Dates: 1933

Collection Number: MS 9

Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet

Extent: 2 items.

Creators/Collectors:

  • Church, R.W.
  • Rhea, Lawrence J.

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to research.

User Restrictions: No restrictions.

Preferred Citation:  Alexander Family, MS 9, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va. 

Acquisition Information: Gift, Reference Division, University of Virginia Library, 1976, August 15.

Biographical/Historical Information: Colonel William Alexander (1744-1814) of Effingham, Prince William County, Virginia.

Scope and Content: Correspondence between Doctor Lawrence J. Rhea and R.W. Church (University of Virginia library) relating to the military service of a William Alexander (1744-1814) of Prince William County, Virginia, in the American Revolution. Family tree penciled in the margin of letter.

Family Names: Alexander family.

Subjects:

  • Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
  • Soldiers
  • Genealogy

Record Types: Correspondence.

Notes: [Image: William Alexander gravestone, Findagrave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17275977/william-alexander]