Alexander Telford Jr. (1760 - 1844)

Born 1 Jun 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 May 1844 at age 83 in Troy, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Revolutionary War veteran Yorktown

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Son of Alexander Tedford/Telford and Mary Gilmore. An affidavit he wrote to receive his pension states he was born in Augusta Co., VA., although one family tradition has it that he was born en route during his family's emigration from Ireland to America.

He was a rifleman in the American Revolution and was in the Siege of Yorktown (York Co., VA). He and his company were discharged about 3 days before the surrender of Corwallis, due to most of them being ill.

Alexander Tedford moved from Augusta Co., VA to Scott Co., KY where he bought and improved a farm about 4 miles from Georgetown, KY.

He married twice, to Elizabeth McClung and Mary McCampbell. He had seven known children, all born in KY (Mary Ann, Andrew, John Gilmore & Nancy with first wife; James, Jane McKee & Findlay with second wife). In KY the government designated his land "military reserve", so he lost it all. He worked as a stone mason until he earned enough to move to Miami Co., OH, where he bought Spinning Farm on the Mad River near Dayton, OH. There he lost nearly all his horses and cattle from disease called "sick stomach", so he sold that farm at great sacrifice. He then moved to Troy, OH, and bought four hundred acres of land. He lived in a sheep pen the first winter, but soon bought another farm on the Big Troy River and lived prosperously.

In 1807 or 1808 he started the first Presbyterian church in Troy, OH in his own log house.

He retired and lived on his farm until his death.^[1]

Birth

1 JUN 1760

Augusta Co., VA^[2]

Death

22 MAY 1844 ^[1]

Troy, OH^[3]

Marriage

FAM

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 December 2021), memorial page for PVT Alexander Telford Jr. (1 Jun 1760–22 May 1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #23647669, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Troy, Miami County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
2. ↑ Source: #S236
3. ↑ Source: #S236
4. ↑ Source: #S236

• Source: S236 Author: Reid, Russell M. Title: Our Family Abbreviation: Reid, Russell M. Publication: http://www.louisville.edu/~rmreid01/family/ Note: Appears to have done very thorough work on the Reids, McDowells & McClungs Repository: #R94 Media: Electronic Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Repository: R94 Web Address: http://www.louisville.edu/~rmreid01/family/
• Family bible record, recorded by his son John Gilmer Telford. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHM-XW31?i=546

Acknowledgments

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