Person:Alexander Doran (3)

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Alexander Doran
  1. Alexander Doran1760 - 1844
  • HAlexander Doran1760 - 1844
  • WSarah Reed1765 -
m. 26 Mar 1790
  1. Sarah Doran1791 - 1836
  2. William Doran1794 - 1850
  3. Elizabeth Doran1796 - 1864
  4. John Doran1798 - Bef 1841
  5. James Doran1802 -
  6. Joseph Doran1804 - 1868
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Name Alexander Doran
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Jan 1760 Morris County, New Jersey
Marriage 26 Mar 1790 poss. Hampshire County, Virginiato Sarah Reed
Death[1] 26 May 1844 Romney, Hampshire County, Virginia

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Doran, Alexander - entered service 1776 in Morris County, New Jersey, where born 1/28/1760; moved with father in 1781 to Hampshire County, Virginia where granted Pension in 1833; resided near Hanging Rock, that County, 1836; query letter in file 1938 from descendant Mrs. W. J. Benson, Onawa, Iowa, states soldoer was born in Patterson, New Jersey, married Sarah Reed 3/26/1790, further was born 10/13/1765, further soldier died in Hampshire County, Virginia. F-S12784, R833.


Records in Virginia

19 May 1806, Hampshire Co., [W]VA Land Entry Book: Alexander Doran & Timis Peters assignees of John Snyder enters __ acres of waste land in Hampshire County on the waters of W. River and drains thereof adjoining the lands of {Timis Peters crossed out} Timothy Smith and others by ___ part of a Land Office Treasury Warrant No. 4__ dated January 2nd 1806.
Patents and Grants Index - Hampshire County, VA
Smith, note
Thompson, Samuel grantee 1 June 1819 Hampshire County.
Grantee(s): Thompson, Samuel and Doran, Alexander.
Description: 300 acres on the drains of North River, adjoining the land of Smith, Dunmore, &c.
Smith Patents and Grants Index
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).