Dr James Rankin Alexander

Male 1756 - 1836  (79 years)


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  • Name James Rankin Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Title Dr 
    Birth 23 Nov 1756  New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    Gender Male 
    DAR Number A001195  [8
    Military 1778  Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Will 8 Aug 1796  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mentoned in Father's Will 
    Residence 1820  Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 11 Mar 1836  Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Trammel Creek
    Person ID I32240  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, 9, 10
    Family ID F1786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorcas Wilson Garrison,   b. 23 Aug 1766, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jan 1852, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1789  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 6, 11, 12
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Alexander,   b. Jan 1789, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1869, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Silas Alexander,   b. 10 May 1791, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1872, Cannon, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Amanda Alexander,   b. 6 Feb 1793, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1856, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Mary Sample 'Polly' Alexander,   b. 10 Apr 1796, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, Millry, Washington, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Mark Alexander,   b. 29 Dec 1797, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1856 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Abigail Bain Alexander,   b. 8 Nov 1799, Warren, Knox, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
    +7. James Rankin Alexander,   b. 5 Jul 1803, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1893, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]
    +8. John Garrison Alexander,   b. 2 Mar 1806, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1883, Simpson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Dorcas Reese Alexander,   b. 28 Dec 1807, Allen County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, Benton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - 1778 - Maryland, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Nov 1789 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentoned in Father's Will - 8 Aug 1796 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Mar 1836 - Allen County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S181] Charlotte History Museum Records, http://www.charlottemuseum.org/alexanders.asp.

    2. [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.

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

    4. [S2368] Ancestry.com, Maryland Revolutionary War Records, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2000;;), Database online.
      Record for James

    5. [S3451] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online. Birth year: 1803; Birth city: Allen; Birth state: KY.
      Record for James Rankin Alexander

    6. [S2297] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ;Submitter Code: .
      Record for James R Alexander

    7. [S4483] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky; Page: 138; NARA Roll: M33_16; Image: 76.
      Record for James Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=1498172&indiv=try

    8. [S2369] DAR Ancestor A001195, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), James Rankin Alexander.

    9. [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

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

    11. [S93] Alexander Family Tree, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sassytazzy/family/surnames/alexander/marriage/alexandermarrdb1.html.

    12. [S3173] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Marriages, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).