James was born in 1803 in North Carolina, United States. He was the son of Ichabod McBrayer and Mary Stratton. James was married to Anne Sanders. He passed away in 1876 in Kentucky, United States. James was buried at the Hogtown Cemetery in Rowan County, Kentucky, United States.
His children based on 1850 Carter Co. KY census and The McBrayer Family Book II:
Solomon b. c1826
Lewis Parker b. 03 Feb 1828 Greenup County
James Riley b. c1832
Mary Ann b. 24 May 1834 Carter Co. KY d. 2 Apr 1919 Boyd Co. KY
↑ Foley, Mary Donna. The Sanders Family of Eastern Kentucky: Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Elizabeth McBrayer Sanders. Columbiana, KY: Printing Creations Inc., October 1996. Page 8.
"Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJJ-NDC : 11 February 2018), James R. Mcbrayer in entry for John Milton Mcbrayer, 05 Nov 1852; citing Four Mile Creek, Carter, Kentucky, reference 2:2C2ZCZW; FHL microfilm 216,819.
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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.
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This entry as well as many family trees on other sites show James' middle name as Robbins. Does anyone have documentation to support this? I have not been able to find anything.
McBrayer-290 and McBrayer-192 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate. Same Find A Grave Memorial number, same exact name. They have the exact same birth and death dates and locations.