Isham Alford

Abt 1817 - 1888  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Isham Alford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1817	Georgia   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jun 1888	Milam, Sabine County, Texas   [3]
  Notes	Paulette Gilchrist shows him as a son of Archibald and Elizabeth ALFORD of North Carolina, and as born in Tennessee. Other sources, most notably the Family Descendancy Report titled "Known Descendants of Isham Alford & Anne Ferrell (1755 NC - 1832 GA)" which can be found onloine here: http://www.alfordassociation.org/GENEALOGY/ISH755NC.pdf These other sources instead have him listed as a son of Baldy Alford and grandson of Isham Alford and Anne Ferrell. This website is maintained by Janice Smith, a descendant. She states that Isham and Sylvia Anne Alford moved their family from St. Clair County, Alabama to Texas in 1854. They went to Texas crossing the Sabine River near Milam. They traveled across the Old San Antonio Road to what was then Washington County and settle at a little village called Evergreem about 12 miles from Giddings, now in Lee County, Sometime before 1860, Isham and Sylvia sold their land and moved their family to Sabine County in the piney woods of East Texas. Janice showsn that he was born ca 1815 in Georgia. (Research): Census Listings: 1860 Census Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No. 4, PO Milam Enumerated 30 Jun 1860 Page 24 Stamped 330 178-178 Isham Alford 43 M Farmer 1500 1815 Ga Anna Alford 34 F Ala Frances Alford 18 F Ala Allen Alford 16 M Ala Bertis Alford 14 M Ala Baldy Alford 11 M Ala Lousia Alford 9 F Ala Thomas Alford 5 M Ala Julias Alford 3 M Tx 179-179 Eaton and Julia RC Washham 180-180 W. B. Alford 20 M Farmer 150 200 Ala Arletha L Alford 22 F Ala Ausborn Alford 9/12 M Tx
  Person ID	I6225	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Sylvia Ann Hodges,   b. Abt 1822, St. Clair County, Alabama d. 8 Nov 1884, Milam, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	15 Aug 1838	St. Clair County, Alabama   [3]
  Children	1. William Brittain Alford,   b. 2 Nov 1839, Alabama d. 13 Jan 1863, Louisiana (Age 23 years)   2. Mary Frances A. Alford,   b. 26 Jan 1842, St. Clair County, Alabama d. 7 Jan 1921, Center, Shelby County, Texas (Age 78 years)   3. Allen Josiah Alford,   b. 27 Feb 1844, Alabama d. 23 Jul 1923, Shelby County, Texas (Age 79 years)   4. Burtis Terry Alford, Sr.,   b. 16 Sep 1845, Alabama d. 13 Apr 1901, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas (Age 55 years)   5. Infant Son Alford,   b. 5 Nov 1848, Alabama d. 13 Nov 1848, Alabama (Age 0 years)   6. Louisa Della Alford,   b. 8 Oct 1849, Alabama d. 19 Nov 1900, Texas (Age 51 years)   7. Archibald "Baldy" A. Alford,   b. Abt 1849, St. Clair County, Alabama d. Yes, date unknown   8. Infant Son Alford,   b. 8 Jun 1854, Alabama d. 9 Jun 1854, Alabama (Age 0 years)   9. Thomas Redden Alford,   b. 18 Mar 1855, Alabama d. 27 Nov 1898, Sabine County, Texas (Age 43 years)   10. Julius Preston Alford,   b. 18 Mar 1858, Alabama d. 7 May 1873 (Age 15 years)   11. Arletha Jennie Alford,   b. 11 Sep 1862, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   12. Wiley E. Alford,   b. 20 Oct 1865, Texas d. 15 Nov 1884 (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2008

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1817 - Georgia Marriage - 15 Aug 1838 - St. Clair County, Alabama Death - 7 Jun 1888 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S119] Halbert Hackney, Eva Mae--Family Researcher; Notes left to Blanche Toole of Sabine County, Texas. [S659] Davis, Kathryn Hooper & Ericson, Carolyn Reeves "Shelby County, Texas in the Civil War" c. 1993. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Gilchrist, Paulette (pgilchr@gmail.com) "St. Clair Tree s & Branches" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm. cgi?db=pgilchr11) Ver. 2008-08-02 18:09:17 (Reliability: 3). [S689] Smith, Janice "Known Descendants of Isham Alford and Anne Ferrell (1755 NC - 1832 GA)" http://www.alfordassociation.org/GENEALOGY/ISH755NC.pdf. [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No. 4, PO Milam Enumerated 30 Jun 1860 Page 24 Stamped 330 178-178 (Reliability: 3).