Alexander, William Henry

  • Posted on: 18 September 2015
  • By: ssuther4
Primary Name
Prefix or Title: 
Major
First Name: 
William
Middle Name: 
Henry
Surname: 
Alexander
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
March
Birth Day: 
11
Birth Year: 
1780
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSfn=William&GSby=1860&GSbyrel=before&GSdyrel=all&GSst=12&GScnty=499&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=107428521&df=all&
Death Info
Death Month: 
March
Death Day: 
13
Death Year: 
1857
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSfn=William&GSby=1860&GSbyrel=before&GSdyrel=all&GSst=12&GScnty=499&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=107428521&df=all&
Relationships
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Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
Master of Rossetta Alexander, freed woman who claimed WHS as her father. William Alexander told Rossetta that her father was WHS. He owned a plantation in Popcastle, Macon, Putnam County, Georgia. WHS had left Union College in 1821 and briefly lived on the Alexander plantation as a schoolmaster for the plantation. The 1820 census lists that 59 total people lived on the plantation with 46 slaves and 13 free whites. The 1850 census lists 3 free white persons and 35 slaves.
Citation Notes: 
http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=William+&gsln=Alexander&mswpn__ftp=Popcastle%2c+Putnam%2c+Georgia%2c+USA&mswpn=19395&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c13%7c0%7c2453%7c19395%7c0%7c&MSAV=0&msbdy=1780&catbucket=rstp&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1482018&recoff=10+11&db=1820usfedcenancestry&indiv=1&ml_rpos=28 http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=William+&gsln=Alexander&mswpn__ftp=Popcastle%2c+Putnam%2c+Georgia%2c+USA&mswpn=19395&mswpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c3245%7c13%7c0%7c2453%7c19395%7c0%7c&MSAV=0&msbdy=1780&catbucket=rstp&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=1832973&recoff=8+9&db=1840usfedcenancestry&indiv=1&ml_rpos=30
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Editorial Information
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