James Pemberton DeJarnette 1740 –
1826
James
Pemberton DeJarnette – My 4th
Great-Grandfather
Second
Wife: Mary (maiden name unknown) widow of Alexander Saunders
Parents
of Elizabeth Dejarnette who married William Akers
Bryan
Parents
of Andrew Bryan who married Mary J. Coffee
Parents
of Sarah Jane Bryan who married H. Lee Arthur
Parents
of Willie Thomas Arthur who married Anselona D. Wade
Parents
of Edgar Wilson Arthur who married Bertha M. Overby
Parents
of E. David Arthur
James
Pemberton DeJarnette son of Joseph DeJarnette and
grandson of Jean DeJarnette, a Huguenot who fled
France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 and came to Virginia
in 1699. Jean DeJarnette first settled in Caroline
County, and it is unclear when the family first acquired property in Halifax
County, as the county did not exist until 1752, when it was formed from
Lunenburg County. However, the first property listing in Halifax for James
Pemberton DeJarnette appears in 1767.
25 Feb
1767 Halifax County,
Virginia
65
acres for £20
◦Deed
Book 6, p. 12 – William Bowman Junior and Rachel, his wife, sold to James
Pemberton Dejarnett for twenty pounds a tract lying
on the south side of North Fork of Allen's Creek containing 65 acres. Beginning
at Luke Smith's corner to the dividing line between James Farris and William
Bowman Junior, etc. Witnesses Benjamin Lankford, Joseph Dejarnett,
John Farris, John George.
Land
Acquisition 1 Mar 1767
Halifax County, Virginia
200
acres for £60
◦Deed
Book 6, p. 493 – John Balenger and Mary, his wife,
sold to James Pemberton Dejarnett for 60 pounds 200
acres on the south side of Staunton River. Witness Robert Munford.
Land
Acquisition 19 Sep 1771
Halifax County, Virginia
143
acres for £160
◦Deed
Book 8, p. 363 – Peter Bayes and Hannah, his wife, sold to James Dejarnett for 160 pounds a tract of land of 143 acres on
the south side of Staunton River beginning at Abraham Echols corner opposite to
an island. Witness Robert Munford.
Land
Relinquish 22 Aug 1772
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
137
acres for £51
◦Deed
Book 3, p. 61 – James Dejarnett of Halifax County 51
pounds current money of Virginia paid by William Spraggins
of Pittsylvania County a tract of land lying on the east fork of Allen's Creek
joining the lines of Joshua Stone, James George and John Butler 137 acres
together with all houses, gardens, orchards, or woods and under woods, waters,
water courses. Signed James Dejarnett, Edna Dejarnett.
Witnesses:
Thomas Dillar Junior, Benjamin Lankford, Benjamin
Johnson
Land
Acquisition 15 Oct 1772
Halifax County, Virginia
400
acres for £20
◦John
Rodgers, attorney for Thomas Dougherty of Charlotte County sold to James
Pemberton Dejarnett for 25 pounds 400 acres on the
branches of Bannister and brances of Staunton Rivers
and both sides of Hickeye Road. Witness Robert
Munford.
Military
Service Between 1774 and 1777 as a Captain during The Revolution
Land
Relinquish 18 Sep 1777
Halifax County, Virginia
400
acres for £50
◦Deed
Book 10, p. 298 – James Dejernett and Edna, his wife,
sold to George Mitchell for 50 pounds current money lands known as "Church
Tract" on both sides of Hickeye Road and on the
heads of the Branches of both Bannister and Staunton Rivers containing 400
acres. Witness George Carrington.
Land
Relinquish 16 Jul 1778
Halifax County, Virginia
200
acres by sale
◦Deed
Book 11, p. 70 &ndash James Pemberton Dejernatt sold to Joseph Dejernett
for ??? 200 acres on the south side of Staunton River.
Land
Acquisition 21 Nov 1778
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
90
acres for £50
◦Deed
Book 3, p. 63 – Thomas Davis of Halifax 50 pounds paid by James Dejarnett of Halifax. A tract in Pittsylvania County on
Straight Stone Creek, 90 acres *** to a line on the north side of said creek
just below Hubbard's old mill.
Witnesses:
Will Todd, Haynes Morgan, John Buckly,
John George.
James
Pemberton DeJarnette served during the American
Revolution as Captain of the Halifax County Militia. He also twice served as
High Sherriff of Halifax County Virginia.
During
his lifetime a Tavern or Ordinary was established in the late 1700s by his
family on what is now known as St. Rt. 40 and Stagecoach Road in Halifax
County. According to court documents it was owned by his oldest son Thomas DeJarnette in 1782.
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