Person:James Rinker (1)

1803-1819-it looks like James Rinker was in the slave trade in Louisiana-the Louisiana Slave Records, 1719-1820 database lists 7 dates and documents where James Rinker was either buying or selling slaves. 26 Nov 1803, document 915 1 slave; 24 Feb 1804, document 119 1 slave; 6 Aug 1814, document 385 1 slave; 24 Jul 1815 document 265 31 slaves; 21 Dec 1816, document 638 12 slaves; 1 Aug 1817 document 36 1 slave and 11 May 1819, document 184 2 slaves

1823-provided by Charles Kelly Riend-Louisiana Gazette New Orleans, LA pg 2 col 3, 3 Oct 1823: "Another Revolutionary Character gone: died in this city on Wednesday, the 1st inst James Rinker, he was a native of Pennsylvania, born in the city of Philadelphia, his parents were Germans, the deceased entered the American army immediately after the declaration of Independence, was in the battle of Brandewine and that of Germantown in 1777, and the next year quit the army and went on board of a Privateer where he served to the close of the war. He had no record of his age, but was probably 63 or 64; but from his extraordinary muscular frame bid fair for very old age, however, a complication of diseases under which he labored for several months caused his dissolution. The deceased was highly respected for his many virtues, particularly CHARITY, and it may be with truth inscribed on his tomb, "Here lies the remains of a good soldier and an honest man."