My Pafford Family (England, NC, TN)

My PAFFORD Ancestry and Cousins
Surry - Stokes Co., NC - Warren/DeKalb Co., TN

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Thomas Pafford

My 4th Great Grandfather

What we know and believe

Thomas Pafford is believed to be the son of John Pafford born about 1740 and who died 1786 Surry Co., North Carolinia. His mother's name is unknown.

It is believed that Thomas had at least 3 brothers, William, Samuel and James and at least 1 sister, Rachel Pafford who married Christian SMITH. (There may have been others - research is continuing)

This Thomas Pafford * * * did NOT descend * * * from James Pafford and Martha Binstead (at one time had Matthews) who married April 24, 1760 St. Mary's Church, Portsea, Hampshire Co, England.

Thomas Paffard, gentleman of Portsea, Hampshire, England and son of James and Martha of Portsea, England left a will dated 1811 in Portsea. His will mentions his wife Nanny Paffard, brother in law James Saunders, children Thomas Paffard, Jane Freeman Paffard, James Henry Paffard & Samuel Saunders Paffard. ALL of these heirs were living in England at THIS TIME.

Our PAFFORD family (sometimes spelled or transcribed as PAPHARD, PANFORD, PAFORD already lived in the the Surry Co., NC (Stokes Co., NC was formed in 1789 from Surry) as early as 1782. Surry Co., NC had been formed in 1770 from Rowan Co., NC.

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Chronology

Wife of Thomas Pafford

Nancy Unknown

We know very little about Nancy, wife of Thomas Pafford.

"Marriage of Some American Residents", Guide to Documents - Vol. 1, page 6l shows the following: (listed like this)

l) Pafford, Thomas of North Carolina - Nancy, b. l770 Virginia
Pafford, Susanna, b. l80l, North Carolina (later census records shows that Susanna was born in Stokes Co., NC)

  • 1850- DeKalb Co, TN Census (District 12) p. 19, #539
    Charles HILL      37
    Ethery            38
    William           12
    Tabitha           11
    Louisa             9
    John               6
    Randolph           3
    Nancy PAFFORD     70
    
    *Listed in household of her son-in-law Charles Hill who had married daughter Ethery Pafford

  • 1860 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
    Surname: Nancy Paphard 
    Year: 1860  
    County: Dekalb Co.  
    State: TN  
    Age: 100  
    Gender: F (Female)  
    Month of Death: May  
    State of Birth: NC  
    ID#: MRT197_253823 
    Occupation: HOUSEKEEPER  
    Cause of Death: OLD AGE  
    
  • Children of Thomas Pafford and Nancy ?

    As time permits and photos become availabe, this site will be expanded. Each child, and some of the grandchildren of Thomas Pafford, will be given their own site. Be sure and click on the children's names, above, to continue with their descendants and to see photos as they become available..

    1. James Henry Pafford

      --b. March 19, 1797 Stokes Co., NC
      --d. October 1838 Lowndes Co., GA
      ----buried Fender Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier Co., Georgia

      --m. Wealthy CORBITT
      --abt 1820 Tennessee
      ----b. abt 1801 SC
      ----d. 1880 Clinch Co., GA or TN)
      ------buried Fender Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier Co., Georgia
      ------d/o Isham Corbitt and Amelia STOKES
      --------gd/o Brinkley Corbitt, Sr. and Margaret CONNELL
      --------gd/o William Stokes and Sarah GWINN
      ----Wealthy m/2 Isaac CURRY, Jr. abt 1840
      ------Isaac b. 1781
      ------Isaac d. December 25, 1856
      --------buried Fender Cemetery, Lakeland, Lanier Co., Georgia
      --------Isaac was m/1 to Frances GREENE
      --------Isaac was s/o Isaac Curry, Sr. and Rhoda GRESHAM

      Fender Cemetery - Lanier Co., Georgia

      Entrance to Fender Cemetery James Pafford's Tombstone

      Wealthy Corbitt Curry Pafford Tombstone Isaac Curry Tombstone

      My 3rd Great Grandparents

    2. Susannah (Pafford) Laurance

      --b. August 16, 1801 Stokes Co., NC
      --d. September 16, 1880 Pisgah, DeKalb Co., TN
      ----buried Pisgah Cemetery, DeKalb Co., TN

      --m. Thomas LAURANCE (also spelled LAWRENCE sometimes)
      --abt 1825 probably Smith Co., TN
      ----b. December 29, 1797 NC
      ----d. August 14, 1880 Pisgah DeKalb Co., TN
      ------buried Pisgah Cemetery, DeKalb Co., TN
      -------s/o William Laurance and Sarah CARUTHERS?

      Tombstones at Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery

      My mother and I at Pisgah Church in 1969 Pisgah Church in 1969

      Pisgah Church and my mother (Venetia Davis Jobe) and myself Ann (Jobe) Desjardins Brown - Taken 1969

      Grave of Thomas Laurance - my 3rd great grandfatherGrave of Thomas Laurance - my 3rd great grandmother


      THIS IS MY DIRECT LINE

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    3. (?) Sarah Elizabeth Pafford (?)

      --b. abt 1803 Tennessee

    4. Son Pafford

      --b. 1804/10 Stokes Co., NC

      Randolph Pafford

    5. Randolph A. 'Randol' Pafford

      --b. August 1809 Stokes Co., NC
      --d. October 13, 1891 Kinney or Val Verde Co., Texas
      ----buried West Lawn Cemetery, Del Rio, Val Verde Co., Texas

      --m/1 Mary PHILIPS
      --May 24, 1832 probably Smith Co., TN
      ----b. November 15, 1816 TN
      ----d. April 3, 1872 Val Verde Co., TX
      ------buried West Lawn Cemetery, Del Rio, Val Verde Co., Texas
      ------d/o Martin Phillips and Sarah LEAGUE

      --m/2 Martha Lewis SNELL
      --March 11, 1877 Kinney Co., Texas
      ----b. abt 1811 KY
      ----d. aft 1880 TX)
      ------Martha m/1 Henry KEENE
      ------d/o Louden Snell and Judith DICKEN
      ------gd/o John Snell and Elizabeth WATTS
      --------gt gd/o John Snell and Philadelphia FOSTER

      *Many of the desecndants of Martin Phillips and Sarah League are also related to me as they intermarried with my other cousins in DeKalb Co.,TN vicinity.

      Westlawn Cemetery - Del Rio, Val Verde Co., Texas

      Entrance to Westlawn Cemetery Randolph Pafford Tombstone

      Randolph's photo tombstone picutre - courtesy of Suzanne Elms-Barclay

    6. Daughter Pafford

      --b. 1811/20 Stokes Co., NC

    7. Ethery (Pafford) Hill

      --b. 1812 Stokes Co. NC
      --d. 1868 DeKalb Co. TN

      --m. Charles HILL
      --abt 1837 probably Warren Co., TN
      ----b. 1811/13
      ----d. 1878/80 DeKalb Co. TN

    Additional Pictures, Stories, Information

    Would love to have any additional 'old' pictures, stories, scans of documents, etc to add to this file.
    Please send these or any comments to myself

    Ann (Jobe) Brown.

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