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James Holmes Colbert Major 1768–1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1768

Birth Location: Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States

Death Date: May 1842

Death Location: Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA

Father: Chief Colbert

Mother: Sopha Incas-She-WA-Ya

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James Holmes Colbert Major was born in 1768 in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States, the child of Chief Captain James Logan Chickasaw Nation Colbert And Sopha Genies Colbert 1St Full Blood Chickasaw House Of Incas She Wa Ya. James Holmes Colbert Major passed away in 1842 in Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • James Holmes Colbert Major was born in 1768 in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States, the child of Chief Captain James Logan Chickasaw Nation Colbert And Sopha Genies Colbert 1St Full Blood Chickasaw House Of Incas She Wa Ya.
  • James Holmes Colbert Major passed away in 1842 in Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA.

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James Major's Ancestors

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James Major
1768–1842
Birth Place: Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Parents
Chief Captain James Logan Chickasaw Nation Colbert
1721–1784
Plumtree, Avery, North Carolina, USA
Sopha (Genies Colbert 1st Full-Blood Chickasaw House of) Incas-She-WA-Ya
1721–1768
Virginia
Grandparents
CHIEF (William DeBlainville Chooshemataha) Colbert
1695–1784
Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Dorothy ("Mimey" Vernon) Colbert
1705–1737
Chickasaw Nation, Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA
Burl (Perry) Hoya
1695–1735
Greensboro, Hale, Alabama, USA
Maria Pie
1705–1765
Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Juan
1640–1710
Jannet Blainville
1650–1700
James Logan
1680–1705
Mother Logan
1685–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cutbert
1600–1672
Mary Drakies
1605–
Edward Vernon
1665–1742

James Major's Timeline

2 Records

1768
1768
Birth of James Holmes Colbert Major in Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
1842
May 1842
Age 74
Death of James Holmes Colbert Major in Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1842
    Event Place: Doaksville, Choctaw County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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