http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2011/03/11/alexander-clan-clustered-in-catawba-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alexander-clan-clustered-in-catawba-county Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2011/03/11/alexander-clan-clustered-in-catawba-county/comment-page-1/#comment-253728 Leslie Kesler Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:04:54 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=7845#comment-253728 Indeed, a quick search on HeritageQuest shows that Mecklenburg had more Alexander heads of household in 1790 than any other North Carolina county. However, the number was 55 (out of 118 statewide), far from over 300. As a matter of fact, the number of Alexanders enumerated in Mecklenburg doesn’t seem to go over 300 until 1910 (I’m setting aside a truly aberrant result of 902 that pops up in 1880. It is so clearly out of line with the numbers for decades before or after that it doesn’t seem reasonable to take it at face value).

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