James Madison Devlin (1812 - 1878)

Born 27 Oct 1812 in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Haden) Devlin — married 14 Jan 1840 in Attala, Mississippi, USA

Husband of Georgina Frances (Barrett) Devlin — married 8 Jul 1847 in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1878 at age 65 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

Name

Name: James Madison /Devlin/^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 27 Oct 1812

Place: Abbeville, South Carolina, USA^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Birth:

Date: 27 OCT 1812

Place: Smithville, South Carolina, USA

Birth:

Date: 27 OCT 1812

Place: Smithville, South Carolina, USA

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 27 Oct 1812

Death

Death: Age: 65

Date: 18 Jan 1878

Place: Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi, USA^[13][14]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Winona, Montgomery County, Mississippi, USA^[15][16]

Residence

Residence: Age: 48

Date: 1860

Place: Yazoo, Mississippi, United States^[17]

Residence: Age: 38

Date: 1850

Place: Yazoo, Mississippi^[18]

Residence: Age: 58Census Post Office: Winona

Date: 1870

Place: Township 19 Range 5, Carroll, Mississippi, United States^[19]

Occupation

Occupation: Merchant

Note

Note: "History of Mississippi" names among the early merchants in Yazoo County "J.M. Delvin, R.F. Jennings" (Mr. Devlin's business partner) Robert Jennings is also cited as an early merchant of Benton, Yazoo County, Miss.

Both are also cited in Dunbar Roland's "Encyclopedia of Mississippi History",

On Yazoo Co. tax rolls 1843 (p.17), 1844 (p.12) and 1848 (p.8)

From the LEXINGTON UNION, Lexington, MS. Jan. 19, 1840. Married in Attala county on Tuesday evening last by Rev. John Black of this place, Mr. James Devlin of Yazoo City to Miss Mary Haden of the former place.

From THE YAZOO CITY WHIG, Yazoo City, MS. Jan 24, 1840. Married in Attala County on Tuesday evening, the 14th by the Rev. John Black of Lexington, Mr. John M. Devlin of Yazoo City to Miss Mary Morten Haden of Russellville, KY.

In the 1850 U.S. Census, Slave Schedule, Yazoo County, Miss., he is shown as owning two slaves, on female Mulatto, age 45, and one nine year old male.

Was a cotton factor, in business under the name of "Pope and Devlin", later "Jennings and Devlin", and later just "J.M. Devlin".

A member of the Yazoo Masonic Lodge, Yazoo City, Miss., in 1849.

There are at least ten contracts written between him and employees and recorded by the Freedmen's Bureau. And example, setting out the conditions of employment of the manager of his property, along with his wife and children: [1]

"United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TD-53HS-L?cc=2427901&wc=73RQ-39T%3A1513902402%2C1513926977 : accessed 29 May 2017), Mississippi > image 618 of 789; citing multiple NARA microfilm publications; Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861 - 1880, RG 105; (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969-1980).

Object

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=091618a1-384b-4d4f-b324-986c316549b0&tid=64945803&pid=85

Format: jpg

Title: JamesMadisonDevlinStone.jpg

Marriage

Husband: James Madison Devlin

Wife: Georgina Frances Barrett

Child: Julia Mildred Devlin

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 8 Jul 1847

Place: Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, USA^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-634192451 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 19 Range 5, Carroll, Mississippi; Roll: M593_723; Page: 644A; Image: 397; Family History Library Film: 552222 APID: 1,7163::36323213
2. ↑ Source: #S-634357877 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M432_382; Page: 521A; Image: 1054 APID: 1,8054::3610850
3. ↑ Source: #S-634193889 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M653_594; Page: 946; Image: 428; Family History Library Film: 803594 APID: 1,7667::38926823
4. ↑ Source: #S-634352927 APID: 1,70614::581618
5. ↑ Source: #S-633741275 APID: 1,2469::944680668
6. ↑ Source: #S-633741268 APID: 1,7842::158312
7. ↑ Source: #S-624931559 APID: 1,60525::84971752
8. ↑ Source: #S-634192451 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 19 Range 5, Carroll, Mississippi; Roll: M593_723; Page: 644A; Image: 397; Family History Library Film: 552222 APID: 1,7163::36323213
9. ↑ Source: #S-634357877 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M432_382; Page: 521A; Image: 1054 APID: 1,8054::3610850
10. ↑ Source: #S-634193889 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M653_594; Page: 946; Image: 428; Family History Library Film: 803594 APID: 1,7667::38926823
11. ↑ Source: #S-634352927 APID: 1,70614::581618
12. ↑ Source: #S-624931559 APID: 1,60525::84971752
13. ↑ Source: #S-634352927 APID: 1,70614::581618
14. ↑ Source: #S-624931559 APID: 1,60525::84971752
15. ↑ Source: #S-634352927 APID: 1,70614::581618
16. ↑ Source: #S-624931559 APID: 1,60525::84971752
17. ↑ Source: #S-634193889 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M653_594; Page: 946; Image: 428; Family History Library Film: 803594 APID: 1,7667::38926823
18. ↑ Source: #S-634357877 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: Yazoo, Mississippi; Roll: M432_382; Page: 521A; Image: 1054 APID: 1,8054::3610850
19. ↑ Source: #S-634192451 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 19 Range 5, Carroll, Mississippi; Roll: M593_723; Page: 644A; Image: 397; Family History Library Film: 552222 APID: 1,7163::36323213
20. ↑ Source: #S-633741268 APID: 1,7842::158312

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