James Alves (1792 - 1853)

Born 6 Mar 1792 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Owen (Davis) Alves — married 25 Jan 1815 in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1853 at age 61 in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

James Alves was born on 6 Mar 1792 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina.^[1] He died on 30 JUL 1853 in Henderson County, Kentucky, US^[1]

He is buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, US<^[1]

He attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, US

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Date: 1850

Place: Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, US^[2]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1850

Place: Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, US^[3]

Marriage

Husband: James Alves

Wife: Maria Owen Davis

Marriage:

Date: 25 JAN 1815

Place: Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, US

Revolutionary War Service

Service: NORTH CAROLINA

Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Service Source: SAUNDERS, COL RECS OF NC, VOL 10, PP 256-258; LEFLER & WAGER, ORANGE CO, NC 1752-1952, P 42

Service Description: 1) SECRETARY OF ORANGE CO COMMITEE OF SAFETY 2) DELEGATE TO CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

Notes

Note N650From www.findagrave.com:

Father, Walter Scott "Hogg" Alves

Mother, Mary Amelia Johnson

James married Maria Davis about 1815 in Fayetteville, NC.

From Manuscripts Department Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION #1558; LANGDON, YOUNG, AND MEARES FAMILY PAPERS:

William Belvidere Meares (1787-1841) of Sampson County and Wilmington NC, was married to Catherine Davis, whose older sister Maria Davis was married to James Alves of Henderson KY.

Meares and Alves had a number of business interests together, particularly in horse breeding, slaves, and a plantation. Thomas Davis Meares (1848-1927), a grandson of William B Meares, was a courier for Confederate General Wade Hampton during the Civil War. He married Jane L Young in 1871. Samuel Langdon came to Wilmington NC, from New England in the early 1800's and married Mary Jane Halsey. Their sons Paul (b 1826) and Samuel (fl 1847-1859), both US Army officers, and Richard (b 1828), a US Navy officer, all traveled to California in the 1850's and wrote letters home about their travels in the West and their business interests. At one point both Paul and Richard were at Mare Island Navy Yard in California, where Richard was secretary to the commandant, Commodore David G Farragut (1801-1870). Armand D Young Sr, of Lyrias Plantation NC, was evidently the brother-in-law of Paul, Samuel, and Richard Langdon. He was probably the father of Armand De Rossett Young (fl 1859-1867), who kept a diary in his youth at Lyrias Plantation. As noted above, Jane L Young, daughter of Armand D Young Sr, married Thomas Davis Meares in 1871.

From the History of Henderson County, Kentucky [www.ancestry.com]:

JAMES ALVES was born in Orange County, North Carolina, on the sixth day of March, 1793, and, in early life, came to Henderson with his father, Walter Alves, one of the signers of the Richard Henderson & Co. ordinance, establishing the Town of Henderson. In 1815 he married Miss Maria Davis, daughter of General Thomas Davis, of North Carolina, and raised a large family of children, three of whom are now living, namely: James, twice married, first, to Miss Bettie H and secondly to Miss Emily Sneed, daughters of Dr. Richard Sneed, of North Carolina; Maria D., wife of James P. Breckenridge, and John W., who married Miss Juliet Holloway. Each of these have children. Mrs. Arabella Alves, widow of Thomas, the eldest son, is living and has five children, all married; James S., Superintendent Henderson Mining & Manufacturing Company; Maria, wife of Thomas L. Norris of Kansas; Joseph B., Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Woolen Mills; Gaston M., Secretary and Treasurer Henderson Mining and Manufacturing Company, and Eliza, wife of Honorable M. Merritt. Mrs. Alves, wife of James Alves, was born in the month of September, 1795, and, at the age of nineteen, married in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and came with her husband to this county, where she departed this life, many years after, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Breckenridge, having arrived at a ripe old age. She was a most noble woman, possessing every grace requisite to adorn life. Her husband, during life, was a man of extended influence, greatly beloved and universally esteemed. He died suddenly, on the thirtieth day of July, 1853, leaving to his children a large, and very valuable landed estate.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 18 April 2022), memorial page for James Alves (6 Mar 1792–30 Jul 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #83348451, citing Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by RhondaPattonWathen & children (contributor 46879360)
2. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 280B; Image: . Data: Text: Record for James Alves
3. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky; Roll: M432_204; Page: 280B; Image: . Data: Text: Record for James Alves

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 11 2017), "Record of James Hogg", Ancestor # A056505.

• Apperson, Alves Norwood, b. 1869. Genealogy of the Norwood, Hogg, Lovick, Benners and Howell, Garrett, Harrison lines. Pages 85-88, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89069670867. Accessed online 27 Aug 2017.

• Walter Hogg Alves and Amelia Johnson Record in Website: Descendants of James Hogg of East Lothian, Scotland, b. ca. 1672, http://hdhdata.org/roots/d2734.html#f00018. Accessed 1 Feb 2022.

• James Alves Record in Website: Descendants of James Hogg of East Lothian, Scotland, b. ca. 1672, https://hdhdata.org/roots/d2734.html#f00032. Accessed 19 Dec 2016.

• James Alves in the North Carolina Marriage Record of James Alves and Maria Davis, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9Y-661 : 22 December 2016), James Alves and Maria Davis, 25 Jan 1815; citing Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 1,689,354. Accessed 30 Sept 2017.

• James Alves in the North Carolina Marriage Record of James Alves and Maria Davis [same record, different image], "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF95-Q89 : 22 December 2016), James Alves and Maria Davis, 25 Jan 1825; citing Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 546,447.

• Jas Alves [possible James Alves Census Record] in the 1840 US Census Record, "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRK-GS6 : 15 August 2017), Jas Alves, Henderson, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 233, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 114; FHL microfilm 7,827. Accessed 30 Sept 2017.

• James Alves in the 1850 US Census Record, "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65W-XBN : 12 April 2016), James Alves, Henderson county, Henderson, Kentucky, United States; citing family 147, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Accessed 30 Sept 2017.

• James Alves (father of the deceased) in the Kentucky Death Record of Mrs. Maria Beckinridge, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSGN-T3R : 20 October 2016), James Alves in entry for Mrs. Maria Beckinridge, 1911; citing Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,904,664. Accessed 30 Sept 2017.

• James Alves (father of the deceased) in the Kentucky Death Record of John W Alves, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9BN-XBJ : 20 October 2016), James Alves in entry for John W. Alves, 1912; citing Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,904,681. Accessed 30 Sept 2017.

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