"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DV-BQG : 12 April 2016), James Arbaugh in household of Jacob Arbaugh, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4B-75T : 12 April 2016), James Arbough in household of Jacob Arbough, West Virginia, United States; citing p. 19, family 128, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,196.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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