James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether

b. 12 January 1806, d. 16 August 1868
  • James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether was born on 12 January 1806 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
  • He married Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro on 30 September 1830 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether and Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Alabama, enumerated near the households of James' brothers Charles, Nick, Thomas, William and George. Other members of the household included Mary Sophia Meriwether, James Bradley Meriwether Jr., Valentine Ham Meriwether, Lucy Mildred Meriwether and John Lucius Meriwether. Also in the household were children Elizabeth (age 17), Rebecca (15), Sally (9), William (7) and Nicholas (13.)
  • He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
  • James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether and Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Alabama, enumerated near the households of James' father and his brothers Nick, Thomas and Charles. Other members of the household included Valentine Ham Meriwether, James Bradley Meriwether Jr., Lucy Mildred Meriwether and John Lucius Meriwether. Also in the household were children Rebecca (age 25), Nicholas (23), Anna (18), Sally (19), William (17), Warren (8) and Lewis (1).
  • He was a model planter, according to the 1860 census.
  • James Bradley de Yampert Meriwether died on 16 August 1868 at age 62.
  • He was interred at Hardt Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 22 Apr 2016

Family: Lucy Ann Sophia Taliaferro b. 16 January 1814, d. 29 August 1877