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Alexander Sinclair^[1]
1761 - Aft 1805

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• Birth	1761	Orange, NC   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	AFT. 1804  [3]
  Person ID	I3130	John Colyer family of Somerset Ky
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Charles (Sinclair) St. Clair,   b. 1725,   d. 1768, St Clair's Bottom Virginia
  Mother	Ann St. Clair,   d. 1789, Montgomery County VA
  Married	1746
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		Charles Sinclair family research by Jean Grigsby in her newsletter 1991 pgs 29-30 Shows Jean Grigsby's research and Alexander Sinclair power attorney in Wayne County KY re his mother Nancy Sinclair. Thanks to Ms. Lynne Sinclair for providing this.
  		Alexander St. Clair power attorney Wayne County Ky, copy from Kentucky State Archives Wayne Co. Deed Bks 1801-1901 roll #590703 Kentucky State Archives Wayne County, Kentucky: Deed Books: Vol. A 1800-1811 Page 104-105 St. Clair to }   L. A. Carson Know all men by these presents that I Alexander St Clair, of Wayne County & State of Kentucky do constitute & appoint Saml Carson of the County & State aforesd. my true & lawful Attorney for the express purpose of demanding & receiving a Judgment obtained against James Craf in the  County of Montgomery & State of Virginia of Seventy five pounds awarded  to Nancy Sinclair & left said Judgment & further to do, perform & finish  for me & in my name all & singular thing or things which shall, or may be necessary in & about the execution of the same, as fully throughly & entirely as I myself Could do were I personally present & further to make,  sign, seal & deliver by deed of Conveyance, or any other form that the law  may require, to a Certain tract or parcel of Land, deeded to Nancy Sinclair living & being in the County of Montgomery & State of Virginia from Doct. Walkers grant for me as Administrator of the estate of Nancy Sinclare afsd. Finally I do by these presents ratify, allow & Confirm whatsoever my said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done in & about the Execution of the premises as fully throughly & entirely as if I the said Sinclair was personally present.  In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed my Seal this 15th day of Octr. 1804 Alexr. St Clair {LS} State of Kentucky Wayne County Sct. I Micah Taul Clerk of the Court of quarter Sessions of the County  afsd do certify that on the day of the date of the within Letter of Attorney  Alexr. St. Clair party thereto acknowledged the Same to be his act & deed before me & that a true Copy thereof is truly recorded In Testimony whereof I have here to set my hand & affixed the Seal of the County afsd. this 25th day of October 1804 & 13th yr. Co: wealth    Exd. Teste M: Taul Clk thanks to http://www.copies1918.com for document copy.
  		1802 Wayne County Kentucky tax lists Shows Alexander Sinclair (St. Clair) with no family etc and no assets. 1801 was year of formation of Wayne County Ky and he does not appear on list. Likewise, he does not appear on 1804 list. Evidently he was there only 1802-1803 and part of 1804 when he files Power of Attorney with court.
  		1803 Wayne County Kentucky KY tax list Shows Alexander Sinclair with 150 acres. 1801 was year of formation of Wayne County Ky and he does not appear on list. Likewise, he does not appear on 1804 list. Evidently he was there only 1802-1803 and part of 1804 when he files Power of Attorney with court.
  		1790 Pendleton District South Carolina census shows Alexander Sinkler Alexr Sincler Home in 1790 (City, County, State):Pendleton, South Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females: 1 Number of Household Members: 4
  		1800 U.S. Census Buncombe County North Carolina Alexander Sinclair Buncombe County was initially much larger than it is today. It once incorporated all of Rutherford County west of the mountains and most of the western part of Burke County while, to the south, it reached to the South Carolina border and then ran westward all the way to the Tennessee line. It has gone through at least ten distinct permutations from its creation until present day. Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Morgan, Buncombe, North Carolina Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 6 Number of Household Members Over 25: 1 Number of Household Members 8
  		William Colyar / Dorcas Colyar research Miscellaneous papers received from another Colyer (Janis Ragar) who in 1998 lived in Missouri and descended from Dorcas Colyar, daughter of William Colyar. Status: Located
  		1804 Alexander St. Clair Power of Attorney POA Wayne County KY

  
  

• Notes

  Per Mr. Lawrence Richardson area of St Clair Bottom VA historian, Alexander and his mother Ann, moved north to Wythe county VA after Charles St. Clair's death in about 1768 to other property Charles owned there and at this location is where Ann St. Clair eventually died. Per Patricia Ann Jonnes 2006, By 1804 Alexander was in Wayne Co, Kentucky where he initiated a court action on behalf of "Nancy Sinclair of Montgomery Co, VA" . . . This could have involved his deceased mother's estate. (R.L.Curtis note: I went to the Wayne county Ky courthouse 10/26/15 and read all the court order records for 1804 and did not find anything mentioning a Sinclair/St. Clair. Most records concerned land grants, and county officer pay/taxes mentioning the first Clerk Micah Taul) Rcurtis note: I have discovered possibly two other Alexander Sinclair (St. Clair) in the area of Virginia, Ky, etc during pioneer days. One was son of Wayman Sinclair and possibly another was documented in Chaulkleys VA abstracts that settled in Staunton VA and became a legislator. I suspect the Logan's fort Alexander and the one who received these grants was one of these and not Alexander, the son of Charles St. Clair. The confirmed brief stay in Wayne County Ky shows our Alexander St. Clair with little to no property. His father Charles, had 1000 acres in St. Clair Bottom received for being expedition scout, but was described as a long-hunter and laborer on early expeditions. KY PIONEER SOLDIERS, 1778 TO 1781 ---------- Archived with permission of Sandi Gorin "sgorin@glasgow-ky.com" http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips TIP #204: PIONEER SOLDIERS, 1778 TO 1781 Lewis Collins, in his wonderful history of Kentucky, has aided us greatly in piecing together the names and locations of our earliest settlers in Kentucky. Kentucky did not reach statehood until 1792, but even while we were still a part of Virginia, the hearty pioneers were blazing out trails into this wonderful commonwealth. According to Collins, the following is a ?large portion of those who were enrolled as pioneer soldiers of Kentucky.? Some name were spelled incorrectly. Captain Benjamin Logan?s Company, in now Lincoln County at or near Logan?s Station, ca 1779: Capt. Benjamin Logan, Lt. John Logan, Ensign Alex. Montgomery, Ensign Azariah Davis, Sgt. Benj. Pelton, Sgt. Wm. Menifee, Sgt. Roswell Stevens, Sgt. George Clark. Robt. Barnet, Wm. Barton, Samuel Bell, Arthur Blackburn, Alex. Bohannon, John Bohannon, Benj. Briggs, Samuel Briggs, James Brown, John Canterbury, Caspar Casener, Wm. Casey, John Castillo, Pierce Castilio, Philip Conrad, Azariah Davis, Samuel Deason, Ogden Devers, Ben. Drake, Isaac Drake, John Drake, Jonathan Drake, John Ealor, Chas. English, Stevens English, John Fain, Bartholomew Fenton, George Flinn, Lee Garrett, John Gibson, Richard Glover, John Grimes, Wm. Grimes, Jacob Gunn, David Hawkins, Jacob Herman, Roger Hines, Stephen Haston, John Johns, James Johnson, John Jones, John Kennedy, James Knox, Hugh Leeper, James Leeper, Wm. Logan, Thos Loveledd, Joseph Lusk, John McCormick, John McElhon, James McElwain, John McKaine, Archibald Mahone, James Menifee, Jarrett Menifee, Joseph Menifee, John Martin, Joseph Martin, Samuel Martin, James Mason, Samuel Mayes, Andrew Miller, Henry Miller, Wm. Miller, David Mitchell, Wm. Mitchell, Alex. Montgomery, John Montgomery, Wm. Montgomery, Wm. Neal, Wm. Patton, Samuel Phelps, Wm. Phelps, Chas. Philips, John Philips, Nich. Proctor, Sr., Nich. Proctor, Jr., Chas. Runsle, James Russell, Julius Sanders, Alex. Sinclair, George Scott, John Story, John Summers, Arch. Thomason, Nicholas Tramel, Philip Tramel, George White, Wm. Whitley. Total: 99. Web editor note: Logan?s station was located at St Asaph or modern day Stanford Kentucky. Rcurtis note: I have discovered possibly two other Alexander Sinclair (St. Clair) in the area of Virginia, Ky, etc during pioneer days. One was son of Wayman Sinclair and possibly another was documented in Chaulkleys VA abstracts that settled in Staunton VA and became a legislator. I suspect the Logan's fort Alexander and the one who received these grants was one of these and not Alexander, the son of Charles St. Clair. The confirmed brief stay in Wayne County Ky shows our Alexander St. Clair with little to no property. His father Charles, had 1000 acres in St. Clair Bottom received for being expedition scout, but was described as a long-hunter and laborer on early expeditions. Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 2,000 Survey Date: 13 Apr 1785 County: Lincoln Watercourse: Gilberts Cr Paint Lick Cr Book Number: 13 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924. Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 700 Survey Date: 2 Jan 1783 County: Lincoln Watercourse: Sugar Cr Book Number: 6 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924 Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 2,000 Survey Date: 10 Nov 1782 County: Jefferson Watercourse: Green R Book Number: 7 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924 Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 1,000 Survey Date: 16 Mar 1787 County: Fayette Watercourse: Br Ky R Book Number: 16 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924 Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 1,000 Survey Date: 8 Nov 1797 County: Montgomery Watercourse: Slate Cr Book Number: 8 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924 Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 620 Survey Date: 18 Nov 1797 County: Montgomery Watercourse: Slate Cr Book Number: 8 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924. Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 380 Survey Date: 18 Nov 1797 County: Montgomery Watercourse: None Book Number: 8 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924. Alexander Sinclair in the Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: Alexander Sinclair Number of Acres: 1,000 Survey Date: 8 Nov 1797 County: Montgomery Watercourse: Mill Cr Book Number: 10 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925. Description This database contains the records of the Kentucky Land Office from 1782 to 1924 Another research of a Poe family in Garrard Cty KY found in Garrard County records: http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/e9297c89-3b92-41e1-af6e-2b2a892a2dd2/40234971/19982900780 An article about Alexander Sinclair, who was a member of Captain Benjamin Logan's company Militia at Logan's station in 1779 received land and surveyed in it what is now Garrard County, sold smaller part of his 700 acres on sugar Creek to a number of early settlers...these included Luke Adams, Arabia Brown, David Comley, John Harris and William Poe among others. Jean Grigsby reported that Alexander Sinclair appears on 1790 census with apparent brothers in Pendleton County South Carolina. Jean Grigsby thinks Alexander, Charles, Robert in 1790 census for Pendleton Dist, SC, may be the sons of Charles Sr. Charles (Jr) will is dated 24 Jun 1794, Pendleton Dist, SC (Will Book C, p. 22). This Charles Sinkler family moved to Warren KY by 1810. 1790 census, Pendleton SC, p. 84. Robert Sincler (same page as Charles Sincler) 1 male over 16 4 females




• Sources

  [S31970] StClaire.FTW. Date of Import: Nov 22, 2000 [S22468] PattiJ7@aol.com Patricia Ann Jones February 2006 souced from Charles Sinclair living at 1403 Rancho Vista, McKinney, TX 75070 back in January 1996. Date of Import: Nov 22, 2000 [S22468] PattiJ7@aol.com Patricia Ann Jones February 2006 souced from Charles Sinclair living at 1403 Rancho Vista, McKinney, TX 75070 back in January 1996.