Captain Alexander of John McClanahan^{[1, 2, 3]}

Est 1708 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Alexander of John McClanahan
  	Alexander had three children, a son, named John, who died young and unmarried, and two daughters, Mrs. Abney and Mrs. Austin. Descendants of these ladies now live in Augusta County.
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	Est 1708	Prob. Ireland or Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown	Prob. Augusta Co., Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I19130	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	John McClanahan,   b. 1688, Ireland ,   d. Bef 23 Nov 1748, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Agnes McCubit/McChubit/McCubbins,   b. 1688, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1706	Scotland
  Family ID	F7073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Searchable Text Chronicles of the Scotch-search.txt

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-88. Alexander McClanahan Born [date unknown] [location unknown] Ancestors ancestors Son of John McClanahan and Agnes McCubit Brother of Letitia McClanahan, Agnes McClanahan, Polly McClanahan, Laura Janet McClanahan, Ann McClanahan, Charles McClanahan, Andrew McClanahan, Elijah McClanahan, William McClanahan, John McClanahan, Robert McClanahan Sr., Blair McClanahan, James McClanahan and James McLenahen [spouse(s) unknown] [children unknown] Died [date unknown] [location unknown] [S107] Family Histories, http://www.archive.org/stream/mcclanahans00whitgoog/mcclanahans00whitgoog_djvu.txt. Ten years after Bouquet's expedition, A. D. \ 1774, the Indians along the Ohio River rose up with a spirit of desperate determination against the whites. They had become provoked by the gradual occupation of Kentucky by the latter in spite of Bouquet's proclamation. Convinced that they were doomed to destruction tribe by tribe if they stood on the defensive, they formed a confederacy, mustered their warriors together, and gave command of the whole army to Cornstalk, a chief, who proved himself in every way worthy of the confidence they reposed in him. He opened his campaign by attacking the whites on the border, plundering their property and massacring their people. This roused the Government of Virginia at Williamsburg. Governor Dunmore ordered General Andrew Lewis, then living in Botetourt County, to raise a force of ten or twelve hundred men in the upper Valley and march to Point Pleasant on the Ohio River. He himself, with another force, recruited in the lower Valley set out for Fort Pitt, in Western Pennsylvania (now Pittsburg), intending to join Lewis, Of General Lewis' command, four hundred were from Augusta County, and composed a regiment which was commanded by his brother, Colonel Charles Lewis ; the rest were from Botetourt County and were commanded by Colonel Fleming. Alexander McClanahan commanded, as captain, a company in Colonel Lewis' regiment, and Robert McClanahan, Jr., was captain of a company in Colonel Fleming's regiment. Governor Dunmore failed to join General Lewis, when Cornstalk, taking advantage of the situation, delivered battle against Lewis at Point Pleasant, August 10, 1774. In this noted and decisive engagement, which lasted all day and was very bloody, Captain Robert McClanahan fell, mortally wounded. He left two sons ? Robert, the third of the name ? who moved into Kentucky. Two colonels, i. e. y Lewis and Field, six captains, and three lieutenants with other subalterns, were among the slain in this desperate engagement. See Howe's History of Virginia, page 363. [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. August 16, 1763. (212) Andrew Lewis, qualified Lieut, of the County; Wm. Preston^ qualified Colonel of the County; Walter Cunningham, qualified Captain of Militia; Alexr. McClenachan, qualified Captain of Militia; William Crow, qualified Captain of Militia ; John McClenachan, Michael Bowyer and David Long, qualified Lieutenants of Militia; James Ward, qualified Ensign of Militia. (213) John Bowyer, qualified Captain of Militia.