Myrna: This information is contained in John H. Wheeler's Reminiscences And Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians - on the subject of the Alexander Osborn family p. 291 (it is several pages long but I am only including the specific references to Alexander): "The Osborne family is distinguished in the annals of North Carolina for integrity, patriotism and talents. Twenty years before the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Hugh McAden made a tour through the western part of North Carolina and found a settled country, with churches located here and there. He kept a diary, and records that in September 1755, he was entertained at the house of Captain Alexander Osborne, and preached at a church near there. The Osbornes settled at an early day in New Jersey. Alexander Osborne was the founder of the family in North Carolina, he came to the province sometime previous to 1755, and settled in the county of Rowan. Captain Osborne was at that time, forty-six years of age. When Governor Tryon reviewed the troops in Salisbury in 1768, the Major Generals were John Ashe and Thomas Lloyd. The Colonels were Alexander Osborne, Edmund Fanning, Robert Harris, James Sampson, Samuel Spencer, James Moore and Maurice Moore. In 1768 he marched to Hillsboro, with a regiment of Rowan troops, under orders of Governor Tryon, to aid in suppressing the regulators. Colonel Alexander Osborne married Agnes McWhorter, sister of Rev. Alexander McWhorter, President for a time of Queen's College in Charlotte. Colonel A. Osborne's name is found on the Committee of Safety fro Rowan county, in 1775. This was the last year of his life; he died in 1776. In the graveyard at Centre Church, his grave is seen marked by a slab, on which are two panels, one for his own epitaph and one for his wife, Agnes, who had died two days before Colonel Osborne. He was buried at Centre Church in the county of Iredell, only a short distance from his home. Previous to the erection to the church at Centre, the early settlers congregated at his house for worship, a fact mentioned in McAden's diary. Colonel A. Osborne's only son Adlai, graduated at Princeton at the same time with his cousin, Ephraim Brevard, who was a nephew of Mrs. Alexander Osborne. Colonel Alexander Osborne left four daughters: Rebecca, who married Mr. Nathaniel Ewing: their son Rev. Finis Ewing, married a daughter of General William Davidson, who fell at Cowan's Ford. Their descendants are found in several of the northwestern States, as also in Kentucky, and Ohio. Mary married John Nesbit ---- the family of that name in Georgia, are descendants of the late Chief Justice Eugenius Nesbit, being one of the family. Jean married Moses Winslow; and Margaret married Mr. John Robinson of Providence township, Mecklenburg county. Colonel Adlai Osborne was born June 4, 1744; he graduated at Princeton in 1768; married in January 30, 1771, Margaret Lloyd, and settled in Salisbury. He studied law, was appointed Clerk of the Court for Rowan under the Crown, and continued until 1809. He was a man of fine literary attainments, the firm friend of education, and one of the first Board of Trustees for the University. He died in 1815, leaving a large family." Hope that this information proves helpful to you. Charmaine