Person:James McWilliams (8)

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James McWilliams
b.1 Jun 1762 Culpeper County, Virginia
d.26 Aug 1843 Mill Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky
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Name James McWilliams
Gender Male
Birth[3] 1 Jun 1762 Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage 1 Jan 1780 Henry County, Virginiato Martha Jamieson
Alt Death[3] 26 Aug 1842 Fort Knox, Hardin County, Kentucky
Death[1] 26 Aug 1843 Mill Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky



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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

McWilliams, James - son of Hugh of Henry County, Virginia; entered service 1778 in Orange County, North Carolina, resided there, in North Carolina regiment; entered service 1781 in Henry County, Virginia, in Virginia regiment; granted Pension age 71 in Hardin County, Kentucky, 1842, where resided since 1801; died there 8/26/1843 at resided on Mill Creek; married 1/1/1780 to Martha Jameson, Henry County, Virginia; widow granted Pension age 82 in Hardin County, Kentucky, 1848; had 10 children: Mary/Polly, Jane, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, James, Martha, Sarah, & 2 Anna's (1st died young); son-in-law Washington Smith resided Hardin County, Virginia [sic, s/b Kentucky?], 1848 age 61; query letter in file 1929 from great great granddaughter Lucinda A. (Mrs. N.A.) Lilja of Madison, Wisconsin; query letter in file 1923 from descendant Mrs. Edwin H. Jolly, Paducah, Kentucky; query letter in file 1902 from descendant Miss Ida Bridwell, Charleston, Missouri. F-W3026, R1701.
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  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=1417938934&tid=23700449

  2.   National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

    U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    Name: James McWilliams
    SAR Membership: 93345
    Birth Date: 1761
    Birth Place: Culpeper, Virginia
    Death Date: 26 Aug 1843
    Death Place: Mill Creek, Hardin CT, Kentucky
    Spouse: Martha Jamison
    Children: Hannah McWilliams
    [Ancestry.com]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Find A Grave.

    James McWilliams, Sr.

    Birth: Jun. 1, 1762, Scotland
    Death: Aug. 28, 1842
    Kentucky, USA

    James McWilliams (son of Hugh McWilliams and Mary Taggart) and died August 28, 1843 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He married Martha Jamison on January 01, 1780 in Henry Co., Virginia, daughter of Thomas Jameson and Jane Dickey. Revolutionary War 1778 (age 16) NC Warrant #3026 and 1781 VA
    1778 drafted Orange co, NC, where he lived, served 3 mo.
    1781 Henry Co, VA, served 3 mo
    land grant of 1000 acres in Fayette co, VA, Spencer Cr. 16 June 1783
    1786 Franklin co, VA
    1794 to central KY

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MCW&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=19&GScntry=4&GSsr=641&GRid=99659050&

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