Richard P. Vanderford (4095)
Father: Barzillai Vanderford (3038) Mother: Milberry Taylor
b. 1830 in Georgia [census-Miss]
m. Nov. 27, 1856 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi,
Matilda Vauter [AlC mar 1855-7:278], b.
1835 in Georgia [LDS]
Sallie, b. 1870 in Mississippi
Information:
1860: Richard was a farmer and living with
his wife in Tishomingo County (now Alcorn County), Mississippi. The value of
his real property was $2,000 and his personal property was $100.
[census-Miss]
August 6, 1860: Richard bought a parcel
containing six thousand square feet near the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Alcorn
County Mississippi for $150. [AlC deed W:356]
July 5, 1863: Richard enlisted at Fulton,
Mississippi in Company A, Davenport's Battallion, Mississippi Cavalry for 12
months. His horse was valued at $250. [NA - Mil
Rec]
November 17, 1866 (recorded November 9,
1867): Richard sold the south half of the South East Quarter of Section
21, Township 3, Range 8 of the Chickasaw Survey for $110. He reserved the
rights to the pine lumber. [AlC deed AA:115]
March 5, 1867 (recorded January 6, 1868):
Richard sold Lot Number 19 in the Town of Jacinto for $20.
[AlC deed AA:143]
May 4, 1867: Richard sold Lot 24 (the lot
he bought August 6, 1860) in Rienzi for $150. [AlC
deed AA:49]
1870: Richard was a farmer in Alcorn
County, Mississippi. Living with him, his wife and daughter were
Allen (4082), 25 and Amanda, 17. The value of his real
property was $320 and his personal property was $390.
[census-Miss]
May 15, 1872 (recorded November 30, 1872):
Richard sold the South West Quarter of Section 8, Township 3, Range 8 East for
$300. [AlC deed 2:568-9]
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