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- James is said to have had red hair, and was six feet tall. June 1, 1994 Manuscript of James Cook, Cornerville, TN, 15 Feb 1943. Now in the possession of Noris "Rick" Haynes, Germantown, TN. June 5, 1994, From the MS of Kenneth E. Haynes: James, his brothers, David and John, and families moved to the Catawba Valley in North Carolina from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1752, (afterwards Dauphin Co., was divided into Iredell, Meckenburg, and Rowan Counties), where the Haynes family continued to live in the early part of the 19th Century. James was a soldier in 1759, and 1765. In the 1966 Patriot Index, by the DAR, James was indicated with the rank of "PS." James Haynes' Will is recorded in Book 1, page 8, No. 5, in Iredell Co., North Carolina, and was dated June 8, 1789. No Probate was given. His Will is signed "James Hains" witnessed by John Brown, Robert Scott and John Hains, Jr. The Will reads "James Hains of Rowan County, N.C., and bequeaths to wife Ann Hains: to daughter Hannah Brown: to daughter Mary Andrews: Sarah Garrison; Jane Scott; to son John Hains, one tract of land joining the place he now lives on containing 116 acres and also 84 acres off m old tract including the house and cleared land; to son James Hains; to son Joseph Hains. Names Joseph and James Hains Executors. One reference gave the date of his Will as May 4, 1788. James is buried in the Coddle Creek Cemetery. The information in this record can be verified in the Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume II, page 995. June 20, 1994 Original information from transcript of K.E. Haynes. HAYNES August 10, 1994 From the Family History Group of Vey Lenore Sawyer McNally, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Journal of North Carolina Genealory by William Perry Johnson, v1-X, pg 650; McCracken County, KY, Early Wills and Inventories by J. Estelle King; MS of Mrs. A.L. Feltenberger's Haynes which contains photocopies of Bible records; The Haynes Eagle, v2, No3, pg 75, Sep 1966; Iredell Co., NC, Will Book, v1, pg 8; Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Souther Arkansas; Eli King's Haynes, p953; Ellet's Pioneer Women of the West, pg 145-152; Ellet's Women of the Revolution, pg 228, 229; Clemen's North and South Marriage Records; Roster of North Carolina Soldiers, v67.
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