Alford Gamon Beeson was the blood grandson and adopted son of Captain Edward Beeson, Revolutionary War officer in the North Carolina Militia and pioneer settler of Jackson, St. Clair and Marshall Counties in Alabama.
Alford's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Beeson Graves and his stepfather, John Graves moved their family to the Alabama Territory about 1815 and became pioneering settlers of Blount and DeKalb Counties.
Alford married Fannie Baker in Blount County, Alabama on July 27, 1819. Fannie died in Jackson County, Alabama on May 22, 1831. He remarried Eleanor Stewart Justice, the widow of Johnson Thompson in Jackson County, Alabama on December 22, 1832.
Alford Gamon was born the son of Professor Gamon and Betty Beeson in Columbia, Tennessee, March 11, 1795. When his father died, his mother returned to her father's home. Alford's grandfather, Captain Edward Beeson, adopted him and had his name changed to Beeson.
In the fall of 1813, at the age of 18, he joined General Andrew Jackson's Army as a private in Capt. James MacFarland's Company, Tennessee Militia, and fought through the Creek Indian Campain in Alabama. He was in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend on March 27, 1814, which crushed the Creek Indians and opened a large territory to white settlers in Alabama.
On Sept. 28, 1814, he re-enlisted at Columbia,Tennessee, for the New Orleans Campaign in Capt. James MacMahon's Company, Tennessee Militia. He fought against British Major-General Edward Pakenham's assault in the Battle of New Orleans and was mustered out of the Army on April 27, 1815. In 1878 his widow was granted a pension for his services in the War of 1812.
After the war, Alford moved to Blount County, Alabama where he taught school and farmed with his mother and stepfather. There he married Fannie Baker on July 27, 1819. Alford and Fannie lived a few years in Blount County and then moved to a farm near Scottsboro, Alabama where he taught school, farmed, was a Justice of the Peace and lived the remainder of his life.
Alford's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Beeson Graves and his stepfather, John Graves moved their family to the Alabama Territory about 1815 and became pioneering settlers of Blount and DeKalb Counties.
Alford married Fannie Baker in Blount County, Alabama on July 27, 1819. Fannie died in Jackson County, Alabama on May 22, 1831. He remarried Eleanor Stewart Justice, the widow of Johnson Thompson in Jackson County, Alabama on December 22, 1832.
Alford Gamon was born the son of Professor Gamon and Betty Beeson in Columbia, Tennessee, March 11, 1795. When his father died, his mother returned to her father's home. Alford's grandfather, Captain Edward Beeson, adopted him and had his name changed to Beeson.
In the fall of 1813, at the age of 18, he joined General Andrew Jackson's Army as a private in Capt. James MacFarland's Company, Tennessee Militia, and fought through the Creek Indian Campain in Alabama. He was in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend on March 27, 1814, which crushed the Creek Indians and opened a large territory to white settlers in Alabama.
On Sept. 28, 1814, he re-enlisted at Columbia,Tennessee, for the New Orleans Campaign in Capt. James MacMahon's Company, Tennessee Militia. He fought against British Major-General Edward Pakenham's assault in the Battle of New Orleans and was mustered out of the Army on April 27, 1815. In 1878 his widow was granted a pension for his services in the War of 1812.
After the war, Alford moved to Blount County, Alabama where he taught school and farmed with his mother and stepfather. There he married Fannie Baker on July 27, 1819. Alford and Fannie lived a few years in Blount County and then moved to a farm near Scottsboro, Alabama where he taught school, farmed, was a Justice of the Peace and lived the remainder of his life.
Alford Gamon Beeson was the blood grandson and adopted son of Captain Edward Beeson, Revolutionary War officer in the North Carolina Militia and pioneer settler of Jackson, St. Clair and Marshall Counties in Alabama.
Alford's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Beeson Graves and his stepfather, John Graves moved their family to the Alabama Territory about 1815 and became pioneering settlers of Blount and DeKalb Counties.
Alford married Fannie Baker in Blount County, Alabama on July 27, 1819. Fannie died in Jackson County, Alabama on May 22, 1831. He remarried Eleanor Stewart Justice, the widow of Johnson Thompson in Jackson County, Alabama on December 22, 1832.
Alford Gamon was born the son of Professor Gamon and Betty Beeson in Columbia, Tennessee, March 11, 1795. When his father died, his mother returned to her father's home. Alford's grandfather, Captain Edward Beeson, adopted him and had his name changed to Beeson.
In the fall of 1813, at the age of 18, he joined General Andrew Jackson's Army as a private in Capt. James MacFarland's Company, Tennessee Militia, and fought through the Creek Indian Campain in Alabama. He was in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend on March 27, 1814, which crushed the Creek Indians and opened a large territory to white settlers in Alabama.
On Sept. 28, 1814, he re-enlisted at Columbia,Tennessee, for the New Orleans Campaign in Capt. James MacMahon's Company, Tennessee Militia. He fought against British Major-General Edward Pakenham's assault in the Battle of New Orleans and was mustered out of the Army on April 27, 1815. In 1878 his widow was granted a pension for his services in the War of 1812.
After the war, Alford moved to Blount County, Alabama where he taught school and farmed with his mother and stepfather. There he married Fannie Baker on July 27, 1819. Alford and Fannie lived a few years in Blount County and then moved to a farm near Scottsboro, Alabama where he taught school, farmed, was a Justice of the Peace and lived the remainder of his life.
Alford's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Beeson Graves and his stepfather, John Graves moved their family to the Alabama Territory about 1815 and became pioneering settlers of Blount and DeKalb Counties.
Alford married Fannie Baker in Blount County, Alabama on July 27, 1819. Fannie died in Jackson County, Alabama on May 22, 1831. He remarried Eleanor Stewart Justice, the widow of Johnson Thompson in Jackson County, Alabama on December 22, 1832.
Alford Gamon was born the son of Professor Gamon and Betty Beeson in Columbia, Tennessee, March 11, 1795. When his father died, his mother returned to her father's home. Alford's grandfather, Captain Edward Beeson, adopted him and had his name changed to Beeson.
In the fall of 1813, at the age of 18, he joined General Andrew Jackson's Army as a private in Capt. James MacFarland's Company, Tennessee Militia, and fought through the Creek Indian Campain in Alabama. He was in the Battle of Horse Shoe Bend on March 27, 1814, which crushed the Creek Indians and opened a large territory to white settlers in Alabama.
On Sept. 28, 1814, he re-enlisted at Columbia,Tennessee, for the New Orleans Campaign in Capt. James MacMahon's Company, Tennessee Militia. He fought against British Major-General Edward Pakenham's assault in the Battle of New Orleans and was mustered out of the Army on April 27, 1815. In 1878 his widow was granted a pension for his services in the War of 1812.
After the war, Alford moved to Blount County, Alabama where he taught school and farmed with his mother and stepfather. There he married Fannie Baker on July 27, 1819. Alford and Fannie lived a few years in Blount County and then moved to a farm near Scottsboro, Alabama where he taught school, farmed, was a Justice of the Peace and lived the remainder of his life.
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ALFRED BEESON
PVT TENN MILITIA
WAR OF 1812
MARCH 11, 1795 - JULY 16, 1841
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