Josiah Alexander
1755 - 1817 (62 years)-
Name Josiah Alexander [1, 2] Birth Sep 1755 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
[2] Gender Male DAR Number A001219 [2] Will 25 Mar 1776 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA [1] Mentioned in Father's Will Military Service 1778 North Carolina, USA [2, 3] Death 6 Dec 1817 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Notes - DAR Application says birthplace England
Person ID I18186 MontyHistNotes_2014 Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Father Daniel Alexander, b. 1720, Cecil County, Maryland, USA d. 25 Mar 1776, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 56 years) Relationship natural Mother Prudence Johnston, b. 1720, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1800, Poplar Tent, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1748 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Family ID F3169 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mildred Orr, b. 6 Sep 1762 d. 12 Oct 1815, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (Age 53 years) Marriage Abt 1778 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Children > 1. Azariah Alexander, b. 8 May 1780, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Jan 1854, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Elihu Alexander, b. 16 Apr 1782, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 1809, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA (Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 3. Prudence Alexander, b. 20 Dec 1784, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 19 Dec 1844, Valley Creek, Dallas, Alabama, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. James Sample Alexander, b. 8 Jan 1787, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Jan 1879, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA (Age 91 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F5730 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - Sep 1755 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 25 Mar 1776 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA 
Military Service - 1778 - North Carolina, USA Marriage - Abt 1778 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Death - 6 Dec 1817 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S580] Holcomb, Brent H, Abstracts of Early Wills, (Name: Name: Cleafield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1980;;), This book gives abstracts of wills that were recorded in Mecklenburg,NC, between 1763 and 1790.
- [S2128] DAR Ancestor A001219, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Josiah Alexander.
- [S215] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.
- [S580] Holcomb, Brent H, Abstracts of Early Wills, (Name: Name: Cleafield; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1980;;), This book gives abstracts of wills that were recorded in Mecklenburg,NC, between 1763 and 1790.