John Halford first appears in the court records in Lawrence County, Tennessee, in the mid-1820s. He is there in the 1840 and 1850 Censuses but appears to have moved to neighboring Wayne County, Tennessee just before 1860. The 1880 Mortality Census records his death as April, 1880, from dropsy.
John's parentage is uncertain. There were other male Halfords about his age or slightly older in Lawrence and Wayne Counties at the same time John was there but they all appear to be descendants of John Halford of Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Censuses consistently say John was born in South Carolina.
There is a Jacob Halford in the 1830 Wayne County Census who is old enough to be John's father. Jacob apparently died before 1840 and what appears to be his widowed wife is head of the household in that Census. Her name was Dicy. I have uncovered a Darlington County, South Carolina, land record from 1805 that is signed by Jacob and Dicy Halford. I strongly suspect the Jacob and Dicy were his parents.
Known members of the North Carolina Halfords were briefly in Darlington County at the same time as Jacob, suggesting that Jacob may be an older brother or closely related.
Also, John's son William eventually settled in Ozark County, Missouri, after a Sirrel Halford had settled there a few years earlier. There was an older Sirrel Halford who was among the relatives from Rutherford County, North Carolina.
These families are all likely closely related but the precise relationships have often been elusive.
John's parentage is uncertain. There were other male Halfords about his age or slightly older in Lawrence and Wayne Counties at the same time John was there but they all appear to be descendants of John Halford of Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Censuses consistently say John was born in South Carolina.
There is a Jacob Halford in the 1830 Wayne County Census who is old enough to be John's father. Jacob apparently died before 1840 and what appears to be his widowed wife is head of the household in that Census. Her name was Dicy. I have uncovered a Darlington County, South Carolina, land record from 1805 that is signed by Jacob and Dicy Halford. I strongly suspect the Jacob and Dicy were his parents.
Known members of the North Carolina Halfords were briefly in Darlington County at the same time as Jacob, suggesting that Jacob may be an older brother or closely related.
Also, John's son William eventually settled in Ozark County, Missouri, after a Sirrel Halford had settled there a few years earlier. There was an older Sirrel Halford who was among the relatives from Rutherford County, North Carolina.
These families are all likely closely related but the precise relationships have often been elusive.
John Halford first appears in the court records in Lawrence County, Tennessee, in the mid-1820s. He is there in the 1840 and 1850 Censuses but appears to have moved to neighboring Wayne County, Tennessee just before 1860. The 1880 Mortality Census records his death as April, 1880, from dropsy.
John's parentage is uncertain. There were other male Halfords about his age or slightly older in Lawrence and Wayne Counties at the same time John was there but they all appear to be descendants of John Halford of Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Censuses consistently say John was born in South Carolina.
There is a Jacob Halford in the 1830 Wayne County Census who is old enough to be John's father. Jacob apparently died before 1840 and what appears to be his widowed wife is head of the household in that Census. Her name was Dicy. I have uncovered a Darlington County, South Carolina, land record from 1805 that is signed by Jacob and Dicy Halford. I strongly suspect the Jacob and Dicy were his parents.
Known members of the North Carolina Halfords were briefly in Darlington County at the same time as Jacob, suggesting that Jacob may be an older brother or closely related.
Also, John's son William eventually settled in Ozark County, Missouri, after a Sirrel Halford had settled there a few years earlier. There was an older Sirrel Halford who was among the relatives from Rutherford County, North Carolina.
These families are all likely closely related but the precise relationships have often been elusive.
John's parentage is uncertain. There were other male Halfords about his age or slightly older in Lawrence and Wayne Counties at the same time John was there but they all appear to be descendants of John Halford of Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Censuses consistently say John was born in South Carolina.
There is a Jacob Halford in the 1830 Wayne County Census who is old enough to be John's father. Jacob apparently died before 1840 and what appears to be his widowed wife is head of the household in that Census. Her name was Dicy. I have uncovered a Darlington County, South Carolina, land record from 1805 that is signed by Jacob and Dicy Halford. I strongly suspect the Jacob and Dicy were his parents.
Known members of the North Carolina Halfords were briefly in Darlington County at the same time as Jacob, suggesting that Jacob may be an older brother or closely related.
Also, John's son William eventually settled in Ozark County, Missouri, after a Sirrel Halford had settled there a few years earlier. There was an older Sirrel Halford who was among the relatives from Rutherford County, North Carolina.
These families are all likely closely related but the precise relationships have often been elusive.
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