Person:James Ingram (19)

James Ingram, born 26 June 1761 at Montgomery County, Virginia; died 1 August 1854 at Wayne County, Kentucky; buried at Coffey-Ingram Cemetery (Elks Springs Valley (now Oil Valley)), Wayne County, Kentucky; married 17 October 1785 at Montgomery County, Virginia to Rhoda (Roda) Clark Menefee. (Virginia Marriages to 1800 via Ancestry.com 08 OCT 1999 gives marriage date of 17 Dec 1785 (may be bond). Some publications give marriage date 22 DEC 1785 in Montgomery Co., VA by Rev. Richard Witt; bondsman was Nimrod Menifee; UNCITED. ) James' dates match his gravestone which photo is online at Findagrave.com - Memorial# 69423060. She born PRESUMED 1761 in Virginia daughter of Gerrard or Jarrett Menefee and Agnes Sutherland; died 21 July 1850 at Wayne County, Kentucky; buried at Coffey-Ingram Cemetery (Elks Springs Valley (now Oil Valley)), Wayne County, Kentucky. Her record (no gravestone photo) online at Findagrave.com - Memorial# 69423664. James Ingram is found at age 87 alone in the 1850 census in Wayne County, Kentucky. (US Census 1850 - Kentucky - Wayne Co. - Division No 1 - Page 318 (stamped) Enumerated 31st day of August 1850; pilot.familysearch.org, accessed 23 October 2010)

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James Ingram Sr.
BIRTH 26 Jun 1761
Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 1 Aug 1854 (aged 93)
Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
Coffey-Ingram Cemetery
Wayne County, Kentucky, USA

Parents: Samuel Ingram and Anne Stuart of England. The spelling of her name changed to Stewart when they came to United States. Settled in Virginia.

In "A Century of Wayne County Kentucky 1800-1900" by Augusta Phillips Johnson it is noted that James Ingram Sr was born in England (pg. 238). In chapter two she states that James and his brother Jonathan arrived in Wayne County in 1796 under early Kentucky land grants. Other sources note they were both born in what is now Montgomery Co., VA. Montgomery Co. was formed in 1775 from a portion of Fincastle Co. 14 years after James was born.

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THE INGRAM FAMILY

The Ingram family is of Scotch ancestry by way of England. The name was originally Ingraham and some of them still retain this spelling in England and Scotland. The armorial bearings are similar. The family is of aristocratic ancestry wherever found. James Ingram, founder of the family in Wayne, was born in England, June 26, 1761, and died in Wayne, August 1, 1854. He came to America with his parents when he was four years old. He married in Virginia, Rhoda Menifee. Their children were: Samuel, Nimrod, James, William, and Rhoda. The Ingram records, following, are from Bibles of different Ingram families, descendants of the first James.

From the Old Ingram Bible
Jas. Ingram, born 1796, April 18; died 1880, September 25.
Jemima M. Ingram, born January 10, 1797; died August 7,1876.
Geo. W. Ingram, born November 22, 1823; died April 24,1889
Jas. R. Ingram, born July 21, 1824; died April 18, 1891.
Marietta Ingram, born April 23, 1827; died December 29,1839.
Nimrod Ingram and Nancy Cecil were married February 8,1825.
Charles Buster and Mary E. Ingram were married November 9, 1841.
James M. Ingram, born October 6, 1820.
Louisa Ingram, born July 12, 1822.
Emerine Ingram, born December 12, 1823.
Granville C. Ingram, born June 5, 1826.
John Borlen Ingram, born February 17, 1829.
Nimrod D. Ingram, born January 16, 1832.
William Perry Ingram, born January 16, 1834.
Louisa Ingram, died December 1, 1823.
Nimrod Ingram departed this life on 4th day of October, about 2:00 o'clock, in the year 1828.
James M. Ingram departed this life on 19th of April, in the year 1843, age 23 years, 5 months, and 12 days.
Nancy Ingram, consort of Nimrod Ingram, departed this life the 13th of June, about five o'clock, 1864.
Granville C. Ingram died February 7, 1880.
W. P. Ingram died February 8, 1885.
J. B. Ingram died March 14, 1887.
Mary Emerine Ingram Buster died May 25, 1891.
Nimrod Dyancus Ingram.

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