Joseph McKnitt Alexander

Male 1793 - 1865  (72 years)


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  • Name Joseph McKnitt Alexander  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 3 Feb 1793  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Will 2 Sep 1807  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mentioned in Grandfather's Will 
    Residence Bef 1834  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    1.5 Miles east of Hopewell Church 
    Relocated 1835  Marengo County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Fm NC 
    Burial 1865  Dayton, Marengo, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Dayton Cemetery
    Death 13 Mar 1865  Faunsdale, Marengo, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I25415  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

    Father William Bain Alexander, Sr,   b. 25 Apr 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Violet Jane Davidson,   b. 28 Aug 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1821, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Aug 1791  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Family ID F3367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Agnes Cathey, (Xfer),   b. 5 Apr 1800, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1855, Faunsdale, Marengo, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 3 May 1817  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Violette Rebecca Winslow Alexander,   b. 13 Oct 1824, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1850, Marengo County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. DeWitt Clinton Alexander,   b. 17 Jan 1826, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1865, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. John Davidson Alexander, Sr,   b. 15 Sep 1829, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1901, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Feb 1793 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Grandfather's Will - 2 Sep 1807 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 May 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1.5 Miles east of Hopewell Church - Bef 1834 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - Fm NC - 1835 - Marengo County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1865 - Dayton, Marengo, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 1865 - Faunsdale, Marengo, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S659] Bible Records of Sarah Davidson Alexander, Family Details listed in Bible of Sarah Davidson Alexander.

    2. [S1712] Dayton Cemetery, (Name: Name: FindaGrave; Location: Dayton, Marengo, Alabama, USA;;).

    3. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Alexander, John McKnitt, Item 21, Pages 5-6 "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.

    4. [S301] John McKnitt Alexander Descendants, (Name: Location:http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html;;), http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html.
      Source: Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the EarlySettlers of the Hopewell Section, by J. B. Alexander, M.D. Charlotte, NC, 1897, Chapter 2, Page 10-23, Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Piper

    5. [S302] Alexander, John Brevard, MD, Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers of theHopewell Section, (Name: Name: Observer Printing and Publishing House; Location: Charlotte,North Carolina; Date: 1897;;), Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Their Descendants and Families http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/alexander_j_b/default_alexander_biographical_sketches.htm, 01002603 LC F264.88A3.

    6. [S3963] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 042.
      Record for William Bain Alexander
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