| Notes |
- Per Larry Herrin:
!BIRTH: Pulaski County, Ky Vital Statistics show that younger half-brother
Nimrod was born in 1789 in Virginia and Nimrod was the son of J. & Polly
Randolph. Gene Clark's Pedigree sheet shows him b. 17 Jan 1750 in Caswell Co.,
NC; m. Matilda McNair.
!RESIDENCE: Caswell Co., NC and Pulaski Co., KY.
!DEATH: Pulaski Co. KY Will Book 1 page 75.
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1st place - My body to be buried beside my departed wife on the place where
I now live.
2nd place - Plantation where I now live be divided equally between my sons,
James Randall, Payton Randall and George Randall otherwise called
Randolphs.
3rd place - To my son James Randall my rifle gun.
To my son Peyton Randall my cropcut saw and Broad ax, and
To Baylis Randolph, my grandson, son of George Randall, my shotgun.
4th place - To my daughter Nancy Westley, wife of John Westley
Peggy Gragg, wife of John Gragg, and
Betsy Burk, wife of Henry Burk all the personal property
Appoint my three sons, James, Peyton and George, executors.
17th day of August 1824 his
James X Randall
mark
wit: C M Cunningham
his
Thomas X Clark
mark
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Correction made 16th Feby 1830 James Randolph
Wit: John Reese
John Randal
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!BURIAL: Pulaski Co., KY Cemetery Records and photo of stone (on file with L.
Herrin)
He is buried in the old Randolph Cemetery on Denton Sear's Farm on
Bent R. about two miles south of Hwy. 80, on the bend before you arrive at
Oather Randall Cemetery. Pictures of the cemetery and his resting place is
on file. The stone is probably buried by the gate, according to Wanda
Cheatham, Denton Sears' daughter who saw the stone in 1955. His will says
he desired to be buried by his dec'd wife on the place on which he "now"
lives.
!NOTES: Marie Randolph's notes for her forthcoming book on the Randolph family
shows James Randolph, Jr. of Caswell Co., NC dying in Pulaski Co., Ky. His
birthdate is unknown, but his next #3 younger brother, Abraham, was born in
1760. James was married to Matilda or Martha McNear, MacNear or Meakne
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