According to the 1903 "History of Mecklenburg County" by D.A. Tompkins, Captain James Jack indeed made it to Philadelphia with the Mecklenburg Declaration on June 23, 1775. Considerable controversy remains as to the very existence of the document and, much less if it was delivered by Captain Jack. The text of the alleged declaration or "resolves" may be found on the Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society WebPage at www.rootsweb.com/~ncomgs . ----- Original Message ----- From: Mac Alexander <maxtrax@pdq.net> To: <NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [NCMECKLE-L] CAPT. JACK > Capt. James Jack was brother to Margaret Jack, who m. > Samuel Wilson, Sr. The latter had several children(5). I > have the parents of Capt. Jack and Margaret Jack as > Patrick Jack and wife Lillis McAdoo. > > A son of Mary Winslow and Samuel Wilson, Sr, Samuel > Wilson, Jr., married Hannah Knox, d/o Patrick Knox ; the latter had daus. > Hannah Knox Wilson and Mary Wilson. > > Mary Winslow was d/o Moses and Jean (Osborne) > Winslow. > > Hannah Knox Wilson married Benjamin F. Alexander, the > s/o my uncle and aunt of yore in Mecklenburg Co., NC, > Maj. Thomas and Jane J. (Morrison) Alexander. They > had at least one child: Hannah Jane Alexander. Hannah > Jane Alexander married Thomas Melville Anderson from > S.C., and they had a dau., whose name is unknown. This > unknown dau. Anderson married Baxter C. Davidson, > both were born aft. 1850. > > I would like to know more about the descendants, if you > have anything more. I have loads re Alexanders before, > like Thomas Alexanders parents Benjamin & Susannah > (Polk) Alexander, backward and downward and sideways. But, descendants of > Maj. Thomas & Jane J. (Morrison) Alexander are lacking in some instances. > > Back to Capt. Jack, I have in a note for him that he was > "The bearer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepencence to the Congress". > Wondered if this was a > copy of it as apparently the original burned. As I recall, > perhaps some notes remained. > > I show no wife or children for Capt. Jack; do you? > > Also, Samuel & Margaret (Jack) Wilson, Sr., had a son > named Robert Wilson. Robert married Maj. Thomas > and Jane J. (Morrison) Alexander's dau. Margaret Alexander. They had 7 > children. > > Margaret Jack was one of 3 wives for Samuel Wilson, Sr. > Mary Winslow and Mrs. Howard were the other two. > Therefore, Margaret Jack and Mary Winslow, with Samuel Wilson, Sr., had a > line to two of Maj. Thomas > and Jane J. (Morrison) Alexander's children: Benjamin F. > and Margaret Alexanders. The name JACK is used in > some descendants given names. > > Please contact me if you want to swap more information. > Thanks. Mac Alexander: maxtrax@pdq.net > > ---- Original Message ----- > From: <EUZELIA@aol.com> > To: <NCMECKLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:08 PM > Subject: [NCMECKLE-L] CAPT. JACK > > > > 23 Jan 1823, issue > > 9. In Elbert Co., GA on the 18th inst., Capt James Jack 84 years old. Born > in > > PA, settled in Charlotte NC till after the Rev. War, and then removed to > > Georgia. > > > > <A > HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/nc/benjthomasofansonnc/obsd.html">http://www. > angelfire.com/nc/benjthomasofansonnc/obsd.html</A> > > > > JOY > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >