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About James M. Mayfield, Sr.
Note: According to Mary Carter in her book, :fifteen Southern Families: "The Mayfield family all seemed to have been of the caliber of Daniel Boone, David Crockett and other frontiersmen. They semed to never have been interested in holding public office nor the owning of vast amounts of land; rather they were always where the fighting was. James Mayfield, the progenitor of the ones who came to Middle Tennessee from Virginia, and all five of his sons fought in the American Revolution and later fought Indians in what is now Middle Tennessee." He fought Indians with George Rodgers Clark on the Illinois Western Expedition. He was killed while defending Cumberland Settlement with his sons against Indians. He and his family first moved to Montgomery County, Tennessee, then moved to Davidson County, Tennessee. He was one of the first settlers of Davidson County and was among the 64 who stayed at the settlement to help hold the fort while many others left due to Indian attacks. His name is on Davidson County's "Pioneer Roll of Honor". His heirs received 640 acres of land in his name for his gallant stand at the forts and stations. The grant was where the city of Brentwood is now, running back toward the Nolensville Road and Mill Creek area. His Grant was #101. "Know ye that we have granted to James Mayfield, a tract of land containing 640 acres, lying and being in our county of Davidson, lying on the head of the West Fork of Mill Creek, beginning at an elm on Thomas Denton's north boundary and runs north 102 poles to a red oak on William Overall's south boundary line, then with said boundary line crossing a branch of the West Fork of Mill's Creek 196 poles, continuing to an elm on John Henderson's east boundary at 416 poles thence south with Henderson's line 326 poles and 6/10ths to an oak, thence east 236 poles to an ash in Thomas Denton's west boundary, thence north to said Denton's corner mulberry and honey locust 186 poles and 6/10th, then east to the beginning. Dated 4/1786. Signed by Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina.
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James M. Mayfield, Sr.'s Timeline
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Amherst County, Province of Virginia
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Amherst County, Province of Virginia
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Amherst County, Province of Virginia
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Amherst County, Virginia, United States
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June 10, 1762
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Amherst County, Province of Virginia
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