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Descendants of David Tedford

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID¹ TEDFORD was born November 14, 1789 in Virginia, and died October 05, 1826 in Hardeman county, Tennessee. He married FRANCES DOSS Abt. 1812 in Georgia or Alabama, daughter of JOHN DOSS and MARY SHIELDS.

Notes for DAVID TEDFORD:
      Buried in Moore Cemetery, located one mile south of Pocahontas, Tennessee. The complete inventory of the Estate of David Tedford, deceased; is found in Will Book I, page 9, Hardeman county, Tennessee,- Sale: 1 February 1827 by : James T. Goodbread
      It indicates that the amount of property sold was: $511.50, part of which was an obligation on John H. Arnold for hire of a Negro, for $150.00. This was signed by: Daniel Hughes; administrator.

      Some compelling information on who the possible parents of David, may be found in the notes of Joseph B. Tipler b. 1880. There is a hint, that he may have been the son of the Tedford who died at Henry's Station, Blount county, Tennessee in 1792.

      The marriage records of Rockbridge County, Va. shows that a strong possibility that one of these could have been his parents.
      1. James and Mary McCroskey Tedford, who were married October 22, 1785.

      2. Alexander and Mary McCambell Tedford, married September 6, 1787.

      At this point, it is only speculation, and will remain so until information is found on the above named by way of a will or bible records.

Notes for FRANCES DOSS:
      There is listed in the 1850 census of Hardeman county, under the name of Frances, a 20 year old woman, by the name of Matilda Tedford. This Matilda is not old enough to have been the daughter of David. This is left to be a mystery as to whom she may have been, or at least, her relationship to David.
      There is also a Matilda Tedford reported to be living in the home of Abner Nelms of the same year and county, she is shown to be 18 years of age, this would be even farther from being the "daughter" of David and Frances Tedford.
      Marriage records for the county of Hardeman, has that there was a Matilda Tedford who married an Andrew J. Carson, however I have been unable to trace this couple beyond this marriage date. I don't believe it likely that she would be a daughter of Frances Doss Tedford. I am open, to any such proof to the contrary.
            It has been suggested that Frances may have had her out of wedlock, but I feel, that due to the custom of that time and the fact that the Tedfords where of a strong church following, and seems to have been highly respected. I feel that if this were the case, she would not have been able to have stayed in the area.\\
      The last accounting of Frances is found in the 1860 census of Hardeman county, at which point she was 63 years of age. There has been some speculation, by way of family tradition, that she had moved to Texas, with William C. Tedford, her son. This is, nonsense.

      William didn't arrive in Texas until 1879 and at that time he and Edith were in the home of Holly Burl Jackson, his son-in-law. Frances would have been over 80 years of age. The other side of that tradition is that they were near Abiline, Texas. This is also untrue. Willliam was in Bowie, Texas in 1880 and would not have gone any farther into the State. But would, if he had lived, gone to the southern counties of Oklahoma, from Bowie.
      It is my thought that William is buried in the Bowie, Texas area, and that at some point after his death, his wife Edith had most likely gone into Oklahoma, with the Jacksons. It is said to have been Cornith, Oklahoma, and that she died in 1905.\\

Children of DAVID TEDFORD and FRANCES DOSS are:

2.	i.	MARY ANN ' POLLY '² TEDFORD, b. October 29, 1814, Tennessee; d. October 18, 1896, Pocanhontas, Hardeman county, Tennessee.
3.	ii.	MALETHA JANE TEDFORD, b. November 12, 1815, Georga; d. January 28, 1891, Pocanhontas, Hardeman county, Tennessee.
4.	iii.	JOHN JACKSON TEDFORD, b. Abt. 1816, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1877, Hardeman county, Tennessee.
5.	iv.	WILLIAM CARROLL TEDFORD, b. October 25, 1818, Alabama or Georgia; d. 1880-1900, Montague county, Texas or Jefferson county OK.
6.	v.	SOPHRONIA O. TEDFORD, b. Abt. 1823, Georgia; d. Unknown.
7.	vi.	AMANDA TEDFORD, b. March 17, 1827, Hardeman county, Tennessee; d. November 10, 1910, Tennessee.

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