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Abram Danford
(Abt 1801-Bef 1880)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Mary Eliza Cliff

Abram Danford

  • Born: Abt 1801, SC/NC
  • Marriage: Mary Eliza Cliff before 1837
  • Died: Bef 1880
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bullet  General Notes:

ALIA: Abraham Jefferson /Danford/

_FA1:
DATE 1850
PLAC occu: labourer

CENSUS: 1850 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 168 age 49
1860 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 28 age 59
1870 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 01

**THE 1890 BRUNSWICK CO CENSUS, LOCKWOOD FOLLY, SHEET 1, SHOWS THAT ABRAMWAS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ABRAM WAS SAMUEL DANFORD'S FATHER.

OCCUPATION: 1850 CENSUS - LABORER, 1860 CENSUS - FARMER
1870 CENSUS- FARM LABORER FOR HIRAM MILLENDER.

LAND: NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SAME ABRAM. 27 MARCH 1841, PAID $5 FOREVERY 100 ACRES, HEREBY GRANTED TO HIM. HE GOT A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING100 ACRES IN BRUNSWICK CO., NC. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MIDDLE SWAMP. THEMONEY IS TO BE PAID TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. GOVENOR OF RALEIGH WASWILLIAM A. GRAHAM. THE GOVENOR WITNESSED THIS ON 30 DEC 1845. GRANT#1352. SOURCE: RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOK N, PG 338-339. SDC COPY OF DEED.
9 JAN 1846 MORTGAGE GRANT #1352 FROM ABRAM DANFORD TO RICHARDLANGDON FOR $45 FOR 100 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MIDDLE SWAMP. SOURCE:RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOK N, PG 339-340. SDC COPY OF DEED.
27 FEB 1847, ABRAM SOLD TO THEODORE MCKEITHAN THE 100 ACRES OF LANDNORTH OF MIDDLE SWAMP, GRANT #1352 FOR $80. SOURCE: RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOKO, PG 110-111. SDC COPY OF DEED.

ON HIS SON ABRAM'S DEATH CERT IT LIST HIS BIRTHPLACE AS SC AND ON HISDAUGHTER NANCY'S DEATH CERT IT LIST HIS BIRTHPLACE AS NC.

AN ABRAHAM DANFORD WAS TO RECEIVE $3.00 FOR SERVICES PERFORMED ANDSUPPLIES FURNISHED IN JULY AND AUGUST. HE WAS A PRIVATE IN THE BRUNSWICKCO MILITIA. DATED 18 JULY 1814. THIS MAY NOT BE THIS ABRAM. THIS WOULD BETHE WAR OF 1812. VOUCHERS KEPT BY STATE ARCHIVES IN THE TREASURES ANDCOMTROLLERS PAPERS, PG 39 OF THE INDEX. BOX 78.

War of the Rebellion. Official Records of Union & Confederate ArmiesSeries I & II part. Series I volume 34, part 11, pag 699. A. Danfordcorresponded with Major-General Curtis about Cherokees.

ALIA: Abraham Jefferson /Danford/

_FA1:
DATE 1850
PLAC occu: labourer

CENSUS: 1850 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 168 age 49
1860 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 28 age 59
1870 BRUNSWICK CO, SMITHVILLE TWNSHP, PG 01

**THE 1890 BRUNSWICK CO CENSUS, LOCKWOOD FOLLY, SHEET 1, SHOWS THAT ABRAMWAS BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. ABRAM WAS SAMUEL DANFORD'S FATHER.

OCCUPATION: 1850 CENSUS - LABORER, 1860 CENSUS - FARMER
1870 CENSUS- FARM LABORER FOR HIRAM MILLENDER.

LAND: NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SAME ABRAM. 27 MARCH 1841, PAID $5 FOREVERY 100 ACRES, HEREBY GRANTED TO HIM. HE GOT A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING100 ACRES IN BRUNSWICK CO., NC. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MIDDLE SWAMP. THEMONEY IS TO BE PAID TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. GOVENOR OF RALEIGH WASWILLIAM A. GRAHAM. THE GOVENOR WITNESSED THIS ON 30 DEC 1845. GRANT#1352. SOURCE: RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOK N, PG 338-339. SDC COPY OF DEED.
9 JAN 1846 MORTGAGE GRANT #1352 FROM ABRAM DANFORD TO RICHARDLANGDON FOR $45 FOR 100 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MIDDLE SWAMP. SOURCE:RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOK N, PG 339-340. SDC COPY OF DEED.
27 FEB 1847, ABRAM SOLD TO THEODORE MCKEITHAN THE 100 ACRES OF LANDNORTH OF MIDDLE SWAMP, GRANT #1352 FOR $80. SOURCE: RECORD OF DEEDS, BOOKO, PG 110-111. SDC COPY OF DEED.

ON HIS SON ABRAM'S DEATH CERT IT LIST HIS BIRTHPLACE AS SC AND ON HISDAUGHTER NANCY'S DEATH CERT IT LIST HIS BIRTHPLACE AS NC.

AN ABRAHAM DANFORD WAS TO RECEIVE $3.00 FOR SERVICES PERFORMED ANDSUPPLIES FURNISHED IN JULY AND AUGUST. HE WAS A PRIVATE IN THE BRUNSWICKCO MILITIA. DATED 18 JULY 1814. THIS MAY NOT BE THIS ABRAM. THIS WOULD BETHE WAR OF 1812. VOUCHERS KEPT BY STATE ARCHIVES IN THE TREASURES ANDCOMTROLLERS PAPERS, PG 39 OF THE INDEX. BOX 78.

War of the Rebellion. Official Records of Union & Confederate ArmiesSeries I & II part. Series I volume 34, part 11, pag 699. A. Danfordcorresponded with Major-General Curtis about Cherokees.


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Abram married Mary Eliza Cliff before 1837. (Mary Eliza Cliff was born about 1811 in NC.)




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