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Family Group Record 0050
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Husband's Name David Alford
Born: 1785 Place: Virginia
Died: 1860 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: Place:
Father: Robert Alford
Mother: Susanna .......
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Wife's Name Mary (Polly) Ann Orrick
Born: 1790 Place: South Carolina
Died: Place:
Father:
Mother:
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Children 6 children identified
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1. Sex Name
F Levica Alford
Born: 1808 Place:
Died: 1881 Place: Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Married: 25 May 1823 Place: Morgan County, Alabama (A-34)
Spouse: Joseph Haney (divorced)
Married: 28 Dec 1831 Place: Morgan County, Alabama (A-200)
Spouse: Abner Newton Henderson
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2. Sex Name
M John N. Alford
Born: Place: Madison County, Alabama
Died: Place:
Married: 25 Aug 1831 Place: Morgan County, Alabama (A-195)
Spouse: Malinda Lamascus
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David Alford (War of 1812 Service) 1813-1815
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3. Sex Name
M William H. Alford
Born: Place: Madison County, Alabama
Died: Place:
Married: 12 Oct 1832 Place: Morgan County, Alabama (A-214)
Spouse: Mary Lamascus
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4. Sex Name
M Madison Ewing Alford
Born: 13 Dec 1815 Place: Madison County, Alabama
Died: 26 Aug 1876 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 02 Oct 1833 Place: Blount County, Alabama (B-131)
Spouse: Nancy Jane Orrick
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Cotaco County, Alabama formed February 6, 1818 and name changed to Morgan
County on June 14, 1821
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5. Sex Name
F Nancy Alford
Born: 13 May 1820 Place: Cotaco (Morgan) County, Alabama
Died: 22 Jul 1886 Place: Clark County, Arkansas
Married: 26 Jul 1841 Place: Morgan County, Alabama (A-400)
Spouse: Joseph McMenis
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6. Sex Name
M David Winston Alford
Born: Place: Morgan County, Alabama
Died: 04 May 1864 Place: Pike County, Arkansas
Married: 04 Jan 1842 Place: Monroe County, Arkansas
Spouse: Mary Ann McMenis
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Additional children
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Sources of Information: Morgan County, Alabama Marriage Certificate 233,
Joseph Haney and Lavisa Alford; Morgan County, Alabama Marriage Book A,
page 34, 200, 214, 400; Marriages of Morgan County, Alabama 1818-1896,
Elbert J. Minter, 1986, page 3; Blount County, Alabama Marriage Record
Volume B, 1830-1838, page 131; Census Records: Morgan County, Alabama 1830,
1840; Pike County, Arkansas 1850; Pauline Jones Gandrud, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama correspondence with David Kelley (15 Mar 1979). Descendants of
Robert Alford, An Arkansas Connection, internet page, Morris Meyers (24
Jan 2000).
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Power of Attorney. Know all men by these presents: I, David Alford, of
Madison County, M.T. (Mississippi Territory), for good causes and
considerations have this day constituted and appointed Braham & Atwood of
the County & Territory, aforesaid, my true and Lawful attorneys for me &
in my name, but for their use to receive of the district Paymaster, my
pay as a mounted Volunteer in Capt. Fleming Hodges Company for six months
as per my discharge in Genl. John Coffee's Brigade, hereby ratifying &
confirming whatever my said attorneys may do, as full as if I was
personally present. Witness my hand and seal this 19th January, 1816.
(Signed) David Alford. Attest: Geo. Dilworth, J.P. Military Service (NNCC)
Records, National Archives, GSA, Washington, D.C. (23 Jan 1979).
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No. 1528. Huntsville. Patent dated 20 Octob. 1823. Rec'd Vol. 4, P. 26.
Rec'd in Georgia Bills $99.72. Land Office At Huntsville, A. 12 day of
March 1823. No. 1528. It is Hereby Certified, That in pursuance of law,
David Alford of Morgan (County) A. on this day purchased of the Register of
the Land Office at Huntsville, A. the Lot or West 1/2 North East 1/4
Section No. 11 in Township No. 7 of Range No. 5 West containing 79.78 acres
at the rate of one dollar and 25 cents per acre, amounting to $99.72/100
for which Lot or W. 1/2 NE 1/4 Section the said David Alford having made
payment in full, as required by law: Now, therefore, be it known, that on
presentation of this Certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, the said David Alford shall be entitled to receive a Patent for the
lot or W. 1/2 Nor. E 1/4 Section above described. (Signed) B.S. Pope,
Register of the Land Office. No. 1528. Receiver's Office, Huntsville, Mar.
12th 1823. Received from David Alford of Morgan (County) A. the sum of
Ninety Nine 72/100 Dollars being in full for W. 1/2 Nor. East 1/4 of
section No. 11, township No. 7, range No. 5 W. containing 79.78 acres at
the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Cash, $99.72.
(Signed) Obediah Jones, Receiver. Huntsville Land Office (Records), Cash
Entry 1528, Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland (1991).
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No. 233. The State of Alabama. Morgan County. To any of the Judges of said
State, any Justice of the Peace of said County, or any other person
legally authorized: These are to authorize you or either of you, to
solemnize the rites of Matrimony between Joseph Haney and Lavisa Alford of
said County, agreeably to the Statute in such case made and provided.
Given at the office of the Clerk of the County Court of said County, this
12th day of May 1823. (Signed) Thos. M. Elderry, Clerk, C.C. Solemnized on
the 25 day of May 1823 by Jo. Smith, J.P. (Original License & Certificate,
Morgan County, Alabama). "I Bobby Day, Judge of Probate, hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the record of a certain
Instrument as the same appears of record in this office, this Aug. 20,
1986." (Signed) Bobby Day, Judge of Probate, Morgan County, Alabama.
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Morgan County, Alabama Census 1830
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Head of Household Males Females
Page 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50 60
14 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59 69
Thomas Lamascus 1 1 1 1
James Lamascus 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
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Head of Household Males Females
Page 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50 60
25 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59 69
David Alford 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
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... to return to the early route now called the "Danville road" running
southwest from Decatur, the prong which forked southward at Neel ran to
what was then known as Houston's Store and this route is shown on the early
maps. Houston's Store was the first name for the post office at what was
later called "Danville" ... and it is worth noting that David Alford's
place is shown on this road on the La Tourette map (1837) ... The Alford
place was located about three miles east of present Stroup's Crossroads ...
A History of Morgan County, Alabama, John Knox, (Decatur, Alabama): Decatur
Printing Co., Inc., 1967, page 39.
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Morgan County, Alabama Census 1840
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Head of Household Males Females
00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50 00 05 10 15 20 30 40 50
04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59 04 09 14 19 29 39 49 59
David Alford 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Pike County, Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Antoine Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 30th day of October, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
15-15 Joseph McMenis 29 m Farmer Tennessee
Nancy McMenis 29 f Alabama
David W. McMenis 7 m Alabama
William M. McMenis 6 m Arkansas
Mary A. McMenis 3 f Arkansas
David Alford 65 m Farmer Virginia
Polly Alford 60 f South Carolina
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 11th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
173-173 David Henderson 25 m Farmer Alabama
Elizabeth Henderson 21 f Alabama
Martin Henderson 5 mo m Arkansas
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas enumerated by me, on the 13th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
181-181 Abner Henderson 51 m Farmer North Carolina
Levisa Henderson 42 f Virginia
John Henderson 15 m Alabama
William Henderson 14 m Alabama
Abner Henderson 11 m Alabama
Jackson Henderson 6 m Arkansas *
Martha Henderson 10 f Alabama *
Mary Henderson 2 f Arkansas
Jane Phineter 34 f Virginia
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Schedule 1. Free inhabitants in Thompson Township in the County of Pike,
State of Arkansas eumerated by me, on the 16th day of November, 1850.
William H. Preston, Ass't Marshal.
202-202 M.E. Alford 34 m Farmer Alabama
Nancy Alford 34 f South Carolina
William Alford 15 m Alabama
John Alford 13 m Arkansas
James Alford 11 m Texas
Andrew Alford 8 m Arkansas
Martha Alford 6 f Arkansas
Mary Alford 4 f Arkansas
Sarah Alford 2 f Arkansas
203-203 D.W. Alford 26 m Alabama
Mary Alford 25 f Tennessee
David Alford 6 m Arkansas
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Walter N. Vernon, Nashville, Tenn. 10-30-78. It was good to hear from you
today regarding your efforts to get data regarding early preachers in
Arkansas. My "Methodism in Arkansas 1816-1976" lists a W. Sorrels and this
must have been your George Washington Sorrels. He came in, in 1834, but
decided the next year not to continue as a full-time pastor, but
undoubtedly kept up his preaching on the side ... My list shows a M.E.
Alford that was probably your Madison Ewing Alford. He was evidently in
the Methodist Protestant Church and died in 1876. The Methodist Protestant
records are rather sparse, and Hendrix College has only a few ... Walter
N. Vernon. Correspondence with David Kelley, October 30, 1978.
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Mrs. John Warnick, Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University ...
Methodism in Pike county, Arkansas can be traced to the year 1819 when
Rev. George Washington Sorrels (then of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana)
preached a sermon between Murfreesboro and Delight, Arkansas. He (later)
became Pike county's first Judge in 1834 and according to Dr. Walter N.
Vernon ... (in official capacity), "He came in, in 1834, but decided the
next year not to continue as a full-time pastor, but undoubtedly kept up
his preaching on the side." About 1836, Rev. Sorrels moved to Waldron in
Scott county and as late as 1850, according to the Census ... reported his
occupation as "local preacher". In ... (the) "Centennial History of
Arkansas Methodism" ... (James A. Anderson), it says, "while Dr. Biggs,
another local minister of great ability became a power in Howard, Hempstead
and adjoining counties ... Rev. G.W. Sorrels, also a local preacher,
pioneered the way in Scott and Sebastian counties. Living seventy-five
miles from the nearest church, Sorrels organized one in his house and
reported it to the nearest pastor." The second Methodist minister in Pike
county was Rev. Jesse Jenkins who came to Murfreesboro in 1837 from Jackson
county, Alabama. He removed to Ouachita county, Arkansas in 1844 and later
to Louisiana ... The third Methodist minister in Pike county was Rev.
Madison Ewing Alford who removed from ... Alabama to Arkansas ... (and) to
Texas where he served in the Mexican War and permanently located in Pike
county, Arkansas in 1841. In that year he with Rev. Jesse Jenkins organized
the first Methodist Church at Murfreesboro. He remained in Pike County ...
where he died (in) 1876. David Kelley letter to Mrs. John Warnick, November
13, 1978.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala., Mar. 15, 1979 ... I suppose you have searched (the) 1850
Census, Pike Co. Ark. M.E. Alford is there & next door a young D.W. Alford.
Also Wm. Orrick, 66, & wife & T.L. Orrick, 21, & family & Rebecca Orrick,
34. Wm. Orrick was in (the) 1830 Census, Jackson Co., Ala. Goodspeed's
Southern Ark. (1890) has a sketch of Madison E. Alford, p. 314, says Wm. D.
was (the) eldest of 12 children. 3 Orrick families were in (the) 1830
Census, Jackson Co., Wm. Asa & James, but I don't see any in Morgan, either
Census or Court records. Morgan Co., Ala. Marriage record A, page 200,
Abner Henderson to Levisa Alford, Dec. 23, 1831 (executed 28th) by Joseph
Sandlin, same book p. 400, Joseph (McMenas) to Nancy Alford, 26 July 1841
(26th) by Thos. Jones, J.P. There were ... no McMenas ... in Morgan Co. ...
In Lauderdale Co., Ala. one Jane Orrick married E.H. McLemore, 28 Feb 1832.
I have marriages (early) for all Ala. counties whose records exist & I
don't have Madison E. Alford's to Nancy Orrick. They were probably married
in Jackson Co. as that is where her father lived in 1830 & the Jackson Co.
Court House burned. The existing marriages begin in 1851 ... Madison Co.,
Ala. Deed Bk. E, page 132, Robert Alford & wife Susanna to David Alford, 25
Jan 1819 ... (Mrs. B.W.) Pauline Jones Gandrud. Correspondence with David
Kelley.
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Robert Alford ... (tradition) says, came to America from England ... (and)
was a soldier ... in the Revolutionary War. He was given bounty land in
Alabama. In 1819 he and his wife, Susannah, deeded land to David Alford.
David Alford was born in 1785 in Virginia and his wife Polly (Orrick) was
born in 1790 (in South Carolina) ... They moved to Alabama ... Their
daughter Levisa was born in 1808 ... and other children were born there.
In 1823 Levisa Alford married Joseph Haney. They had one son named David.
Abner Newton Henderson (was) born in North Carolina (about) 1800 (and) left
home at the age of 17 or 18 and never returned ... In December ... 1831,
Abner Henderson ... married Levisa Alford. At the time of (their) marriage
they each had a son (named) David ... Abner Henderson's land adjoined that
of David Alford in Morgan County, Alabama ... In the winter of (1844) the
Alford families, father and mother, sons, daughters (Abner and Levisa
Henderson among them) came in a caravan of wagons to Pike County, Arkansas
bringing all their possessions ... David Alford was awarded bounty land in
Arkansas for his service in the War of 1812. Margaret Baumgardner, Gurdon,
Arkansas, (no date) revised & editied.
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Louisiana State University, Medical Center, Shreveport 6-28-93 ... my
lineage. Jerry McMenis; Joe McMenis raised Pike county; Ezra McMenis born
and buried Pike County; Henry McMenis born and buried Pike County; Jim
McMenis born and buried Pike County; Joseph McMenis born Tenn. ... Joseph
married Nancy Ann Alford (and) lived in Pike County. Joseph's sister Mary
married Nancy's brother Winston ... Jerry McMenis correspondence with David
Kelley, September 28, 1993.
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Update 03.08.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0050.HTM
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