James Byers (abt. 1750 - bef. 1804)

Biography

James Byers was born in about 1750. He died before 1804 in Iredell County, North Carolina, where his estate was probated. He owned six slaves in 1790.^[1]

He owned a grist mill in the southern end of Iredell county.^[2]

He may have had a son, James A. Byers.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ #C1790, #C1800, #Estate, p 148 #Keever
2. ↑ 1800 Tax records, p 148 #Keever
3. ↑ also appears in Census Records of Iredell County

• Source: "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-9HH : accessed 22 August 2017), James Biars, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 386, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• Source: "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-PLC : accessed 22 August 2017), James Byars, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 654, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
• Source: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-S13V : 21 November 2016), James Byers, 1808; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .
• Source: Iredell Piedmont County, by Homer M. Keever, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mild red Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, see Iredell, Piedmont County