James Webb (abt. 1791 - 1815)

Born about 1791 in Southwest Territory, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael (Partin) Webb — married 7 Jun 1810 in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1815 at about age 24 in Mobile, Mississippi Territory, United States

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Biography

Private James Webb served in the East Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: Sept 20, 1814
Unit(s):
Service ended: Feb 9, 1815

James Webb was born sometimes between 1784 and 1794^[1]. In the 1810 census, he is listed under the name James Web Roach and living next door to his probable father, John Web Roach, and probable brother, Larkin Web Roach^[1].

On 7 June 1810^[2], James married Rachel Partin^[3] in Grainger County, Tennessee^[2]. In a pension application, Rachel lists her 3 children with James as:

1. Preston Webb, born about 1808^[4]
2. Polly Webb, born about 1810^[4]
3. John Webb, born about 1812^[4]

In the pension file, Rachel states that James was drafted into Captain Powell's Company of the East Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812 on 20 September 1814^[5], and that he died in Mobile, Alabama (then the Mississippi Territory), on either the 9th or 19th (she differed on the date in different statements for the pension) of February, 1814 or 1815^[5]. Based on the history of the 3rd Regiment of the East Tennessee Militia, which was active from September 1814 to May 1815^[6], presumably the year 1815 is correct rather than 1814. On 16 May 1815, the Grainger County Court minutes record that Rachel was given leave to administer the estate of James Webb, deceased, with John R. Webb giving bond^[7].

Confusingly, there are other younger children (Rachel's children?) born after 1814 living with Rachel in later censuses that some researchers have assumed to be those of James Webb, but given his 1815 death date and her unambiguous list of only 3 children with James in the pension file, any other children of Rachel's clearly had a different father (see Rachel's profile for more detail).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Grainger County, Tennessee, federal census of 1810, population schedule (third census) and county tax lists for 1810. Edited by Pollyanna Creekmore. Knoxville, Tennessee : Lawson McGhee Library, 1956. Page 7. Entry for James Web Roach. Has 1 male age 16-26, 1 female age 16-26, and 1 male under 10 living in household. Digitized book available at FamilySearch.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZWX-HJ6 : 22 December 2016), James Weeb and Rachel Certain, 07 Jun 1810; citing Grainger, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,358,478.
3. ↑ War of 1812 Pension File for James Webb by Widow Rachel Webb. On page 41 of Part 1 of the pension file available on WikiTree, Rachel states her name before marriage was Partin. Presumably the name Certain as in the marriage record is a misspelling.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} War of 1812 Pension File for James Webb by Widow Rachel Webb. On page 50 of Part 1 and page 1 of Part 2 of the pension file available on WikiTree, Rachel lists the names and ages of her three children with James Webb.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} War of 1812 Pension File for James Webb by Widow Rachel Webb. On page 4 of Part 1 of the pension file on WikiTree.
6. ↑ https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/regimental-histories-tennessee-units-during-war-1812
7. ↑ Grainger County Court Minutes, 1796-1816. Digital image of transcription available at [1].