Alexander McWhorter

Bef 1715 - Abt 1734  (> 19 years)

• Name	Alexander McWhorter
  Birth	Bef 1715	Possibly Ireland
  Gender	Male
  _UID	37F6EA0429A3EC4B88C1867CD51821148BAB
  Death	Abt 1734
  Person ID	I43612	sorrells
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexander Hugh McWhorter,   b. Bef 1670, Probably Armagh, Ireland d. Abt 1749, New Castle Co., DE (Age > 79 years)
  Mother	Jean Jane Gillespie,   b. 1690, County Armagh, Northern Ireland d. 20 May 1757, Rowan Co., NC (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1713	Armagh, Armagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F15996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Virginia Freeman's book. "When Moses McWhorter (brother of John of Oglethorpe) died in Logan Co., Ky in 1819 he named as his heirs his brothers, John of Oglethorpe Co., GA, James of Lincoln Co., TN, and a sister, Jean Dobson, wife of Henry Dobson of Williamson Co., TN. Apparently Moses had no children. After Alexander, the youngest brother of John McWhorter of Oglethorpe, died in NC, John, gave a quit claim deed in1826 to a Mr. Simonton, acting as one of the heirs of Alexander McWhorter; Moses McWhorter was administrator of the Will; the papers were destroyed by fire." Alexander, perhaps the eldest child, never came to North America. It is reported that he was educated for the Presbyterian ministry, spending two years at the University of Edinburgh. At least one McWhorter resource has suggested that it was at the "solicitation" of Alexander that Hugh came to North America. It is said that he died just prior to the birth of his younger brother in 1734 and that this brother was named Alexander in his memory.