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Peter Danford and Sarah Morris married in New Jersey. Moved to
Pennsylvania then to Belmont County Ohio. According to page 218,Belmont
County, Ohio Pioneers, family settled on Patterson Creek Washington County,
PA between 1785 and 1796. From this area his 3 sons, Samuel, William and
Ambrose, came to Washington Twp., Belmont County, Ohio, ca 1797. They
later brought their father and sisters, Sarah and Rebecca to this
township. Peter entered land on Bend Fork, Sec. 23 (in later years owned
by the heirs of his daughter Nancy Grove. From Land Patents, Murietta
Dis't 1806-1810, Range 4, Twp 5, Section 23, NW.
From D.A.R. Roster: Removed from Burlington County N.J., to Patterson
Creek, Washington County, Pa., 1785; then 1797 to Belmont County, Ohio.
Vol. I, Monroe County Genealogy, by Catherine Fedorchak, Page 85.Base
on material taken from charts found in the house of Hiram Danford, and
other sources, including 1850 Census.
Peter Danford: Rev. Soldier, served as a Private from New Jersey in
Holmes Battalion of Militia; buried in the Moore family Cemetary in a
field one-fourth mile from SR. #145, Washington Township, Belmont
County. From the Cemetery Inscription and Pioneer Families on Page 217,
"Moore Cemetery, This cemetery is on a farm off St. Rd 145, back in a
field, on the original Moore farm. It is near Armstrong Mills and
probablyin Washington Twp. Copied April 1961 assisted by Mrs. Alma Gray
and Mrs. F.Clark.
From a Family Group record in the Family History Center in Salt Lake
City, submitted by Martha V. Buchart of Kensington, MD, indicates that
Peterwas on the Cumberland County Tax List 1773-74. I have not been able
to confirmthis. Her data also says Peter Danford, 1739, Salem, New Jersey.
Don't understand discrepancy between Burlington County and Salem. Need to
search Salem.
Excerpted from the History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, published
in 1880 by Historical Publishing County Wheeling WV.
Page 413: " Among the first settlers werethe Danfords, Perkinses, Beans,
Reads, &c. ...The Danfords, perhaps were theearliest permanent
settlers. ...The first member of the family, of whomit is now
possible to get any account, was Peter Danford, who was born in the
state of New jersey, abou the year 1739. Little is known of his early
life. He was a farmer. Was married (at what date it is not known) to a
SarahMorrison, by which marriage he had four children: Samuel, William,
Sarah and Rebecca. After the death of his first wife, he married a Mercy
Ewing, by whom he had one son -Ambrose. His second wife died in 1793. At
an early day, some time between 1785 and 1796, Peter Danford moved with
his family to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he settled on
Patterson creek. From this point his sons, Samuel, William and Ambrose,
came to Belmont County, Ohio, about 1797, and located in Section 4,
Washington township,
where they cleared a piece of ground, built a cabin, and planted some
corn, after which Samuel andWilliam returned to Patterson creek for the
family, leaving Ambrose to take care of the crop and look after the
interest of the new home in the woods. After an absence of several
weeks, the boys returned to their frontier home, bringing with them their
father and sister Sarah, the younger sister, Rebecca having been left at
Patterson creek. She was brought over perhaps, the following year. The
family remained at this place for several years, till the father entered
land on Benfork, in Section 23, now owned by the heirs of his daughter,
nancy Grove. In 1803, Peter Danford married his third wife, a widow,
Margaret DeLancy, by whom he had two children, twin daughters. He died
in 1827. His wife Margaret died in 1835."
Roll 64, Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783 M246. Holmes Battalion of
Militia, Salem County 1778 (72). (It should be noted that Salem County was
created in 1694, and
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