Son of Thomas McCrory, he married Jane Gilmore, daughter of James Gilmore and Margaret Conn, in 1782 in Guillard County, North Carolina. His children are James, William, Robert, Jane, Isabel, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Margaret, Thomas, Mary and Allen. He was one of George Washington's "life guards" at Valley Forge.

Department of Archives and History. p. 76.

James McCrory was born May 15, 1758, at Large, on the river Bank, in the county of Antrim, Ireland. He sailed from Belfast in 1775 when he was 17 years old and landed at Baltimore July 1st, in the same year. (The Ship The Pennsylvania Farmer landed at Baltimore with Thomas McCrory and family aboard on
1 July 1775 at Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America. From Belfast, Ireland)
In 1776 he settled in Builford County, NC, and enlisted in the continental Army in the same year. He was at the battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, under General Washington at the battle of Germantown, and wintered at Valley Forge in 1777-1778.

Subsequently he fought under General Greene at Guilford Count House, March 15, 1781, was in the battle of Eutaw Springs, and in the battle of Stono. He was with General Gates at his defeat and Camden and with General Morgan in the glorious victory at the Cowpens. For Courage, good service and meritorious conduct he was promoted to the rank of ensign in the Life Guard of General Washington, and while acting in this capacity, he was taken prisoner and confined on board a prison ship for six months. He came to Alabama while it was yet a territory, and made his home at Tuscaloosa for the last twenty-five years of his life. The true patriot died Nov 24, 1840 at the age of eight-two".



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