Hairston Family History and Genealogy - Susannah Polk ALEXANDER

Susannah Polk ALEXANDER

HAIRSTON.org ID#1640, b. 1759, d. January 1837

Father*

Mother*

Birth*

Census records indicate she was born between 1756 and 1765, however, Shelby family records have a birth date of 4 January 1749/1750. Shelby records would make her 56 when she had her last child.^1,2,3,4

Susannah Polk ALEXANDER was the daughter of Charles ALEXANDER and Susan POLK.¹

Marriage*

Susannah Polk ALEXANDER married Evan SHELBY, son of Moses SHELBY and Isabella ALEXANDER, about 1776 in North Carolina.^1,5

Death*

Susannah Polk ALEXANDER died in January 1837 in Cabarrus, North Carolina.⁵

Family

Evan SHELBY b. a 1748, d. Apr 1813

Children

Susanna SHELBY
Sarah SHELBY+ b. a 1778, d. 1856
Isabella SHELBY b. a 1778
Dorcas SHELBY+ b. a 1791, d. 5 Feb 1869
Mary Melissa SHELBY b. 15 May 1791, d. 25 Jan 1860
William Alexander SHELBY+ b. a 1794, d. Feb 1855
Evan SHELBY b. a 1799
Harriet SHELBY b. a 1806
John Milton SHELBY+ b. 30 Jan 1806, d. 23 Jan 1872

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S84] Shelby, Cass Knight - Paternal Ancestry of Louis Shelby - May 12, 1953, Hollidaysburg. Penn'a. Binder given to Louis Coffman Shelby (1888-1969) in 1953. Contains genealogy information, maps, photographs and an appendix with sources. Starts Evan Shelby Jr., Moses Shelby, Evan Shelby, John Milton Shelby, Charles Shelby and then Louis Shelby. There are handwritten notations indicating additional information.
[S1790] 1790 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S1800] 1800 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S1810] 1810 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S171] Kaiser, Barbara Rich, Guadalupe Victoria Chapter, D.A.R., Victoria, Texas and Letter to Joy Shelby Hairston - 1970, Personal Collection - original documents.

Last Edited

13 May 2018