Alexander Roddy was a son of William Marion Roddy and (probably) Martha Childress Roddy; and, though he was born in Tennessee, few other details of his early life have survived.
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census ... Alexander Roddy, a farmer, is recorded, newly married to Mary C Smith and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia. Over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
A. Roddy, enlisted as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry (Ochiltree) which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County, Texas, but also some other young men known to have resided in the adjoining Cherokee County ... including Roddy neighbors Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, Thomas Tipton, W H Edwards, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads ... sometimes called Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana ... which occurred on April 8, 1864; and, while the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces during Bank's Red River Campaign which culminated with that particular battle, no conclusive evidence to document that premise has been found to date. On the contrary, seven members of the A Roddy family (unnamed specifically but presumably the widow and six children)are named as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief (under the Act of December 15, 1863) as of February 15, 1864, a fact which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy might have died sometime prior to that particular battle in the War ... although possibly the result of an earlier skirmish in Bank's Red River Campaign.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census ... Alexander Roddy, a farmer, is recorded, newly married to Mary C Smith and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia. Over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
A. Roddy, enlisted as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry (Ochiltree) which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County, Texas, but also some other young men known to have resided in the adjoining Cherokee County ... including Roddy neighbors Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, Thomas Tipton, W H Edwards, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads ... sometimes called Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana ... which occurred on April 8, 1864; and, while the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces during Bank's Red River Campaign which culminated with that particular battle, no conclusive evidence to document that premise has been found to date. On the contrary, seven members of the A Roddy family (unnamed specifically but presumably the widow and six children)are named as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief (under the Act of December 15, 1863) as of February 15, 1864, a fact which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy might have died sometime prior to that particular battle in the War ... although possibly the result of an earlier skirmish in Bank's Red River Campaign.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
Alexander Roddy was a son of William Marion Roddy and (probably) Martha Childress Roddy; and, though he was born in Tennessee, few other details of his early life have survived.
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census ... Alexander Roddy, a farmer, is recorded, newly married to Mary C Smith and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia. Over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
A. Roddy, enlisted as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry (Ochiltree) which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County, Texas, but also some other young men known to have resided in the adjoining Cherokee County ... including Roddy neighbors Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, Thomas Tipton, W H Edwards, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads ... sometimes called Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana ... which occurred on April 8, 1864; and, while the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces during Bank's Red River Campaign which culminated with that particular battle, no conclusive evidence to document that premise has been found to date. On the contrary, seven members of the A Roddy family (unnamed specifically but presumably the widow and six children)are named as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief (under the Act of December 15, 1863) as of February 15, 1864, a fact which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy might have died sometime prior to that particular battle in the War ... although possibly the result of an earlier skirmish in Bank's Red River Campaign.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
Evidence is found in the 1850 U S Census ... Alexander Roddy, a farmer, is recorded, newly married to Mary C Smith and living in the Taylor Ridge Valley, Walker County, Georgia. Over the next dozen years, that union produced six named children … A A Malinda (1851), Samuel B (1852), Judea A (1854), Talitha Jane (1856), Hannah C or Carrie (1858) and Margaret (1861), all of whom (except Margaret) were born in Georgia. Therefore, it may be concluded that Alexander Roddy migrated with his family from Georgia into Texas after 1858 but, nevertheless, before 1860 … when the Roddy family is found in the 1860 U S Census (Fam # 544) living in Cherokee County, Texas. Alexander is farming … probably as an unlanded, tenant farmer … inasmuch as no value of property is recorded.
A. Roddy, enlisted as a private in Company G of the 18th Texas Infantry (Ochiltree) which was organized in May, 1862, primarily composed of men from Rusk County, Texas, but also some other young men known to have resided in the adjoining Cherokee County ... including Roddy neighbors Jeremiah Dodson, Isaac Tipton, Thomas Tipton, W H Edwards, and others. Alexander Roddy was reportedly killed in the Battle of Sabine Crossroads ... sometimes called Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana ... which occurred on April 8, 1864; and, while the 18th Regiment was engaged against the Union forces during Bank's Red River Campaign which culminated with that particular battle, no conclusive evidence to document that premise has been found to date. On the contrary, seven members of the A Roddy family (unnamed specifically but presumably the widow and six children)are named as Indigent Persons of Cherokee County, Texas, entitled to relief (under the Act of December 15, 1863) as of February 15, 1864, a fact which would seem to suggest that Alexander Roddy might have died sometime prior to that particular battle in the War ... although possibly the result of an earlier skirmish in Bank's Red River Campaign.
Children who are not yet linked ... or not yet found:
Judea Angeline Roddy Walker (1854 -1917)
Margaret Roddy (1861-???? but before 1893)
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