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Oliver was born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, to Launcelot Oliver and Mary Walker.
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He was made a corporal of 13th Massachusetts Regiment raised by Colonel Samuel Brewer, while in the 13th he fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Valcour Island and Battle of Saratoga where he led a group of men to capture general John Burgoyne. Then he was Regimental Quartermaster of Jeduthan Baldwin"s Artillery Artificer Regiment, then an Ensign or Second lieutenant in the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, then a Lieutenant, and then a Colonel for Massachusetts. Alexander Oliver was in charge of recruiting men to fight all around Massachusetts.
Oliver was a participant in the Boston Tea Party.
Alexander was also in George Washington"s staff at Dorchester Heights and was near him as they marched into Boston. He was also the third great grandson of Thomas Oliver one of the first Olivers in the Colonies and a Ruling Elder of the Church of Boston.
Oliver and major Nathan Goodale were sent with an exploring committee down the Ohio River into the Kanawha River for about six weeks to find out as much information as possible on the area, traveling through present day West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina on the way. After arriving in Ohio Oliver helped found Belpre, Ohio along with thirteen other Revolutionary War veterans.
After leaving Belpre he moved to Point Pleasant, Ohio where he later died.
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Political Party
Boston Tea Party