BIRTH
16 Sep 1761
Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH
7 Oct 1841 (aged 80)
Alabama, USA
BURIAL
McElroy Cemetery
Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama, USA
James was the son of William McElroy and Ghaskey Snickers McElroy. He married first Lucy Arthur in 1790. He married second Sarah McLendon on January 16, 1814 in Jasper, Georgia.
Children
Nancy Jarman McElroy
1809–1899,
Isaac Willis McElroy
1812–1895,
George Washington McElroy
1817–1879,
Jonathan Phillip McElroy
1822–1900
United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-NDB2 : 12 March 2018), James A Mcelroy, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 138; FHL microfilm 882,656.
Thank you to Andrea Dover for creating WikiTree profile McElroy-279 through the import of Dover Family Tree.ged on Feb 20, 2013.
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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.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: