Margaret Hord

Not the same as Margaret Taliaferro

Margaret Miller was born 1717 at St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia and died after 1770. She was the daughter of John Miller, of Essex County, whose will was proved in Essex County, December 20, 1743. He mentions her in his will as "daughter Margaret Howard," evidently an error in spelling. John Miller was son of Captain Simon Miller and is mentioned in the latter's will proved in Old Rappahannock County, May 2, 1684. Margaret is mentioned by Robert Hord in his manuscript (1838) as a sister of "Colonel Simon Miller." Her brother was Captain Simon Miller, Captain of Militia, Fauquier County, November 26, 1761 (See Crozier's "Virginia Militia"). Captain Simon Miller was "gentleman Justice" of Essex County 1747-50 (Will Book 8, pp. 30, 223, 303, 313, 423). He was candidate for Burgess from Essex County 1741 (Deed Book, 1738-42, Page 312).

Family

Margaret Miller married James Hord on 26 Nov 1761 at St. Paul's Parish, King George County, Virginia.

James Hord, Gentleman was born in Middlesex, Virginia and was baptized at the Christ Church Parish on March 21, 1713. He was the fifth child of John Hord I, Gentleman and Elizabeth Jane Redd Hord who emigrated from Ewell, Surrey, England to Middlesex County, Virginia about 1702. Eventually, in 1717, the family settled in Essex County on a plantation they named Shady Grove which became located in Caroline County in 1727.

Children of James Hord and Margaret Miller were:

• 27. James Hord. He was probably the James Hord who was Ensign, King George County Militia during the Revolution (See "Virginia County Records," Vol. VI, page 242, by Crozier). March 3, 1768 "Judgment upon petition is granted unto James Hord, Junior, against Richard Gatewood for one cow and calf of the value of three pounds current money which he is ordered to pay unto the plt. with the Atts. fee and costs" (Order Book, King George County). "On the motion of John Mullit a witness for James Hord against Richard Gatewood it is ordered the said Hord pay him seventy-five pounds of tobacco for three days attendance according to law." James Hord, Junior, became a resident of Stafford County after the boundary line between King George and Stafford counties was changed in 1777. November 8, 1780, "Elias Edmunds conveys to James Hord, Jr. 200 acres formerly belonging to Thomas Turner and conveyed to him by Simon Miller joining on the Rappahannock River and bounding land of Rhodin Hord, Robert Elliston and James Hord Gentleman" (Deed, Stafford County).
• 28. Thomas Hord.
• 29. Ambrose Hord.
• 30. William Hord.
• 31. John Hord.
• 32. Jane Hord; married John Sherrill.
• 33. Mildred Hord; married Rev. Aaron Bledsoe, of Orange County, Virginia., son of William Bledsoe, whose will was proved in Culpeper, April 19, 1770 (See "Virginia Magazine," Vol. VI, page 345, for an account of the Bledsoe Family).
• 34. Sarah Hord; married James Hord (58).
• 35. Isabella Hord.

James Hord, Gentleman died in Stafford County in 1785. It is highly likely, but not certain, that he and his wife are buried in the Hord Family Cemetery at Shady Grove.

References

• The Hord Family of Virginia: A Supplement to the Genealogy of the Hord Family. By Arnold Harris Hord. Ferris & Leach, 1915 - Genealogy - 119 pages. Family of James Hord: page 63-65. < GoogleBooks >
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2510...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I2822...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137023129/james-hord
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Miller-16291
• Ancestry.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
• Ancestry.com: Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
• Ancestry.com: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZ27-9DW