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(16) JAMES VEASEY, son of JAMES VEASEY (5) MARY MERCER, was born 17 AUG 1725 at CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND. He is sometimes referred to as "James, Junior," however I believe this is a questionable use of the term "Jr." It was more likely used to denote a nephew or lesser relationship. This James(16) married ELIZABETH HOLLINGSWORTH JOHNSON (daughter of ZEBULON HOLLINGSWORTH and ANN MAULDIN) 30 AUG 1750 probably in North Carolina. JAMES died 17 DEC 1789 at POWELTON, GEORGIA. Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Johnson, whom she married in 1746. There were two Johnson children of this marriage: Stephen Johnson who was born 6 DEC 1746 and Ann Johnson who was born 11 MAR 1749 and died 12 JAN 1821. James Veazey (16), son of James and Mary Mercer Veazey, and his eldest son, Zebulon, are recorded as having owned land in Granville County, North Carolina, at the same time that Edward Veazey and his son, Elijah, appeared in the records. He witnesssed a document in Orange County in 1754. He purchased 357 acres in Granville County, 8 JUL 1763. He witnessed his brother, Edward's will in Granville in 1771. There are three Land Grants recorded in the North Carolina Secretary of States office to just plain "James Veazey" and five grants to James ( J.L.) Veazey from 1179 to 1783. Of the five to James, or J.L.,will be showen to be in one place and J. L. in another. Two of the J. L. or James grants also have the JR. title. These holding were sold from 1786 to 1787. James, his sons, and the misterious James L. Veazey, JR. evidently decided to try the greener pastures of Hancock and Green Counties in Georgia. Cathcart's Bible Cyclopedia list North Carolina as the birthplace of Rev. John Veazey, the youngest son of James, on March 29, 1769. In his will he left his plantation near Powelton, Georgia to his youngest son, John Veazey. In the 1990's there is a place shown on the official Georgia state map as "Veazey, Georgia," however there was no sign to indicate the location of this place. There is a bridge over Interstate Highway 20 that denotes "Veazey Road."
The James and Elizabeth Hollingsworth Johnson Veazey family were close neighbors and associates of Rev. Silas Mercer and his son, Rev.Jesse Mercer, who is stated to have been born in Halifax County, North Carolina. Halifax Countyjoined Granville County at this time. Both Mercers served the Powelton Baptist Church where the Veazeys were members. Rev. Pryor Gardner Veazey also served this church and is buried "in front " of the church in Powelton, Georgia. One account said that the Mercer family and the Veazey family were just good friends, but did not believe that they were related. Evidently this writer did not know that James's mother was a Mercer.
No record has been found to date to indicate what relationship, if any, these Mercers were to Mary Mercer who married James Veazey in Cecil County in 1716, however there seems to be a good deal of circumstantial evidence that would indicate some relationship. This Mercer family were founders of the Baptist University in Georgia that bears their name. Research at this time indicates that Jesse Mercer was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, and that indicates that his ancestors had come into the Norfolk, Virginia area. If we think of the water transportation in those very early days of the settlement of the county, we will need but to look at a map to see that Norfolk, Virgina, is not that far form the Delmarva Pennisula, right up the Chesapeake Bay.
JAMES VEAZEY,JR Ann Johnson, daughter of Elizabeth, married a Veazey, however his given name is not shown in the "Little Fertilizer Book." There is is a DAR record of James Veazey, Jr. with a wife named Ann. There is a Revolutionary War pension record for a James Veasey with wife named Ann. He is most likely the James Veazey who fought at Kettle Creek. The James, Jr. , who married Ann Johnson, died in Hancock County, Georgia about 1795. Their children listed in the DAR record were: Elizabeth who was born 07 APR. 1769 and married Charles Miller; Mary; Sarah; Ann; Charity; Thomas; who was born before 1775 and married Elizabeth Flake; William; James; and Stephen. This James Veazey, Jr. remains a mystery at this writing. Could he have been another son of Edward Veazey who died in Granville County, North Carolina? Or might he be the son the mysterious Thomas Veazey, brother of James and Edward, who is shown in Ducan Veazey's manuscript as Dr. Thomas Veazey? These are only theories and not proven at this time.
By the Land Grant records, it now appears there is a younger James than the James(16), Who styled himself as "James Junior." (See Chart of Land Grants.) The list of children on the DAR record, as listed above, do not resemble those of this James(16) and Elizabeth Hollingsworth Johnson. COL (ret) Eli Lincoln"Link" Veazey, Jr. found a reference in Thomas Maxwell and His Descendants, Page 417, "Elizabeth Johnson Married 1st Thomas Johnson; their children were Steven and Ann. Ann Johnson married James Veazey a cousin of her step-father, James Veazey." This appears to be our mysterious James Veazey, Jr. who married Ann Johnson and died in Hancock County, Georgia, about 1795. He would obviously have been younger that James (16) who married Elizabeth H. Johnson, therefore he used the suffix of "Jr." This mysterious James is listed as a "cousin" of James who married Elizabeth H. Johnson. If "cousin" meant 1st cousin, then he would have been the son of one of the sons of John and Martha Broccus Veazey. I have no record of an unidentified James who fits this description. Other notes of Eli Lincoln "Link" Veazey, Jr.: James, "Jr." (meaning 16) was a Patriot and a Private. His military memorial marker is located at Kettle Creek Battlefield, although it is doubtful that he actually fought in this battle through which Georgia was freed of the Tory dominations. He was a member of Lee's Legion, having joined the military in Maryland. This unit did not arrive in Georgia until 1780 and the Battle of Kettle Creek was fought 14 FEB 1779. Lee's Legion saw action at the Battle of Guilford County Courthouse in North Carolina and it is very probable that this James Veazey (16) was involved in that battle. James(16) was recorded in North Carolina as early as 1754 and yet he entered the military during the Revolution from Maryland. I can't help but speculate as to why he returned to his orgianal home to join the Revolutionary War effort. Was it because one of his kinsmen from Maryland was an officer in the militia?
In 1786, James (16) was granted 100 acres of Land in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was the progenitor of most of the Georgia-Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana-Texas,etc. Veazeys. Children (VEAZEY) by ELIZABETH HOLLINGSWORTH Johnson 54.* i. ZEBULON VEAZEY, b. 01 SEP 1751 at CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, d.14 MAR 1827 at GREENE COUNTY, GEORGIA 55.* ii. MARY VEAZEY, b 07 FEB 1754. d. 1 OCT 1810. She married 1st. DR. WILSON; 2nd JOHN TARPLEY; 3rd THOMAS HEARD 56.* iii. WILLIAM VEAZEY, b. 30 SEP 1756 at CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, d. 15 NOV 1806 at UNION POINT, GEORGIA. 57. iv. EZEKIEL VEAZEY b. 11 MAY 1759 at CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, d. 29 DEC 1837 at WHITE PLAINS, GEORGIA. He married his cousin ELIZABETH VEAZEY (50), the daughter of EDWARD VEAZEY (14) who died in NORTH CAROLINA. 58.* v. JESSE VEAZEY, b 8 AUG 1762 at CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND, d. 19 MAY 1813 at JONES COUNTY, GEORGIA 59.* vi. FRANCINA VEAZEY, b. 24 MAR 1766 at GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, d. about 1833 at HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA 60.* vii. JOHN VEAZEY, b. 29 MAR 1769 at GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, d. 8 NOV 1847 at HANCOCK COUNTY, GEORGIA
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