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Rufus Lee Alexander

Male 1807 - 1877  (70 years)

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  • Name Rufus Lee Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Birth 21 Mar 1807  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 17 Sep 1836  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mentioned in Father's Will 
    Residence 1850  Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Will 15 Jul 1857  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Executor for Father-in-law's will 
    Residence 1860  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Eastern Division 
    Residence 1870  Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1877  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church; Burial Ground # 3
    Death 3 Jul 1877  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9] 
    Person ID I26204  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son Robert Montgomery
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Ezekiel Alexander, Jr,   b. 1767, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1836, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Agnes lnu   d. 14 Jul 1814, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F10131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Melissa Montgomery,   b. 8 Mar 1821, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1884, Fort Mill, York, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 22 May 1844  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 8, 9, 14, 15] 
    Children 
    >1. Mary Nancy Laura Alexander,   b. 2 Nov 1848, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1898, Fort Mill, York, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. John Thomas Ezekiel Alexander,   b. 24 Nov 1850, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1900, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jane Elizabeth Alexander,   b. 20 Feb 1852, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Josiah Franklin Alexander,   b. 19 Oct 1853, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1927, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Pinninah Nina Abigail Alexander,   b. 28 Nov 1858, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1928, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Mar 1807 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Father's Will - 17 Sep 1836 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 May 1844 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Executor for Father-in-law's will - 15 Jul 1857 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Eastern Division - 1860 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Jul 1877 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S240] Phillips, Carl, Family Chart Carl Phillips, (Name: Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburng, North Carolina, USA; Date: 30 Jan2010;;), Family information of Carl Phillips.

    2. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Back Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M432_637; Page: 64A; Image: 135.
      Record for Rufus L Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=12859233&indiv=try

    3. [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M653_906; Page: 20; Image: 39; Family History Library Film: 803906.
      Record for R L Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38979851&indiv=try

    4. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Alexander, Ezekiel, Item 482, Pages 98 "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.

    5. [S3213] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Data Source: County Court Records - FHL # 0546461-0546466.
      Record for Rufus L. Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NCMarriages&h=2677338&indiv=try

    6. [S3391] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Nian A Boyd
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1NorthCarolinaDeaths&h=582742&indiv=try

    7. [S95] Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, (Name: Location: Sugaw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina;;), http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecords.asp?id=166 This website has drill-down with more detail on each individual http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=48873&GRid=42225274&CRid=48873&.
      Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church
      101 Sugar Creek Rd. W.
      Charlotte, NC 28213
      704-596-4466

    8. [S4271] Palmer, Shanna, Genforum Posting from Shanna Palmer, (Name: Genforum; Location: Ancestry.com Genforum; Date: 14 Feb 2006;), http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/montgomery/5524/ Accessed KRM 26 May 2018 3:37pm.
      http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/montgomery/5524/

    9. [S239] Montgomery, Joseph II, JMMM Fam Chart by Joseph Montgomery, (Name: Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: Abt 1925;;), Chart made by Joseph Montgomery II; from files at Dauphin CountyHistoriical Society.

    10. [S4] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Steel Creek, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: T623_1206; Page: 20B; Enumeration District: 52.
      Record for T Thomas Alexander

    11. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Steele Creek, Mecklenburg,North Carolina; Roll: 972; Family History Film: 1254972; Page: 570A; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 0554.
      Record for Thomas Alexander

    12. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), "Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, *Will Abstracts 1791-1868 BooksA-J, *Tax Lists, 17978, 1798, 1799, 1806 & 1807" book located at Charlotte Public Library, ISBN 0-9620770-2-X.
      After son James died in 1833, Joseph added a codicil to his will

    13. [S676] Montgomery, Josiah, Will of Josiah Montgomery, (Name: Location: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Date: 1857;;), LW&T of Josiah Montgomery.

    14. [S271] Clemens, William Montgomery, North and South Carolina Marriage Records, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:1927;;), From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War Alphabetical Listing of North Carolina Marriages, ISBN 978-0-8063-0555-4.
      Montgomerys are on pages 196-197
      Clarks pages 60-61
      Alexanders page 5-7
      Catheys are page 57

    15. [S543] Holcomb, Brent H, Marriages of Mecklenburg County, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland; Date: 1981;;), Alphabetical listing of Marriages 1783-1868 posted on ancestry.com.



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