James
Beams
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Nancy (Lay) Beams
— married
3 Sep 1793 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Died
at age 93
in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2014
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Biography
3 Sep 1793 - James Beams marries Nancy Lay in Wilkes Co., N.C. with Jesse Lay as bondsman.[1]
1807 - James Beams first appears on the tax lists of Knox Co., Ky. His brother-in-law Jesse Lay preceded him by two years.
1818 - Whitley County, Ky., is formed from Knox County.
1819-1850 - James Beams appears on the tax lists of Whitley County.[2] He owns 120 acres on the Clear Fork.
1860 - James (92) and Nancy (91) are living with son Samuel and family. Federal census of Whitley County, Ky.[3]
Sources
- ↑ North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
- ↑ Broyles, Stephen H., Whitley County, Ky., Tax List Summary, 1819-1850, self-published, 1991
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZBK-CRV : accessed 22 Aug 2014), Nancy Beams in household of Samuel Beams, Jellico Dist, Whitley, Kentucky, United States; citing "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; p. 89, household ID 591, NARA microfilm publication M653; FHL microfilm 803400.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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