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James Pinckney “J. P.” Dumas

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James Pinckney “J. P.” Dumas

Birth
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
1 Feb 1875 (aged 54)
Grayson County, Texas, USA
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James serviced in Mexico War under Gen. Winfield Scott. He helped survey the city of Dallas, built the third house in Dallas, official surveyor for Grayson County when Texas joined the Union 29 Dec 1845. According to Doak Grider, long time friend of the Dumas and Cannon families, Dumas' land stretched as far as one could ride on horseback in one Day. Source: Information provided by Poole, White, Cannon, & Clark Families year 2004 at Ancestry.Com.

His parents: Elhanon Winchester Dumas lived in Greenville Dist., S.C. from about 1805 to 1822, possibly longer. About 1828 he opened a hotel in Newman, Coweta County, Georgia which he sold to William Terry, then opened another hotel with a large wooden goose for a sign. He opened a store along with his hotel but this failed within a short time. (See "Coweta County, Georgia Chronicles" by Jones and Reynolds, pages 58, 60, 813). He was married and residing in Fayette County, Alabama in 1830. They moved to mississippi in 1833 where Elizabeth Brashier died. The 1850 Census of Fayette County, Alabama shows Elhanon Dumas, a tanner, age 72 living with his son Jackson DeBerry Dumas. He was living in Choctaw County, Mississippi in 1858. He had a slave in Alabama named Bill Mordica. According to letters preserved he was a very devout man. Contributor: carol phillips mciver (48571063) • [email protected]
James serviced in Mexico War under Gen. Winfield Scott. He helped survey the city of Dallas, built the third house in Dallas, official surveyor for Grayson County when Texas joined the Union 29 Dec 1845. According to Doak Grider, long time friend of the Dumas and Cannon families, Dumas' land stretched as far as one could ride on horseback in one Day. Source: Information provided by Poole, White, Cannon, & Clark Families year 2004 at Ancestry.Com.

His parents: Elhanon Winchester Dumas lived in Greenville Dist., S.C. from about 1805 to 1822, possibly longer. About 1828 he opened a hotel in Newman, Coweta County, Georgia which he sold to William Terry, then opened another hotel with a large wooden goose for a sign. He opened a store along with his hotel but this failed within a short time. (See "Coweta County, Georgia Chronicles" by Jones and Reynolds, pages 58, 60, 813). He was married and residing in Fayette County, Alabama in 1830. They moved to mississippi in 1833 where Elizabeth Brashier died. The 1850 Census of Fayette County, Alabama shows Elhanon Dumas, a tanner, age 72 living with his son Jackson DeBerry Dumas. He was living in Choctaw County, Mississippi in 1858. He had a slave in Alabama named Bill Mordica. According to letters preserved he was a very devout man. Contributor: carol phillips mciver (48571063) • [email protected]

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