| Birth | 1 Apr 1777 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Death | 11 May 1846 | Putnam co., IN |
| Spouse | 16 Oct 1798 | Augusta Co., VA |
| m. Sarah Graves (12 Feb 1781 - 13 Nov 1865), dau of Richard Graves, on 16 Oct 1798 in Augusta co., Va | ||
| Moved | <1800> | Allen co., KY |
| "Sarah and James lived briefly in northeast TN (a year or so) and then moved to Allen co., KY" | ||
| Tax | 1801 | Augusta Co., VA |
| [listed on the 1801 Insolvents and Delinquents tax roll of Augusta co., VA as "Jas. Siddens, to French Broad", the latter possibly being where he removed to --gjr] | ||
| Witness | 10 Apr 1826 | Allen co., KY |
| "At a county court held for the county of Allen at the courthouse thereof on monday the 16th day of June 1828. The last will and testament of Sarah Downing Dec'd was this day produced in courst (signed 10th April 1826) by Benjamin Downing the Executor and proven in open court by the oaths of David Culp and James S. Siddens subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be filed and recorded" | ||
| Court | 16 Jun 1828 | Allen co., KY |
| "At a county court held for the county of Allen at the courthouse thereof on monday the 16th day of June 1828. The last will and testament of Sarah Downing Dec'd was this day produced in courst (signed 10th April 1826) by Benjamin Downing the Executor and proven in open court by the oaths of David Culp and James S. Siddens subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be filed and recorded" | ||
| Census | 1830 | Allen co., KY |
| Moved | Barren co., KY | |
| they moved from Allen co., KY to Barren co., KY | ||
| Will | <1846> | Putnam co., IN |
| He left a will in Putnam Co., IN mentioning the children: Joseph, Mary, William, James G., Jane, John, Frances, Sarah, Thomas J., Jesse, and Hugh | ||
| DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD GRAVES OF AUGUSTA CO., VA http://www.gravesfa.org/gen188.htm dated: 21 May 2000 found: 12 Aug 2001 Graves Family association |
| Allen County Kentucky Day Book 1826-1837 found: 3 Aug 2001 Martha W. Jackson |
| Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia orignial: Lyman Chalkley |
| 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX TO ONLINE IMAGES, ALLEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY transcribed by Joan Ackermann Renfrow (jrenfrow@swbell.net) |
| Allen County, KY 1830 Census Images S K Publications |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for James S. SIDDENS |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I2771.html |
| updated: | 23 Jan 2005 |