Alexander Telford
1760-1844

Alecander was born on 1 June 1760 in what was then Augusta County Virginia. He resided in Rockbridge County Virginia until 1787, when he moved to Scott County Kentucky. In 1804 he came to Ohio, first to Greene County, then in 1807 to Miami County. He died in Miami County during 1844 and is buried in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Troy. Telford was a private in the Revolution War.

Alexander volunteered in Rockbridge County Virginia in the fall of 1789 into a rifle company under Captain David Gray, in the Regiment of Colonel Lewis for three years. They marched to Yorktown, where he is said to have been chosen by General Washington as one of seven sharpshooters to guard a spring frequented by the British. These seven marksman were soon forced to abandon their position by a broadside from a British Ship. Telford remained at Yorktown until about three days before the surrender of Cornwallis, at which time his company was disregarded because nearly all of them were sick.

On his pension application, dated 11 April 1833, he stated that he knew General Washington, General Lafayette, and General Muhlenberg.