James was a son of Capt. (Rev. War) James B. and Mary Roane Ruffin of King William County, Virginia. He married Agnes Dandridge on November 15, 1809 at Henrico County, Virginia. In 1815-1816 he represented King William in the Virginia House of Delegates, but had decided to migrate west, settling first in Christian County, Kentucky. He was a State Representative for Christian County by 1820. In about 1825 he moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee and by 1838 was located in Panola County, Mississippi where he lived out the rest of his days. A brother, William Ruffin and also a sister, Lucy R. Kenny, also moved to the same area shortly after he paved the way. James lost his wife Agnes to tuberculosis, then known as consumption, in 1839. They had nine children. In 1840 he married the widow of Zimri Tate, Margaret N. Harper Tate. James left a will in Panola County, Mississippi. Genealogical information on his family line and that of his brother William can be found in a letter penned to James' first cousin, Judge Thomas Ruffin of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1846. The letter was published in "Papers of Thomas Ruffin", collected and edited by G. DeRoulhac Hamilton (Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1918), Volume 1, p. 249.
James was a son of Capt. (Rev. War) James B. and Mary Roane Ruffin of King William County, Virginia. He married Agnes Dandridge on November 15, 1809 at Henrico County, Virginia. In 1815-1816 he represented King William in the Virginia House of Delegates, but had decided to migrate west, settling first in Christian County, Kentucky. He was a State Representative for Christian County by 1820. In about 1825 he moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee and by 1838 was located in Panola County, Mississippi where he lived out the rest of his days. A brother, William Ruffin and also a sister, Lucy R. Kenny, also moved to the same area shortly after he paved the way. James lost his wife Agnes to tuberculosis, then known as consumption, in 1839. They had nine children. In 1840 he married the widow of Zimri Tate, Margaret N. Harper Tate. James left a will in Panola County, Mississippi. Genealogical information on his family line and that of his brother William can be found in a letter penned to James' first cousin, Judge Thomas Ruffin of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1846. The letter was published in "Papers of Thomas Ruffin", collected and edited by G. DeRoulhac Hamilton (Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1918), Volume 1, p. 249.
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