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| Name |
John James |
| Born |
@1775 |
West Virginia?  |
| Gender |
Male |
| LAND CLAIMS |
1798 |
Mississippi Territory |
Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory
Jordan Morgan was presented as a witness, and, being duly sworn and interrogated by the Board, deposed, that in the month of October, 1797 , Jacob Miller , the person under whom Benjamin Harrison claims the land now in question, did inhabit and cultivate the same; that he had a cabin and some small improvements; that he continued until some time in the year following, when he sold his improvements and possession to John James , who entered into the possession of the same, and continued some time; then sold his improvement to the deponent; that he entered into possession, and raised one crop on the land, then sold his right to Shered Hatley , who also entered into the possession, and there continued until he sold to Joseph Jackson , who took possession and continued there until he sold to Benjamin Harrison , the present claimant; that he entered into the possession, and had continued therein ever since; that, at the time when he, the deponent, saw Jacob Miller in possession of the premises, in the year 1797 , he was a married man, as was John James to whom he sold. |
| CENSUS |
1800 |
Mississippi Territory |
Name: John James
State: MS
County: Mississippi Territory
Township: Petitioners
Year: 1800
Page: 117
Database: MS Early Census Index |
| Died |
After 1832 |
Tennessee |
| Person ID |
I15 |
Root Tree |
| Last Modified |
12 Sep 2010 |
| Family 1 |
Eveline |
| Children |
| + | 1. Captain David James, Senior, b. 18 Aug 1809, Mississippi , d. 28 Nov 1878, Green Valley, Denton County, Texas (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Stephen James, b. Mississippi |
| | 3. Lewis James, b. Mississippi |
| | 4. Clark James, b. Mississippi |
| | 5. Enoch James, b. Mississippi |
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| Last Modified |
2 May 2009 |
| Family ID |
F7 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Nancy, b. 1800, Virginia , d. 1858, Tennessee (Age 58 years) |
| Married |
@1829 |
Tennessee |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
12 Jul 2009 |
| Family ID |
F370 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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