James Perdue

Male, #35177, (27 Apr 1783 - 13 Dec 1862)

Birth*27 Apr 1783 James was born at Maryland on 27 Apr 1783. 
Marriage*circa 1805 He married Mary Howard circa 1805. 
Marriagecirca 1823 He married Elizabeth Horsley at Georgia circa 1823. 
Marriageafter 1854 He married Rebecca A. Palmer after 1854. 
Marriage* He married Clarissa Auslin
Will*11 Jul 1861 He made a will at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 11 Jul 1861.1 
Death*13 Dec 1862 He died at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 13 Dec 1862. 
Probate*Jan 1863 James's will was probated at Monroe Co., Georgia, in Jan 1863.2 
Biography* Monroe Co., GA deed O-580 January 1863 lists John Perdue, Lisdsy Perdue, James Morgan, G. W. Culpepper, Isham Perdue, William Perdue, Williard Perdue, Ann Perdue as the children, grandchildren, and sons-in-law of James Perdue, deceased as relinquishing all claims against the estate: Whereas Perdue did not bequeath anything to above mentioned parties in his will, but simply mentions their names; & above named are about to enter their caveat; & in order to prevent a law suit on the premises; it is agreed on the part of G[reen] H. Perdue, James K. Perdue, Hiram Perdue, Elijah Perdue & Caroline Prater [wife of Henry Prater] children of said dec'd & recipients of his last will and testament; give the plantation whereon the dec'd lived to 1st mentioned parties.... The deed was witnessed by Joseph Howard and Clarasy Perdue, widow of dec'd, rel. dower. In a related deed, O-585: John Perdue in his own name & as attorney for Lindsey Perdue, James Morgan, G. W. Culpepper, Isham Perdue, Milton Perdue, Hilliard Perdue, Ann Perdue, to Edmund Dumas for $3100, land on which James Perdue dec'd resided adjacent Joseph Howard and Early Cleveland, Elizabeth Hogan, W. J. Sikes, James K. Clements, E. Dumas The deed for 400 acres was witnessed by Charles F. Gibson. 

Family 1

Mary Howard (circa 1770 - 9 Dec 1825)
Child

Family 2

Elizabeth Horsley (circa 1797 - 20 Sep 1854)

Family 3

Clarissa Auslin (1808 - after 1879)

Last Edited 9 Jul 2004

Citations

  1. Title: Monroe County, Georgia: A History
    publisher: Forsyth, GA: Monroe Co, Historical, Society 1979
    call number: LC-Cat No. -79-55467
    Appendix A-1, p. 463.
  2. Abstracted by Lewis W. Griffin, Monroe Co., GA Deeds, 1822-1868, Books A-P, Salt Lake City, UT: Monroe County Superior Court, Published on Microfilm by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1966, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. Films 164,136 - 164,143.
    Book O, Page 580 and 585.