James
M
McCoy
Born about in South Carolina, United States of America
Son of James McCoy
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Malissa Frances (Hamilton) McCoy
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Eliza Jane (Massey) McCoy
— married
[date unknown] (to before 1870) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Frances Elizabeth (McCoy) Grant, James F. McCoy, Nancy E. (McCoy) Kay, Sarah Jane (McCoy) Stephens, Eliza Ann (McCoy) Dickson, Joseph Marion McCoy, Andrew M McCoy, William Albert McCoy, Isabelle (McCoy) Hopkins and Harriett L (McCoy) Fowler
Died after
after about age 65
in South Carolina United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2018
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Biography
James M McCoy was born in 1813 in South Carolina. He married twice - first to Eliza Jane Massey and second to Malissa Frances Hamilton. He, a corporal from Georgia, fought in the Civil War and died sometime after 1880, probably in Keowee, Oconee, South Carolina.
MILITARY, Civil War:
- Name James M. McCoy
- Side Confederate
- Regiment State/Origin Georgia
- Regiment Cherokee Legion, Georgia (State Guards)
- Company G
- Rank In Corporal
- Rank Out Corporal
- Film Number M226 roll 40
- Other Records Cherokee Legion, Georgia (State Guards)
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/262013224534/facts
Name: James McCoy Age: 35 Birth Year: abt 1815 Birthplace: South Carolina Home in 1850: Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 188 View others on page;-->>[1]
Household Members:
James McCoy 35
Jane McCoy 29
Frances E McCoy 11
James F McCoy 8
Sarah Jane McCoy 6
Eliza A McCoy 3
Joseph M McCoy 1
Margaret Mayfield 88
Sources
- Year: 1850; Census Place: Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 252A; Image: 507
- Year: 1870; Census Place: Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1506; Page: 456A; Family History Library Film: 553005
- Year: 1880; Census Place: Keowee, Oconee, South Carolina; Roll: 1236; Page: 355C; Enumeration District: 123
- South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965, Child HARRIETT McCOY Fowler & Eliza A Dickson
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; Film Number M226 roll 40
- Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Keowee, Oconee, South Carolina; Archive Collection Number: AD274; Roll: 13; Page: 13; Line: 5; Schedule Type: Agriculture
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Donnie Blackstone. Source will be added by Blackstone and other family members.
- Tree-->>https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/67370910/person/220027857010/facts
- Other: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&indiv=try&h=11662226
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Cleophus Graves 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #356761
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Steve Garland :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~1.56%
Ashley Dean :
23andMe, GEDmatch AQ2177012 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AQ2177012 [compare], Ancestry member acallaham42
+
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Donnie Blackstone
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Spouse looks like Elizabeth Jane Massey but need more sources;-->>https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8054&h=5663459&ssrc=pt&tid=113330816&pid=200109567887&usePUB=true
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Rejected matches › James McCoy (1815-1884)
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