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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Civil Service
Author: Frank Grady Hall III
James Marlin was born in 1736 possibly in Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Ann (Agnes) Carson in 1754 in Rowan County, North Carolina. They had eight children in 17 years.
James Marlin settled in Rowan County in the spring of 1749. He lived in the Irish Settlement on Second Creek near Cathey Creek and Marlin Creek. He was one of fourteen families that settled in that area which included John Brandon, Richard Graham, James Cathey, Alexander Dobbins, John Withrow, Flex Kennedy, and others.
The “Carolina Cradle” identifies a James Marlin in St. Mary’s County, Maryland in 1707, and the family may have come from there. The family probably moved west from Chester County, Pennsylvania where land warrants were listed in 1736 and 1738.
James Marlin is listed in Pierce’s Register as receiving payment as a soldier in the American Revolution. He served on juries in 1778 and later was a tax collector and a justice.
James Marlin died intestate on 26 January 1802 and is buried at Third Creek Presbyterian Church in Cleveland, NC. His tombstone inscription reads: "Here lies the body of James Marlin Aged 66 who deceased this life the 26th day of January in the year of our Lord 1802".
References: Carolina Watchman, January 8, 1847 Fleming, John Kerr, “Historic Third Creek Presbyterian Church”, Raleigh, NC, 1967
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