extracts for surname JAMES in Kentucky. Resource Book Title: McAdams, Harry Kennett, Kentucky pioneer and court records : abstracts of early wills, deeds, and marriages from court houses and records of old Bibles, churches, grave yards, and cemeteries Lexington, Ky.: Mrs. H.K. McAdams, 1929, 383 pgs. contents: Title page ; pages: 3-3 Front matter ; pages: 4-4 Anderson County, Kentucky. First order book, page 1 ; pages: 5-11 Bourbon County records. Abstract of court order ; pages: 11-13 Boyle County, KY., Danville ; pages: 13-17 Clark County, Winchester. Will abstracts ; pages: 17-23 Fayette County, Kentucky ; pages: 23-39 Garrard County, Kentucky ; pages: 39-44 Harrison County, Kentucky ; pages: 44-47 Lincoln County, Stanford Court House ; pages: 48-59 Madison County, Kentucky. Will and deed abstracts ; pages: 59-62 Mercer County, Kentucky. Harrodsburg Court House ; pages: 62-77 Miscellaneous. Will abstracts ; pages: 77-83 Back matter ; pages: 79-246 Montgomery County ; pages: 83-85 Marriages, Anderson County, Kentucky--1831-1835 ; pages: 85-90 Boyle County, Danville Court House. Marriage bonds-1842 ; pages: 91-94 Marriages, Clark County, Kentucky ; pages: 95-96 Fayette County Court ; pages: 96-99 Garrard County, Kentucky. Lancaster Court House ; pages: 99-105 Marriage index--Lincoln County ; pages: 105-122 Madison County marriages ; pages: 122-123 Mercer County, Kentucky. Marriage records from 1800 to 1870 ; pages: 123-165 Church records. Church of the Advent ; pages: 165-213 Cemeteries and family burying grounds. Burials in Battle Grove Cemetery, at Cynthiana, Ky., from 1869 to 1881 ; pages: 214-239 Bible records ; pages: 239-312 Genealogy section ; pages: 312-343 ________________________________________________________________________ REFER TO CONTENTS FOR LOCATIONS OF EXTRACTS: page 8 [Fayette County] Will of John PENNY. pages 18 and 19 ..Date Feb. 9, 1829. Names wife, Fanny. Grand-dau., Sally PENNY, dau. of Phillip PENNY, deceased. Dau., Elizabeth, wife of Will JAMES, formaly Elizabeth LILLARD, wife of John LILLARD, Deceased Dau., Polly FREEMAN, wife of Charles Y. FREEMAN. sons, Wm. W. PENNY, Eli PENNY and James PENNY. Exec's Sons, Eli, James and Wm. W. PENNY. Witnesses, David WHITE, J. McBRAYER, J. H. WALKER and Randall WALKER. Probated Aug. Court 1833. p. 24 [Fayette County] Will of Thaddeus DOOLIN--page 365--Written Dec. 5, 1814. Names, wife, Elizabeth. Daughters, Frances GREEN, Winefred JAMES. son, Edward DOOLIN.. Dau's., Ann Frances, Lydia WHALEY and Susannah WINN, Jane PRESLEY, that was Jane JENKINS, and Lindy McDANIEL. Exec's., wife, Elizabeth, sons-in-law, John WINN and Wm. JAMES. Witnesses, Linchfield BURBRIDGE, John McCALL , Thomas BURBRIDGE. Probated Dec. Court 1814. p. 49 Lincoln Co. - Stanford Courthouse.] Will of Edward BULGER--Book A, page 99--Names brother, Daniel BULGER. Friend, Joseph JONES. Friend, Abram JAMES, Capt. John SMITH, Jonathan DRAKE, Thomas GUESS. Witnesses, John REED, Henry FRENCH and William CROW. Written Aug. 21, 1782. Probated Jan. 1s, 1783. p. 67 [Mercer Co - Harrodsburg Courthouse.] Will of ABRAHAM JAMES--Will Book 1, page 52--Written Mch. 30, 1791. Names wife, Mary. son, George, when he comes of age. all my children as they come of age. Daughters, Sarah and Leah. Exec's., Wife, Mary, William CROW, Robert MOSBY. Proved May 23, 1791. p 111 [Lincoln County Marriage indexes] Mary JAMES married John GRIFFIN Mar. 25, 1794. p 121 [Lincoln County Marriage indexes] Elizabeth JAMES married Jeremiah VARDEMAN Feb. 12, 1799. Vienna SALLIE married David VANWINKLE July 5, 1796. James WOODSON married Anny JACKSON. Sept. 7, 1785. Wm. THRELKELD married Rebecca HELM. Mar. 4, 1800. p 126 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Sally JAMES married Abraham VANHICE Oct. 11, 1804. Page 100. p 127 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] James VANHICE married Tyne BICE. Oct. 1, 1806. Page 114. Leah JAMES married Jacob KURTMAN Oct 8, 1806. Page 116. (note. my guess is this is the daughter of Abraham JAMES who died and had a will probated in 1791). p 141 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Robert JAMES married Polly Sael. Apr. 26, 1818. Page 238. p 156 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Aaron JAMES married Mary STARNES. June 22, 1830 Page 366. p 159 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Tobias JAMES married Elizabeth ADAMS Nov 28, 1822. p 161 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Tobias JAMES married Polly ADAMS Nov 28, 1832. p 164 [Mercer County Marriage Records from 1800 - 1870] Sylvester L JAMES married Mary TOMLINSON Dec 19, 1847. p 208 [Records of Pigah Church, Woodford Co, Ky.; abt 8 miles due west of Lexington & 5 miles out of Versailles on the Shannon Run. A book of this Church was written also by W. Shewmaker in 1909 called "The Pisgah Book"] July 22 1866. Robert Coleman, infant son of Capt. John G. and Nannie JAMES, was baptized. p 211 [Records of Pigah Church, Woodford Co, Ky.; abt 8 miles due west of Lexington & 5 miles out of Versailles on the Shannon Run. A book of this Church was written also by W. Shewmaker in 1909 called "The Pisgah Book"] Jan. 11, 1880. Mrs. Kate GOODWIN, dismissed to Pres. Ch. at Salem, Clarke Co., Ky., and Jan. 25****James COX received, and Jan. 24, Mary Lee GAY, who was Baptized. Michael POWELL, Robert JAMES, Joseph GARRETT, and Allie SPENCER, on the 26th, Anna M. WORELY, received into the Church. p 218 [Cemetery Burial Grounds, Cynthiana, Ky. 1869 - 1881] Apr. 27, 1876. Nancy JAMES. p 315 [from the Genealogy section re the history of the ALBERT/ALBRECHT-BEECKER Family and link to COOK family. [re: COOK family genealogy] William Augustus COOK (of Stephen B. COOK and Lydia BEECHER) married (1st) Annie Elizabeth FARREL; children (born Harrison Co., Ky.): 1. Albert Beecher COOK--Born Aug. 29, 1868; died Oct. 17, 1892. 2. William COOK--Born May 28, 1872; died Apr. 24, 1887. Second wife Fannie DAY. They adopted an orphan girl, Audrey. Third wife, Georgia____________(widow). Anna Eliza COOK (of Stephen B. COOK and Lydia BEECHER) married William Henry Jenks WILSON Jan. 19, 1861, in Lexington, Ky. He was the son of Ranselear Jeremiah JENKS and Asenath WOODBURN (of MOses WOODBURN, Revolutionary soldier). W. H. JENKS ran away from home when a small boy ans was adopted by Mr. WILSON, and was always known as WILSON instead of JENKS. He was a well known trotting horse owner, and built Abadallah Park, Cynthiana, Ky. Chidren: 1. Annie Laurie WILSON--Born Nov. 5, 1862; married R. B. JAMES. 2. Stephen HENRY WILSON--Born 1864; Died July 22, 1865. 3. Martha Ednah WILSON--Feb. 25, 1866; married H. K. McADAMS, Cynthiana, Ky. (D.A.R. No. 238379). Later moved to Lexington, Ky. p 316-317. 315 [from the Genealogy section re the history of the ALBERT/ALBRECHT-BEECKER Family and link to COOK family. [re: COOK family genealogy] Annie Laurie WILSON (daughter of William Henry (Jenks) WILSON and Annie Eliza COOK)--Born Nov 5, 1862 at Louisville, Ky.; married Robert Bruce JAMES on Jan. 19, 1889, in Oakland, Cal. R. B. JAMES was born NOv 3, 1858 (son of Oscar JAMES and Ruth CALVERT. Oscar JAMES was son of Sam Thayne JAMES and Annie K. GILLISPIE. Ruth CALVERT was daughter of Robert Bruce CALVERT and Olivia ARNOLD. Olivia ARNOLD was daughter of Thomas ARNOLD, of Connecticut, and Elizabeth POTTER. Robert Bruce CALVERT was son of Robert CALVERT of East Virginia, and Ruth SHELBY of Maryland). Robert Bruce JAMES and Annie Laurie WILSON had one son, Oscar William JAMES--Born Nov. 6, 1889, who married Esther ANDERSON, of Salem, Oregon. Their children: (1) Robert Mary JAMES--Born Dec 29, 1920, at Pocatello, Idaho; (2) Oscar Richard JAMES --Born Oct 16, 1922, at Eugene, Oregon. Oscar Wilson JAMES was a Lieutenant, Headquarters Co. 362nd Inf., in World War.