Ota H. Ward, Sr.

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c1806

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"Ota H. Ward, Sr." in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002000, (accessed December 30, 2024).

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Breathitt County, Kentucky, postmaster, saddler, and militia officer. Virginia native. Married to Susan Ward. Father of Martha Ward, Ota H. Ward, Jr., William S. Ward, Mary D. Ward, Julia O. Ward, and Margaret C. Ward. Married to Mary Jane Vance Ward. Resident of Washington County, Virginia, in 1840. Farmer in Washington County in 1850. Postmaster for Hayter's Gap in Washington County from May 1, 1851, to December 15, 1852. Postmaster for Lost Creek in Breathitt County, Kentucky, from September 5, 1854, to June 15, 1859. Saddler in Breathitt County in 1860. Commissioned in the Breathitt County enrolled militia as a colonel on December 19, 1860.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, p. 252.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Washington County, District 67, p. 81A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Breathitt County, District 1, p. 390.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Breathitt County Births.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994029, Breathitt County Deaths.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Breathitt County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 22.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Washington County, Virginia, vol. 16, p. 292.
KYR-0001-017-0039.

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