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Richard Posey "Dock" Vanderford (4083)

Father: Josiah Vanderford (3043)
Mother: Eliza "Louisa" Taylor

b. May 3, 1850 in Mississippi [AlC cem]

d. May 28, 1934, buried in Vanderford Cemetery, Road 400, Corinth, Mississippi [AlC cem]

m. July 21, 1878 in Alcorn County, Mississippi, Joanna Augusta Farris [AlC mar 1876-82:233], b. Jan. 4, 1858, d. May 22, 1898, buried in Vanderford Cemetery, Corinth, Miss. [AlC cem]

Issue: [census-Miss]

Estella, b. June 1879

Robert N., b. Sept. 1881

Beulah, b. July 1883

Dora, b. May 1885

Dolly, b. Aug. 1887

Douglas H. (5153), b. Oct. 28, 1889, d. Feb. 2, 1981

Madenia, b. Feb. 1892

Maggie, b. Oct. 1894

Actie (5154), b. Oct. 1894

Cleopatra, b. May 1896

Information:

March 22, 1875:
Dock's real property consisted of 100 acres of the SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 3, Range 8 and 100 acres of the NW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 3, Range 8 and 15 acres of the SE 1/4 of Section 17, Township 3, Range 8 all valued at $1.00 per acre. [AlC prop list]

May 3, 1879 (recorded December 12, 1881):
Dock sold 15 acres of the SE 1/4 of Section 16, Township 3, Range 8 East for $25. [AlC deed 9:158]

1880:
Dock was farming in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]

1885:
Dock's daughter Estella was attending the Sandess School House in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [AlC sch]

1892:
Dock paid $1.87 in state taxes, $2.82 in county taxes and a $2.00 poll tax. [AlC cash book]

1897:
Dock was living in Jacinto's District No. 2. He paid a state tax of 48.7 cents based on 2 mules valued at $60 and a carriage valued at $15. His exempt property consisted of 2 cows, 5 sheep and 7 hogs. [AlC pers prop]

1900:
Dock was farming in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]

1910:
Dock was farming in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]

1920:
Dock was farming in Alcorn County, Mississippi. [census-Miss]

1930:
Dock was farming on Rienzi & Jacinto Road in Alcorn County, Mississippi. He was living next to his daughter Actie. [census-Miss]

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