolina; d. January 19, 1949, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
 
19. LOUISA JANE6 HARMON (COUNCIL5, ANDREW4, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born July 18, 1828 in Watauga Falls, North Carolina, and died August 27, 1898 in Beech Creek, North Carolina. She married ELI PRESNELL, son of JAMES PRESNELL and SUSANNAH BENFIELD. He was born June 08, 1831 in Beech Creek, North Carolina, and died January 24, 1903 in Beech Creek, North Carolina.
     
Children of LOUISA HARMON and ELI PRESNELL are:
45.     i.           SARAH7 PRESNELL, b. North Carolina; d. Unknown.
      ii.           COUNCIL PRESNELL, d. Unknown; m. NANCY HICKS; d. Unknown.
      iii.           LOUISA JANE PRESNELL, d. Unknown.
      iv.           MILES A. PRESNELL, b. October 1852; d. Unknown; m. SARAH JANE EGGERS, April 24, 1872; d. Unknown.
      v.           SUSAN E. PRESNELL, d. Unknown; m. (1) MARION STOUT; d. Unknown; m. (2) WILLIAM HENRY WARD, November 21, 1874, Watauga County, North Caroilna; d. Unknown.
      vi.           CLARISSA PRESNELL, d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM A. GUY, January 04, 1874, Watauga County, North Caroilna; d. Unknown.
      vii.           ELLENDER PRESNELL, d. Unknown; m. JAMES YOUNCE, April 16, 1877, Watauga County, North Caroilna; d. Unknown.
      viii.           JOSEPHUS PRESNELL, b. March 12, 1861; d. May 23, 1939, Beech Creek, North Carolina; m. MARTHA CAROLINE EGGERS, May 15, 1883; d. Unknown.
      ix.           NATHAN A. PRESNELL, d. Unknown; m. LUCINDA EGGERS; d. Unknown.
      x.           LEE MONROE PRESNELL, b. May 15, 1876; d. December 30, 1963, Watauga County, North Carolina; m. KESIAH PRESNELL; d. Unknown.
      xi.           ANDREW J. PRESNELL, b. October 1852; d. Unknown; m. SARAH JANE EGGERS, April 24, 1872; d. Unknown.

20. SABRA L.6 HARMON (COUNCIL5, ANDREW4, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. She married AMOS WARD, son of DUKE WARD and LUCINDA TESTER. He was born May 08, 1843, and died January 10, 1918 in Shawneehaw, Watauga County, North Carolina.
     
Children are listed above under (13) Amos Ward.
 
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Generation No. 7


21. THOMAS DUKE7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born March 1871 in North Carolina, and died Unknown. He married NANCY J. JOHNSON Abt. 1893, daughter of AMBROSE JOHNSON and SARAH LOVE. She was born February 29, 1868 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died March 02, 1950 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
     
Children of THOMAS WARD and NANCY JOHNSON are:
46.     i.           EFFIE SYLVANIA8 WARD, b. August 18, 1895, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. April 10, 1978, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      ii.           ESTIE WARD, b. March 16, 1894, North Carolina; d. July 29, 1930, Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina.
47.     iii.           BERDIE SARAH WARD, b. June 04, 1897; d. Unknown.
48.     iv.           IDA ELIZABETH WARD, b. February 10, 1899, Sugar Grove, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. September 04, 1991, Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
49.     v.           ROBERT LEE WARD, b. April 14, 1901, Watauga County, North Carolina; d. November 26, 1987, Watauga County, North Carolina.
      vi.           JULIA WARD, b. Private.
50.     vii.           IVALEE WARD, b. Private.
      viii.           ULYESS GRANT WARD, b. June 02, 1906; d. April 12, 1974, Elk Park, Avery County, North Carolina.


22. MICHAEL ANDERSON7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born November 19, 1864 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died August 23, 1957 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married SARAH ELIZABETH JOHNSON, daughter of AMBROSE JOHNSON and SARAH LOVE. She was born October 02, 1862, and died Unknown.
     
Children of MICHAEL WARD and SARAH JOHNSON are:
51.     i.           RUFUS8 WARD, b. August 09, 1891; d. November 24, 1964.
      ii.           DOLLIE WARD, d. Unknown.


23. MARY7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born July 1888, and died Unknown. She married GEORGE BYNUM TESTER. He died Unknown.

More About MARY WARD:
Burial: Unknown, Ward Cemetery on Ward's Branch

More About GEORGE BYNUM TESTER:
Burial: Unknown, Ward Cemetery on Ward's Branch
     
Children of MARY WARD and GEORGE TESTER are:
52.     i.           ICIE8 TESTER, b. Private.
53.     ii.           ALMA TESTER, b. Private.
54.     iii.           FRANCIS TESTER, b. Private.
55.     iv.           MAE TESTER, b. Private.


24. GUILFORD DUDLEY7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born Bet. May 1873 - 1877, and died July 10, 1919 in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married FLORENCE ESTELLA HOLDEN. She died Unknown.

More About GUILFORD DUDLEY WARD:
Burial: Unknown, Ward Cemetery on Ward's Branch

More About FLORENCE ESTELLA HOLDEN:
Burial: Unknown, Ward Cemetery on Ward's Branch
     
Children of GUILFORD WARD and FLORENCE HOLDEN are:
56.     i.           DEWEY8 WARD, b. June 07, 1903; d. Unknown.
57.     ii.           YOUTH WARD, b. Private.
58.     iii.           SIGAL WARD, b. Private.
      iv.           GERTRUDE WARD, b. Private; m. COY LOVE, Private; b. Private.
59.     v.           DOXIE WARD, b. Private.
60.     vi.           NITA WARD, b. Private.
      vii.           EFFIE WARD, b. Private.
      viii.           LAURA WARD, b. Private; m. HOBER MCGEE, Private; b. Private.


25. WILLIAM RILEY7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born April 23, 1867 in North Carolina, and died November 11, 1949. He married HANNAH M. PRESNELL 1887. She died Unknown.
     
Children of WILLIAM WARD and HANNAH PRESNELL are:
      i.           DARE8 WARD, b. Private; m. HOWARD WARD, Private; b. Private.
      ii.           DELPHIA WARD, b. July 24, 1900; d. Unknown; m. (1) CHARLIE PRESNELL; d. Unknown; m. (2) ELIJAH PRESNELL; d. Unknown.
61.     iii.           TALBERT WARD, b. June 04, 1903; d. Unknown.
62.     iv.           NATHAN DUKE WARD, b. August 17, 1894; d. Unknown.
      v.           RILDA WARD, b. August 29, 1888; d. Unknown; m. JAMES WARD; d. Unknown.
      vi.           NOLA WARD, b. Private; m. CRAFT PRESNELL, Private; b. Private.
      vii.           CAMMELINE WARD, b. Private; m. CARSON MASTON, Private; b. Private.
      viii.           LOVIE WARD, b. November 20, 1891; d. Unknown; m. ELIJAH PRESNELL; d. Unknown.


26. MOSES PARKS7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born November 06, 1884, and died February 09, 1970. He married CLARA LOUDELLA WARD. She was born March 24, 1882, and died Unknown.
     
Children of MOSES WARD and CLARA WARD are:
      i.           HOMER8 WARD, b. Private.
      ii.           LONNIE WARD, b. Private; m. SUE LUNSFORD, Private; b. Private.
63.     iii.           FRANK WARD, b. Private.
      iv.           BOBBY WARD, b. Private; m. SUE GREENWELL, Private; b. Private.
      v.           HERBERT WARD, b. Private; m. JANE GREENWELL, Private; b. Private.
      vi.           SUE WARD, b. Private; m. CARL FOWLER, Private; b. Private.
      vii.           BARBARA WARD, b. Private; m. ALLEN STOUT, Private; b. Private.
      viii.           JESSIE WARD, b. Private; m. LOUISE LOCKNER, Private; b. Private.
      ix.           GROVER WARD, b. Private; m. INES HICKS, Private; b. Private.
      x.           TROY WARD, b. Private; m. THELMA STANSBERRY, Private; b. Private.
64.     xi.           BENNY WARD, b. Private.


27. HENRY HARDIE7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born January 29, 1880, and died November 15, 1950 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married (1) VERNIE CAROLINE LOVE, daughter of CAROLINE. She died Unknown. He married (2) LILLIE DOTSON. She died Unknown.
     
Children of HENRY WARD and VERNIE LOVE are:
      i.           WARREN8 WARD, b. Private; m. JOSIE PERKINS, Private; b. Private.
      ii.           DOLLY WARD, b. Private; m. CARL HARMON, Private; b. Private.
65.     iii.           ARVILLA WARD, b. Private.
      iv.           MARY WARD, b. Private; m. DAVE PERKINS, Private; b. Private.
     
Child of HENRY WARD and LILLIE DOTSON is:
      v.           ICIE8 WARD, b. Private.


28. JAMES MONROE7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born July 20, 1877 in North Carolina, and died June 11, 1968 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married (1) ARIZONA MILLSAPS. She died Unknown. He married (2) VIOLA STINES. She died Unknown.
     
Children of JAMES WARD and ARIZONA MILLSAPS are:
66.     i.           DAYTON8 WARD, b. Private.
67.     ii.           ELIZA WARD, b. Private.
      iii.           RONDA WARD, b. Private.
      iv.           GEORGE WARD, b. Private; m. (1) PEARLIE GUY, Private; b. Private; m. (2) MYRTLE GUY, Private; b. Private.
      v.           MIKE WARD, b. Private; m. ULA STINES, Private; b. Private.
      vi.           TOM WARD, d. 1961.
     Notes for TOM WARD:
Killed in car wreck.
Wife's name not known     

      vii.           RALIEGH WARD, b. Private.
      viii.           JANE WARD, b. Private; m. DON GREENE, Private; b. Private.
68.     ix.           GRACE WARD, b. Private.
69.     x.           ANN WARD, b. Private.
      xi.           SUSIE WARD, b. Private; m. (1) STEWARD GUY, Private; b. Private; m. (2) HASKEL TRIVETT, Private; b. Private.
      xii.           CORA WARD, b. Private; m. ALBERT BARR, Private; b. Private.
70.     xiii.           HOWARD WARD, b. Private.
     
Children of JAMES WARD and VIOLA STINES are:
      xiv.           CLOYCE8 WARD, b. Private.
      xv.           CLIFFORD WARD, b. Private.
      xvi.           LINDA WARD, b. Private.
      xvii.           GERALDINE WARD, b. Private.

29. JOHN BENJAMIN7 WARD (DUKE III6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born March 22, 1867 in North Carolina, and died January 19, 1949 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married (1) MARTHA PRESNELL 1885. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARY E. WARD March 12, 1927, daughter of ANDREW WARD and SARAH HARMON. She was born July 18, 1878 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died December 03, 1951 in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina.
     
Children of JOHN WARD and MARTHA PRESNELL are:
71.     i.           GOLD8 WARD, b. July 17, 1888; d. Unknown.
72.     ii.           ELSIE WARD, b. Private.
73.     iii.           SUSIE WARD, b. Private.


30. AMOS7 WARD (MICHAEL6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. He married MARTHA WALKER, daughter of JOHN WALKER and BECKY WARD. She died Unknown.
     
Children of AMOS WARD and MARTHA WALKER are:
74.     i.           ROBY8 WARD, b. 1887; d. March 1969.
      ii.           MATTIE WARD, d. Unknown; m. SYLVESTER STANSBERRY; d. Unknown.
      iii.           SARAH WARD, d. Unknown; m. LAVNE GWYNN; d. Unknown.
75.     iv.           JOHN WARD, b. November 06, 1884; d. August 31, 1967.


31. CATHERINE7 WARD (MICHAEL6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born August 30, 1860 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died March 07, 1924 in Mason City, Nebraska. She married (1) BARNETT HARMON. He died Unknown. She married (2) JAMES MOODY, son of LEVI MOODY. He died Unknown.

Notes for CATHERINE WARD:
Catherine married James after Barnett left her and moved to Nebraska. The Moody's lived on Phillips Branch at the time she married James and they lived here for awhile before moving west. The old Moody home place was located where George Harmon now lives on Phillips Branch.

Notes for BARNETT HARMON:
Left Catherine and went away with a woman by the name of Betsy Flannery; they stayed away for awhile and decided to come back here and on the way back, they had to cross river and there was no bridge or crossing so they had to wade the river. Barnett was just getting over the measles and wading the river caused him to get a relapse on the measles and he died shortly after. This Betsy Flannery had a child by Barnett, a Daughter named Epsie.

     
Child of CATHERINE WARD and BARNETT HARMON is:
76.     i.           BESSIE8 HARMON, b. 1881; d. 1936, Washington.
     
Children of CATHERINE WARD and JAMES MOODY are:
      ii.           LEE8 MOODY, b. August 11, 1886; d. Unknown; m. ORA ASHWORTH; d. Unknown.
      iii.           STELLA MOODY, d. Unknown; m. JOHN WARD; d. Unknown.
      iv.           SALLY MOODY, d. Unknown; m. ALBERT COBS; d. Unknown.
      v.           CARL MOODY, b. Nebraska; d. Unknown; m. GLADYS BROOKSHIRE; d. Unknown.
      vi.           EARNEST MOODY, b. November 26, 1892; d. February 06, 1969; m. GEORGIA COONS; d. Unknown.
      vii.           DORA MOODY, d. Unknown.
      viii.           MAIZIE MOODY, d. Unknown.


32. CAROLINE7 WATSON (CELIA6 WARD, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown. She married (1) SIMMON GLENN. He died Unknown. She married (2) JOHN HICKS. He died Unknown.

Notes for CAROLINE WATSON:
Caroline left her husband Simmon and left her son Lewis when he was a small child
     
Child of CAROLINE WATSON and SIMMON GLENN is:
77.     i.           LEWIS8 GLENN, d. Unknown.


33. SARAH7 WARD (AMOS6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) died Unknown.
     
Child of SARAH WARD is:
      i.           RUTH8 WARD, b. Private.


34. DUKE7 GLENN (SARAH6 WARD, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born November 06, 1858, and died May 20, 1945. He married SARAH GRIDER. She died Unknown.
     
Child of DUKE GLENN and SARAH GRIDER is:
78.     i.           ORA8 GLENN, b. May 17, 1895; d. Unknown.


35. ELISHA7 GLENN (SARAH6 WARD, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born February 02, 1856, and died January 04, 1933. He married MARY NEW, daughter of BILL NEW. She was born April 06, 1866, and died May 03, 1937.
     
Children of ELISHA GLENN and MARY NEW are:
79.     i.           NAT8 GLENN, b. March 05, 1886; d. April 09, 1955.
80.     ii.           ERNEST GLENN, b. October 31, 1900; d. March 16, 1967.


36. ANDREW JACKSON7 WARD (CALVIN B.6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born November 06, 1848 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died January 19, 1944 in New River, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married SARAH ANNE CAMMELINE HARMON, daughter of COUNCIL HARMON and NANCY TESTER. She was born March 1850, and died Unknown.
     
Children are listed above under (18) Sarah Anne Cammeline Harmon.


37. MARY PAULINE7 WARD (CALVIN B.6, DUKE II5, CATHERINE4 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born June 09, 1861 in Tom's Knob, Watauga County, North Carolina, and died November 23, 1929 in Watauga County, North Carolina. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON TRIVETT September 01, 1881 in Watauga County, North Caroilna. He died 1943.
     
Child of MARY WARD and GEORGE TRIVETT is:
81.     i.           ROY ROSCOE8 TRIVETT, d. Unknown.


38. SAMUEL LEWIS7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born April 11, 1888 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina, and died August 18, 1969 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married EFFIE SYLVANIA WARD January 07, 1912 in Watauga County, North Carolina, daughter of THOMAS WARD and NANCY JOHNSON. She was born August 18, 1895 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died April 10, 1978 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina.
     
Children of SAMUEL WARD and EFFIE WARD are:
82.     i.           TROY THOMAS8 WARD, b. May 26, 1913; d. 1998.
83.     ii.           STACY CHARLES WARD, b. Private.
84.     iii.           CECIL CLYDE WARD, b. Private.
85.     iv.           VIOLA HELENA WARD, b. Private.
86.     v.           MYRTLE NANCY WARD, b. Private.
87.     vi.           JUANITA MARIE WARD, b. Private.
88.     vii.           JOYCE MILDRED WARD, b. Private.
      viii.           MAX WARD, b. August 01, 1932; d. September 06, 1932.


39. ROBY MONROE7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born April 14, 1875 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died November 20, 1944 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married ELLEN CAROLINA "CALLIE" WOODRING September 10, 1898 in Watauga County, North Caroilna, daughter of DAN WOODRING and ALICE HARMON. She died Unknown.
     
Children of ROBY WARD and ELLEN WOODRING are:
      i.           RONALD8 WARD, b. Private; m. ROSA HAGAMAN, Private; b. Private.
89.     ii.           ALICE WARD, b. Private.
90.     iii.           BLAINE WARD, b. Private.
91.     iv.           CLARA WARD, b. Private.
92.     v.           MARSHAL WARD, d. 1946.
      vi.           CLINARD WARD, b. Private.
93.     vii.           DEWEY WARD, b. January 1899; d. Unknown.
94.     viii.           LENA WARD, b. Private.


40. MILES ABERNATHY7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born June 12, 1877 in Watauga County, North Carolina, and died August 09, 1956 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married HESTER ELIZABETH "HESSIE" TRIVETT August 26, 1901 in Watauga County, North Caroilna. She died Unknown.
     
Children of MILES WARD and HESTER TRIVETT are:
95.     i.           ULUA8 WARD, b. Private.
96.     ii.           INA WARD, b. Private.
97.     iii.           MARSHEL WARD, b. Private.
      iv.           EARL WARD, b. Private; m. JACKIE GRAGG, Private; b. Private.
98.     v.           CHARLES WARD, b. Private.
      vi.           OLLIE WARD, b. Private.
      vii.           ROBERT WARD, b. Private.
99.     viii.           FLOYD WARD, b. Private

    41. JAMES CALVIN7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born May 01, 1884, and died August 27, 1949 in Crossville, Tennessee. He married RILDY WARD November 24, 1905 in Watauga County, North Caroilna. She died Unknown.
     
Children of JAMES WARD and RILDY WARD are:
      i.           ROY8 WARD, b. Private.
      ii.           MARY WARD, b. Private.
      iii.           MAE WARD, b. Private.


42. ALFRED COUNCIL7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born June 11, 1890 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina, and died January 10, 1959 in Beaver Dam, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married MARY MILLIE TRIVETT January 04, 1913 in Watauga County, North Caroilna. She was born June 16, 1896, and died Unknown.
     
Children of ALFRED WARD and MARY TRIVETT are:
100.     i.           ELIZABETH8 WARD, b. Private.
      ii.           ANNIE WARD, b. April 14, 1917; d. July 30, 1928.
     More About ANNIE WARD:
Cause of Death: Thrown from a horse and dragged for a good distance

101.     iii.           BONNIE WARD, b. Private.
102.     iv.           ALBERT WARD, b. Private.
103.     v.           CELIA WARD, b. Private.
      vi.           JOHN HENRY WARD, b. Private.
104.     vii.           RUTH WARD, b. Private.
      viii.           ALFRED WARD, b. October 17, 1927; d. July 31, 1929.
105.     ix.           BETTY WARD, b. Private.
106.     x.           GRAYSON WARD, b. February 25, 1933; d. April 29, 1971.
107.     xi.           MADALINE WARD, b. Private.


43. LIONEL AUDIE7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) was born June 26, 1894 in Laurel Creek, Watauga County, North Carolina, and died July 19, 1963 in Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina. He married (1) HOLLIE ELIZABETH WAGNER ADAMS Private. She was born Private. He married (2) BIRDIE ANN MAST January 27, 1920 in Watauga County, North Caroilna. She died Unknown.

Notes for LIONEL AUDIE WARD:
Lionel was a very well known man throughout Watauga County, NC. He was a veteran of world War I and worked with veterans of this country for many years. Both of his sons were active in World War II.


More About BIRDIE ANN MAST:
Burial: October 22, 1940
     
Children of LIONEL WARD and BIRDIE MAST are:
108.     i.           JOHN EDWARD8 WARD, b. Private.
      ii.           JACK WARD, b. Private.
109.     iii.           EDNA FLORENCE WARD, b. Private.


44. MARTHA7 WARD (ANDREW JACKSON6, CALVIN B.5, DUKE II4, CATHERINE3 HARMON, MATHIAS CUTLIFF2, GEORGE ADAM1 HERMANN) died Unknown. She married NEWT PRESNELL. He died Unknown.
     
Children of MARTHA WARD and NEWT PRESNELL are:
110.     i.           VINA8 PRESNELL, b. Private.
111.     ii.           CHARLIE PRESNELL, b. Private.
      iii.           IDA PRESNELL, b. Private; m. SHERMAN PRESNELL, Private; b. Private.


45. SARAH7 PRESNELL (LOUISA JANE6 HARMON, COUNCIL5, ANDREW4, MATHIAS CUTLIFF3, GEORGE ADAM2 HERMANN, JOHAN MICHAEL1) was born in North Carolina, and died Unknown. She married LANDON C. H. GUY, son of JOHN GUY and MARY HENDRY. He was born Abt. 1853 in Tennessee, and died Unknown.
     
Children of SARAH PRESNELL and LANDON GUY are:
112.     i.           WILLARD8 GUY, b. May 1891; d. 1976.
113.     ii.           CALVIN GUY, b. June 04, 1882; d. Unknown.
      iii.           CARLIE GUY, d. Unknown; m. ALICE MORGAN; d. Unknown.
      iv.           VICTORIA AMANDA GUY, d. Unknown; m. COUNCIL JAMES PRESNELL; d. Unknown.
      v.           JOHN GUY, b. December 19, 1871; d. May 07, 1959; m. POLLY LAZORA HENSON; d. Unknown.
      vi.           ANDREW J. GUY, b. April 1876; d. 1941; m. (1) BESSIE VINES; d. Unknown; m. (2) ELIZA JANE GREER; d. Unknown.
      vii.           JOE S. GUY, b. 1880; d. 1958; m. MATILDA ESTEP; d. Unknown.
      viii.           CARTER GUY, b. July 1884; d. Unknown.
      ix.           GARFIELD GUY, b. August 1886; d. Unknown; m. NANCY JANE CORDELL; d. Unknown.
      x.           OLLIE GUY, b. September 1888; d. Unknown.
      xi.           CORA ELIZABETH GUY, b. July 1889; d. Unknown; m. (1) WILLIAM COY HARRIS; d. Unknown; m. (2) CHARLIE COLUMBUS STINES; d. Unknown.
      xii.           HATTIE E. GUY, b. May 1895; d. Unknown.
      xiii.           LOCKIE GUY, b. May 1897; d. Unknown; m. JIM TURBYFILL; d. Unknown.