Chattahoochee County GaArchives History .....Raiford Family Data 1933
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RAIFORD

    The will of Baldwin Raiford dated Apr. 29, 1844, recorded Sept. 1844,
mentions wife Pheby and son Elijah Grout Raiford; property to be divided among
all his children after his wife's death. Witness T. F. Wooldridge, James L.
Dowell, Wm. W Bussey. Following data furnished by Mrs. Cornelia Raiford Dudley
of Columbus, Ga.

    Baldwin Raiford m. Phebe Grout in Jefferson Co. Ga. Dec. 2, 1808. Issue: (1)
Augustus B., (3) Russell, (4) Percival, (5) Robert, (6) Martha C. (2) Elijah
Grout Raiford b. July 2, 1825, m. Elizabeth Drake Monroe Oct. 2, 1845. (They
resided in Cusseta, Ga.; 11 ch. viz: (1) dau. b. and d. July 25, 1847; (2) (Dr.)
Albert d. in young manhood; (3) Harriet; (4) dau. d.; (5) dau. d.; (6) Rosa; (7)
Frances (Mrs. Wm. C. Turner); (8) Lucy (Mrs. James H. Couden); (9) Augustus
Monroe m. Amelia Flemmer; (10) Baldwin; (11) Cornelia (Mrs. Nolan Lewis Dudley).

    Ch. of Wm. C. and Frances R. Turner: Raiford Turner and Elizabeth (Mrs.
Chas. M. Frits): ch. of Augustus M. and Amelia Raiford: Baldwin and Cecelia
Raiford; ch. of Jas. H. and Lucy R. Couden: Margaret T. (Mrs. Leonard Northrup)
and James H. Couden. Ch. of Nolan Lewis and Cornelia R. Dudley: (1) David
Raiford m. Margaret Ingraham; (2) Augustus Baldwin in. Sarah Cozine Salisbury;
(3) Nolan Lewis Jr. m. Clara Neill; (4) Cornelia (Mrs. Neil Augustus Stokes);
(5) Bessie Mary (Mrs. Geo. C. Baird), (6) Evelyn (Mrs. Roscoe F. Johnson); (7)
Ann Frances Dudley.

    In 1872 E. G. Raiford moved his family to Columbus. He m. 2nd (Mrs.) Georgia
Johnson (nee Eelbeck) and lived at Eelbeck, Ga., where he d. May 24, 1903, and
is buried at Lin-wood Cemetery, Columbus.

    E. G. Raiford, Capt. Co. D, 46th Regt. Ga. Vol. Inf., C. S. A., Cusseta,
Ga., enlisted March 4, 1862, resigned March 4. 1863. Capt. Raiford re-enlisted
in 29th Ga. Cavalry.

    His grandfather was Lieut. John Raiford, a Rev. officer in N. C. Regt. who
was son of Matthew Raiford (Rayford), Lieut. John Raiford m. Rebecca Bailey (?).

    Morris Raiford's dau. Gatsy (exact relationship to Baldwin Raiford's family
unknown) m. Rueben Y. Burts who is said to have been first person buried at
Shiloh Cemetery, Jamestown.

    Ch. of Reuben Y. and Gatsy Raiford Burts: Martha b. July 2, 1825; d. Jan.
29, 1908; Barden Raiford b. April 9, 1827; Duncan H. b. Feb. 13, 1833; Eleanor
(Ellen) b. May 22, 1836.

    Martha Burts m. 1st Henry Wynne, one dau. Leila who was one and one-half
years old when her father left for war. Henry Wynne, coming home, relapsed with
measles at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he is buried. Martha B. Wynne m. 2nd
William Slaton.

    Leila Wynne m. George M. Davenport (also buried at Shiloh). They had several
children. Mrs. Leila Davenport now lives in Columbus at the home of her son,
George L. Davenport.


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From:

HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

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COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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