Josiah Alexander

1755 - 1817  (62 years)

• Name	Josiah Alexander  [1, 2]
  Birth	Sep 1755	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  DAR Number	A001219  [2]
  Will	25 Mar 1776	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Military Service	1778	North Carolina, USA   [2, 3]
  Death	6 Dec 1817	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Notes	DAR Application says birthplace England
  Person ID	I18186	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Daniel Alexander,   b. 1720, Cecil County, Maryland, USA d. 25 Mar 1776, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Prudence Johnston,   b. 1720, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1800, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1748	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F3169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Orr,   b. 6 Sep 1762   d. 12 Oct 1815, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1778	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Children	+ 1. Azariah Alexander,   b. 8 May 1780, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Jan 1854, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Elihu Alexander,   b. 16 Apr 1782, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 1809, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Prudence Alexander,   b. 20 Dec 1784, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Dec 1844, Valley Creek, Dallas, Alabama, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. James Sample Alexander,   b. 8 Jan 1787, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Jan 1879, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F5730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Sep 1755 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 25 Mar 1776 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Military Service - 1778 - North Carolina, USA Marriage - Abt 1778 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Death - 6 Dec 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S580] Holcomb, Brent H, Abstracts of Early Wills, (Name: Name: Cleafield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1980;;), This book gives abstracts of wills that were recorded in Mecklenburg,NC, between 1763 and 1790. [S2128] DAR Ancestor A001219, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Josiah Alexander. [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.