Individual Details
Alexander Gray Raiford
(August 17, 1787 - November 19, 1854)
Tab: 1820 Jefferson County, Georgia census; Age 26 - 40.
"Sgt., Bowling's Detach., War of 1812. Ensign, 92nd Dist. Co. (Washington County) Ga. Militia, Oct. 13, 1814. 1st Sgt., Capt. David Clark's Volunteer Co. of Artillery, 1816. Clerk of Superior Court, Jefferson Co., Ga., 1819. Appointed Justice of Inferior Court, Jefferson Co., Nov. 12, 1819. ELected Surveyor of Richmond Co., Ga., Jun. 14 1836. The surveying compass he used was the one owned by Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe in laying out Savannah. This compass, manufactured by Matthew Walker, 1721, was presented to the Ga. Hist. Soc. pursuant to his request on his deathbed." (RAIFORD FAMILY by W. R. Raiford, 1989, page 94)
"Sgt., Bowling's Detach., War of 1812. Ensign, 92nd Dist. Co. (Washington County) Ga. Militia, Oct. 13, 1814. 1st Sgt., Capt. David Clark's Volunteer Co. of Artillery, 1816. Clerk of Superior Court, Jefferson Co., Ga., 1819. Appointed Justice of Inferior Court, Jefferson Co., Nov. 12, 1819. ELected Surveyor of Richmond Co., Ga., Jun. 14 1836. The surveying compass he used was the one owned by Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe in laying out Savannah. This compass, manufactured by Matthew Walker, 1721, was presented to the Ga. Hist. Soc. pursuant to his request on his deathbed." (RAIFORD FAMILY by W. R. Raiford, 1989, page 94)
Events
Birth | August 17, 1787 | Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia | |||
Marriage | March 30, 1819 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Eliza Battey | |||
Death | November 19, 1854 | ||||
Marriage | Betty | ||||
Burial | Laurel Grove Cem, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia |
Families
Spouse | Betty |
Child | Britton Hamilton Raiford (1811 - ) |
Spouse | Eliza Battey ( - ) |
Child | Eliza Robey Raiford (1820 - 1880) |
Father | John Raiford (1758 - 1812) |
Mother | Lucy Rebecca Spell ( - ) |
Sibling | Baldwin Raiford (1788 - 1844) |
Sibling | Temperance Raiford (1788 - ) |
Sibling | John S. Raiford ( - ) |
Sibling | Robert Raiford (1796 - 1857) |
Sibling | Sally C. Raiford (1803 - ) |
Sibling | Eliza H. Raiford (1805 - ) |
Sibling | Lucy R. Raiford (1806 - ) |
Sibling | William Hamilton Raiford (1811 - ) |
Sibling | Philip Raiford (1820 - ) |