Alex Rankin (1853 - 1935)

Born 1853 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Died 3 Mar 1935 at about age 82 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Alex Rankin is a part of US Black heritage.

Alex was born in 1853 in Fayette County, Kentucky, son of Alex Rankin Sr. and Susie Robinson.^[1]

Alex died on 3 March 1935 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.^[1]

Slave Owners

• John T Hughes
• see: Slaves of John Thomas Hughes (1840-1924) Fayette, Kentucky

Research Notes

In his will, he (John Thomas Hughes) left $30,000 to various persons, including his faithful colored man, Alex Rankin, who received 96 1/2 acres of land. [Alex Rankin died in 1935 and his wife Nannie died in 1939; they are buried in African Cemetery No. 2].^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
   Citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,134.
   FamilySearch Record: NSVH-MX1 (accessed 17 April 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9YK-J8GQ Image number 3047
   Alex Rankin death 1935 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.
2. ↑ “Davis, Ellen,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed June 1, 2021, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1964.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/62058183/alex-rankin : accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for Alex Rankin (1853–3 Mar 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #62058183, citing African Cemetery #2, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Milligan Rowe Elliott (contributor 47265731) .
• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSVH-MFM : 2 March 2021), Alex Sr. Rankin in entry for Alex Rankin, 1935; citing Death, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,913,134.

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM66-VH7 : accessed 1 June 2021), Alex Rankin, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 9B, line 63, family 249, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 743; FHL microfilm 2,340,478.

• Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
• Alex Rankin Head Male 70 Kentucky
• Mannie Rankin Wife Female 60 Kentucky
• Pearl Rankin Daughter Female 32 Kentucky
• Marnie Rankin Daughter Female 30 Kentucky