Name |
James ALEXANDER |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Born |
23 Dec 1756 |
Buffalo Creek, Rowan, North Carolina [2, 3, 6] |
- 23 Dec 1756 on Buffalo Creek, Rowan, NC -> Asheville and Buncombe County
23 Dec 1756; Rowan Co, NC -> DAR app 416655
|
Gender |
Male |
Residence |
Abt 1776 |
, Lincoln, North Carolina |
Address: settled on Crowder's Creek near King's Mountain |
Military |
Abt 1779 |
American Revolutionary War [2, 3] |
- "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
|
Residence |
Abt 1783 |
Bee Tree, Buncombe, North Carolina |
Address: the old Alexander Place |
Occupation |
Abt 1792 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina [2, 7] |
|
Property |
19 Nov 1806 |
Burke County, North Carolina [8] |
sold 100 acres to James Marler |
Property |
15 Dec 1808 |
Burke County, North Carolina [8] |
sold 300 acres to Arthur Erwin |
Property |
11 Aug 1810 |
Burke County, North Carolina [8] |
sold a negro woman and child to John Spear, Jr. |
Will |
18 Feb 1844 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina [4] |
|
Died |
28 Jun 1844 |
Bee Tree Creek, Buncombe, North Carolina [3, 5, 9] |
- 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
|
Buried |
Aft 28 Jun 1844 |
Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina [2] |
Address: Piney Grove Cemetery |
- Piney Grove Cemetery -> Asheville and Buncombe County
|
Probate |
Apr 1845 |
Buncombe County, North Carolina [4] |
- His will was proven and admitted into the court record.
|
Residence |
, , North Carolina [1] |
- "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
|
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.
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Person ID |
I1605 |
Kendrick-Hemphill |
Last Modified |
18 Oct 2014 |
Family |
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 [2, 3, 4] |
- *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
|
Children |
| 1. John C. ALEXANDER, b. 22 Mar 1783, d. Bef 5 Feb 1857, Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 73 years) |
| 2. Rhoda C. ALEXANDER, b. 6 Nov 1785, d. Sep 1881 (Age 95 years) |
+ | 3. George C. ALEXANDER, b. 10 Sep 1790, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 3 Oct 1880, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 90 years) |
+ | 4. Colonel James Mitchell ALEXANDER, b. 22 May 1793, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 11 Jun 1858, Montrealla, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 65 years) |
+ | 5. Robert S. ALEXANDER, b. 2 Sep 1795, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 1 Jul 1868 (Age 72 years) |
| 6. Rachel ALEXANDER, b. 30 Dec 1797 |
+ | 7. William Davidson ALEXANDER, b. 10 Dec 1800, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 12 Nov 1872, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina (Age 71 years) |
| 8. Newton Humphrey ALEXANDER, b. 11 Jun 1803, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 12 Dec 1847 (Age 44 years) |
+ | 9. Elizabeth A. ALEXANDER, b. 10 Apr 1806, Buncombe County, North Carolina , d. 14 Sep 1848, Murray County, Georgia (Age 42 years) |
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Last Modified |
27 Nov 2015 |
Family ID |
F51 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |