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Note: Tombstone reads Rev. D. M. James, Mar. 30, 1833, May 17, 1914, Park Hill Cemetery, Park Hill OK (just south of Tahlequah). * August 1, 1858. David M. James married Margret Whisenant in Gilmer County GA. Marriage information from undocumented internet source. * 1860 Census, Gilmer County, GA, page 79, enumerated July 12, 1860: David James, 27 NC; Margaret 16 NC; George T. 6/12 GA. * Civil War: D. M. James found in a Gilmer County GA unit, Company H, 65th GA Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Tennessee CSA. Organized in May 1862, as Company A, Infantry Battalion, Smith's Legion, GA Vols, this company became Company H, 65th Regiment GA Infantry in March 1863. D. M. a private in Inf. Battn., Smith's Legion, Ga. Vols., July 23, 1862. Transferred to Co. H, 65th Regt. Ga. Inf., Mar. 1863; to Co. F, 65th Regt. Ga. Inf., Mar. 10, 1863, in exchange for M. L. Smart. Sick in Lynchburg, VA hospital, Sept. and Oct. 1863. On roll for Invalid Corps P.A.C.S., shown as retired, Dec. 22, 1864. Muster Record Source: Henderson, Lillian. ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA, 1861-1865 VOLUME 6. Longino & Porter, 1994. * 1870 Census, Franklin County, AL, page 508A, enumerated August 11, 1870: David James, 36 GA; Margaret 26 GA; George, 12 GA; David Jr., 5 GA; Elizabeth, 2 AL; and William, 4/12 AL. * 1880 Census, Searcy County AR, Calf Creek Township, page 489, enumerated June 19, 1880: Shows D. M. James, 47 NC NC NC; Margaret S., 37 NC NC NC; George T., 20 GA NC NC; David H., 14, GA NC NC; Elizabeth, 11 GA NC NC; William H., 9 GA NC NC; Margaret V., 8 GA NC NC; Samuel W., 6 GA NC NC; Parilee, 1 AR NC NC. Also in the household, Catharine Linchwiley (should read Lynkswiler?), 4 AL. * 1883. David M. James purchased land in section 22-T15N-R17W in Searcy County AR. From Bobby June Cash Mays, INDEX TO THE TRACT BOOKS FOR SEARCY COUNTY ARKANSAS 1836 - 1900. * June 6, 1890: Under the Homestead Act, David M. James received a patent on 160 acres of land in sections 15 and 22-T15N-R17W in Searcy County. General Land Office records, document #6865, accession/serial #AR2550__113. The application for this patent would have been made several years earlier. * 1900 Census, Ozark County MO, Bayou Township: David M. James, March 1833 NC NC NC; Margaret S., August 1843 NC NC NC; Sarah M. (granddaughter), January 1884 AR GA AR. David & Margaret married 41 years. Margaret the mother of 11 children, 8 living.
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