On the 1870 census and land records, he used middle initial C.
Blount County Courthouse, Deed Book , p. 394. On 9[7?]th of Feb 1867, R. C. ALFORD sold to John F. HANNAH a tract of land in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, TN, containing 29 acres and 5 poles, for $290. Recorded on 10 Aug 1867.
On p. 395, R. C. ALFORD sold on 7 Feb 1867 to Wm. ALFORD land in the 8th Civil District of 81 acres, 1 ro?d, 35 poles, for $275. Recorded on 13 Aug 1867.
OBITUARY: THE [MARYVILLE] DAILY TIMES; vol. 3, no. 13 (Wed, 24 Mar 1886); front page.
Robert ALFORD died on 28 Feb 1886 in Blount County, TN, of pneumonia fever. He was born in Sevier County in 1824. He had a fever at age 18, and since had been afflicted with chronic disease. At age 20 he made a profession of religion. Upon moving to Blount County in 1847 [age 23] he joined the church by letter at Mt. Moriah, a Methodist Episcopal Church. He later moved his membership to Shady Grove. He never married until after the [Civil] war to Sarah LANE, settled near Union Grove Church, where he remained until his death. His wife survives him, and one daughter, two sisters [one sister Nancy, married to Meredith LANE, had died in 1880]. Services were by Rev. J. A. RUBLE; burial at Big Spring. A poem follows.
Blount County Courthouse, Deed Book , p. 394. On 9[7?]th of Feb 1867, R. C. ALFORD sold to John F. HANNAH a tract of land in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, TN, containing 29 acres and 5 poles, for $290. Recorded on 10 Aug 1867.
On p. 395, R. C. ALFORD sold on 7 Feb 1867 to Wm. ALFORD land in the 8th Civil District of 81 acres, 1 ro?d, 35 poles, for $275. Recorded on 13 Aug 1867.
OBITUARY: THE [MARYVILLE] DAILY TIMES; vol. 3, no. 13 (Wed, 24 Mar 1886); front page.
Robert ALFORD died on 28 Feb 1886 in Blount County, TN, of pneumonia fever. He was born in Sevier County in 1824. He had a fever at age 18, and since had been afflicted with chronic disease. At age 20 he made a profession of religion. Upon moving to Blount County in 1847 [age 23] he joined the church by letter at Mt. Moriah, a Methodist Episcopal Church. He later moved his membership to Shady Grove. He never married until after the [Civil] war to Sarah LANE, settled near Union Grove Church, where he remained until his death. His wife survives him, and one daughter, two sisters [one sister Nancy, married to Meredith LANE, had died in 1880]. Services were by Rev. J. A. RUBLE; burial at Big Spring. A poem follows.
On the 1870 census and land records, he used middle initial C.
Blount County Courthouse, Deed Book , p. 394. On 9[7?]th of Feb 1867, R. C. ALFORD sold to John F. HANNAH a tract of land in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, TN, containing 29 acres and 5 poles, for $290. Recorded on 10 Aug 1867.
On p. 395, R. C. ALFORD sold on 7 Feb 1867 to Wm. ALFORD land in the 8th Civil District of 81 acres, 1 ro?d, 35 poles, for $275. Recorded on 13 Aug 1867.
OBITUARY: THE [MARYVILLE] DAILY TIMES; vol. 3, no. 13 (Wed, 24 Mar 1886); front page.
Robert ALFORD died on 28 Feb 1886 in Blount County, TN, of pneumonia fever. He was born in Sevier County in 1824. He had a fever at age 18, and since had been afflicted with chronic disease. At age 20 he made a profession of religion. Upon moving to Blount County in 1847 [age 23] he joined the church by letter at Mt. Moriah, a Methodist Episcopal Church. He later moved his membership to Shady Grove. He never married until after the [Civil] war to Sarah LANE, settled near Union Grove Church, where he remained until his death. His wife survives him, and one daughter, two sisters [one sister Nancy, married to Meredith LANE, had died in 1880]. Services were by Rev. J. A. RUBLE; burial at Big Spring. A poem follows.
Blount County Courthouse, Deed Book , p. 394. On 9[7?]th of Feb 1867, R. C. ALFORD sold to John F. HANNAH a tract of land in the 8th Civil District, Blount County, TN, containing 29 acres and 5 poles, for $290. Recorded on 10 Aug 1867.
On p. 395, R. C. ALFORD sold on 7 Feb 1867 to Wm. ALFORD land in the 8th Civil District of 81 acres, 1 ro?d, 35 poles, for $275. Recorded on 13 Aug 1867.
OBITUARY: THE [MARYVILLE] DAILY TIMES; vol. 3, no. 13 (Wed, 24 Mar 1886); front page.
Robert ALFORD died on 28 Feb 1886 in Blount County, TN, of pneumonia fever. He was born in Sevier County in 1824. He had a fever at age 18, and since had been afflicted with chronic disease. At age 20 he made a profession of religion. Upon moving to Blount County in 1847 [age 23] he joined the church by letter at Mt. Moriah, a Methodist Episcopal Church. He later moved his membership to Shady Grove. He never married until after the [Civil] war to Sarah LANE, settled near Union Grove Church, where he remained until his death. His wife survives him, and one daughter, two sisters [one sister Nancy, married to Meredith LANE, had died in 1880]. Services were by Rev. J. A. RUBLE; burial at Big Spring. A poem follows.
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ROBERT E. ALFORD
DIED FEB. 28, 1886
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SARAH ALFORD
DIED OCT. 10, 1896
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