Alexander Breckenridge

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of Captain. DAR Ancestor #:A013933

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A caveat regarding the Heroes who fought at the Battle of King's Mountain: there is a list posted online by Trish Carden. Please be aware that there are serious flaws with her list. Lyman C. Draper and Dr. Bobby Gilmer Moss have long been recognized as the definitive authorities on the participants of the battle. These two scholars provide documentation for their inclusion whereas Carden does not. Carden boasts that she has more than 1800 participants and she well may, but half that number have to be Tory as there were not many more than 1800 total participants, Whig and Tory. There are glaring mistakes on Carden's list: specifically, the Littons who were POW's in Quebec from June 1780 for over a year: their time in Quebec is well documented. They could not, therefore, have participated in this particular battle. Researchers and descendants must ascertain that they are not the victims of the irresponsible research conducted by Ms. Carden and others who make assumptions without conducting in-depth research.

The Daughters of the American Revolution have designated Breckenridge "DAR Ancestor Number A013933". The DAR information records "PRISONER AT CHARLESTON 1779 UNTIL 1781": he could not, therefore, have been at King's Mountain. In his SAR Membership Application Number 56106, descendant Malcolm Pettus Breckenridge states that both Alexander Breckenridge and his son, George, fought in the Battle of King's Mountain. George was twelve at the time. While many people would contend that this was too young for a lad to participate in battle, we have to remember that times were different and it would not have been out of the realm of possibility for someone so young to have fought.

Alexander Breckenridge was the son of George Breckenridge and Ann Doak. He was married twice: first to Magdalene Gamble and after her death, to Mary Chadd.

From a contributor to ancestry.com comes the following: this is not my work nor my research. The information is so important that it needs to be included here.

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Alexander Breckenridge married, October 6, 1767, Magdalene Gamble, of one of the pioneer Scotch-Irish Presbyterian families of Virginia. She was born January 10, 1746, perhaps in, Virginia. She had two brothers in Washington County, Virginiosias Gamble, who succeeded Robert Doak as agent for the sale of Dr. Thomas Walker's lands in Wolf Hill tract, and Moses Gamble. Both brothers finally settled on Little River, Blount County, Tennessee, where many of their descendants live today. This family connection held a reunion at the old Gamble home on Little River near Maryville, Blount County, September 25, 1909. Josias Gamble married Ann Gammel or Gamwell, October 8, 1772. Her Bible is still preserved among her descendants, bearing the inscription on its flyleaf, "Ann Gamble, her Book, given by her mother at their parting in Pennsylvania,Chester County, New London Township." The wife of Moses Gamble was named Elizabeth. The family migrated from the North of Ireland, but its original seat is said to have been Northumberland, England, before its residence in Ireland. Correspondence with Blount County, Tennessee, descendants elicited the statement that Magdalene (Gamble) Breckenridge and her brothers were the children of John Gamble, who in turn was the son of Josias Gamble; but the author has had no means of verifying this statement. Another statement of interest, made by a descendant of Robert Breckenridge,son of Magdalene, son of Magdalene (Gamble) Breckenridge, is that she was full cousin to the Mitchell family, allied with the Doak family, as heretofore shown. This is probably true, and if so, demonstrates that the senior line of the Breckenridge men for two generations chose its wives from one family group, represented by the Doak, Mitchell, and Gamble connection.

Note: Several Gamble marriages in Blount Co, TN in subsequent years from this marriage..

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jones originally shared this 25 Aug 2012 ☒story 

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(This Alexander Breckenridge had a first cousin, also named Alexander, who was the son of Robert Breckenridge and Sarah Poage. (Reference Find A Grave Memorial# 127899561.) He married Jane Buchanan Floyd, daughter of Col John Buchanan and Margaret Belle "Peggy" Patton. Col Buchanan died in 1769 when Jane was ten years old and William Preston, DAR Ancestor Number A092992, made her his ward (Find A Grave Memorial# 7727600). On November 2, 1778, she married Colonel John Floyd, a friend Preston's and their first son was named William Preston Floyd. Their second son was George Rogers Clark Floyd, after another family friend (Find A Grave Memorial# 7590338). Their third son, John Floyd would become governor of Virginia (Find A Grave Memorial# 7382922) as would his son, John Buchanan Floyd (Find A Grave Memorial# 10866). Colonel Floyd, DAR Ancestor Number A039991, was another of the King's Mountain Heroes: In 1783, he was killed in ambush by Indians (Find A Grave Memorial# 6943122). Alexander Breckenridge married the wealthy widow on December 9, 1784. The future governor of Virginia was less than two years old, so Alexander Breckenridge raised Jane's three sons. The two are often confused.)

Parenthetically, Alexander Breckenridge's cousin, Reverend Samuel Doak, DAR Ancestor Number A032617, missed the Battle of King's Mountain. Colonel Sevier had assigned him to lead the men who had been chosen to stay and protect women and children. On September 25, 1780, Reverend Doak offered a prayer to the Over the Mountain Men who were departing Sycamore Shoals, TN, in an expedition against the British. Patrick Ferguson had foolishly issued a threat to these men and Reverend Doak fervently urged them, with words that were to become famous, to "Avenge the slaughter of Thy people. Confound those who plot for our destruction. Crown this mighty effort with victory, and smite those who exalt themselves against liberty and justice and truth. Help us as good soldiers to wield the sword of the Lord and Gideon. Amen."

Relationship of the Breckenridge Patriots:

•Breckenridge, Alexander - First Cousin

•Breckenridge, Alexander, Captain - Self

•Breckenridge, George - Son - DAR Ancestor Number A013936, Find A Grave Memorial# 6185817
Note: George Breckenridge was twelve years old when he fought in the battle.

•Breckenridge, Robert, Captain - First Cousin, (brother to Alexander b1752 and John - Find A Grave Memorial# 7590348

•Breckenridge, John - First cousin - half brother: Alexander b1752 and Robert: they were children of Robert Breckenridge and Sarah Poage: John, DAR Ancestor Number A013942, Find A Grave Memorial# 6807557 was the son of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia Preston, DAR Ancestor Number A202892, Find A Grave Memorial# 8884777

Per the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Alexander Breckinridge was buried in this cemetery. More than likely he was, since his wife was. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we have for him for braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.

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