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COL Jesse Alexander

Birth	:	28 Jun 1774 Tyrrell County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	3 Nov 1817
Burial	:	Alexander Burial Ground, Soundside, Tyrrell County, USA
Plot	:	Pinner Place aka Sound Side Plantation in a section known as Sound Side on the south side of Albemarle Sound. (This is five miles from Columbia, Tyrrell, NC.
Description	:	..."This immediate branch of the family here described is descended through Isaac's son Jesse, known as Colonel Jesse. He was born June 28, 1774, and died November 2, 1817. He is buried on Sound Side Plantation, now known as Pinner Place, five miles from Columbia, Tyrrell County. He was a very extensive and successful planter, and also a man of affairs. He represented Tyrrell County in the House in 1803-04, and in the Senate in 1808 and 1810. He was also a colonel of the militia, and his death at the early age of forty-three resulted from wounds received in... Read More	..."This immediate branch of the family here described is descended through Isaac's son Jesse, known as Colonel Jesse. He was born June 28, 1774, and died November 2, 1817. He is buried on Sound Side Plantation, now known as Pinner Place, five miles from Columbia, Tyrrell County. He was a very extensive and successful planter, and also a man of affairs. He represented Tyrrell County in the House in 1803-04, and in the Senate in 1808 and 1810. He was also a colonel of the militia, and his death at the early age of forty-three resulted from wounds received in the war of 1812. In connection with his military service the following letter from Governor Hawkins "Letter Book," page 259, is of interest: "His Excellency the Governor of North Carolina accept the appointment of Brigadier General of the Thirteenth Brigade of North Carolina Militia." Signed Jesse Alexander, Tyrrell County, May 15, 1813. Col. Jesse Alexander married Ann Hoylt Hoskins of Edenton, North Carolina, January 1, 1801. They had five children: Joseph, George, Thomas, Abner and Martha. Of these George, who was born July 7, 1807, and died in 1835, married Ann Spruill; Thomas H., born June 12, 1809, and died in 1870, served as register of deeds for thirty years, and left a large family of children and grandchildren by his marriage to Mary Hardison; Abner, born September 12, 1811, and died in 1844, married Rhoda Alexander, but had no children; Martha, born November 10, 1813, married Col. Charles T. Spruill, who several times served as a member of the General Assembly from Tyrrell County. Joseph Alexander, first son of Colonel Jesse, was born April 5, 1805, and died December 28, 1850. He was a planter and slave owner and lifelong resident of Tyrrell County. He married Caroline B. Spruill, who was born September 18, 1812 and died February 14, 1860. Her brother, Gen. H.G. Spruill, was one of North Carolina's historic characters represented Tyrrell in the Senate in 1836-38-40-42, was a member of the Board of Internal Improvements and as state senator advocated a system of common public schools, using funds of the state lands, and introduced one of the first bills for this purpose. Joseph Alexander and his wife had one son and three daughters. The daughters were: Martha F., who married Dennis Simmons, founder and president of the Dennis Simmons Lumber Company of Williamston, North Carolina; Josephine who married Dr. Edward Ransom, who was president of the constitutional convention of 1875-76; and Fannie, who married Capt. John D. Biggs, who served as captain of Company H, Sixty-first Regiment North Carolina Troops. (History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers; p. 13).

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COL Jesse Alexander's memorial is located at: Alexander Burial Ground, Soundside, Tyrrell County, USA.
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COL Jesse Alexander death on 3 Nov 1817 in