An American Family History

Barney Ford

Barney Ford was born about 1750 in Maryland.

He married Mary Cole. Her parents were Mordecai Cole and Elizabeth Bond. Mordecai was the son of Christopher Cole and Sarah Tipton).

Their children were born in Maryland and the approximate dates of birth are:

Mordecai Ford (1784),
Elizabeth Ford (1786),
Horatio Ford (1788, married Jane Careathers),
Thomas Ford (1790),
Micajah Ford (1792),
Ezckiel Ford (1796),
Nimrod Ford (1798),
Barney Ford (1801),
Ruth Ford (1804), and
Moses Ford (1806).

In 1788 Modecai received a land warrant in Sullivan County. At that time it was in North Carolina.