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Author: Stokley G. Caldwell, Jr.
James Ross was born in Martin County, North Carolina on the 8th of June, 1761, the son of Hugh Ross (1740-1809) and Mary Griffin (1738-1802).
James married Lydia Elizabeth Coburn (1766-1858) in 1781.
According to Revolutionary War pension records, the marriage took place by John Kanady, Justice of the Peace, at the home of her father Frank Coburn in Martin County, North Carolina. James volunteered with the North Carolina militia in February 1781 in Martin County, North Carolina and served as a private under Captains John Kennady and James Evans in Colonel Whitmill Hill's Regiment in the Brigade of Generals Eaton and Butler. James marched through Hillsborough to Guilford Court House where he was involved with a fight with Cornwallis troops in March 1781, followed by service at Ramsey’s Mill on Deep River and a march to Camden, South Carolina . James was discharged by Colonel Dudley in July 1781. He volunteered again in August 1781 under Captain Ballard and marched to Hillsborough, Salem and Salisbury. He served in a hospital attending the sick and was discharged in Dec. 1781. He joined again in January 1782 in the light horse Cavalry under Captain George Cockburn and served nine months and was discharged in October 1782.
In March 1833, James was awarded a Revolutionary War pension of $33.75 semi-annually.
James died on 1 January 1849 and is buried at Ennis Staton Family Cemetery in New Salem, Anson County, North Carolina. James and Lydia had eleven children.
His grandson, Amos Snyder Ross, joined the 4ith North Carolina Regiment in the Civil war and died of disease at Culpepper Court House, Virginia in November 1862.
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