Display Patriot - P-118280 - James BOURNE

James BOURNE

SAR Patriot #: P-118280

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A012580

Birth: 1757 / Orange / VA
Death: 04 Jun 1847 / Montgomery / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain RICHARD YANCEY, GEN STEPHENS, STEVENS
  2. Captain WAUGH, Colonel TEMPLE

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. "Certificate of Pension issued 28 Dec 1833" (Rev War Claim Act June 7, 1832) Vol 7, pg 20

Spouse: Elizabeth Gore
Children: Walker;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2001-11-01 NC 10595 William Edward Cox (156771) Walker   
2002-07-29 NC 13809 Edward Lee Cox (158786) Walker   
Burial:
The Lexington (aka Lexington) Cemetery (C-0373876)
Location:
Lexington / Fayette / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1605234
Grave Plot #:
Section: P, Lot: 65, Grave: 1
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.059483 / -84.510050
Find A Grave Memorial #:
42658912
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
20 Aug 2023

Comments:
  • No indivual headstone on grave
  • Flag in second photo show grave location based on cemetery plot map
  • James Bourne war reinterred in the Lexington Cemetery from his orginial burial location on 18 Nov 1916
  • Listed twice on Bourne Family Monument. First, on west side of the monument with name, birth, and death dates. Second, on east side of the monument in his son's (Walker) biography, he is mentioned as a soldier of the Revolutionary War
  • No SAR Marker allowed on grave without the Deed Holder's permission
  • Photos and GPS coordinates courtesy of Patrick Wesolosky, Lafayette Chapter, KYSSAR - Aug 2023


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Amelia Wisner

James Bourne was born in 1757 to Andrew Henry Bourne and Jane Anne Morton in Orange County, Virginia.

He entered the service in Culpeper County Virginia in December 1780 as a substitute for 3 months in Captain Yancey’s Regiment, at which time he was discharged just before the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. He was drafted in July 1781 serving in Captain George Waugh’s company for a period of 3 months. During this tour, he became sick and was hospitalized and therefore disqualified from serving at the “siege of York”. He was discharged shortly before the Battle of Yorktown   He states in his pension application that he remembers Generals Greene, Lafayette, and Weldon. He moved to Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1802. He applied for and received a pension on December 28, 1833.  

James married Elizabeth Gore in Spotsylvania County Virginia in 1788. The couple were the parents of 4 children, Walker (served during the War 1812), Morton, John, and Nancy.  

 James migrated to Kentucky about 1810 as 3 of his brothers are listed on the Jessamine County census. James first appears and remains on the Montgomery County census 1820-1840.

He passed away June 1847 in Montgomery County, Kentucky. He was buried in the family plot in The Lexington Cemetery, Section P, Lot 65. His headstone reads “James Bourne, Father of Walker Bourne, died June 1847, aged over 90 years”.

**His name appears on a “Soldiers of the Revolutionary War” plaque located at the Montgomery County, Kentucky courthouse in Mt. Sterling.

Courtesy of Amelia Wisner, Lexington Chapter, Kentucky DAR


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Additional Information:

James' actual burial is near to the Betsey Ross flag in photo 2



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