Benjamin D. James, II

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of Private. DAR Ancestor #: A061457

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James, Ben Choctaws T Hawkins:181
James, Benj., Jr. Tombigbee R. Y ARM

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Among the first white men who came into the territory of the Choctaw and Chickasaw were Isaac Perry, Benjamin James, Louis Durant, the Folsom Brothers, Nathaniel, Edmund and Ebenezer, Louis and Michael Lefleau (Leflore), Charles Juzan, John Turnbull, Thomas Vaughan, John Pitchlynn, John Jean Cravatt, Samuel Mitchell, the Brashears brothers Zadoc, Turner, and Alexander, and James "Roscoe" Cole. They married into the tribe, and most remained among them until their deaths. Often these names will be seen as interpreters on treaties with the United States. Many of the women these men married were sisters and female relatives of the Chiefs of the districts or towns in which they resided. This allowed their offspring great influence in the tribal politics.

As they were among the first offered the opportunity for education at the missionary schools in the Choctaw Nation, and many of them or their descendants were students at the Choctaw Academy in Scott County, Kentucky.
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Benjamin James, Jr. was born in Cheraw District in South Carolina. After the Revolutionary War he settled in northeast Georgia where he died in Jefferson County. He was married to Sarah Newton in 1761 in Cheraw District, South Carolina. His father, Benjamin Sr. and grandfather, Thomas, migrated from Chester County, Pennsylvania to the Peedee River in South Carolina. Thomas had been born before 1690 in Pembrokeshire County, Wales and married Mary ca. 1715 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and elsewhere

The family of Benjamin James (1740-1800) revolutionary soldier resident of South Carolina and Georgia : some ancestors and descendents: other surnames include: Dubose, Emmanuel, Greene, King, Mehaffey, Snellings, and Weaver
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Children of Benjamin James and Sarah are:
Benjamin James, b. 1761, Cheraw, Darlington, South Carolina, USA359, d. Sep 1800, Jefferson, Georgia, USA359.
John James, b. 1775, Cheraw, Darlington, South Carolina, USA359, d. 1876, Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, USA359.
Gideon James, b. 1765, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA359, d. 1836, Union, Kentucky, USA359.
Joseph James, b. 1770, South Carolina, USA359,d., Jones, Georgia, USA359.
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HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. 141 SOME OFFICIAL LETTERS OF GOVERNOR EDWARD TELFAIR.

Benjamin James, Esq., Agent Choctaw Nation. Augusta, Ga., 27th August, 1786.

Sir: I have the pleasure to transmit your commission as agent of the Choctaw Nation, and at the same time to inform you that the Legislature have revoked and made null and void the powers granted to John Wood to act in that office. It affords me pleasure to be informed of your abilities and great influence in the aforesaid Nation, by which means I am hopeful your well directed exertions may terminate favorable to the present views and designs of this State. The Legislature in consequence of murders and depredations committed by the Creek Indians have directed fifteen hundred men to be embodied immediately to attend Commissioners appointed to treat with the Creek nation, and to demand satisfaction, and assurance of peace, and thereafter should it become necessary the aforesaid men are to be joined by another body to carry immediate and vigorous operations against the said Indians. The intended bodies of men in case of need will be in readiness to march about the first week in November next. I have desisted from entering into a minute detail of this business in the talk herewith sent. On a presumption it will be more expedient that you in conjunction with Robert Dixon and Stephen Jett, Esquires, make such communication to the head men and warriors of that nation on this subject, as you may deem best calculated to cultivate the good and friendly disposition of that nation, and to make them otherwise useful to this State. In the event of War with the Creek Nation I shall look forward to making a supply of ammunition for the service of Choctaws; in case you give me full assurance, that the force of such supply will be directed to the proper object. I am sir, E. T.

William Davenport, Esq., Commissary Choctaw Nation. Augusta, Ga., 27th August, 1786. Sir: The General Assembly during their late session appoint- ed you Commissary of the Choctaw Nation with a salary of twenty-five pounds Sterling, in pursuance of which you'll receive your commission. I have now to give you in special charge to cultivate the good and friendly disposition of the said nation in behalf of this State and to use every prudent measure to render them beneficial in case of open hostilities with the Creek Nation. I shall on this subject refer you to Robert Dixon, and Stephen Jett, Esquires, Commissioners of this State in that department, and also to Benjamin James, Esq., Agent in the aforesaid Nation. I am sir, E. T.