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Robert Davidson Alexander

Male 1796 - 1863  (66 years)

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  • Name Robert Davidson Alexander  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Birth 26 Aug 1796  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Will 2 Sep 1807  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mentioned in Grandfather's Will 
    Residence 1850  Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Will 21 Dec 1854  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mentioned in Brother-in-law's Will 
    Residence 1860  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Western Division 
    Burial 1863  Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Death 8 May 1863  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I30642  MontyHistNotes_2014
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father William Bain Alexander, Sr,   b. 25 Apr 1764, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Violet Jane Davidson,   b. 28 Aug 1771, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1821, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Aug 1791  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11] 
    Family ID F3367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Bain Caldwell,   b. 10 May 1808, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1889, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1829  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 12, 13] 
    Children 
    >1. Reverend Samuel Caldwell Alexander,   b. 24 Feb 1830, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909 (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Agnes Elizabeth Alexander,   b. 27 Apr 1832, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1897, York County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Dr John Brevard Alexander, Sr,   b. 27 Apr 1834, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1911, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Martha Jane Alexander,   b. 27 Jul 1836, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 1838, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Robert H Alexander,   b. 22 Jul 1839, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1839, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. William Davidson Alexander,   b. 26 Nov 1840, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1927, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Sarah J Alexander,   b. 31 Jul 1844, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1848, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Lottie A Alexander,   b. 30 Jan 1856, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1878, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Aug 1796 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Grandfather's Will - 2 Sep 1807 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Feb 1829 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Mentioned in Brother-in-law's Will - 21 Dec 1854 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Western Division - 1860 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1863 - Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 May 1863 - Mecklenburg County, 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. [S335] Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA;), Lists of person buried at Hopewell Presbyterian Church http://www.cmstory.org/cemetery/burialrecords.asp?id=76 Website has drilldowns for more info on individuals http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=174139&CScn=Hopewell&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1710& 10500 Beatties Fort Road Huntersville, NC.

    2. [S659] Bible Records of Sarah Davidson Alexander, Family Details listed in Bible of Sarah Davidson Alexander.

    3. [S1841] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Volume: 256; SAR Membership Number: 51159.

    4. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Abigail Bain Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=104381835&indiv=try

    5. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M432_637; Page: 49B; Image: 106.
      Record for Robt D Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=12858045&indiv=try

    6. [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M653_906; Page: 103; Image: 205; Family History Library Film: 803906.
      Record for Robert D Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38990996&indiv=try

    7. [S3640] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Abigail B Caldwell
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=8517078&indiv=try

    8. [S3237] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
      Record for Dr John B Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NCdeathCerts&h=449760&indiv=try

    9. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Alexander, John McKnitt, Item 21, Pages 5-6 "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.

    10. [S671] Ferguson, Herman White, Will Abstracts 1791-1868, (Name: Ferguson, Herman White; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1993;), Caldwell, David Thomas, Item 1124, Pages 236-237 "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.

    11. [S3963] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 042.
      Record for William Bain Alexander
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ContentPegFamilyHistories&h=2131804&indiv=try

    12. [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

    13. [S301] John McKnitt Alexander Descendants, (Name: Location:http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html;;), http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/mecklenburg/fam_alexander_john_mcknitt_desc.html.
      Source: Mecklenburg County Biographical Sketches of the EarlySettlers of the Hopewell Section, by J. B. Alexander, M.D. Charlotte, NC, 1897, Chapter 2, Page 10-23, Transcribed and submitted by Nancy Piper



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