Record of the descendants of John Alexander

(Rachel Alexander Vance. 193
liam Morrison, Edmonia Morrison, Virginia Morrison,
Martha Page Morrison, Julia Morrison, Daniel Buckles
Morrison.
PART IV.
John Alexander of Franklin Co., Pa., youngest son
of John and Margaret G. Alexander, inherited and
lived upon his father's estate near Chambersburg.
Little is known of his personal history. Tradition
says that he was fond of military matters, probably
owing to having been an officer in the first company
raised in Franklin Co., in November, 1776, by Capt.
Abraham Smith.
The following extracts from deeds recorded in Car-
lisle show that, like his brothers Hugh and James, he
engaged in buying and selling land.
" 1776. — John Alexander and wife Mary, to Josiah
CrafTord, 336 acres on the E. Branch of the Conico-
cheague for £1000, which land he had bought from
Archibald Henderson in 1771."
" 1777. — The same to the same, 193 acres, for £400,
land conveyed to John Alexander, Dec. 11, 1770."
In 1792, his nephews, James Alexander and Samuel
Vance of Kishacoquillas, visited him, and found him
owning a fine plantation and nine negroes.
In his will, made Dec. 12, 1805, and recorded in
Chambersburg, Feb. 24, 1806, he calls himself John
Alexander of Greene Township, Franklin Co. He
names as his heirs, his wife Mary, his sister Margaret,
and his married daughters Nancy Chambers, Jane