Benjamin Ward, of Anderson County

Not the same as Benjamin Ward, of Rutherford County

✶ Benjamin Ward moved to Anderson County, Tennessee from Ashe County, North Carolina sometime between the years of 1820 & 1830 given that he is listed in the census record of 1820 in Ashe County, North Carolina, & is listed in the census record of 1830 in Anderson County, Tennessee. He died sometime in or after 1839 since during that time he was listed in the tax record of that year and, presumably before November 6, 1850, the date of the 1850 census in which his wife Catherine is listed living with her & Benjamin's son William Ward. It seems most likely that he died in Anderson County instead of Campbell County because that is where he was residing in the census of 1830, as well as the tax records from 1837, 1838, & 1839. Also, his wife Catherine, who appears in the census record of 1850 living with her son William Ward in Subdivision 16, Anderson County, Tennessee. His burial location is reported to be at Beech Fork Cemetery in Campbell County, Tennessee. That information is reported by a descendant. His birth year is estimated to be 1775 due to the fact that in the census record of 1830 he is assumed to be the gentleman listed in the household aged of 50 & under 60 years old.

Benjamin Ward is listed in the will of his father Benjamin Ward, Sr. appointing him an executor thereof.