Known Descendants of John Alford b. ca 1801 NC - Alford American ...

th1862, March 23 – enlisted at New Orleans as Pvt. Co. C of 27 Louisiana Infantry CSA; enduredthe siege of Vicksburg, MS through the surrender on July 4, 1863; signed his parole on July 7 (original signed copyfound with his military papers on Fold 3 [ http://www.fold3.com ] ); walked home, packed up his family, andcrossed the Sabine River into Texas.1870 July 9, San Augustine Co. TX, San Augustine P. O., sheet 59 209/209 – M. Alford 37 NCfarming, Isabella 23 TX, Francy 12 (female) LA, Martha 10 TX, Julus 4 LA, Mary 3 TX, Alcey 10/12 TX (female?)born in August.1870 October 4, Nacogdoches Co. TX, Melrose P.O., sheet 36-37, 282/287 – Marland Alfred 34MS farmer, Isabella 27 MS, Francis 11 (female) LA, Martha J. 9 TX, Julius 6 TX, Mary 4 TX, Alsey E. 1 (female)TX.1880 cannot be found as one family unit.- According to Douglas Alford AAFA #204 and Hollis & Arliene Ferguson Alford AAFA #196 (alldeceased), the family lore is that Duke went back for some reason and was never heard from again. But theymust have had some word, because son Julius is enumerated as an orphan in the 1880 census of Panola Co. TX .Also Duke is not named in the 1885 petition by JMA, JCA, and Frances.[UNPROVED theory of Peggy Alford Schuster: That his sister Frances got word to him about the1878 inheritance, and after Annie Bell died, Duke rode a horse to Noxubee Co. MS to collect. Hewould have known about the Natchez Trace, a well-worn trail easy to follow. On the way back homeperhaps he was accosted, robbed, and murdered by some highwaymen (as they were called). Thispossibility was suggested by the librarian at the East Baton Rouge Library after reading my timeline forDuke. She brought out an old worn book entitled Nightriders, Inside Story of the West and KimbrellClan, by Richard Briley, III, originally published in 1963 by Mid-South Publishing Company,republished in a limited printing as a community service and to advance interest in Central Louisianahistorical events; 1992 Dogwood Press, Woodville, Texas. This outlaw clan had operated along theNatchez Trace and hidden the bodies in water wells and other places along the way.]If still alive, their orphaned children would be Frances age 21 (of marriageable age), Martha J. age 19(of marriageable age), Julius age 16, Mary age 14, and Alsey E. age 11. These were the only names appearingin the census. However, the family has always claimed a daughter named Addie whose tombstone shows a birthyear of 1862. Addie could be a nickname for Adeline or Ada. It may be that Duke named his first daughter forthe two sisters he remembered---Frances Adeline---and that Frances preferred the second name Addie when shegot married??? I have found no trace of Frances as such after 1870 and no trace of Addie before 1880. It is mycontention that Frances and Addie are the same person---the first-born daughter of Marmaduke and Isabella“Annie Bell” Alford and that she and her first husband John Jernigan have the orphaned Julius living with themin the 1880 census of Panola Co. TX and that the enumerator heard “Mattie” instead of “Addie”.The orphans may have lost track of their birthdays---explaining the wrong date on tombstone for Addie.Roy Alford AAFA #208 related this memory from family lore: That Julius did not know when his birthday was,so his wife Melissa gave him October 7, 1864.Children:+ 44 i. Frances "Addie" 3 Alford #38 born Aug 06 1859.45 ii. Martha J. Alford #37, born ca1861 in Sabine Par. LA, died ca1888 in Texas.She married James W. Chenoweth #40, married Sep 19 1880 in Panola Co. TX.+ 46 iii. Julius Caesar "J.C." Alford #35 born Oct 07 1864.47 iv. Mary "Mollie" Alford #34, born ca1866 in Texas.48 v. Alsey E. Alford #683, born Aug 1869 in Texas.Generation Three11. David 3 Goodman #2278, (Armenia "Adeline" 2 Alford, John 1) born Feb 21 1844 inMississippi, died May 06 1908 in Bower, Pittsburg Co. OK, buried in Bower Cem., Pittsburg6