When James Jarvis Maxwell was born on February 2, 1802, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, his father, Robert, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 24. He married Margaret Wallace on February 8, 1823, in his hometown. They had seven children in 16 years. He died in July 1870 in Morning Star, North Carolina, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mint Hill, North Carolina.
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1830; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M19; Roll: 122; Page: 314; Family History Library Film: 0018088
Year: 1850; Census Place: Providence, Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: M432_637; Page: 78B; Image: 164
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.Original data - State of North Carolina. An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the North Carolina State Archives. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977.O
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