Histories

John Alexander of Scottish descent was the son of James Alexander and Mary Peden Alexander (eldest daughter of John and Margaret Peden of Carrickfargus, North Ireland). James’ family came to Pennsylvania from Scotland and later went to Spartanburg District, South Carolina. John Alexander served in the Revolutionary War from South Carolina in the “Tiger Irish ompany” as a Lieutenant, Captain, and Major; first under Sumter and Marion, and later with the gallant Colonel Williams at King’s Mountain. John later left Fairview Presbyterian in Greenville District, South Carolina, in 1820, for Hebron Church in Franklin County, Georgia. He left Hebron in 1826 for Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, where he remained until his death on May 29, 1830. His widow drew land in the 1838 Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery as a widow of a Revolutionary War soldier.