Archibald was born approximately in 1765 in Pennsylvania (1850 census).
Archibald and Agnes McGaughey married on 22 Aug 1786 in Greene County, State of Franklin (not yet TN until 1796). [1][2][3]
In 1850, both Archibald and Agnes were living in Tippih Mississippi, with their son, Samuel. [4]
He died in May 1856, in Tippah, Mississippi, USA.
Research Notes
-- Removed "1776| category = American Revolution" no DAR, no SAR, no pension file.
-- Disambiguation: Not this Archibald:
"Served as a private in Revolutionary War, in Company commanded by Capt. Neile of the regiment commended by Col. Campbell in the state of Virginia. Guarded provisions, in ranging party in Washington County, VA and marched into North Carolina to join Gen. Green's army in Guilford County, NC. " Ref: Victoria E. Moss
Sources
↑ * 1786 marriage: Archibald Alexander and Agnes Mcgaughey, 22 Aug 1786; Greene County, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," FamilySearch; citing Greene, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 32, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 944,386.
↑"Greene County, was created in 1783 by the North Carolina legislature from Washington County. In 1784 Greene joined two neighboring counties in declaring their independence from North Carolina. In 1785 these counties applied for admission to the United States as the State of Franklin. The request was denied and hope for Franklin statehood faded by 1789. In 1789, when North Carolina was admitted to the United States, she ceded her westernmost counties including Greene County to the United States. The United States turned these counties into the Southwest Territory. In 1792 the Southwest Territory created Jefferson County partly out of Greene County. 1796 all the land in these Southwest Territory counties became part of the new State of Tennessee.
"East Tennessee county established in 1783. From 1784 to 1788, this land was claimed by the abortive, short-lived State of Franklin."
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-PT5 : 5 April 2020), Archibal Alexander in household of Samuel Alexander, Tippah county, Tippah, Mississippi, United States; citing family 1149, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Samuel Alexander Male 51 Kentucky
Margaret Alexander Female 42 Tennessee
Eli Alexander Male 19 Mississippi
Mary Alexander Female 16 Alabama
Elizabeth Alexander Female 13 Alabama
Joseph Alexander Male 8 Mississippi
Mosouri Alexander Female 4 Mississippi
Lucinda Mccain Female 24 Alabama
Archibal Alexander Male 85 Pennsylvania
Agnis Alexander Female 85 Pennsylvania
Also
How was Jeremiah Alexander related to Archibald, such that Jeremiah's information would be on this profile for Archibald?
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Dorothy Wright for creating this profile on July 25, 2011.
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According to Greene County records (TN), an Archibald Alexander married an Agnes McGaughey on 22 Aug 1786 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZW2-R45). On 15 June 1833 Agnes [McGaughey] Alexander was deposed in Lawrence County, AL for her brother Samuel's pension application (file 9981). Jeremiah Alexander was also deposed for this application. These depositions are adjacent in the pension file. Jeremiah was also a Rev. War patriot S31515.
Jeremiah Alexander and Archibald Alexander are 2 different people. Agnes McGaughey married Archibald Alexander in 1786 and was still with him on the 1850 census in Tippah Co MS.