Captain
James
Vernon
Sr.
Born about in Wrightsboro, New Hanover, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Vernon II
and Hannah (Townsend) Vernon
Brother of
Catherine (Vernon) Mendenhall, Mary (Vernon) Hodgin, Isaac Vernon III, Phebe (Vernon) Middleton, Martha Vernon [half], Amos Vernon, Townsend Vernon, Lydia (Vernon) Stanfield and Martha Vernon
Husband of
Martha (Hodgins) Vernon
— married
1772 in Wrightsboro, Columbia, Georgia
Husband of
Content (Hussey) Vernon
— married
7 Feb 1773 in Wrightsborough, McDuffie County, Georgia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 34
in New Duffie, Columbia, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2015
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Biography
James was a Friend (Quaker)
Private James Vernon Sr. served with Guilford County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
James Vernon's parents were Isaac Vernon II (1715-1786) and Hannah (Townsend) Vernon (1718-1791).
Note: this links to an abstract of his will: James Vernon from the Historical collection of Georgia chapters D.A.R. Vol 2rec Richmond Co Ga pg 15&16,also Elnora Vernon 1985 Richard St SLC Ut. [1]
James Vernon, 1751–1785 Martha Content Hodgin, 1754–1785
No graves have been located for them. Most early Quakers did not believe in labeling graves and most Wrightsborough graves are unmarked.
Sources
- FamilySearch.Org Pedigree
- Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by W. W. Hinshaw
- Source: S9 Geni World Family Tree (MyHeritage) The Geni World Family Tree is found on www.Geni.com. Geni is owned and operated by MyHeritage. TID 0 Footnote Geni World Family Tree (MyHeritage) ShortFootnote Geni World Family Tree Bibliography Geni World Family Tree. MyHeritage. https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-2720017/james-vernon-in-geni-world-family-tree?s=407309281 Page https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-2720017/james-vernon-in-geni-world-family-tree?s=407309281 Certainty: 3 QUAL P Added via a Record Match
- FindAGrave Memorial #10394840
- Service Record of James Vernon
- Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana.
- ↑ https://books.google.ca/books?id=Epp4pez-rU8C&pg=PA308&lpg=PA308&dq=James+Vernon+from+the+Historical+collection+of+Georgia+chapters+D.A.R.&source=bl&ots=XFFVX7x-gd&sig=ACfU3U0Y6u6U0aGxijC4xARn4ZwPfR8_SA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiH-7mg7bf5AhXlJn0KHRhOAlcQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=James%20Vernon&f=false as cited at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGKW-S4Y
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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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ray Vernon
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup J-Z590, FTDNA kit #N131628 - Cody Vernon :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 25 markers, haplogroup J-M172
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~1.56%
Dale Hiatt :
23andMe, GEDmatch M334591 [compare]
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~0.78%
Loyd Henion :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM6406369 [compare], Ancestry member lhenion
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Jim Alvey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jimalvey1945
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~0.78%
Robert Wilson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Charlene Goins :
MyHeritage DNA
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Was he a Quaker?
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10394840/james-vernon: accessed 19 December 2022), memorial page for James Vernon Sr. (1751–1784), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10394840; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by CatMoves (contributor 46555522).