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John J. Vanderford (4096)
Father: John Vanderford (3035) Mother: Mary Mooneyham
b. March 1830 in Georgia [census-Miss]
dc. 1912, buried in Malone Cemetery, near Strickland,
Mississippi. [Hughes,1971]
m. Sarah E., b. 1842 in MS
[ancestry-Cathey]
m2. Dec. 24, 1866 in McNairy, TN, Hannah
Phillips, b. 1833 in Mississippi, d. before 1900
[census-Miss]
Robert E. L., b. Aug. 1868, d. July 20, 1932,
buried in Malone Cemetery near Strickland, Mississippi
m. Oct. 18, 1899 and div. before 1910, Cena Wood [AlC
mar 1898-1902:198 & census Miss]
Information: 1920: Robert was single and farming in Alcorn County, Miss.
[census-Miss] 1930: Robert was farming with
his brother John on Park Road in Alcorn County, Miss.
[census-Miss]
Albert Sydney Jackson
(5048), b. July 6, 1871, d. Jan. 10, 1945
John T. (5057), b. July
1, 1872, d. March 4, 1938
Mary Frances, b. 1875 in Mississippi
Description:
In 1865 John J. was 5' 61/2" with brown eyes, black
hair and a dark complexion. [NA - Mil Rec]
Information:
1850: John J. was a farmer and living with
his sister Frances E. (4112) and her family in Murray
County, Georgia. [census-GA]
1860: John J. was farming in Tishomingo
County (now Alcorn County), Mississippi and living with the Pattans.
[census-Miss]
May 25, 1861: John J. enlisted at Corinth,
Mississippi in Company F, 12th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 6th Division,
Longstreet's Division. This Division was involved in many battles in the early
part of 1862. [NA - Mil Rec]
August 10 to September 23, 1862: John J.
was in the hospital at Camp Winder, Richmond, Virginia with Febris Remiitt.
[NA - Mil Rec]
July 2, 1863: John J. was in Anderson's
Division, A. P. Hill's Corp, but missed the heavy fighting at Cemetery Ridge at
Gettysburg. [Coddington,1979]
October 1, 1864: John J. took part in the
battle at Fort McRae. [NA - Mil Rec]
December 1, 1864: John J. was transferred
to Company F, 26th Mississippi Infantry. [NA - Mil
Rec]
February 6, 1865: John J. took part in the
battle at Hatcher's Run. [NA - Mil Rec]
April 2, 1865: John J. was captured by
Union Forces. On April 30, 1865 he was at City Point, Virginia and was released
from Point Lookout, Maryland on June 21, 1865. [NA -
Mil Rec]
August 8, 1865 (recorded October 5, 1865):
John J. and his brother K. Y. bought the SE 1/4, Sec. 23, Twp. 2, Range 8 in
Alcorn County, Mississippi from their father for $500.
[AlC deed X:768]
November 22, 1865: John J. and his brother
K. Y. sold the south east quarter of Section 23, Township 2, Range 8 East they
bought from their father a few months earlier for $1000.
[AlC deed Y:293]
December 8, 1865 (recorded January 29,
1866): John J. bought the W 1/2 Sec. 9, Twp. 31, Range 8 and a small
slit of NW 1/4, Sec. 9 in Alcorn County, Mississippi from the Seller's estate
for $350. [AlC deed X:788-9]
October 25, 1869 (recorded November 24,
1869): John J. sold the north half of the North West Quarter of Section
9, Township 3, Range 8 East for $200. [AlC deed
AA:428]
March 5, 1875: John J.'s real property
consisted of the 160 acres of the SW 1/4 of Section 9, Township 3, Range 8
valued at $1.50 per acre and the 80 acres of the South half of the NW 1/4 of
Section 9, Township 3, Range 8 valued at $1.50 per acre.
[AlC prop list]
1880: John J. was farming in Alcorn
County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]
1885: John J.'s children Robert, Albert,
John and Mary were attending the Sandess School House in Alcorn County,
Mississippi. [AlC sch]
November 30, 1892: John J. paid $4.25 in
state and county taxes. [AlC cash book]
1897: John J. was living in Eagle's
District No. 2. He paid a state tax of 22.7 cents based on 1 horse valued at
$35. He owned a cow, 3 sheep and a hog which were exempt from taxes.
[AlC pers prop]
1900: John J. was farming in Alcorn
County, Mississippi with his sons, Albert, Robert (and his wife Cena) and John
(and his wife Josiphine). [census-Miss]
1910: John J. and his son Robert were
farming in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]
1910-1912: John J. collected a pension for
his service in the Civil War in 1910 and 1911, but failed to collect his
pension in 1912. [AlC pen rolls]
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