Benjamin Alexander
1725 - 1807 (82 years)-
Name Benjamin Alexander [1, 2, 3] Birth 1725 Cecil County, Maryland, USA 
[3] Gender Male Residence 1790 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [1] Residence 1800 Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA [2] Death 1807 Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA [3] Burial 1807 Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA [3] - Poplar Tent Church Cemetery
Person ID I23827 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Andrew Alexander, b. 1697, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 29 May 1782, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 85 years) Relationship natural Mother Jane McKnitt, b. 1698, Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, USA d. 1726, Cecil County, Maryland, USA (Age 28 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1715 [4] Family ID F10209 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Susanna Ruth Polk, b. 1734, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1813, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (Age 79 years) Children > 1. Susan Polk Alexander, b. 1748, Maryland, USA d. 1 Mar 1837, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 2. Captain Black Billy William Alexander, b. 1749, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Dec 1836, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Thomas Alexander, b. 17 Aug 1753, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Dec 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F10101 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Birth - 1725 - Cecil County, Maryland, USA 
Residence - 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1800 - Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA 
Death - 1807 - Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA Burial - 1807 - Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [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: 354; Image: 535; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
Record for Benjamin Alexander
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5058&h=179636&indiv=try - [S3032] Ancestry.com, 1800 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1800; Census Place: Cabarrus, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 29; Page: 680; Image: 244; Family History Library Film: 337905.
Record for Benjn Alexander
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7590&h=306514&indiv=try - [S1820] Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA;), Alexander, Benjamin Memorial # 28243543 Accessed KRM 11 Nov 2017 11:00am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28243543/benjamin-alexander.
Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery
6841 Poplar Tent Road, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 28027 USA
704-786-1603
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/445130/Poplar-Tent-Presbyterian-Church-Cemetery
http://poplartentchurch.org/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28243543/benjamin-alexander - [S2941] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 1179.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF.
Record for Andrew Alexander
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=12027&indiv=try
- [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: 354; Image: 535; Family History Library Film: 0568147.