Individual Details

Eli mentioned a son, Jeremiah, in his will that was attributed to the Jeremiah Alexander (born 4 July 1763) that served in the Revolutionary War and died in Walker County, Alabama. on 26 Jan 1847. This Jeremiah has been proven by DNA testing to be a son of Joseph Alexander (born 1714), Eli's cousin.

Jeremiah was a Veteran of the Revolutionary War, having enlisted in the Continental Army in Washington County, Virginia in 1780. He served in a Company commanded by Capt. Neile and a Company commanded by Capt. Montgomery, both of the Regiment commanded by Col. Campbell. His unit was assigned the mission of guarding provisions and later marched into North Carolina to join Gen. Green's army in Guilford County, NC. He was in an engagement with the British at Whitsitts Hill on the Haw River in N. C.. He was also in the campaign against the British led Tories at the Battle of Kings Mountain in the northern part of South Carolina. His name is recorded on the monument at that National Historic Site along with four of his brothers (James, Joseph, William and Oliver). Jeremiah appears in a Washington Co., VA court on September 18, 1782 with a claim against the government for his horse that was taken during the march to the Battle of Kings Mountain. Jeremiah filed a Revolutionary War application for pension on 28 Aug 1832 while living in Morgan Co., AL. John Craig gave testimony on this application that he had known Jeremiah "from his earliest youth and had grown up with him".

A portion of the large Alexander tract in the NE corner of Cecil County, Maryland became parts of Delaware and Pensylvania. Jeremiah considered his roots to be in Maryland in the lands settled by his ancestors beginning in 1669. However, by the time Jeremiah was born the land was probably part of Pennsylvania. The book, Alexander Kin, and essentially all other sources attribute Jeremiah to being descended from Samuel (born 1657), Martin (born 1687) and Eli (born 1717). Eli did mention a Jeremiah in his will, but DNA testing verified that this Jeremiah descended from Samuel (born 1657), but through James (born 1684) and John (born 1714). Jeremiah's family migrated from York County, Pennsylvania to Augusta County, Virginia, and Washington County, Virginia. All lived in the Green Spring area of Washington County near the town of Abingdon. Jeremiah is responsible for our family's migration from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Morgan Co., Alabama, and finally, to Walker Co., Alabama. On 6 May 1789, the Greene County Court of Tennessee appointed him to administer the estate of Joseph Alexander who was killed in an Indian battle eight to nine miles south of Marysville. This Joseph is believed to be Jeremiah's older brother. Jeremiah's land in Tennessee was a "stones throw" from Col. Craig's plantation (about twenty miles south of Knoxville on a branch of Baker's Creek). The Blount County Court House in Marysville is now sitting on the Craig Plantation land. He appeared on the 1800, 1801, and 1805 Blount Co., TN tax list. He served as a Juror several times in Blount County according to the Court Minutes Book 1, 1795-1804. He also received a permit with other white settlers to farm on Indian land in Sequchee Valley on 22 April 1809. Both of these locations are in Blount County, Tennessee.

It is believed that he had migrated to Alabama by 1819. Jeremiah was listed on the Morgan County 1830 census living with a spouse of about the same age (60-70) and a female between fifteen and twenty years old. He was still there in 1832. In his second pension application in 1833, he stated that he had moved to North Carolina for a while before moving to Alabama. According to the 1840 census, Jeremiah (at age 76) was living in Walker County, AL with his son-in-law Adam Stephenson and daughter Ester. He told the pension authorities that he was living in Mobile, AL from 4 September 1841 to 8 November 1842, before returning to Walker County. Jeremiah received an annual pension of $33.33 for his service during the Revolutionary War. His final pension payment covering the period from 4 September 1846 to 26 January 1847 was paid to Martin O'Rear, his son-in-law and administrator of his estate. This payment was made on January 26, 1855, for the benefit of his children Luticia Martin, Ester Stephenson, John Alexander, Martha Inman, and Abigail Randolph. He is buried in Old Zion Cemetery six miles North of Jasper, Walker Co., Alabama (tombstone photograph available).

Many sources incorrectly report that Jeremiah married Agnes McGaughey in Greene County, Tennessee on 22 Aug 1786. A review of this marriage document clearly indicates that Agnes married a Archibald Alexander on that date in that location. This couple lived long lives together with the 1850 Tippah County, Mississippi, census reflecting that they were both from Pennsylvania and born in 1765. It is easy to see how this error got circulated as there is a very strong Jeremiah/Agnes connection. They grew up together in York County, Pennsylvania, and their families migrated together to Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama. Jeremiah and Agnes both gave testimony on her brother's (Samuel) Revolutionary War pension application submitted in 1833 when Samuel was living in Mt. Hope, Lawrence County, Alabama. Archibald and Agnes were also living at that same location in 1833. Jeremiah was living just a few miles away in Morgan County, Alabama at that time.

Birth	4 Jul 1763	Cecil County, Maryland, British America
Residence	1 Apr 1780	Residing in Washington County, Virginia on April 1, 1780, when he enlisted with the Virginia troops in the Continental Army. - Washington County, Virginia, British America
Residence	Abt 1834	Morgan, Alabama, USA
Death	26 Jan 1847	Walker, Alabama, USA
Marriage
Burial		Old Zion Cemetery, Saragossa, Walker, Alabama, USA

Child	John Barnes Alexander (1782 - 1855)
Child	Ester Alexander (1788 - 1865)
Child	Luticia Alexander (1800 - 1876)
Child	Abigail Alexander (1805 - 1860)
Child	Martha Alexander (1805 - 1900)

Father	Joseph Alexander (1712 - 1769)
Mother	Abigail ( - )
Sibling	John Alexander (1761 - 1854)