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John M. Sword

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, United States
Death: September 21, 1879 (82)
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Pikeville, Pike County, KY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Francis Strother Browning and Sarah Sallie Syck (Sword)
Husband of Rebecca "Becky" Sword and Margaret Fife Sword
Father of William Harry Sword; Frances Magnell Damron; Virginia Burks; Mary Polly Sword; Martha Sword and 3 others
Brother of Francis Marion Browning Sword; Henry V M Sword and Lucas Burton Sword
Half brother of Elizabeth Lykins; Jacob Syck, Jr.; Lucas Burton Browing Sword; George Syck; Adam Zeek and 9 others

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About John M. Sword

John Sword BIRTH 24 May 1797 Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, USA DEATH 21 Sep 1876 (aged 79) Pike County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL John R Sword Cemetery Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 91044016 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 2 Son to Sarah Sword. Husband to Rebecca Ratliff Sword. Father to William Henry, Richard P., Sarah, Martha, James, Frances M., Mary Polly, Rebecca, Malinda, Virginia, Eliza, and John M.

The Last Will of John Sword - 9 July 1874 - Pike Co, Ky: Children cited within: John Mims Sword, Richard Sword, Martha Kenard, Frances Damron, Polly Compton, Rebecca Johnson, Malinda Chaney, Virginia Burks. Also John Sword s/o James Elijah Sword. John Sword also wrote in his Last Will that "Sally Huston and the balance of James Sword's children he does not desire to give them any portion of his estate".

  • ************* In Virginia Burks obit, no siblings were cited, only her surviving children and that was in 1933/Pike CO Ky.

Assumed that he is buried in Sword Cemetery Left fork of Island Creek, Pike, Ky.

Family Members Parents Photo Sarah Sword Syck 1770–1832

Spouses Photo Rebecca Ratliff Sword 1804–1871

Photo Margaret Sanders Sword 1819–1897

Children Photo William Sword 1819–1901

Photo Mary Polly Sword Compton 1834–1908

Photo Eliza Sword Fidler 1847–1918

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John M. Sword's Timeline

1797
May 24, 1797
Swords Creek, Russell County, Virginia, United States
1819
October 26, 1819
Island Creek, Floyd, Kentucky, USA
1824
1824
1830
1830
1832
1832
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
1834
1834
KY
1843
August 10, 1843
Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, USA
1848
1848
Island Creek,Pike Co,Ky,,,, Ky
1850
1850
1850
Age 52
Farmer