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FARRAR,
Alexander
b. 29 Feb 1764 VA; 
d. 26 May 1832 MS
Natchez Dist./Adams 
Co. 
Owned a med. size 
plantation in extreme 
N.E. part of Adams Co. 
called Moss Grove Plantation.  Bought property in 1780's
1) Jane Davis
b. 10 Jun 1760; 
d. 21 Feb 1821 MS; 
m. 20 Aug 1785 MS;
2) Mrs. Sarah 
Williams (Chaney)
Wilds 
d. 3 Sep 1832
by 1st wife Jane Davis: 
Daniel 23 May 1786; 
Elizabeth Ann 18 May 1789; 
Rhoda 24 April 1791; 
Alexander, Jr. 30 Apr 1794;
Alief/Alice 17 Sep 1796; 
Ruthy 23 Sep 1799; 
Jane 26 Jun 1802.

by 2nd wife Sarah Wilds:  Martha 3 Sep 1832 - 4 Sep 1832; 

All born on Moss Grove Plantation in Adams Co. MS.

Probably Methodist.  Alexander loved 
horses and raised very fine ones.
The History of The Descendants of the 
Jersey Settlers of 
Adams Co., MS
Frances Preston 
Mills, Editor;
The Farrar's Island 
Family and its 
English Ancestry
by Alvahn Holmes;
Spanish Census 
Natchez Dist. 1792;
1810 MS census 
Adams Co.;
1820 MS census 
Adams Co.;
Pauline Hallett -
FIFE
Isaac, Wade
ca 1764-1766/1813 On a branch of 
Bayou Pierre, called Bayou Chubby, 
ca 1788-1790.
Nancy Matilda Mayfield Isaac b 1790;
Gilbert b 1791;
John b 1792;
William b 1798;
Peggy b 1800;
Evon b 1802;
Adelee b 1804;
- Natchez Court Records 1767-1805 Abstracts 
of early records.
The May Wilson McBee Collection Vol ll
1790 Natchez District Census, Claiborne County Census.
Fife Family History, by Adrienne Sisk Wilson.
Michael Murphy -
FLETCHER,
John (Jehu)
1791-1865 Amite County, MS, before 1813 Margaret Glover;
m February 15, 1813; Liberty, Amite Co, MS
Alice Fletcher Little;
William;
Martha Fletcher Kinchen;
Cynthia Fletcher Zackary;
Jincy Ann Fletcher Hodges;
Rebecca Fletcher Harris;
Margaret Ann
Martin;
Robert;
George Washington;
Mary (May) Fletcher Hess;
Jehu was a private and a veteran of the War of
1812, and was at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 as a member of Captain John K. Goff's Company of the 7th Regiment of the Louisiana Militia.  He was mustered into service at the English farm below New Orleans,
Louisiana on or about the month of November 1814. 
His records state when mustered in,  he was 5'9" tall, weighed 160 pounds, had 
blue eyes, dark hair, and was brunette in complexion.
Military Records David Fletcher -
FORD,
Joseph
1724-1804 Adams/Franklin Co Catherine 
(may be 
second 
spouse)
John;
Rober;
etc.;
Farmer Will on file in Adams, 
Co Ms;
Took oath of alleigence 
in 1799;
This Joseph grandfather 
of Hetty Ford, m to John Spires;   John Spires
was witness on his will.
Kate Mullins -

 
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