Alexander Plunkett (abt. 1815 - aft. 1880)

Born about 1815 in North Carolina

Husband of Nancy (Ratliff) Plunkett — married about 1836 in Tennessee, United States

Husband of Martha Jane (Rodgers) Plunkett — married 1846 in Tennessee

Descendants

Died after 1880 after about age 65 in Tennessee

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Biography

Alexander was born in 1814 in North Carolina. He was the son of John Plunkett. He first married Nancy Ratcliff (Ratliff) and they had a son in 1838 while living in Tennessee. Around 1846, Alex married Martha Jane "Patsy" Rogers (Rodgers), while still living in Tennessee. He passed away after 1880.

Civil War Service: Private Alexander Plunkett,Confederate in 48th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Voorhies') Company D

The 1880 US Census in Hickman County, TN, shows his 103 mother, Dicey Plunkett, living in his household.

Research Notes

His second wife, Martha Jane "Patsy" Rogers/Rodgers Find A Grave: Memorial #98342836 Plunkett Cemetery, Graham, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9KD-SJ7 : 25 August 2021), J.a. Plunkett, 1861-1865.

• POW, Confederate Soldier [1] ; Title : Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

• Inmates of Tennessee State Penitentiary page 6, [2] Lists Alexander Plunkett from Hickman serving for bigamy

• 1837 Hickman County Tennessee Tax List

• 1862 Hickman County Tennessee Tax List

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDV-8QJ : 12 April 2016), Alexander Plunkett, Hickman county, Hickman, Tennessee, United States; citing family 440, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TG-DCY : 12 December 2017), Alx Plunkett, 1860. His parents are on page 19 and Alex's household is on page 16 of the Census in District 1, Hickman, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1257; Page: 10; Image: 24; Family History Library Film: 805257

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD4-YJX : 17 October 2014), Plunkete, in 1st District, Hickman County, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 22, family 153, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,037.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7N-B87 : 15 July 2017), Alexandria Plunket, District 1, Hickman, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 81, sheet 247B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,263. (His mother living in his household.)

• Find A Grave: Memorial #153128384 Plunkett Cemetery, Graham, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA

'Childrens’ Records:'

Child of 1st wife Nancy Ratcliff/Ratliff: "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSMS-M2W : 26 August 2019), Alex Plunkett in entry for Alender Plunkett, 31 Jan 1918; Death, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. (DOB 1838, Mother Nancy Ratcliff)

Child of 2nd wife Marth Jane "Patsy Rogers: "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSKF-ZPD : 26 August 2019), Alex Plunkett in entry for Cloyd P. Plunkett, 25 Apr 1930; Death, Graham, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. (Mother: Martha Jane “Patsy” Rogers)

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSM2-XFS : 26 August 2019), Alec Plunkett in entry for William Plunkett, 2 Apr 1936; Death, Graham, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. (Mother: Martha Jane “Patsy” Rogers)

"Son James George Washington "Wash" Plunkett: Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC9-ZNHL : 26 August 2019), Alexander Plunkett in entry for W.C. Plunkett, 14 Apr 1939; Death, Graham, Hickman, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. (Mother: Martha Jane “Patsy” Rogers)

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSJ1-XGH : 26 August 2019), Alex Plunkett in entry for Nev Plunkett, 14 Mar 1953; Death, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.(Mother: Martha Jane “Patsy” Rogers)

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM9-2BQY : 26 August 2019), Alex Plunkett in entry for Mary Plunkett Clark, 31 Mar 1957; Death, Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. (Mother: Martha Jane “Patsy” Rogers)