George T. Ward of Leon County sat in the Secession Convention at Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 6, 1861 when the committee submitted a Secession Ordinance accompanied by a report in favor of immediate secession; Ward of Leon County, Fla. & Jackson Morton of Santa Rosa County led the opposition in an effort to amend the odinance to defer action until after Georgia & Alabama had seceded; they were overruled and on Jan. 19 the ordinance was passed by a vote of 62 to 7.
At some point in his life, Ward and Alston fought a gun duel just outside Tallahassee, and Ward was hurt but survived; as a high ranking officer in Florida's 2nd Regiment, Ward was later killed in action in the Civil War at the Battle of Williamsburg.
From the description of George T. Ward Secession Broadside, 1860. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 40353536
