Alexander
Location:
Fairvue Plantation and Belmont Mansion
Relations:
Son of Betsy. Sibling of Harriet, James, Joe/Joseph, Amanda, and Ive
Documentation:
1847 – September - Listed in September inventory of Isaac Franklin’s estate as Betsy’s third child and belonging to Adelicia given to her by her father O. B. Hayes. No previous record of this transition has been found, but it is plausible this happened in 1839 when Adelicia married Isaac.
1849 – May – Listed in Joseph Acklen marriage contract as belonging to Adelicia.
1857 - October 8 - Listed in legal document in which Adelicia changed the trustee of her estate from her father, O. B. Hayes, to her husband, Joseph Acklen.
Notes: No record has been found of Alexander after the war. He cannot be found in the 1870 or 1880 US Census or in the Nashville City Directories.
Other Possible Sources:
NA