James was born on 22 March 1796 in Garrard County, Kentucky, USA to Theophilus Anderson and Polly Lear. He died on 20 Oct 1865 at age 69 in Johnson County, Indiana, USA and was buried in Lickspring Baptist Church Cemetery, Trafalgar, Johnson County, Indiana, USA
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James Lear Anderson married Mary Coy on 18 Nov 1816 in Garrard Co., KY [2]
Known Children:
Elizabeth (Anderson) Henry (1819–1892),
Nancy Jane (Anderson) Wilkinson (1820–1858),
Robert Anderson (1822-?),
Thomas Ephraim Anderson (1825–1848),
David Crockett Anderson (1828–1906),
James Lear Anderson (1830–1901),
Sarah Jane (Anderson) Smyser (1834–1928),
George W Anderson (1837–1867),
Amelia (Anderson) Smyser (1839–1919),
Martha Ellen (Anderson) Richardson (1842–1881),
William A. Anderson (1844–1912)
Fact: Residence (1820) Garrard, Garrard, Kentucky, United States [3]
Fact: Residence (1830) Hensley, Johnson, Indiana, United States [4]
Fact: Residence (1840) Johnson, Indiana, United States [5]
Fact: Residence (1850) Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana, United States [6]
Fact: Residence (1860) Ninevah Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States [7]
Fact: The heirs of Theophilus Anderson are forced by the court to release their interest in their father's 50 acres on Paint Lick Creek in Garrard, KY. He owed a lien on the property and it was repossessed. 1849 [8]
↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-FKW : accessed 17 May 2021), James Anderson, Garrard, Garrard, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 93, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 186,181.
↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPY-LBF : 20 February 2021), James Anderson, Hensley, Johnson, Indiana, United States; citing 46, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 7,716.
↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBV-YPP : 2 March 2021), James Anderson, Johnson, Kane, Utah, United States; citing p. 317, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJL-ZBL : 19 December 2020), James Anderson, Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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