Alexander Meek

(1764-1857)


By Christopher A. Meek

78. Alexander Meek was born on 14 Dec 1764 in Cumberland Co., MD according to his pension application. He was likely born in Washington Co., MD. Fort Cumberland was in Western Washington County. He died on 8 Sep 1857 in Marshall Co., MS.

He enter the military in 1779 from Washington Co., VA at the age of 14. He served three time and was in the battle of King's Mountain.

He owned Mullins Delight and Needwood Forest which had been left to him by his father who died in 1776.

He appeared in the 1800 in Logan Co., KY census. Alexander and Elizabeth Meek sold to Isabella Robertson 200 acres on 24 Oct 1800 according to deed records. He resided in Lincoln Co., TN in 1804. He appeared on the 1820 and 1830 census of Lincoln Co., TN. He resided after 1833 in Marshall Co., MS. He appeared in the 1850 Marshall Co., MS census.

On 28 Feb 1854 he was declared incometent on a petition by Kays and several other children. That order was recinded 27 Jun 1854. He signed a will 17 Aug 1854 in Marshall Co., MS. That will was annulled 1 Apr 1858. The will names a daughter, Harriett.

He married (1) Agnes Buchanan on 2 Jun 1786 in Washington Co., VA according to marriage abstracts.

He married (2) Elizabeth Keys on 15 Oct 1791 in Washington Co., VA according to marriage abstracts. She was born about 1774 in Fincastle, VA (now Kentucky). She died in Feb 1841 in Marshall Co., MS. Alexander Meek and Elizabeth Keys had the following children:

  • 131. Kays Meek was born on 16 Oct 1792 in Abington, Washington Co., VA. He resided in 1850 in MarshallCo., MS. He died on 19 Nov 1857 in Marshall Co., MS. Children from 1850 Census He married Mary Ann Hairston in 1821 in Lincoln Co., TN. She was born 5 Sep 1805 in Tennessee. She died on 7 Mar 1874 in Marshall Co., MS.
    • 231. Alexander Meek was born about 1824 in Tennessee.
    • 232. Rufus Meek was born on 25 Nov 1825 in Lincoln Co., TN. He died on 30 Jan 1896. He resided in Lafayette Co., MS. He married Mary Prudence McLeod on 26 Jul 1853. She was born on 21 Feb 1840. She died on 21 Oct 1913.
    • 233. John J. Meek was born about 1829 in Tennessee.
    • 234. Margaret Meek was born about 1832 in Tennessee. She married George C. Nickleson.
    • 235. James B. Meek was born on 11 Jul 1834 in Marshall Co., MS.
    • 236. William Meek was born about 1836 in Mississippi.
    • 237. Marg E. K Meek was born about 1839 in Mississippi.
    • 238. Marsha T. Meek was born about 1842 in Mississippi.
    • 239. Thomas K Meek was born in 1850 in Mississippi.
  • 132. Thomas Meek was born in 1800. He married Desdimona ______. She was born 1802 in South Carolina.
    • 240. A. Crutcher Meek.
    • 240a. Margaret Meek is mentioned in Alexander's estate.
  • 133. James Meek was born about 1802. He resided in 1850 in Marshall Co., MS. He married Sarah _______ before 1839. She was born about 1808 in South Carolina.
    • 241. Jeff Meek was born about 1830 in Tennessee.
    • 242. William B. Meek was born about 1832 in Tennessee.
    • 243. Mary J. Meek was born about 1836 in Mississippi.
    • 244. James Kays Meek was born in 26 Jan 1839 in Marshall Co., MS. He died 11 Nov 1911 in Colman Co. TX. He married Marry A. Gibson. She died 13 Mar 1887.
      • 351. Sarah Francis Meek was born 28 Jul 1870 in Upshur Co., TX.
      • 352. Mary Florence Meek was born Sep 1872. She died 28 Feb 1951. She married W. T. Cowsar.
      • 353. Lillie Lee Meek was born 12 Jun 1875. She died in 1949.
      • 354. James Decatur Meek was born 7 Sep 1877 in Upshur Co., TX. He died 3 May 1952. He married Eva Beatrice King 19 Dec 1909.
      • 355. Daisy L. Meek was born born Mar 1880.
      • 356. Alma Tabitha Meek was born Jan 1882. She died in 1978. She married John Solomon May.
      • 357. Rosa Valentine Meek was born14 Feb 1884 in Comanche Co., TX. She died 27 Dec 1955. She married Arthur Bryan Wilson.
    • 245. Alexander Meek was born about 1841 in Mississippi.
    • 246. John Meek was born about 1844 in Mississippi.
    • 247. Henry E. Meek was born about 1846 in Mississippi.
    • 248. E. M. Meek was born about 1849 in Mississippi.
  • 134. Jefferson John Meek. was born about 1803. He died on 9 Jan 1891 in Panola Co., MS. He married Henrietta Ann Elizabeth Donahoo. She was born in 1813. (Age 37 in 1850 census.) She died 24 May 1889 in Panola Co., MS.
    • 249. James Alexander Meek was born about 1836 in Mississippi. He died in 1917. He married Emily Conner in 1856. They were divorced in 1871 in Sardis, MS.
      • 358. William Thaddeus Meek was born in 1859. He died in 1929. He married Ora Lee Settler in 1885
    • 250. Elizabeth R. Meek was born about 1837 in Mississippi.
    • 251. Martha B. Meek was born in 1840 in Mississippi.
    • 252. Robert D. Meek was born about 1842 in Mississippi.
    • 252a. Permelia Meek was born about 1844.
    • 252b. Malsey K. Meek was born about 1855.
    • 252c. Lucy A. Meek was born about 1847.
  • 135. Urban Ewen Meek was born on 4 Jun 1804 in Lincoln Co., TN. He died on 13 Dec 1847 in Marshall Co., MS. He married Nancy Dean in 1829. She was born in 1809 in Tennessee.
    • 253. Joseph A. Meek was born on 8 Apr 1830 in Lincoln Co., KY.
    • 253a. Minerva Meek married James H. Wilborn.
  • 136. Charlotte T. Meek was born in 1806 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married Samuel M. Blocker in 4 Sep 1856.
  • 137. Julie F. Meek was born in 1810 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married Samuel Hairston.
  • 138. Rebecca Meek was born in 1812 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married William Garrett.
  • 139. Ann Meek was born in 1814 in Lincoln Co., TN. She died in 1857. She married (1) Robert Edmonston. She married (2) Pleasant Price.
  • 140. Kinas Meek was born in 1816 in Lincoln Co., TN. She married _______ Moore.

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