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- MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WILLS
Book G, Page 47, No. 679.
Will of Margaret Wilson
Written 22 April 1802, Probate not recorded with will.
Enjoying comfortable health, I will to my son James the new survey of 50 acres up the branch on which I live adjacent Matthew Wallace and Alexander Campbell provided he pays to my son Elias $50 and upon completion of said payment the said land is to become his property. If it is my right to devise the land on which I now live, I will to Elias a third of said land and to my son James the remaining two thirds as he has purchased the rights of my daughter Deborah in said tract.
I will to my daughter Polly Stewart the negro child Marjory, and should she have a child it is to belong to Peggy Stewart, Polly's oldest daughter, and further issue of Marjory are not to be sold but are to become the property of Polly's descendants forever. I will to my daughter Ann Alexander the negro child Sophia, and should Sophia have a child it is to become the property of Peggy Alexander, the daughter of Ann, and said Sophia and her issue are not to be sold but are to become the property of my daughter Ann and her descendants. I will to my children John, James, and Deborah, jointly, the negro Rachel, and should she have further children the first is to belong to my son James. I give to my son Elias the price of the horse disk sold to him; my wearing apparel and shelf furniture are to be equally divided among my three daughters; John and Deborah are to each have a bed and furniture and a cow; and I give a heifer to my granddaughter Peggy, daughter of Deborah.
Executors: Sons Elias, John and James.
Witnesses: Ezekiel Wallace and Joel Alexander.
CODICIL of 22 April 1802. It is my further will that my two year old colt be sold, from the proceeds a mourning suit is to be purchased for each of my daughters and daughters-in-law, and, if there are sufficient funds, like apparel for my sons.
Witnesses: As above.
Dept of Archives, Raleigh NC (C.R. 65010): is found a document dated 1821 in which Elias Alexander, Sr., gave to Joel Alexander, Excutor of Kezia Alexander (his sister) $120.00 to be used for Hezekiah J. Alexander, (Kezia's son).
Hist Alex: "Might this carry a hint as to the parantage of Hezekiah Julius, son of
Keziah.
1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Joal Alexander
Township: Capt Wilson
County: Mecklenburg
State: North Carolina
Free White Males Under 10: 2
Free White Males 26 to 44: 1
Free White Females Under 10: 2
Free White Females 26 to 44: 1
Numbers of Slaves: 2
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 8
1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Joel Alexander
County: Mecklenburg
State: North Carolina
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Males - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Slaves - Males - 45 and over: 1
Slaves - Females - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 12
Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Joel Alexander
Name: Joel Alexander
Spouse: Alexander Ruth
Parents: Sample Hezek Mary
Birth Place: N, Mecklenburg, CO
Birth Date: Apr 1773
Marriage Date: 1789
Death Date: 17 May 1825
Family Data Collection - Marriages
about Joel Alexander
Name: Joel Alexander
Spouse: Susan
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joel Alexander
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Sharon, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Family Number: 1179
Household Members:
Name Age
Joel Alexander 41
Susan Alexander 31
Robert Alexander 13
William Alexander 9
Martha Alexander 5
Sarah Alexander 2
1860 United States Federal Census
Family #73 24 Jan 1860
Name: Joel Alexander
Age in 1860: 46 (off)
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Eastern Division, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Charlotte
Household Members:
Name Age
Joel Alexander 46 farmer
Wm C Alexander 19 (b. 1841)
Martha Alexander 16
Sarah Ann Alexander 12
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1773 - 1825 (52 years)