Alexander ‘Runabout’ Scraper

Alexander was a Cherokee man

iii. Alexander 'Runabout' Scraper, b. ABT 1815, d. 1862, military 12 Jul 1861 in Enlisted Watie's Regt. Cherokee Mounted Volunteers.

                     Cherokee name is Ar-li-tsa.  Also known as Runabout Scraper.

                     According to Civil War records, Alexander had a dark complexion, with grey eyes and black hair.  He stood 5' 6" tall and he was listed as a farmer.

* Alexander drew a Civil War pension.

Source: Scraper, J. (2009). The Scraper - Sixkiller Book: Genealogy and History of the Scraper and Sixkiller Families of the Cherokee People. Aardvark Global Publishing. Extract from Our Scraper Family Compiled by Joe Scraper Jr. @ https://scraperfamily.angelfire.com/texts/Scraper.htm