James Herod, I

James Herod was born in Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia, United States to Thomas Harrod and Catherine Hunt. James married Elizabeth and had 2 children: Jenny Herrod and James Herod, II. He passed away on March 1783 in Washington, Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States.

James Herod, I was probably the James Herod who was one of the signers of the Cumberland Compact.:

• In 1846 historian A. W. Putnam discovered the only surviving copy of the Cumberland Compact in a trunk that once belonged to Samuel Barton. Among the faded contents he had found the original document that came to be generally known as The Cumberland Compact.

* This document, signed in May 1780 by the first settlers on the Cumberland River established a provisional government for the isolated colony, provided for the election of twelve representatives from the eight stations, provided for a Sheriff, a Clerk, a Militia, and for the adjudication of causes, the administration of estates, and the awarding of executions. Power was vested in a tribunal of Judges or General Committee. Samuel Barton was a signatory and was named as one of these first judges. 

* Source: http://www.cumberlandpioneers.com/cumberlandcompact.html

James Herod, II is my 5th great grandfather.