I have been on this list for several months and have been quiet to this point. That is because I am very shy and didn't want to jump in over my head right away. Now I feel I have enough reliable info to share and to ask for your help. Here goes..... I have two branches of Sanfords in my paternal tree. I know that they had to be brothers, but until now I was not ready to start looking for their father. The following is what I believe to be true about their father and his ancestors and what I know to be true concerning the two sons (ISAIAH S. SANFORD & WILLIAM B. SANFORD) and their descendents. I believe their father was Absolom Abraham Sanford (married Catherine Snider) and that Isaiah was actually born in SC, about ten years after the family left NC. They ultimately moved to Tuscaloosa County, AL around 1818. AAS had a brother named Hezekiah P. Sanford (HPS). HPS was a veteran of the War of 1812. HPS & AAS were sons of Thomas and Levinah Sanford, who lived in SC during the Revolution, and the grandson of Thomas P. and ? (Rutledge) Sanford of SC. This Thomas P. Sanford fought in the Revolutionary War. Does anyone have any connections for me?: Isaiah S. Sanford (according to his Loyalty Oath after the Civil War) was born 12 Jan 1816 in Buncombe Co, NC - see comment above-. He died and is buried in Goodsprings (Walker County), AL: Descendants of ISAIAH S. SANFORD 1 ISAIAH S. SANFORD b: 12 Jan 1816 d: 5 Dec 1867 . +Loucinda White b: 1825 d: 1880 m: 1842 .... 2 DIANA CATHERINE SANFORD b: 2 Jun 1844 d: 7 Mar 1926 ........ +Samuel Odom .... 2 THOMAS JEFFERSON SANFORD b: 22 Oct 1844 d: 17 Apr 1919 ........ +Julia Ann Busby b: 18 Jan 1848 d: 20 Jul 1934 m: 1864 in AL ........... 3 EDWARD JEFFERSON SANFORD b: 17 Sep 1867 d: 28 Jan 1951 ............... +Izumia Calpurnia Melissa Key ........... 3 WILLIAM PICKNEY SANFORD b: 1868 d: 1941 ............... +Mary Jane Williams ........... 3 ELISHA SANFORD b: 1870 ............... +Addie Earnest b: 1870 m: 7 Apr 1895 ........... 3 MARY A. SANFORD b: 1872 ............... +John Prescott m: 22 Dec 1892 in AL ........... 3 MARTHA SANFORD b: 1876 ............... +Zinder Z. Tuggle m: 18 Jan 1893 in AL ........... 3 S. A. Sanford b: 1878 ............... +Melvin Earnest m: 1900 ........... 3 [2] Lucinda Sanford 2 b: 19 Sep 1881 d: 31 May 1948 ............... +[1] Elijah Allen Sanford b: 18 Sep 1874 d: 25 Oct 1928 m: 1900 ........... 3 Adline Julia Sanford b: 16 Sep 1883 d: 12 Apr 1970 ............... +Dudley Levin Jones b: 21 Dec 1882 d: 18 Jan 1969 m: 1906 in AL ........... 3 George Thomas Sanford b: 4 Sep 1886 d: 6 Jan 1926 ............... +Zuella Jones b: 26 May 1890 d: 24 Jun 1963 m: 2 Oct 1906 in AL .... 2 WILLIAM P. SANFORD b: 7 Aug 1846 d: 21 Feb 1908 .... 2 Lewis Greenbury Sanford b: 1849 d: Abt. 1910 ........ +Mandy Short b: 1855-1860 d: Abt. 1919 ........... 3 [1] Elijah Allen Sanford b: 18 Sep 1874 d: 25 Oct 1928 ............... +[2] Lucinda Sanford 2 b: 19 Sep 1881 d: 31 May 1948 m: 1900 ........... 3 Isaiah Sanford b: WFT Est. 1878-1898 d: Mar 1967 ............... +Hattie Dunnam b: 1895 d: WFT Est. 1909-1989 ........... 3 Lucinda Sanford 1 b: 20 Oct 1880 d: 1 Oct 1924 ............... +Joel Hardy Coker b: 6 Nov 1874 d: 3 Sep 1946 m: 14 Jun 1899 in New Albany, Mississippi ........... 3 Katie Sanford b: 8 Aug 1889 d: 5 Feb 1907 ............... +Tobe Downey m: Abt. 1906 ........... 3 Samuel /Sim/ Sanford b: 1880-1900 ............... +Viola Stanton ........... 3 Adeline Sanford b: 1885-1890 d: Unknown ............... +Lem Griffith b: 24 Sep 1880 d: Jul 1966 ........... 3 [3] George W. Sanford b: 23 Aug 1892 d: 24 Feb 1976 ............... +Lesie Vines d: Abt. 1910 m: Abt. 1909 in Alabama ........... *2nd Wife of [3] George W. Sanford: ............... +Minnie Joyce Gertrude Jones b: 7 Apr 1895 d: 21 Mar 1997 m: 1912-1913 in MS .... 2 SARAH ANN SANFORD b: 21 Apr 1851 d: Unknown ........ +J. D. Jent m: 22 Nov 1882 in AL .... 2 JOHN W. SANFORD b: 1853 .... 2 Absalom B. Sanford b: Apr 1859 d: 1910 ........ +Mary E. Hancock b: 1855 d: 1910 m: 29 Sep 1878 in AL .... 2 Isaiah Sanford b: 1859 ================================ Descendants of William B. Sanford 1 Bill Sanford b: 8 Jul 1820 d: 20 Mar 1892 . +Elendor Jane Unknown b: 26 May 1828 d: 10 Oct 1889 m: Abt. 1843 .... 2 [1] Amanda E. Sanford b: 4 Nov 1844 d: Oct 1884 ........ +John Rosson b: Unknown d: Unknown .... *2nd Husband of [1] Amanda E. Sanford: ........ +Frances M. Brown b: Abt. 1840 d: Unknown m: 23 Dec 1860 in Tippah Co, MS ........... 3 Fannie M. Brown b: 9 Jan 1863 d: 20 Jan 1880 .... 2 Nancy C. Sanford b: 27 Dec 1845 d: 1878-1879 ........ +John Henry Coker b: 1841-1842 d: Abt. 1907 m: Abt. 1865 in MS ........... 3 Daniel Coker b: Abt. 1867 ........... 3 Drunetta E. Coker b: 1868 d: Dec 1879 ........... 3 Lewis B. Coker b: Abt. 1872 d: 1880-1945 ........... 3 Joel Hardy Coker b: 6 Nov 1874 d: 3 Sep 1946 ............... +Lucinda Sanford 1 b: 20 Oct 1880 d: 1 Oct 1924 m: 14 Jun 1899 in New Albany, Mississippi ........... 3 Cynthia J. Coker b: Abt. 1878 d: Abt. 1948 ............... +Brant Tharp b: Abt. 1875 d: 1935-1940 ........... 3 Verden Coker b: Abt. 1878 d: Dec 1879 .... 2 Zachariah C. Sanford b: 17 Feb 1847 d: 24 Mar 1901 ........ +Mary A. Downen m: 1871 in Tippah Co, MS ........... 3 Will Sanford ........... 3 Luther Sanford ........... 3 Newt Sanford .... 2 James M. Sanford b: 18 Apr 1848 d: 26 Feb 1857 .... 2 Margaret Ann Sanford b: 18 Dec 1849 d: 27 Nov 1937 .... 2 [2] Rebecca Jane Sanford b: 27 May 1851 d: Abt. 1935 ........ +Dave Cox .... *2nd Husband of [2] Rebecca Jane Sanford: ........ +William J. Vawter b: 1840-1850 d: 1869-1930 m: 3 Dec 1868 in Tippah County, Mississippi ........... 3 Jim Vawter ........... 3 Ace Vawter ........... 3 Ann Vawter ........... 3 Betty Vawter ........... 3 Emma Vawter ........... 3 Delia Vawter ........... 3 Hubert Vawter .... 2 Sara Melissa Sanford b: 1 Oct 1852 d: Unknown ........ +Newt Vawter ........... 3 Jeannie Vawter ........... 3 Rennie Vawter ........... 3 Arthur Vawter .... 2 Mary E. Sanford b: 12 Dec 1853 d: 31 Dec 1881 ........ +[3] Tom Wages .... 2 Bud Sanford b: 21 Apr 1856 ........ +Mattie King .... 2 Martha Alice Sanford b: 1 Dec 1858 ........ +John Drummond ........... 3 Jesse Drummond ........... 3 Fred Drummond ........... 3 Bessie Drummond .... 2 Jefferson Davis Sanford b: 29 Sep 1861 ........ +Molly Hodges .... 2 C. C. Sanford b: 14 Apr 1864 .... 2 Jeanette Ruth Sanford b: 14 May 1866 d: Apr 1898 ........ +[3] Tom Wages m: Abt. 1882 .... 2 John Carrel Sanford b: 2 Mar 1867 ........ +Belle Unknown ........... 3 Ora Lee Sanford ........... 3 Ollie Sanford ........... 3 Bill Sanford ........... 3 Rudell Sanford .... 2 Hunnel H. Sanford b: 14 Apr 1868 ........ +Lou Vawter m: 30 Jul 1884 in Union Co, MS .... 2 [4] Julia D. Sanford b: 13 May 1871 d: 27 Jul 1960 ........ +Tom Howell d: 1890-1995 m: Abt. 1890 .... *2nd Husband of [4] Julia D. Sanford: ........ +Calvin Daniel b: 1850-1860 d: 1910-1930 m: Abt. 1895 ........... 3 Roy Daniel b: 1865-1900 ........... 3 Smith Daniel b: 1865-1900 ........... 3 Beatrice Daniel b: 1865-1900 ........... 3 Jim Daniel b: 1865-1900 ........... 3 Lee Daniel b: 1865-1900 d: 1925-1950 ........... 3 Velerie Daniel b: 1865-1900 .... 2 Julius B. Sanford b: 13 May 1871 d: 15 Jan 1945 ........ +Hattie Pearl Duncan ........... 3 Paul Sanford b: 25 Jul 1922 d: 1 Dec 1994 ............... +Faye Archer ........... 3 Hughie Sanford ........... 3 Elmer Sanford ........... 3 Wesley Sanford ........... 3 Lawrence Sanford ........... 3 Una Mae Sanford ........... 3 Mary Sanford ........... 3 Edith Sanford Jimmy Coker [email protected]