Individual Details
Captain James Outlaw
(1744 - 22 Apr 1826)
Capt. Outlaw was the son of Edward Outlaw III and Patience Whitfield. On the 25th of April 1769, he married his cousin, Elizabeth "Betsy" Graddy, daughter of John Graddy and Mary Whitfield. They had the following children (in order of birth): Mary, Patience, Elizabeth, John, Edward, James Jr., Alexander, Charity, William, Lewis, and Nancy.
He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in the Company of his brother, Captain Alexander Outlaw, in an "expedition against the insurgents", 1776, and later as a Lieutenant; Commissioner of the town of Sarecta (never developed), Duplin County's first established town; Captain in Duplin militia service 1787 and 1788, as shown by tax records from Captain Outlaw's District, and was for nearly thirty years, a Justice of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, serving a part of that time as Chairman of said Court. He built the crossing over North East River, which has since been known as Outlaw's Bridge, in Duplin County.
He was a soldier in the Revolution, serving in the Company of his brother, Captain Alexander Outlaw, in an "expedition against the insurgents", 1776, and later as a Lieutenant; Commissioner of the town of Sarecta (never developed), Duplin County's first established town; Captain in Duplin militia service 1787 and 1788, as shown by tax records from Captain Outlaw's District, and was for nearly thirty years, a Justice of the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, serving a part of that time as Chairman of said Court. He built the crossing over North East River, which has since been known as Outlaw's Bridge, in Duplin County.
Events
| Birth | 1744 | North Carolina, British America | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1767 | Duplin, North Carolina, British America - Elizabeth Grady |  |  | |
| Will | 1826 | Duplin, North Carolina, United States | |||
| Death | 22 Apr 1826 | Outlaws Bridge, Duplin, North Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Grady (1749 - 1830) |
| Child | Elizabeth Outlaw (1774 - 1828) |
| Child | Mary Outlaw (1768 - ) |
| Child | Charity Outlaw (1783 - ) |
| Father | Edward Outlaw (1710 - 1759) |
| Mother | Patience Whitfield (1719 - 1800) |
Notes
Marriage
Elizabeth, married JAMES OUTLAW, the ancestor of practically every Outlaw in Duplin County.Endnotes
1. McGowen, Faison Wells and Pearl Canady McGowen, Flashes of Duplin's history and Government Duplin's outstanding events during the two hundred years leading up to the Bicentennial of our Freedom, and reminders of those brave Patriots, who gave unstintingly of their courage, valor, and devotion for our American Freedom. (Raleigh, North Carolina: Edwards & Broughton Co., 1971), p 135.