Alexander McAlpin, Sr.

Captain Alexander McAlpin served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
Alexander McAlpin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor # A074420

Served with the British army as a captain and filed a King George III land grant in South Carolina. Served with the Revolutionary army as a captain and filed a land grant a long the South Fork of the Broad River, Wilkes, Georgia.

Sons filed his will dated 10 July 1784, probated 28 September 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia

Memorial

Revolutionary War Soldiers Memorial was erected and dedicated to American Revolution veterans by Stephen Heard Chapter, NSDAR Historical Research Committee: (Dedicated: November 11, 1994). " Cemetery notes and/or description: In Honor Of Revolutionary War Soldiers whose graves and/or estates are in Elbert County, Georgia".

His grave is marked “Sep. 28, 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA Revolutionary War Soldier.”

Notes

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/r/June-S-Parks-Anderson/GENE5-000...

This is from a Newsletter published by Doris McAlpine Russell in 1979.

Alexander McAlpin,SR:

We do not know when nor where he was born but it may have been in the late 1720's in Scotland.

We do not know when he came to America but it may have been following the Battle of Culloden in 1746. We do know that he was in Abbeville Co., South Carolina,with a wife and children by 1763.

He served as a captain in the Revolutionary War, from SC. His sons Robert andSolomon also served in the Rev. War.

I believe Alexander had three wives but we know the name of only his last wife. Mary Moore Haggard, whom he married in 1776 or 1777.

The familly moved to Wilkes county,Ga. during the early 1780's and Alexander died there in 1790.[?]

In his will he named his wife Mary and six sons and six daughters.

In the coming years these children were found living in Clarke, Greene, Morgan, Jackson, Oglethrope, Putnam, DeKalb Counties in Georgia, as well as other states,Ala., Tenn.,and Miss.

Notes for Mary Moore Haggard:

Mary was married before to John Haggard. John made his will in 1775,his estate record shows that the widowed Mary was married to Alexander Mcalpin.

Marriage Notes for Alexander McAlpin and Mary Haggard:

found where Mary Moore Haggard,married William Mcalpine in Abbeville, SC, marriages 1774-1890

Children of Alexander McAlpin, Sr. are:

• 2 i. Mary2 Mcalpin.She married Charles Coleman Bef. 1790.
• 3 ii. Sarah Temple Mcalpin.She married Mark Thornton Bef. 1790.
• 4 iii. Elizabeth Barbara Mcalpin, born Bet. 1741 - 1769; Stepchild.She married Thomas Heard Bef. 1784.
• + 5 iv. Robert Mcalpin Senior, born 1757 in South Carolina; died July 30, 1804; Stepchild.
• + 6 v. Janet (Jeanette)(Jane) Mcalpin, born 1760; died Bef. 1850; Stepchild.
• + 7 vi. Solomon Mcalpin, born 1762 in South Carolina; died March 06, 1825 in Greene Co.,Al.Now Hale Co.,Ala.; Stepchild.
• + 8 vii. Alexander Mcalpin. Jr., born 1765 in South Carolina; died Abt. 1805 in GreeneCounty,Tenn.; Stepchild.
• 9 viii. Thomas William David Mcalpin, born 1768 in In South Carolina; died January 1850; Stepchild.He married Agnes Brown March 22, 1792.
• 10 ix. Samuel Major Temple Mcalpin, born 1771 in In Abbeville,South Carolina; died Abt. 1803 in Georgia; Stepchild.
• + 11 x. William Alexander Mcalpin Jr., born Abt. 1780 in Dekalb County,Ga.; died 1866 in Haralson Co.,Ga..

Children of Alexander McAlpin and Mary Haggard are:

• 12 xi. Ann Greene Mcalpin, born Abt. 1785; died Abt. 1817
• 13 i. Patsy2 Mcalpin.
• 15 iii. Patsy Mcalpin, born 1787.

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From https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marylove/Moore/moore.htm

The first record we have of Joseph Moore is in 1776 when he was a witness for the will of John Haggard, the husband of his sister Mary. After the death of her husband, Mary was married to Alexander McAlpin who died in 1784.

Joseph also had a brother named William. The Moores and McAlpins lived in South Carolina in the 96 District in Long Canes and places adjacent.

In 1806 Joseph's brother William Moore died in Abbeville, SC. He was a man of property with no wife and children. The substance of his estate was left to his sister Mary McAlpin, his nephews: "Little River John Moore"; Lewis Moore of Abbeville, South Carolina; James, Moses, and Albert Moore, sons of Joseph Moore living on Vann's Creek in Elbert County, Georgia; cousin Elijah, son of nephew John Moore living on Vann's Creek in Elbert County, Georgia; and Joel and Mary Lockhart.

References

1. Will probated 09/02/1790 in Wilkes, Georgia Page: Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Wilkes County); Probate Place: Wilkes, Georgia
2. McAlpin(e) Genealogies, 1730-1990: Alexander McAlpin of South Carolina and Georgia and His Descendants, Plus Other McAlpin(e) Families of North America. Doris McAlpin Russell. Gateway Press, 1990 - 735 pages < GoogleBooks, search inside > The McAlpin family descends from the royalty of Scotland through Kenneth MacAlpin who united Celtic Scotland. One of his descendants was Alexander McAlpin, Sr. (ca. 1720's-1790) was born in Scotland and immigrated to America in the 1740s. He settled in South Carolina and eventually served in the American army during the revolution. After the war he settled in Wilkes County, Georgia where he died in 1790. He was married two to three times and was the father of twelve children. His many descendants live throughout the United States.
3. https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/a/r/June-S-Parks-Anderson/GENE5-000...
4. Served as 'Captain Alexander McAlpin, Upper Craven County Regiment, South Carolina 34‹ 7.338Œ N, 82‹ 51.708Œ W. Marker is in Elberton, Georgia, in Elbert County. Marker is at the intersection of North Oliver Street (State Highway 77) and Elmhurst Drive, on the right when traveling south on North Oliver Street. Click for map. Marker is located in the Elbert County Memorial Park. Marker is in this post office area: Elberton, Georgia.[28]
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120917134/alexander-mcalpin
6. http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/patriot_military_sc_privates_...

Lochridge, James served under Capt. Alexander McAlpin (Upper Craven County Regiment)

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McAlpin-23
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Temple-90