Douglass Lawson

Douglass Lawson

Male - 1917

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Douglass Lawson (son of Moses Walter Lawson and Elizabeth Jane Douglass); died in 1917 in Denver, Colorado.

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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Moses Walter LawsonMoses Walter Lawson was born on 16 Oct 1845 in Tennessee (son of Horace Lawson and Tabitha Marshall Alexander); died on 8 Aug 1894 in Kennett, Missouri; was buried in Dunklin Co., Missouri.

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    • _UID: 961AC3DA3E3A45BBB042A51711D171E7AD6C
    • Residence: 1850, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1860, District 3, Obion, Tennessee
    • Military: 1864, Tennessee; served in the thirty-third infantry for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
    • Residence: 1870, Independence, Dunklin, Missouri
    • Residence: 1880, Independence, Dunklin, Missouri

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Liberty Cemetery

    Moses married Elizabeth Jane Douglass on 4 Jun 1873 in Dunklin, Missouri. Elizabeth was born on 18 Jan 1854 in Dunklin County, Missouri; died in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Jane Douglass was born on 18 Jan 1854 in Dunklin County, Missouri; died in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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    • _UID: A7D33068A9D144BCB2FF44CC1F580BD09F67
    • Residence: 1880, Independence, Dunklin, Missouri
    • Residence: 1900, Salem, Dunklin, Missouri, USA; Age: 46; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1900, Salem, Dunklin, Missouri, USA; Age: 46; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Children:
    1. 1. Douglass Lawson died in 1917 in Denver, Colorado.
    2. Katie Lawson was born on 7 Aug 1877 in Missouri; died on 19 Nov 1909 in Dunklin Co., Missouri; was buried in Senath, Dunklin, Missouri.
    3. Andrew Bell Lawson was born about 1880 in Missouri; died in 1934 in Sherard, Mississippi.
    4. Elizabeth Lawson was born in Jun 1887 in Tennessee; and died.
    5. Virginia M. Lawson was born in Jun 1891 in Tennessee; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Horace Lawson was born on 4 Jun 1800 in Kentucky (son of Moses Lawson and Ann Thomas); died on 30 Jun 1883 in Obion, Tennessee; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.

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    • _UID: 8E7F8D211813485C8F9387325D27EC9B70AE
    • Residence: 1830, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1850, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1860, Obion, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1870, Union City. Obion, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1880, Woodland Mills, Obion, Tennessee

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    Buried:
    Alexander Cemetery

    Horace married Tabitha Marshall Alexander on 29 Oct 1829 in Sumner Co., Tennessee. Tabitha (daughter of William Locke Alexander and Susannah Allen) was born on 18 Feb 1810 in Summer Co., Tennessee; died on 30 Apr 1890; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Tabitha Marshall AlexanderTabitha Marshall Alexander was born on 18 Feb 1810 in Summer Co., Tennessee (daughter of William Locke Alexander and Susannah Allen); died on 30 Apr 1890; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.

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    • _UID: 867600F245F648E2AAEE619AEE89484AEF6B
    • Residence: 1850, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1870, District 2, Obion, Tennessee, United States
    • Residence: 1880, Woodland Mills, Obion, Tennessee

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    Buried:
    Alexander Cemetery

    Children:
    1. William Alexander Lawson was born in 1830 in Obion Co., Tennessee; died on 23 Mar 1900 in Luxora, Mississippi, Arkansas; was buried in Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky.
    2. Andrew Jackson Lawson was born on 12 Sep 1836 in Smith, Tennessee; died after 1917.
    3. Susan Ann Lawson was born about 1839 in Tennessee; and died.
    4. Mary Brandon Lawson was born on 23 Nov 1839 in Tennessee; died on 20 Aug 1915 in Obion, Tennessee.
    5. James K. P. Lawson was born about 1845 in Tennessee; died on 22 Jul 1864.
    6. 2. Moses Walter Lawson was born on 16 Oct 1845 in Tennessee; died on 8 Aug 1894 in Kennett, Missouri; was buried in Dunklin Co., Missouri.
    7. Tabitha Lawson was born about 1848 in Tennessee; and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Moses Lawson was born on 21 Jan 1776 in Maryland (son of John Lawson and Sarah Harratt); died on 30 Nov 1852 in Smith Co., Tennessee; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.

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    • _FSFTID: LZT1-29Z
    • _UID: C51B87D873994838937802C1886EA201325E
    • Residence: 1800, Green County, Kentucky
    • Residence: 1820, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1830, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1840, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1850, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, Smith, Tennessee

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    Buried:
    Alexander Cemetery, Plot 46

    Moses married Ann Thomas on 5 Jun 1798 in Greene, Kentucky. Ann was born in 1783 in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee; died in 1838. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Ann Thomas was born in 1783 in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee; died in 1838.

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    • _UID: 0F94C9A68D344D4BA29670389808418BB7EC

    Children:
    1. Dorie Lawson and died.
    2. Thornton Lawson and died.
    3. 4. Horace Lawson was born on 4 Jun 1800 in Kentucky; died on 30 Jun 1883 in Obion, Tennessee; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    4. Louisa Hardin Lawson was born on 26 Apr 1802 in Greene, Kentucky; died in Dec 1857.
    5. Willis Green Lawson was born in Nov 1827 in Dixson Springs, Smith County, Tennessee; and died.
    6. Washington Lawson and died.

  3. 10.  William Locke Alexander was born on 13 Aug 1775 in Rowan Co., North Carolina (son of Capt. William Alexander and Mary Brandon); died on 21 Dec 1851 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.

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    • _UID: E5F9D9E00C46436289DD14056D1D1DA45894
    • Residence: 1800, Rowan, North Carolina
    • Residence: 1820, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1830, Sumner, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1840, Sumner, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1850, Fulton Co., Kentucky

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    Buried:
    in Alexander Cemetery

    William married Susannah Allen on 12 Mar 1801. Susannah (daughter of Capt. Grant Allen and Tabitha Marshall) was born on 19 Jul 1784 in Granville Co., North Carolina; died on 29 Nov 1850 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Susannah Allen was born on 19 Jul 1784 in Granville Co., North Carolina (daughter of Capt. Grant Allen and Tabitha Marshall); died on 29 Nov 1850 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.

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    • _UID: 1206BB82B20742498C241FECB96EB8BDF025
    • Residence: 1850, Fulton Co., Kentucky

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    Buried:
    in Alexander Cemetery

    Children:
    1. James Alexander and died.
    2. Maj. Richard Brandon Alexander was born on 20 Dec 1801 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; died on 8 Jun 1868 in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    3. Grant Allen Alexander was born in 1804 in Tennessee; died before 1877.
    4. Mary Brandon Alexander was born on 14 Mar 1805 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; died on 3 Aug 1887 in Obion, Tennessee.
    5. William Locke Alexander was born on 22 Apr 1808 in Hartsville Tennessee; died on 18 Aug 1897; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    6. 5. Tabitha Marshall Alexander was born on 18 Feb 1810 in Summer Co., Tennessee; died on 30 Apr 1890; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    7. Margaret Jane Alexander was born about 1817 in Tennessee; died in 1840.
    8. Andrew Jackson Alexander was born in 1818 in Tennessee; died on 29 Jan 1876; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    9. Dr. John Marshall Alexander was born on 28 May 1818 in Tennessee; died on 18 Oct 1878 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    10. Susan Elizabeth Alexander was born about 1826 in Tennessee; and died.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  John Lawson was born in 1749 in Maryland (son of John Lawson and Elizabeth, son of Elizabeth); died in 1798 in Fayette Co., Kentucky.

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    John married Sarah Harratt on 15 Nov 1764 in St. John's Parish (Baltimore City), Baltimore County, Maryland. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet]


  2. 17.  Sarah Harratt and died.

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    • _UID: C311957D687E4CD4A0A85BA214CD74BE44A5

    Children:
    1. James Lawson was born on 8 Sep 1765 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 12 Nov 1845.
    2. Richard Lawson was born in 1768 in Kentucky; and died.
    3. John Lawson was born in 1769; and died.
    4. 8. Moses Lawson was born on 21 Jan 1776 in Maryland; died on 30 Nov 1852 in Smith Co., Tennessee; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    5. Thomas Lawson was born in 1778; and died.
    6. Walter T. Lawson was born in 1781; died on 17 Mar 1836 in Hopkinsville, Hopkins, Kentucky.
    7. David Lawson was born in 1784; and died.
    8. Rachel Lawson and died.
    9. Ann Lawson and died.
    10. Mary Lawson and died.

  3. 20.  Capt. William Alexander was born on 25 Dec 1746 in Cecil Co., Maryland; died on 4 Aug 1830 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; was buried in 1830 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

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    REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN. Buried on original grant one half mile southeast of Hartsville, Trousdale (formerly Smith) County known as the Gleaves place. Graves marked with upright slabs now falling through, moderately well preserved. Wall which surrounded graves is scattered and removed Bible Records-Tomb Inscriptions. In the year 1775 he enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. William Brandon, whose sister Mary Brandon he had married, "against the common enemy". In 1776 he was appointed by General Griffith Rutherford, Capt. of a company of spies and in an engagement with the Cherokee Indians at Seven Mile Mountain. In Sept. of that year he received a gunshot wound in the right foot which kept him out of the military service until 1781, when he entered the army again as Capt. in Colonel Wade Hampton's regiment of South Carolina troops and participated in the battles of Cowpens, Fort Motte, Granby, Bigger's Church and the Siege of Ninety-Six. In the year 1796, William Alexander came to Tennessee and settled something like half-a-mile southeast of Hartsville then in Sumner Co., at the place known as the Monroe Graves place, where he resided until his death in 1830. He erected, or had erected, the brick residence which still stands there (as of Sept. 18, 1921). He died suddenly of apolexy while sitting on his front porch. His wife survived him four years, and both of them are buried just back of the garden, the inscriptions on their tombstones being yet legible and their names appearing as William Alexander and Mary Alexander. William Alexander was a gallant soldier and a patriot. He is frequently referred to in Wheeler's History of North Carolina and always as William Alexander or Capt. William Alexander. He was a member of the first County Court of Smith Co. (TN) which met at the house of Tilman Dixon, Dec. 16, 1799 and his name appears on the records of the court as William Alexander. He lived and died as William Alexander.
    - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/fawial.htm (Contributed by Cathey (Alexander) Green)

    Lived at Hutchen place across pike North of William Alexander place-operated a tan yard-appeared to be an extensive land dealer. "William the Tanner" ?
    - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/fawial.htm (Contributed by Cathey (Alexander) Green)

    The Alexander Family History 1720s To 1899.submitted by Miles Turpin (Richard Alexander descendant)
    The name Alexander is of Greek origin. It means Helper of Men. Alexander Macdonald, second son of Donald, King of the Isles, had two sons who adopted the christian name of their father as their surname. Numerous clans of Alexanders descended from the ancient clan of MacDonald, including nobility and commoners.The chiefs of these clans at first resided in the South of Scotland around Edinburgh and Glasgow. Their chiefs were the Earls of Stirling and Dovan..
    In the period following the Irish Rebellion, James I of England, who was also James VI of Scotland, defeated and outlawed certain of the Irish chiefs. James I then took their vast estates and divided them into small tracts and given to the Scottish Protestants on the condition that they should settle permanently in Ireland. James I had a dual object in view in this act, one to replace the Catholics by Protestants, and the other to secure for himself loyal subjects in the place of rebels. A settlement of Scotch Presbyterians in the midst of the Celtic Catholics meant a perpetual and increasing garrison of friends of the home government in the midst of a hostile population..
    The distance from Scotland to Ireland at some points is less than twenty miles, so it was quite convenient for thousands of Scots to emigrate to Ireland and take possession of the confiscated lands. The motivation was not greed, but safety. The borderland from which the migrating Scots came was a violent no-mans-land for hundreds and hundreds of years. There would certainly be struggles with the Irish in Ireland, but nothing could match the unending violence that these families had endured along the northern border of England. Among those who availed themselves of this opportunity were many of the Alexanders who settled in Counties Antrim, Armagh, and Down. These families included both the commonalty and the nobility within the family. Our branch of the family left the Glasgow-Ayrshire region of Scotland and settled in Donegal County, Ireland.
    James I supported the Scots in Ireland until his death in 1625. His son, Charles I, was not supportive. In 1626, Charles I began a campaign to harrass non-conforming Protestants throughout his kingdom, and that included the Presbyterian Scots of Ireland. So, these loyal subjects were suddenly defenseless in a hostile Irish environment. To make matters worse, the winter of 1639 to 1640 was so severe that it destroyed the Irish potatoe crop and there was great famine in the land. Shortly thereafter the English Parliament rebelled against Charles I. And while that may have seemed like a good thing initially, it ended up being a bad thing. The Scots in Ireland recieved no support from the English Protestants, because Cromwell was too busy fighting the English Civil War to spare anything to help the Protestant Scots. Ultimately, persectution and famine killed thousands of Scots in Ireland, and they began to migrate to America in the 1640s.[2].
    William Alexander left Donegal County, Ireland for America in the 1640s. He came to Northampton County, Virginia around 1649, where he became the founder of the Alexander family that populated Somerset Co., Maryland, Cecil Co., Maryland and eventually Mecklenberg Co., North Carolina. William had seven sons and two daughters. Family tradition says that William's sons were William Alexander (b. ca 1646), Andrew Alexander (b. ca 1648), James Alexander (b. ca 1652), Francis Alexander (b. ca 1654), Samuel Alexander (b. ca 1657), Joseph Alexander (b. ca 1660), and John Alexander (b. 1662).
    So William Alexander came from Ireland to Northampton County, Virginia in the early 1640s to escape persecution. Around the time William Alexander came to the colony, Virginia got a new royal governor - William Berkeley, a staunch supporter of Charles I and the Anglican Church. Nearly all the population of Northampton County belonged to dissenter religious sects. Governor Berkeley was alarmed at the spread of beliefs contrary to his own. In an attempt to drive these non-conformists out of Virginia, Berkeley prohibited all preaching that was not Anglican, denied the entire County of Northampton representation in the House of Burgesses, and taxed all the inhabitants heavily. Despite protests, Governor Berkeley harassed William Alexander and those like him until 1652. It was in March of that year that an English fleet sailed into the Chesapeake Bay and deposed the Royal Governor William Berkeley on order of Parliament.
    For eight years, from 1652 to 1660, Presbyterians and other dissenters in Northampton County, Virginia were able to practice their religion publicly without harassment. They were free to make a living without being taxed unreasonably. Things were finally looking up for William Alexander. But then Charles II was restored as the King of England. Sir William Berkeley returned as Royal Governor. And so did all his policies. This time the situation was even worse, because England began to wage war with the Netherlands. As part of the war effort, direct shipping (formerly in Dutch ships) of tobacco to Europe was banned. In retaliation, the Dutch fleet sailed into the Chesapeake and captured almost all of the English tobacco fleet. The price of tobacco fell sharply, and Virginia was plunged into and economic depression during the 1660s and 1670s. So William Alexander wasn't much better off than when he was in Ireland.
    But life improved again for William Alexander. Lord Baltimore offered land, freedom of religion and representation in his assembly to any of the Northampton County Virginians who would cross over into neighboring Maryland. Lord Baltimore did this to form a buffer zone between his colony, Maryland, and the more powerful and populated colony of Virginia.
    The roll of buffer population was not new to the Scots. They had been buffers against the English in southern Scotland, they had been buffers against the Irish in northern Ireland. They had been buffers against the Indians in Virginia. As a people, they were good buffers. Over the centuries of living as human shields to one country or another, the Scots had developed a culture that helped them survive these precarious living conditions. The culture of these border Scots was extremely violent, rigidly organized by family bonds, and fiercely proud. The assignment in Maryland was one of the best offers these Scots had received in hundreds of years. And so they moved to Maryland, families and all. William Alexander moved his family to Somerset County on the eastern shore of Maryland in the 1670s.
    After ten years of living in Somerset County, the Alexanders began to plan their next move. Around 1680, Lord Baltimore had opened up land for settlement in Cecil County, Maryland. Not only was Cecil County land more fertile than that of Somerset County, Cecil County's location was at a major crossroad of colonial trade. Cecil County was up in the northeast corner of Maryland near the border of Pennsylvania and Delaware. To the south was Annapolis, Maryland's capitol and key seaport, Wilmington (capitol) and New Castle (seaport) in Delaware were to the east, and just a bit farther was colonial Americas largest city and seaport, Philadelphia. So this land in Cecil County allowed the Alexanders to grow more tobacco, get it to market more easily, and profit by trading other goods along the trade roots that went through their county. Many Alexanders took out 30 year warrants on land in Cecil County, Maryland in the 1680s, but didn't move to the area until around 1700 when their children were old enough to help them clear the land. [10] It was in Cecil County, Maryland on Christmas day in 1746, that our ancestor William Alexander, Sr. and his wife had a son named William, Jr. (who would one day be known as Captain William Rowan Bill Alexander).
    William Alexander, Sr. (father of Rowan Bill) was a direct descendant of the original William Alexander who came to Northampton Co., Virginia from Donegal County, Ireland. Scottish families were extremely clanish. They adheared to the ancient Scottish code of Thanistry which structured extended family groups like tribes - with an ultimate chieftan and all. They emigrated to this country in family groups, as opposed to individuals. They settled close together and intermarried. When one family member moved to another county or state, the rest of the family moved as well. Sometimes it took a few years, but the whole extended family ended up together in that new area. So when several Alexander families were living in the same area, it was not a coincidence - the families were related to eachother.[12] Our ancestor, William Alexander, Sr. lived in Cecil County Maryland, and then ultimately ended up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. That means that he is related to that band of Alexanders which moved from Northumberland County, Virginia to Somerset County, Maryland, then to Cecil County, Maryland and ultimately ended up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. What William Alexander, Sr.s exact lineage is within that group of Alexanders, I dont yet know..
    Cecil County, Maryland was such a wonderful place that it attracted a large number of new settlers. By 1735, the land prices had risen so much that it was difficult for the children of the original settlers to afford property of their own. So many families moved to Penssylvanias Cumberland Valley around 1750. People like the Alexanders were encouraged by the Pennsylvania authorities because the people of Pennsylvania wanted a human buffer between themselves and the Delaware and Shawnee Indians.[13] Families like the Alexanders were interested because the land was good and it was cheap enough for their children to buy as they came of age. Unfortunately, the ensuing violence between the settlers and the Indians escalated until it started the French and Indian War in 1754. It was a war that didnt initially go very well for the English. And so by 1756, most families had fled the Cumberland Valley and returned to Cecil County..
    Cecil County had not changed since the Alexanders left. The land was still too expensive for their children to buy their own farms. Between 1755 and 1764 many of the Alexander family moved to North Carolina. They settled in an area between the Yadkin and Catawba Rivers. The land was good and inexpensive. In 1765, the French and Indian War ended and North Carolina was suddenly very safe. That year over a thousand wagons passed through the area. The Alexanders quickly became involved in land speculation as well as farming.[14].
    William Alexander, Sr. and his son, Captain William Rowan Bill Alexander were among the first Alexanders who moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[15] William Sr. settled Sugar Creek Church Community, near Charlotte around 1750 to 1755. Eventually, William Sr.s son, Rowan Bill Alexander, owned a farm at the junction of Panther Run and Grants Creek in Rowan County (which borders Mecklenburg County). [16].
    The Alexanders were the most numerous group in the Mecklenberg County area of North Carolina. There were so many of them, its hard to keep track of the exact relations. Our ancestor, Captain William, Rowan Bill, Alexanders nickname was used to distinguish him from the two other Captain William Alexanders. [17] The nickname refers to the fact that at the outbreak of the Revolution he was living in Rowan county, North Carolina..
    William, Rowan Bill, Alexander was known as Capt. William Alexander because of his service in the Revolutionary War. He initially enlisted as a private in his brother-in-laws regiment (Captain William Brandon) in 1775. In 1776, General Griffith Rutherford named Rowan Bill Alexander Captain of a company of spies sent to fight the Indians. These were both North Carolina regiments. In an engagement with the Indians at Seven Mile Mountain on September 8, 1776, he was wounded so badly he was partially crippled for the rest of his life and not able to fight again until 1781. At that point he was commissioned Captain in Colonel Wade Hamptons Cavalry Regiment (South Carolina), taking part in the battles of Cowpens, Fort Marte, Grosby, Biggnes Church, and the siege of 96.He is a lineal descendant of (James McNutt Alexander who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
    Captain William (Rowan Bill) Alexander married Mary Brandon and had four kids: Mary Brandon Alexander, who married Gov. William Hall, Jane Alexander who was so beautiful that she was called the Cumberland Beauty married Dr. Redmond Dillon Barry (a native of Ireland, educated at the University of Dublin and a surgeon for the British Navy, he gave up his post to fight with the colonists during the Revolution), William Locke Alexander, who married Susan Allen, daughter of Capt. Grant Allen, and the oldest child, Richard Alexander, who is our ancestor..
    Captain William (Rowan Bill) and his wife Mary Brandon Alexander lived in Rowan County, NC up until 1796. The Census of 1790 shows he had 11 slaves; so he must have been fairly successful. The family finally moved to Sumner County Tennessee to claim a 400 acre Revolutionary War grant.
    Rowan Bill Alexanders son, Richard Brandon Alexander, was born in Rowan County , North Carolina on November 11, 1769. He came with his father,Captain Rowan Bill Alexander, and his mother to Sumner County, Tennessee in 1796. On February 28, 1808, Richard married Nancy Cunningham Saunders (Sanders), the widow of Lt. William Saunders (Sanders) who had died in 1803. Richards new wife Nancy Cunningham Saunders (Sanders) was the daughter of Major William Cunningham, who served as an Aide de Camp to General George Washington in the Revolution).
    Lt. Sanders had been the recipient of a Revolutionary land grant of 2560 acres located at the mouth of Dixon Creek and after coming to Tennessee, Sanders had bought the triangle of land on which Dixon Springs now stands from a Captain Dixon. There were no buildings there at the time. .
    After their marriage, Richard and Nancy Alexander bought all the land then held by the Sanders heirs and thereby came into possession of the Dixon Springs area. However they established their residence in the William Sanders house near the Cumberland River, at the mouth of Dry Branch, the site of Bledsoborough..
    The first child of Richard and Nancy Alexander was a son, born in 1809. His name was William Sanders Alexander, after Nancys first husband. William Sanders Alexander married Susan Black (b. 1818) of Wilson County, Tennessee. They were married on December 21, 1844. William was deeded 295 acres by his father and he and his wife Susan built a large house on the hill overlooking the village of Dixon Springs. Later he added 205 more acres to his holdings..
    William was the postmaster for Dixon Springs for a period of time. He built and operated a general store in connection with the post office. The store was built with bricks(made from clay from the Alexander farm). This building was destroyed by fire in 1985..
    Although the Alexander family were Southern sympathizers, their home was used as a Headquarters for Union Officers for a time during the Civil War.
    William and Susan Black Alexander had seven children: Nancy A.(b 7/28/1843 who married George Madison Allen), Mary A. (b. 1846 who married William Field - a Union Officer from Pennsylvania), William Sanders Alexander, Jr. (b 1847, a Confederate soldier , killed at the Battle of Shiloh at age 16 - his body was never recovered, but his man-servant, Wall Alexander, later managed to bring home his horse and a few belongings), Elizabeth A. (b 1848, married Walter Guild of Sumner County), Lewis Cass Alexander (b 1849 married Mary Barksdale and came into the possession of the family home - which by the way is still owned by family members, the Beasleys, and is listed in the registry of Tennessee Century Farms), Susan A. (b 1853 married a Mr. Downs and moved to Connecticut), and the youngest, Lucy Harris Alexander (b. 1855 married Henry L. Werne of Louisville, Kentucky).

    Our relative is Lucy Harris Alexander, the youngest of the family. She married Henry L. Werne. He was a jeweller. Lucy ,according to her granddaughter Mary Gist Bryan Steele, had blue eyes with beautiful light colored hair. Lucy and Henry were happily married, but she died very young, leaving her oldest daughter, Willie Alexander Werne, to mother the children. Henry, the father, went on the road to make a living. I could never figure out why. Maybe he had ceased being a jeweller. Willie did a marvellous job raising that family. Her uncle, Joseph Werne would stop by from time to time and give them some money. Apparently, had it not been for that, they might have all starved.The experience took its toll. She later had a family of her own, but she always had a very nervous disposition. She married Miles Turpin, son of Jackson Turpin.Willie and Miles had one child, MIles Alexander Turpin, my grandfather.

    Buried:
    Cage Family Cemetery

    Capt. married Mary Brandon on 21 Jan 1769 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. Mary (daughter of Richard Brandon and Margaret Locke) was born on 11 Nov 1749 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; died on 24 Sep 1834 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; was buried in 1834 in Sumner Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  4. 21.  Mary Brandon was born on 11 Nov 1749 in Rowan Co., North Carolina (daughter of Richard Brandon and Margaret Locke); died on 24 Sep 1834 in Sumner Co., Tennessee; was buried in 1834 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.

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    Buried:
    Cage Family Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Richard Brandon Alexander was born on 11 Nov 1769 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; died on 15 Oct 1855.
    2. Sarah Alexander was born in 1775; and died.
    3. 10. William Locke Alexander was born on 13 Aug 1775 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; died on 21 Dec 1851 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    4. Mary Brandon Alexander was born in Mar 1776 in North Carolina; died on 5 Mar 1873.
    5. Nathaniel Alexander was born in 1779 in Cabarrus, North Carolina; and died.
    6. Margaret Jane Alexander was born on 19 Oct 1780 in Rowan Co., North Carolina; died on 20 Mar 1841 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.

  5. 22.  Capt. Grant Allen was born on 21 Nov 1759 in Granville, North Carolina (son of William Hunt Allen and Frances Grant); died on 17 Dec 1840 in Trousdale County, Tennessee.

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    • _UID: 81BF080788CC4507B36F2EDF175A932749E8
    • Residence: 1784, Granville, North Carolina
    • Residence: 1790, Granville, North Carolina
    • Residence: 1820, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1830, Smith, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1840, Smith, Tennessee

    Notes:

    When North Carolina opened up lands for it’s revolutionary soldiers, practically all of what is now Smith, Sumner and adjoining counties, save the pre-empted tracts, were included. A great flock of revolutionary patriots from North Carolina and East Tennessee poured in, and among them were the following, some of whom may have lived in Smith County, but some in Trousdale and adjoining areas that for a while was part of Smith, and perhaps before that their original settlement had been actually in Sumner, from which Smith had been taken. The following list of revolutionary soldiers, however, are believed to have been buried within the original boundaries of Smith County, after much of its territory had been given to make up the larger counties taken from it: We “borrowed” this fine list from Mrs. Garrett’s, published in Mrs. Acklens’s Bible records p. 465, and have added information, where we had it, about some of them: All are numbered, so that they may be referred to in later notes: ... 2. Capt. Grant Allen was born in Granville Co, North Carolina and was the son of William Hunt Allen and his second wife, who was Mary (Hunt) Minge, the widow of Robert Minge (incorrect; second wife was Frances Grant). Grant Allen, revolutionary soldier, of Smith Co, Tennessee ...Grant Allen married Tabitha Marshall of the Marshalls of Henrico, one of whom married into either the Burtons or Allens.
    - Smith County Revolutionary War Soldiers From "Tennessee Cousins" by Worth S. Ray Originally published 1950. Last reprint Genealogy Publishing Co, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog #68-24689-5.

    When North Carolina opened up lands for it’s revolutionary soldiers, practically all of what is now Smith, Sumner and adjoining counties, save the pre-empted tracts, were included. A great flock of revolutionary patriots from North Carolina and East Tennessee poured in, and among them were the following, some of whom may have lived in Smith County, but some in Trousdale and adjoining areas that for a while was part of Smith, and perhaps before that their original settlement had been actually in Sumner, from which Smith had been taken. The following list of revolutionary soldiers, however, are believed to have been buried within the original boundaries of Smith County, after much of its territory had been given to make up the larger counties taken from it: We “borrowed” this fine list from Mrs. Garrett’s, published in Mrs. Acklens’s Bible records p. 465, and have added information, where we had it, about some of them: All are numbered, so that they may be referred to in later notes: ... 2. Capt. Grant Allen was born in Granville Co, North Carolina and was the son of William Hunt Allen and his second wife, who was Mary (Hunt) Minge, the widow of Robert Minge (incorrect; second wife was Frances Grant). Grant Allen, revolutionary soldier, of Smith Co, Tennessee ...Grant Allen married Tabitha Marshall of the Marshalls of Henrico, one of whom married into either the Burtons or Allens.
    - Smith County Revolutionary War Soldiers From "Tennessee Cousins" by Worth S. Ray Originally published 1950. Last reprint Genealogy Publishing Co, Inc. Library of Congress Catalog #68-24689-5.

    Grant married Tabitha Marshall on 29 Jan 1783 in Warren, North Carolina. Tabitha (daughter of John Marshall, Jr. and Tabitha Dixon) was born on 26 Aug 1764 in Warren Co., North Carolina; died on 31 Jul 1827. [Group Sheet]


  6. 23.  Tabitha Marshall was born on 26 Aug 1764 in Warren Co., North Carolina (daughter of John Marshall, Jr. and Tabitha Dixon); died on 31 Jul 1827.

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    Notes:

    William Allen moved to Granville County, North Carolina, purchasing a farm from William Gowan on June 19,1758. On the same day, additional land was purchased from the said Gowan by Drury Allen, the brother of William and between them they arranged joint farming operations, Drury Allen having removed to this locality from Lunenburg County, Va.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Allen and died.
    2. 11. Susannah Allen was born on 19 Jul 1784 in Granville Co., North Carolina; died on 29 Nov 1850 in Fulton Co., Kentucky; was buried in Fulton Co., Kentucky.
    3. Thomas Allen was born in 1789; and died.