Some of the Descendants of John Alford ca1801 North Carolina Alford American Family Association computer designation JOH801NC Revised May 2013 Generation One 1. John1 Alford #1, born Betw. 1790-1800 in North Carolina, died Betw. 1833-1840 in Pickens Co. Alabama. He married John's Wife's Name Unknown. #2, born betw.1790 - 1800 in North Carolina, died betw.1833 - 1840 in Pickens Co. Alabama. Burial place is unknown. -Aunt Manza Tingle of Neshoba Co. Mississippi, daughter of John Madison Alford, said his brothers were George, Julius, and Duke; said their father was named John (but called Jack, as was son John Madison); and said the children were orphaned and parceled out to relatives. [Letters dated 1967 and 1983 from the late Herman Alford AAFA member #68 (grandson of John Madison) who thought the original John had lived near Carrollton in Pickens County, Alabama.] - The eldest brother George Washington Alford died intestate Sept. 19, 1878 in Noxubee Co. Mississippi apparently having never married. His probate (Chancery Case 803) provides the only legal evidence connecting the brothers and reveals sisters Adeline and Frances. A further petition in 1885 (Chancery Case 1160) by John Madison Alford, Julius C. Alford, and Frances Alexander located their brother Julius C. in Hempstead Co. Arkansas. That suit plus CSA pension application 2881 for Julius C. Alford and the widow’s pension application 3771 (both in Winn Parish, Louisiana) assured us that we had the correct Julius C. - Now Y-DNA test results from one descendant of Julius C., one descendant of Marmaduke, and five descendants of John Madison (including 2 generations) confirm our research. - The John Alford family in the 1830 census of Pickens Co. Alabama p. 133 fits known facts and cannot be located as one unit in subsequent censuses: 1 male under 4 [John Madison], 2 males age 5-9 [unknown son and Julius C.], 1 male age 15-19 [George Washington], 1 male age 30-39 [John]; 1 female under age 4 [Frances], 1 female age 5-9 [Adeline], and 1 female age 30-39 [assumed to be John’s wife]. Marmaduke will be born ca1833. In all subsequent censuses, the children say both parents were born in North Carolina. - Pickens County was very unhealthy in those days. County history said yearly epidemics sometimes wiped out whole families; those who survived usually moved on. It is thought that John, his wife, and the son born between 1820 and 1825 died during one of these epidemics. That son is not mentioned in the 1878 probate. Judging by the birth spaces of the other children and subsequent births of twins through all the known descending lines, it is possible that this son was a twin either to Adeline or to Julius C. - Pickens County is a “burned” county of courthouse records destroyed in fires in 1864 and 1876. The probate judge has marriage, probate and land records from 1876 forward [Everton’s Handy Book for Genealogists]. There is a ledger of United States Land Grants in Pickens County re-created by D. D. Patton in 1909 that he compared with the tract book in the United States Land Office in Montgomery, Alabama. The only Alford patent is on page 559 to Green Alford in Township 24 Range 1 West, Section 19, South quarter of Northwest quarter, 40 acres, sold August 27, 1832, Certificate 8043. The land entry file contained no genealogical information. This property is near the Sipsey River boundary with Greene County Alabama and near the Old Bethany Church and Cemetery. This might have been John’s property before he died? So far there is no known relation to this Green Alford who was enumerated twice in 1830 in Greene County, once in 1840 in Pickens County, and apparently died before 1850? - Fragments of two mortgages were found for John Alford of Pickens County next door in Greene County. [Greene County courthouse escaped damage by the Yankees in 1864 because the surrounding rivers were at floodstage when they came by.] Deed Book C (from Feb. 1828 to Nov. 1829) #142 indebted to M. Lewis on Mar. 3, 1828, and #l43 indebted to T. Riddle, signed John Alford. - Because of its fragile condition, this old original and valuable Deed Book C is kept in a drawer in the clerk’s office, instead of being on a shelf with the other ledgers. 1 - The identity of the other John Alford [John Alford 180l Georgia] known to be in Pickens County at this same time is further separated from our John by a mortgage in Greene County Deed Book C #225 dated Aug. 30, 1828, to Wm. M. Lewis, signed John W. Alford. This John William Alford married Leanna Roden and moved on to Carroll County Mississippi after 1830 where he died before 1860. - According to Milton Folds (husband of the late Roberta Alford Folds AAFA member #49) at the AAFA meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina, there was a lot of movement of families across state lines to and from Georgia during this early period. That may explain the Georgia births of Adeline and John Madison while Julius C. says he was born in Pickens County Alabama. Children: 2 i. George Washington2 Alford #4, born Aug 10 1818 in North Carolina, died Sep 19 1878 in Noxubee Co., MS, buried in Deerbrook Cem., Noxubee Co. MS. [death notice & tombstone inscription] 1840 census – age 22 – unable to locate – might be in Florida? 1850 Lowndes Co. MS Sept. 20, p. 68 282/282 – age 30 NC woodworker 1850 Franklin Co. AL Dec. 24, p. 217 648/648 – age 35 TN stagedriver 1860 Young Co. TX Fort Belknap June 22, sheet 2 14/14 – age 42 AL stagedriver for Overland Mail Co. 1860 Jack Co. TX Jackboro, July 19, sheet 98 680/688 – age 39 NC stagedriver 1862 Sept. 8, Macon, MS – enlisted in Company G, 1st Mississippi Cavalry CSA; in as a Private – out as a Sergeant; captured Dec. 25, 1864 at Pulaski, Tennessee; hospitalized at Nashville, Tennessee; imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio; and paroled May 16, 1865. 1870 Noxubee Co. MS Twp 16, sheet 28 241/238 – age 49 NC brickmaker 1878 Sept. 21 – The Macon Beacon, p. 3 – “G. W. Alford, an esteemed [citizen?] living with Dr. E. Deupree [in?] Deer Brook in this county [died?] very suddenly last Thursday [of?] Apoplexy. He had attended [Bethel?] Church near Cliftonville in [the?] morning and laid down on a [sofa?] to rest himself when he was severely attacked and died before medical aid could reach him.” [Bound originals of the newspaper located in County Clerk’s office, Noxubee Co. courthouse, Macon, MS. Bracketed words were in the “ditch” of the binding.] “Mr. Alford bored the first ones [water wells] at Deerbrook.” The water supply had been a problem for early settlers. [Noxubee Co. Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin No. 10, June 1979; “Deerbrook, Noxubee County, Mississippi” by W. D. Bell] “George N. Ladd and George Alford also deserved mention, for they were real benefactors to Deerbrook and Noxubee County...Mr. Alford built a ginhouse, old fashioned cotton presses, barns and stables for the benefit of the people. After the War he operated a grist mill at Deerbrook and supplied the people for miles around. He served in the War with the infantry in Florida, and later with Co. C., First Mississippi Cavalry. He was wounded and imprisoned until the close of the War” [Noxubee Co. Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin No. 16, December 1980; “The Story of Early Deerbrook (from an account written by the late Dale Bell)] [Noxubee County Library, Macon, MS] + 3 ii. Armenia "Adeline" Alford #541 born ca1820 in Georgia. 4 iii. ?Twin? son Alford #11, born Betw 1820-25 in Georgia or Alabama, died Betw 1830-40 in Pickens Co. AL. + 5 iv. Julius Caesar Alford #5 born Jan 01 1823 in Alabama. + 6 v. John Madison Alford #3 born Aug 07 1826 in Georgia. + 7 vi. Frances S. Alford #539 born April 1830 in Alabama. + 8 vii. Marmaduke "Duke" Alford #6 born ca1833 probably Alabama. Generation Two 3. Armenia "Adeline"2 Alford #541, (John1) born ca1820 in Georgia, died June 1859 in 2 Simpson Co. MS. She married (1) Thomas Sims #542, married Mar 15 1836 in Lowndes Co. MS (Book 2 p.17), born betw. 1811-20, died abt 1842-44 in Mississippi. She married (2) David Goodman #543, married Sep 29 1844 in Lauderdale Co. MS, born ca1813 in Laurens Co. SC, (son of Samuel Goodman, Sr. #2811 and Mary/Martha? Gillam #2812) died aft.1860. 1840 Noxubee Co. MS, p.8/97 – Thomas Sims age 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 male 10-14 (?John Madison Alford?), 1 female 0-4, 1 female 20-29 (Adeline), and 6 slaves. 1841 Feb. 27 – Thomas Sims of Noxubee Co. MS received patent (Certificate #6460) for 79.67 acres in Noxubee Co. MS. 1850 Newton Co. MS, p. 173 264/264 – David Goodman 52 SC farmer, Adeline 28 GA, Emanuel 12 AL [last name should be Sims], David 6 MS, George 4 MS, and Gillam 2 MS. 1855, Sept. 21 – David Goodman purchased 47 acres in Simpson Co. MS southeast quarter of northeast quarter of Section 4, Township 10 North, Range 19 west @ 12 & half cent per acre from the Land Office at Jackson. 1859, Mar. 1 – Patent certificate #32976 for the above land issued and signed by James Buchanan, President. 1860 Simpson Co. MS MORTALITY SCHEDULE [Note: This enumerator also listed the informant of each death.] Adaline A. Goodman, age 40 female married, born in Georgia, died in June [1859] of cramp colic after an illness of 10 days.