James
Alexander
Jr
Born about in Anson, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of James Alexander
and Mary Polly (Peden) Alexander
Brother of
William Alexander, Alexander Peden Alexander, John Alexander, Matthew Alexander [half], Ebenezer R. Alexander [half], William Alexander [half], Margaret Alexander, John Alexander [half], Robert Alexander [half], Margaret (Alexander) Morton, David Alexander [half], Elizabeth Margaret (Alexander) Dunn, Mary (Alexander) Ferguson and Catherine Alexander
Husband of
Mary (Miller) Alexander
— married
1780 in South Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Robert W Alexander Sr. and Samuel E. Alexander
Died
at about age 74
in Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
When James Alexander was born in 1760, his father, James Alexander, was 35 and his mother, Mary Steele, was 28. He married Mary 'Polly' Miller on June 3, 1783, in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They had nine children in 24 years. He died in 1832 in Roane, TN.
Buried: Pleasant Grove Cemetery Lenoir City Loudon County Tennessee, USA
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/495572/person/24106931846/facts
Sources
<https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37115502/>
- Year: 1790; Census Place: Greenville, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 109; Image: 81; Family History Library Film: 0568151
- Year: 1800; Census Place: Greenville, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 275; Image: 534; Family History Library Film: 181422
- Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 068
- South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980. Author: United States. Works Progress Administration (South Carolina); Probate Place: Greenville, South Carolina
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 1600.117; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
- U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Archive Publication Number M804, Archive Roll Number 28
- War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815; Pension Number - #1 WO 24985, Roll number 1, Archive Publication Number M313
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
Karen Showell
:
23andMe, GEDmatch a784138 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch a784138 [compare], Ancestry member karenshowell777
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch a784138 [compare], FTDNA kit #910447
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~0.78%
Robert Brown :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_f_brown71
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B636614
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~0.78%
David Paden :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Paula (Paden) Blankenship :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A860848 [compare], Ancestry member clayblankenship
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~0.78%
John Farr :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cor2251
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~0.78%
Leslee Montgomery :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lesleeshepard
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~0.78%
Betty (Alexander) McGuire :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #263920
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~0.78%
Sarah (Nabors) Flanagan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T374081 [compare], FTDNA kit #207559
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~0.39%
David Norton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A484549 [compare], Ancestry member dvn0848
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Rejected matches › James Alexander (1833-1918)
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