James Little was born 4 February 1737 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States to William Little (1712-1753) and Mary Brackenberry (1712-) and died 5 April 1807 Carnesville, Franklin County, Georgia, United States of unspecified causes. He married Isabella Hamilton (1741-1821) 1765 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Littlesville
One of the earliest angle colonial settlements in Laurens County, South Carolina, (just a couple of miles from Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery) was founded by James Little and his family circa 1760:
"Littlesville: One of the first centers of population in Laurens County was Littlesville on Duncan the Adairs, are buried in the old Duncan's Creek Church cemetery. One of the gravestones bears the inscription 'David Little, a native of Ireland.' It is not known which of the early Adairs was the father of Charity, but the Adairs were in this section, probably as early as were the Little brothers. [Charity was the daughter of Joseph, son of the original Joseph Adair the cooper.] Joseph B. [Sr.] came from Ireland in 1711 and died in Laurens County in 1801; Joseph, Jr., [son of Joseph Sr.] was born in Pennsylvania (the state from which John Duncan recruited settlers) in 1733 and died in Laurens in 1812; and John B. was born in Duncan's Creek neighborhood in 1758 and died in Georgia [son of Joseph Jr. and brother to Charity]. Doctor W.S. Glenn of Spartanburg had in his possession in 1930 a map of a very early date which showed a community called Littlesville, about three miles from the historic Duncan's Creek Church. The site is no longer listed even in the crossroad category, the majority of the people from this creek bank settlement having moved to the thriving community of Clinton?[1]
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
William Little (1767-) | |||
David Little (1767-1812) | 11 November 1767 Albemarle County, Virginia, United States | 17 November 1812 Duncan Creek, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States | Charity Adair (1770-1826) |
James Little (1769-1856) | |||
Mary Ann Little (1770-) | |||
John Little (1775-1796) | |||
Julia Ann Little (1775-1862) | |||
Ellender Little (1778-1825) | |||
William Robert Little (1780-1833) | |||
Nancy Little (1782-1850) | |||
Walter Little (1785-1845) |
Siblings
Residences
References
- ^ FHL book 975.731 H2b "A Laurens County Sketchbook," by Julian Stevenson Bolick provides a good historical background of Laurens County, South Carolina - pg 17