expbul1a.gif (699 bytes) James Dismukes

born:   Abt 1685
died:  1770 in Caroline County, Virginia

Planter;  licensed owner of a tavern located at 1st courthouse

dated 21 Jan 1769, probated in court Oct 1770:
To loving wife, Ruth Dismukes, whole estate, real and personel while she is my widow. etc. to my son James Dismukes, that tract of land that was purchased of Col Wm Beverley and John Hart. To my son William Dismukes, balance of land whereon I now live which is the land I purchased of my son James Dismukes, Walker Taliferro and John Hones, containing 304 acres, etc. To my three sons, James, William and Reuben, my grist mill with reversion to my four daughters Mary, Sarah, Milly, and Ann. To my daughter Mary wife of James Yarbrough, slaves. To daughter Sarah, wife of Henry Yarbrough, slaves. To daughter Milly, slaves. To daughter Ann, slaves.Executors: Samuel Harris

Father: William Dismukes
Mother:  Sarah Evynard

Spouse:  Ruth Rowe
married 1737

Children:
1.  James Dismukes
2.  William Dismukes (m. Sarah Wortham)
3.  Mary Dismukes (m. James Yarbrough)
4.  Sarah Dismukes (m. Henry Yarbrough)
5.  Reuben Dismukes (m. Margaret Collins)
6.  Milley Dismukes
7.  Anna Dismukes