John Ford (Sr), my great great great great grandfather, was born on November 13, 1762 in Albermarle County, Virginia to parents John T. Ford and Elizabeth Farrar. He married Elizabeth England April 12, 1785 in Fluvanna County, Va. Elizabeth was born 18 Feb 1764 in Albermarle County, Virginia to parents John Lee England and Ann Eubanks. His occupations were listed as Soldier, farmer, and landowner. He came to Grassy Cove, Tn in 1801. As our earliest settlers accustomed themselves to their new environment in Grassy Cove, Tn, John Ford heard the crying need for things these pioneers could not produce for themselves. Hitching four horses to one of the heavy wagons in which he migrated from Virginia, he went over the mountain to Nashville to see what he could find. He returned bearing salt, salaratus, spices, copreas, log wood, indigo, coffee, and sugar, as well as findings for milady's work basket, such as shears, tailor's charts, needles and buttons. He also found a market for furs, hides, beeswax, tallow, hickory-smoked meat, and just about everything of which the pioneers could produce a surplus. He built a store, which became a popular trading center for the citizens for miles around. John Ford, Sr, was pensioned on Cert. 13573, which was paid at the Tennessee Agency. John Ford donated land and had the first Grassy Cove Methodist Church built in 1803. John and Elizabeth had 6-10 children?. Jane born 1786, Sarah born in 1786/1789/1793?, ?William born 1793, John born 25 Dec 1795, ?Polly 1797, ?Jane born 1798, Nancy born 1798/1799, Ruben born 1802/1806(our ancestor), Mary (Polly) born 11 Nov 1803, ?William Thomas born 1805. John Died 5 Aug 1844 in Grassy Cove,Bledsoe, Tn and was buried 7 Aug 1844 in Grassy Cove, Tn in the Grassy Cove Methodist cemetery beside the log meeting house he built in 1803. Elizabeth died 30 Sep 1845 in Grassy Cove,Bledsoe, Tn and was buried 3 Oct in the Grassy Cove Methodist cemetery
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