Descendants of John "Old Jack" Acord
1. JOHN "OLD JACK"2 ACORD (OLD JOHN1) was born 1798. He married NANCY HARPER.
Notes for JOHN "OLD JACK" ACORD:
Old Jack settled on the head of Allen Creek in Raleigh County.
He was a great hunter, some say he died at 104, others 107, and
before he died he told a Mr Lane that he was 110 years old. It
is said that he once left his family and was gone for 3 years,
leaving his family to struggle along as best they could. Returning
home unexpectedly, he found geese in the cornfield. He announced
his arrival by cursing and storming in on the family commanding
them ro go and put the geese out of the corn, saying "my
back cant be turned a minute without everything going to rack
and ruin'.
He was listed in the Slab Fork District in 1880, where he also
listed his parents as being from Pennsylvania (again the typist
cautions folks that based upon previous findings of mixing the
two, this might be Pittsylvania County VA instead,)
Children of JOHN ACORD and NANCY HARPER are:
2. i. BEN HENDERSON3 ACORD, b. June 1824;
d. 1913.
3. ii. ROBERT ACORD, b. June 26, 1828,
Bolt Raleigh County WV; d. 1930.
4. iii. WILLIAM FLOYD ACORD, b. March
1833.
5. iv. HIRAM PATTERSON ACORD, b. 1844.
6. v. NICATIE ACORD, b. Abt. 1836.
7. vi. KATHERINE ACORD, b. 1839,
Fayette County WV.
8. vii. MATTIE ACORD, b. 1841.
9. viii. ZUR ACORD, b. Abt. 1830.