James Claxton

Abt 1820 - Abt 1844  (~ 24 years)

• Name	James Claxton
  Born	Abt 1820	Dickson City, Sumner Co., TN
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1844	Nashville, Davidson Co., TN (probably)
  Person ID	I265	MyTree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Joshua Claxton,   b. Between 1790 and 1800, prob Sumner, Dickson City, TN ,   d. Abt 1850, Dickson City, Sumner Co., TN  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Susan Ross,   b. Abt 1801,   d. 10 Sep 1859, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN (probably)  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1810	Dickson City, Sumner Co., TN
  Family ID	F4718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Claxton parents apparently divorced. His father, Joshua Claxton, moved to Dickson Co. TN about nine miles from Charlotte. His mother pursued a different lilne and moved to Davidson Co., TN where she operated a house of ill fame near Vinegar Hill in Nashville. In 1840, James was sentenced to the TN State Penitentiary for stabbing Moses Parks to death in an argument over a torn shirt. On December 21, 1840, James was described in his penitentiary record as 21 years old, 5'9" tall, 167 pounds weight. He was born in sumner County, TN and brought up in Davidson Co., TN. Since then he has followed the river as a deck hand, fireman, and cabin boy. He had black hair, hazel eyes and dark skin. He had his right arm broken in the elbow joint which made his arm crooked. He had a scar on the top of his forhead and another just above the left eye and another on his left cheekbone. He had a dark scar on the shinbone of his left leg. He had a cut on his left arm and had been shot in his left arm and left leg. His grandmother was living seven miles from Madisonville, Kentucky and two brothers lived on the Duck River. He had a brother living in Arkansas about forty miles from Memphis, TN. He was discharged from prison on March 18, 1844 and died of Marasumas." Some information proven from TN State Prison Records - some information NOT PROVEN. "In 1840, James was sentenced to the TN State Penitentiary for stabbing Moses Parks to death in an argument over a torn shirt. On December 21, 1840, James was described in his penitentiary record as 21 years old, 5'9" tall, 167 pounds weight. He was born in Sumner County, TN and brought up in Davidson Co., TN. Since then he has followed the river as a deck hand, fireman, and cabin boy. He had black hair, hazel eyes and dark skin. He had his right arm broken in the elbow joint which made his arm crooked. He had a scar on the top of his forhead and another just above the left eye and another on his left cheekbone. He had a dark scar on the shinbone of his left leg. He had a cut on his left arm and had been shot in his left arm and left leg. His grandmother was living seven miles from Madisonville, Kentucky and two brothers lived on the Duck River. He had a brother living in Arkansas about forty miles from Memphis, TN. He was discharged from prison on March 18, 1844 and died of Marasumas." (J. Brittain - 2008)