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Facts and Events
Alexander Kelso, Sr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Information on Alexander Kelso
From "The Kelso's in America", site of Joe Kelso:
- Alexander Kelso Sr. (1723-1761) married Mary Blair who gave birth to Alexander Jr., Hugh, Margaret, and Mary. The senior Alexander was known as Reverend Alexander because he had been commissioned as a missionary to the Native Americans of Greenbriar Valley, Virginia where he had a land grant.
Source: http://joe_kelso.tripod.com/index.html
- 204. Alexander Kelso, Sr., born 1723 in Scotland1; died Abt. 1760 in New Providence, Virginia1. He was the son of 408. John Kelso and 409. Polly Kelso. He married 205. Mary Blair Abt. 17501.
- 205. Mary Blair, born in Scotland1; died Abt. 1760 in Virginia1.
- Notes for Alexander Kelso, Sr.:
- Alexander was known as "Reverend Alexander" Kelso, so titled because he had been commissioned as a missionary to the Indians of the Greenbrier Valley where he owned a land grant. The Kelso's have been identified with Evangelical Christianity since before 1500. Some records indicate that Alexander and his wife were killed while their children were very young, and their boys went to live with their uncle, Hugh Kelso.
- Children of Alexander Kelso and Mary Blair are:
- i. Margaret Kelso; married (1) Thomas Sheddan; married (2) Mr. Eakin.
- ii. Mary Kelso
- iii. Alexander Kelso, Jr., born Abt. 1755; died in Morgantown, IN1; married Margaret Balch; died 1848 in Morgantown, IN.
Notes for Alexander Kelso, Jr.:
Alexander served in the American Revolutionary War.
- 102 iv. Hugh Kelso, born Abt. 1760 in Virginia; died Abt. 1828 in Blount County, Tennessee; married (1) Sarah McLanahan; married (2) Elizabeth ? 1778 in Washington Co., NC.
- Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/l/a/Kenneth-R-Klamm/BOOK-0001/0002-0010.html#CHILD67109379
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