Gov. Nathaniel Alexander

Gov Nathaniel Alexander

• Birth: Mar 5 1756 - Mecklenburg, North Carolina, British Colonial America
• Death: Mar 7 1808 - Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
• Parents: Moses Alexander, Sarah Alexander (born Taylor)
• Wife: Margaret Alexander (born Polk)

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Nathaniel Alexander (March 5, 1756 – March 7, 1808) was the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807.

Biography

Alexander was born near Concord, North Carolina (then Mecklenburg County, now Cabarrus County, North Carolina), the son of a local sheriff. He earned a medical degree from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1776 and was commissioned as a surgeon in the North Carolina Line in 1779. He served through the American Revolutionary War until 1782, and then practiced medicine for a time near Santee, South Carolina.

Returning to his native North Carolina, Alexander was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1797, to the North Carolina Senate in 1801, and to the United States House of Representatives in 1803.

On 25 November 1805, Alexander was elected governor by the North Carolina General Assembly and served two one-year terms in that office, declining to run for a third. Although a Democratic-Republican, he enjoyed support from the Federalists as well. As governor, he oversaw the resolution of a boundary dispute with Georgia, the expansion of the state's district courts, and the growth of the state's educational system. While Governor, he was also president of The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. Only a few months after stepping down as Governor, Alexander died in Salisbury, North Carolina; he is buried in Old Settlers' Cemetery in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Governor of North Carolina 1805. (Information found in papers of the late Eula Lytton, Roaring river, NC - 1991)

This is information was found on the internet August 2009:

Alexander, Nathaniel, (cousin of Evan Shelby Alexander), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Concord, Mecklenburg County, NC, March 5, 1756; attended the common schools; was graduated from Princeton College in 1776; studied medicine and surgery; served in the Revolutionary War as a surgeon 1778-1782; after independence was established, practiced his profession at the High Hills of Santee in South Carolina; subsequently returned to Charlotte, NC, and continued practice; member of the State house of commons in 1787; served in the State senate in 1801 and 1802; elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses and served from march 4, 1803, until November 1805, when he resigned to become Governor; Governor of North Carolina 1805-1807; died in Salisbury, Rowan County, NC, March 7, 1808; interment in Old Cemetery, Charlotte, NC.

http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/543/entry

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8064711

ii. MARGARET POLK, DAU THOMAS POLK/SUSANNA SPRATT198,199,200,201,202,203, b. Abt. 1758, Anson Co., NC., probably204; d. 12 Sep 1800, Mecklenburg Co., NC., probably, (See notes)205,206;

m. NATHANIEL ALEXANDER207,208,209,210,211,212,213; b. 05 Mar 1756, Mecklenburg Co., NC.214,215; d. 08 Mar 1808, Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.216,217.

More About MARGARET POLK, DAU THOMAS POLK/SUSANNA SPRATT:
Date born 2: 1756, Anson Co., NC., probably, (See notes)
Date born 3: Abt. 1770, Anson Co., NC., probably218
Burial: Unknown, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC., Old Presbyterian Graveyard in downtown Charlotte219

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/o/l/Billy-F-Polk/GENE13-0002.html#C...