James Washington Fisher Jr. (1795 - 1862)

Born 10 Jan 1795 in South Carolina, United States

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Died 6 Nov 1862 at age 67 in Transylvania County, North Carolina, Confederate States

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Biography

James Fisher Jr. and wife, Darcus Bowling. Jim Fisher was a Long Hunter who was born 1795 in Greenville Co, SC. He married Darcus in 1815/16 by Rev. John Ridings in Spartanburg Co. He had served in the War of 1812 and Darcus drew a pension for this service which is where we get the marriage details. They spent the next 7 yrs in Spartanburg Co and then moved to Greenville Co in about 1822/23. After 1840, Jim Fisher, his family, and others from the area removed to the present day Transylvania Co, NC around Lake Toxaway, which were the Long Hunters hunting grounds. In 1847, the famed southern novelist, William Gilmore Simms, went on a hunt with the Long Hunters (Nathan Lankford, Columbus Mills, and others went along on this hunt as well) and later wrote stories about the hunt from his diary (now in the Caroliniana Library in Columbia SC. (Thank You Patricia Cantrell)

Birth: Jan. 10, 1795 South Carolina, USA Death: Nov. 6, 1862 Transylvania County North Carolina, USA

Family links: Children: Mary Fisher Cantrell (1820 - 1859)*

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Burial: Lakeside Cemetery Lake Toxaway Transylvania County North Carolina, USA

Created by: Richard Harness Record added: Jul 18, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 54970243

Tombstone indicates spouse as Darcus Fisher... per daughter "Polly"'s tombstone Darcus was previously a Bowling.

James Fisher JR was a War of 1812 soldier and was what was known as a "Long Hunter". There are stories written about him in the writings of the author, William Gilmore Simms--especially "The Cub of the Panther" story. His father, James Washington Fisher SR was a Revolutionary War Soldier

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54970243/james-washington-fisher: accessed 15 April 2023), memorial page for James Washington Fisher Jr. (10 Jan 1795–6 Nov 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54970243, citing Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by E Bryant (contributor 46982180).

• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BREEDLOVE/2008-07/1217336945