Person:James Laird (23)

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James Laird, Jr
b.Abt 1720 Scotland
d.1803 Rockbridge County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1715
  1. Mary Laird1716 - 1785
  2. Agnes LairdEst 1718 -
  3. James Laird, JrAbt 1720 - 1803
  4. Sarah LairdAbt 1725 - 1790
  5. John LairdAbt 1738 - 1765
  6. Capt. David Laird, of Augusta County, Virginia1743 - 1800
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  James Laird, JrAbt 1720 - 1803
  • W.  Sarah CraigBet 1710 & 1723 -
m. Bef 1740
  1. James Laird, III1740 - 1829
  2. Mary LairdEst 1750 -
  3. David Laird1755 - 1829
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] James Laird, Jr
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1720 Scotland
Marriage Bef 1740 to Sarah Craig
Death? 1803 Rockbridge County, Virginia

James Laird was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Notes

LAIRD-- James Laird, Sr., was living in 1756 with John Craig in what is now Rockingham county. The house he built in 1760 on his purchase at the foot of Laird's Knob and at the head of Smith Creek is still an occupied dwelling and is in a good state of preservation. The pioneer died here in 1803. His children were James, David, and Mary. The first of these served in the French and Indian War and both were in the Revolution. In 1805, James, Jr., was living in Rockbridge near Fancy Hill. Mary a sister to James, Sr., married James Craig, Sr., who was a member of the Augusta court in 1771-78. David E. Laird conducted at Fancy Hill one of the best preparatory schools in Virginia. In central Kentucky is an emigrant branch of the Rockbridge Lairds, and it includes people of wealth and position.

Source: A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920.

Transcribed and submitted by: "Marilyn B. Headley" , 1997

From IGI: Family Group Record FamilySearch® Ancestral File™ v4.19

Husband's Name James LAIRD (AFN:1SXX-3J8)

Born: < 1714 Place: Ulster Province, , Ireland Died: Bef Dec 1803 Place: , Rockingham, Virginia Married: Place: , Augusta, Virginia

Wife's Name Sarah CRAIG (AFN:1SXX-3KG)

Born: < 1718 Place: <, Rockingham, Virginia> Married: Place: , Augusta, Virginia

Father: William CRAIG (AFN:JL5T-6R) Mother: Janet (AFN:JL5T-7X)

Children:

1. Sex Name M James LAIRD (AFN:1SXX-3LN) Born: Abt 1740 Place: Laird's Knob, Rockingham, Virginia Died: 1803 Place: , Rockbridge, Virginia

2. Sex Name M David LAIRD (AFN:1SXX-3MV) Born: < 1742 Place: <Laird's Knob, Rockingham, Virginia> Died: 1829 Place: , , Virginia

3. Sex Name F Mary LAIRD (AFN:1SXX-3N3) Born: < 1744 Place: <Laird's Knob, Rockingham, Virginia>

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 6, Ed. 1. (Release date: August 22, 1996)
    Tree #2441.

    Date of Import: Aug 18, 1998

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 lairdwft6.FTW.

    Date of Import: Aug 18, 1998

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