THE FOLLOWING IS A REPRINT OF
AN ARTICLE IN THE WILKINSON COUNTY NEWS ON MAY 7, 1964. IT WAS ALSO PRINTED IN THIS SAME NEWSPAPER
ON JUNE 16, 1994
SOME OTHER HISTORY OF
THE LORD FAMILY
William was the first of the Lord name mentioned in the earliest records of Wilkinson County.
William was a soldier in the army of Washington. Tradition tells that he came from Maryland. The name of his wife, date of birth and death unknown.
William Lord was the father of John, William, Stephen, Thomas, Samuel and Joseph Barnet Lord.
330th Georgia Militia District in Wilkinson County bears the name Lords District, in honor of William, the soldier of the Revolution.
William Lord was one of the Commissioners appointed in 1811 to build our courthouse on land lot 83, 4th land district; was appointed Commissioner of Wilkinson County Academy in 1807; appointed Justice of Inferior Court in 1818; helped organize Myrtle Springs Primitive Baptist Church near Toomsboro in 1812; took part in the reception of the Marquis De Lafayette in 1824.
John Lord, son of William, was born Jan. 27, 1781 and died June 14, 1851, as shown by a tombstone in Old Lord Cemetery, situated where R.J. Montgomery lived in Lords District.
Nancy Minton was wife to John Lord. Tradition hath it that Nancy came from North Carolina. She was born Feb. 11, 1783 and died Sept. 3, 1851. In a sentimental effort to keep alive the name Minton, the Lord family in every generation give their sons the middle name of Minton.
John and Nancy Lord, supra, had issue: James Etheldred, Amelia, Crecy, Henry, and Joseph.
Of the children of John and Nancy, Henry died in young manhood. Joseph unknown. Crecy was wife to John Mitchell Boone. Amelia married Daniel Mercer Boone, and James Etheldred married Maloney Webb. They had issue: Martha, who married Eason Cannon; Joseph and Jesse Minton, both killed in Civil War; Geo. W. who married Mat Smith; James E., husband of Anna Thompson; and Fern Ivey Lord who was at one time the oldest man living in Militia District bearing the name of his ancestor who bore arms against King George.
Fern Ivey Lord married Mary Ann Davis. They had issue, viz; Susan, wife to Morgan Dominy; Rosa, who married John Holland; John E., whose wife was Clara Ruhl; Robert Ivey, married Pearl Baggett; Mollie, wife of Horace Ellington; Nettie, wife of J. Roy Rawls; James E., husband of Bert Perry; Joe E. married Quida Orr; and Annie Lee (Dot), wife of J.N. Lord.
Stephen, Lizzie, and Minnie of the children of Mary Ann Davis and Fern Ivey Lord are dead.
Stephen was never married. Lizzie was the wife of J.B.W. Morris, and Minnie was the wife to Geo. Q Morris.
Fern Ivey Lord, last of his brothers, now sits at his home, in the afternoon of his life, watching the Evening Star and calmly awaiting the last clear call.
Editor’s Note: The above information was compiled many years ago. There is a question as to the correctness of the named husbands of Crecy and Amelia Lord. It is believed by some that Amelia Lord was the wife of John Mitchell Boone, instead of Crecy Lord. Amelia was born in 1812 and is buried in the Lord Cemetery near Toomsboro. The burial place of John Mitchell Boone is unknown. It is said that he and some of his brothers from Wilkinson County saddled up their horses one morning and left for Texas, and never returned. He was the father of Joshua M. Boone of Toomsboro, who was a farmer, merchant and minister of the Christian Church, and is buried at Ebenezer Cemetery, near Toomsboro.