James Weems Moore Berrien (1807 - 1859)

Born 10 Jul 1807 in Jefferson, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Jane Noble (Casey) Berrien — married 5 May 1831 in Mobile, Alabama, United States

Husband of Catherine Jane (Noble) Berrien — married 1838 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Husband of Maria Louisa (Shelton) Berrien — married 14 Aug 1853 in Floyd County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 9 May 1859 at age 51 in Alabama, United States

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Biography

James born in 1807 was the son of John Berrien and Williamina Moore

He went to the United States Military Academy enrolling in 1825^[1]

Marriages

James Weems Moore Berrien married Catherine Jane Noble Casey on ^[2]5 May 1831 in Mobile, (Alabama In Mobile (AL) on the 5th inst - 9 June 1831, W. M. Berrien, Esq of Sparta, GA was married to Miss Catherine Jane Casey- dau of Dr. Thomas Casey.)

James Weems Berrien married In Abbeville, South Carolina to Catherine Jane Noble abt 1838^[3]Daughter of Alexander (Jr) Noble and Mary Handy Harris

James Weems Moore Berrien married Maria S Shelton on 14 Aug 1853 ^[4]in Floyd, Georgia. Daughter of Thomas Dabney Shelton and Susan S. Farrer

Residence

In 1832 Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, of TWELFTH DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE in Hancock, Georgia

In 1840 they are living in District 78, Jefferson, Georgia ^[5] Showing 2 adults 1 male (age 30-39)and 1 female (age 20-29) and 25 slaves

In 1850 two of their children died in Subdivision No. 30, Floyd County, Georgia

1. March 1850, Berrien, Catharine, age 4 of croup
2. May 1850, Berrien, Julia M., age 1 of erysipelas

In Dec 1850 James and family are living in Subdivision 30, Floyd, Georgia with Wife Catherine J is 33, children at home are ^[6]children Mary N, Thomas M, John M and mother-in-law Mary H Noble

Military Service

Date: 1852, Place: Floyd, Georgia

Death

He died in 1859 at the age of 51 and is buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery located in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia Find A Grave: Memorial #86635916 Buried in a vault with his second wife in the Berrien / Noble Plot

After his death mother-in-law Mary H Noble took the children in and raised them (Thomas, John and Richard)until she passed away in 1863.

Sources

1. ↑ US Military Academy
2. ↑ Berrien Casey Marriage Record
3. ↑ South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage
4. ↑ Berrien Shelton Marriage Record (#156)
5. ↑ 1840 Census
6. ↑ 1850 Census

• History and genealogy of the family of Thomas Noble, of Westfied, Massachusetts : with genealogical notes of other families by the name of Noble by Boltwood, Lucius Manlius, 1825-1905 Page 738 NOTE One wife (error Dr Thomas Casey) Catherine Jane Noble Casey and listed under #6913 daughter of Alexander Noble and Catherine Calhoun, then another marriage under #6910 Alexander Jr and Mary Harris to daughter Catherine Jane Noble

• Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, Mobile 1823 - 1841, Original data:Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama.

• Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, Floyd Marriages, Book A, 1852 - 1873, Original data:County Marriage Records, 1828–1978. The Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.

• South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965

Name: James W. M. Berrien

Spouse: C. J. Noble

Marriage Date: Apr 1774-1890

County: Abbeville

Source: Marriages, Ninety-Six and Abbeville District

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 March 2021), memorial page for James Wemyss Moore “Weems” Berrien (10 Jul 1807–9 May 1859), Find a Grave Memorial no. 86635916, citing Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Bill Schroeder (contributor 47476416) .

• SAR Membership Number: 86456, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_descendants/?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=1121603&MyLineageCount=1

• Militia District Number: 919

• Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 002

• South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965 Author: Hunting For Bears, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

• Source: Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc

• Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893 Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• Smith, James F.. The Cherokee Land Lottery, Containing a Numerical List of the Names of the Fortunate Drawers in Said Lottery. New York, USA: 1838.

• Year: 1850 Mortality State: Georgia County: Floyd, http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/floyd/census/1850/mortality/1850floyd.txt

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 30, Floyd, Georgia; Roll: 69; Page: 139b, Original data:Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Source: #S-1514825622 Military
• Source: #S-1562057627 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Text:

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bill Schroeder for creating WikiTree profile Berrien-28 through the import of wiki2.ged on Nov 24, 2013.