Person:James McAvoy (1)

Land Grants

• Robert and James McAvoy [purchased] of Joseph Carpenter—134 [acres] — Little Valley — 100p—1799. [Annals of Bath County, Virginia, pg. 35], GenealogyTrails.com

Records in Virginia

• Bath County, VA Wills, p.325 Sale of estate of John Burns July 1805 Court. Buyers: Mary Burns, John Burns, James McAvoy, John Miller, Thomas Wallace, William Paine Jr., James McCourt, Isaac Fox, Robert Given, Daniel Monroe, Joseph Burns, Robert McAvoy, Henry McWhorter, George Graham, John Jones and Sarah Wallace.

• Bath County, VA Deeds: Vol 3 Pg 107 On 7 Oct 1805 Robert McAvoy and Sarah his wife of Bath Co. deeded to Edward Pritt of Bath Co. for £10 a 40ac tract of land on south branch of Wilsons Mill Run called the Little Valley part of the 134ac belonging to John McAvoy deceased devised to son Robert McAvoy. Witnesses included James McAvoy.

Notes

James McAvoy does not seem to appear in either the 1840 or 1850 U.S. Census records. His wife Nancy is listed in the 1850 Census living with her son James McAvoy in Nicholas County, West Virginia [although she was missed on the Ancestry.com transcription since she was listed on the following page of the census record], so it is fairly certain that James died prior to that year, and likely prior to 1840 unless he was missed by the census takers.

1.   Morton, Oren Frederic. Annals of Bath County, Virginia. (Staunton, Va.: McClure Co., 1917, c1918)
   pg. 37.

   A short distance east of the Wilson settlement is Little Valley, where the early names are Carpenter, McAvoy, and Pritt.
   
   [pg. 197]
   James McAvoy was kidnapped from Ireland when a youth and sold to Robert Carlile.

2.   Geneanet Community Trees Index.

   Name: James McAVOY
   Gender: M (Male)
   Birth Date: 1785
   Death Date: 1853
   Death Place: Bath, Virginia, USA
   Father:
   John McAVOY
   Mother:
   Frances Pritt
   Spouse:
   Nancy Agnes Given
   Child:
   Fanny McAVOY
   James M McAVOY
   Jane McAVOY
   John McAVOY
   Margaret Elliott McAVOY
   Robert McAVOY
   Samuel McAVOY
   William McAVOY

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

   Name: James McAvoy
   Residence Date: 6 Aug 1810
   Residence Place: Bath, Virginia, USA
   Free White Males under 10: 1 [b. bet. 1801-1810]
   Free White Males 16 to 25: 1 [b. bet. 1785-1794]
   Free White Females 16 to 25: 1 [b. bet. 1785-1794]
   Number of Household Members Under 16: 1
   Number of Household Members: 3

4.   United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

   Name: James Mcavoy
   Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Bath, Virginia
   Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
   Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
   Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
   Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
   Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 7
   Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7