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James Shirley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Orange County, VA, United States
Death: June 20, 1791 (51)
Culpeper County, VA or Berkeley County, WV or Oldham County, KY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hon. Rev. Sir Walter Shirley, Sr.; Hon. Rev. Sir Walter Shirley, Sr.; Dorcas Shirley and Dorcas Shirley
Husband of Judith Virginia Shirley
Father of Mary Wilhoit; Thomas Shirley; Nancy Yowell; John Shirley; Absolom Shirley and 8 others
Brother of Walter Edwin Shirley, Jr.; Jarvis Shirley; Sarah Miller; XPF Shirley; Dorcas Shirley and 1 other

Managed by: Jennifer Penticoff Minnich
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About James Shirley

Born England? Ireland? Virginia? Born 1739? Ranger in Berkeley Co. F.& I. War 1758-1759 (*from Compedium of American Geneology - First Families of America Vol IV, p.46), 10th VA. Reg. in Rev. (*), Received military grants in KY (*), apparently a farmer judging from the character of inventory (filed at Culpeper, VA 6-20-1791, BK "C" p 439), Died in Mad. Co. VA

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James Shirley's Timeline

1739
August 22, 1739
Orange County, VA, United States
1755
April 1, 1755
Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA, United States
1757
1757
Virginia, United States
1759
1759
Madison City, Virginia, United States
1759
Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States
1761
1761
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
1763
1763
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
1763
Culpepper, Virginia, United States
1763
Culpepper, Virginia, United States