Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameAris Alexander 
Deathabt 1805
Documentation
In 1790, Aris Alexander was listed on the tax lists of King & Queen County, Virginia, charged with one male over the age of 16.
On 17 June 1805, Nancy Alexander and Thomas Hill were bound in the penalty of $100 for Nancy Alexander’s administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Aris Alexander, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 354–355.]
On 26 August 1805, an appraisal of the estate of Aris Alexander was made by L. Booker, John Jones, and Coleman Jones, ordered recorded 22 April 1806. Note from Nancy Alexander states that the appraisal is to substitute as an inventory for the estate. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 413–414.]
In an undated petition from the mid-1830s, orator Obadiah Alexander petitioned the court. That his father Aris Alexander died many years ago intestate with land of 25 acres. His widow married Joseph Jones and has since died. He left the following children your orator, Mahala now the wife of Richard L. Haile, Nancy the wife of James H. Greenwood, Maria who married Lewis D. Brooks and died before her mother leaving Beverley and Alexander Brooks, both under 21. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 39, item 39-C-17.]
On 17 June 1805, Nancy Alexander and Thomas Hill were bound in the penalty of $100 for Nancy Alexander’s administration of the goods, chattels and credits of Aris Alexander, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 354–355.]
On 26 August 1805, an appraisal of the estate of Aris Alexander was made by L. Booker, John Jones, and Coleman Jones, ordered recorded 22 April 1806. Note from Nancy Alexander states that the appraisal is to substitute as an inventory for the estate. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 413–414.]
In an undated petition from the mid-1830s, orator Obadiah Alexander petitioned the court. That his father Aris Alexander died many years ago intestate with land of 25 acres. His widow married Joseph Jones and has since died. He left the following children your orator, Mahala now the wife of Richard L. Haile, Nancy the wife of James H. Greenwood, Maria who married Lewis D. Brooks and died before her mother leaving Beverley and Alexander Brooks, both under 21. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 39, item 39-C-17.]