GGWC James Outlaw

Biography:

Outlaw, James(b. 1744, Bertie County, NC - d. Apr 22, 1826, Burncoat, Duplin County, NC) Married in 1767 in Duplin County, NC to Elizabeth Grady (b. 9 Feb 1750, Duplin County, NC; d. 3 Sep 1830, Duplin County, NC) She was the daughter of Mary (Whitfield) and John Grady. Her Will is in Duplin County records. He is buried in family cemetery near Outlaw's Bridge, northeastern Duplin County. Original will is in the public recorded for Duplin County, North Carolina, dated 1826. He built the crossing over North East River, which has since been known as Outlaw's Bridge, in Duplin County.
GPS Coordinates: 35.14082 N 77.84831 W
Service: Member of the Committee on Safety, 1775; He was a soldier (Private) in the Revolution, serving in the Company of his brother, Captain Alexander Outlaw, in an "expedition against the insurgents", 1776; fought at Battle of Moore's Creek Ridge., and later as a Lieutenant (N.C. Revolutionary Army Account Volume V, p. 19, folio 1). Commissioner of the town of Sarecta (never developed), Duplin County's first established town. Captain in Duplin militia service 1787 and 1788, as shown by tax records from Captain Outlaw's District, and was for nearly thirty years, a Justice of the County Court of Pleas and Quarterly Sessions, serving a part of that time as Chairman of Said Court.

Last will and testament OUTLAW, JAMES ( CR.035.801.9/A-367)son in law JACOB WILLIAMS who married my oldest dau. MARY negro Lewis with the rest of the property that I have heretofore given him & twenty shillings; son in law TIMOTHY GRADY who married my dau. PATIENCE negro Rose& her children, the property he has heretofore had & twenty shillings; son in law HENRY GRADY negro Boson with what he has heretofore had & twenty shillings; son in law ALEXR GRADY negro Jenny together with what I have heretofore given him; son in law WM. WHITFIELD negro Abbe together with what I have heretofore given him; son JOHN my land on the south side of the No East & above the Miry Branch One Hundred & Seventy acres together with what I have given him heretofore; JOHN's children PATIENCE, MARY OLIVE, LEWIS , ALEXANDER, SALLY & EDITH my land on the So Side of the No East & below the Miry Branch down to MARK KEETHLYs to be divided among them as they come of age or marry; wife ELIZABETH while she remains my widow all the Residue of my Negroes Old & young & My stock of all kinds and after her death My Negroes to be equally divided among my sons EDWARD, ALEXR., WM & LEWIS; wife ELIZABETH all my household furniture & plantation tools extrs: sons EDWD. & WM. wit: JHO A. SWINSON , JHO MATHEWS, HAMMOND HARDISON signed : James Outlaw

SAR Patriot #: P-263960 DAR #: A084952

Death: 22 Apr 1826 / Duplin / NC

Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service

Children: Henry, John, Mary, Edward

Patriotic Service Description: Also Pvt, Col. Abraham Shepard, Carter's Co, 1oth Regt, NC Cont Line, Wilmington Dist Militia

Sources:

56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. DAR cites (NC) DAR Roster of Soldiers from NC in the American Rev., pgs 104, 152; and, NC Revolutionary Army Accts., Vol V, pg 18, folio 2