Person:Alexander Garden (3)

Name^[1]	Maj. Alexander Garden, of Goose Creek
Gender	Male
Birth^[2]	4 Dec 1757	Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Military^[2]	1776	Rev war -
Marriage	13 May 1784	to Mary Anna Gibbes
Death^[2]	26 Feb 1829	Charleston, South Carolina, United Statesprobably at his Goose Creek plantation

Notes

had no children with wife Mary Anna Gibbes
adopted her nephew, son of Wilmot Stuart Gibbes, who took Garden's name and became his heir

References

↑ Robert Gibbes, Governor of South Carolina, and Some of His Descendants, in South Carolina historical and genealogical magazine. (Charleston, South Carolina: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900-1952)
12:2 (Apr 1911):78-105.

iv Mary Anna, b. 12 Sept., 1767; m. 13 May, 1784, Major Alexander Garden, son of Dr. Alexander Garden, the distinguished physician and naturalist, after whom Linnaeus named the "Gardenia," was vice-president of The Royal Society, died in London, 1791. The nephew of Mrs. Garden, son of her brother Wilmot S. Gibbes, changed his name to Garden.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Alexander Garden (soldier), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
includes sources, last accessed Jun 2025.

Alexander Garden (December 4, 1757 – February 26, 1829) was an American Revolutionary War soldier and writer from Charleston, South Carolina. ...