James
Nisbet
Sr
Born in Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Nisbet
and Agnes (Ramsey) Nisbet
Brother of
Martha (Nisbet) Grier, William (Nesbit) Nisbet, Margaret (Nesbit) McCain, John Nisbet, Alexander Nisbett Jr, Benjamin Nesbit and Joseph (Nisbet) Nisbett
Husband of
Jane (Bratton) Nisbet
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
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Biography
James Nisbet Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082355.
James was born in Wednesday, Feb. 27th, 1765 in the Jacksonham District of Lancaster Co., SC. . James was the sixth child of Alexander Nisbet and Agnes Ramsey. James passed away in 1865. [1]
His father died when James was only eight years old. James no doubt attended the Old Waxhaw Academy with his brothers and sisters, and worked on their farm in Lancaster Co. to help support his widowed mother and the family.
James Nisbet's wife, Jane Bratton, died March 31, 1840. She was buried in the Nisbet Cem., where James had reserved an acre of land north of Grapevine Lake. James Nisbet died Sept. 28, 1845. Stone states age 80 yrs., 7 mos., 1 day.
Property
On October 5, 1807, he received 74 additional acres of land on Flat Creek adjoining his homestead estate. [2]
James Nisbet, Jr., gave the land for the old Grapevine Church and Cem. which was a part of the original estate of his father. This was close by the Nisbet Cem. Grapevine Christian Church is one of the oldest of the denomination in Hopkins Co., being largely formed by the Nisbet families and friends. It is located about two miles southeast of the city of Madisonville, KY [3]
Family
- Alexander Nesbit born 1792 died 1874
- Samuel Bratton Nisbet , born 1794.
- James Nisbet, Jr., born 1796 died1881
- Andrew M. Nisbet, the youngest child, born Jan. 28, 1799 in Lancaster Co., SC, died July 31, 1810. He was buried Grapevine Cem., which was part of the old James Nisbet, Sr., homestead.
Sources
Nisbets Narrations chapter XVI note: ref CW James Nisbet & his wife Jane Bratton were both buried in the Nisbet family graveyard. However, this graveyard became the target of vandalism. To protect these 2 old monuments, Benjamin Louis Nisbet and Lounicy York Nisbet physically moved and placed them in Grapevine Cem. where they remain today. The old Nisbet graveyard has had all stones stolen by robbers 20q5
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32362613
- ↑ Henderson County Clerks' office Book1, page 146 mentions James Land Grant According to the South Carolina archives.
- ↑ ("Nisbet Narrations" 1961, pages 206-207) (Hopkins County Kentucky, deed book 11, pages 310-311).
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DNA Connections
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- Adam Nisbett
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B9809 - Guy Nisbet :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 500 markers, haplogroup R-BY120803, FTDNA kit #76192
- Carl Nisbet :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, FTDNA kit #35951
- Bill Nisbet :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, FTDNA kit #30216
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~3.12%
Tom Carr :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #821367
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~1.56%
~1.56%
Janice (Cannon) Witt :
23andMe, GEDmatch WF7265641 [compare]
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~1.56%
Mike Nisbet :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Donna Daniel :
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According to the South Carolina archives on the Revolutionary War, James served 30 days as a horseman under Captains, Andrew Berry, John Nesbitt, and Col Roebuck from May 16, 1780, to July 1, 1781. AAA5529; X3229. James received 1000 acres near what became Madisonville, Kentucky for services rendered during the war.
Henderson County Clerks' office Book1, page 146 mentions James Land Grant According to the South Carolina archives. On October 5, 1807, he received 74 additional acres of land on Flat Creek adjoining his homestead estate.
James Nisbet Jr. gave the land for the old Grapevine Church and cemetery which was originally a part of the original estate of James and Jane Nisbet and was close to the original Nisbet cemetery. ("Nisbet Narrations" 1961, pages 206-207) (Hopkins County Kentucky, deed book 11, pages 310-311).