Husband: Ransom Thomas JAMES
Birthdate: 03/11/1832
Birthplace: Liberty Co., GA
Death date: 06/19/1898
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Father: JAMES, Benjamin
Mother: RIGGINS, Sarah

Marriage date: 12/13/1849
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA

Wife: Rebecca DOWLING
Birthdate: 08/14/1835
Birthplace: Beauford District, SC
Death date: 03/24/1909
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Father: DOWLING, James
Mother: WHITE, Jane

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: JAMES, Dicy Jane
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10/14/1850
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 11/16/1880
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: RIGGINS, William

Child No. 2: JAMES, Benjamin M.
Sex: M
Birthdate: abt. 1851
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: LEE, Sarah Ann

Child No. 3: JAMES, Henry T.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 04/24/1856
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 11/01/1861
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: none

Child No. 4: JAMES, Gideon C.
Sex: M
Birthdate: 09/24/1858
Birthplace: Columbia Co., FL
Death date: 11/05/1928
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 06/03/1880
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: SMITH, Sally

Child No. 5: JAMES, Rachel
Sex:
Birthdate: 12/20/1860
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 05/12/1936
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 02/25/1875
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: PEACOCK, William Henry

Child No. 6: JAMES, Rebecca
Sex: F
Birthdate: 03/10/1864
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 12/03/1938
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 03/21/1878
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: SMITH, Duncan A.

Child No. 7: JAMES, Lavina
Sex: F
Birthdate: 04/15/1871
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 04/11/1947
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 01/14/1891
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: YOUMANS, Lawrence H.

Child No. 8: JAMES, Theodocia
Sex: F
Birthdate: 05/21/1866
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 09/06/1892
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 03/16/1882
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: JOHNSON, Lemuel

Child No. 9: JAMES, Ransom Thomas
Sex: M
Birthdate: 04/25/1875
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 03/16/1892
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: 03/16/1892
Marriage place: Pierce Co., GA
Spouse's name: TUTEN, Ida

Child No. 10: JAMES, Laura
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1859
Birthplace: Pierce Co., GA
Death date: 11/04/1906
Place of death: Pierce Co., GA
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
* Ransom Thomas JAMES and his wife Rebecca are buried at Ben James Church Cemetery, Pierce Co., GA.
* Ransom Thomas JAMES served three years in the Confederate Army, enlisting 09/1862 in Co. "D", 7th Regiment, C.S.A.
* Children #'s 1,3,4,5,6,7,8, are also buried at Ben James Church Cemetery, Pierce Co., GA.
* Information from family Bibles,
* "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia" by Folks Huxford,
* The US Federal Census,
* Marriage licenses,
* Death certificates,
* Tombstones.