Person:James Mason (52)

Watchers
  • HJames Mason1774 - 1848
  • WMary Rush1790 - 1833
m. 21 Feb 1809
  1. Eliza Mason1812 -
  2. Thornton Washington Mason1819 - 1873
  3. James Mason
  4. Eveline Mason
  • HJames Mason1774 - 1848
  • W.  Ann (add)
Facts and Events
Name[1] James Mason
Gender Male
Birth? 8 Oct 1774 Berkeley, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Marriage 21 Feb 1809 Berkeley, West Virginia, United Statesto Mary Rush
Census[9] 1810 Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Marriage to Ann (add)
Military[3][4] 1811 Captain in the War of 1812
Census[8] 1830 Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Census[7] 1840 Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Death? 11 Aug 1848 Berkeley, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Burial[6] Green Hill Cemetery, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States

'Captain James Mason, who led the Rifleman's Company, 5th Regiment, Virginia Militia, during the War of 1812, had married William Rush's daughter Mary in 1809 and this farm was their home. Captain Mason was in charge of Berkeley County Riflemen from 1811 through 1814, according to the Martinsburg Gazette. Captain Mason died in 1848.'

- National Register of Historic Places application

'Bill of sale, 11 June 1799, from Edward Mason and James Mason, Jr. (1775-1848), to David Hunter (1761-1829), all of Berkeley County, (West) Virginia, for Hunter's purchase of a female slave and her two sons for $410.'

- Bill of Sale to David Hunter

References
  1. James Mason Grove. Genealogical Charts of James Mason Grove.
  2.   Virginia, United States. Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940. (FamilySearch Record Search).

    "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRVJ-DY5 : accessed 27 Dec 2013), James Mason and Mary Rush, 21 Feb 1809.

  3. Jacob Miller Biography.

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvberkel/millerjacbi.html

    Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Volume 3, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Berkeley County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.

  4. The national register of historic places.
  5.   David Hunter. Bill of Sale, 11 June 1799.

    David Hunter. Bill of Sale, 11 June 1799. Accession 38415, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

    http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi00061.xml

  6. Capt James Mason, in Find A Grave.
  7. United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

    "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYM-FBZ : 8 September 2017), James Mason, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing p. 160, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 551; FHL microfilm 29,684.

    In James Mason's household:
    Males, 20-30: two
    Males, 60-70: one (James Mason)
    Females, 5-10: two
    Females, 40-50: one

  8. United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

    "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-PGB : 17 August 2017), James Mason, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing 232, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 189; FHL microfilm 29,668.

    In James Mason's household:
    Males, 0-5: one
    Males, 10-15: two
    Males, 50-60: two (James Mason)
    Females, 0-5: one
    Females, 10-15: one
    Females, 15-20: three
    Females, 30-40: one (Mary Rush)

  9. United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).

    "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH23-BM6 : accessed 17 May 2020), James Mason, Berkeley, Virginia, United States; citing p. 519, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 66; FHL microfilm 181,426.

    In James Mason's household:
    Males, 0-10: one
    Males, 26-45: one (James Mason)
    Females, 10-16: one
    Females, 16-26: one (Mary Rush)
    Females, 26-45: one