James was born at
South Carolina on 16 March 1797. He married
Mary Ann Moffatt at
South Carolina circa 1824. James was listed as a member of a church at
Chester Co., South Carolina. He married
Letitia Barbara Moffatt at
Chester Co., South Carolina, in 1828. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at
Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. James died on 29 September 1862 at
Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana, at age 65. His body was interred in 1862 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, at United Presbyterian Cemetery.