John Waddell Alford: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

1.	John Waddell Alford was born on 15 Nov 1842 in Louisiana (son of Needham Judge Alford and Martha Waddell); died on 17 Jul 1863 in Creek Nation, Indian Territory. Notes: Billy Polk notes that he died in the Battle of Elk Creek in the service of the Confederate Army.

Generation: 2

Needham Judge Alford was born on 12 Jul 1789 in North Carolina (son of Jacob Alford and Elizabeth Bryant); died on 19 Sep 1869 in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas; was buried in Horton Hill Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas.

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]

Martha Waddell was born about 1798 in South Carolina (daughter of John Waddell and Sarah ???); died on 7 Nov 1876 in Limestone County, Texas.

Children:

Samantha Alford was born on 5 Feb 1818 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died after 1849 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Thomas Seabourn Alford was born on 1 Feb 1821 in Louisiana; died on 26 Jan 1873 in Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas.
Elizabeth Bryant Alford was born on 16 Sep 1823 in Louisiana; died on 30 Apr 1889.
Rev. Needham Bryant Alford was born on 30 Jul 1826 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died on 7 Apr 1908 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
Jesse Powell Alford was born on 20 Dec 1828 in Louisiana; died on 2 Aug 1890.
William Theodore Alford was born on 25 Feb 1832 in Louisiana; died on 8 Jul 1905 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Jacob L. Alford was born on 25 Dec 1834 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died on 22 Mar 1884 in Finis, Jack County, Texas.
Noel Waddell Alford was born on 25 Dec 1838 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died on 7 Aug 1915 in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas.
1. John Waddell Alford was born on 15 Nov 1842 in Louisiana; died on 17 Jul 1863 in Creek Nation, Indian Territory.

Generation: 3

Jacob Alford was born on 15 Aug 1761 in Bute County, North Carolina; died on 16 Jul 1824 in Washington Parish, Louisiana.

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]

Elizabeth Bryant was born on 20 Jun 1765; and died.

Children:

Jacob Alford, Jr. was born about 1788 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; and died.
2. Needham Judge Alford was born on 12 Jul 1789 in North Carolina; died on 19 Sep 1869 in Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas; was buried in Horton Hill Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas.
Sarah Alford was born about 1791; and died.

6.	John Waddell was born before 1759 in Louisiana (son of Abel Waddell and Rachel Standard); and died. John married Sarah ??? before 1798. Sarah was born before 1768; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah ??? was born before 1768; and died.

Children:

3. Martha Waddell was born about 1798 in South Carolina; died on 7 Nov 1876 in Limestone County, Texas.
Elizabeth Waddell was born about 1803 in South Carolina; and died.

Generation: 4

12. Abel Waddell was born before 1739; and died.
Abel married Rachel Standard in Darlington District, South Carolina. Rachel was born before 1739; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13.
Rachel Standard was born before 1739; and died.
Children:

6. John Waddell was born before 1759 in Louisiana; and died.