I would like to give special thanks to the following people:

Kathleen Neal Dawson – for kindly allowing me to use the deathbed story of Susanna Ware.  The paper states that it is in a collection of papers donated to the Averett College Archives, Danville, VA; author unknown.  The papers were donated by Mrs. Harry Wooding Spencer.

Teta Eubank Wagner and Wendall Ware - for the use of the Wareland map.

Albert Bruns and Maunsel White - for the pictures of Catherine Ware Scott, Col. John M. Scott, Arabella Welch, and Major J. M. Scott.

Brenda Glover – for her tireless work in helping me locate data on Wareland, and for her kind generosity in sharing the military record of her ancestor, William Ware.  

David Nance –  for locating valuable information about The Forks of Elkhorn Church and providing maps pertaining to the area of Wareland. His tenacious research into the old church and cemetery records gave insight into an area that previously only held questions.

Marti Martin - for providing a goldmine of information by sifting through countless records and tracking down every lead she could come up with.  Marti is the answer to every genealogist’s prayer.         

Debbie McArdle - for providing treasured pages to one of the Ware family bibles.

John Reagan   - who has been an invaluable help in setting up a website for me entitled Ware Genealogy at www.bigballoonmusic.com/Ware.  I will be forever grateful.     

A very special thanks goes to Vicki Ware Cheesman.  She provided constant support and encouragement, along with countless hours of dedicated research to corroborate names and dates for me.  Her genealogical work is always so thorough and precise.  She was the kind but firm voice that reminded me to “stay the course” and I owe much to her editing.  Thank you, Vicki, for making this “journey through time” so enjoyable.

And, last, but certainly not least, my husband, James Ware, who has washed countless dishes, cooked untold meals, willingly shared his computer with me, and lovingly fussed at me when I have stayed up until the wee hours of the morning because my passion for genealogy often outweighs my common sense.  He is truly my inspiration and “the wind beneath my wings.”

                                                      JCW

References:

1.  The Ware Family Bible – This is kept in my home and has dates and names recorded in it that go all the way back to the 1700’s.

2. Original long letter of Cornelia Ware Anker (1945) - Cornelia was the daughter of Sigismund Stribling Ware (son of Josiah William Ware).

4.  Long print out of Ware lineage – contributed by Mrs. Lewis B. Burton – the wife of the Bishop of Kentucky, a descendant of Jane Ware and Robert Hunter.  She took data from old records & bibles that were in the possession of Mrs. Jane Ware Martin of Columbia, Georgia (a granddaughter of Nicholas Ware, of Georgia)

5. Wares of Virginia by Frances C. Griffin, Chesapeake, Virginia   

6. VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M. A. Printed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1891, copyrighted 1885.

34. LDS AFN: GPOX-70 Latter Day Saints record for James I - Mentions his military history and wife Agnes Todd.

35G Transcription of letter, dated 1831, from Charles Ware to his niece Sarah Taliaferro Ware Stribling, containing valuable family history.  Charles was the younger brother of James III, and both Charles and James were children of James II and Catherine Todd Ware.  The letter mentions the move to Kentucky & was probably the original source for many quotes used by others over the years.  Copyright Judy C. Ware April 2009  

35E Transcription of letter from Thompson Ware to his niece, Sarah E.T. Ware.  Thompson was the brother of James III and the grandson of James and Agnes. Copyright by Judy C. Ware 2009

70.  Church bulletin from Ware Episcopal Church – Parish was founded in 1652, church in 1690 (bulletin was from 1986)

114.  Data on Jane Harrison Ware and how she connects Col. John Mosby to the Ware family.  Rootsweb.ancestry.com/my Southern family.  Jane was granddaughter of James Ware I

162. Pages from The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish – (1677-1793)

173.  WARE biographical information given from the Hayes Presidential Center from papers in their archives.

174.  Large personal and biographical information (with charts) on the WARE lineage from the Hayes Presidential Center in Ohio.

289. From Rutherford B. Hayes Library (in Fremont, Ohio)   Notations made in the journal of Rutherford B. Hayes, an avid genealogist, about a visit from Josiah Ware. 

296. Letter from Isaac Webb to RB Hayes (his cousin) on November 29, 1883    Mentions: Dr. Webb, James Ware, tells how James Ware died.

299.  Transcription of letter written from Josiah Ware to Rutherford B. Hayes, dated July 16, 1876, copyright by Judy C. Ware 2008

307.  Letter from James P. Riely in regards to a request Hayes made for information on his family.  Mentions James Ware, Isaac Webb & Lucy Ware, & Polly T. Ware

372. Martha Ware’s research; provides source for Dr. James Ware & the British in 1782

379.  Ware Family History: Descendants from Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Kings and Queens, and Presidents of the United States  By Wanda Ware DeGidio Edition: illustrated Published by Xlibris Corp, 2003  ISBN 1401099300, 9781401099305

388.  Genealogy Chart, starting from the genealogy of the Bacon, Kitchin, Stack & Travis website, shows the line from Peter Ware Sr. to James I – especially through Edward Ware.

415.  Last Will and Testament of James Ware I – 1796

586.  Children of George Ware & Nancy Ferguson  Copyright by Judy Ware 2008

587.  Children of “Caty” or “Kitty” Ware & Dr. John Mitchell Scott   Copyright by Judy Ware, 2008

588.  Children of Lucy Ware & Capt. Isaac Webb  Copyright by Judy Ware, 2008

589. Children of Mary Todd “Polly” Ware & Charles Henry Webb  Copyright by Judy Ware 2008

590. Lineage of James Ware III & Elizabeth Alexander Ware    Copyright by Judy Ware 2008

591. Children of Thompson Ware & Sallie Conn   Copyright by Judy Ware 2008 updated on March 2009   Additional information provided by Debbie McArdle

597. Transcription of letter from Lucy Webb to her niece, Sarah Elizabeth Taliaferro Stribling & her nephew, Josiah William Ware dated June 5 (prior to 1830).  Copyright by Judy Ware March 2008  

602.  Biography of Dr. James Ware II  copyright by Judy Ware March 17, 2006 

611. History of old Ware church & photo

621. Original Webb Family Bible  from the Julia S. Ardery Genealogical Collection, Box 19, Reel #3634, Webb Bible, Margaret I. King Library, University of Kentucky at Lexington.  Provided courtesy of Debbie McArdle. 

625.  From Trimble Families: A Partial Listing of the Descendants of Some Colonial Families, by Eugene Earl Trimble, pg. 168 

627.  My Mother's People: Parker and Allied Families by Dale Grissom Baltimore, M.D. Gateway Press; Harker Heights, TX 1997. He cites recent DAR research about James and Agnes Ware  

629.  DAR Patriot Index, 2003, NSDAR gives military info for John Ware, James Ware II, James Ware I, Nicholas Ware, & William Ware.  Gives ranks, dates, wives, and service

651. Very old (original) lineage pages owned by Jane & Scott Dudgeon – data pertaining to James Ware & Agnes – a good listing of all their children (particularly James, John, & Nicholas) Transcribed & referenced by Judy C. Ware April 2009

692.  Military information on James Ware I, James Ware II, and James Ware III   provided by Vicki Cheesman from Ware Family History American Genealogical Research Institute, Washington DC, Heritage Press, 1978   

698. Transcription of letter from Virginia Catherine Todd Ware to her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Alexander Ware, dated 1799.  Copyrighted by Judy C. Ware April 2008 

740. Historic Architecture of Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1985, Historic Paris-Bourbon County Inc.  Provided by Debbie McArdle

782.  Thomas Conn by: Debbie McArdle   Data on Lucy Caroline Ware & Henry Clay Bedford/family of Col. James Ware & Patsy Bedford/Family of Davidella Ware/Family of Thompson and Sallie Conn Ware

784.  Genealogical information on Col. John Singleton Mosby as found in Mosby Family Bible Records 1765-1896.  

812.  Historical Marker and information on Robert Ware & Lower King & Queen Baptist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist Church.  Provided by Wendell Ware

813.  The Struggle for Religious Freedom In Virginia – The Baptists written by: William Taylor Thom, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, October-November-December, 1900

814.   Early Colonial Virginia by: Genealogical Gleanings, Faith Works Design, copyright 1997-2004 

815.  A History of the Baptists by: Thomas Armitage

816.  Upper Zion Baptist Church – compiled by Mrs. John Wright, Fredericksburg, Virginia with information gathered from Colonial Caroline by T.E. Campbell, Imprisoned Preachers and Religious Liberty In Virginia by; Lewis Peyton Little, Bethesda, Liberty Baptists, Caroline County, Virginia by: Rev. Norman Luck. 

818.  Cheesman/Ware/Dreisbach/Jorgenson Family Tree – Detailed and finely researched genealogical charts and information done by Vicki Ware Cheesman.

819.  Irvin Pitts Park/Ware Shoals Historical Marker – South Carolina maps of Abbeville - Information on Ware Shoals and how it got its name.

822. Harrison Heritage & Harrison Repository– Chapter III William & Caroline County.   

823. Time line chart for Dolley Madison connecting her to the Ware family.   The Dolley Madison Project/Overview

826. Military records for James Ware (son of John) James Ware Sr., James Ware Jr., Henry Ware Sr., John Ware, and William Ware.  The American Genealogical Research Institute, Washington D.C., Heritage Press, 1978

827. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society,   Vol. 19, No. 55 Frankfort, Kentucky

844. Short Biography of William Ware, son of James Ware I, by Vicki Ware Cheesman, 2009

850.  Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1666, Nell Marion Nugent, Volume 1, Page 476  (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. III, Page 256)

851.   "Grandma's Book" by Eron M. Sharp, dated 1960

864. The Evolution of Virginia County Boundaries by Ted Gose, December 1999 

867.  The Settlement of Kentucky by Theodore Roosevelt, New York copyright 1889 published by G.P. Putnams’s Sons 

869. Bible records and recorded genealogy of the Bacon family

871. Genealogies of Kentucky Families From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol. II  Compiled by Philip Fall Taylor & his sister Mrs. Jouett Taylor Cannon circa 1940.

872A. Comprehensive Summary of Genealogical Research of Descendants of John Ware by Shirley Stephens Martin & Jack T. Martin copyright 1998

872B. The Northeast Mississippi Historical & Genealogical Society Quarterly © 1996

873. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society,  Vol. 10, No. 30 Frankfort, Kentucky The State Journal Company copyright 1912.

874. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society,   Vol. 19, No. 55 Frankfort, Kentucky 

875. My Mother’s People by Dale Grissom – Info on Nicholas Ware, Edward Ware & Elizabeth Garrett, James Ware & wife Agnes Todd.

877.  James Ware of Christian County, Kentucky/ Thompson Parrish Ware and Sallie Bullus Smith by: Teta Eubank Wagner

878. History of Todd County, Kentucky edited by J. H. Battle, 1884, F.A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884  provided by Vicki Ware Cheesman

879. Stowers and Glascock families, an American Saga: Ancestry of James Evans by Kay Freilich, Ann Fleming, and Rudena K. Mallory. 

891.  Records from the LDS US/CAN Book 929.273

894B Harrison-Payne-Ware Part IV & V from Pittsylvania County, Virginia Heritage 1161-2004  Submitted by Betty Fitzgerald, Raleigh, N.C. Provided courtesy of Vicki Ware Cheesman

898.  The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia by: Maud Carter Clement, J.P. Bell Company, Inc. Lynchburg, VA. 1929

                                    JCW

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