William Sample Alexander

Male 1752 - 1826  (74 years)


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  • Name William Sample Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Birth 1752  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    DAR Number A001280  [7
    Military 1778  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 13
    Residence 1790  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14
    Salisbury; District 13 
    Will 8 Aug 1796  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Residence 1800  Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 28 Feb 1800  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mentioned in mother-in-law's will 
    Residence 1820  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 26 Oct 1826  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Person ID I13894  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father Hezekiah Alexander, Sr,   b. 13 Jan 1721, Cecil County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1801, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Sample,   b. 1734, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1805, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1752  New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 16, 17
    Family ID F1786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Alexander,   b. 19 Feb 1755, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1796, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 1779  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Children 
    +1. Alphonso Alexander,   b. 13 May 1783, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1852, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Frances Theresa Alexander,   b. 1784, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1838, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Philander Alexander,   b. 1786, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Dionysius Alexander,   b. 3 Mar 1787, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1864, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Dorcas Alexander,   b. 1788, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1826, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Osmund Alexander,   b. 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1840, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Elizabeth Alexander,   b. Abt 1796, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1837, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F5912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Family 2 Sarah Rogers,   b. 19 Feb 1754, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1799, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 2 Apr 1798  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F2967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Family 3 Martha Nichols,   b. 1792, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1853, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 1821  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Children 
     1. Martha Alexander,   b. Sep 1822, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1870, York County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1752 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - 1778 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1779 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Salisbury; District 13 - 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 8 Aug 1796 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Apr 1798 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1800 - Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in mother-in-law's will - 28 Feb 1800 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1821 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Oct 1826 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S181] Charlotte History Museum Records, http://www.charlottemuseum.org/alexanders.asp.

    2. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: .
      Record for Sarah Rogers

    3. [S600] Vass, Carol, Genforum posting from Carol Vass, (Name: Date: 13 Aug 2008;;), Carol Describes her ancestors.

    4. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 487.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for William Sample Alexander

    5. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 457.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for William Sample Alexander

    6. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: 649.000; Source type: ElectronicDatabase; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for William Sample Alexander

    7. [S1376] DAR Ancestor A001280, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), William Sample Alexander.

    8. [S1767] DAR Ancestor A001122, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Abraham Alexander, Sr.

    9. [S1768] DAR Ancestor A001156, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Hezekiah Alexander.

    10. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online. Birth year: 1788; Birth city: Mecklenburg; Birthstate: CO.
      Record for Dionysius Alexander

    11. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Wilson Alexander, Dorcas Item 01, Page 1 "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.

    12. [S3031] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 372; Image: 544; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
      Record for William S Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=179680&indiv=try

    13. [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.

    14. [S560] Ray, Worth S, The Mecklenburg Signers and Their Neighbors, (Name: Name: Clearfield;; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Date: 2007;), Reference Book with Historical Facts about Mecklenburg, NC a.k.a. The Lost Tribes of North Carolina, 13: 978-0-8063-0286=7.

    15. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.

    16. [S18] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online.
      Record for Hezekiah South Alexander

    17. [S4285] Kinney, Helen C, Family Group Record _ James Alexander, James Robert Alexander family.