Alexander McCullar (1758 - 1848)

Born 22 Dec 1758 in County Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Esther (Unknown) McCullar — married 1789 in Greene, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1848 at age 89 in McNairy, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Alexander McCullar was one of the Scots-Irish Immigrants to America 1718 onwards.

Alexander McCullar migrated from Ireland to Georgia.

Alexander McCullar was a Georgia colonist.

Private Alexander McCullar served with Georgia Militia during the American Revolution.

Alexander McCullar is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075940.

Birth

Alexander McCullar (McCullough) was born Dec 1758 in County Antrim, Ireland.^[1][2] Antrim was a distinctly Scottish part of Ulster Plantation.

Alexander was 14 years old when he came to the Colonies, probably aboard the Elizabeth.^[3]

According to his Revolutionary War Pension application approved June 7th 1832, Alexander claims that at one time his house burnt consuming a large family bible that had record of his birth.

Revolutionary War

Alexander volunteered in 1779 under Captain James Martin and Col. McMurphy, and in 1781 he served in Capt. Alexander Erwin's Company which marched to Ebenezer on the Savannah River and remained there in garrisson for some time. In 1833, he applied for pension, which was allowed.^[1][2][4] He is shown on the pensioner's list in 1840, aged 81.^[5]

In his pension application, Alexander gives a wonderful accounting of his movements. From 1777-1787, he was in Burke County, GA^[6][7] and then moved to Greene County, GA in 1787. In 1805, he was in Clark County, GA and in 1812 he moved to Franklin County, Tennessee. He is found on the 1812 tax rolls for Franklin County, along with Matthew Marshall who married Alexander's daughter Mary (Polly). In 1817, they moved to the Pearl River area of Lawrence County,^[8] MS and then in 1826, they moved back to Tennessee, this time to McNairy County, where he and Esther lived out the rest of their lives.[4]

Revolutionary War Pension Application of Alexander McCullar' Declaration in Order to Obtain the Benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832 (Revolutionary War Pension Application): State of Tennessee for McNairy County.

On this the twenty-third day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty Three, personally appeared in open court before the county court of pleas and quarter sessions now setting Alexander McCullar, a resident of McNairy County and State of Tennessee age 75 years. Who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June the 7th, 1832.

That I was born in Entrim County, Ireland on the twenty-second day of December in the year of our Lord 1758. When I was fourteen years of age, my father, self and family imigrated from Ireland and landed after a tolerable short passage at Savanah in the State of Georgia. From there we went to Burke County where we remained a short time. Then we moved to Augusta in Georgia. Hear I entered the service of the United States as a volunteer soldier in the year (as well as he now recolects) 1779 under Captain James Martin and Col. McMurphy. So soon as the regiment was raised we was attached to Genl How, and a very few days after our junction with him we took up our line of march for the Floradia going by the way of St. Tilles river and St. Maries river. Hear we called a halt an remained five days.

The army was this time very sickley and the officers thought it prudent to march home so we returned near the same way that we marched out and was discharged in Augusta do not now recolect the date. In this expidition of tour I cannot say posatively how long I served. But I am posative I served not less than six months for which services I claim a pension. I did not receive any written discharge nor can I tell the reason why. On the 27th day of October in the year 1782, I again entered the service of the United as a volunteer soldier in Burk county state of Georgia for the term of three months under Captain Alexander Erwin. So soon as the company was made up we march to a place called Eberneasor on the Savanah river. There we was attached to General Wayne. We remained in the garrison at this place for a long time guarding that place from the British and to keep them from assending the river. Hear I was discharged after my term of three months was out. I do not recolect of ever getting a discharge. If I did it is now lost or destroyed.

He has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Question. Where and in what year were you born. Answer. I was born in Entrim county Ireland in the year of our Lord 1758.

Question. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it. Answer. I had my age recorded in a large bible. My house got burnt and the bible was consumed.

Question. Where were you living when called into service. Where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live. Answer. I was living in Augusta when I entered the service of the United States. After the revolution I lived in Burk county Georgia. Ten years then I moved to Grun county in Georgia and lived there eighteen years. Then I moved to Clark county Georgia and lived there seven years. Then I moved to Franklin Tennessee and lived there five years. Then I moved to Pearl River in Mississippi and lived there nine years and from there I moved to McNairy County Tennessee where I now live.

Question. How were you called into service. Were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute of whom. Answer. I went out as a volunteer soldier each trip.

Question. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recolect and the general circumstances of your service. Answer. When I went on the floradia expedition General Williamson commanded the militia from South Carolina. We also had some regulars which was from the north but I do not recolect any of their names. Indeed the regular militia was kept seperated and I had but little chance to become acquainted with any. The balance of the question I have answered in the body of my declaration.

Question. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it. Answer. I do not recolect of ever receiving a discharge from the service.

Marriage

He married Esther (Magee?) in Georgia.^[1][2]

Children:

1. John McCullar, m. Katherine McGee^[9]
2. David Mccullar, m. Elizabeth Haden^[9]
3. Alexander, m. Hannah Box^[9]
4. Isaac, Sophia Lewis^[9]
5. William, m. Sarah Lewis^[9]
6. Peggy, m. Alexander McCullar (a cousin)^[10]
7. Polly (McCullar) Marshall, m. Mathew Marshal^[10]
8. Jennie, Jane, m, John Woods^[10]

The family arrived in McNairy about 1826. They were known for being Presbyterians and having high moral standards.^[10]

Presbyterian Church of Bethel

Alexander McCullar was a founding member of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel in McNairy, TN that was formed 7 Sep 1828 and ordained as a ruling elder.^[11]

Death

He died 1848 in McNairy County, TN.^[12][1][2] and was buried at Bethel Springs Cemetery in McNairy, TN.^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 112: 1914. $
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. $
3. ↑ Green, E. R. R. Queensborough Township: Scotch-Irish Emigration and the Expansion of Georgia, 1763-1776. The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, 1960, pp. 183–199. JSTOR, [1]. Accessed 17 May 2020.
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 6 October 2019), Alexander Mcculler, 04 Mar 1831; citing Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 4; FHL microfilm 1,319,384. [2]
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. $
6. ↑ Headright and Lottery Loose Plat File, Georgia Surveyor General, RG 3-3-26, Georgia Archives. August 8,1788: Samuel McCollough was awarded 200 acres next to Patrick McGehee and Alexander McCollough
7. ↑ Headright and Lottery Loose Plat File, Georgia Surveyor General, RG 3-3-26, Georgia Archives. John McCollough was granted land next to Alex M. McCollough in Burke, County in 1794
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. $
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Wright, M. Joseph. (1882). Reminiscences of the early settlement and early settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: Commercial Pub. Co.. pg 35
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Wright, M. Joseph. (1882). Reminiscences of the early settlement and early settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: Commercial Pub. Co.. pg 36
11. ↑ Wright, M. Joseph. (1882). Reminiscences of the early settlement and early settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: Commercial Pub. Co.pg 39
12. ↑ National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. $
13. ↑ Find a Grave [3]

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch : 7 September 2017), Alexander M Cullar, McNairy, Tennessee, United States; citing 150, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 179; FHL microfilm 24,537.[5]
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch  : 18 August 2017), Alexander Mccullar, McNairy, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 23, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 529; FHL microfilm 24,547.[6]

See Also

• The Descendants of Alexander McCullough. [7] No sources provided.