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From: Agnes B Yount <>
Subject: Alexander/Gillespie/etc Connections
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:23:14 EDT

Sarah Alexander left a will in Iredell County 30 Dec. 1790 naming brother
Alexander Gillespie ("if alive or ever comes in search of"). Also named
were her cousins Jane Brevard, Sr., Rebecca Erving, and Margaret
Torrence. Adlai Osborne was executor, and witnesses were Margaret Beard
and Joseph Latta, Jurat.

Does anyone know how these people are all inter-connected? Is the Jane
Brevard, Sr. the Jane McWhorter who married John Brevard? Is this Sarah
Alexander related to the Sarah Alexander which JosephGillespie names as a
niece in his 1791 will in Mecklenburg County?

The Alexander, Gillesespie, McWhorter, and Brevard families came from the
Cecil County, MD/Chester County, PA area and settled on the headwaters of
Rocky River near the Iredell/Mecklenburg County line (reference:
"Carolina Cradle").

Any information will be appreciated.
Ray Yount

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