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  Alexander McPherson of Jura & wife Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Baker
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Associated Grants/Deeds:
1777 - Bond signed by Alexander McPherson, Mark Cole and John McPherson of Cumberland Co., NC;

Sources:
1783 Estate Record of John Baker, Cumberland Co., NC;
Sworn statement of Neill McPherson, 1877 to his attorney;
• Duncan McPherson estate settlement, 1822, Cumberland Co., NC;
• Cumberland County, NC grants and deeds;
• Deed, 1846, Neill McPherson to Martin McPherson, stating their brother Hugh's death date in Mississippi, Cumberland Co., NC;
• Miscellaneous Bond and Records, Cumberland Co., NC;

HUSBAND

  Alexander McPherson of Jura, Scotland

Birth c. 1750-60 Place Scotland
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Death 21 January 1821 Place Cumberland County , NC
Burial Place Cumberland County , NC
Father Mother
Marriage c. 1784 Place Cumberland County , NC
Other spouses Marriage
WIFE   Mrs. Elizabeth Murray Baker
Birth 1760 Place Scotland or Cumberland Co., NC
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Death 29 March 1841 Place Cumberland County , NC
Burial Place Cumberland County , NC
Father (James Murray who moved to Moore Co., NC?) Mother (Catherine?)
Other spouses John Baker, Sr. Marriage prior to 1783

Notes: Read the history of the family of Alexander McPherson of Jura. I believe Alexander and Elizabeth had another son, Duncan McPherson, who with John McAllister, owned and operated a chair and carriage making business in Fayetteville that went out of business about 1826.

Children Birth Death Spouse Cht #
1. John McPherson
c.1785-86
1863-77
Flora Campbell?
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2. Hugh McPherson
c.1786
Sept 1835
unmarried; merchant, died in Mississippi
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3. Margaret McPherson
c. 1788
20 July 1837
Thomas Rhodes, Sr. of Moore County
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4. Martin McPherson
c. 1790
10 Nov 1852
Elizabeth McRacken
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5. Flora McPherson
1794
24 Jan 1873
unmarried
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6. (Duncan McPherson?)
(1796?)
(c. 1822)
(Mary Ann Love)
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7. Mary M. McPherson
22 Aug 1799
3 Aug 1872
unmarried?
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8. Neill McPherson
c. 1801
after 1877
Martha Lumsden in 1839
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9. Alexander McPherson II
12 Jan 1804
8 Sept 1881
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