Confederate Soldier Lawrence Sanford

1840 - 1901  (61 years)

• Name	Lawrence Sanford  [1]
  Title	Confederate Soldier
  Born	2 Nov 1840	Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Nov 1901	Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  Buried	Fredericksburg Cemetery Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia
  Person ID	I21153	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Farmer Sanford,   b. 1804, Stafford Co., Virginia ,   d. 28 Jan 1871, Stafford Co., Virginia  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Agnes J. M. Crawford,   b. 1809, Orange Co., Virginia ,   d. 5 Apr 1859, Stafford Co., Virginia  (Age 50 years)
  Married	6 Aug 1835	Spotsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F7911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Alberta Frazier,   b. 29 Feb 1832, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 25 Dec 1878, Spotsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 46 years)
  Children	+ 1. Frederick William Sanford,   b. 3 Jan 1868, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 6 Aug 1935, Newport News, Virginia  (Age 67 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F7910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Death Certificate-Frederick William Sanford fwmsanford.jpg
  		Lawrence Sanford-Obit The Richmond Times Nov 28, 1901
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• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27783791/lawrence-sanford. Lawrence Sanford was a member of the Fredericksburg Artillery, C.S.A. son of Joseph and Agnes I. M. Crawford Sanford Husband of ????? Young Sanford, Louisa A. Frazer Sanford, and Georgianna Baker Sanford 3 Wives [S37] Death Certificate. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com. Son of Joseph and Agnes J. M. Crawford Sanford. Married Louisa Alberta Frazer on 11/19/1863; Georgianna Baker on 6/2/1879; Mrs. Emma Blackley Thompson on 2/14/1901. Pollock's Company, Fredericksburg Virginia Light Artillery Battery, Pegram's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A. Residence Richmond, VA. Enlisted on 5/11/1861 in Richmond, he was mustered into Captain Marye's Company, "Hampden" Virginia Light Artillery as a Private. (Captain Marye was a fellow Fredericksburger.) On 7/24/1861 he was transferred into Captain Carter Braxton's Company, "Fredericksburg" Virginia Light Artillery. He reported for duty 7/30/1861. Reenlisted for 2 more years' service on 2/25/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due. He was transferred on 4/6/1862 back into the Hampden Virginia Light Artillery. Appears back in the Fredericksburg Light Artillery on the June 30 - Oct 31, 1862 Roll. Listed as AWOL on Nov & Dec 1862 Roll. Present or accounted for on all subsequent Rolls until Absent, sick on Jan & Feb 1864 Roll. The Fredericksburg Light Artillery was organized in June, 1861, with men recruited in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After serving in the Aquia District, it was assigned to R.L. Walker's, W.J. Pegram's, and M. Johnson's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit saw action from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was involved in the operations against Petersburg and Richmond, then took part in the Appomattox Campaign.