![]() ![]() You may not upload any more photos to this memorial For this James received 1600 acres in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. James also served in the Revolutionary War and was in the Commissary Department of Washington's army at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. ![]() James assisted in establishing the first Presbyterian Church in the Valley. Soon after settling into their new home, Chief Logan went to Jame's home and carried his son to his cabin, James not being home, Rosa did not resist but determined to rescue her child at any cost, started off for Chief Logans cabin, but to her relief she met the friendly chief carrying the boy, who was wearing beautiful beaded moccassins that the chief had made. A short distance away from Jame's settlement stood the home of an Indian Chief Logan of the Mingo Tribe. They carried all their personal effects by horseback to their new home. For this James received 1600 acres in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.īIOGRAPHY: James married Rosa Reed near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and explored the new territory adjacent to Chambersburg in 1755, traveling about 100 miles north to the "Valley", taking out a warrant for 1000 acres of land reaching from Jack's Mountain to Stone Mountain. (DAR Record, Courtesy of Mona Anderson- ( )īIOGRAPHY: James married Rosa Reed near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and explored the new territory adjacent to Chambersburg in 1755, traveling about 100 miles north to the "Valley", taking out a warrant for 1000 acres of land reaching from Jack's Mountain to Stone Mountain. He served in the commissary department of Washington's army at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78 and died in 1791 at age 65 years. His marker was erected by Clearfield (PA) DAR. 1914 or data from 1976-77 Cemetery Survey of Mifflin County: Material in Veterans' Affairs Office entitled "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Mifflin County as copied from DAR records May 31, 1937" or Frysinger Memorial Volume in Mifflin County Historical Society library - clippings from LEWISTOWN GAZETTE, ca. He was the son of John Alexander and Margaret (Glasson) Alexander James was the husband of Rosanna (Reed) Alaexander 1742-1792 ![]()
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