Confederate Officers from Ohio County

James S. Morton was born 24 May 1824 in Hartford, KY, and died xx 1917 in Hartford, KY.  He was a physician.  During the Civil War he served with the Confederate Army, first with the 9^th KY Vol Infantry, then under Capt. W. J. Taylor’s 1^st Ky Cavalry.  Dr. Morton never married.

James Frank Scott, born 11 Nov 1832 and died 21 May 1915; married (1^st) Lucretia Ellen Duncan, (2^nd) Mary Alice Younger.

James W. Ford, born 25 Jan 1842, died 17 May 1927. A member of he family for which Fordsville was named. Served with the Confederate Army in the famous Orphan Brigade. Married Abbie Rowan. Became a bank president after the Civil War.