Notes for: Alexander MCFADIN
ALEXANDER McFADIN, the eighth and youngest son of John McFaddin, was born in Maryland in 1760, received war pension S8887 in his mid-teens for serving in Revolutionary War. He was living with parents at old Fort McFaddin in Rutherford County, North Carolina. A minuteman when he was 16 years old (found in Draper papers in Draper Collection) married Mary Twitty on February 22, 1785. The 1790 census shows Alexander in Morgan's District with one adult male, one male under 16, three women or girls and four slaves. Alexander had several children but only John was listed in Rutherford County in May of 1852. Alexander owned considerable lands. At the time of his father's death in 1777, he inherited half of the land, the half on which the fort stood. After his father's death when his brothers' went West he bought some of their holdings. (Marie Whitworth and Vida Louise Morris)
Based upon his Revolutionary War pension application submitted in 1832, we know that he was born in 1760 near Hagerstown, Maryland (which was in Frederick Co. at the time). His family migrated to old Tryon Co., North Carolina, (now Rutherford Co.) in about 1766. During the the Revolutionary War, Alexander remained on the family homestead, which became Fort McFadin, and participated with the North Carolina Militia in several battles at or near the fort. During the course of the war, he was promoted through the ranks to Captain from Private. At the death of his father in 1776, Alexander and his brother Stephen were the primary successor beneficiaries of his father's land following the life estate of their mother. Stephen, however, had apparently died prior to the 1783 final settlement of the estate. Alexander remained on the family homestead, purchased additional land from his brothers, married, and raised a large family in Rutherford Co., North Carolina.
He had two other sons, one born about 1786, and a second one born about 1807. He also had a daughter born about 1789. Their names are not known.