Zachariah C Alvis, b 1783, VA; m 19 Jul 1809 (1) Peggy/Pheraby Barnett Logan Co KY, MR; m ca 1835 (2) Juliana Burdeshaw; he may have also m Aug 26 1841 (3) Lucretia Sulivant, Shelby Co TN, MR; m Jan 25 1853 (4) Sarah Ann Burks, Shelby Co TN, MR. He was in a tax lists in MS in 1841 & 45, but not known in a census after 1840.
Militia
1813-1814, Fought in Creek Indian War as a private in Captain George Smith's Company of Mounted Gunmen under General Andrew Jackson.[1]
Occupation
Sheriff of Madison County, Alabama bet 1829/1830
Sources
↑ U. S. House of Representatives, 18th Congress, List of Private Claims, Creek War, Zachariah C. Alvis, compensation for a horse.
1810 Goochland County, Virginia Census, Zachariah C. Alvis.
1812 Bedford County, Tennessee Tax List, Zachariah C. Alvis.
Alabama Land Records, Document 2031, .24 acres, Issue Date 15 Aug 1826.
1830 Fayette County, Tennessee Census, Zachariah C. Alvis.
Land 1836 Lafayette Co MS
1840 Lafayette County, Mississippi Census, Zachariah C. Alvis.
Shelby Co TN Marriages, 1820-1858, Vol 1, Copied at Nashville TN 1968 by H O Alvis. Page 1331, 26 Aug 1841, Zachariah C Alvis to Lucretia Sulivant, J W Swaim , Sec. Page 3097, 24 Jan 1853, Z. C. Alvis to S. A Burk, by A H Herron, JP, 25 Jan 1853, Jas Johnson, Sec.
Received land Grant in Fayette County, TN (no source).
Madison County, AL Records, Vol 175, pg 24
Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1960, published by TN Genealogical Society.
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