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Isham Alford

Male Abt 1817 - 1888  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Isham Alford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth Abt 1817  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Jun 1888  Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1884, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Marriage 15 Aug 1838  St. Clair County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. William Brittain Alford,   b. 2 Nov 1839, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1863, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     2. Mary Frances A. Alford,   b. 26 Jan 1842, St. Clair County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1921, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     3. Allen Josiah Alford,   b. 27 Feb 1844, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jul 1923, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Burtis Terry Alford, Sr.,   b. 16 Sep 1845, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1901, Geneva, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     5. Infant Son Alford,   b. 5 Nov 1848, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1848, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Louisa Della Alford,   b. 8 Oct 1849, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1900, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     7. Archibald "Baldy" A. Alford,   b. Abt 1849, St. Clair County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Infant Son Alford,   b. 8 Jun 1854, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1854, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     9. Thomas Redden Alford,   b. 18 Mar 1855, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1898, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
     10. Julius Preston Alford,   b. 18 Mar 1858, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1873 (Age 15 years)
     11. Arletha Jennie Alford,   b. 11 Sep 1862, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     12. Wiley E. Alford,   b. 20 Oct 1865, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1884 (Age 19 years)
    Family ID F852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Oct 2008 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1817 - Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Aug 1838 - St. Clair County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jun 1888 - Milam, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S119] Halbert Hackney, Eva Mae--Family Researcher; Notes left to Blanche Toole of Sabine County, Texas.

    2. [S659] Davis, Kathryn Hooper & Ericson, Carolyn Reeves "Shelby County, Texas in the Civil War" c. 1993.

    3. [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).

    4. [S689] Smith, Janice "Known Descendants of Isham Alford and Anne Ferrell (1755 NC - 1832 GA)" http://www.alfordassociation.org/GENEALOGY/ISH755NC.pdf.

    5. [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).