September 9, 2010

John Ward son of William Ward and Mildred Adams Ward
Born: November 3, 1775
Death: August 9, 1838 According to Virginia Vital records (killed by a tree)
Married Tabitha Hubbard Walden on November 18, 1805. Married by Reverend Griffith Dickinson in Pittsylvania County.
Their home on the Stauntion River was called Edgehill.
Children of John Ward and Tabitha Walden
Mildred Adams Ward, born September 21, 1806; married on June 17, 1825, to Augustine Leftwich. She died May 21, 1989.
Henry Chiles Ward, born January 3, 1808, married March 17, 1831 to Sallie W. Cabell; died February 20, 1836
William Walker Ward, born July 10, 1810, married November 9, 1836 to his cousin Elizabeth Munford Adams; died July 25, 1844.
Charles W. Ward, born February 29, 1812, married October 6, 1835 to his cousin, Martha Ann Dillard. He fought in the Mexican War. Charles never returned home and made his home in Texas.
John Ward, Jr. born March 28, 1814; was a tobacconist in Louisville, Ky, where he died unmarried.
Robert Adams Ward, born March 1, 1816; died February 16, 1834.
George Edward Ward, born March 16, 1818, died February 16, 1834.
Dr. David Chiles Ward, born March 16, 1820; died June 2, 1906, unmarried
Addison Whitfield Ward, born September 16, 1822; married December 24, 1841, to his cousin, Wilmuth Walden Adams; married second Mary Anthony; married third Fanny Steptoe Terry.
Sally Wilmouth Ward, born September 4, 1824; married on September 17, 1844, to Samuel C. Tardy, and moved to Richmond, Va; died August, 1896
Lucy Elizabeth Ward, born January 5, 1827; married October 6, 1846, to James Mortimer Spindle; died September 4, 1847.
Alexander Tazwell Ward, born April 18, 1827; married October 2, 1851, to Ann Elizabeth Lee; died near Leesville, Va May 18, 1897.

References:
Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767 to 1805 Page 93 compiled and published by Catherine Lindsay Knor.
Virginia Vital Records Page 534 from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biograhphy, William and Mary Quarterly,Tylers Quarterly indexed by Judith McGhan
Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches by R. H. Early