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Alexander G. Y. George

Alexander G. Y. George

Male Abt 1790 - 1873  (~ 83 years)

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  • Name Alexander G. Y. George 
    Born Abt 1790  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Bounty Land
    Carded record of Alexander's pension application for War of 1812 service indicates that he received two warrants for bounty land, possibly numbered 52129 (80 and 50) and 41096 (80 55).  [4
    Military 10 Sep 1814  Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Alexander G. Y. George enlisted on this date, and was made a private in Capt. David Goodin's Company, Kentucky Militia.  
    Military 9 Mar 1815  [4
    Alexander G. Y. George was discharged from service on 9 March 1815. 
    Census 1820  Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Alexander George household

      1 male under 10
      1 male of 26 and under 45 [Alexander George, born betw. 1775-1794]
      1 female of 16 and under 26
      1 person engaged in agriculture
      0 slaves of free persons of color
    Census 1830  Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Alexander G. Y. George household

      1 male under 5
      3 males 5-10
      1 male 30-40 [Alexander George]
      1 female 20-30
      No slaves
      6 total
    Census 1840  Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Alexander [g. g.?] George household

      1 male under 5
      1 male of 5 and under 10
      3 males of 15 and under 20
      1 male of 30 and under 40 [Alexander George]
      1 female under 5
      1 female of 30 and under 40
      No slaves
      8 total
      3 engaged in agriculture
    Census 30 Aug 1850  Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 1. George, Alexander, 60, male, farmer, real estate value $250, South Carolina, cannot read and write
      2. _____, Elizabeth, 45, female, North Carolina
      3. _____, James, 15, male, laborer, Illinois
      4. _____, Mahala, 11, female, Kentucky, attending school
      5. _____, Elias, 8, male, Kentucky, attending school
      6. _____, Thomas, 4, male, Kentucky
      7. _____, Susan, 1, female, Kentucky
    Residence 1851-1855  Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • As he is found in the 1850 and 1860 census in Morgan County, this information is in conflict with other data.
    Census 13 Jul 1860  West Liberty (post office), District 1, Morgan County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 1. George, Alexander G. Y., 70, male, farmer, real estate value $500, personal $30o, South Carolina
      2. _____, Elizabeth, 53, female, North Carolina
      3. _____, Elias, 19, male, Kentucky, attending school
      4. _____, Thomas, 15, male, Kentucky, attending school
      5. _____, Susan, 12, female, Kentucky, attending school
    Residence 1871  Paintsville (post office), Johnson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 30 May 1873  [1, 4
    Military 1891  [8
    A military headstone was commissioned for him in 1891 (month under hole-punch); citing his service in the War of 1812, from Lawrence County, Kentucky. 
    Death 1917  Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • name: James A. George
      event: Death
      event date: 1917
      event place: Lawrence, Kentucky
      father: Alex George
      father's birthplace:
      mother: Elizabeth May
      mother's birthplace:
      volume/page/certificate number: 17570
      film number: 1942769
    Person ID I6  ZZZ George (Client Julia George)
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2012 

    Father [Progenitor] George 
    Mother Martha Jane "Jennie George 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rachel Evans,   b. Abt 1795,   d. 1818  (Age ~ 23 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1813  Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    Children 
     1. John M. George,   b. Abt 1818,   d. Abt 1893  (Age ~ 75 years)
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth "Betsey" May,   b. Between 1805-1807, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Jul 1819  Floyd County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11
    • The age of son James, born about 1835, indicates their marriage prior to that date.
    • Alexander's carded record of pension application for War of 1812 service offers a conflicting date of marriage of "July-- 1817."
    Children 
     1. Albert George
     2. James Alexander George,   b. Abt 1835, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1917, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
    +3. Mahala Emeline George,   b. 1 Oct 1839, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1925, Mingo, Johnson County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     4. Elias George,   b. Between 1841-1842, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Thomas Jefferson George,   b. Between 1845-1846, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900  (Age ~ 54 years)
     6. Susan George,   b. Between 1848-1849, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2012 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Julie George (125 Legacy Hills, New Braunfels, Texas), Martha Jane "Jenny" Gordon Descendant list (software-generated), 26 February 2012; 4-generation descendants list, among the materials client provided initially. No citations, dates are years only, no places provided.

    2. [S13] 1850 U.S. census, Morgan County, Kentucky, population schedule, [township not stated], pp. 124b-125a (stamped), dwelling 519, family 519, Alexander George household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 214.

    3. [S14] 1860 U.S. census, Morgan County, Kentucky, population schedule, West Liberty (post office), District no. 1, p. 59 (penned), p. 505 (penned, top right), dwelling 359, family 356, Alexander G. Y. George household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 388.

    4. [S20] "War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812–1815," digital image of carded record, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012), entry for Alexander G. Y. George (Pvt., Capt. David Goodin's Co., KY Militia), SC18944 [also SC12075, WO 22657, WC 19530]; Records of the department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15, War of 1812 Pension Applications, NARA microfilm publication M313, [roll not stated, 102 rolls].

    5. [S5] 1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, population schedule, [township not stated], p. 33 (penned, upper right), p. [48?] (stamped, upper right), line 8, Alexander George household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 22.

    6. [S12] 1830 U.S. census, Floyd County, Tennessee, [no township stated], p. 183 (penned), p. 92 (penned and stamped), line 12, Alexander G. Y. George household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 July 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 36.

    7. [S9] 1840 U.S. census, Floyd County, Kentucky, [township not stated], [p. not stated or illegible], line 13, Alexander George household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 110.

    8. [S19] "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879–1903," digital images of carded records, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012), entry for Alexander G. Y. George, War of 1812, Kentucky Militia, Lawrence County; citing Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 18791879–1903, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92, NARA microfilm publication M1845, [roll not stated, 22 rolls], National Archives, Washington, D.C.

    9. [S22] "Kentucky Death Records, 1911–1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 10 July 2012), entry for James A. George, Lawrence County, certificate no. 17570 (1917); citing FHL film no. 1,942,769.

    10. [S21] "Kentucky Marriages, 1802–1850," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012), entry for Alexander G. George-Rachael Evans, 26 February 1813, Floyd County, Kentucky; citing Floyd County marriage records.

    11. [S18] "Kentucky Marriages, 1802–1850," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 July 2012), entry for Alexander G. George-Betsy May, 1 July 1819, Floyd County, Kentucky; citing Floyd County marriage records.