Person:Joseph Alexander (31)

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Joseph Alexander
b.Bet 1740 and 1750 prob. Pennsylvania
d.Bef 6 May 1789 Greene County, Tennessee
m. Bef 1740
  1. Oliver Alexander1740 - Aft 1812
  2. James Alexander1740 - Aft 1799
  3. Joseph AlexanderBet 1740 & 1750 - Bef 1789
  4. Jane AlexanderAbt 1742 -
  5. Sarah AlexanderAbt 1750 - 1832
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Alexander
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bet 1740 and 1750 prob. Pennsylvania
Death[1] Bef 6 May 1789 Greene County, Tennessee[killed by Indians]

Records

WASHINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA:
Battle of Kings Mountain Campaign in Revolutionary War
September and October, 1780
Captain David Beattie's Company:
James Alexander
Joseph Alexander
Oliver Alexander
William Alexander
John Craig
Captain William Neal's Company:
Jeremiah Alexander (NOTE: In Jeremiah's Revolutionary War pension application, he claimed he served in Capt. Neal's Company. Other sources say he served in Capt. David Beattie's Company.)


The Washington County (VA) Surveyors Record 1781-1797 - Page 294 - Alexander Doren - 170 ac - Commissioners Certificate - on the waters of the Wolf Creek and of fifteen mile Creek north branches of Holstein River - beginning corner to David Dryden, Oliver, Alexander & James Doren - by two roads - above Wolf Creek - at the foot of the knobbs - corner to Oliver Alexander - August 26, 1785...Alexander Doren, assignee of Joseph Alexander - 400 ac - actual settlement made in 1777 - on fifteen mile creek adjoining Adam Hope, James Philips, James Doren & Oliver Alexander, includes improvements - August 14, 1781
1783 Greene County, Tennessee Tax List: Ebinezer Alexander, James Alexander, Joseph Alexander
Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western Country - December 1787; Joseph Alexander, Archibel Alexander.
On 6 May 1789, the Greene County (TN) Court appointed Jeremiah Alexander to administer the estate of Joseph Alexander who was killed in an Indian battle eight to nine miles south of Maryville (TN).
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