Individual Details
James Jamison
(28 Feb 1813 - 2 Feb 1892)
My father, James Jamison, I remember told several of his children, including myself, that he ran away from home in Ireland at the age of 17 years. He landed at Quebec, Canada, was an iron worker and got a good job. Three years later he sailed to New Orleans, joined Bill Terry’s group of men and rode to California on horseback in the gold rush of 1849.
He told us many amusing incidents about this trip. He was fairly successful in gold mining after which he sailed to Panama. He walked across Panama Isthmus (there was no canal then, of course) then sailed to Galveston. In 1852 he was living on land in Oyster Creek in Brazoria County.
Shortly after building a good two-story house he sent the money for passage to America to two of his brothers, Thomas and William, and one sister, Sarah Jamison.
He helped these relations get located on some land and assisted them in improving same. I’m sure you are familiar with the locations where they settled. This is all I know for sure.
Events
| Birth | 28 Feb 1813 | Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |  | ||
| Census | 8 Nov 1850 | Brazoria County, Texas | |  | |
| Marriage | 29 Sep 1858 | Brazoria County, Texas - Mary Jane Webber | | ||
| Census (family) | 6 Jul 1860 | Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas - Mary Jane Webber | | | |
| Census | 6 Jul 1860 | Brazoria County, Texas | | | |
| Census (family) | 21 Jun 1870 | Chenango, Brazoria County, Texas - Mary Jane Webber | | | |
| Census (family) | 15 Jun 1880 | Brazoria County, Texas - Mary Jane Webber | | | |
| Tax | 1890 | Brazoria County, Texas | | ||
| Death | 2 Feb 1892 | Houston, Harris County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Jamison Family Cemetery, Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jane Webber (1841 - 1919) |
| Child | Elizabeth Isabell "Lizzie" Jamison (1859 - 1926) |
| Child | Davis Beauregard Jamison (1862 - 1938) |
| Child | James Whitfield "Jimmy" Jamison (1864 - 1866) |
| Child | William S. Jamison (1866 - 1882) |
| Child | Sarah Ann Jamison (1869 - 1886) |
| Child | Webber M. Jamison (1872 - 1892) |
| Child | Arthur O. Jamison (1875 - 1877) |
| Child | James Thomas Jamison (1876 - 1961) |
| Child | Bert Milton Jamison Sr. (1881 - 1961) |
| Child | Pearl Iris Jamison (1884 - 1962) |
| Father | Samuel Jamison (1780 - 1871) |
| Mother | LNU ( - ) |
| Sibling | William J. Jamison (1810 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Samuel Jamison (1810 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Joseph Millington Jamison (1814 - 1892) |
Notes
Birth
Tombstone has 1814Census
James Jemison M 30 IrelandWilliam Jemison M 40 Ireland
Sarah A Jemison F 22 Ireland
Thomas Jemison M 20 Ireland
S L Wheeler M 22 New York
Census (family)
Jamees Jamison M42 IrelandMary Jamison F20 Germany
Elizabeth Jamison F0 Texas
S A Miller F5 Texas
Josephine Miller F5 Texas
Census
James Jamison owned 6 black slaves in 1860.UNKNOWN Male 40
UNKNOWN Female 35
UNKNOWN Male 14
UNKNOWN Male 6
UNKNOWN Male 2
UNKNOWN Male 1
Census (family)
James Jamison M50 IrelandMary Jamison F25 Prussia
Lizzy Jamison F11 Texas
Davis Jamison M9 Texas
William Jamison M5 Texas
Sarah Jamison F1 Texas
Jesse Williams M20 Texas
Census (family)
James Jemison M 64 IrelandWife Mary Jemison F 39 Germany
Daughter Lizzie Jemison F 20 Texas
Son Davis Jemison M 18 Texas
Son William Jemison M 13 Texas
Daughter Sarah Jemison F 11 Texas
Son Webber Jemison M 8 Texas
Son James Jemison M 3 Texas
Tax
James Jamison, total taxes $226.90Original grantee: Asa Mitchell, 511 1/2 acres, value $2,000.
Original grantee: C. Smith, 900 acres, value $3,500.
Original grantee: O. Hall, 1476 acres, value $4, 428.
Original grantee: J. S. Hall, 26 1/2 acres, value $53.
Original grantee: C. J. Hall, 57 acres, value $114.
Original grantee: C. Smith, 777 1/3 acres, value $3,000.
60 horses and mules, value $1,000.
2000 cattle, value $10,000.
James had the largest tax assessment of the Jamisons; he was the wealthiest.
Burial
Gravestone shared with wife Mary Webber.This is the original tombstone moved to this location upon the death of his wife.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep.
Calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of foes.
Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest,
Whose waking is supremely blest.
No fear no woe shall dim that hour,
That manifests the Saviour's power.
Asleep in Jesus, oh for me,
May such a blissful refuge be.
Securely may my ashes lie,
Waiting the summons from on high.
Spouse: Mary Webber Jamison (1841 - 1919)
Children:
James Whitfield Jamison (1864 - 1866)
Sarah Ann Jamison (1869 - 1886)
Webber M. Jamison (1872 - 1892)
Arthur O. Jamison (1875 - 1877)
Bert Milton Jamison (1881 - 1961)
Pearl Iris Jamison Rucks (1884 - 1962)
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXLJ-B2X : accessed 20 Feb 2014), William Jemison in household of James Jemison, Brazoria county, Brazoria, Texas, United States; citing dwelling , family 248, NARA microfilm publication , roll ..
2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLHB-WMJ : accessed 16 Aug 2013), James Jamison and Mary Webber, 1858..
3. "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FX7D-39H : accessed 16 Aug 2013), James Jamison and Mary Webber, 29 Sep 1858..
4. "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXFY-3JY : accessed 20 Feb 2014), Jamees Jamison, 1860..
5. United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTT-FWMM.
6. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXGK-863 : accessed 20 Feb 2014), James Jamison, Texas, United States; citing p. , family 348, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000553075..
7. "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFFP-QCP : accessed 20 Feb 2014), James Jemison, Precinct 9, Brazoria, Texas, United States; citing sheet 216D, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1292.
8. Find A Grave Memorial# 40713673.