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James Thomas Singletary (THE SHORT)

Male Abt 1791 - 1851  (60 years)


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  • Name James Thomas Singletary (THE SHORT) 
    Born Abt 1791  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried Jan 1851  Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Jan 1851  Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5955  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father RS James SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1746, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Feb 1810, Will, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Ann MCCALEB
              b. Abt 1750, Bladen Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Apr 1823, Bladen Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1773  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2858  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Prudence Cheshire (LITTLE FOX)
              b. 1792, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Jan 1851, Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married Abt 1810  Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Eliza M. SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1810, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1894, Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
     2. William SINGLETARY
              b. Abt 1815, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1880  (Age < 64 years)  [natural]
     3. Nancy Ann SINGLETARY
              b. 20 Mar 1818, Bladen County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Dec 1886, Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     4. Rev Joseph Wilson SINGLETARY
              b. 20 May 1819, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Jul 1911, Texico, Curry County, New Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
     5. Drury Dobbin SINGLETARY
              b. 1823, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1897, Walker County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F2857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1791 - Bladen County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1810 - Bladen County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Jan 1851 - Walker County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Jan 1851 - Walker County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • [2011205.ged]

      JAMES SINGLETARY"SHORT', (James5, Benj.4, Jona.3, Benj.2, Rich.1), b.1790-94, Bladen Co., N.C., m. 1816, to SARAH PRUDENCE CHESHIRE, dau. of RICHARD CHESHIRE, b. 1757, d. Jan. 26,1851.
      Pension application of PRUDENCE CHESHIRE, as a Revolutionary War widow Feb. 6, 1854.
      James' mother's name was Nancy Ann McCaleb.
      James was living beside Richard Cheshire in 1810 Bladen Co., N.C. census.
      James was in Bladen County in 1815.
      James called "Short" in deed 1816, Bladen Co., also in The Robeson Accounts.
      James buys land in Rutherford Co., N.C. from William White, 4 Nov. 1818.
      Rec. May 15,1821, Deed Bk. 32/33 p. 393-4.
      James was listed in the1820 Rutherford Census.
      James state land grant entered 1834, Rec. Nov. 2, 1836.
      On March 22, 1839, Mark R. Dedmon writes in his will, "for love and affection" To my granddaughter Demony Singletary, and to my daughter Mary Polly Dedmon Proctor and John Proctor, lifetime use of the place.
      Recorded March 17,1840 Bk. 44, p. 3, Rutherford Co., N.C.
      James was listed in1840 Walker Co. Census: Drury 17 and Elizabeth, still at home.
      There is apparently truth in the Indian tradition; that some descendants applied for government land as such.
      ISSUE:
      1.F. ELIZA N. SINGLETARY, b.1810?, Bladen Co., N.C., n.m. in 1840, d.1894, Ga.
      2.F. NANCY ANN SINGLETARY, b.1810-1820, Bladen Co., N.C., m. 6 Mar. 1832, to JOHN L. DEDMON, Rutherford, NC.
      3.F. Others being born 1810-1820
      4.M. WILLIAM SINGLETARY, b.1818, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. before 1839 DEDMANY PROCTER
      5.M. REV. JOSEPH WILSON SINGLETARY, b. May 20,1819, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. to SUSANNAH DICKEY, d. July 24,1911
      6.M. DRURY DOBBIN SINGLETARY, b. 1822, Rutherford Co., N.C., m. to ELIZABETH (1st), and RACHEL (2nd), d. 1897, Ga.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1127] 2011205.ged.
      Date of Import: Nov 3, 2002