JAMES TROUSDALE was born Dec. 16, 1775 in Orange County, NC. On Feb. 13, 1805 he married Melinda May in Sumner County, TN, they had ten children: Albert, Diana, Julia, James, William, John, Susan, Bryson, Alexander and Sarah.
"James Trousdale was one of the early settlers in Gallatin County Illinois" History of Gallatin, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois
"James Trousdale was a native of Tennessee, whence he emigrated about 1810 or 1811 to the Territory of Illinois, settling near the present site of Shawneetown, which at that time was comprised in the Indiana territory. James battled with the elements of a new soil for a time, but died when comparatively a young man, in 1833. His wife survived him for a period of forty years, passing away in 1872, at the home of her brother, in this county. " Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties in Illinois.
James Jr. accompanied his parents to Tennessee. Apparently he was Justice of the Peace, in 1799, he approved for the Court a deed of land sold to his brother John, Sumner Co. Court Minutes. About 1810, James and his family moved to Gallatin Co. IL settling near Shawneetown (known for its salt mines). He commanded the militia company of that town in 1813 and was granted authority to operate a tavern in 1815, Gallatin Co. records. James lived in Wabash Bottom (1825) on the road from Equality to Carmi at Grenshaw's Mill (1833) Early Settlers of Gallatin County by Lucille Bender, pgs. 96 & 111: The Trousdale Genealogy by Karl Truesdell, p. 44-45, Wisconsin State Library, Madison, WI
"Another name that appears often on the pages of Endfield's early history is that of Trousdale. James Trousdale, the pioneer ancestor was a Revolutionary (War) soldier, Trousdales were in Gallatin County when the 1810 census was taken...James Trousdale had a tavern at 'Shawnee Town; in 1815---one had to be a man of high moral character to obtain a permit." Endfield, Illinois History, http://enfieldmemories.com/history3.htm.
James died of cholera on Feb. 25, 1834: "He returned to Shawneetown (after visiting his brother Robert) apparently in good health, left Shawnee and got within 10 miles of home, was attacked very violently with the cholera of which he died in a few hours." Source: Letter written by his wife, Melinda Trousdale to William Trousdale, James' brother: Governor William Trousdale Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. Burial place unknown.
"James Trousdale was one of the early settlers in Gallatin County Illinois" History of Gallatin, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois
"James Trousdale was a native of Tennessee, whence he emigrated about 1810 or 1811 to the Territory of Illinois, settling near the present site of Shawneetown, which at that time was comprised in the Indiana territory. James battled with the elements of a new soil for a time, but died when comparatively a young man, in 1833. His wife survived him for a period of forty years, passing away in 1872, at the home of her brother, in this county. " Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties in Illinois.
James Jr. accompanied his parents to Tennessee. Apparently he was Justice of the Peace, in 1799, he approved for the Court a deed of land sold to his brother John, Sumner Co. Court Minutes. About 1810, James and his family moved to Gallatin Co. IL settling near Shawneetown (known for its salt mines). He commanded the militia company of that town in 1813 and was granted authority to operate a tavern in 1815, Gallatin Co. records. James lived in Wabash Bottom (1825) on the road from Equality to Carmi at Grenshaw's Mill (1833) Early Settlers of Gallatin County by Lucille Bender, pgs. 96 & 111: The Trousdale Genealogy by Karl Truesdell, p. 44-45, Wisconsin State Library, Madison, WI
"Another name that appears often on the pages of Endfield's early history is that of Trousdale. James Trousdale, the pioneer ancestor was a Revolutionary (War) soldier, Trousdales were in Gallatin County when the 1810 census was taken...James Trousdale had a tavern at 'Shawnee Town; in 1815---one had to be a man of high moral character to obtain a permit." Endfield, Illinois History, http://enfieldmemories.com/history3.htm.
James died of cholera on Feb. 25, 1834: "He returned to Shawneetown (after visiting his brother Robert) apparently in good health, left Shawnee and got within 10 miles of home, was attacked very violently with the cholera of which he died in a few hours." Source: Letter written by his wife, Melinda Trousdale to William Trousdale, James' brother: Governor William Trousdale Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. Burial place unknown.
JAMES TROUSDALE was born Dec. 16, 1775 in Orange County, NC. On Feb. 13, 1805 he married Melinda May in Sumner County, TN, they had ten children: Albert, Diana, Julia, James, William, John, Susan, Bryson, Alexander and Sarah.
"James Trousdale was one of the early settlers in Gallatin County Illinois" History of Gallatin, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois
"James Trousdale was a native of Tennessee, whence he emigrated about 1810 or 1811 to the Territory of Illinois, settling near the present site of Shawneetown, which at that time was comprised in the Indiana territory. James battled with the elements of a new soil for a time, but died when comparatively a young man, in 1833. His wife survived him for a period of forty years, passing away in 1872, at the home of her brother, in this county. " Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties in Illinois.
James Jr. accompanied his parents to Tennessee. Apparently he was Justice of the Peace, in 1799, he approved for the Court a deed of land sold to his brother John, Sumner Co. Court Minutes. About 1810, James and his family moved to Gallatin Co. IL settling near Shawneetown (known for its salt mines). He commanded the militia company of that town in 1813 and was granted authority to operate a tavern in 1815, Gallatin Co. records. James lived in Wabash Bottom (1825) on the road from Equality to Carmi at Grenshaw's Mill (1833) Early Settlers of Gallatin County by Lucille Bender, pgs. 96 & 111: The Trousdale Genealogy by Karl Truesdell, p. 44-45, Wisconsin State Library, Madison, WI
"Another name that appears often on the pages of Endfield's early history is that of Trousdale. James Trousdale, the pioneer ancestor was a Revolutionary (War) soldier, Trousdales were in Gallatin County when the 1810 census was taken...James Trousdale had a tavern at 'Shawnee Town; in 1815---one had to be a man of high moral character to obtain a permit." Endfield, Illinois History, http://enfieldmemories.com/history3.htm.
James died of cholera on Feb. 25, 1834: "He returned to Shawneetown (after visiting his brother Robert) apparently in good health, left Shawnee and got within 10 miles of home, was attacked very violently with the cholera of which he died in a few hours." Source: Letter written by his wife, Melinda Trousdale to William Trousdale, James' brother: Governor William Trousdale Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. Burial place unknown.
"James Trousdale was one of the early settlers in Gallatin County Illinois" History of Gallatin, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois
"James Trousdale was a native of Tennessee, whence he emigrated about 1810 or 1811 to the Territory of Illinois, settling near the present site of Shawneetown, which at that time was comprised in the Indiana territory. James battled with the elements of a new soil for a time, but died when comparatively a young man, in 1833. His wife survived him for a period of forty years, passing away in 1872, at the home of her brother, in this county. " Portrait and biographical album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties in Illinois.
James Jr. accompanied his parents to Tennessee. Apparently he was Justice of the Peace, in 1799, he approved for the Court a deed of land sold to his brother John, Sumner Co. Court Minutes. About 1810, James and his family moved to Gallatin Co. IL settling near Shawneetown (known for its salt mines). He commanded the militia company of that town in 1813 and was granted authority to operate a tavern in 1815, Gallatin Co. records. James lived in Wabash Bottom (1825) on the road from Equality to Carmi at Grenshaw's Mill (1833) Early Settlers of Gallatin County by Lucille Bender, pgs. 96 & 111: The Trousdale Genealogy by Karl Truesdell, p. 44-45, Wisconsin State Library, Madison, WI
"Another name that appears often on the pages of Endfield's early history is that of Trousdale. James Trousdale, the pioneer ancestor was a Revolutionary (War) soldier, Trousdales were in Gallatin County when the 1810 census was taken...James Trousdale had a tavern at 'Shawnee Town; in 1815---one had to be a man of high moral character to obtain a permit." Endfield, Illinois History, http://enfieldmemories.com/history3.htm.
James died of cholera on Feb. 25, 1834: "He returned to Shawneetown (after visiting his brother Robert) apparently in good health, left Shawnee and got within 10 miles of home, was attacked very violently with the cholera of which he died in a few hours." Source: Letter written by his wife, Melinda Trousdale to William Trousdale, James' brother: Governor William Trousdale Papers, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN. Burial place unknown.
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