Colonel Adam Alexander

Male 1728 - 1798  (70 years)


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  • Name Adam Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 23 Sep 1728  Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Male 
    Fact 3 20 May 1775  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Signed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 
    Residence 1790  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial 1798  Mint Hill, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7
    • Rocky Spring Meeting House Burial Ground
    Death 13 Nov 1798  Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13
    Person ID I25301  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Family Mary Sarah Shelby,   b. 8 Aug 1735, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1813, Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 4 Aug 1752  Somerset, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 12, 13
    Children 
    +1. Sarah Shelby Alexander,   b. 1753   d. 14 Nov 1852, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Mary Polly Alexander,   b. 19 Aug 1758, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1838, Rock River, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Catherine Alexander,   b. 6 Apr 1759, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1840 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Charles Taylor Alexander,   b. 9 Aug 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1828, Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F10108  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Sep 1728 - Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Aug 1752 - Somerset, Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact 3 - Signed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence - 20 May 1775 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1790 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1798 - Mint Hill, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Nov 1798 - Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S680] Rocky Spring Meeting House Burial Ground, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Mint Hill, Mecklenburg, North Carolina,USA;;), http://www.philadelphiachurch.org/custom28.cfm Burial Records.

    2. [S1752] Ancestry.com, Web: North Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online.
      Record for Adam Alexander

    3. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 42774.
      Record for Eliott White Springs
      Ancestors Adam Alexander, Richard Springs
      Volume: 214
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=520740&indiv=try

    4. [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: 374; Image: 545; Family History Library Film: 0568147.
      Record for Colonel Col Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=179644&indiv=try

    5. [S205] Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg_Declaration_of_Independence.

    6. [S3152] Hatcher, Patricia Law, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 7601; Volume: 6.
      Record for Adam Col Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=graves&h=628&indiv=try

    7. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Col Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=84929328&indiv=try

    8. [S2941] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 408.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCM.
      Record for Mary Shelby
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WorldMarr_ga&h=1089833&indiv=try

    9. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1728; Birth state: MD.
      Record for Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=3223990&indiv=try

    10. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1728; Birth city: Cecil; Birth state: MD.
      Record for Adam Col Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=27792&indiv=try

    11. [S4031] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).
      Record for Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepoolb&h=56997&indiv=try

    12. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1728; Birth city: Somerset County; Birth state: MD.
      Record for Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=27794&indiv=try

    13. [S3963] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 149 : 1919.
      Record for Adam Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&h=3671910&indiv=try