Display Patriot - P-102299 - Ezra ALEXANDER

Ezra ALEXANDER

SAR Patriot #: P-102299

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A001151

Birth: abt 1740 / Cecil / MD
Death: 06 Jul 1800 / Mecklenburg / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He was a signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence 20 May 1775
  2. He was paid for Militia duty as a soldier and particpated in encounters of Ramsur's Mill and Hanging Rock, North Carolina

Additional References:
  1. North Carolina Rev War Pay Vouchers, #6059, Roll# S.115.65
  2. Ray, Worth S, "The Lost Signers of North Carolina", 1947, pg 376, 419, 420
  3. Saunders, Collection of Records of North Carollina, Volume IX, pg 1,263, 1,264
  4. White, Howard, Mecklenburg, the Life and Times of a Proud People, 1992, pg 178 and pg 390-391

Spouse: Mary XX;
Children: James; Mary Ann; Augustus; Paris; Eleazer;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1995-08-11 AZ 217042 Byron Wiley Houseknecht (135829) Eleazer   
1995-12-18 AZ 215566 Eric Lee Houseknecht (137175) Eleazer   
2001-09-29 VA 10214 Oscar Randolph Jamison Jr. (156635) James   
2017-03-10 SC 73571 Woodrow William Culp Jr. (201717) Mary/Polly   
2017-05-19 FL 71810 Mark Stephen Boone (202730) Eleazer   
2017-05-19 FL 71811 Johnathan Ross Boone (202731) Eleazer   
2017-05-19 FL 71812 Andrew Stephen Boone (202732) Eleazer   
2023-04-21 FL 106704 Max Christopher Boone (226115) Eleazer   
Burial:
Polk Family Cemetery (C-0374667)
Location:
Pineville / Mecklenburg / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2143905
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
11017496
Marker Type:
damaged, aged, part. legible
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Image provided with permission from Carol V, Find-a-Grave member # 47047401. Stone is broken in several pieces and difficult to read



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the Lancaster Highway, go east on James K. Polk Rd. Parking is available at the President James K. Polk State Historic Site



Author: David Alan Alls
Ezra Alexander was one of the original signers of the Meckenburg Declaration of Independence.

His parents married in Somerset County, Maryland, then moved to Cecil County, where he was born. He moved with other members of his family to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1754. Ezra settled in the southwestern part of the county in an area now known as Pineville.

In addition to being known as one of the Mecklenburg Declaration signers, he also served in the Continental Army, was a member of the Committee of Safety and fought at the battles at Ramsour’s Mill and Hanging Rock, a skirmish in Lincoln County and was promoted to Captain. After the war, he was appointed an overseer of roads in 1778.

He married his neighbor’s daughter, Mary Polk, and is buried next to her in the Polk Cemetery in Pineville. Prior to his death, he fathered Eleazer, James, Dorcas, Abdon, Augustus, Paris, Redempta and Polly Ann and mentions them in his will. Ezra owned a large piece of property on the west bank of the Little Sugar Creek and was a slave owner. He also bought land in Tennessee from his father-in-law, Ezekiel Polk.

King, Victor C. Lives and Times of the 27 Signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of May 20, 1775. Charlotte, NC, 1956.

http://www.cmstory.org/content/ezra-alexander-2261740-761800

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