Birth place: North Carolina. Birth year per 1859 Georgia Mortality Report.

Son of David McCracken (ca 1750-1812 Lincoln Co TN) and Elizabeth Wilson (ca1750 NC - 1821 Lincoln Co TN)

James married (1) Name Unknown; had fifteen children with first wife who died ca: 1821; married (2) in 1823 in Habersham Co. GA, Lucinda Lawrence; had six children with Lucinda.

James was a sibling of (with sibling's spouse's surname): Cynthia (Birks/Burks/Burch), Elizabeth (Pierce), Joseph [often McCrackin] (Vaughn), Mary (Varnel/Varnol), Ann Marie (Birks/Burks/Burch), Margaret (Spradling), Sarah (Brown), Elie/Eber (Jones), Melinda (Harkins). Expand following screen to see children of James and each wife.

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Spouses:

(1) Eleanor (LNU) McCracken [surname not documented, some suggest Wofford] (born ca 1770 - died bef 1823)* m ca 1794 GA - fifteen children

(2) Lucinda (Lawrence) (1802 - 1859)* m 12/23/1823 Habersham Co GA - six children

[child's name followed by that child's spouse's surname in parentheses)

Children of wife (1): Eleanor LNU (possibly Wofford)

Cary (Vaughan) (abt 1794 - 1897)

David (m Miller) (1796GA- aft 1880AL)

Mary "Polly" (Chitwood) (1800GA - bef 1880 AR)

Altha (Wofford) (abt1802GA - abt1846GA)

Sarah "Sally" (English) (abt 1804GA - bef 13 Feb 1868GA)

Elizabeth "Betsy" (Branch) (abt 1805 - abt 1846)

Hanna (Bell) (5Jan 1809GA - 18Jan 1867GA)

Permelia (Bell) (abt1812GA - aft 1870 AL - not confirmed)

Nancy (1:McCracken; 2;Ball) (abt 1814 GA - aft1870 MO)

James (Wofford) (1815GA - aft 1860 Cherokee Nation, OK Ind Terr.)

Lydia Ann (LeCroy) (18 Nov 1821 GA - aft 1880 Al - probably)

Four additional children per census counts; three females, one male (not further identified)

Children: w/wife (2) Lucinda (Lawrence) McCracken:

Cynthia (Cash) (1827 GA - 1888 AL)

Welthy (Yearwood) (1828GA - aft 1900GA)

Joseph Wilson (Prince) (1831GA - 1864 IL - died Camp Douglas, Chicago, Union Prison Camp)

Rebecca Catherine (Thomas) (1833 GA - 1917 TN)

John Vaughn ([1] Gilbreath [2] Gilbreath) (1843 GA - 1916 TX)

Caleb (1844GA - Feb 1859 GA) died young; not thought to have married