Jane H Alexander [Harris]

Born: 10 Apr 1770

Died: 3 Jul 1842

Burial Lot:
Marshall/Thomas page/line Also, pg. 85, Vol. 14, Alabama Cemetery Records by Pauline Jones Gandrud (shows middle initial H.)

Burial Row/Column:
32/16

Burial Notes: Jane Wilson Harris was the daughter of Robert Harris (1737-1803) and Mary Wilson (Abt 1738-1792). Robert Harris, the eldest of the offspring of Charles Harris, inherited Mill Grove plantation (located about seven miles west of Concord, NC) the home of his father on Rocky River, and became a man of fortune and influence in his county. He served under General Joseph Graham in the Revolutionary War and lost his right arm in the skirmish at Clapp's Mill, preliminary to the Battle of Guilford Court House. With slight hopes of his recovery, his companions gave him into the care of an old German settler and wife, with the injunction to "care for him well, as he was a man of consequence, and they would be rewarded." Mary Wilson, daughter of Zaccheus Wilson, a signer of the "Mecklenburg Declaration," was of the same strong Scotch Presbyterian stock as her husband Robert Harris. Harris' descendants state that Mrs. Harris dreamed her husband was wounded and on the faith of the dream traveled with a slave, Jack, as her only attendant from her home on Rocky River to the scene of the battle, seventy-five miles away, found her wounded spouse with his caretaker, nursed him to convalescence and brought him safely home. To him, by this stouthearted wife, were born three children, each proudly bearing "Wilson" in their Christian names. Jane Wilson Harris married Nathaniel Alexander 24 May 1794 in Mecklenburg Co, NC. To them, at least nine children were born. Jane H Alexander died in the home of her eldest daughter, Mary Wilson Alexander, wife of the Rev Nicholson Ross Morgan, both of which are buried in this cemetery.

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Mesopotamia Cemetery (Oak Hill)

Jane Alexander Apr. 10, 1770 July 3, 1842