General Notes

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In 1824 Joseph Alexande immigrated to Kentucky, and setled a tact of 4
00 a cres in Cumberland County, whick land he acquired by purchase. He tur
ned h is attention partly to agriculture, cultivating his farm by slave l
ab or , and partly to the manufacture of tobacco, which he caried on at h
is h ome four miles northwest of Burkesville. He was elected sheriff of Cu
mberl and County, under the provisions of the old constitution, by which t
he sen ior magistrate became sheriff, and for several years was master com
ission er of the county. he also held the position of commissioner of comm
on scho ols, and also that of assessor of the county, and in 1839 was elec
ted on t he Whig ticket to represent Cumberland County in the lower hou
se of the Ke ntucky Legislature. He also held many other responsible posit
ions, n ot of a public character; was guardian and administrator, and a m
an in wh om the people of his county trusted. Seven Children were bo
rn to his la st marriage: Richard B. , Milton J. Thomas tyler, Martha B
., wife of the R ev. Martin Baker;  Margaret, who died in infancy; Jose
ph H.M. and Dr. Robe rt M.. Mrs. Alexander, who during llife was a memb
er of the Methodist Epis copal Church, died may 4, 1857, in the sixty-thi
rd year of her age. Jose ph Alexander, who departed life october 2, 185
0, was a Whig in politic s, a great admirer of henry Clay, and an emancipa
tionist, although he w as a slave owner. He had lived in good easy sircums
tances during life, b ut on accounty of security, left only a small esta
te to his children. Jo hn Alexander was born in 1741, about four miles fr
om Glasgow in Scotlan d, fromwhich place he was brought by his father, Jo
hn Alexander, to Americ a, and to Henry County, Virginia , where he gr
ew to manhood. His father be came a prominentman in early Virginia politic
s. He was a member of the Hou se of Burgesses of Virginia prior to the Rev
olution, and during the troubl es and oppressions which brought about th
at event. He commanded a compa ny of provincial troops in the struggle. h
is son John became a man of weal th in the county of Henry. He was marri
ed to Miss lucy Martin, of Virgini a, by whom he became the father of ni
ne children: