Archibald Alexander (1765 - 1856)

Born 1765 in Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (McGaughey) Alexander — married 22 Aug 1786 in Greene County, State of Franklin

Died May 1856 at about age 91 in Tippah, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

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

1. ↑ * 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.
2. ↑ * 1786 marriage: David Robinson signed the marriage bond.
3. ↑ "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."

4. ↑ "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.