Martha JAMES

1760 - 1790  (30 years)

• Name	Martha JAMES
  Birth	1760	Of Sumter District, South Carolina   [1]
  Gender	Female
  HIST	Is this Martha the sister of Elizabeth James, who is the wife of Joseph Singleton, brother of Richrd, who is married to Martha?  [2]
  _UID	C10812BB0B314F4487127C35319FC321630B
  Death	1790	South Carolina
  Person ID	I3000	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	Sherwood JAMES, Jr.,   b. 1726   d. Bef 1783 (Age < 56 years)
  Mother	Martha HOLLIDAY
  Marriage	Virginia   [3]
  _UID	D2D7B4DA8FC74AA89B581B2287B80F8B8829
  _UID	D2D7B4DA8FC74AA89B581B2287B80F8B8829
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Colonel Richard SINGLETON,   b. 1758, Virginia d. Bef 8 Apr 1811, Claiborne County, Mississippi (Age < 53 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1788
  _UID	22CACB96F02B4C72B6746E8168B59F918C44
  _UID	22CACB96F02B4C72B6746E8168B59F918C44
  Children	1. Doctor Reverend Joseph James SINGLETON, I,   b. 13 Dec 1788, Claremont County, South Carolina d. 9 Apr 1854, Dahlonega, Georgia (Age 65 years)   2. Elizabeth SINGLETON,   b. 1790   d. 26 Apr 1856, Dahlonega, Georgia (Age 66 years)   3. Richard SINGLETON, Jr.   4. Hiram SINGLETON   5. Joseph SINGLETON,   b. Bef 8 Nov 1799, United States
  Family ID	F1064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Martha’s sister (?) was the daughter of Sherwood James and Martha Taliaferro of VA sister of Mrs. Bracey sister of James Taliaferro who moved to Alabama These James girls (Martha and Elizabeth) were the nieces of Mary (Sherwood) There is a good deal of information on Richard Singleton's family with Martha James in the book Singleton's and Some of Their Georgia Kin" by Clara Singleton Patty (available through LDS film).

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] Cochran Gedcom File. [S2124] . [S286] Howell papers on James.