John Calvin Cranford

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• Residence: 1850, District 11, Walker, Alabama, USA

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John Calvin Cranford's Life.
Added by GeorgeSpeed13 on 23 Apr 2007

John Calvin Cranford was born in No. Car. in 1785. He was a veteran of the war of 1812 and was at the Battle of New Orleans, as per family legend. He enlisted as a private in Colonel Means First Regiment of So. Car. Militia on Oct. 14,1814 and was discharged at Charleston, So. Car. on Mar. 17, 1815. Johns brother, Josiah was in the same regiment, and had the same service as John. Their pay was $8.00 per Month. They gave two rations each valued at eighteen cents for travel from Charleston to their homes. After Elizabeth Wilks & John were married they lived in No. Car. a short time and then moved to Chester Co. So. Car. untill about 1822, and then moved to Morgan Co. Ala. They settled and farmed near Falkville until 1838, and then moved to Walker Co. Ala. where they lived and farmed the remainder of their lives. He died on his farm in Walker Co. and was buried beside his wife in the old Cranford graveyard at the foot of Cranford Hill, one mile north of New Hope Church,in Walker Co. Ala.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Wilkes. Elizabeth (daughter of Abner Wilkes and Martha Crider) was born in 1790 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 12 Mar 1868 in Walker, Alabama, USA; was buried in Cranford Family Cemetery, Walker, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abner Cranford was born on 22 Apr 1809 in Montgomery, North Carolina, USA; died on 18 Jul 1888 in Walker, Alabama, USA; was buried in McDade Cemetery, Carbon Hill, Walker, Alabama, USA.
2. Winifred Cranford was born on 11 Feb 1811 in South Carolina, USA; died on 23 Nov 1867.
3. Celia Cranford was born in 1812 in South Carolina, USA; died in 1890 in Winston, Alabama, USA.
4. Mary Elizabeth Cranford was born in 1813 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died in 1895 in Morgan, Alabama, USA; was buried in Lawrence Cove Independent Baptist Church Cemetery, Eva, Morgan, Alabama, USA.
5. Martha "Patsy" Cranford was born in 1815 in South Carolina, USA; died in 1911 in Alabama, USA.
6. William Cranford was born on 18 Feb 1818 in Morgan, Alabama, USA; died on 3 Aug 1885 in Covington, Mississippi, USA.
7. Charlotte Cranford was born in 1819; died in 1904.
8. Thomas Mathew Cranford was born in 1820 in Chester, South Carolina, USA; died on 11 Mar 1866 in Mount Ida, Montgomery, Arkansas, USA.
9. John Monroe Cranford was born in 1824 in Morgan, Alabama, USA.
10. Malinda Cranford was born on 18 Apr 1825; died on 27 Jul 1887 in Walker, Alabama, USA.
11. Minerva Cranford was born on 13 Jun 1827 in Morgan, Alabama, USA; died on 23 Feb 1926 in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, USA.
12. Nancy Emily Cranford was born on 27 Oct 1827 in Walker, Alabama, USA; died on 20 Sep 1919 in Alabama, USA.
13. Lydia Ann Dorcus Cranford was born on 18 Aug 1831 in Morgan, Alabama, USA; died on 4 Mar 1914 in Summersville, Texas, Missouri, USA; was buried in Summersville Cemetery, Summersville, Texas, Missouri, USA.
14. Chesley Hardy Cranford was born on 5 Feb 1833 in Falkville, Morgan, Alabama; died on 9 May 1911 in Walker, Alabama, USA; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Oakman, Walker, Alabama, USA.