Person:George Alford (8)

Record of this birth [30 Mar 1761 to Benedict and Rebecca] in Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Vol 2, page 288. But that date appears to be an error. Benedict's first wife died in January of 1761 and he and Rebecca were not married until December of that year. An alternate is found in other records: 10 Mar 1764, and that is a date that seems a better fit.

The 1820 Census index shows George and John A. Alford in Monroe Co., Mich.
George was living in Monroe City, MI, in 1826. (Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, p. 31.)

1830 Census shows George Alford as head of household, age 50-60; one female age 50-60 and two females age 5-10. It also shows a John Alford with a male age 30-40, one male under 5, one 5-10 and one 10-15, plus a female age 20-30 and one under 5 and one age 5-10.

1850 Michigan census:
City of Monroe, 1st Ward.
Microfilm: M432 - Roll 358, Monroe county, Page 383, House 190, Family 197, Date Aug 7, 1850:
Israel Scrantum 37 CT Engineer 3500
Lucy Scrantum 25 MI
James P. Scrantum 6 MI
Lucy A. Scrantum 1 MI
George Alford 88 CT (Note: George was blind) If 88 years old, then date of birth is 1762.

There was a George Alford in Quebec in 1852.

From History of Monroe County, Michigan by John McClelland Bulkley: "George Alford, Revolutionary soldier, was one of the early New England settlers in Monroe and lived on Second Street, between Harrison and Cass Streets. He was brother of Mrs. James E. Skinner, whose husband was for some years a Registrar of Deeds in Monroe County, and held other public offices. George Alford was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and served under General Putnam, and as such is entitled to Honorable Mention, though unfortunately, there are no records at hand to identify him more particularly in the patriotic service which he rendered to his country. There are no relatives now living in this county, nor any of his contemporaries from whom any further details can be obtained, but is is an interesting fact that Monroe once had for one of its citizens a soldier who served in General Washington's Army and under that intrepid commander, General Putnam."

Veteran of Revolutionary War--
Military unit [Hutchin's Vermont Regiment], date of death [16 Apr 1836] and place of burial: Graves Registration, Department of Michigan: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: http://www.suvcwmi.org/graves/search.php It's not certain this is "our" George Alford, or that the date of death corresponds to that of "our" George.

A bio of his son, George G Alford, in the New Madrid papers state that George G. was reared on Lake Champlain and Cayuga, N.Y. It states his family recorded dates back many years, to a close relationship with the Mallorys and General Ethan Allen of Revolutionary fame, the hero of Ticonderoga. The family moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1815, then an obscure French and Indian village.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

   Tomstone shown (seems newly placed and gives year of death as 1836, but this may not be correct): [[1]]