Display Patriot - P-102311 - Hezekiah ALEXANDER

Hezekiah ALEXANDER

SAR Patriot #: P-102311

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State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
DAR #: A001156

Birth: 13 Jan 1728 / Cecil / MD
Death: 16 Jul 1801 Charlotte / Mecklenburg / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
  2. Member, North Carolina Provincial Congress
  3. North Carolina Committee of Safety

Additional References:
  1. Mecklenburg in the Revolution, 1740-1783, Groome, pg 29
  2. Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol 10, Saunders, pg 619, 914

Spouse: Mary Sample
Children: Joel; Ozwald; James Rankin; Mary; Esther; William Sample; Silas; Amos; Hezekiah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1964-03-11 SC Unassigned Robert Cotten Brown III (90887) Silas   
1964-10-20 KY Unassigned Harry Watson Alexander Sr. (91439) Ozwall   
1968-02-29 NY Unassigned Robert Frank Wise (96783) Silas   
1978-11-28 NC Unassigned Murray Hamilton Bigham (115353) Silas   
1983-12-19 UT Unassigned Floyd Crockett Stuart (123139) Esther   
1989-06-12 TX 220456 Richard Preston Vaughn (133101) Esther   
2012-05-07 NC 47787 Kenneth Caldwell Luckey (183476) Joel   
2015-07-27 GA 65218 Joe Alexander Wright III (195645) William   
2016-02-09 NC 67911 Maxx Laurent Oliver (197588) Ozwald   
2016-06-27 NC 69624 Cecil Dewitt Bradford III (194077) Silas   
2018-07-27 FL 81436 Ronald Lee Peck (178397) James   
2018-08-31 GA 82714 Joe Michael Wise (208755) William   
2018-11-16 NC 83858 Robert Earl Alexander (209616) William   
2023-03-03 TX 105251 Richard Allen Vaughn (225474) Esther   
2025-01-31 FL 110491 Jack David Oden (225207) Esther   
Burial:
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery #02 (C-0371352)
Location:
Charlotte / Mecklenburg / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1982962
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.257360 / -80.795700
Find A Grave Memorial #:
11017534
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
2012

Comments:

vertical stone



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

This cemetery is located behind the Rite-Aid Drug store at North Tryon Street and Sugar Creek Road. It is not visible from the street or the parking lot. There is a huge concrete wall and the cemetery is located behind this wall. A key must be obtained from the church office located at 101 Sugar Creek Road West. There are two more cemeteries, Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery #1 and Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery #3



Author: Kenneth Luckey
Hezekiah Alexander
Born 1722 in MD – Died Jul 16, 1801 in Charlotte, NC
Sometime after 1754, Hezekiah, as well as his brother, John McKnitt, immigrated to North Carolina as a blacksmith. But it was as a farmer that he made his fortune.
Hezekiah was an elder in the Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church. He was also a trustee of Queens College.
With the approach of the Revolution, Hezekiah became increasingly involved in local events. On May 20, 1775, he was a participant in the Mecklenburg Convention and was a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. On May 31, 1775, Hezekiah was a member of the group that drew up the Mecklenburg Resolves. He was a member of the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, representing Mecklenburg County. Hezekiah was elected as a state delegate to the Fifth Provincial Congress in Halifax, NC, and served on the committee appointed to draft the first State Constitution and Bill of Rights.

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