Person:Alexander McCorkle (3)

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II.4. Alexander McCorkle II m. Catherine “Katy” Morrison

• Aleck was emotional in character and joined the Methodists  » -- quoting his niece Elmira.

I think this Alexander McCorkle, a Jr., migrated west first to Giles County then northward to Henry County, Tenn., in or near Paris, Tennessee. [But I must check whether Henry County (northerly) was once a part of Giles County (southerly).] I think Katy Morrison (McCorkle) would have been a first cousin-once-removed, that is, a generation removed, to Margaret Morrison McCorkle (Mrs. Robert), and a first cousin to Margaret Morrison McCorkle's father, the Andrew Morrison who m. Elizabeth Sloan(e). Margaret Morrison McCorkle was Alexander McCorkle II's sister-in-law. --This Alexander McCorkle II referred to himself after the death of his father and the birth of his eponymous son as "Alexander Snr." At least one of his letters posted from Giles County, Tennessee, and addressed back home to NC lies in the Ramsay Papers in the UNC Archives at Chapel Hill. -- It is from one of Alexander II's letters in the UNC Archives under "Ramsay" that I deduced that "our" Robert, Alexander II's brother, was blind while residing in Rutherford County, Middle Tennessee, before removing westerly to Dyer County in the western district of Tennessee. Alexander wrote that brother Robert recognized him only from his, Alexander II's, voice.

III.1 Nancy McCorkle, b. circa 1780.

III.2 Mary McC , b. 4th Oct 1781 Rowan Co, NC; d. 6th June 1783 Rowan Co. (Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery).

III.3. James Morrison McCorkle, b. 24th Seprember 1783.

III.4. Alexander McC, III b. circa 1789 [note the 6-year hiatus. (?) ]

III.5. Lewis , b. circa 1790.

III.6. James H. , b. Abt. 1792.

III.7. John McCorkle , b. circa 1793, Rowan Co, NC; d. Oct 12, 1813, Rowan Co. (Thyatira Cemetery)

III.8. Catherine McCorkle b. circa 1794.

III.9. Samuel McCorkle , b. Jan 01, 1795