Captain James Tinsley

1759 - 1844  (85 years)

• Name	James Tinsley  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1759	Culpeper County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution #: A115896, Sons of the American Revolution # P-305446
  		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	1781  [2]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War: Served in seige of 96 South Carolina
  		War-Seige of Ninety-Six (Revolution) The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known…
  Death	2 Jul 1844	Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I30846	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Hooker,   b. 1798, South Carolina, USA d. Mar 1851, Walker County, Texas, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1810	Newberry County, South Carolina, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F13816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Williams,   b. 22 Aug 1777, King Mountain, York, South Carolina, USA d. 1807, Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1787	Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F13817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1759 - Culpeper County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1 Jan 1787 - Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Marriage - 1810 - Newberry County, South Carolina, USA Death - 2 Jul 1844 - Huntsville, Walker, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Military Records		Military-TINSLEY Isaac and James Isaac and James Tinsley Revolutionary War - South Carolina Pension Application
  		Military-TINSLEY James James Tinsley's South Carolina Revolutionary War pension application

  
  

  Obituaries

  Obituary-TINSLEY James Obituary of JAMES TINSLEY

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-Seige of Ninety-Six (Revolution) The siege of Ninety Six was a siege in western South Carolina late in the American Revolutionary War. From May 22 to June 18, 1781, Continental Army Major General Nathanael Greene led 1,000 troops in a siege against the 550 Loyalists in the fortified village of Ninety Six, South Carolina. The 28-day siege centered on an earthen fortification known…

  
  

• Sources

  [S203] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;), Birth year: 1759; Birth state: VA. [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 115 : 1915. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 115 : 1915 [S210] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2001;). [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 22126.004; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.