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Ford Family History
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N. Jean Ross
Biography
George Ford landed at the harbor in New York City alluding a pirate raid.
George had a deed for land thru the King of England's land grant to William
Penn he settled in the Sulgar Ridge area in an east direction from
Brookville. There he set up a saw mill cleared some land, married and raised
a family.
George had 139 acres of land, proprietor of saw mill and lumberman in Pin
Creek Twp., Jefferson County.
George Ford and his wife Sarah Walker Ford where both from Nottingham,
England arriving in America in 1849. (source: N.Jean Ross 1997)
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