Person:Asa Alexander (6)

1759, Jun. - His father stated he'd lately come into province (Georgia) to settle, asked for grant of100 acres on Savannah River in Halifax Dist. Petition denied; "Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 8, Allen D. Chandler, 1907. This indicates he was born in Georgia.

1760, Jul 21- He was born in Georgia; affidavit of Asa for his pension, National Archives Microfilm Pub. M 9-4, file S 32092; also bible of James M. Alexander with his grandparents and their children's birth dates. DAR records say Wilkes Co., Georgia.

1762, Dec. - His father said he'd been two years in province (Georgia) and had purchased and settled land; he received a grant of 60 acres opposite "his place in Carolina (South Carolina) called Point Comfort" {Col. Records, the State of Georgia, Allen D. Candler 1907 Vol VIII pp49 or 51, 770, excerpt by Herbert Newell.)

1778-1783 - He fought in the Rev. War in Georgia and has a certificate of service from Elijah Clark.

   His name is on a monument in Wilkes County, Georgia in memory of those who fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek, through which Georgia was freed of Tory Domination.  It stands on the original battleground (from "cousin" Patti Andrews who lives in Georgia).
   He is in the certified list of Revolutionary soldiers, p375 under bounty surveys, "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" Lucien Lamar Knight.
   He was a private in the company commanded by Capt. Houston of Col. Elijah Clarke's regiment in Georgia. He saw two years of service.  He was drafted to go against St. Augustine under Gov. Houston of Georgia in 1778 & left that service in 1781.  He volunteered under command of Col. Elijah Clarke, was at the 1st battle and the last siege of Augusta (Georgia).  Col Lee commanded at the last siege.  Col. Benjamin Fen and Col. Elijah Clarke were in command of the Georgia militia.  Clarke was chief.  Asa was also at the last siege of Savannah.  He resided in Richmond Co., Georgia.  This was attested to by Seaborn Ledbetter and Seaborn Gray before the Clerk of County Court who was Asa Castellaw Alexander, Jr., in Dale Co., Alabama.  Sources: Rev. War pension application papers #S 32092, DAR Patriot Index,1966, Roster of Rev. Soldiers in Georgia, p8.

1780 - 1781- He put in a claim to the government for damages done by Creek Indians for $175, "Georgia Indian Depredation Claims, Donna B. Thaxton and again July 1, 1823 for $35 by Asa Alexander, Sr., by his attorney; Asa Alexander, Jr. witnessed it; this is from Patti Andrews.

1784 or about that time - he married Faitha Wooten, from DAR membership applications Nos.174821,580799, SAR membership application #89224-640. After Faitha died he married Susan Goodge in Warren Co., Georgia in1812, then in 1820 He married Nancy Davidson in Jones County, Georgia, this from Patti Andrews and Lyn Newman. Patti shows a fourth marriage to Mrs. Pheriba Kendall in Hancock Co., Georgia in 1825 but I think it more likely that this is the marriage of his nephew, Asa (son of Samuel Alexander Jr./III); my Asa moved to Dale Co., Alabama and settled there in 1821.

1784, June 5 - Bounty survey, for Asa, with description of property, 287 1/2 acres in Washington Co., Georgia, p214 Georgia Roster of the Revolution by Lucien Lamar Knight.

         Oct. 6 - Asa Alexander, Refugee Soldier, certificate of Col. Elijah Clarke on this date, prays 287 1/2 acres in Washington Co., Georgia. p22, "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution", Lucien Lamar Knight.
         Oct. 18 - Bounty survey, Asa, 287 1/2 acres Washington Co., Georgia, p258 ditto.

1784 - Grant for 287 1/2 a. on Shoulderbone Creek, Washington Co., Georgia - from Patti Andrews?

1785He is on a Tax List, Capt. Alexander's Dist., Wilkes Co., 1 poll; 575 acres and 287 1/2 acres, Washington Co., Georgia, from Patti Andrews.

1787-1790 - Greene C. GA. Deed Bk #1 (old A&B), Asa, Alexander, Sr., Faitha, James & Tabitha, from "The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, p114.

1789He is in Greene Co., Georgia, Alexander District: Georgia Tax Index, 1789-99, p 5-- Ancestry.com and p119 of "The Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia, p114.

28 May 1792 - A deed in Greene Co., Georgia names his wife, Faitha with his brother James and his wife Tabitha (sister of Faitha,James Wooten (brother of Faitha) and his wife Elizabeth; .....sell to Walter Ellis, all of Greene County 50 acres being part of "our old grant where we the above men now live on Shoulderbone Creek, same to include 20 acres of James Alexander's land, 15 a. of Esau Alexander's land and 15 a. of said Wooten's land....", from p14 Wooten and Related Families Assoc. Quarterly, Vol VII No1 1984. Greene Co., Georgia Deed Bk 1, formerly A. Ezekiel and John L(ynton) Alexander also owned land on Little Beaverdam (now called Shoulderbone Creek), from Patti Andrews.

1791, Dec 26 - Asa Alex. deeded to Asenath Wooten his share of James Wooten's estate "that shall fall to me as my wife's legacy of said estate", Warren Co. Georgia, Deed bk A p470 [p8 Wooten Family Assoc., Vol IV No1 Mar 84.

1794He is in Hancock Co., Georgia, Shorter District: Georgia Tax Index, 1789-99, p28--Ancestry.com.

1802Asa and Faitha, his wife, of Hancock Co., sell 71 9/10 acres in Greene Co., Georgia, from Patti Andrews with no specific date or place of record.

1808, Oct. 2 - Faitha died after their last child, Pheriba was born. This date is on an insert in the bible of Moses Alexander (son of Ezekiel, son of Asa Sr.) which gives the correct date of her birth plus birth and death of Asa, Sr. Sarah Standifer gives Faitha's death as Oct. 2, 1807 which I think is in error.

1809, April - He is listed as a Juror in Jones Co., Georgia, "Central Georgia Genealogical. Society." Vol. 6 No. 1, p24. Lyn C. Newman says that settlers had to be a resident one year to be on a jury, so this puts Asa in Jones Co. area at the time his wife Faitha died.

1810, April - ditto, Juror in Jones Co., GA.

1811- He is listed on Jones Co., Tax List - 121 acres, ditto, from Patti.

1812 - He served in the War of 1812 under Capt. Houston, from Patti.

1812, Dec 21 -2nd marriage to Susan Goodge in Warren Co., Georgia: Ancestry.com Georgia Marriages.

1820, August, 1st Monday - Census, Jones County, Clinton, Georgia, p112. There were 14 members of the household, some were farm laborers, I'm sure, as there are 11 listed as working in agriculture. He had what appears to be about 39 slaves and 1 Free Colored male. The numbers for males under 14 and females under 14 don't stand out well and are hard to read.

1820, 7 Sep - 3rd marriage, to Nancy Davidson in Jones Co., Georgia: Ancestry.com Georgia Marriages; this would be after the census.

1820s - Asa, Sr. is an early settler at Walding Cross Roads, near Sylvan Grove Settlement in Henry (later Dale) County Alabama, p10 of "A History of Dale Co., Alabama" Val L. McGee (from Patti Andrews). Page 9 also puts Isaac Ledbetter and his two sons Seaborn and John S. there in the Bertha Settlement where they operated a store, but they later moved to Walding's Cross Roads. Asa, Jr. married Rebecca Ledbetter in Abbeville, Henry Co., Alabama in 1824.

1823 - 1826 - "Georgia Indian Depredation Claims" Donna B. Thaxton, shows receipts of claims against the Creek Indians, Money distributed between 1823-1826 by installment for claims by: Asa Alexander, p645,claimant, $35 Oct 31, 1822, p651 $35 Jul 1 1823 by his Atty, Asa, Jr., Asa, Nov 17, 1825.

1824 - Ancestry.com, 1820 census record shows him in Jones Co., no documentation.

1831Georgia Rev. Soldier living in Alabama in 1831(probably in this same area), was pensioncy (sic) in Dale Co., Alabama, age 74 in 1833, p448 "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" Lucien Lamar Knight.

1832, 20 Oct. - He was age 72 when he made affidavit as to his service in the Rev. War for a pension. The document says he resided in Richmond Co., Georgia (during his time of service?). It was attested to before Asa Alexander, Jr., Clerk of Court, Dale Co., Alabama, by Seaborn Gray and Seaborn Ledbetter, that they believed his statements. National Archives Microfilm Pub. M 9-4, file S 32092. I have a copy.

1833, Jun 17 1833 - He enrolled, under act of Congress of Jun 7 1832, for pension, payment to date from March 4 1831; annual allowance, $80; sums received up to date of publication of list, $200. --Revolutionary War Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Senate Doc. 514, 23rd Congress, 1st Session, 1833-34. Sep 4 - His Pension was $36 a year.

1834, 1 Oct. - He died; this is from the pension statement of his son Asa Alexander, Jr., County Clerk, Dale Co., Alabama. Sarah Standifer notes said he was buried at a church cemetery about 10 miles from Clayhatchee, Alabama. Apparently there was no will.

1835, Jan 29 - "Asa Alexander, Jr. testified that Asa Alexander resided in Dale Co., Georgia for the space of 12 years past and before that his residence was in Georgia. Asa, Jr. appoints Joel A. Roberts of Mobile his attorney to "Receive my father's pension, that of Asa Alexander, Sr., Deceased, from Sept. 4, 1833, to Oct. 1, 1834, the date of the death of my father Asa Alexander, Sr." Asa, Jr. does this as the legal representative of his father. ....", from the Abstract of Asa Alexander, Senr.'s application for pension papers in National Archives, Washington. S32092.

Mrs. Edward L. Stock of Hanover Farm, Beallsville, MD 20839 asks me in 1983 letter if Asa, Sr. could be the one who marries Mrs. Pherebe Kendall in Hancock Co., Georgia 21 Apr 1825. She also wonders if Pherebe could be Pherby Wooten. I think the Asa who mar. Kindall was the child of Samuel Alexander Jr./III and that the Pherby was not the daughter of James Wooten.

Sources: 1- Bible of James Madison Alexander, son of Moses, grandson of Samuel Alexander and Bethia Castellaw, mar. 1752. 2 -"Colonial Records of the State of Georgia", Vol. 8, pp49,51,766,770; Vol 9, p187; Vol 12, p143, Allen D. Chandler, 1907. 3 - "The Families of Burke County 1755-1855, A Census", Robert Scott David, Jr. & Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. (Patti Andrews) 4 - "Georgia Governor and Council Journal 1753-1760", Mary Bondurant Warren & Jack Moreland Jones. (ditto) 5 - Duplin Co., NC land survey, Samuel Alexander with Samuel Alexander (Jr?) and James Castellaw (Jr.) chain carriers, Jul 1, 1758. 6 - Rev. War pension application papers, National Archives Microfilm Pub. M 9-4, file S 32092 7 - "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution" Lucien Lamar Knight, p375, 448. 8 - Certificate of service from Elijah Clarke, Rev. War. 9 - "Georgia Indian Depredation Claims", 1780-1781, Donna B. Thaxton. 10 - Bounty surveys, "Georgia's Roster of the Revolution", Lucien Lamar Knight, p214, 258; certification E. Clarke, p22. 11 - 1784 Grant for 287 1/2 a. on Shoulderbone Creek, Washington Co., Georgia 12 - 28 May 1792 - A deed in Greene Co., Georgia from p14 Wooten and Related Families Assoc. Quarterly, Vol VII No1 1984. 13 - 1809, April - He is listed as a Juror in Jones Co., Georgia, "Central Georgia Genealogical. Society." Vol. 6 No. 1, p24. 14 - 1809, 1810 & 1811 "List of Jones Co. Georgia Jurors". 15 - "A History of Dale Co., Alabama" Val L. McGee, p 10.