Hi Gang... I came across two Alexander BRUCE marriages in KY. BRUCE, Alexander married Martin, Mary on 23 Nov 1824 in Bracken County, Kentucky Bragg, Amanda M. F. married BRUCE, Alexander on 18 Feb 1819 in Lewis County, Kentucky I am not sure if we had those in our data bases. BRUCE, Alexander married Davenport, Ann E. on 29 Nov 1838 in Clay County, Illinois BRUCE, Alexander E. married Crawford, Nancy Jane on 09 Nov 1848 in Gallatin County, Illinois BRUCE, Alexander married Christian Hayboth on 07 Feb 1760 in Boston, MA BRUCE, Alexander married Fanny Cockran on 05 Jun 1785 in Boston, MA On 20 Nov 1778 an Alexander BRUCE witnessed a will for Purnal Johnson, Sr. in Sussex Co. Delaware. Between 1790 and 1792 Alexander BRUCE was granted 9,500 acres alone the Lulbergreed Creek in Bourbon Co. KY also in 1792 an Alexander BRUCE was granted 1,000 acres along Howards Creek in Fayette Co. Alexander BRUCE was a Private in 43 REG'T (HAMILTON'S) MARYLAND MILITIA during the War of 1812. List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia B. page 24 Bruce, Alexander, Wash. Mss., 112, 96. List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia B. page 24 Bruce, Charles, Va. Mag., 1, 380; Wash. Mss., 112, 88, 94, 114 THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B Bruce, Alexander E District A soldier, Glengarry, J.B., P.L. 2d, 1786. THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B Bruce, David do Son of Alexander, J.B. THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B Bruce, Margaret do Widow of Alexander, J.B. THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B Bruce, Junior, Margt do How. Daughter of late Alexander, J.B. THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B Bruce, Sally do How. Daughter of late Alexander, J.B. THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST APPENDIX APPENDIX B page 145 Bruce, William do Cornwall Son of a soldier, 200 acrea, L.Bd.L. [p.145] Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography page 163 [p.163] BRUCE, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, architect, was born March 16, 1835, in Fredericksburg, Va. He has designed a number of court houses and public buildings in Knoxville, Tenn, prominent among them the Chattanooga courthouse. The finest buildings in Atlanta were designed by him, among them the Technological institute, Kiser law construction, high school and county courthouse. The following is from the DAR books Descendant of Corp. John Bruce, as follows: 1. Henry Clay Bruce (1824-1909) m. 1850 Mary Elizabeth Connor (1830-66). 2. Alexander Bruce (1797-1851) m. 1819 Amanda Bragg. 3. John Bruce m. 1770 Elizabeth Clay (b. 1755). John Bruce, in 1777, served as corporal in Capt. William Smith's company, Col. Daniel Morgan's Virginia regiment. He was born, 1748, in Pittsylvania County, Va.; died in Lancaster, Ky. 2. Alexander Bruce (1830-92) m. 1865 Malinda L. Smith (b. 1841). 3. John Bruce, Jr. (1771-1855), m. 1818 Isabelle Boyle (1790-1880). 4. John Bruce m. 1770 Elizabeth Clay (b. 1755). John Bruce (1748-1827) in 1777, served as sergeant in Col. Daniel Morgan's 11th and 15th Virginia regiments. He was born in Pittsylvania County, Va.; died in Garrard County, Ky. Welllllllll not sure this will help ya or not. But it just might help someone lookin for an Alexander BRUCE Tom Webmaster of: The American Family Generations: 1600 to 2000 Currently with 20 separate databases on line and adding more every week. NOW with over 22,000 hits since Nov. 1997 http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/5121 ----------------------------------------- Researching the following Major Surnames w/variations: Baumann~BRATT~CHUDERSKI~Curvelier~deGroot~delaVigne~duTrieux~DUMBROWSKI~Gane svoort~GARRARD/JARRETT~deGraaf~GROESBECK~Hathaway~Higgins~HUYCK~Hunter~KENT~ LANGDON~LEICHT/LIGHT~LYCON/LYKINS~McLANE~Milles~Montross~Mookers~Noirett~PAS ZKIEWICZ~Peek~PERRIN~Post~ROSE~SAGER/SEGERS~SCHUYLER~Simons~Thysens~vanANTWE RP~vanBRACKELL~vanVALKENBURG~VERPLANCK~Viele~WILTZEE/WILLSEY~ZGL`Obicka~Zich uski. If it has all CAPS it is a very important line to my research.