William Theodore Alford

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 9 Jun 1860
Page 1
5-5
W. J. Alford 28 M Farmer La
Margaret Alford 19 F La
Martha Alford 1 F La
Mary Maxamillon 15 F Tx
Nancy Maxamillon 13 F Tx
Joseph Hull 49 M Farm Laborer La

1870 Census
Lousiana, Sabine Parish, Ward No. Three (3) PO Many
Enumerated 31 Aug 1870
Page 17 Stamped 331
130-130
Alford, Wm. T. 40 M W Farmer 240 370 La
Alford, Margaret 27 F W Keeping House La
Alford, Martha 10 F W At Home La
Alford, John W 8 M W At Home La
Alford, Needham J 6 M W At Home La
Alford, William T 4 M W Tx
Alford, Elizabeth 2 F W Tx

1880 Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace O
ccupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William ALFORD Self M Male W 49 LA Farmer GA MS
Margarett ALFORD Wife M Female W 39 LA Keeping House LA LA
Martha ALFORD Dau S Female W 20 LA At School LA LA
John W. ALFORD Son S Male W 18 LA Laborer LA LA
Nedam J. ALFORD Son S Male W 16 LA Laborer LA LA
William T. ALFORD Son S Male W 14 TX Laborer LA LA
Elizabeth ALFORD Dau S Female W 12 TX At Home LA LA
Sumantha ALFORD Dau S Female W 10 LA LA LA
Cansadia ALFORD Dau S Female W 8 LA LA LA
Letha ALFORD Dau S Female W 4 LA LA LA
Source Information:
Census Place Negreet, Sabine, Louisiana
Family History Library Film 1254467 NA Film Number T9-0467
Page Number 251D

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward (3) Three, Negreet
Enumerated 30 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 90 Sheets 14B and 15A
242-248
Alford, William Head W M 1832 68 M 42 La Ga Miss Farmer
Alford, Margaret Wf W F 1841 59 M 42 5/5 (sic) La La La
Alford, Samantha Dtr W F Sept 1874 25 S La La La
Alford, Leatha Dtr W F Oct 1876 23 S La La La
Alford, Sarah Dtr W F March 1877 22 S La La La
Alford, Ollie Dtr W F 1884 16 S La La La
Alford, Curtis Son W M 1996 14 S La La La Farm Laborer

William married Margaret Maximillian on 29 Dec 1857 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Margaret (daughter of John "Juan" Maximillian, Jr. and Marie Aimee Christy) was born on 3 Mar 1841 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 15 Nov 1903 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Louisiana Marriage Records, 1851-1900
William T. Alford Margaret Maxamillian 29 Dec 1857 Sabi (sic) Parish, Louisiana

They had at least 10 children that were born in raised in the parish. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, p 94).

1. Martha "Dink" Alford was born on 3 Jun 1859 in Louisiana; died on 24 Aug 1897; was buried in Quirk Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
2. John Waddle Alford was born on 4 Dec 1860 in Louisiana; died on 18 Apr 1941 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
3. Needham J. Alford was born on 5 Mar 1863 in Louisiana; died on 27 Aug 1923; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
4. William T. Alford was born on 8 Apr 1865 in Louisiana; died on 1 Sep 1940; was buried in Quirk Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
5. Elizabeth "Betty" Alford was born on 23 Jun 1867 in Louisiana; died on 19 Jun 1921 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
6. Samantha Alford was born on 25 Sep 1870 in Louisiana; died on 14 Mar 1940 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
7. Cansada Alford was born on 7 Mar 1873 in Louisiana; died on 19 Oct 1903; was buried in Quirk Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
8. Lethia Alford was born about 1876 in Louisiana; and died.
9. Sarah "Sallie" Alford was born between Mar 1877 and 1881 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died.
10. Riley Curtis Alford was born on 3 Oct 1880 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 30 Mar 1977 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
11. Ollie Alford was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Mar 1948 in Florien, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Notes:

According to "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, Needham Judge Alford was a pioneer Methodist Preacher and was preaching the gospel in East Texas as early as 1832, while living in Sabine Parish, Louisiana and was a member of Jackson Lodge at Milam, Texas. He was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Alford. Kathy Casagranda's 1850 Sabine Parish census is more specific, citing his parents as Jacob Alford and Elizabeth Bryant Alford of Warren County, North Carolina, and notes the family can be traced back to the Alford's of New Kent County, Virginia. He was listed as being elected to the board of the first parish administrators of public schools in 1843.

In the spring of 1832, Needham Alford and Sumner Bacon, a Cumberland Presbyterian, held a 2-day meeting in Sabine County, near the town of Milam; meetings had been forbidden by the Mexican officials and there was other opposition. Just before the meeting began, a person appeared on the grounds declaring he would horsewhip the first preacher who entered the stand. Alford arrived and someone repeated the threat to him. "Well," he said, "I am as able to take a whipping as any man on this ground." He was muscular, strongly built and a stranger to fear who had gone by the name of "Bulldog Preacher" in Louisiana. The antagonist looked for a moment at the brawny arm of Alford stretched out at full length over the buckboard and quietly retired. He was commended to the Texans by letter from the Presiding Elder of the San Augustine District Texas Conference as he travelled through Texas (Rep. TX, Sabine July 5, 1848).

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Needham married Martha Waddell on 18 Feb 1815 in Franklin County, Mississippi. Martha (daughter of John Waddell and Sarah ???) was born about 1798 in South Carolina; died on 7 Nov 1876 in Limestone County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Allen Weeks Methvin notes that "Jacob Alford was probably born in Bute County, North Carolina. After some reorganization of counties, he lived in Franklin County and later moved to Cumberland County, where he was enumerated in 1790. Before 1795 he moved to Montgomery County, Georgia, where tax and land records show he lived until about 1806. By 1807 he was in Louisiana where his twin sons were born. Louisiana land records prove that he had settled on land in what was to become Washington Parish by December 1807. He was given headrights on 641.32 acres in what was to become Sec. 54 with the north boundary on what was to become the state line and the eastern boundary on the Bogue Chitto River. His father willed to him "the land and plantation whereon I now live lying on both sides Tarr River together with six cows and calves, six sows and pigs and one Breading (sic) mare to him and his heirs forever."

Jacob married Elizabeth Bryant about 1785 in North Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 20 Jun 1765; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah ??? before 1798. Sarah was born before 1768; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abel married Rachel Standard in Darlington District, South Carolina. Rachel was born before 1739; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]