Person:Ammi Alford (1)

Ammi Alford did not go off to Missouri as his brother Benedict thought, or if he did he returned later to Vermont, as we see in the census records below. Occupation: shoemaker

Was a private in New York 7th Artillery Regiment during War of 1812:
War of 1812 Service Records:
Name: Ammi Alford
Company: 7 ARTILLERY REGIMENT, NEW YORK.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 3
Roll Exct: 602

ALFORD, AMMI.
St. Albans, [Franklin Co.], VT.
Volunteered to go to Plattsburgh, [NY], in September 1814, and was present at the battle on September 11th. No organization given.
Ref: Book 51, AGO pages 117 and 122.

Pension Claim
Name: Clarisa White
Information in the record of Ammi Alford from United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files
Name: Ammi Alford
Event Type: Pension
Bounty Land: 10734 - 40 - 50 and 43469 - 120 - 55
Military Unit Note: Pvt, Capt Samuel Jack's Co, N Y Mil
Spouse's Name: Clarisa G Alford
Enlisted: 21 Sep 1812 Discharged: 30 Dec 1812
Residence of Soldier: 1850 St. Albans, Franklin County, Vt; 1855 Waterville, Lamoille County, Vt
Residence of Widow: 1878 Waterville, Vt
Maiden Name of Widow: Clarissa White
Marriage of Soldier and Widow: 31 Oct 1831 Highgate, Vt
Death of Widow: about 1890
"United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910." FamilySearch [4]

1820 Census
Name: Ammi Alfred
Event Place: St Albans, Franklin, Vermont, United States
Page: 108
"United States Census, 1820", FamilySearch [5]

1840 Census
Name: Ammi Alford
Event Place: St Albans, Franklin, Vermont
"United States Census, 1840,", FamilySearch [6]

1850 Census:
Name: Annie Alfred [sic]
Age: 60, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790, Birth Place: Vermont
Home in 1850: St Albans, Franklin, Vermont
Household Members:
Annie Alfred 60 = Ammi
Clarissa Alfred 43
Phebe Alfred 18
Adial Alfred 15
Alonzo Alfred 13
Byron S Alfred 10
Nelson E Alfred 8
Albert Alfred 3
Wallace A Alfred 0
"United States Census, 1850," FamilySearch [7]

1860 Census:
Name: Ami Alfred
Age in 1860: 70, Birth Year: abt 1790, Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1860: Waterville, Lamoille, Vermont
Household Members:
Ami Alfred 70
Clanis Alfred 53 = Clarissa
Reuben Alfred 10
Nelson Alfred 18
"United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch [8]

Death
Name: Ammi Alford
Occupation: Shoemaker
Status: Married
Birth Date: abt 1790
Death Date: 25 Jul 1862
Death Place: Waterville, Vermont, USA
Death Age: 72 and 10 days
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Also see: "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," FamilySearch [9]

1.   The Conger Family of America
   Vol I, page 695, 1972.

   Maxine Crowell Leonard, The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, Waverly, Iowa: Rota Press, 1972, page 695. See: [[1]]

2.   Known Descendants of Benedict Alford and Joan Newton
   page 49.

   [[2]]
   Gives birth date of Feb 1788.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
   Vol. 196.

   SAR Membership Number: 39154. Says Ammi was born in Ferrisburg, Vermont, but the 1790 Federal Census shows family living in Georgia, Vermont.

4. ↑ Vermont Vital Records through 1870.

   Source Information: Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
   Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

5.   United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815.

   database with images, FamilySearch [3]; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 3; FHL microfilm 882,521.

6.   STATE OF VERMONT ROSTER OF SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF 1812-14.

   Prepared and published under the direction of Herbert T. Johnson, The Adjutant General, 1933, page 16. Source: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Ammi,Alford::alford::2827.html

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Find A Grave.

   Tombstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158334844

8.   FamilySearch.org.

   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L699-WZV