| Birth | May 1813 | Surry co., NC |
| Death | 21 Jan 1875 | Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL |
| Buried | Old Union Cemetery, North Palmyra, Macoupin co., IL | |
| Census | 1830 | Greene Co., IL |
| Property | 19 Feb 1836 | <IL> |
| "James W. bought land from the US Government on February 19, 1836 and he sold that land to David Caldwell. " | ||
| Property | 4 May 1836 | <IL> |
| "Isiah and Sarah Rose bought land from the US government February 21, 1833 and sold this land to her brothers James and John Friend on May 4, 1836. James and John sold it to David Caldwell on October 25, 1836." | ||
| Property | 25 Oct 1836 | <IL> |
| "Isiah and Sarah Rose bought land from the US government February 21, 1833 and sold this land to her brothers James and John Friend on May 4, 1836. James and John sold it to David Caldwell on October 25, 1836." | ||
| Fact | 1839 | Brown co., IL |
| [Brown County was formed in 1839 from the southern portion of Schuyler county. --gjr] "By 1837 Joseph, John, James W. Friend, Isiah & Sarah Rose, Payton & Ludicie Herring were all in Brown county Illinois." | ||
| Spouse | 3 Dec 1838 | Schuyler co., IL |
| m. Sarah Ann Martin (abt 1814 TN-), on 3 Dec 1838 in Schuyler co., IL and had: John (1840) and Preston (1845) | ||
| Census | 1840 | Brown co., IL |
| Property | 3 Nov 1840 | Brown co., IL |
| "James Friend of Schuyler County, Illinois" received patent # 6849 for 40 acres of public land described as "the NW quarter of the NE quarter of section 23 in twp 2 south of the base line, of range 3 west" on 3 Nov 1840 | ||
| Mentioned | 28 Feb 1844 | Washington co., IL |
| "February 28, 1844- James W. Friend (and wife Sarah) John W. Friend Sr. (and wife Elizabeth Ann) Ludicia Friend (and husband Peyton Herring) Andrew J. Friend (and wife Hannah) Were signing the land of the deceased father Joseph, to the widow Elender and son Cornelius Friend, for the consideration of $125.00." | ||
| Census | 1 Nov 1850 | Scott co., IL |
| Census | 25 Jul 1860 | Scott co., IL |
| Census | 12 Jun 1870 | Palmyra, Macoupin Co., IL |
| The Straight Family Wilma Belt <beltw@aol.com> |
| 1870 Census of Macoupin co., IL ancestry.com images of original record |
| 1850 Census of Scott co., IL ancestry.com images of original record |
| Old Union Cemetery, Palmyra, Macoupin County, Illinois unknown, possibly Jeanie Lowe <SWLowe1234@aol.com> who sumi |
| 1840 Census of Brown co., IL ancestry.com images of original record |
| 1830 census of Greene co., IL enumerated by Richard Rattan on 27 Nov 1830 |
| 1830 Census of Greene co., IL ancestry.com images of original record |
| genforum posting subject "Joseph Friend & Elender Matteson" dated May 29, 2004 at 03:07:27 Vanessa Friend Hanlon <Hanlon4243@bigvalley.net> |
| Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 Illinois Regional Archive Depository |
| Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Land Management |
| 1860 Census of Scott co., IL ancestry.com iamges of original record |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for James W. FRIEND |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I2507.html |
| updated: | 9 Jan 2005 |