James J Jeter (1759 - 1840)

Born 15 Jan 1759 in Amelia County, Virginia

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Died 16 Mar 1840 at age 81 in Union County, Union, South Carolina, USA

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James Jeter was a Virginia colonist.

Private James Jeter served with Camden District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

James Jeter is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A062612.

James Jeter was born on 15 Jan 1759 in Amelia County, Virginia.^[1] He was a son of William Jeter and Margaret (Vaughan) Jeter.^[2]

He married Mary "Polly" Crosby.^[1] The children of James and Polly Jeter were:^[3]

1. Eleazar (1785-1852)
2. Augustus Victor (1786-1849)^[4]
3. Elizabeth Crosby (1791-1851), m. benjamin Gregory^[4]
4. James Randolph (1792-1867), m. Elizabeth Hobson^[1][4]
5. Little Berry (1793-1874), m. Sarah Hobson^[1][4]
6. John Crosby (1795-1845), m. Elizabeth Gallman^[1][4]
7. Mary Crosby (1797-1835), m. ___ Fuller
8. Thomas Crosby (1801-1878), m. Mary Tucker^[1][4]
9. David Sims (1803-1864)^[4]
10. Sarah "Sally" Crosby (1805-1875),m. Jesse Lovelace^[1][4]
11. Richard Crosby (1812-1900), m. Augusta Ann Johnson^[1][4]

He was a soldier of the American Revolution. He enlisted while a resident of Chester District and served at various times until the close of the Revolution, amounting to more than 19-1/2 months with the South Carolina troops. During that time, he served under Captains David Hopkins, Richard Winn, Trammel, Otterson, John Thomson, George Avery, and Thomas Baker; in the regiments of Colonels William Thompson, Brandon, Farr, and Hampton. At Satilla River, he was taken prisoner and held on parole for six months. He was also in the Siege of Ninety-Six. He was allowed a pension for his service.^[5][6]

On 4 May 1839 he wrote a will, in which he mentions his wife Mary and married children A.V. Jeter, James Jeter, Eliabeth Gregory, L.B. Jeter, John C. Jeter, Richard C. Jeter, Thomas C. Jeter, David S. Jeter, and Sally Jeter. He also mentions a grandson, son of Eleazer (presumed to be a deceased son).^[4]

James Jeter passed away on 16 Mar 1840 at Union District, South Carolina.^[1] He was buried at Jeter Cemetery, Santuc, Union County, South Carolina.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 19 Nov 2023), "Record of James Jeter", Ancestor # A062612.
2. ↑ Wimberly, Bessie Jewel Mayes. The Jeter families and their descendants, p. 8.
3. ↑ FamilySearch LDTP-VPY
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Ancestry Record 9080 #946213 South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 for James Jeter
5. ↑ Ancestry Record 1995 #72192 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; James Jeter No. S.21840
6. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-3R75?cc=2069831&wc=MXMQ-5PD%3A355664901 : 22 September 2016), 8-vol H Revolutionary War pensioners > image 365 of 456; citing NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962).
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #12498295 James J Jeter

See also:

• Union County Heritage 1981 Page 112, Pinckney District Chapter: Vol. 22, No. 3, 1998