| Birth | Dec 1848 | Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama | | | |
| Residence | 1850 | | | | |
| Birth | 28 Feb 1851 | Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama | | | |
| Residence | 1860 | Coosa, Alabama | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 14 Aug 1860 | (James Henry McBrayer II and Martha Ann Yarbrough) Southern Division, Rockford, Coosa, Alabama | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Dec 1868 | Elmore, Elmore, Alabama - Hellen Marie "Ellen" Walkley | | | |
| Residence | 1870 | Abbeville, Henry, Alabama | | | |
| Census-shared | 1870 | (Ashworth William McBrayer) Abbeville, Henry, Alabama | | | |
| Occupation | 6 Jul 1870 | Miller - Center, Cherokee, Alabama | | | |
| Residence-shared | 6 Jul 1870 | (Martha Ann Yarbrough) Township 20, Center, Cherokee, Alabama | | | |
| Census (family) | 9 Jul 1880 | Center, Cherokee, Alabama - Hellen Marie "Ellen" Walkley | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 9 Jul 1880 | (James Henry "Jim" McBrayer III and Hellen Marie "Ellen" Walkley) Center, Cherokee, Alabama | | | |
| yDNA-shared | 1884 | (Eustace Marvin McBrayer) R-S675 | | | |
| Marriage | 1889 | Bettie Ann Carwile | | | |
| Census | 11 Jun 1900 | Precinct 8, Brownville, Clay, Alabama | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1910 | Mechanic, Millerville, Clay, Alabama | | | |
| Residence | 1910 | Brownsville, Clay, Alabama | | | |
| Alt name | 1920 | James H. McBrier | | | |
| Alt name | 1920 | James McBrier | | | |
| Residence | 1920 | Perry, Alabama | | | |
| Alt name | 27 Jan 1925 | James H. McBroyer | | | |
| Death | 27 Jan 1925 | Millerville, Clay, Alabama | | | |
| Death-shared | 12 Dec 1943 | (Carl John McBrayer) Organic heart disease - Marshall, Harrison, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous-shared | Abt 1978 | (Jewell Evaline McBrayer) 917 McMillan Avenue, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama | | | |
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| Description | | tall, dark black hair, well educated | | | |