William Alexander (1746 - 1830)

Born 25 Dec 1746 in Cecil, Maryland

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Died 4 Aug 1830 at age 83 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

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Captain William Alexander served with 1st Regiment of State Dragoons, South Carolina State Troops during the American Revolution.

Captain William Alexander was born December 25, 1746 in Cecil county, Maryland, and died August 14, 1830 in Sumner county, TN. He married Mary Brandon January 01, 1769 in Rowan county, NC, daughter of Richard Brandon and Margaret Locke. She was born November 11, 1749 in Anson county, NC, and died September 26, 1834 in Sumner county, TN.^[2]

In the year 1775 he enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. William Brandon, whose sister Mary Brandon he had married, "against the common enemy". In 1776 he was appointed by General Griffith Rutherford, Capt. of a company of spies and in an engagement with the Cherokee Indians at Seven Mile Mountain in Sept. of that year he received a gunshot wound in the right foot which kept him out of the military service until 1781, when he entered the army again as Capt. in Colonel Wade Hampton's regiment of South Carolina troops and participated in the battles of Cowpens, Fort Motte, Granby, Bigger's Church and the Siege of Ninety-Six.^[3]

In the year 1796, William Alexander came to Tennessee and settled something like half-a-mile southeast of Hartsville then in Sumner Co., at the place known as the Monroe Graves place, where he resided until his death in 1830. He erected, or had erected, the brick residence which still stands there (as of Sept. 18, 1921). He died suddenly of apolexy while sitting on his front porch. His wife survived him four years, and both of them are buried just back of the garden, the inscriptions on their tombstones being yet legible and their names appearing as William Alexander and Mary Alexander.

William Alexander was a gallant soldier and a patriot. He is frequently referred to in Wheeler's History of North Carolina and always as William Alexander or Capt. William Alexander. He was a member of the first County Court of Smith Co. (TN) which met at the house of Tilman Dixon, Dec. 16, 1799 and his name appears on the records of the court as William Alexander. He lived and died as William Alexander^{[4] [5]}

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Research Note: Some of the census records for Sumner County, Tennessee are for a William L. Alexander, most likely his son, William Locke Alexander. There were no other William Alexanders in Sumner, TN that were enumerated, however, it is not certain that two of these records are for the person on this profile.

• 1790 US Census: 9 ^[6]

• 1800 US Census: 6 ^[7]

• 1820 US Census: 22 NOTE: This is for a William L. Alexander in Sumner, TN^[8]

• 1830 US Census: 27 NOTE: This is for a William L. Alexander in Sumner, TN^[9]

• Slaves mentioned in the August 1830 probate of his will: ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate:"Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008"
   Will Books; Author: Tennessee County Court (Sumner County); Probate Place: Sumner, Tennessee
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9176 #3818180 (accessed 3 July 2022)
   William Alexander probate in Aug 1830.
2. ↑ Descendants of William Alexander; Contributed by Cathey (Alexander) Green; ©2000
3. ↑ Col. Wade Hampton's regiment
4. ↑ (See inscription on tomb in Alexander Graveyard on land originally granted Wm. Alexander for Revolutionary services, located near Hartsville in Trousdale County, formerly Sumner County.)
5. ↑ Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts (1933)
6. ↑ 1790 Census:"1790 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1790; Census Place: Rowan, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 324; Image: 520; Family History Library Film: 0568147
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #193795 (accessed 3 July 2022)
   William Alexander.
7. ↑ 1800 Census:"1800 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1800; Census Place: Back Creek, Cecil, Maryland; Series: M32; Roll: 10; Page: 28; Image: 35; Family History Library Film: 193663
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7590 #91091 (accessed 11 July 2022)
   William Alexander.
8. ↑ 1820 Census:"1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee; Page: 266; NARA Roll: M33_124; Image: 159
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1017107 (accessed 11 July 2022)
   Wm L Alexander.
9. ↑ 1830 Census:"1830 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1830; Census Place: Sumner, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 181; Page: 212; Family History Library Film: 0024539
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #756755 (accessed 11 July 2022)
   William L Alexander.
10. ↑ Probate: "Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008"
    Will Books; Author: Tennessee County Court (Sumner County); Probate Place: Sumner, Tennessee
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9176 #3818180 (accessed 3 July 2022)
    William Alexander probate in Aug 1830.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #27343505
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, William Alexander and Mary Brandon, 21 Jan 1769; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,760,520.
• North Carolina & Tennessee Early Land Records, 1753-1931.
• Tennessee, U.S. Wills & Probate Records, 1779-2008.
• U.S. Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900.
• 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830 U.S. Federal Census.
• Captain William Locke [sic] Alexander, DAR Patriot Ancestor #A001278
• Pension application of William Alexander (pdf), transcribed by Will Graves, posted by Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

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