Martin Ford Cemetery
2003
Located in a clump of trees on the hill behind 121 Simmerman Rd. Jonesborough, TN. Only fieldstone markers remain but Martin Ford’s tombstone was found in a barn close to the road.
GPS Location: 36° 16.28 N 082° 30.31 W Elevation: 1709 ft.
Ford, Martin b. abt. 15 Sep 1845, d. 29 Dec 1910
Note: His death certificate states death was on 29 Jan 1911.
Surveyed, transcribed and donated to the Washington County TNGen Web 2 October 2003 by Donna Cox Briggs and Betty Jane Hylton members of the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee.
Copyrighted 2011 by the Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee. No part may be copied without written permission from the Cemetery Survey Team.
Additional information:
1850 Census Washington County, Tennessee
597/622 SWANNEY, Hiram 50; Ruth 45, Albert T. 23, Louvina A. 19, Elizabeth A. 17, William H. 14, Eliza J. 12, Isaac M. 10, Hiram W. 7, John B. 5, George W. 2; Ford, Lark 35 b. TN Mulatto.
1860 Census Washington County, Tennessee
#473 FORD, Larken 45 (m), Lucretia 42 (m), James G. 21 (m), Jesse 18 (m), John 17 (m), Martin 15 (m), Angeline 13 (m), Kissy A. 9 (m), Elizabeth 6 (m), Larken Jr. 3 (m)
1870 Census Washington County, Tennessee
Dist. 12, #105 FORD, Larkin 55 (M), Lucrecia 52 (M), James G. 32 (M), John 26 (M), Martin 23 (M), Mary A. 21 (M), Kizie A. 19 (M), Elizabeth 16 (M), Larkin 14 (M), Sarah 6 (M)
1880 Census Washington County, Tennessee
Dist. 5 Marten FORD, b. 1843 TN, Age 37, Farmer, Married, Mulatto, b. TN; Ford, Martha E. wife, Age 36, married, Mulatto, b. VA.
Dist. 5 Larkin FORD, age 55, Mulatto, b. TN, Farmer; Lucretia Ford, age 60, wife, Mulatto, b. TN; James G. Ford, age 42, son, Mulatto, b. TN; Kyzenann Ford, 28 dau., Mulatto, b. TN; Elizabeth Ford, age 25, dau. Mulatto, b. TN; Walter Ford, age 3, g-son, Mulatto, b. TN; Sarah L. Ford, age 8 M, g-dau., Mulatto, b. TN; Roxie O. Ford, age 1, niece, b. TN; Carnelous Ford, age 10, g-son, Mulatto b. TN.
Washington County, Tennessee Marriage Record Book 2:
25 May 1871 Martin Ford to Martha Ferguson (both col.), 26 May 1871 by Wm. C. Hale, J.P.
Washington County, Tennessee Death Record Abstracts 1908-1916, by Eddie M. Nikazy, p. 18:
Martin Ford, Black, age: 65 years, married, death cause: “accident”, died: 5th District on 29 Jan. 1911, record (1908-12): 92284.