Elizabeth A. ALEXANDER^{[1, 2]}

1806 - 1848  (42 years)

• Name	Elizabeth A. ALEXANDER
  Born	10 Apr 1806	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [1, 3]
  	1806 -> Hemphill-McEntire Cemetery typescript 10 Apr 1806 -> DAR app 416655
  Gender	Female
  Name	Betsy Alexander
  Residence	Abt 1837	Murray County, Georgia   [4]
  	According to her son James' Confederate Pension application, dated 1902, he had resided in Georgia for 65 years, meaning the family moved from North Carolina in approximately 1837.
  Will	18 Feb 1844	Buncombe County, North Carolina   [2]
  	Her father bequeathed to her: the value of his slave Sam at his wife's decease -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts
  Died	14 Sep 1848	Murray County, Georgia   [1, 3]
  	1848 -> Hemphill-McEntire Cemetery typescript 14 Sep 1848 -> DAR app 416655
  Buried	Aft 14 Sep 1848	Hemphill-Mcentire Cemetery, , Murray, Georgia   [3]
  Notes	Name: *Elizabeth A. Alexander *Mary Elizabeth Alexander -> DAR app 416655 *Betsy -> 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 daughter in his will -> Buncombe County Will Abstracts
  Person ID	I1601	Kendrick-Hemphill
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	James ALEXANDER, Sr.,   b. 23 Dec 1756, Buffalo Creek, Rowan, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Jun 1844, Bee Tree Creek, Buncombe, North Carolina  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Rhoda CUNNINGHAM,   b. 15 Aug 1763, Maryland or Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Jan 1848, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 84 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1782	Allison Creek, York, South Carolina
  Family ID	F51	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Alexander MCENTIRE,   b. 1 Dec 1803, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 27 Nov 1879, Murray County, Georgia  (Age 75 years)
  Married	19 Jan 1832  [1]
  	19 Jan 1832 -> DAR app 416655
  Children	1. Martha A. MCENTIRE,   b. Jul 1833, , , North Carolina ,   d. 1916  (Age ~ 82 years) + 2. James Alexander MCENTIRE,   b. Abt 1834, Burke County, North Carolina ,   d. 1917, Murray County, Georgia  (Age ~ 83 years) + 3. Rhoda Jane MCENTIRE,   b. 2 Jun 1839, , , Georgia ,   d. 22 Jul 1864  (Age 25 years) + 4. Mary Elizabeth MCENTIRE,   b. 23 Feb 1841, Murray County, Georgia ,   d. 6 Jul 1921, Murray County, Georgia  (Age 80 years)   5. Rachel MCENTIRE,   b. 1843,   d. 1845  (Age 2 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S371] DAR Applications, Membership application; Margaret Kathlene Ledbetter Ragaz; National no. 416655; on James Alexander (1756-1844, North Carolina), approved 1952 (Reliability: 2). [S524] Buncombe County Will Abstracts, p. 34 (Reliability: 3). [S312] Kendrick Family Papers, Hemphill (McEntire) Cemetery survey; A typed list of individuals buried in the cemetery, compiler unknown, dated 1989. Ms. Kendrick provided a photocopy to the author in 2009 (Reliability: 2). [S38] Georgia, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960", Record of James A. McEntire, "39th Inf. Co. A, Murray County, 1902 Indigent Soldier"; (Reliability: 2). http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=gaconfederatepension&h=37307&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt