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Ford, Hezekiah (Md). Sergeant 2d Maryland, 10th April, 1777; 2d Lieutenant,
1st September, 1777; 1st Lieutenant, 16th August, 1780; transferred to 1st
Maryland, 1st January, 1781, and served to April, 1783. (Died 16th February,
1833.) Name also spelled Foard.

Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Officers [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Heitman, Francis B..
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of
the Revolution. Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914.

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