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Size | 50 items |
Abstract | Alexander McAllister (also McAlester) came to Wilmington, N.C., from Scotland in 1736, returned to Scotland in 1739, and came back to North Carolina in 1740, settling near Fayetteville. He served in the Cumberland County militia, in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776, and in the state senate, 1787-1789. He had three wives: Mary McNeil (died 1740); Flora McNeil; and Jean Colvin, whom he married in 1763. McAllister's siblings were Hector, who lived in Scotland; Mary, who married Hector McNeil; Isabella, who married Farquard Campbell in North Carolina; and Grisella. McAllister's son Alexander (1766-1923, married Rachel Smith in 1799. The collection is chiefly family correspondence of members of the McAllister family in North Carolina and Scotland. |
Creator | McAllister (Family : McAlester, Alexander) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, July 2021
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Alexander McAllister (also McAlester) came to Wilmington, N.C., from Scotland in 1736, returned to Scotland in 1739, and came back to North Carolina in 1740, settling near Fayetteville. He served in the Cumberland County militia, in the provincial congresses of 1775 and 1776, and in the state senate, 1787-1789. He had three wives: Mary McNeil (died 1740); Flora McNeil; and Jean Colvin, whom he married in 1763. McAllister's siblings were Hector, who lived in Scotland; Mary, who married Hector McNeil; Isabella, who married Farquard Campbell in North Carolina; and Grisella. McAllister's son Alexander (1766-1923, married Rachel Smith in 1799.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly family correspondence of members of the McAllister family in North Carolina and Scotland.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Undated papers |
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Folder 2-4
Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4 |
Papers, 1751-1891 |
Reel M-3774/1 |
Microfilm copy of collection, 1751-1891 |