James William Arrowood, Jr.

son of John and Rebecca McNutt Arrowood; wife Sarah B. Bryant

In the Revolutionary War Battle at Kings Mountain and the Battle of Monmouth

James (of Maryland) Arrowood, B. 1740 , had the following children:

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~James William Arrowood~ Born about 1755, Maryland. James married Sarah Bryan and they had six children.

James was in the Revolutionary War Battle at Kings Mountain in 1796.

In the 1800 Census, James was listed as a head of household in Rowan County, NC. James and his wife were both age 45+. There were two girls and a boy age 10-15, and two boys and two girls all under age 10. The author believes that this is the correct census entry for James William. The alternatives are James Arrowood in Rutherford County, who was age 26-44, and James Arrowood in the adjacent militia company of Rowan County, who the author believes was James of Maryland, listed adjacent (in the census which is arranged alphabetically by militia companies within the county) to his presumed son, Henry.

James served on a jury in July 1807 in Buncombe County, NC. In the 1810 Census, James was listed as a head of household in Buncombe County, NC. He was age 45+; his wife was 26-44. The household included two girls under age 10, a boy and a girl 10-15, and two young men and a woman each 16-25.

In the 1830 Census, James was listed as a head of household in Buncombe County, NC. James was in his 60s. In the household were a young woman in her 20s, a girl 15-19, a boy 5-9, and a girl under 5. No old woman was listed in any of the nearby households.

In the Census of 1840, James was listed as a head of household in Yancey County, NC. James and his wife were in their 60s, with a young woman in her 20s and a girl and a boy each under age 5.

In the Census of 1850, James was listed as a head of household in Buncombe County, NC. He was 95; Sarah was 91. Susannah, 47, was a resident in the household.

Although three sons have been attributed to him, it seems odd that none has been identified that was named after either grandfather.

In a note about his own family tree, Rev. John H. Ballard, a Free-Will Baptist minister, wrote, "James Arrowood was born in Pennsylvania and died in North Carolina at Paint Fork, Madison County, at age 100. His wife,-- Bryant, lived to be 102 years old."

James Arrowood served in the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Monmouth and in the Southern regions under General Green and under Francis Marion and at the Battle of King's Mountain.

He owned quite a lot of land on Paint Fork where it joins into Little Ivy. He had a lot of rowdy boys and had to dispose of a lot of his land to get his boys out of trouble; therefore the family had very little before he and his wife died.

Their daughter, Sarah Sallie Arrowood, married Joseph Ballard in Reems Creek Valley, Buncombe County, NC.

James's age may have been exaggerated in his later years. No census between 1800 and 1850 gives any indication that he was born prior to 1760.

James William Arrowood was born March 1, 1765, in Maryland, a son of Andrew James Arrowood and Rebecca McNutt. In 1784, James married Sarah B. Bryant, born in October, 1769, in Buncombe county, North Carolina, a daughter of Benjamin Bryant. Sarah died in 1856 and is buried in the Paint Fork Cemetery, in Buncombe county, North Carolina. [1]

James "Arrowwood" age 95, born in Maryland, and Sarah B. "Arrowwood" age 91, born in North Carolina are found on the United States Census of 1850, living in Buncombe, North Carolina, with Susannah Arrowwood, age 47, born in North Carolina. [2]

James died in 1854, in his late eighties and is buried with his wife. [3]

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Arrowood-68
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149176519/sarah-b-arrowood
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B7-DKT : 23 December 2020), Jas Arrowwood, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149176069/james-william-arrowood