Footnotes for Telemacus Alexander and Hannah Smith

1. Stafford, Dr. Alvah, Alexander Notebooks, 2 volumes, (Charlotte NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1985) Volume 1, pp. 80-81.

2. Alexander, J.B., History of Mecklenburg County, (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1902) p. 293; Battle, Kemp P., History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868: Electronic Edition. (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 2004) p. 186. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/battle1/battle1.html (accessed 8-1-05.)

3. Foote, William Henry, Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the Principles of a Portion of Her Early Settlers: Electronic Edition. http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/foote/foote.html (1794-1869), p. 250.

4. greek mythology [Telemacus is the son of King Odysseus--in the Latin translation, Ulysses. While his father is away on a long voyage, his mother, Penelope, is pestered by men who assume her husband is dead and who want to take his place. Telemachus is loyal to his father and helps his mother fend off the suitors. When his father returns, he helps to kill them. He speaks the famous words, "It's a wise child that knows its own father."]

5. Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812: detached from the Militia of North Carolina in 1812 and 1814, (Raleigh, N.C., 1851) p. 126. The muster rolls as published in book form in 1851 in Raleigh list "Salamachus" Alexander in the Second Regiment of the Mecklenburg County Detached Militia in 1814, under Major General Montford "Tokes." The correctly spelled name of the commanding officer is Stokes. Because Telemacus was of the appropriate age to belong to the militia at that time, in a family who strictly served their military duty, and the name Salamachus does not seem to refer to anyone else, it is safe to assume this is a misreading and misspelling of Telemacus.

6. Population Schedule of the Fourth Census of the United States: 1820, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) p. 190.

7. Mecklenburg County List of Taxables 1797-1799, 1806-1811, 1823-1824 (Broken), bound, (Raleigh: NC Dept. of Archives and History).

8.Population Schedule of the Fifth Census of the United States: 1830, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) pp. 378.

9. Ferguson, Herman W., Mecklenburg County, NC Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions: Volume III, 1821-1830, and Volume IV, 1831-1840 , (Rocky Mount NC, 1998) Volume III, Book 7, p. viii, entries 112, 136, 151,154, 278, 279, 292, 334; Volume IV, Book 7, entries 417,424, 426, 427; Book 8, entries 22, 204, 252, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 301, 332, 470.

10.Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989. Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History: Electronic Edition, (Copyright 2002 by the Academic Affairs Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) pp. 613-625. URL: http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/johnson/chapter21.html, accessed 7-25-04.

11. Court Records, Microfilms #C.065.6002, C.065.6004, and C.065.6005, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Dept. of Archives and History)

12. Court Records, Microfilms #C.065.6002, C.065.6004, and C.065.6005, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Dept. of Archives and History)

13. Court Records, Microfilms #C.065.6002, C.065.6004, and C.065.6005, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Dept. of Archives and History)

14. Court Records, Microfilms #C.065.6002, C.065.6004, and C.065.6005, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Dept. of Archives and History)

15. Stafford, cited above, pp. 77-78.

16. Population Schedule of the Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) no p. number.

17. Census data cited.

18. Stafford, cited above.

19. Sharon Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, NC Record 1830-1960, Box #202, (Montreat NC: Presbyterian Historical Society, 1969) pp. 5-7.

20. Church and census records cited above.

21. Estate Records of Telemachus Alexander, Box# C.R. 065.508.9, 1762-1957, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Archives).

22. The Charlotte Journal , Charlotte, N.C., November 3, 1842; Gantham, Rose L., Death Notices/Marriage Notices from the Mecklenburg Jeffersonian, Charlotte NC 1841-1849: An Index, (Charlotte: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1966), p. 2; Sharon Church Records, cited above, p. 100.

23. Estate Records, cited above.

24. Herman Ferguson, Mecklenburg County North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Vol. V: 1841-1850, (Rocky Mount NC: author, 2003) pp. 74, 97.

25. Sharon Church records, cited above, p. 108.

26. Population Schedule of the Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County (Washington: National Archives and Record Service) pp. 22, 80.

27. 1850 census, cited above, p. 22.

28. Gravestones at Sharon Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC.

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