When I was at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City in 2013, I found a book called Burke County, NC, Deeds Registered 1804-1813. Burke County’s deed books were destroyed in 1865. This book is an “alphabetical list of conveyances registered at County Court. . .and covers sessions of January 1804 through October 1813.” 1
I took photos of all pages with surnames of interest to me. Page 1 includes Alexanders.2 (Quotations from page 1 are in bold below.)
Source Analysis
This is an excellent resource, organized alphabetically and easy to read. The book was compiled from microfilm, so any findings here should be located in the microfilm.
James Alexander Deed Extracts
“Alexander, James T. see Givens, William.”
To do: check to see if I copied the Givens page. If not, check the book on next visit to the FHL.
“Alexander, James to Arthur Erwin for 300 acres dated 15 December 1808 proved by Alexander Erwin; October Sessions 1809”
Comment: A search on Ancestry.com of census and voter lists for the surname Alexander in Burke County and adjacent counties between 1805 and 1815 yielded only one James. I’m confident that this entry is for my James Alexander who married Rhoda Cunningham.
To do: Obtain microfilm copy of full entry in court minutes.
“Alexander, James to James Marler for 100 acres dated 19 November 1806 proved by oath of William Penland; April Sessions 1811”
Comment: See above comment for deed dated 15 December 1808.
To do: Obtain microfilm copy of full entry in court minutes.
“Alexander, James to John Spear Jr. bill of sale for Negro Woman & Child dated 11 August 1810 proved by oath of Albert Corpening; October Sessions 1811”
Comment: See above comment for deed dated 15 December 1808. This Albert Corpening is probably not the son of Elizabeth Whitener and Jacob Corpening, as that Albert would not have been an adult in 1811.
To do: Obtain microfilm copy of full entry in court minutes.
Work Plan
- View microfilm when I go back to the Family History Library in 2015. Minutes of County Court, 1791-1868: There are four rolls. For these records, I need roll 370128, Minutes 1799-1818.
