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Lawrence Sanford

Male 1778 - 1858  (80 years)


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  • Name Lawrence Sanford 
    Born 10 Aug 1778  Westmoreland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Aug 1858  Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sanford Family Cemetery #1 Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23431  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 

    Father Joseph Sanford, II,   b. 1744, Westmoreland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1828, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Jane Bunbury,   b. 10 Oct 1806, Likely Westmoreland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1849, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Family ID F8878  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Apphia Farmer,   b. 1784, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1864, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 1799 
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Farmer Sanford,   b. 1804, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1871, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Last Modified 26 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F8877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Lawrence Sanford-Death Notice
    Lawrence Sanford-Death Notice
    Alexandria Gazette
    Aug 23, 1858
    Sanford Family Notes from Descendant
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  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95590190/apphia-sanford.
      Apphia Farmer Sanford
      Birth 1784
      Virginia
      Death Jun 1864 (aged 79?80)
      Spotsylvania County, Virginia
      Burial
      Sanford Family Cemetery #1
      Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia

      Spouse
      Lawrence Sanford, 1778?1858 (m. 1799)


      APPHIA SANFORD died at the home of her daughter, ANN S DUERSON, in Spotsylvania in June 1864. Although there is no stone for her in the Rocky Pen Cemetery, one assumes her remains are there with her husband.
      APPHIA was a wealthy widow - In 1860 her real estate is worth $3,000, and her personal estate is worth $10,000.

      LAWRENCE SANFORD served in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Smith's Company in the War of 1812. He also ran a ferry on the Rappahonnock between Stafford and Spotsylvania Counties, Virginia.
      In the Registry of Death records in the Stafford County Court Clerk's Office, there is record of the death of LAWRENCE SANFORD in October 1858, age 85 years, white male, cause of death is "natural decline", buried in Stafford; represented by MRS. SANFORD, consort.
      LAWRENCE SANFORD was a wealthy farmer in Stafford County - In 1850 his estate was worth $7,470.