A patrilineal descendant of James has had Y-DNA testing and autosomal DNA testing; his haplotype is R1b-Z18817: see kit #179437 in the L513 project at Family Tree DNA.
Biography
James was born in 1745. He passed away in 1830.
Sources
1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Blandford, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 127; Image: 150; Family History Library Film: 0568144
1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 15; Page: 1112; Image: 147; Family History Library Film: 205614
1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 72; Image: 00081; Family History Library Film: 0181352
1820 United States Federal Census, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Whitley, Kentucky; Page: 115; NARA Roll: M33_28; Image: 130
United States Census of 1830, Whitley County, Kentucky
Whitley County Wills, Vol. 1, p. 37
U.S. Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1784 to 1811, Service Year: 1793, Military Unit: Hall's Regiment, Cavalry, Volunteers, Rank: Private
American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Name: James Campbell Birth Date: 1750 Birthplace: Massachusetts, Volume: 24 Page Number: 301 Biographical Info: capt. Reference: soldiers and sailors of the Rev. War. Comp. By secy. Of the commonwealth, Ms. Boston. 1896-1908. (17v.):3:53
U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 15
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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 Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: