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Ancestors of Martha Jo (Martha) Cross

Generation No. 8


      152. William (?) Hand, born in Rowan Co., NC; died Unknown.
     
Children of William (?) Hand are:
  i.   Jr. William (?) Hand, died Unknown.
  Notes for Jr. William (?) Hand:
From State Records of NC:
"Francis Lock, Sheriff of Rowan Co., was allowed his claim of six pounds, six shilling for hanging William Hand, a felon, and other incident charges as per account filed. (around 1765).

  76 ii.   Levi Hand, born 1763 in Rowan Co., NC; died 1813 in Dickson Co., TN; married Jane LNU (Hand) Abt. 1788 in Dickson Co., TN.


      176. Barnabas (?) Powers, born Abt. 1758 in Cumberland Co., NC; died Unknown.

Notes for Barnabas (?) Powers:
Barnabas may not have been his name, but by patronymic naming, which was used until about the end of the 19th Century in Great Britain, the first son would have been named for the father's father. In this case, it would make sense, since Barnaba's first son was named "Barnabas", that his father would have been named "Barnabas" as well.

It is not known exactly where this Barnabas was born. Most likely our Powers came in through Newfoundland, Canada, PA or NC during the period of Oliver Cromwell's Revolution, when numerous Scots, Irish and Scot-Irish left for Canada and America. We can only guess that Barnabas was born approximately 1758, based on the birth dates of Barnaba whose birth date is documented. So there is a date by which to quess-timate our Powers entrance into Canada or America. (Source: MCM-2004)


     
Children of Barnabas (?) Powers are:
  i.   3rd Son Powers, born in NC; died Unknown.
  ii.   1st Daughter Powers, died Unknown.
  iii.   2nd Daughter Powers, died Unknown.
  iv.   3rd Daughter Powers, died Unknown.
  v.   4th Daughter Powers, died Unknown.
  vi.   5th Daughter Powers, died Unknown.
  vii.   Arthur Powers, born Abt. 1770 in NC; died Unknown.
  88 viii.   Barnaba Powers, born 1772 in prob Cumberland Co., NC; died January 26, 1842 in prob Fayetteville, NC; married Elizabeth Harvey.


      208. MD Evan Shelby, born Abt. 1748 in Hunt's Cabin, Hagerstown, Frederick County, MD.; died April 1825 in Cabarrus Co., NC. He was the son of 416. Sr. Moses Shelby and 417. M. Isabel Alexander(?). He married 209. Susannah Polk Alexander Bef. 1776 in Anson Co., N.C..

      209. Susannah Polk Alexander, born Abt. 1752 in Bucks Co., PA; died March 01, 1837 in Mecklenburg Co, NC. She was the daughter of 418. Sr. Benjamine Alexander and 419. Susannah Ruth Polk.

Notes for MD Evan Shelby:
This Evan, not to be confused with the other Evans, was also a Patriot. He was in Sumpters Brigade during the Revolution. An application (R9471) for Pension Benefits on behalf of the children of Evan Shelby was made by Dan Alexander, but never carried to completion. This was filed on April 29, 1856 in Mecklenburg County and describes his participation in the Revolution."

In the Mecklenburg Co., NC Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions Book 1, page 21, 1783 April Sessions is stated "James Burns vs Saml. Patton - Caveat, Jury impanelled & Sworn Viz: 1. William McCree, 2. Jas. Staffort, 3. John Green, 4. Charles Polk, 5. %hos. Shelby, 6. Evan Shelby, 7. John McCanlass, 8. Rich. Mason, 9. Abm. Miller, 10. John Leopard, 11. Alexr. McGinty, 12. David Parks, find for Plantiff 100 acres of Land which he caveated not to take any part of Pattons clear Land. An appeal granted to the Superior Court.

In the pension application, of 29 Apr 1856, children listed were: Thomas, Harriet, Isabella, Sarah, Mary and Milton and wife of Dan Alexander (Susannah)...Seven Children. Some others had died by this time. Five daughters married Alexander's, descendents of Elias Sr. and 2nd wife, Mary Taylor.

In her book "A Chronology of Moses and Isabel Shelby", Johnnie gives ten children as: 1) Isabella (m. Stephen Winslow Alexander 22 Nov 1797), 2) Sarah "Sallie" (married John Alexander 15 Aug 1798), 3) Susannah (married Daniel Alexander 11 Jul 1800), 4) Moses (married bef 1810 Census to Mary Ann Knox), 5) William A., 6) Dorcus (married William Alexander Kerr 19 Feb 1807), 7) Mary (married William Taylor Alexander c. 1812), 8) Thomas (married Matilda McDonald 2 Sep 1820), 9) Harriet (married Allison Diannica Alexander 17 Dec 1823), and 10) John Milton (married Amanda F. Rudisill c. 1833). All were married in Mecklenburg Co. I tried to get a copy of Moses and Mary Ann's marriage license/certificate in Mecklenburg and Cabarras Co's, but there was nothing. Some of the information came, I think, from the Alexander Notebooks. Two of the listed children are a bit skimpy in terms of evidence... Moses being one of them. William being the other.

Moses "Shelvey" is shown on Roll 42, Book 1, Pg 100 in the Mecklenburg Co.Census of 1810: (bet 16-26) with 3 boys under 10 (Winfield, Smith & J.Rufus maybe), and one female (bet 16-26). Moses was also found in the Mecklenburg Co., NC Census of 1820 but not in the 1830. Mary Ann "Shelvey" was shown as widow in 1830, and 1840. It is, therefore, assumed that Moses died somewhere between 1820 and 1830.

Dr. Evan Shelby's father was Moses Shelby. The brother of Moses was Brig. Gen. Evan Shelby, whose son, Isaac, was the 1st and 5rd Governor of Kentucky.

In Moses' Will of 2 Jan 1776, his son, Evan, is willed "Land on Caldwell Creek, which I bought from Patrick Gibson". and "I Will and bequeath to my beloved son, Moses, the plantation on Mile Branch on the Waggon Road and all the money that is due me from James Ross." (Moses was probably in process of being paid, over a number of years, by James Ross for the Beaverdam property)

In Mecklenburg, NC Grantor Index Book 12, page 211: Apr 1783, Evan and Susannah deed to James Ross 227 acres on Beaver Dam Creek off of Rocky River. (the same property that Moses sold to James Ross was now paid in full and the deed was tranferred to James, and the monies were Willed to Moses son, Evan).







More About MD Evan Shelby:
Burial: Unknown, prob Poplar Tent Church Cemetery in Concord, Mecklenburg Co., NC

  Notes for Susannah Polk Alexander:
From: "Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III", by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones.
"Evan Shelby died in NC about 1813. Susan Shelby was left a widow, with a large family of children, who remembered hearing their mother tell of hardships and bitter experiences. She was often annoyed by Indians, Tories and British soldiers and often would go miles with her children to some place of safety, carrying the smaller children on her blind horse, 'Old Ball'. She never left north Carolina, and spent her last days with her daughter, Harriet."

More About Susannah Polk Alexander:
Burial: Unknown, prob Poplar Tent Church Cemetery in Concord, Mecklenburg Co., NC
     
Children of Evan Shelby and Susannah Alexander are:
  i.   Dorcus Shelby, born in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died February 05, 1869 in Raleigh, Shelby Co., TN; married William Alexander Kerr February 09, 1807 in prob Mecklenburg Co., NC; died 1868 in Shelby Co., TN.
  Notes for Dorcus Shelby:
"Dorcas Shelby and William Kerr came to TN about 1828-1830 and settled at Raleigh or 'Union Station', as it was then known, where they lived and died." (Source: Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III, by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones)

  More About William Alexander Kerr:
Burial: Unknown, Des Arc, AR

  ii.   Evan Shelby, died Unknown.
  Notes for Evan Shelby:
Evan died in infancy.

  iii.   Isabella Shelby, born Abt. 1778 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died Aft. 1856 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; married Steven Winslow Alexander November 22, 1797 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died Unknown.
  iv.   Sarah (Sallie) Shelby, born Abt. 1781 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died Aft. 1856 in Big Creek (now Cuba), Shelby Co., TN; married John Alexander August 15, 1798 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died Unknown.
  Notes for Sarah (Sallie) Shelby:
Sarah and John Alexander left NC about 1830 and settled at Big Creek, (now Cuba, TN). John was a planter and land owner. Once, when en route to New Orleans, with his produce, (on the boat) he was either robbed and thrown over board or drowned accidently, as he never reached his destination or was heard of afterwards.



  More About Sarah (Sallie) Shelby:
Burial: Unknown, West TN

  v.   Susannah Shelby, born Abt. 1783 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died Unknown; married Daniel Alexander June 12, 1800 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died Unknown.
  Notes for Susannah Shelby:
Susannah Shelby and Dan Alexander never left North Carolina. At one time they had charge of Davidson College. (Source: Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III, by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones)

  104 vi.   Moses Shelby, born Abt. 1784 in Mecklenburg Co., NC; died Abt. 1826 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C; married Mary Ann Knox Bef. 1810 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
  vii.   William Alexander Shelby, born Abt. 1786 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died January 18, 1855 in Big Creek (now Cuba), Shelby Co., TN; married Rachel Alexander 1815 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died Unknown.
  viii.   Mary Shelby, born May 15, 1791 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died January 25, 1860 in Hickory Wythe (Arlington), Fayette Co., TN; married William Taylor Alexander February 27, 1812 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; born Bet. 1764 - 1766 in Cecil Co., MD; died 1821 in Mecklenburg Co, NC.
  Notes for Mary Shelby:
There is written documentation that Mary Shelby, daughter of Susannah Polk Alexander and Evan Shelby, was married to William Taylor Alexander. This William Taylor might have been the brother of Susannah Polk Alexander. This would have made William Taylor her uncle, a very close blood tie. I have never seen evidence that Susannah's brother's name was "William" Taylor. I have only seen it written as Taylor Alexander. What makes more sense to me is that William Taylor Alexander, son of Elias Alexander, Jr (II), married Mary Shelby. He was her 1/2 first cousin twice removed. Elias Sr. was married twice. William Taylor's grandmother was Mary Taylor. Mary Shelby's line came through Elias Sr.'s 2nd wife Sophia LNU, therefore she was his "1/2" 1st cousin
two times removed. (Martha Cross Mordecai, 2003)

Obituary of Mary Shelby Alexander, Daughter of Evan and Grandaughter of Moses:
"On the 25th day of January, 1860, Mrs. Alexander, wife of Wm. Talor Alexander, of Hickory Withe Congregation, Fayette County, Tenn. was called away by the wise Disposer of events from weeping relatives and friends, by paralysis, at the ripe old age of sixty-nine. In her youth she cordially embraced the Savior of her pious parents, who had trained her for God, and openly confessed him before men, by taking her place as a communicant in a Presbyterian congregation in North Carolina; and during a long life she adorned her profession by 'walking humbly, soberly, righteouslly and godly in this present world.' As a wife, a mother, a mistress, a neighbor, a friend and a member of the church, she had few equals. On the other hand, she was peculiarly free from such foibles as, not unfrequently, much diminish the usefulness of christians; and on the other, her positive excellencies were numerous and striking. She was the oldest and one of the most active female, members in the little church above mentioned; and in it her death has left a blank that will be hard to fill; and to her family, especially to her aged companion, who has for years been blind, never again expects to see the light of day, it is an irreparable loss. But it is a matter of inexpressible thankfulness to God, that has committed her mortal remains to the cold earth in the firm hope and belief that their loss in her unspeakable gain." (Source: Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III, by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones)

  More About Mary Shelby:
Burial: Unknown, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, east of Hickory Wythe, Fayette Co., TN

  ix.   Thomas Shelby, born Abt. 1797 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died Aft. April 1856 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; married Matilda McDonald September 02, 1820 in Mecklenburg Co, NC; died Unknown.
  x.   Harriet Shelby, born Bef. 1806 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died Aft. April 1856 in Cabarrus Co., NC; married Allison Diannicea Alexander December 17, 1823 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C; died Unknown.
  Notes for Harriet Shelby:
"Harriet Shelby and Allison Alexander had no children. They lived and died at Rocky River, North Carolina. Mr. Alexander was noted for his long prayers at service. He was deliberate and quiet in manner. Mrs. Alexander visited her relatives in Tennessee before her death. Harriet Shelby (with her husband and other members of the Shelby and Alexander families) is buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, near Charlotte, North Carolina." (Source:"Lineage and Tradition of the Family of John Springs III" by Caroline Isabel Poole Jones)

Also from the same book: "A daguerreotype of Harriet Shelby Alexander and her husband are valued treasures of Mrs. John Rawls Jones of Tupelo, MS. Mrs. Jones also has a daguerreotype of her great grandparents, William Taylor and Mary Shelby Alexander."

  xi.   John Milton Shelby, born January 30, 1806 in Mecklenburg Co., N.C.; died January 23, 1872 in Raleigh, Shelby Co., TN; married Amanda F. Rudisill April 11, 1833 in Shelby Co., TN; died Unknown.


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