My PAFFORD Ancestry and Cousins
England - Stokes Co., NC - Warren/DeKalb Co., TN
* Much gratitude and thanks to June (Pafford) Anderson *
She supplied the early information on the Paffords and the early research from England.
Thomas Pafford - What we know
For more information on the Pafford and related families, be sure and see:
GEDCOM ON WORLD CONNECT
DeKalb Co., TN (2)
CARUTHERS-COLE-DAVIS-DUNCAN-KELLY -
LAURANCE/LAWRENCE-PAFFORD
Chronology
- abt October 29, 1761 Newton Abbott, Devonshire, England
--Thomas Pafford was born was born
Two Wives of Thomas Pafford
Nanny Saunders
Nancy Unknown
Children of Thomas Pafford and Nanny Saunders
DeKalb Co., TN Families (3) or click on Children's names
The dates of births for the first set of children are actually christening dates
Sometimes this didn't take place until the child was 1-2 years old.
Sarah Saunders Pafford
--b. Jamacia
--christened March 4, 1789 St. Thomas Parish, Portsmouth, England
Jane Pafford
--b. British West Indies
--christened 1790 St. Thomas Parish, Portsmouth, England
James Henry Pafford
--b. March 19, 1797 Newton Abbott, Devonshire, England
--christened July 19, 1797 St. Thomas Parish, Portsmouth, England
--d. October 1838 Clinch Co., GA
--m. Wealthy CORBITT
--abt 1822 Tennessee
----(abt 1801 SC - 1880 Clinch Co., GA or TN)
------buried Fender Cemetery, Lanier Co., GA
------d/o Isham Corbitt and Amelia STOKES
Children of James Henry Pafford and Wealthy Corbitt
- Telitha (Pafford) Daughtery
--b. March 10, 1823 TN
--d. March 20, 1863 Columbia, Florida
--m. Arthur DAUGHTERY
--abt 1845 Tennessee
----(July 15, 1812 North Hampton, NC - Oct 31, 1883 Columbia Co., Florida)
* * * * - Rowan Pafford
--b. April 10, 1825 Hamilton Co., TN
--d. January 9, 1890 Atkinson Co., Ga
----buried Springhead Church Cemetery, Atkinson Co., GA
--m/1 Elizabeth 'Betsey' SMITH
--abt 1846 Georgia
----(1828 Ware Co., GA - June 6, 1866 Clinch Co., GA)
------buried Springhead Church Cemetery, Atkinson Co., GA
------d/o William Smith and Bineta STEPHENS
--m/2 Frances 'Fannie' CORBITT
--abt 1866 Georgia
----(March 25, 1836 GA - May 7, 1899 Atkinson Co., GA)
------d/o Newsome Corbitt and Pollie SMITH
* * * * - Berrien Pafford
--b. 1828/29 Warren Co., TN
--d. ? Clinch Co., GA
--m. Harty SIMANS
--abt 1852 Clinch Co., GA
----(January 29, 1833 Lowndes Co., GA - October 20, 1896 Clinch Co., GA)
------d/o Joseph Simans
* * * * - James Marion Pafford
--b. March 19, 1833 Warren Co., TN
--d. September 14, 1891 Clinch Co., GA
--m/1 Nancy ROBERTS
--Date and location unknown
----(June 3, 1835 Hamilton Co., TN - March 23, 1874 Clinch Co., GA)
------d/o John T. Roberts
--m/2 Wealthy CORBITT
--March 18, 1875 Clinch Co. GA
----(March 17, 1837 Ware Co. GA - July 8, 1902 Clinch Co., GA)
- Telitha (Pafford) Daughtery
Samuel Saunders Pafford
--christened March 28, 1800 St. Thomas Parish, Portsmouth, England
--m. Mary Unknown
Children of Samuel Saunders Pafford and Mary Unknown
- Samuel Thomas Pafford
--b. August 30, 1835 Portesa, Hampshire Co., England
Children of Thomas Pafford and Nancy Unknown
DeKalb Co., TN Families (3) or click on Children's names
* These are my 3rd Great Grandparents *
- Samuel Thomas Pafford
Susannah (Pafford) Laurance
--b. August 16, 1801 Stokes Co., NC
--d. September 16, 1880 Pisgah, DeKalb Co., TN
----buried Pisgah Cemetery, DeKalb Co., TN
--m. Thomas LAURANCE (also spelled LAWRENCE sometimes)
--abt 1825 probably Smith Co., TN
----(Decmeber 29, 1797 NC - August 14, 1880 DeKalb Co., TN)
------bureid Pisgah Cemetery, DeKalb Co., TN
-------s/o William Laurance and Sarah CARUTHERS?
- 1850 DeKalb Co,Tn Census - Dist.12, house # 506
--enumerated September 11, 1850
- 1860 DeKalb Co,TN Census (District 12-Hannah's Branch) #1293-1281)
- 1870 DeKalb Co., TN Census Dist 12, #21-18
- 1880 DeKalb Co., TN, District 12
Children of Susannah Pafford and Thomas Laurance
THIS IS MY DIRECT LINE
See my Laurance (Lawrence) site (below) or Click on Children's names
- Kizane Irene 'Kizzie' 'Reney' (Laurance) PAGE
----Descendants of this family are DOUBLE COUSINS to me - Susannah A. 'Susie' (Laurance) BASS
- Mary (Laurance) MALONE
- Lucretia Evaline (Laurance)TRAMEL FUSON
- Thomas Willberry Laurance
----Descendants of this family are DOUBLE COUSINS to me
- Melinda P. (Laurance) Nesmith
- James M. Laurance
----James was unmarried
- Delia A. (Laurance) DAVIS
----THIS IS MY DIRECT LINE - see my Davis site (below)
------She is my 2nd great grandmother
- 1850 DeKalb Co,Tn Census - Dist.12, house # 506
(?) Sarah Elizabeth Pafford (?)
--b. abt 1803 Tennessee
Randolph A. 'Randol' Pafford
--b. August 1809 Stokes Co., NC
--d. October 13, 1891 possibly Kinney Co., Texas
--m/1 Mary PHILIPS
--May 24, 1832 probably Smith Co., TN
----(November 15, 1816 TN - April 3, 1876 Val Verde Co., TX)
------d/o Martin Phillips and Sarah LEAGUE
--m/2 Martha Lewis SNELL
--March 11, 1877 Kinney Co., Texas
----(abt 1811 KY - aft 1880 TX)
- 1850 DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12) p. 19, #540
- 1880 Kinney, Texas, Precint 4, page 330D
Children of Randolph Pafford and Mary Phillips
- William E. Pafford
--b. March 20, 1833 Smith Co.,TN
--d. 1915 Kerrville, Texas
----buried Center Point Cemetery, Kerr Co., Texas
--m. Lydia Eugenia BURNEY
--July 22, 1857 Kerr Co. Texas
----(1835 TN - 1906 Kerrville, Texas)
------buried Center Point Cemetery, Kerr Co., Texas
* * * * - Thomas Marvin Pafford
--b. April 1835 TN
--d. March 31, 1905 Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona
----buried Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Marciopa Co., Arizona
--m. Frances Mariah 'Fannie' DEAN
--abt 1864 probabably Texas
----(March 1844 MS - 1919)
------buried Dougle Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Maricopa Co., Arizona
* * * * - Paulina (Pafford) Allen Strickland Greenwood
--b. April 20, 1838 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--d. June 1921 Del Rio, Val Verde Co., Texas
--m/1 Hugh ALLEN, Jr.
--April 18, 1855 Bexar Co., Texas (divorced in 1866)
----(1834 Smith Co., TN - 1900 Caddo, Bryan Co., OK)
------s/o Hugh Allen, Sr. and Caroline Matilda FRAZIER
--------gs/o Hezekiah Allen and Martha LAWSON
Descendants of this 1st marriage are DOUBLE COUSINS to me --m/2 Amos Orlando STRICKLAND
--June 6, 1866 Del Rio, Val Verde Co., Texas
----(1821 Bradford Co., PA - 1874 Mexico)
--m/3 B. C. GREENWOOD
--aft 1874 probably Val Verde Co., Texas
* * * * - John Pafford
--b. 1843 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
* * * * - Cynthia (Pafford) Palmer
--b. June 21, 1847 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co. TN
--d. September 30, 1930 Maricopa Co., Arizona
----buried Greenwood Cemetery, Maricopa Co., Arizona
--m. Philip PALMER
--abt 1879 probably Kinney Co., Texas
----(March 17, 1838 Ireland - March 11, 1905 Maricopa Co., Arizona)
------buried Greenwood Cemetery, Maricopa Co., Arizona
* * * * - James Marion Pafford
--b. November 26, 1849 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--d. July 14, 1907 Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas
--m. Theresa ARREDONDA
--January 19, 1878 Brackettville, Kinney Co, Texas
----(September 18, 1862 Zarazosa, Mexico - October 17, 1949 Prescott, Arizona)
* * * * - Narcissa Pafford
--b. abt 1851 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
* * * * - Sarah Pafford
--b. abt 1853 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
* * * *
- 1850 DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12) p. 19, #540
Daughter Pafford
--b. 1811/20 Stokes Co., NC
Ethery (Pafford) Hill
--b. 1812 Stokes Co. NC
--d. 1868 DeKalb Co. TN
--m. Charles HILL
--abt 1837 probably Warren Co., TN
----(1811/13 - 1878/80 DeKalb Co. TN)
- 1850 DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12) p. 19, #539
- 1860 DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12-Hannah's Branch) #129-1278
- 1880 DeKalb Co., TN, District 12 (for Lucinda, widow)
Children of Ethery Pafford and Charles Hill
- William C. Hill
--b. 1838 Warren Co., TN
--d. July 1859 District 12, DeKalb Co., TN
* * * * - Tabitha (Hill) Davis
--b. 1839 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--m. John DAVIS
--March 24, 1854 DeKalb Co. TN
----(1831/33 Smith Co., TN - ?)
------s/o Joseph Davis and Mary Elizabeth LARGENT
--------gs/o John Davis Sr. and Abigail 'Abby' DUNCAN
----------gt gs/o Elijah Duncan, Sr. and Cate Cloe 'Catherine' COLE
--------gs/o William Largent and Dorcas Unknown
Descendants of this family are DOUBLE COUSINS to me * * * * - Louisa Hill
--b. June 6, 1841 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--d. May 23, 1890 DeKalb Co., TN
----buried Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery, DeKalb Co. TN
--m. James LEE
--October 6, 1857 DeKalb Co., TN
----(abt 1834 TN - ?)
* * * * - John Thompson Hill
--b. August 1, 1842 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--d. June 28, 1936 DeKalb Co., TN
--m/1 Annis McLissa TRAMEL
--July 25,l 1864 DeKalb Co., TN
----(May 3, 1843 Indian Creek, DeKalb Co. TN - 1900/03 DeKalb Co., TN)
------d/o Shadrick 'Shade' Tramel and Elizabeth McINTIRE
--------gd/o William Baton Tramel and Anice FISHER
----------gt gd/o Nicholas Fisher and Elizaeth COOKSEY
--------gd/o Archibald McIntire, Jr. and Sarah WHITE
--m/2 Melvina C. 'Viny' JACOBS
--abt 1903 probably DeKalb Co., TN
----(October 8, 1868 DeKalb Co., TN - July 3, 1919 DeKalb Co., TN)
------buried Snow Hill Methodist Cemetery, DeKalb Co. TN
----she was m/1 to Alonzo PARKER
------d/o John Wesley Jacobs and Sarah T. PORTERFIELD
--------gd/o Edward Gaither Jacobs and Rutha WILLIAMS
* * * * - Randolph 'Randel' Hill
--b. 1847 Hannah's Branch, DeKalb Co., TN
--d. Unknown
--m. Mary J. BEATY
--January 19, 1869 DeKalb Co., TN
----(April 1850 DeKalb Co. TN - ?)
------d/o James Beaty and Parthenia Aletha 'Lethie' LAWRENCE
--------gd/o Lewis LAURANCE and Elizabeth DAVIS
----------gt gd/o William Laurance and Sarah CARUTHERS?
----------gt gd/o John Davis Sr. and Abigail DUNCAN
------------gt gt gd/o Elijah Duncan, Sr. and Cate Cloe 'Catherine' COLE
Descendants of this family are TRIPLE COUSINS to me * * * * - Susannah Hill
--b. 1852 Tennessee
---may have died as child?
- 1850 DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12) p. 19, #539
William 'Willie' 'Wylie' Pafford
--b. abt 1816 Virginia
--d. aft 1860
--m/1 Lucinda FREEMAN
--April 5, 1841 Rutherford Co., TN
----(April 30, 1825 Rutherford Co., TN - April 11, 1866 Rutherford Co., TN)
------d/o Samuel Freeman and Winney BARNETT
--m/2 Sarah E. 'Sallie' Unknown
--abt 1867 probably Tennessee
----(March 1839 TN - aft 1910 possibly Limetone Co., Alabama)
- 1850 Rutherford Co., TN, Sanders District, #120-120
--enumerated September 3, 1850
- 1860 Rutherford Co., TN, District 1, page 6, #39-39
--enumerated June 2, 1860
- 1870 Ellis Co., Texas, Red Oak, stamped page 364, #45-45
- 1880 Wilson Co., TN, District 24, page 594c (for widow Sallie)
--with stepdaughter Mailda Ann (Pafford) Dodson
- 1900 Limestone Co., Alabama
--with son Monroe W. Pafford
Children of William Pafford and Lucinda Freeman
- John L. Pafford
--b. September 1848 Rutherford Co., TN
--d. January 21, 1929 Hopkins Co., KY
--m. Sarah M. 'Sally' DODSON
--August 20, 1879 Wilson Co., TN
----(October 1864 Wilson Co., TN - April 27, 1938 Hopkins Co,. KY)
------d/o Blackman C. Dodson and Locky Jane DeVAULT
* * * * - Willam Byron Pafford
--b. February 26, 1851 Rutherford Co., TN
--d. March 13, 1918 Wilson Co., TN
--m. Virginia Tennesseee Elizabeth 'Tennie' DODSON
--January 17, 1878 Wilson Co., TN
----(1859 TN - 1895)
* * * * - W. Sammie Pafford
--b. 1854 TN
* * * * - Matilda Ann (Pafford) Dobson
--b. March 4, 1856 probably Rutherford Co. TN
--d. November 24, 1936 Benton Co. TN
----buried Chalk Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Benton Co. TN
--m. William Henry DOBSON
--abt 1878 probably Wilson Co. TN
----(Aug 7, 1859 Wilson Co., TN - June 21, 1930 Benton Co., TN)
------buried Chalk Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Benton Co. TN
------s/o Blackman C. Dodson and Locky Jane DeVAULT
* * * * - M. Winifred Pafford
--b. abt 1859 Rutherford Co. TN
Children of William 'Wylie' Pafford and Sarah E. ?
- Monroe Wiley Pafford
--b. December 10, 1866 Giles Co., TN
--d. September 11, 1943 Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
--m. Minnie Mae JOHNSON
--abt 1903 TN
----(July 1870 TN - aft 1930 probably Davidson Co., TN)
- 1850 Rutherford Co., TN, Sanders District, #120-120
My Special Thanks
Researchers Throughout the Years - Personal Correspondence
- June (Pafford) Anderson
Thomas G. Webb - DeKalb Co,Tenn Historian (late 1960's and early 1970's)
- Ben Brewer
- Glenda Sue Vice
- F. E. 'Hawk' Knowles, Jr. (2000)
- Christy Corbitt (2001)
- June (Pafford) Anderson
Various Publications and Books
- Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia
My Other Sites to Explore
- My Davis Site -Descendants of John Davis Sr. and Abigail Duncan
- DeKalb Co., TN Cemeteries - Transcription of Pisgah Cemetery
-
DEKALB CO., TN FAMILIES (3) -ALLEN-PAGE-LAWSON
--Gedcom on World Connect
Ann (JOBE) Brown
ann@personainternet.com
P.O. Box 475, 15 OrfordCopper Cliff, Ontario, Canada
P0M 1N0
