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Lloyd Ford was born about 1727 in Baltimore County, Maryland. He married Mary Grant. Lloyd Ford (1748) In 1755, Loyd reported to the court of Baltimore County that he had found a horse. In 1756, he mortgaged chattel goods to John Ridgely. In 1778 he bought part of his father's plantation from his brother, Stephen's, son, Thomas. The family moved to the Watauga Settlement after the American Revolution. In 1784 John Ford, Lloyd Ford and Mordecai Ford were granted land on Sinking Creek. The 1787 Washington County tax list included Benjamin, Lloyd Jr. Lloyd Sr., Mordecai, and Thomas Ford. In 1809 and 1811, Lloyd, Sr. sold the land on Sinking Creek to his sons John and James. Loyd appeared on the 1815 Washington County tax list. He died by July, 1816 when Thomas Ford was appointed administrator of his estate which consisted of enslaved people, livestock, and various household items. Mary appears on the 1816 tax list, but not on that of 1817.
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