Ward, Elam, Private, 2d co., Col. Gideon Burt's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; entered service June 12, 1782; service, 4 days; company marched to retake Samuel Ely who was rescued from Springfield jail June 12, 1782, and to oppose the rioters who assembled at Northampton June 16, 1782; source: Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution," Vol. I-XVII (17), Boston, Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.

In 1790 Elam Ward is listed as a witness in a Grand Jury hearing, Wilkes County, GA, concerning Charles Williamson, who was charged with assaulting and attempting to kill John Wallace in the home of Nathanel Durkee; source: The Wilkes County Papers 1773-1833, compiled by Robert Scott Davis, Jr., Southern Historical Press, 1983, 2000.

Ealum Ward is listed in the Wilkes County, GA tax records, Captain Medlock's District, in 1792; no tax amount is listed; source: Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records, 1785-1805, Volume One, Frank Parker Hudson, 1996.

"Elum" Ward was listed in 1797 in the Georgia Tax Digest, Greene Co., Melton district; also in Greene in 1797 were James Ward and Thomas Ward; Richard Ward was listed in 1789; source: Georgia Tax Index, Alice Jeffery, Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1998.

Listed in the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, serial no. 1179, blank drawn, residing in Jefferson County; source: 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Virginia S. Wood and Ralph V. Wood, The Greenewood Press, 1964.

Listed in the 1805 Georgia Tax Digest, Clarke Co., Phillips district; also in Clarke in 1805 were Benjamin Ward and Leonard Ward; source: An Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1804-1806, R.J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, Atlanta, GA, The Reprint Company, 1986.

Listed in the 1809 Georgia Tax Digest, Clarke Co., Butler district; Leonard Ward was also in Clarke in 1809; source: Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1809-1811, R.J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, Atlanta, GA, The Reprint Company, 1986.

In 1809 named as a constable in a levy on the property of Samuel Stewart to satisfy an execution in favor of J. Cole [Foreign Correspondent & Georgia Express, Vol. II, No. 62, Sat., July 29,1809]; source: "Clarke Co. (Athens), Georgia Newspaper Abstracts, 1808-1820," abstracted by Faye Stone Poss, McNaughton & Gunn, 1998.

Clarke Superior Court, March Term, 1815, included in a list of the Grand Jurors [Athens Gazette Vol. II, No. LIX, Thursday, March 30, 1815]; source: "Clarke Co. (Athens), Georgia Newspaper Abstracts, 1808-1820," abstracted by Faye Stone Poss, McNaughton & Gunn, 1998.

Listed in the 1815 Georgia Tax Digest, Clarke Co., Arnold district; Benjamen Ward, Leonard Ward, and Obediah Ward were also in Clarke in 1815; source: Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1814-1817, R.J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, Atlanta, GA, The Reprint Company, 1986.

Clarke Co., GA. Whereas Elam Ward applies for letters of administration on the estate of Ithamar Ward dec'd. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law ... 23d day of Jan., 1817. John H. Lowe, C.C.O. [Athens Gazette. Vol. III, No. 48, Thursday, February 6, 1817]; [Source: Clarke County (Athens), Georgia Newspaper Abstracts 1808-1820, abstracted by Faye Stone Poss, Mcnaughton & Gunn, 1998.

Listed in the 1820 Federal Census, Salem, Clarke, GA, over age 45, with a wife age 26-45, a son age 10-16, 2 sons age 16-26, 2 daughters under 10, and no slaves; also listed in the Salem district of Clarke County were Leonard Ward (age 26-45) and Wiley Ward (over age 45); in the Athens district of Clarke County was another Leonard Ward (over age 45).

Listed in the 1830 Federal Census, Clarke, GA, age 60-70, wife age 50-60, a son age 20-30, a daughter or granddaughter under 5, 2 daughters or granddaughters age 15-20, and no slaves; also listed in Clarke County were Andrew Ward, age 20-30, John (John L. D. Ward, 8 names away from Elam), age 20-30, William W. Ward (next to John), age 20-30, and Leonard Ward, age 30-40. The ages of John and William, along with their proximity to Elam, indicates that they were likely his sons.

Not listed in the 1840 census; however, the 1840 Federal Census, District 261, Clarke, GA, lists John L. Ward with a newly acquired elderly couple, aged 70-80 and 60-70; Elam is indicated to have died between 1839 and 1849, and likely after the 1840 census was taken.

Sources:

1. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts Town Birth Records, Partial Compilation. (6) [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.

2. "Records of Clarke County Georgia, 1801-1892," (estate records), compiled by Robert Scott Davis, Southern Historical Press, 1993.