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  • ID: I03677
  • Name: James Denman 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: BET 1770 AND 1780 in Franklin County, Georgia
  • Death: AFT 29 MAY 1841 in Amite County, MS



    Father: William Denman b: 1754
    Mother: Sarah McLaughlin b: ABT 1755

    Marriage 1 Hannah Prestridge b: ABT 1782 in Pitsylvania County, Virigina
      Children
      1. Has Children Lucy Denman b: 1814 in Amite County, MS
      2. Has Children Prestridge Denman b: 1802 in Amite County, Mississippi
      3. Has Children Amelia Denman b: 3 APR 1804 in Amite County, Mississippi
      4. Has Children William Denman b: 23 DEC 1807 in Georgia
      5. Has Children Sarah Denman b: 1813 in Amite County, Mississippi
      6. Has Children Elizabeth Denman b: DEC 1816 in Amite County, Mississippi
      7. Has No Children Mary Denman b: 1 FEB 1819 in Amite County, Mississippi
      8. Has No Children Hannah Ritta Denman b: 1820 in Amite County, Mississippi
      9. Has No Children Golden Denman b: ABT 1805 in Amite County, Mississippi

      Marriage 2 Elizabeth Burris b: ABT 1800
      • Married: AFT 1823
      Children
      1. Has No Children Martha Ann Denman b: BET 1825 AND 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi
      2. Has No Children Samuel James Denman b: BET 1825 AND 1830 in Amite County, Mississippi

      Sources:
      1. Title: Amite County Mississippi 1699-1865 compiled by Albert Casey and others; DAR library
        Text: James Denman is listed in Inhabitants of Mississippi in 1816 as transcribed from the original rolls on file in the Department of Archives and History; Centenary Volume, 1917 pp. 66-152.
      2. Title: Pike County Library, Doris Varnado Collection
        Text: Denman packet DG16
        In 1822, there was a James Denman who owned land 17 miles north of Louisiana state line in Amite County (seven miles west of Pike County line). The 1810 Amite County census shows James Denman with two sons, and three daughters. The Eastfork Baptist Church of Amite County, constituted Aug 18, 1810, has Hannah Denman as a member. John Prestridge and Ally Prestigs are also listed.
        The information on John Prestridges children was given to Doris Varnado by Laura J. Lusk in 1923. Laura Lusk was 79 years old in 1923.
      3. Title: Luke Conerly
        Text: "Pike County First Families and Civil War Verterans" mentions J. Denman who settled on Clear Creek and Bogue Chitto River.
      4. Title: 1830 Amite County, MS census
        Text: James Denman and large family.
      5. Title: 1840 Amite County, Mississippi census
        Text: 1840 Amite County, Mississippi census
        Roll 213; page 53, Line 24
        James Denman is listed as head of household
        Males 10-15 born 1825-1830 one Samuel J. Denman
        Males 60-70 born 1770-1780 one James Denman
        Females 10-15 born 1825-1830 oneMartha Denman
        Females 40-50 born 1790-1800 one Second wife elizabeth Burris
      6. Title: Amite County Will Book 1
        Text: James Denman Aug 10, 1838 pp 203-206
        Abstract of Will
        1. Elizabeth Denman- wife
        2. Martha Ann Denman, minor daughter
        3. Samuel James Denamn, minor son
        Other children NOT named in will
        Witnesses: T. J. Spurlock and Baxter McMorris
        Executors: Elizabeth Denman, Thomas Denman (borther)

        In Open Court, 24 Feb 1841
      7. James Deman land grant Amite county, Mississippi in 1838.
      8. Title: Family Maps of Amite County Mississipppi by Gregory A. Boyd
        Page: 150
        Text: Township 3 N
        Range 6 E
        Washington Meridian
        Map Group 11
        Section 6
        Thomas Marsalis and James Denman own land in same section, with only Samuel Burris between them.
        James Denman married Elizabeth Burris after his first wife, Hannah Prestridge died.
      9. Title: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
        Text: Amite0000052 James Denman v. Edward Cleveland 1820Box 17720
      10. Title: Will of James Denman
        Text: signed codicil to will on 29 May 1841

        only addresses two minor children. does not name all his children.
      11. Name: James Denman
        Census Date: 1820
        County: Amite
        Line: 4
        Roll: v229_1.
      12. Name: Jas Denman
        Gender: M (Male)
        State: Mississippi
        Locality: Mississippi Territory
        Residence Year: 1810
        Household Remarks: Name on petition to Congress, 27 Dec 1811, by inhabitants of the territory seeking to be combined with West Florida and made into a new state.
        Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US; ; Volume Number: Vol 6; Page Number: 254; Family Number: 51.
      13. Name: Jas Denman
        Year: 1810
        State: Mississippi
        Territory: Mississippi
        Principal Meridian: Washington Meridian (West of Pearl River)
        Owned land
        .
      14. Title: Washington County Bible Records
        Text: Source: Bible Records: Copied and compiled by: Zuma F. Magee,
        Franklinton, LA., and Thelma S. Bateman, Baton Rouge, LA. 1964,
        pages 7 and 8.
        http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/washington/bible/breland.txt


        Breland Bible

        Original Owner: Murray and Ruby Breland.
        Present Owner: Mrs. Murray A. Breland, Mt. Hermon, La.
        Copied: Dec. 26, 1962 by Mrs. R. A. Magee, Franklinton, La.

        "THE HOLY BIBLE" - Complete and How to Understand It.
        Printed by J. A. Wilmore & Co., 43 & 45 Centre St. - Successors
        to A. J. Johnson and Co., 11 Treat Jones St., N. Y. - MDCCCXC.
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