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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Colonel Augustus Alexander was born 20 Aug 1772, Mecklenburg Co. NC (son of Ezra Alexander, Jr. and Mary Polk); died 25 Sep 1849, Mecklenburg Co. NC. Notes:
Will of Col. Augustus Alexander
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Written 1846
In the Name of God, Amen. I Augustus Alexander of the County of Mecklenburg, State of North Carolina. . . Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament--
Item 1 I commend my Soul to Almighty God from whom I received it and my body to be buried in a decent manner.
Item 2 My Executors will pay off all my debts and funeral expenses out of the first monies that may come into their hand.
Item 3 I give to my beloved wife Sarah all the property of every kind that she brought with her after our marriage or an equivalent to dispose of as she may think proper. . .
Item 4 I also give and bequeath to her during her life or widowhood the Plantation whereon I now live with the improvements, likewise a negro man John & negro woman named Dinah with her child Sarah & also 2 mules Dick and Jack one two horse plow & 1 horse plow & hogs as my Executors may think necessary, I also give her my Carry All & Cupboard with the necessary implements & 1 clock --I also will that there be paid off to her out of my Estate provisions as much as may be necessary for the support of her & family for twelve months after my Death. My granddaughter Dorcas Caroline is to have her home with my wife until she arrives to the age of Twenty one or marries at which time she is to have a bed & furniture.
Item 5 I give to my Daughter Sarah Jane a negro girls named Myra & her increase during her life & at her death to go to her children likewise a bureau bed & bedstead--
Item 6 I will my Grand children Olivia, Dorcas, Nancy, Mary & John a child part of my Estate to equally divided between them.
Item 7 I will to my Grand children (Children of my Daughter Margaret) a Negro woman named Caty & her offspring those children she now has & those that she may have now in possession of my son in law Jno Elloms & I will that he said Elloms retain them during his life & at his death to be equally divided amongst my Grandchildren named in this item, likewise a Childs share - -
Item 8 I will that my Grand Daughter Sarah Jane have a childs part of my Estate when she arrives to the age of Eighteen if she should die before she arrives to that age then her part is to fall into my estate & divided as herein after named.
Item 9 At the Death of my wife or in case she Marries the property named to her in the fourth Item is to be sold or equally divided amongst my Children hereafter named - of the whole residue of my Estate-my Grand Children by Cyrus & Margaret having a childs part of the whole residue of my estate.
Item 10 I will that all my property not herein named by sold & divided equally between my seven Children - To wit - Maria, Hannah, Eliza, John, Susan, Caroline, & Jane, My Grand Children to have a Child share as above stated to be divided equally between them.
Item 11 I hereby constitute and appoint my worthy Friend & Son in Law Cyrus Williamson Executor to all intents & purposes to execute this my last will & Testament according to the true intent and meaning of the same or every part & clause thereof- - - In witness whereof I the said Augs Alexander have here upon set my hand & affixed by seal this tenth day of January In the year one thousand eight hundred & Forty Six - - -
Signed, Sealed, & declared in the presence of us
Test
S.H. Elliott
Aug. Alexander
W.H. Waddell
State of North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
October Term 1849
I certify that the execution of the above will was duly proved in open court and the Executor therein named duly qualified.
B. Oates c.c.c.
Augustus married Dorcas Culp ca 1800, Mecklenburg Co. NC. Dorcas was born 11 Feb 1779, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died 20 Sep 1836, Mecklenburg Co. NC. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Dorcas Culp was born 11 Feb 1779, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died 20 Sep 1836, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Ezra Alexander, Jr. was born 03 Dec 1720, Frederick Co. MD (son of Elias Alexander and Sophia Alexander); died 06 Jul 1800, Mecklenburg Co. NC. Notes:
Ezra Alexander was a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Ezra married Mary Polk Mecklenburg Co. NC. Mary was born ca 1740, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died 08 Sep 1814, Mecklenburg Co. NC. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Mary Polk was born ca 1740, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died 08 Sep 1814, Mecklenburg Co. NC. Children:
- James Alexander was born 1760, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died , Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co. PA.
- Eleazer Alexander was born 23 Nov 1763, Mecklenburg, NC; died 06 Oct 1810, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Dorcas Alexander was born 1767, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Abdon Alexander was born 1770, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- 2. Colonel Augustus Alexander was born 20 Aug 1772, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died 25 Sep 1849, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Polly Ann Alexander was born 31 Aug 1775, Mecklenburg Co. NC; died Sep 1854, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
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| 9. | Sophia Alexander was born ca 1692, Somerset Co. MD (daughter of Joseph Alexander and Abigail McKnitt); died ca 1726, Cecil Co. MD. Notes:
Sophia was named in her father's will, dated Dec 13, 1726, Cecil County, Maryland.
Children:
- Mary Alexander was born ca 1698, Somerset Co. MD; died , Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Esther Alexander was born ca 1700, Cecil Co. MD.
- Jedediah Alexander was born ca 1702, Cecil Co. MD; died ca 1750.
- William Alexander was born ca 1704, Somerset Co. MD; died 22 Mar 1772, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Arthur Alexander was born ca 1709, Cecil Co. MD; died Bef Dec 1763, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Zebulon Alexander was born ca 1710, Cecil Co. MD; died 03 Mar 1784, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Isaac Alexander was born ca 1712, Cecil Co. MD.
- Abraham Alexander was born 09 Dec 1717, Cecil Co. MD; died 23 Apr 1786, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
- Andrew Alexander was born ca 1717, Somerset Co. MD; died ca 1784.
- 4. Ezra Alexander, Jr. was born 03 Dec 1720, Frederick Co. MD; died 06 Jul 1800, Mecklenburg Co. NC.
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