James (Nunez) Nunes (abt. 1770 - abt. 1809)

Born about 1770 in Savannah, Province of Georgia

Ancestors

Died about 1809 at about age 39 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States

Biography

James (Nunez) Nunes is a part of US Black heritage.

James was born around 1770, the son of Rose "Mulatto Rose," an enslaved person and Moses Nunez. He appears to have lived in the Savannah, Georgia area most of his life. He married Lucy Anderson and they had at least two children.

One account states that James' wife was a free white woman, and that the two "lived together as husband wife. James Nunez was an American, his father was a Portugese (another name for Jew) he passed as a white man, witness has frequently seen him writing and acting as a clerk in the counting room of Edward Telfair of Savannah." ^[1]

There is a Savannah, Georgia court record stating that James Nunes was summoned to appear regarding a debt of $22.76 to a John Glass, in 1802.^[2]

• Fact: Residence (1793) Tax List 1793, Chatham County, GA^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ PAGE 161 of Isabel Vandervelde's book: "George Galphin Indian Trading Patriot of Ga. & S. Carolina. Families of his children of 3 Races."
2. ↑ Savannah, Georgia, Court Records, 1790-1934 NameJames NunesCourt DateJun 1802Civil PlaceSavannah, Chatham, Georgia
3. ↑ Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Name Nunis, James County Chatham Year 1793 District SAVANNAH
4. ↑ Georgia Census, 1790-1890 NameJames NunisStateGACountyChatham CountyTownshipSavannah DistrictYear1793Record TypeTax listPage010DatabaseGA 1792-1819 Tax Lists Index