Charles Ryland Scott Family
Ancestors and Descendants
Person Page 4,677
James Blair Gilmer
M, b. about 1815, d. 8 August 1856
Parents
| Father | George Oglethorpe Gilmer |
| Mother | Martha Harvie Johnson (b. 9 February 1797, d. 11 August 1857) |
| Pedigree Chart | |
| Included in charts - lists | Descendants of Nicholas Johnson b. ca 1713 Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether - Jamestowne Resident 1661, 1666 Clerk of General Court 1655 Descendants of Thomas Meriweather b. 1714 Gaines - Descendants of Bernard Gaines b. 1650 Harvie - Descendants of John Harvie b. 1704 Marks - Descendants of Hastings Marks b. 1694 |
| Relationship | 1st cousin 3 times removed of Carol Jay Gilstrap 1st cousin 5 times removed of Isaac Silas Vaughn 1st cousin 5 times removed of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 1st cousin 5 times removed of Joseph Ryland Scott 1st cousin 5 times removed of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 1st cousin 5 times removed of Orly Marie Vaughn 1st cousin 5 times removed of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
Person Exhibits
Blair, James Blair
Biography
| Burial | James Blair Gilmer was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USABGO. | |
| Anecdote | The son of George Oglethorpe Gilmer and Martha Harvey Johnson, Col. James B. Gilmer became the richest man in Louisiana by mid-century. The Gilmers settled in Ogelthorpe, Georgia where James Blair married Eliza Lewis on July 10, 1834. They had three daughters: *Mary Boutwell Gilmer Vance (28 Apr 1835 - 1859) *Mattie Gilmer O'Neal Kennedy (1834 - July 6, 1883) *Eliza Lewis Gilmer Graves (25 Mar 1839 - 7 Sep 1864) J.B. became one of the biggest landowners, first Louisiana millionaire and influential men in north Louisiana. After Eliza's death, he married one of the richest women in Louisiana, widow Paulina DeGraffenreid Pickett. Their merged properties gave J.B. and Paulina a huge return of being one of the South's biggest pre-war power brokers. In short time, they divorced and squabbled over money and property. J.B. moved to Cuba to own sugar cane plantations. It was there, he would succumb to yellow fever. He is buried beside his first wife, Eliza Lewis Gilmer in Oakwood. His wife Eliza passed away April 25, 1839 and he is buried with her at Oakwood Cemeter | |
| Person Source | He had person sources.1 | |
| Birth | about 1815 | He was born about 1815 in Kentucky, United StatesBGO. |
| Birth | 1815 | He was born in 1815 in Kentucky, United StatesBGO. |
| Possessions | 1 April 1843 | He possessed Co-owners John M. Sandiidge and George O. Gilmer on 1 April 1843 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United StatesBGO. |
| Possessions | 10 July 1844 | He possessed on 10 July 1844 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United StatesBGO. |
| Possessions | 1 January 1846 | He possessed Co-owners George O. Gilmer and John M. Sandidge on 1 January 1846 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United StatesBGO. |
| Possessions | 7 May 1848 | He possessed on 7 May 1848 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United StatesBGO. |
| Residence | 1850 | He lived in Township 21 Ward 3, Bossier, LouisianaBG, in 1850. |
| Death | 8 August 1856 | He died on 8 August 1856 at age ~41 in CubaBGO. |
| Last Edited | 17 October 2017 |
Citations
- [S343] Gaines Family Tree, Martha Harvie Johnson