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=== Research notes from Dorles L Repass
James James died in Warren county, Kentucky and left a will dated February 4, 1826 as follows:
Warren Co. KY Will Book C, page 296:
The nuncupative will of James James deceased made at his place of residence in Warren county during his last illness in presence of Reuben Johnston, Thornton J. Smith, and Patsy Smith who were called upon by the said James James deceased to bear witness that he wished the following distribution of his property to be made ...
I leave and bequeath to the infant heirs of Fielding James, deceased, to wit, Samuel, Betsy, and Mary James, forty acres of land, lying in Warren county on Sinking Creek ...
to my daughter in law Patsy James two cows and calves. ...
my beloved daughter Polly Smith and Payton Smith the ballance of my earthly goods ...
the said Peyton and Polly Smith is to support and take care of my beloved wife Ruth James during her life,
commited to writing this 8th day of Feby 1826 and 4th day after the death of the testator ...
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The children of James James and Ruth are:
1. Samuel James married Martha "Patsy" Snead/Sneed in Franklin county, Virginia in April 1791. Samuel died 1806 in Barren county, Kentucky.
2. Mary "Polly" James married her first cousin, Peyton Smith son of Elizabeth James and William Smith in 1805 in Franklin county, Virginia. Polly died after 1840 in Barren county, Kentucky.
3. Fielding James married Sally Custer in 1813 in Barren county, Kentucky and died 1816 in Barren county, Kentucky.
4. Mildred James married John R Karr in Warren county, Kentucky in 1808. Nothing further is known about Mildred after the 1810 census in Barren county, Kentucky.
It is James James and his daughter Mildred who are named in the 1803 will of James's mother, Mildred James, in Orange county, Virginia. Again, Wingfield in his book mistakenly attributes this to be "James Spencer James," and this information is often cited as belonging with Spencer James.
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James James and his brother John James purchased and sold land in Henry county, Virginia:
Virginia Land Patent Book D, page 606-607: Thomas Jefferson Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that in consideration of the Ancient Composition of Forty Shillings Sterling paid by Jemmy and John James into the treasury of this Commonwealth there is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Jemmy and John James a certain Tract or parcel of land containing four hundred acres by Survey bearing date the twelfth day of November one thousand seven hundred and fifty three lying and being in the County of Henry formerly Halifax on both sides Turkeycock Creek and bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning at a white [illegible] in of all of the said creek thence new Lines South eighty seven degrees East Two hundred poles cross the same to pointers North eighteen Degrees East two hundred and thirty two poles cross Rackoon Branch to a Beach North twenty Degrees West forty six Poles to a poplar. North seventy degrees West on a hundred and two poles to a spanish Oak North thirty degrees West fifty four poles to a Dogwood South forty three degrees west one hundred and ninety four poles crossing Rackoon branch and the creek to a white Oak South fifteen degrees Degrees [sic] East forty six poles crossing a Branch to a white Oak. South three degrees west one hundred and forty two poles to the Beginning with its Appurtenances to have and to hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land, with its appurtenances to the said Jemmy and John James and their heirs forever. In Witness whereof the said Thomas Jefferson Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand and Caused the Lesser Seal of
the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred and eighty one and of the Commonwealth the fifth.
ABSTRACTS OF HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED BOOKS I AND II 1776-1784, compiled by Lela C. Adams: 27 November 1782. Jimmy and John James of the county of Henry to Richard Rennolds for the sum of sixty pounds sell and convey 400 acres on Shooting Creek, beginning at the fork of Turkey Cock Creek on both sides, crosses Rackoon Branch. Signed: Jimmy James, John James.
James James is listed on Virginia tax lists prior to his move to Warren county, Kentucky.
1778-1780 TAX LISTS OF HENRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA, compiled by Lela C. Adams, 1973: 1778
Jamey James ... 1779 - Jamey James ... 1780 - Jamey James.
THE 1787 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA, by Netti Schreiner-Yantis, 1987: "Franklin County": James, Jimmey - 0 males 16-21; 0 slaves; 1 horse; 2 cattle.
"1788 Franklin County VA Personal Property Tax, List B",
website ~vataxlists/Franklin/1788PersonalB/14.jpg>, maintained by Rootsweb.com:
April 26. James, James - 2 white males; 0 slaves; 1 horse.
"1799 Franklin Co. VA Personal Property Tax List A",
website Franklin/1799PersonalA/11.jpg>:
August 5. James Jimmey - 2 white tithes; 0 slaves; 2 horses; tax $.24.
THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST, Vol. 22, "Franklin County, Virginia,
1800 Tax List": James, Jimmey - 2 white tithables, 2 horses.
James James and his son Samuel James sold land in Franklin county, Virginia to the sons of Spencer James prior to making the move to Kentucky.
December 11, 1790, James James purchased 130 acres on Beard's Creek from John Smith for L50; he sold the land to Braxton, Catlett and James James (sons of Spencer James) on February 22, 1805.
Franklin Co. VA Chancery Records, File 1834-015, archived at The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA, abstracted by Edward C. Ayres, Apr 2003:
Catlett James vs. Braxton James, etc. Suit apparently begun in February 1829. Pltf states that by a deed recorded in Franklin Co. in April 1805, James James & Samuel James conveyed to Catlett James, Braxton James, & James James two tracts of land in Franklin County. ... a somewhat incomplete description of the land in question: i.e. tract one, 130 acres bounded by lands of John Smith, Knowles & Hancock. Tract two was 140 acres no other description given.
Grantee: James, Jimmle [sic]; Acres: 200; Book: 19 [page 352]; Survey Date: 8-28-1799; County:
Warren; WaterCourse: Sinking Cr.; Ref: THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1,
CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 341 ...
Orange Co. VA Deed Book 24, page 109:
This Indenture made this 3d day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, between James James and Rutha his wife, Spencer James and Fanny his wife, John James and Fanny his wife of the County of Franklin, also William Smith and Elizabeth his wife of the sate of North Carolina in the County of Surry, also Joseph Atkins and Mildred his wife of the County of Orange of the one part, and William C. Willis of the County of Orange of the other part. ... in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds current money of Virginia ... sell unto the said William C. Willis and his heirs and assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Orange containing twelve acres seventy seven poles be the same more or less ...
Ibid: At a Court held for Orange County at the Courthouse on Monday the twenty third day of June 1806. This Indenture was acknowledged by Mildred Atkins a party thereto (she being first privily examined as the law directs).
James James is listed on the 1810 and 1820 Census records in Warren county, Kentucky. His wife Ruth is believed to be the elderly female in the home of Peyton Smith on the 1830 census of Barren county, Kentucky.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1750 - 1826 (76 years)