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From: "Dee Thompson" <>
Subject: [SCBERKEL] ARD FAMILY of NC & SC
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:02:09 -0400
References: <001e01c34cad$37d51330$814bc541@Ashley>


Hi Kathryn,

Here is everything you wanted to know and possibly more.

>From # 95
Robeson County
1785 ARD, James, Thomas, Reuben, James
[ From # 350: Clerk of Court's office at Lumberton - the Will of James Ard has been "cut out or removed from the Will Book 1, pp. 9-10. JAMES ARD, dated Dec. 24, 1785."]

>From #11
ARD, James, 083 [Robeson County], c1785, WB-1/9 AR
[this is the only Ard listed]

>From # 18
Robeson County
Jan 1790
James Ard and Thomas Ard were the executors for the estate of James Ard.

>From # 131
ARD, James, 2 slaves, Bladen County, 1763

>From # 10
ARD, James, Bladen County, 1784
ARD, Reuben, Bladen County, 1784
ARD, Thomas, Bladen County, 1784

>From # 135
paraphrased:
taxpayers in Bladen County in 1775
Thomas Ard
James Ard
Reuben Ard

paraphrased:
taxpayers in Bladen County in 1776
James Ard
Patty Ard
Thomas Ard, James Ard & Simon

paraphrased:
taxpayers in Bladen County in 1778 in Captain Ard's District
Thomas Ard


>From # 350
318 RAFT SWAMP EARLY SETTLERS
"JAMES ARD, 26 Nov 1757, 100 a. including his own improvements, 27 April 1767, 100 a. on the White pond. James Ard appears on the 1769 tax list with 3 slaves. In 1770 he paid a poll tax of 1161 and listed 3 sons and 3 slaves. In 1772 he had 3 sons Thomas, James and Reuben. In 1774-75 he listed only one slave. Reuben, the son of James, appears in the 1774-75 tax lists with one slave. Thomas Ard, son of James, appears in 1774 with his father and 2 slaves In 1775-76 he had a son and 2 slaves. By 1776 there were two heads of households named Thomas. In 1786 Thomas Ard had 3 slaves, 1 Male aged 21-60, 4 Males under 21 & over 60, and 3 white Females. William Ard appears next door with no slaves from 1768-1771 and 1 slave in 1774. Simon Ard appears with Thomas in 1776. There was also a Patty Ard, a Black Female, who filed as head of household, as a slave, next door to the other Ard families. She may have been an emancipated individual.

>From # 13
Patent Book 22
3734 pg. 68 THOMAS ARD 20 May 1772 100 acres in Bladen on the E. side of the Raft Swamp, joining (a point) below JAMES ARD

4229 pg. 190 JAMES ARD, JR. 22 January 1773 100 acres in Bladen on the little Marsh E. of the Raft Swamp, joining the edge of sd. marsh

Patent Book 23
5730 pg. 55 WILLIAM ARD 27 April 1767 100 acres in Bladen (on the) E. side of the Great March[sic] by the mouth of a spring Branch

5733 pg. 56 JAMES ARD 27 April 1767 100 acres in Bladen on the White pond below Ard's Land, joining the Raft swamp

7976 pg. 240 JAMES ARD 11 March 1775 100 acres in Bladen E. of the main prong of Raft Swamp, joining the head of a small drain sd. to be near Arnd[sic] own line


The very first ARD mention is From # 12.
3905 pg. 15 JAMES ARD 21 February 1738 300 acres in Edgcombe[sic] County, joining ALIAS FORTH and a Swamp

1106 pg. 179 JAMES ARD 26 November 1757 100 acres in Bladen County on Raft Swamp-Including his own improvement

>From # 30
paraphrased:
James Ard had lands adjoining William Sherrod in Edgecombe County in Edgecombe Parish, 1755

Okay, so far we haven't heard a word about JOHN. Here he comes.

>From # 350
406 A MAN CALLED JAMES ARD
James Ard lived most of his life in Robeson County, North Carolina, where he had settled about 1754. In 1738 James and his wife Anna and four sons, James Jr., William, John and Thomas first appeared in what was then Edgecombe District, North Carolina. On February 21, 1738 James was granted 300 acres of land joining Elias Fort's land and a swamp. . . On November 11, 1740, Anna gave birth to her fifth son, Reuben Ard, the same year that she died. Anna's burial place is not known but most likely is somewhere in the general area of James' original property (reference Ard family Bible).
James Aird (Ard) sold land to Simon Turner (reference 1746-1750 Johnston / Dobbs / Lenior Counties Grantors Index, Book 1, page 267). This property is most likely the original land that James received in 1738. This could be where Anna Ard is buried.
James bought 300 acres from John Beverly on March 28, 1748 (Reference: Johnston County, NC - Quit rent - 1750, North Carolina Archives) where he lived until he sold the property to Margaret Cambell. (Reference: Grantor Index Books 4-7, Johnston / Dobbs / Lenior Counties, 1756 - 1757). On November 26, 1757 James received 100 acres in Bladen County on Raft Swamp which included his own improvements (Reference: Patent Book 2; 1106, pg. 179). This would indicate he had moved to this part of Robeson County by 1757.
In 1754 three of James sons, William, John and James Jr. were listed on the muster roll of Captain Frances Mackelwain's militia company of Johnston County. As Reuben was only fourteen years old, he was most likely too young to serve in the militia at this time.
Thomas Ard married Elizabeth Fort. He served in the North Carolina Militia in the Wilmington District in the American Revolution and obtained the rank of Captain (reference: 4798). Hector McNeil stated in his pension claim that he had served as a Lieutenant under Capt. Thomas Ard and that he was in skirmishes at Hillsborough, Cain Creek and Piney Bottom. Thomas' revolutionary war vouchers indicate that he served in the Wilmington District. He was paid 20 pounds on 13th March 1782 (#307), five pounds twelve & six pence on 13th March 1783 (#3009), thirty-three pounds, fifteen shilling, 0 pence on 22th[sic] Sept. 1783 (#2790) and four pounds, ten shilling on 14th June 178?(6) (#6014).
On April 27, 1767 Thomas received a land grant of 100 acres in Robeson County on White Pond, below his father's place and adjacent to Raft Swamp. On March 13, 1789 he sold his property to Donald Paterson. Then he received 100 acres on the east side of Raft Swamp on May 20, 1772. On December 25, 1778 he received another 100 acres on the western side of Raft Swamp at the mouth of Mirey Branch. He was to own and sell land in many parts of Robeson County.
In the 1790 census of Robeson County, Thomas is listed as living in the Fayette District and having 3 males under the age of 16, one male over 16, 4 females and 6 slaves. Records show that on December 1, 1796, Thomas bought 295 acres on Crunchelow Swamp and Drowning Creek in the Georgetown District of South Carolina, (later known as Liberty County, now part of Dillion and Marion Counties) where he moved his family. He stayed in Liberty County for a number of years before migration through Georgia, to Mississippi and Louisiana where most of his descendants still live.
James Ard Jr.'s wife was named Isbol. On Jan. 22, 1773 he was granted 500 acres of land in Bladen County on the Little Marsh east of Raft Swamp (reference: Patent Book 23, 4229 pg. 190). By 1789 James had moved his family to the 200 acres of land that he bought located on the Little Pee Dee River in the Georgetown District of South Carolina. Most of his descendants still live in South Carolina.
William Ard received 100 acres of land on the east side of Great Marsh by the mouth of a spring branch (reference: Patent Book 23; 5739, pg. 55). William was living on Ten Mile Swamp on July 26, 1774; his neighbor was Jessie Musselwhite. William sold this property by April 19, 1778 and disappeared into history. No record has been found as to where he went or any family that he might have had although records show that he was still alive in 1785 as he was mentioned in his father's will.
John Ard married a widow named Sarah McHenry, who had a son named James McHenry. Records show that John lived in Anson and Montgomery Counties before he and his family moved to Wayne County, Kentucky. Part of his family still live in the area, while others moved to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas.
Reuben Ard married August Dixon. A revolutionary war voucher shows that he was in the militia in the Washington District of North Carolina in March 21, 1783. By 1786 he had left Robeson County and moved just across the border to Bell Swamp, in the Little Pee Dee Rover, in Marion County, South Carolina. On April 22, 1790 Reuben sold his land in Robeson County to Neil McNeill. He then sold his holding on Bell Swamp in Marion County and moved to Dale County, Alabama where he lived until his death on Feb. 29, 1836. His family still lives in Alabama and in western Florida.
On December 16, 1788 James Ard, Sr. died. In his will he left all of his property to James Jr., Reuben and Thomas, while leaving William and John only one shilling each. There is no record of him ever remarrying after Anna died, but you have to wonder how he raised five children with one of them still being an infant.
Submitted by Gilbert Ard, 102-B Villa Court, Goose Creek, SC 29445
Sources: Family Records, North Carolina Archives, Robeson County, Records.

Congratulations.

Dee





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Hi,
I am looking for information on John Ard. He married Sarah McHenry sometime between 1764 but before 1769 when his son Ruben was born in Anson, NC. I think he was married before but I am not sure. I know Sarah was married before to John McHenry. I also got information John Ard bought her son James McHenry a horse. I would like to know his birth date or year, where he was born and if possible his parents or ancestors. Okay it is alot to ask but I have got to try. Thanks

Kathryn

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