 1790 - 1866 (76 years)
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| Name |
Reverend Alexander Abernathy, Sr |
| Title |
Reverend |
| Suffix |
Sr |
| Nickname |
Old Aleck |
| Born |
13 Mar 1790 |
Lincoln County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
31 Aug 1866 |
Hildebran, Burke County, North Carolina |
| Buried |
Abernathy Cemetery Hildebran, Burke County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I543671379 |
Abernathy, Robert and Sara Cubisch |
| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2014 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Wilkie, b. 5 May 1796, North Carolina , d. 31 May 1868, Hildebran, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
1814 |
Rutherford County, North Carolina |
| Children |
| | 1. Smith Abernathy, b. 1815, North Carolina , d. 1876, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 61 years) |
| | 2. William Abernathy, b. 25 Dec 1821, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 1899, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. Alexander Abernathy, Jr, b. Abt 1824, Rutherford County, North Carolina , d. 17 Apr 1865, Richmond, Virginia (Age ~ 41 years) |
| | 4. Rachel Abernathy, b. Abt 1828, North Carolina |
| | 5. Ann L Abernathy, b. 1830, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 20 Jun 1917, Icard, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 87 years) |
| | 6. Martha Abernathy, b. 6 Dec 1833, North Carolina , d. 20 Aug 1901, Burke County, North Carolina (Age 67 years) |
| | 7. George Washington Abernathy, b. 1834, Burke County, North Carolina , d. 7 Mar 1865, Richmond, Virginia (Age 31 years) |
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| Last Modified |
5 Feb 2014 |
| Family ID |
F517757024 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- 1850 Census Burke, North Carolina as Alexander ABERNATHY
1860 Census Burke, North Carolina as Alexr ABERNATHY
- From Dawn Shelton in Find A Grave:
Alexander was the grandson of Robert & Sarah Abernathy.
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Alexander was the son of "Smith Abernathy" - mother unknown. They had 3 sons, and 4 daughters. Alexander Abernathy I, is the only child I have record of (no names on the early Census records)
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At age 22, Alexander joined the Methodist Society. And shortly after, professed Religion and was licensed to preach. Alexander (age 24), married Elizabeth Wilkie in Rutherford County in 1814. After laboring with the Methodist for several years(1812 - 1815), he and his wife moved to Burke County. Shortly after the move to Burke County, he and his wife joined the Baptist Church. Alexander was Baptized by Hosea Holcombe on April 26, 1817.
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"Alexander Abernathy five foot 10 inches in height, of round and heavy build, though not corpulent; large chest, complexion brown, eyes of hazel color, features fine and handsome, gestures attractive, and his general make up was that of a good looking Dutchman."
Logan's history of King's Mtn & Broad River Baptist Assoc.
1887, page 254, Biological sketches
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He was a minister with a passion, and was very active with many churches and various Baptist associations of the area during these early years. Alexander died in 1866, before the establishment of Bethany Church in Hildebran (today's First Baptist Church of Hildebran), but his groundwork in the ministry leading up to the founding of the Church - was most likely pivotal in the formation of this Church in 1888.
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"Both Aleck I, and Elizabeth, were buried in the family cemetery on the land known as "Anne's Place", so called because their daughter Anne never married, and made it her lifetime home. Anne and some other members of the family are buried there."
Writings of J. Perry Abernethy
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