Person:Alexander Ewing (6)

American Revolutionary War Veteran

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. :

Ewing, Alexander - entered service 1777 in Virginia; born 3/10/1752; died 4/9/1822; married 1788 to Sally Smith who was born 8/12/1761, died 6/15/1840; children's births: John Love 4/11/1788 (died 2/9/1816), James 9/20/1790, Lucinda 12/10/1792, William 1/31/1795 (died 11/29/1796, Alexander C. 9/9/1797 (died 6/13/1834), Randall McGavock 11/25/1799 (died 11/11/1853); Oscar Smith 11/26/1801 (died 10/19/1808), William Black 12/31/1803 who married (1) Sarah B. Bysor born 4/12/1808, died 6/18/1836 (2) 3/21/1838 to Martha C. Graves; William Black's children's births: Mary Louise 12/12/1827 (died 9/12/1833), John Alexander 5/26/1829, William James 1/21/1832 (died 3/7/1833), Martha Ann 12/30/1833 (died 4/2/1836), & Sarah Bysor 12/31/1835; son William Black made affidavit 1853 in Davidson County, Tennessee, that siblings surviving his mother's death: Randall M. (died 1/11/1853), James, & Louisa McGavock (died in 1847 leaving children: Nancy Chaud, Oscar, Amanda Armstrong & Louisa Graham; soldier's heirs granted Pension in 1853; query letter in file in 1923 from Chester W. Ewing, New Haven, Connecticut, grandson of James M. Ewing (son of Nathaniel Ewing & Betsy McCullock, who resided in Abingdon, Virginia, married 10/8/1805 in Marysville, Tennessee), further Nathaniel Ewing, son of Virginia Revolutionary War soldier Alexander Ewing who resided in Wythe County, Virginia, & moved to Marysville, Blount County, Tennessee. F-W158, R947.

Research Notes

• Tennessee Cemetery Records:Ewing's Creek Road, Near Nashville, Tenn. "In memory of Sarah, relict of Alexander Ewing, Aug. 12, 1761-June 5, 1819."

1. ↑ Death Notice, in Nashville Whig (Nashville, Tennessee).

   April 17, 1822
   Died on the 9th inst, Captain Alexander Ewing of this county, age 71. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War and one of the first settlers of this county.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Recorded, in Daughters of the American Revolution. Genealogical Research System.

   EWING, ALEXANDER Ancestor #: A038040
   Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): CAPTAIN, AIDE-DE-CAMP
   Birth: 3-10-1752 VIRGINIA
   Death: 4-9-1822 DAVIDSON CO TENNESSEE
   Pension Number: *W
   Service Description:
   1) LT, 14TH & 10TH REGTS, CONT LINE
   2) CAPT, AIDE DE CAMP TO GEN GREENE

3.   Notes, in Unknown Source.

   ALEXANDER EWING, b. 10 Mar 1752, Montgomery Co., VA; d. 09 Apr 1822, Davidson Co., TN;
   m. (1) EUPHAMY PURNELL, 06 Sep 1786, Montgomery Co., VA; d. Bef. 1789;
   m. (2) SALLY SMITH, 11 Apr 1789, Davidson Co., TN; b. 12 Aug 1761; d. 15 Jun 1840, Davidson Co., TN.
   
   ... Alexander Ewing was lieutenant in the Virginia Line when promoted to captain. He was aide to Gen. Nathaniel Greene in the Southern campaign and was wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House. He died in Tennessee in 1822.