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Alexander Jefferson[1]

Male 1779 - Bef 1829  (49 years)


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  • Name Alexander Jefferson 
    Born 31 Jul 1779  Franklin Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1829  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I12344  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2014 

    Father Peterfield Jefferson,   b. 14 Mar 1735, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1794, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Allen,   b. 7 Dec 1739, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 29 May 1762  Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Smith,   b. Abt 1780,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 20 Feb 1808  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Booker Smith Jefferson,   b. 1809, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Alexander Jefferson,   b. Abt 1812, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Cynthia Anzolet Merriman Jefferson,   b. Abt 1817, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sarah Jefferson,   b. Abt 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Dyonisia Jefferson,   b. Abt 1819, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F3874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary "Polly" Mahan,   b. 21 Mar 1794, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 20 Apr 1829  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth F. Jefferson,   b. Abt 1831, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Abner H. Jefferson,   b. Abt 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1862, Warwickshire, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years)
     3. George W. Jefferson,   b. Abt 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +4. William Thomas Jefferson,   b. 1835, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1912, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F3875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 27 No. 2 April-June 1983 Page 145
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 27 No. 2 April-June 1983 Page 145
    TheVaGeneaologist-V27N02.pdf
    Wills of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Abstracts of Wills of Levi Jackson, Elizabeth Jefferson (nee Allen); Martha Hubbard, w/o Moses
    Wills of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Abstracts of Wills of Levi Jackson, Elizabeth Jefferson (nee Allen); Martha Hubbard, w/o Moses
    Wills_of_Pitts_Co_1820-1845.pdf

    Histories
    Descendants of Thomas Jefferson
    Descendants of Thomas Jefferson
    porterfield jefferson.pdf
    The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia
Lineages Article Volume XVI No. 2, May 1994-1
    The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Lineages Article Volume XVI No. 2, May 1994-1
    Lineages Article Volume XVI No. 2, May 1994-1.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Piedmont Lineages, a publication of the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society Volume XVI No.2 May 1994, The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: may be seen at Danville Public Library, 511 Patton Street, Danville, Virginia.
      Alexander Jefferson b, 31 July 1779 married twice. First to Elizabeth Smith 20 Feb 1808. They had five children, several of whose names would have remained unknown had it not been for a chancery suit filed when Alexander died intestate sometime before 1870.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Piedmont Lineages, a publication of the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society Volume XVI No.2 May 1994, The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: may be seen at Danville Public Library, 511 Patton Street, Danville, Virginia
      [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston, http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/field-jefferson.
      http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/field-jefferson
      Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field had 9 children, Thomas 1733-1783, Peterfield 1735-1794, Elizabeth 1736, Frances 1738-1766, George 1739-1780, Mary 1740, Judith 1741, John Robertson 1742, Phoebe 1743-1830.

      [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Piedmont Lineages, a publication of the VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society Volume XVI No.2 May 1994, The Jefferson Cousins of Pittsylvania County, Virginia: may be seen at Danville Public Library, 511 Patton Street, Danville, Virginia email, vancsoc@gamewood.net
      Thomas Jefferson, Jr. married Mary Field and sired at least 3 sons, Peter, Field, and George. George Jefferson explores what is now Pittsylvania County and Franklin county, Virginia; sells some land to Peter Field, and Peter marries Jane Randolph and sires the future president of the US, and Field marries and produces Peter Field who married Elizabeth Allen.

    2. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 27 No.2 April - June 1983

      Elizabeth Smith, died prior to 1829, married Alexander Jefferson (1779-1858) Son of Peterfield Jefferson.