James
Michael
Courtney
Born about in Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of William Courtney
and Mary (Barbee) Courtney
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Kesterson) Courtney
— married
28 Jan 1779 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Jane (Courtney) Pettit
Died
at about age 86
in Greene, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jun 2011
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Biography
James Courtney married Sarah (Sally) Kesterton in 1779. [1]
Served as Private on the Virginia Line [2]
Left a will which names wife, children and grandchildren. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR8X-1VJ : 11 February 2018)
- ↑ “US Pension roll of 1835, Greene County, Tennessee.”
- ↑ “Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1833.”
WikiTree profile Courtney-107 created through the import of a20y4f_871495rae7f33g0ez2447w.ged on Jun 24, 2011 by Lori Cleveland.
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