Alexander and Polly lived their entire lives in Montgomery Co., Virginia as is evidenced by their appearance in every census from 1820 to &including 1860. Alexander purchased land in 1846, according to Deed Book O-172, from John Henry Shell. Alexander and wife, Polly, had theirson George baptized on June 7, 1818 in St. Michael's Lutheran Church,which stood on a notch out of Alexander's father's farm. The record of subsequent years does not show that they continued to attend.