Putnam County GaArchives Cemeteries.....Alexander Family Cemetery
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Nancy Wilson dixonspader@verizon.net March 2001

Buried at "Turnwolde".  House built by William Alexander and his wife
Elizabeth Lane.  Sold to Joseph Turner 1851.  The deed contained this
statement:  "...William Alexander do reserve for himself his burial ground
40 ft by 30 unto him the same Joseph A. Turner his heirs and assignees
forever defend the rights and perfect title of said trace of land unto
him the said Joseph A. Turner his heirs and asigns."

The gravesite has a few trees and a white fence around it. Buried there
are:

Elizabeth Alexander
Wife of William Alexander
B8-13-1784 - Brunswick Cty, GA
D 9-13-1833

Benjmin Lane Alexander  3/9/1815-11/15/1827

Leonora P. Alexander  8/13/1821-2/20/1833

Evelina Hudson, wife of LW Hudson
Child of William and Elizabeth Alexander
Nov 1803 - 8/24/1832

Edward Hodge Alexander
3/23/1824 - 5/25/1829

Nancy J. Alexander 12/25/1816  8/15/1826

James M & Martha Chambers
erects this as an affectionate memorium of their son, Alexander,
departed  [broken off, but born February 1833, died January 28, 1834

Foot Stones:  EA, EH, EHA, BLA, NJA


{Joseph Turner married Susannah Dixon, brother of Robert H. Dixon.
Robert's great grandson Robert Emmet Dixon married William Alexander's
grand daughter, Mary Adele McDougald} [Joseph Turner, Jr married Rhoda
Hines.  Rhoda's brother, Charles, was father to Martha Hall Hines.
She married Henry Dixon - they were great grandparents of Robert Emmet
Dixon.}


October 16, 2010
Added info - 

William Alexander March 11, 1780 Petersburg, Virginia
d March 13, 1857 Russell County, Alabama [no tombstone]

from Jim Marshall 10-09  [Jim is with the Putnam County Historical Society]

we've decided to use March13/May18, 1857 as the "official until proven otherwise" death date of Major William Alexander.  
Now that we know where he is, I hope that we can figure out a way to get an appropriate memorial marker placed at the Alexander cemetery.

    I am annotating the Wilson letters (I believe that Betsy Wilson Olson or someone else had told you about them) and am discovering 
MANY interesting tidbits of history.  I am adding a good bit about Major William Alexander,  Rev. Lane, etc.  
In letter #17 Wilson relates the story of being interrupted one day while teaching at Phoenix Academy with the news 
that "Judge Alexander and a sister" had just arrived with Major Alexander's body to bury at the Alexander Family Cemetery.  
Wilson goes on to tell how he personally helped lower the casket into the ground and cover it with earth.

-- 
Nancy Spader Wilson