Elizabeth A. ALEXANDER[1, 2]

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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
- 1806 -> Hemphill-McEntire Cemetery typescript
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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
- [S371] DAR Applications, Membership application; Margaret Kathlene Ledbetter Ragaz; National no. 416655; on James Alexander (1756-1844, North Carolina), approved 1952 (Reliability: 2).