Capt. James Roddye/Roddy was born cir 1742 in North Carolina, and died December 19, 1822 in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. He was the son of James Roddye/Roddy. He married Catherine Jane Chase March 1, 1799 in Washington Co., Tennessee. She was born cir 1744 Tennessee, and died cir 1799 in Washington Co., Tennessee. From 1776-1777, he was a Captain under Lt. Col. Charles McDowell and Col. Christopher Beekman, of the 2nd Rowan County Regiment. In 1782, he was a Captain under Maj. Joseph Harden of the Wilkes County Regiment and Col. Isaac Shelby of the Sullivan County Regiment. From 1781-1782, he served as a Captain under Col. John Sevier of the Washington County Regiment. He also led his regiment at the following battles, July 15, 1780 “Earle’s Ford”, August 18, 1780 “Musgrove’s Mill”, and October 16, 1781 “Moncks Corner”. October 7, 1780, Capt. Roddye/Roddy took part in the battle of “Kings Mountain”, when Major Patrick Ferguson was patrolling with a force of about 125 Provincials and over 1,000 Loyalist supporters. 1,100 to 1,600 Patriot Militiamen, most from North and South Carolina, gathered to stop Major Ferguson and his troops. When Major Ferguson became aware of the large contingent of Patriots, he decided it would be prudent to move back toward Lord Cornwallis’s large army, now in Charlotte, North Carolina, a little over 40 miles to the east. The Patriot Militia followed rapidly and, when Major Ferguson realized that they were overtaking him, he organized his defenses atop Kings Mountain, a wood hill with a clear top. The Patriot Militia gathered at the base of the mountain and surrounded it. Soon they began scaling it on all sides. The Patriots had the advantage that the slopes were vey wooded, while the summit was not, exposing the Loyalists and Provincial troops to attack by more concealed Patriots. The defender’s losses quickly mounted and when Major Ferguson was killed, the fight went out of the remaining soldiers. Of the Loyalist and Provincial troops, 157 were killed, 163 severely wounded and 698 were captured. The Patriots Militia lost 28 killed and 62 wounded. On December 16, 1780 Capt. Roddye/Roddy lead a company of twenty men to reinforcement of the main body of troops under the command of Col. John Sevier at the “Battle of Boyd’s Creek”. The battle was fought, not against the British, but their sometime-ally, the Cherokee.