Sources - Children of Elias James (1744-1789) and Anna Matson (1746-1827) of Loudoun County, Virginia:
Apprentices, Poor Children and Bastards, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1850, by Louisa Skinner Hutchison, Westminster, MD, 2000, page 60: "Q, [Order or Minute Book] page 83: 9 Feb 1795, James James, 17 yrs. old 26 Oct 1794, to Asa MOORE, to be a tanner and currier." This book is found at the Clayton Library, Houston, Texas and proves James James date of birth as October 26, 1777. Source provided by Waunita Gibbons of Houston, Texas.
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Burial: Concord Cemetery, Amesville, Ames Twp. Athens County, Ohio
Note: Around the close of the Civil War the James family moved to Ray's Cove and sold their Brush Creek Valley farm to Anthony Spade who came from Maryland.
James James appears in the 1850 and 1860 Athens Co. Ohio census, apparently as a widower.
Children
1. Isaac James b: 31 JAN 1801
2. Asa M. James b: 2 SEP 1802
3. William James b: 9 APR 1804
4. Anna James b: 26 JAN 1806 in PA
5. Duanna James b: 1 APR 1808
6. Sitha James b: 28 NOV 1811
7. Joel James b: 22 MAY 1814
8. Rhoda James b: 20 MAR 1816
9. Matson James b: 17 MAR 1819
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James James' great grandfather David James Find A Grave Memorial
Sources - Children of Elias James (1744-1789) and Anna Matson (1746-1827) of Loudoun County, Virginia:
Apprentices, Poor Children and Bastards, Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1850, by Louisa Skinner Hutchison, Westminster, MD, 2000, page 60: "Q, [Order or Minute Book] page 83: 9 Feb 1795, James James, 17 yrs. old 26 Oct 1794, to Asa MOORE, to be a tanner and currier." This book is found at the Clayton Library, Houston, Texas and proves James James date of birth as October 26, 1777. Source provided by Waunita Gibbons of Houston, Texas.
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Burial: Concord Cemetery, Amesville, Ames Twp. Athens County, Ohio
Note: Around the close of the Civil War the James family moved to Ray's Cove and sold their Brush Creek Valley farm to Anthony Spade who came from Maryland.
James James appears in the 1850 and 1860 Athens Co. Ohio census, apparently as a widower.
Children
1. Isaac James b: 31 JAN 1801
2. Asa M. James b: 2 SEP 1802
3. William James b: 9 APR 1804
4. Anna James b: 26 JAN 1806 in PA
5. Duanna James b: 1 APR 1808
6. Sitha James b: 28 NOV 1811
7. Joel James b: 22 MAY 1814
8. Rhoda James b: 20 MAR 1816
9. Matson James b: 17 MAR 1819
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James James' great grandfather David James Find A Grave Memorial
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