the spiritual father of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, which was allegedly written nine years after his death. Death He died in 1766, and was buried in the oldest burial ground of Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church, on Craighead Road off North Tryon Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. References External links Renewal of the Covenants and Testimony at Middle Octorara by Alexander Craighead and Covenanter Societies Discourse Concerning the Covenants by Alexander Craighead The Reasons of Mr. Alexander Creaghead's receding from the Present Judicatures of this Church, together with its Constitution, etc. 1743 The Scottish Covenanting Struggle, Alexander Craighead, and the Mecklenburg Declaration A History Of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Sugaw Creek Presbyterian Church 1705 births 1766 deaths American Presbyterians Protestant writers People from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Kingdom of Ireland emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies