George G. Alford

Alford's story turns on a supply run after San Jacinto. Sent to New Orleans for provisions, he was bringing back two loaded vessels when a Mexican fleet under José V. Matios seized them off Galveston and took the party to Matamoros. The Handbook of Texas says Alford and his brother, Maj. Johnson H. Alford, were condemned to death before President Andrew Jackson's intervention won their release. In 1837 Alford moved his family and the people he enslaved to Texas, and by 1840 he had a plantation at Alford's Bluff on the Trinity River.

What the plaque says

George G. Alford (June 17, 1793 -- April 1, 1847) New York native George G. Alford, an officer in the War of 1812, came to Texas from Missouri in 1836. During the Texas Revolution he served as Gen. Sam Houston's quartermaster general. Captured by Mexican forces after the was while on a supply trip for the Republic of Texas, he was released by Mexican forces through intervention by the U.S. President, Andrew Jackson. Alford later owned a Houston County plantation and served as justice of the peace and county judge. Recorded - 1981

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 27 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

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• Glenwood Cemetery — steps away
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