Jesse
Wilson
Alcorn
Born in Looney Creek, Wythe County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of John Alcorn
and Jane (Breckenridge) Alcorn
Brother of
George Alcorn, Sarah (Alcorn) Redman, John Breckenridge Alcorn, James Breckenridge Alcorn and Robert Alcorn
Husband of
Siannna (Jones) Alcorn
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jesse Wilson Alcorn Jr
Died
at about age 71
in Wayne County, Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Nov 2011
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Biography
Jesse was the son of John Alcorn and Jane Breckenridge.
He married first Mary Catherine Duncan on April 4, 1806 in Wayne County, Kentucky.[1]
They were the parents of:
- Findley Preston Alcorn
- Catherine Alcorn
- Sarah Redman Alcorn
- Jane Alcorn
- William Russell Alcorn
- George Washington Alcorn
- Marshall S. Alcorn
He married second Sina Jones on February 28, 1824 in Wayne County, Kentucky
They were the parents of:
- Shelby James Alcorn
- John Breckenridge Alcorn
- Angeline Jane Alcorn
- Jesse Wilson Alcorn
Sources
- ↑ Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ3-MWVT : accessed 19 October 2018), Jesse Allcorn and Polley Duncan, 4 Apr 1806; citing Wayne, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 591,550.
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPZ-3T1 : 12 August 2017), Jessee Alcorn, Wayne, Kentucky, United States; citing 258, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 42; FHL microfilm 7,821.
- United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTP-JWB : 15 August 2017), Jessee Allcorn, Wayne, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 150, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 126; FHL microfilm 7,832.
- United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65P-PX7 : 12 April 2016), Jesse Allcorn, Wayne county, Wayne, Kentucky, United States; citing family 417, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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died on 26 Nov 1852 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA. He married (1) Polly Duncan on 04 Apr 1806 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA, daughter of George Duncan and Catherine Smiley. She was born about 1781 in North Carolina, USA. She died about 1820 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA. He married (2) Sinah Ann Jones on 28 Jan 1824 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA. She was born in 1794 in Virginia, USA. She died in 1865 in Wayne, Kentucky, USA.