Name: Peter
ALEXANDER
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Birth: 1758 Augusta
Co., VA
Death: 14
Feb 1842 Woodford
Co., KY
Father: Robert
ALEXANDER (1710-1783)
Mother: Esther
BEARD (1724-1769)
Family Line:
Thomas ALEXANDER (1630 - )
William ALEXANDER (1676
- )
Robert ALEXANDER (1710 - Nov 1783) & Esther BEARD (1724 - 1769)
Peter ALEXANDER (1758 - 1842)
& Elizabeth Jannett STEELE (1762 - 1846)
Sarah ALEXANDER (1791 - 1862) & Robert McMAINS (1786 - 1868)
Jane S. McMAINS (1811 - 1872) & Marmaduke N. BARNES (abt 1815 - abt
1850)
Linia Ann BARNES ( 1840 - 1880) & Jacob Sylvester ARNEY (1839 -
1927)
Mary Ellen ARNEY (1861 - 1935) & Joshua Newton MACHLAN (1859 - 1936)
Linnie Ellen MACHLAN* (1884 - 1974) & Everett Elmer WALKER (1882 -
1948)
Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)
Misc. Notes
ANCESTRY.COM,
ANCESTRY LINES OF GARY MILLER AND PAULA CRAIN:
Source:
James Breckinridge "Samuel McMains Colonial Ancestors",
FamilyHistory.com McMains Surname Message Board (message #36, Tuesday, May 2,
2000):
"Peter
Alexander served in the Revolutionary War."
Source:
Robert W. Frey "Sarah Alexander/Robert mcMains Corrected",
FamilyHistory.com McMains Surname Message Board (message #41, Thursday, May 4,
2000):
"Peter
was a private in the Virginia militia during the Revolutionary War. He was
placed on pension roll, Woodford Co., in 1840, where he had removed [to] in
1803. He is listed in the Fed. Census in the Northern District, Woodford Co.,
in the years 1810-1840."
Source:
Email correspondence from Bob Frey (rcfrey@greenapple.com) to Paula Miller
dated 21 December, 2001:
"....Source:
(1) Chalkey's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement . . ., Vol. 2, p. 301;
(2) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Vol. I, p. 29;
(3) DAR Vol 78, p. 181, #77469, Sallie Johnston Putnam, submitter; (4) DAR Vol
164, p. 269, #163818, Frances Johnston Auth, submitter; (5) DAR Vol 66, #65473,
Janet Alexander Lannerd, submitter; (6) DAR Vol 78, p. 181, #77470, Frances
Reeder, submitter; (7) DAR Vol 98, p. 143, #97461, Susan Alexander Decker,
submitter; (8) DAR Vol 98, p. 143, #97462, Mabel Alexander Sturgiss, submitter;
(9) DAR Vol 122, p. 126, #121387, Margaret Alexander Reeder, submitter; (10
Arnold's The
Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland, and America, p. 2; (11) Dodd's Early
American Marriages; Virginia to 1800...."
NOTES ON THE 1810 CENSUS (LFC):
A Peter Alexander is found in Woodford Co., KY, probably the right person. Suspect one or more of his grown children are living in the household, which now includes grandchildren. There are three people in the age 16-25 group, and there are 4 females under age 10, only one of which is likely Peter's daughter. The slave count column is nearly illegible, but I think the entry is "1".
1820 CENSUS, KENTUCKY, WOODFORD CO.:
The actual census page images on ancestry.com are screwed up, but Robert Alexander is in the index. However I found a Woodford County web page that offered an Excel spreadsheet for this census: Peter Alexander is found on a line adjacent to his son-in-law, Robert McMains. Peter and wife Elizabeth are obviously there, with the right ages (45+). There are 9 other "free whites" in the household, presumably a mix of older children, spouses, and grandchildren. The family also has 10 male slaves, and 8 female slaves, for a total of 29 people!
NOTES ON THE 1830 CENSUS (LFC):
Peter is
found in Woodford County, KY. Household has 3 free whites, obviously Peter and
wife Elizabeth, plus a female age 20-30 (probably daughter Catherine, see 1840
census). There are 17 slaves, bringing the household total to 20 people.
NOTES ON THE 1840 CENSUS (LFC):
Peter is
indeed found in the 1840 census for the Northern District of Woodford County,
Kentucky. However he is not listed as a Head of Household. He is identified as
a revolutionary war pensioner, age 83, living in the household of Robinson
Ruddle. There are four free whites in the household, apparently one couple in
the 30-40 age group, and one couple in the 70-90 groups. There are a total of
26 people in the household. This includes one free colored person and 21
slaves. (Note: An ancestry.com search showed that Robinson Ruddle married
Katherine Alexander, so this is clearly the correct household, and Peter is
living with his daughter and her husband.)
Marriage: 27
Mar 1787 Augusta
Co., VA
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Spouse: Elizabeth
Jannett STEELE
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Birth: 1762 Augusta
Co., VA
Death: 1846 Woodford
Co., KY
Father: Samuel
STEELE
Mother: Margaret
CAMBELL
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Peter ALEXANDER (1758 - 14 Feb 1842) & Elizabeth Jannett
STEELE (1762 - 1846)
David Alexander ALEXANDER (abt 1788 - abt 1800)
John Steele ALEXANDER (abt 1790 - )
Sarah ALEXANDER (26 Jul 1791 - 2 Oct
1862) & Robert McMAINS (16 Jul 1786 - 9 Sep 1868)
Esther ALEXANDER (abt 1793 - )
Samuel A ALEXANDER (abt 1793 - )
Catherine ALEXANDER (abt 1793 - )
Jane ALEXANDER (abt 1800 - )
James ALEXANDER
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