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Jamison John Thomas [Male] b. 3 SEP 1758 VA - d. 11 SEP 1842 Beattyville, Lee or Madison Co., KY
John was the son of Thomas Jameson (Jamison) b. 1732 d. 1830 and Thomas's first wife Jane Dickey b. 1738 d. 1763.
He married Elizabeth Harris.
John served in the Revolutionary War, from Henry County, Virginia.
After the Revolution, John and Elizabeth lived in Franklin County, Va., on a farm adjoining the farm of his father Thomas on Snow Creek.
Eventually, John and Elizabeth moved to Madison County, Kentucky, where John had been granted land for his service in the Revolution.Prillaman indicates that the family moved to Madison Co., KY when the boys, Samuel and John, were very young. After John died in 1842, the two sons returned to Virginia where each was married. No mention is made of the other siblings in that account.
Capt. John & Elizabeth McWilliams Jamison's descendants were taken WFT#3001 Vol. 1.
WikiTree by Gloria Lange:
Died 1824 [location unknown]
John, wife Ellen, died intestate. Then Ellen died and a court case was entered that names johns children incl salley jamison warren and husband drury.
WikiTree by Gloria Lange show children as:
John, Marshall Jamison, Thomas Jamison, Samuel Jamison, Elizabeth Jamison, Jane Byrd, Hessey Newson, William Jamison and Sarah Warren.
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Named in court case as heir of father
From Wikitree.com: Jamison-380
John was the son of Thomas Jameson (Jamison) b. 1732 d. 1830 and Thomas's first wife Jane Dickey b. 1738 d. 1763.
He married Elizabeth Harris.
John served in the Revolutionary War, from Henry County, Virginia.
After the Revolution, John and Elizabeth lived in Franklin County, Va., on a farm adjoining the farm of his father Thomas on Snow Creek.
Eventually, John and Elizabeth moved to Madison County, Kentucky, where John had been granted land for his service in the Revolution.
Biggsville Township. (from usgennet.org)
Page 1349
GEORGE M. JAMISON, farmer, Biggsville, was born in Henderson county, Illinois, May 17, 1835. His parents, James and Mary (McKinney) Jamison, were born October 7, 1805, and April 28, 1798, respectively. They were united in marriage March 8, 1827, and reared a family of five children, whose names in the order of their birth were Samuel, Sarah A., Mary J., Margaret E. and George M. They died in Henderson county, Illinois, she in August, 1843, and he in October of the same year. They emigrated to this county in 1830 from Perry county, Indiana. He was the eldest son of Samuel and Sarah (Rowland) Jamison, and brother of John C. Jamison, whose biography appears elsewhere in this chapter. George M., the subject of this notice, was reared on a farm with only the advantages of a common school education, completed with six months at Abingdon College. His education, however, in the way of economy, industry and integrity was full and complete. January 10, 1861, he married Miss Sophia Van Tuyl; she was born near Dayton, Ohio, May 8, 1839, and came with her parents to Henderson, Illinois, in 1854. Her father died October 8, 1880, in Warren county, and her mother still resides there. In 1862 Mr. Jamison enlisted in Co. K, 84th Ill. Vol Inf., from which he was discharged after one year's service on account of disability. In the fall of 1878 he bought a residence in Biggsville, where he now (1882) lives, though he is engaged in farming, stockraising and feeding. He is now in comfortable circumstances, owning two farms containing 360 acres of land besides his village residence. His children are Alfred L., Sarah B., Herbert and Howard.
Biggsville Township, Page 1350 from usgennet.org
WILLIAM R. JAMISON (deceased), another of the first pioneers of Henderson county, was born in Grayson county, Kentucky, in 1808. In 1819 he removed with his father (Samuel Jamison) to Perry county, Indiana, and in 1829 emigrated to Henderson county, Illinois. In Indiana he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Findley, by whom he has two sons living, Rev. John C. Jamison and F. M. Jamison. His second wife was Miss Margaret Giles (now deceased). By this union he has four children, viz: Porter, Henry, Ewell and Fannie. A few years ago he went to Jacksonville, Florida, with a view to improving his failing health, and there died, June 17, 1882. He was the second son of Samuel Jamison, elsewhere mentioned in this chapter.
JAMES W. JAMISON, son of John C. and Sarah (Stice) Jamison, was born in Henderson county, Illinois, August 17, 1845. Was reared on his father's farm, where he is now engaged in farming. April 7, 1872, he married Miss Nancy J. Luten, of Lee county, Iowa. She was born in Ohio, March 16, 1850. They are the parents of three children: Nora C., Estella T. and Thadius. His brother, William H., was born in 1841, August 30. Served in the late war, in the 89th Ill. Vol. Inf. Was wounded and died October 18, 1868.
Biggsville Township from usgennet.org
Pages 1348-1349
John C. Jamison, retired farmer, Biggsville. In writing the history of Henderson county it is rarely the privilege of the biographer to sketch the life of one having a continuous residence in the county since 1829. Nevertheless that man is found in the person of Mr. Jamison. He was born in Grayson county, Kentucky, February 3, 1811, on the same day which gave birth to the venerable Horace Greeley. His father, Samuel Jamison, was born in Pennsylvania, and his grandfather, James Jamison, was a native of Ireland. He, with his parents, emigrated to America about the middle of the seventeenth century, being then but a boy. He, with his son Samuel (the father of our subject), emigrated from Brownsville, Virginia, via the rivers, to where Louisville, Kentucky, now stands, though at that time the place could boast of only one log cabin. Here Samuel married Sarah Rowland, by whom he had born to him three sons. Lost his wife by death; remarried, and in 1819 removed to Perry county, Indiana. His second marriage was with Mrs. Melinda (Richards) Short. His mother, before marriage, was Miss Elizabeth Ewing, a lady whose family were noted for their rare moral and intellectual worth. In 1830 he emigrated to Henderson county, Illinois, where he died August 20, 1845. Having spent the greater part of his life in the tall timbers of Kentucky and Indiana, he attained to a great degree those characteristics and great physical powers so honored and loved among the true pioneers. Of his three sons, John C. may be mentioned as the pioneer of the family in Henderson county. His father sent him here in 1829 prospecting for a suitable locality, with a view to settling the family, which was done the following year. He was married in this county September 15, 1836, to Miss Sarah Stice, a native of Montgomery, Illinois. She died August 8, 1879, where she so long lived and reared her family. The children are Martha (wife of Wm. Bell), James W. and Tabitha, living; Caroline, Thomas and William H., deceased. By industrious labor and good management Mr. Jamison has secured a competency of this world's goods, owning, besides his residence in Biggsville, a fine farm of 250 acres, in Secs. 6 and 7.
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Biggsville Township, Page 1350 from usgennet.org
WILSON B. JAMISON, farmer, Biggsville, son of Joseph and Sarah (VanTuyl) Jamison, and grandson of John Jamison, was born in Henderson county, Illinois, January 12, 1852. His grandfather John was an only brother of Samuel Jamison, mentioned elsewhere in this work. The subject of these few notes was born and reared on the farm where he now lives, on Sec. 31, T. 11, R. 4, and received the best education that could be obtained in the common schools, besides two years at Monmouth College and one year at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. After completing his education he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. December 1, 1874, he married Miss Christena Wiegand, daughter of William Weigand, of Biggsville. After his marriage he at once went to Bedford, Iowa, where he engaged in the grain trade, but one year later returned to his farm, satisfied to be content in the humble vocation of a farmer. For the last three years he has been in feeble health, caused by being overcome with heat in 1879. His father died March 5, 1855, leaving four children, three of whom are now living: Michael V., Anna J. and Wilson B., the subject of this sketch, who has two children, Harry F. and Jesse Joseph. They are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
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John Jamison Family of Pennsylvania to Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Wisconsin, Montana, California and beyond!
by LuAnn Elsinger
John Jamison was born on 27 October 1746 at Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3 He was the son of Samuel Jamison and Catherine Cowden. John Jamison married Nancy Aitkins, daughter of James Aitkins and Jane (?), on 4 December 1769 in what would become Franklin County, Virginia.3 Their first nine children were born in Franklin County.3 Around 1792, John and his family moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina where their last three children were born.3
On September 4, 1796, John purchased 172 acres near the head of the Rocky River in Mecklenburg County. Then on December 20, 1797 he purchased an additional 23 acres on Rocky River. Over the next 26 years, until 1823, there were a number of land purchases and sales involving the Jamison family. Because John not only had a son by the name of John but also a grandson, it has been difficult determining exactly which deeds belonged to which John Jamison. A listing of all the land records can be found on the Land Records page by following the link at the top of this page.4,5
Once in North Carolina four of the Jamison daughters married. Marriage bonds were made for Jenny on February 10, 1797 with John as bondsman. Catherine was next with her marriage bond made on March 31, 1801 with John again as bondsman. On January 19, 1803 brother Adam posted a bond for his sister Elizabeth. And finally, on January 26, 1809 James posted a bond for his sister Nancy.6
I could not find an 1800 or 1810 census listing for John in either Mecklenburg or Cabarrus County. In the 1810 Federal Census for Cabarrus County there was a James Jamison with a household that included three males under 10, one male 10-15, one male 26-44, one male 45+, three females under 10, and two females 26-44. I believe that John was living with his son James Carson.7 In the 1820 Federal Census for Cabarrus County, NC there was a John Jamison with the following household: one male 16-26, one male 45+, one female 16-26, two females 26-45, and one female 45+, with two persons engaged in agriculture.8
After 1823 land records in the counties of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus ended and it appeared that the whole Jamison famiy moved to Pike County, Missouri. To date I have only been able to search land patents for Missouri and so I don't know if John purchased any land in Pike County or if he continued to live with one of his children.2
John Jamison died on 7 September 1824 at age 77.
[S6] Sarah Melvina Devaney, "The Jamison History."
[S362] Jamison Family Register.
[S80] Anonymous, Portrait and Biographical Record, MO, page 47
[S380] Letter, Mary Jane Patton to unknown cousin, April 24, 1891.
[S99] Ancestry.com, "North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868", (database online).
[S64] Robert L. Williams, "James Carson Jamison."
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elsinger/jamison/p2.htm#i35
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LuAnn Elsinger has created this information which is devoted to the descendants of John Jamison, son of Samuel Jamison and Catharine Cowden, who was born in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on October 27, 1746. He was one of seven known children, the others being Jane, James, Adam, Samuel, William and Joseph.1
It is believed that his grandfather was of Scotch-Irish decent and came to America around 1713. The term Scotch-Irish is "an Americanism, generally unknown in Scotland and Ireland, and rarely used by British historians. In American usage, it refers to people of Scottish descent who, having lived for a time in the north of Ireland, migrated in considerable numbers to the American colonies in the eighteenth century."2 His grandfather, who was also named John, was an early settler in Lancaster County and was instrumental in the naming of Little Britain Township which was formed in 1738.3
Some time prior to 1769 John left Pennsylvania and settled in what would become Franklin County, Virginia where he married Nancy Aitkins on December 4, 1769. Their first nine children were born in Virginia and then around 1792 they moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina where their last three children were born.4
The family settled in the Rocky River area of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties. [Cabarrus County was formed from Mecklenburg County in 1792.] Land records of these two counties over the course of 27 years showed purchases and sales by John and his sons and grandsons - John C., James, Samuel, William, and Adam Jamison - often with one or another Jamison showing up as a witness. After 1821, land purchases in the Rocky River area, for the Jamisons, stopped although sales continued until January of 1823. This corresponds with information provided in a letter written by Mary Jane Patton on April 24, 1891 from Clarksville, Pike County Missouri. Mary Jane was a great-granddaughter of John Jamison and she told of the family's coming to Pike County, Missouri in 1820.
The Jamison family descendants did not stay just in Missouri. A group of them moved to Wisconsin and from there to Montana and even into British Columbia. Others went west to Texas and California. One descendant, James Carson Jamison, fought with General William Walker in Nicaragua in the 1850s and was later appointed Adjutant General of the state of Missouri.
The information for this web site has been through the work of many people, principally Kent McMahan, Dave Schaal, Perry Jenks, Jeri Swan, Howard Watts, Ardis Jamison, Troy Mayne, Helen Yager Mumm, Shirley Massie Simms, myself, and others that I may not even be aware of.
As all genealogical work, this is an ongoing endeavor and I invite any and all corrections and additions that you would be willing to make and provide. Please feel free to email me at the address below.
Thank you for taking the time to view this site.
1 Jameson, E.O. The Jamesons in America. Boston, MA, 1901: page 500
2 Leyburn, James G. The Scotch-Irish: a Social History. Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1962.
3 Ellis, Franklin, and Samuel Evans. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883: page 936
4 Jamison Family Records, 1815, loose "Family Record" pages from unknown source; digital images made by LuAnn Elsinger, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 2010. Records were copied on October 22, 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina. They were given to Helen Yager Mumm ca 1969-70 by Paul Jamison.
The name of John's wife, Nancy Aitkins, and their marriage date, was found in a handwritten Family Register supposedly written on October 22, 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina. This is the only evidence we have to date that tells us about John's marriage.
But an interesting item appears on pages 562-563 of the book "The History of Pike County, Missouri" published in 1883. In an Addenda recalling stories from old settlers of Pike County we find the following sentence. "Among the early marriages in his recollection Mr. Fielder remembers as the first that of John Jamison to Miss Nancy Cantrell, the ceremony being performed at his father's house."
As far as I know, the only Jamison family that settled early in Pike County, Missouri was our Jamison family. Was this a second marriage for John?
from rootsweb.ancestry
The date for the death of Nancy came from a Jamison family history compiled by Sarah Melvina Devaney, daughter of Margaret Melvina Jamison (1835-1916) and James Henry Devaney. It said "His wife, Nancy, died June 5, 1830". I have always thought this to be John's first wife, Nancy Aitkins. But if John was indeed married a second time to a Nancy Cantrell, then that sentence could very well apply to the second Nancy.
Data from myheritage.com
Catharine Jamison (born Cowden), 1729-1784
was born on month day 1729. Catharine married Samuel Jamison on month day 1745, at age 15.
Samuel was born in 1723, in Little Britan, Pennsylvania.
They had one son: James Jamison.
Catharine passed away on month day 1784, at age 54.2040
From Kent McMahan:
Robert F. Jameson, age 41 b. KY, heads household #216/225 in the 1st Divn. of Barren Co., KY on 30Jul 1850 page 321A. The LDS IGI has the marriage of Robert F. Jameson to E. J. Wilson. Carol Eddleman says Robert F. Jameson was born in Barren Co., KY and was a farmer & trader, and died in Sep 1884.
EDWARD JAMISON, eldest son of Matthew Jamison, was born, December 7, 1828, in what is now Old Lycoming township, and was reared upon the homestead where he now lives. His early life was spent in the lumber business and in farming the home place, but for many years he has devoted his attention to farming, and has now under cultivation about 150 acres. Politically he is a Republican, and has filled the offices of school director and township auditor. He is a trustee in Lycoming Centre Presbyterian church, and has always taken an active interest in the growth and development of his native county.
ANDREW J. JAMISON, second son of Matthew Jamison, was born, May 22, 1831, at the Good mill. He followed farming and lumbering in partnership with his brother Edward, and always resided upon the old homestead. He was married in f864 to Rebecca, daughter of John Anderson, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, who came to this country with Matthew Jamison, and was one of his life-long friends. One daughter, Mary A., was born of this union. Mr. Jamison died, December 13, 1886; his widow survives him, and resides upon the homestead farm. He was an active Republican, served as township auditor for many years, and in 1880 was the Republican candidate for sheriff of Lycoming county. He was an older in Lycoming Centre Presbyterian church, and a member of the Masonic order.
JAMES JAMISON, youngest son of Matthew Jamison, was born, June 3, 1837, upon the old homestead, and resided thereon up to February 22, 1862, when he enlisted in Company C, Second battalion, First United States Infantry, and died at. Columbus, Kentucky, February 23, 1863, from sickness caused by exposure in the service.
WILL BOOK 1 - 1811-1819 (Extracts)
Westmoreland Co., Pa
Source: Wills & Letters of Administrations of Westmoreland county Court House Greenburg, PA, by Della Reagan Fischer, Publ 1969.
Transcribed by Donald Buncie.
Columbia County Pennsylvania Marriages
MARRIAGES BY REV. JOHN CALDWELL, 1854-1883 TIOGA AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES - Contributed by Barbara Ziegenmeyer
Marrriage Index from Columbia County, PA
WILL BOOK 1 - 1773 - 1811 (Extracts)
Westmoreland Co., Pa
Goodman-McCoy
Source: Wills & Letters of Administrations of Westmoreland county Court House Greenburg, PA, by Della Reagan Fischer, Publ 1969.
Transcribed by Donald Buncie.
Records of Marriages solemnized by Isaac Mayes, Justice of the Peace,
Washington County, Pa., 1811 - 1845
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The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part XCVI
The Descendants of Hugh McAlister and Mary Harbison
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