Harriet E. ALEXANDER

Notes:

Died:
Y

Harriet married William T. WHITE 22 Feb 1855, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina. William was born Bef 1841. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Probate: 18 Feb 1844, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Will: 18 Feb 1844, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Notes:

Name:
*Robert S. Alexander -> DAR app 416655
*Robert S. -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts

Connection to parents:
*Named as a child of James Alexander and Rhoda Cunningham -> DAR app 416655
*Named as James Alexander's son in his will -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts

Birth:
2 Sep 1795 -> DAR app 416655
2 Sep 1795 -> Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County

Probate:
He was named as one of the executors of his father's estate.

Will:
From James Alexander's will:
"At the death of my wife I allow all my land to be sold my just debts paid and I give out of said sale to my son Newton H. $600 and the balance of the land money to be equally divided between John C. and Robert S." -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts

Died:
1 Jul 1868 -> Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County

Robert married Jane WILSON. Jane was born 21 Sep 1804; died 28 Nov 1876; was buried Aft 28 Nov 1876, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Jane Wilson -> DAR app 416655
Jane M. Alexander, w/o R. S. Alexander -> Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County

Birth:
21 Sep 1804 -> Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County

Died:
28 Nov 1876 -> Cemetery Inscriptions of Buncombe County

Other Events:

• Residence: , , North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1776, , Lincoln, North Carolina; Address:
  settled on Crowder's Creek near King's Mountain
• Military: Abt 1779, American Revolutionary War
• Residence: Abt 1783, Bee Tree, Buncombe, North Carolina; Address:
  the old Alexander Place
• Occupation: Abt 1792, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Property: 19 Nov 1806, Burke County, North Carolina; sold 100 acres to James Marler
• Property: 15 Dec 1808, Burke County, North Carolina; sold 300 acres to Arthur Erwin
• Property: 11 Aug 1810, Burke County, North Carolina; sold a negro woman and child to John Spear, Jr.
• Will: 18 Feb 1844, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Probate: Apr 1845, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Notes:

Name:
James Alexander -> History of South Carolina
James Alexander -> Asheville and Buncombe County
James Alexander -> DAR app # 416655
James Alexander -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts
James Alexander, Sr. -> Asheville Newspapers

Connection to parents:
*"James Alexander was a son of John and Rachel (Davidson) Alexander, the latter a daughter of John Davidson." -> History of South Carolina
*He is named as the son of John Alexander in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Birth:
23 Dec 1756 on Buffalo Creek, Rowan, NC -> Asheville and Buncombe County
23 Dec 1756; Rowan Co, NC -> DAR app 416655

Residence:
"John Alexander and his son James were members of the first company of white men to settle in the present western part of North Carolina." -> History of South Carolina

Military:
"While living [on Crowder's Creek] he fought on the American side ad Musgrove's Mill and Kings Mountain, and a camp chest, said to have belonged to Lord Cornwallis, was captured by him in that last fight and is still in Buncombe County." -> Asheville and Buncombe County

He received a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War in later years. -> Asheville and Buncombe County

"Light Horse; Capts Henry, Caruth, & Barber
Cols. Irwin & McDowell" -> DAR app 416655

Occupation:
James Alexander "was one of the justices of Buncombe County's first County Court who organized that county in 1792." -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Early Settlement of Buncombe County and the Drovers' Road

Will:
He wrote his will.

Probate:
His will was proven and admitted into the court record.

Buried:
Piney Grove Cemetery -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Died:
28 Jun 1844; Buncombe Co. NC -> Asheville and Buncombe County
28 Jun 1844; Bee Tree Creek, Buncombe Co., NC -> DAR app 416655
29 Jun 1844; Swannanoa, Buncombe Co, ->Asheville Newspapers

Some Alexander Death Notices

James married Rhoda CUNNINGHAM 19 Mar 1782, Allison Creek, York, South Carolina. Rhoda (daughter of Humphrey CUNNINGHAM and Rhoda Ervin SUMMERVILLE) was born 15 Aug 1763, Maryland or Pennsylvania; died 29 Jan 1848, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried 1848, Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Abt 1776, , York, South Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1783, Bee Tree, Buncombe, North Carolina; Address:
  the old Alexander Place
• Residence: Abt 1785, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Military: From 1844 to 1848, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Will: 18 Feb 1844, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Notes:

Name:
Rhoda (Cunningham) Alexander -> History of South Carolina
Rhoda Cunningham -> DAR app 416655

Connection to parents:
*She is named as a daughter of Humphrey Cunningham in History of South Carolina.
*She is named as a daughter of Humphrey Cunningham -> Heritage of Old Buncombe County

Birth:
15 Oct 1763, Maryland -> Asheville and Buncombe County
15 Oct 1763, Pennsylvania -> Western North Carolina
15 Oct 1763; Lancaster Co, PA -> DAR app 416655

Residence:
*She "removed to South Carolina before her marriage." -> Asheville and Buncombe County
*"the family moved to South Carolina in the York District where they were living when Humphrey saw service in the American Revolution." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
"After the War, he moved to Rowan County and probably, later in life, came into Old Buncombe County with his children Rhoda Alexander and his son George Cunningham." -> Old Buncombe Heritage

Military:
She received a widow's pension on her husband's service in the Revolutionary War from the time of his death in 1844 to hers in 1848. -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Will:
Received a bequest in James Alexander's will -> Will Abstracts of Buncombe County


Died:
29 Jan 1848, Buncombe County, NC -> Asheville and Buncombe County
29 Jan 1848; DAR app 416655

Notes:

Married:
*19 Mar 1782; York District, SC -> Asheville and Buncombe County
*19 Mar 1782 -> DAR app 416655
*James names Rhoda as his wife in his will. -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts

Other Events:

• Residence: , , North Carolina
• Residence: Bef 1776, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1776, , Lincoln, North Carolina; Address:
  settled on Crowder's Creek near King's Mountain
• Residence: Abt 1784–1785, Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina; Address:
  Bee Tree
• Residence: Abt 1780–1790, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1790, , , Tennessee; settled on Harpeth River

Notes:

Birth:
"a native of Pennsylvania" -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Residence:
"John Alexander and his son James were members of the first company of white men to settle in the present western part of North Carolina." -> History of South Carolina



Residence:
He "lived in Rowan County, North Carolina. . ." -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Residence:
"He acquired land and was in Buncombe County for probably ten or fifteen years before he and his son Thomas relocated again, this time to a land grant on the Harpeth River, near Nashville, Tennessee." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Died:
Harpeth River, TN -> Asheville and Buncombe County

John married Rachel DAVIDSON. Rachel (daughter of John DAVIDSON and Mary MORRISON) was born 1730, , , Pennsylvania; died 1796, , Williamson, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: Abt 1740, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1776, , Rowan, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1776, , Lincoln, North Carolina; Address:
  settled on Crowder's Creek near King's Mountain
• Residence: Abt 1785, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1790, , , Tennessee; settled on Harpeth River

Notes:

Name:
Rachel (Davidson) Alexander -> History of South Carolina
Rachel Davidson -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Connection to parents:
*She is named as a daughter of John Davidson in History of South Carolina.
*She is named as the sister of Major William Davidson and Samuel Davidson in Asheville and Buncombe County.

Immigration:
"John and George moved their families as well as the widow and two children of Robert to Rowan County, North Carolina" -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
*[They] "lived in Rowan County, North Carolina. . ." -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Residence:
After the Revolutionary War, "[they] came with the very first settlers to Buncombe County." -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Died:
Harpeth River, TN -> Asheville and Buncombe County

Notes:

Married:
*[John Alexander] "married Rachel Davidson, sister to Major William Davidson and Samuel Davidson." -> Asheville and Buncombe County
*"Rachel who married John Alexander" -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef 1776, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1776, , York, South Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1785, , Rowan, North Carolina

Notes:

Name:
Humphrey Cunningham -> History of South Carolina

Birth:
Ireland -> The Heritage of Old Buncombe County

Residence:
"They appear to have lived first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
"the family moved to South Carolina in the York District where they were living when Humphrey saw service in the American Revolution." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
"After the War, he moved to Rowan County and probably, later in life, came into Old Buncombe County with his children Rhoda Alexander and his son George Cunningham." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe County

Humphrey married Rhoda Ervin SUMMERVILLE. Rhoda was born Mar 1733, Donigal, , , Ireland; died Jan 1831, Wartrace, Bedford County, Tennessee; was buried Jan 1831, Wartrace, Bedford County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Bef 1776, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1776, , York, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1785, , Rowan, North Carolina

Notes:

Name:
Rhoda Summerville -> Heritage of Old Buncombe County

Birth:
1733, Ireland -> "US and International Marriage Records"
Ireland -> Heritage of Old Buncombe County

Residence:
"They appear to have lived first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
"the family moved to South Carolina in the York District where they were living when Humphrey saw service in the American Revolution." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe

Residence:
"After the War, [Humphrey] moved to Rowan County and probably, later in life, came into Old Buncombe County with his children Rhoda Alexander and his son George Cunningham." -> Heritage of Old Buncombe