James Cahoon, Sr

1699 - 1781  (82 years)

• Name	James Cahoon  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1699	Nansemond, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  _MARRIED (I)	N
  Residence	1780	Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States   [2]
  Death	25 Dec 1781	of Tyrell, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I15614	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Cahoon, YDNA - R-M269 - R-FTE3883 BigY & Triangulations tell us he's the son of Deliverance but not William the Scottish Prisoner,   b. 20 Apr 1663, Massachsetts d. 1704, Cahoons Creek, Nansemond, Virginia (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann Hunter,   b. 1679, Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1711, , Nansemond, Virginia, USA (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1698	Block Island, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F2299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Elisha Cahoon,   b. 1732, Craven County, North Carolina, United States d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]   2. John Cahoon,   b. 1726, Craven County, North Carolina, United States d. Mar 1783 (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Samuel Cahoon,   b. 1730, Craven Co., North Carolina d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He was in Craven Co., NC from 1730-1733 according to "Historical Southern Families, V. 5". He died in Bladen, Craven, or Edgecombe Counties in NC according to various family trees. He might be the James Cahoon in the 1780 Tyrell County, NC census instead.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S676] Ancestry.com, U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Document: Series: General Assembly; Box: Oct - Nov 1779 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions; Page Number: 4; Family Number: 125.