William T. Alford

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Obituary, copied from the FindAGrave memorial created by SFC USA Ret Duffie & Kathy Moore

WILLIAM A. ALFORD
SABINE INDEX
Many, Sabine Parish, LA? 6 September 1940

Funeral rites for William A. (sic) Alford, age 75 years, four months, 23 days, were held Monday at 3 p.m., with interment in the Quirk cemetery, ? funeral directed by the Dennis-Green funeral home. Active pallbearers were: E.M. Patrick, Rolie Patrick, Robert Patrick, H.I. Sanders, Buck Alford and J.W. Maxey.

Surviving: wife, Mrs. Eliza Parrott Alford; two brothers, Curtis Alford of Haughton, John Alford of Many; two sisters, Mrs. Lem Williams of Florien and Mrs. Sid Hendricks of Many.

William married Eliza Mary Parrott on 18 Dec 1890 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Eliza was born on 14 May 1859; died on 9 Oct 1950; was buried in Quirk Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
William Scott shows that he married, on 18 Dec 1890 in Sabine Parish, Eliza Mary PARROT.

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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).

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]

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William Scott and some others show his middle name as Nepucimo.

The History of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (author John Belisle, The Sabine Banner Press, 1912) states that "in 1860 the white population of Sabine Parish numbers about four thousand, and there were less than two thousand slaves. There were few really wealthy people in the parish, and many owned not more than one of two slaves." The owners of six or more in 1861 included John Maximillian.

http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028797707/cu31924028797707_djvu.txt

Madge Lois Tipton Strickland, in a self published article published in a DRT heritage book, stated that it was John Maximillian Jr, and not his father for whom he was named, that was a participant in the Battle of Nacogdoches in 1832.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 7 Sept 1850
225-227
John Maximillian 72 M Farmer 1800 Louisiana
Clary Maximillian 38 F La
226-228
Joseph Maximillian 30 M Farmer 800 La
Martha Maximillian 30 F Tenn
Mary Maximillian 4 La
227-229
Edmund Hilder family
228-230
Martine Bow family
229-231
John Maximillian 37 M Farmer 1000 Tx
Anna Maximillian 24 F La
John Maximillian 10 M Tx
Louisa Maximillian 8 F La
Margaretta Maximillian 8 F La
Joseph Maximillian 6 M La
Ellen Maximillian 5 F La
Anna Maximillian 4 F La
Catharine Maximillian 2 F La
Mary Maximillian 5/12 F La

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, PO Many
Enumerated 5 Jun 1860
16-16
John Maxey 47 M Farmer 2100 510 Tx
Ama Maxey 42 F La
Louisa Maxey 21 F La
Joseph Maxey 16 M F L La
Ellen Maxey 14 F La
C Maxey 12 F La
M Maxey 11 F La
R Maxey 7 F La
T Maxey 4 M La
F Maxey 7/12 F La
17-17
John Maxey Sr 78 M Farmer 2500 600 La
C Maxey 55 F La
18-18
Jo S Maxey 43 M Farmer 1500 300 La
M. Mary Rhodus 14 F La
John Maxey 23 M FL Tx

1870 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward No. 5, PO Many
Enumerated 5 Aug 1870
Page 8
62-62
Maximillian, John 58 M W Farmer 300 475 Tx
Maximillian, Anny/Amy 50 M (sic) W Keeping house La
Maximillian, Anny/Amy L 28 F W At Home La
Maximillian, Catherine 21 F W At home La
Maximillian, Polley 18 F W At home La
Maximillian, Rachard 17 M W Works on farm La
Maximillian, Antonio 16 M W Works on Farm La
Maximillian, Thomas 14 M W Works on Farm La
Maximillian, Frances 11 F W At Home la
63-63
Maximillian, Joseph 26 M W Farmer --- 500 La
Maximillian, Minerva 22 F W Keeping house La
Maximillian, Allice 4 F W La
Maximillian, Elliott 2 M W La

1880 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Fifth Ward
Enumerated 23 Oct 1880
Page 100 SD 2 ED 45 Stamped 232
443-458
Vines, William R W m 32 Farmer La SC NC
Vines, Catherine W F 30 Wf Keeping House La Tx Unk
Vines, George W M 7 Son La La La
Vines, Lee W M 6 Son La La La
Vines, William W M 4 Son La La La
Vines, Elizabeth W F 3 Dt La La La
Vines, Louis W M 2 Son La La La
Vines. Margaret W F ? Dtr La La La
444-459
Maximillian John W M 65 Farmer Tx Mexico Tx
Maximillian Amy W F 32 Dtr Keeping House La Tx Unk
Maximillian, Frances W F 20 Dt At Home La Tx Unk

John married Marie Aimee Christy. Marie was born on 16 Sep 1820 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; died on 21 Feb 1871 in Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown by some researchers as Marie Aimee CHRISTY or Polly CHRISTY. William Scott shows her as a daughter of Remy Jacques CHRISTY and Lolette OFENEAU, born 16 Sept 1820 in Natchitoches and christened 12 Oct 1820 in Immaculate Conception Church, Natchitoches. He further shows that she died 21 Feb 1871 in Zwolle, and was buried in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Zwolle.

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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]

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Kathy Casagranda, in her annotated 1850 census of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, shows him as a son of Maximillian ARZE and Francesa LARENARDIERE.

William Scott, on his "Bill's Roots II" tree posted on RootWeb's WorldConnect Project in August, 2004, shows that Juan/John's parents were Juan DeARZE, born ca 1762 in Algerzia, Spain and Francesca RENAUDIERE, a daughter of Charles RENAUDIERE and Marie Jeanne Del Rio LA RIVIERE of Natchitoches, Louisiana. He shows Juan as being born July 4, 1782 in Natchitoches, and dying in July 1856 in Shelby County, Texas. This date of death is not correct, as Juan and Claire can still be found in Sabine Parish, LA at the time of the 1860 Federal census (unless the census was recorded incorrectly versus that date of death).

Bill's tree can be found here:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:2583124

Juan/John Maximillian's first wife, and mother of his children, is usually shown by his descendants as Anastacia Sims/Simms/Simes. William Scott shows her as Anastacia Sims, a daughter of Richard Sims and Maria Conception Perez, and that she was born ca 1793 in San Augustine and died ca 1827 in Sabine County. An article in the November 15, 1972 Beaumont Enterprise, titled "Tiny Geneva To Take a Place in History" indicates that her maiden name of John Sr.'s wife may have instead been "Larendaudiere (French)...being related to his mother."

He later married a younger woman named Claire, born ca 1810-1812 in Louisiana (census records from 1835, 1850 and 1860). Death date shown as circa 1866 by some.

At the time of the 1835 Sabine District, Texas census, John and his sons were living with his young wife, Clarie, and eight "servants" (slaves), ranging in age from 51 to 1 years of age. (Schluter, 1835 Census, p15).

Said to have participated in the Battle of Nacogdoches on 2 August 1832, "Armed with nothing more than shotguns and various types of hunting weapons, the national militia of Nacogdoches, aided by militias from Ayres, Teneha, Sabine, Bevil, Settlement, and San Augustine, fired the opening guns of the Texas Revolution during the Battle of Nacogdoches on August 2, 1832. Colonel Jose de las Piedras commanded his 300 member Mexican garrison from the Old Red House situated on this site. Piedras lost 47 men, with 40-60 wounded. Victory at the Battle of Nacogdoches enabled people of Texas to organize the Texas Revolution without Mexican military intervention." His name, John Maxmillian, is one of 80 inscribed on the Historical Marker commerating this battle. There were 253 total participants, most of whose identities have been lost. Some descendants show that it was his namesake son, and not John Sr., who actually fought in the battle and is memoralized.

Shown on the 1835 census as having three son, John, Joseph and Antonio. Subsequent census records can be found for John and Joseph, but not for Antonio. However, an
A. Maximillian is listed on the "Louisiana, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865", in the Twenty-sixth Infantry (Event Year 1862. Pub. # M320, Film #338).

John Maximillian Sr was also shown by William Scott to be the father of daughter Marie Louisa, born Feb 1816, and who married Donald McDonald before 1830.

John was said to have "lived about a mile from the Camino Real and his uncle Pefermo reportedly constructed the Chabana Road, which led to the Sabine River. John owned a ranch, which he sold to Mathew Earl. By 1836, John sold all he owned in Texas to Willis H. Landrum for $5,000 and moved to the Bayou Scie area of Sabine Parish. The article about Geneva, referenced above, shows that sale was actually to W. C. Duffield, who later sold it the Walt and Prudence Strother, and this little Spanish Pueblo became known as Geneva. It appears that John and Clara are listed inthe 1860 census for the Parish. This surname again went through a change from 1850 to 1860. After the 1850 census the surname for this family is listed as Maxey. Both cemetery and census records are found with this change." (Kathy Casagranda, Annotated Sabine Parish 1850 Census, 70).

In a biography, written by Madge Lois Tipton Strickland, and published in a Daughters of Republic of Texas publication instead indicated that "he was a native of Austria, but had been visiting his sister, Marie Antoinette, at Versailles, so came from France, and made his home with Juan Ignacio Pifermo at Labonilla Hacienda in Sabine County."

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Census Listings:

1835 Census
Sabine District, Texas
Name Relationship Marital Status Religion Occupation Age
John Maxamilion, [Head], Married, Catholic, Farmer, 50
Clarie, his wife,",",---,25
John, son, Single, Catholic, Farmer, 22
Joseph,",",",---,15
Antonio,son,---,",---,14
John,Servant,Married,[Religion blank],[Occupation blank],51
Judy,wife,Servant,Married,",",35
Manwill,her son,Servant,",",12
Lucarea,her son,Servant,",",10
Frank,her son,Servant,",",9
Susan,her girl,Servant,",",5
Charles,her son,Servant,",",2
George, her son,Servant,",",1

1850 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish
Enumerated 7 Sept 1850
225-227
John Maximillian 72 M Farmer 1800 Louisiana
Clary Maximillian 48 F La
226-228
Joseph Maximillian 30 M Farmer 800 La
Martha Maximillian 30 F Tenn
Mary Maximillian 4 La
227-229
Edmund Hilder family
228-230
Martine Bow family
229-231
John Maximillian 37 M Farmer 1000 Tx
Anna Maximillian 24 F La
John Maximillian 10 M Tx
Louisa Maximillian 8 F La
Margaretta Maximillian 8 F La
Joseph Maximillian 6 M La
Ellen Maximillian 5 F La
Anna Maximillian 4 F La
Catharine Maximillian 2 F La
Mary Maximillian 5/12 F La

1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, PO Many
Enumerated 5 Jun 1860
16-16
John Maxey 47 M Farmer 2100 510 Tx
Ama Maxey 42 F La
Louisa Maxey 21 F La
Joseph Maxey 16 M F L La
Ellen Maxey 14 F La
C Maxey 12 F La
M Maxey 11 F La
R Maxey 7 F La
T Maxey 4 M La
F Maxey 7/12 F La
17-17
John Maxey Sr 78 M Farmer 2500 600 La
C Maxey 55 F La
18-18
Jo S Maxey 43 M Farmer 1500 300 La
M. Mary Rhodus 14 F La
John Maxey 23 M FL Tx (Appears to be nephew, son of his brother older brother John)

Juan married Anastacia "Ana" Sims before 1813. Anastacia was born about 1793 in San Augustine County, Texas; died about 1827 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]