James P. Renfro

1763 - 1835  (71 years)

• Name	James P. Renfro
  Birth	19 Nov 1763	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Unknown-Begin	15 Jan 1833
  Death	29 Jul 1835	Pineville, Bell Co, Kentucky
  Unknown-Begin	Aug 1835	Knox Co, Kentucky
  Burial	Pineville Cemetery, Bell Co, Kentucky
  Notes	Incidentally, I'm descended from the China Renfro who married John Word. She would be my ggg grandmother. She was daughter of James Renfro and Charity Huff (Hough). James being the son of Moses and Hannah Renfro (dau. of Willia m Renfro & Eliz. Cheney), and Moses being son of Joseph Renfro and Mary Owens (Randolph). I've run across several other cousin marriages like this,, and quite a few where brother & sister married sister & brother,etc. Wonder we're not all simple minded! James Renfro and Charity Huff were my 6th great-grand parents. The pictures of their gravesites were taken in Pineville, Bell Co, Kentucky. It used to be called Cumberland Ford. James ran the ferry across the Ford and was also the tollkeeper for the Wilderness Road from 1822 until his death in 1835. They had 12 children. Charity died 1831 and James remarried to Dorcas Collier in 1832. They had one daughter, Mary Anne. (James was 70 at the time!) Their tombstones and that of their daughter, Mary (Polly) Renfro Moss were moved to the Moss plot in Pineville, due to flooding of the original si te. I am not sure if the bodies were moved. There is a small park at the site of Cumberland Ford, where their brick house was (destroyed during Civil War) . It now contains only illegible sandstone markers, which were for slaves. (J ames had 23 slaves). He was killed in a lightning storm while out searching for Swift's Silver Mine. (Jan Morford)
  Person ID	I15173	Roots
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Rev. Moses Renfro,   b. 2 Jan 1728, Jamestown, James City Co, Virginia d. 14 Jan 1824, Crab Orchard, Lincoln Co, Kentucky (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Hannah Renfro,   b. 1731, Bedford Co, Virginia d. Aft 1776, Bedford Co, Virginia (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1755	Bedford Co, Virginia
  Family ID	F5689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charity Ann Huff,   b. 23 Oct 1763, Bedford Co, Virginia d. 6 Mar 1821, Bell Co, Kentucky (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1783	Bedford Co, Virginia
  Children	1. China Renfro,   b. 23 Apr 1784, Grainger Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1835 (Age 51 years) + 2. Jerusha Renfro,   b. 12 May 1786, Grainger Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1835 (Age 49 years)   3. William Renfro,   b. 9 Apr 1788, Bedford Co, Virginia d. 16 Jul 1868, Grundy Co, Missouri (Age 80 years)   4. Ruth Renfro,   b. 3 Oct 1790, Grainger Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1835 (Age 45 years)   5. Buford Renfro,   b. 2 Nov 1792, Grainger Co, Tennessee d. Bef 15 Jan 1833 (Age 40 years)   6. Judith Renfro,   b. 27 Jul 1794, Grainger Co, Tennessee d. 1878, Rockcastle Co, Kentucky (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Dorcas Collier,   b. 1765, Kentucky d. Aft 1832 (Age > 68 years)
  Marriage	4 Aug 1832	Garrard Co, Kentucky
  Family ID	F5719	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011