James Marrs (1774 - 1834)

Born: March 14, 1774 in Montgomery County, Virginia
Died: February 3, 1834 in Jessamine County, Kentucky (Age 59)
Buried: Old Home Place 15 miles south Of Lexington.

Father: Samual Marrs b.1740
Mother: Francina (Bradshaw) Marrs b.1742

Wife
Mary Foley (1775 - 1851)
Married: April 17, 1798 in Jessamine County, Kentucky

Children
Richard Marrs b. January 22, 1799 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Samuel Marrs b. February 9, 1800 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Sinea Marrs b. May 31, 1801 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Betsy Marrs b. November 3, 1802 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Margaret Marrs b. May 30, 1804 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Polly Marrs b. February 16, 1806 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Nancy Marrs b. September 24, 1807 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Infant Marrs b. December 27, 1809 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Sallie Marrs b. January 7, 1811 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
Eliza Marrs b. August 5, 1813 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
James Marrs b. March 12, 1815 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
William Marrs b. November 16, 1816 in Jessamine County, Kentucky
John Marrs b. May 20, 1821 in Jessamine County, Kentucky

In 1793, James moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky with his brothers, Christopher and John. Another brother Samual may have accompanied them. Some information about James and his descendants is taken from HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, 1922, pages 151-152

The old homestead farm of James Marrs was situated on the Walls Branch Turnpike, one mile west of the Nicholasville Turnpike.

None of the daughters married and are all buried on the old home place in Jessamine Co KY. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at the time of his death.