Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTES:Marty Grant's 3rd Great Grand Father.;


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/james/


!NOTES:B/D & D/D from T/S at McMillan Cemetery.;


!NOTES:Parents are not proven. Terry Britt (deceased) told me that Pinkney was a son of James James, but she died before I found out what evidence she had for that. I have yet to find any conclusive evidence. It does fit, circumstantially.;


!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg 61 w/James JAMES age 0-9 (1810/20);


!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 28 w/James JAMES age 10-14 (1815/20);


!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist., SC p. 179
P. J. James age 20-29 (1810/20) 10001-100011
1m 20-29 (1810/1820) Pinkney J. James (1816)
1m 00-04 (1835/1840) Unknown Son? (1825/1830)
1f 30-39 (1800/1810) Unknown, perhaps Sister? Sister-in-law?
1f 20-29 (1810/1820) Sophie James James (1819), wife
1f 00-04 (1835/1840) Laura Virginia James (1840) dau;


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC PHF 43-638-641
Pinkney James 30 Farmer $- Marion
Sofa 29
Virginia 9
Clarisa 7
William 5
Emma 3
Sarah 3/12;


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion PO PHF 137B-2138-2107
Pinckney J. James 43 Carpenter $-/200 SC
Sophia 39
Virginia 19
Eliza J. 14
Wm P. 12
Mary E. 8
Elly A. 6 m
Susan 2;


!CENSUS:1870 x
x Not found in Marion or elsewhere. Many Reaves Township residents missing in 1870.;


!DEED:25 Nov 1870 Marion Dist, SC FF-423 Alexander DEAVER to P.J. JAMES for $125, lot near depot of Mullins, 1 acre. Witness: A.E. GILCHRIS, G.A. McDUFFIE;


!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co., SC Reaves PHF 305B-240-240
Pinckney J. James 61 M Carpenter SC-SC-SC
Sophia J. 60 wife M Keeping House NC-NC-NC
Mary E. 24 dau Laborer SC-SC-NC
Sarah E. Rogers 19 dau S
Lula 5 gr-dau;


!CENSUS:1900 Marion Co., SC Reaves Township (So Sec) # 265/265
Pinkney James head Un 1820 80 M 5 SC-SC-SC
Sarah M. wife Oct 1843 56 M 5 0;


!DEATH: 3 Aug 1907 from Diary of Rev Simeon Campbell: pg 160 Mr Pinkney JAMES died Aug 3 1907, his wife died Jan 1st 1894;


!TOMBSTONE:Marion Co, SC McMillan Cemetery "Pinkney J. James Nov 25 1816 - Aug 3 1907";

!NOTES:Marty Grant's Step-3rd Great Grand Mother.;


!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/james/


!NOTES:I was trying to determine who Sarah, 2nd wife of Pinkney James was. I found no primary record of her surname. I looked for all women named Sarah born ca 1843 who were in the same area as Pinkney James in 1880 and found one pretty good match: Sarah Lewis, d/o William S. Lewis, and widow of Robert Edwards. In 1880 she was with her parents and her brother William. In 1900 brother William was just three households from Pinkney and Sarah. I thought this was pretty good, though still circumstantial. Then I found that the Rev. Simeon Campbell reported Sarah Lewis's death date as 12 Jun 1902. It was one day before he buried Sarah James, so therefore it is 99.9% certain they are one and the same.;


!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 780/784
William S. Lewis 34 Farmer $1900 Marion
Rhodah 27
Sarah 7
Ann 5
William 4
Joel 1;


!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Floydsville PO # 1187/1175
Henry Edwards 45 Farm Laborer $-/- SC
Robt 21
Sarah 16
G. W. 1 m;


!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Reeves, Mullins Depot PO # 245/245
Wm Lewis 56 Farmer $3000/200 SC
Rhoda 47 Keeping House
Sarah 27 at home
Evan 23 farm laborer
Wesley 19 farm laborer
Stanley 10 attending school;


!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co., SC Reeves # 348/348
Wm S. Lewis 64 M Farmer
Rhoda 54 wife M
Sarah Edwards 37 dau W
Wm E. Lewis 35 son S
Geo Edwards 20 gr-son;


!CENSUS:1900 Marion Co., SC Reaves Township (So Sec) # 265/265
Pinkney James head Un 1820 80 M 5 SC-SC-SC
Sarah M. wife Oct 1843 56 M 5 0;


!NOTES:From the Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell:
p. 35
Father Jonathan Lewis died Aug 13 1849
Fereby his wife died Mary 10 1859
Their Children
Evan died March 18 1877
Margret his wife died Nov 11 1887
Wm S. Lewis died June 5 1885
Sarah Lewis died June 12 1902.

p. 107
Buried Sarah James June 13 1902.;


!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 185-189
...
Robert married Sarah Lewis, and left two sons, George and Stanly; they went to Texas some years ago; George died in Texarkana, and was Mayor of that city at the time of his death, and was otherwise a prosperous man; he being a single man, his property was inherited by his only brother, Stanly Edwards, who was also in Texas, is yet there, and is said to be wealthy and a good citizen of the "Lone Star" State.

!NOTES:"A History of Marion County, South Carolina", W. W. Sellers, 1902. pp 481-483:
"Jonathan Lewis, brother of old Hardy, married, first. Susannah Porter, of Columbus County, N. C. ; by her he had two children, one son, Evan, and one daughter, Pennsy or Pennsylvania; his second wife was Feraiba Strickland, and by her he had two sons, William S. and Joel. Of the children by the first marriage, Evan Lewis married Miss Margaret Cribb, and by the marriage had two sons, Jonathan and Dempsy, and two daughters, Carrie and Adaline, called Addie. Of the daughters, Carrie Lewis married Dr. F. M. Monroe, of the Latta section; by this marriage several children were born. Addie, the younger daughter, married Oliver Williams, of North Carolina; they have two sons. Of the sons of Evan Lewis, the eldest, Jonathan, has never married-a young man about fifty years of age, of good habits and morals, a well-to- do, good citizen and reliable every way. Why he has not married and made some good woman happy, is a mystery, which, perhaps, will never be solved! Dempsy Lewis, the younger brother, married in early life. Miss Eliza Jane Stackhouse, daughter of the late Mastin C. Stackhouse ; they have ten children, eight sons and two daughters ; the sons are Taylor, Leon, Marvin, Victor-these are grown ; four others, Odell, Rupert, Evan and Ernest - these are not grown; the two daughters, Maggie and Addie, near grown-not one of the ten children married ; he is a good man and substantial citizen. William S. Lewis, by old Jonathan's second marriage, married Miss Rhoda Mace (both now dead) ; they had five children, Sarah, W. Evan, Anne, Joel J. and J. Wesley. Sarah married Robert Edwards ; had two sons, Sandy and George ; the father is dead. The two sons went to Arkansas ; Sandy is dead ; George is in Texarkana, and is Sheriff of that county or the one in which that city is located, and is well to do. W. Evan is on the old homestead, married a Miss Avant, and has some family (young) ; is a good citizen. Anne married, first, Marion Avant; by whom she had one son, Willie, who grew up to manhood and died-a very promising young man ; his mother, the widow, married again John A. Wilson, of Wilmington, N. C, and is, as it is said, doing well. Joel and Wesley went West; Joel is said to be doing well in New Orleans. Pennsy, the only daughter of old Jonathan Lewis, and full sister of Evan Lewis, married, first, Angus Carmichael, and by him she had one child, a daughter, who grew up and married John W. Norton, as hereinbefore stated in or among the Norton family ; Pennsy, the widow, then married John Norton, the father of Hon. James Norton, and who has already been noticed among the Norton family. Evan Lewis was a capital man and good citizen- a useful man in his day ; was a good surveyor -plats, made by him, are now to be seen often, and bear the scrutiny of the Courts. He was opposed to the Confederate War, but had the good sense to keep his mouth shut, and to "stand to one side and let the procession pass by."