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Biography
James Baucom is said to have been born in 1759 in Wake County, North Carolina, USA.[2] The state and country did not exist at that time, being instead called the Province of North Carolina from 1712-1776.[3] Wake County was formed in 1771 from portions of Cumberland, Johnston, and Orange Counties.[4]
James Baughcom was named as a son in the Aug 1797 Last Will and Testament of John Baughcom. The will was proved during the Wake County, North Carolina, June session 1800 and ordered to be recorded. It was "Recorded in the Clerks Office in Wake County in Book F, Page 92, the 2nd Day of July 1800. Nathanial Lane, C C"[5]
Sources
↑ Death year set to after 1797 based on him being mentioned in his father's will.
↑ FamilySearch Wiki, "North Carolina, Wake County, History, Parent," viewed 21 July 2016; citing The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
↑ Wake County, North Carolina, United States of America, Probate File containing Last Will and Testament (19 Aug 1797) and Order to Record Same (2 July 1800), John Baucom 1800; images 1760-1762 of 1942, "Wills and estate papers (Wake County), 1663-1978, Original wills Abbott, Abraham - Beckwith, William H., FHL microfilm number 1602610 Item 2," FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89GC-XLCR : downloaded 21 July 2016); citing North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.
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Provenance - Sources are needed to prove or disprove the information.
"KRH Family Tree_2010-12-30.ged," 19 March 2011. Provided given and surname; year and location of birth (1759 Wake, North Carolina, USA); location of death; names of parents and siblings. No sources were included nor was a specific Ancestry Family Tree cited.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Jim Baucom :
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 43 markers, haplogroup I-M223 +
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 43 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #B3595