Jeremiah Gafford1

Male, #46180, (5 Sep 1795 - 6 Jul 1844)

ParentStephen D. Gafford1 (say 1753 - after 28 Nov 1822)
ParentFrances Grant1 (say 1760 - )
Jeremiah Gafford|b. 5 Sep 1795\nd. 6 Jul 1844|p46180.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*5 Sep 1795 He was born on 5 Sep 1795 at Wilkes Co., Georgia.2 
 He was the son of Stephen D. Gafford and Frances Grant.1 
Land Grant/Patent*1817 He was granted land in 1817 at Butler Co., Alabama.3 
Marriage*say 1820 He married Elizabeth Routon say 1820.1 
Election*30 Aug 1824 Jeremiah was elected at Butler Co., Alabama, on 30 Aug 1824.4 
Church membership*between 1829 and 1837 Jeremiah joined at Fort Dale, Butler Co., Alabama, between 1829 and 1837 (delegate to the Alabama Association).5 
1840 Census*1 Jun 1840 Jeremiah was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census on 1 Jun 1840 at Butler Co., Alabama.
(Owned 33 slaves.).1 
Death*6 Jul 1844 He died at Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama, on 6 Jul 1844.2 
Burial*after 6 Jul 1844 His body was interred after 6 Jul 1844 at Old Pioneer Cemetery, Greenville, Butler Co., Alabama. Tombstone reads "Citizen of Jones Co. GA untill 1819 when he became citizen of AL"
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Last Edited 19 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. , RootsWeb WorldConnect Project, Ancestry.com: Rootsweb.
    http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
    Mary Stearnes Henley. <e-mail address>
  2. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Butler County, Alabama in the 19th Century 1978.
    p. 49. Cemetery Records of People born before 1850. Jeremiah Gafford 6 Sep 1795 - 6 Jul 1844.
  3. 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), ...
  4. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Butler County, Alabama in the 19th Century 1978.
    p. 16.
  5. 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.