James William Inman (abt. 1780 - abt. 1833)

Born about 1780 in Augusta Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Elizabeth (Glover) Inman — married about 1794 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1833 at about age 53 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee

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Biography

The children of the Rev. James William Inman (1760s-c. 1836, Giles Co., TN) from his second marriage to Martha Caroline Wilson. Only one of those children -- Elkanah Dulaney -- was male, but early Gambles and Wilsons of Christian and Greene Cos. were also descendants. (Per Christian Co. MO Genealogy).

James William Inman, whose bloodlines are murky at best, likely was the son of Lazarus Inman (c. 1730-1781) and Elizabeth White of Augusta Co., VA, but not all of James William's children and grandchildren have been identified. Lazarus was the apparent brother of an older Ezekiel, who settled for a time in Augusta Co., but moved east to Albemarle during the French and Indian War and to Rowan/Burke Cos., NC by Revolutionary times. Ezekiel appears to have died in what became Blount Co., TN before 1800. The children of Ezekiel and James William lived in the same mountainous area of East Tennessee. James William's daughter Louisa Caroline married William Sanders, the brother of Sally Sanders Inman, in a family that was given to cousin and in-law marriages common in Virginia. (Also per Christian Co. MO Genealogy connection to Lazarus and Elizabeth is supported.)

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVP-QB3Q : 13 December 2015), James William Inman, ; Burial, , Jefferson, Tennessee, United States of America, Old Salem Methodist Cemetery; citing record ID 23276845

• Christian Co. MO Genealogy

• EARLY INMAN'S OF THE SOUTH By Randy McConnell