Daniel Gafford1

Male, #45130, (15 Jun 1780 - 10 Jun 1841)

ParentStephen D. Gafford2 (say 1753 - after 28 Nov 1822)
ParentFrances Grant2 (say 1760 - )
Daniel Gafford|b. 15 Jun 1780\nd. 10 Jun 1841|p45130.htm|Stephen D. Gafford|b. say 1753\nd. after 28 Nov 1822|p46146.htm|Frances Grant|b. say 1760|p46147.htm|Thomas Gafford|b. say 1721\nd. after 1800|p46190.htm|Mary E. Hinton|b. say 1724|p46191.htm|Daniel Grant|b. 1724\nd. 19 Oct 1793|p46176.htm|Elizabeth Tate|b. 1731\nd. 13 Oct 1763|p46177.htm|

Birth*15 Jun 1780 Daniel was born at Granville Co., North Carolina, on 15 Jun 1780. 
 He was the son of Stephen D. Gafford and Frances Grant.2 
Deed*19 Sep 1804 He witnessed a deed grant to Stephen D. Gafford on 19 Sep 1804 at Wilkes Co., Georgia.
(Anne Arnett to Stephen Gafford, both of Wilkes Co., for $200, 100 acres on Long Branch, part of tract granted to Anne Arnett. (signed) Anne (x) Arnett. Wit: Danl. Gafford, Stephen Gafford, Junr. Proved 1 Oct. 1804, before B. Porter, J.I.C. Rec. 13 Dec. 1804.).3 
Marriage*18 Nov 1805 He married Phereba Webster on 18 Nov 1805.2 
Occupation1810 He was a Justice of the Peace and owned 201 acres of land. In 1810 at Jones Co., Georgia. 
Land Grant/Patent*1817 He was granted land in 1817 at Butler Co., Alabama.4 
Tax roll*1819 Daniel registered to pay taxes at Conecuh Co., Alabama, in 1819. 
1820 Census*7 Aug 1820 Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census at Butler Co., Alabama. 
(guardian) Probate4 Feb 1823 Daniel named as guardian by Stephen D. Gafford at Jones Co., Georgia, on 4 Feb 1823.5 
Church membership*between 1829 and 1837 Daniel was a delegate to the Alabama Association of the Fort Dale, Butler Co., Alabama between 1829 and 1837.6 
1830 Census*1 Jun 1830 Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census at Butler Co., Alabama. 
Occupation*14 Jan 1834 He was a judge on 14 Jan 1834 at Butler Co., Alabama.2 
1840 Census*1 Jun 1840 Daniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Butler Co., Alabama.
((owned 15 slaves: 7 male and 8 female)). 
Death*10 Jun 1841 He died at Butler Co., Alabama, on 10 Jun 1841. 
Guardian*1843 After Daniel's death, Mariah Louise Gafford declared as orphan(s), James M. Gafford appointed as guardian, in 1843 (Estate of Daniel Gafford, deceased. James M. Gafford appointed guardian of Maria L. Gafford, minor heir in 1843. Jesse Stallings, Security.).7 
Biography* Children per W. Wade Gafford (g) and Mary Stearnes Henley (h)
Mary Frances "Fanny" Gafford, b 20 Sep 1806 GA (h)
Albert C. Gafford, b 1810, d 1870-71 (g)
Stephen C. Gafford, b 1812 GA, d aft 1850 (g)(h)
Elizabeth T. Gafford, b 1812 (h) [Doesn't fit]
James Lee Gafford, b 1817 GA, d 24 Jan 1881 Butler Co., AL (g)
Abner W. Gafford, b 1819 AL (g)(h)
Augustus Gafford, b 1820 GA (g)
James O. Gafford, b 1824 AL (g)
Thomas D. Gafford, b 1824 Wilkes Co., GA (h) [doesn't fit]
Francis Gafford, b 1826 AL (g)
David Gafford, b 1828 AL (g) (In 1850 census, his mother Ferely and sisters Marie and Lucinda were living with him) (h: David W or M, b 18 Jun 1827 Butler Co., AL
Unknown Female Gafford, b 1830 (g)
Maria Gafford, b 1832 AL (g)(h: Maria Louise)
Lucinda Gafford, b 1834 AL (g)(h: 24 Nov 1833 Wilkes Co., GA)
Wade Gafford's website: "Descendants of Thomas Gafford", http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/a/f/W-W-Gafford/BOOK-0001/0000-0001.html
Mary Stearnes Henley: "South Alabama Roots and Branches", http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=marjoeal

(Names referenced above: Daniel Gafford Daniel Gafford). 

Family

Phereba Webster (24 Dec 1788 - 24 May 1860)
Marriage*18 Nov 1805 He married Phereba Webster on 18 Nov 1805.2 
Children

Charts Warren Culpepper's Ancestry Chart
Last Edited 23 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. Mary Stearnes Henley, compiler, e-mail address, South Alabama Roots and Branches, Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree).
  2. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    Mary Stearnes Henley. <e-mail address>
  3. Michael Martin Farmer, Wilkes Co., GA Deed Books A - VV, 1784 - 1806 Farmer Genealogy, Dallas.
    Book VV, 1804-1806, p. 69.
  4. George Bernard Lewis: Chairman of the Butler Co. Heritage Book Committee, editor, The Heritage of Butler County, Alabama, Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2003.
    Pages 3-4: "Early Landowners of Butler County," from the Butler County Tract Book showing the first owners of land in the county:
    1817: ..., Daniel Gafford, Jeremiah Gafford, ...
    1818: ..., Grant Gafford (Assignee), James Gafford (Assignee), ...
    1819: ..., John Payne (Assignee), ...
  5. Editor Mary Carter, Jones Co., GA Will Abstracts - 1833 "Georgia Pioneers Genealogical Magazine", Vol.XX, May 1983 #2.
  6. George Bernard Lewis: Chairman of the Butler Co. Heritage Book Committee, editor, The Heritage of Butler County, Alabama, Clanton, AL: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2003.
    Page 32. The 2nd location (1865) for Fort Dale Baptist Church was on 5 acres in the NE 1/4 of Sec. 2, T10, R14, on lands first settled by Daniel Gafford. The 3rd location for the Church was in the NE 1/4 of Sec. 31, T11, R15, on lands originally settled by Jeremiah Gafford, and near the present-day location.
  7. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Butler County, Alabama in the 19th Century 1978.
    Reconstructed Probate Records, page 106.