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James Glass OLIPHANT[1]
1776 - 1855 (79 years)-
Name James Glass OLIPHANT [2] Birth 28 Apr 1776 Fauquier County, Virginia 
Gender Male Death 31 Oct 1855 Greene County, Tennessee Will 5 Nov 1855 Greene Co. TN Daughters Hannah, Melinda, And Harriet To Have Their Support, Nancy Russell, James, Polly Ann. Grandson James O. Hoyal. Grand Daughter Pollyann Robertson. _FSFTID LXS3-G3G _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXS3-G3G _UID 0FA317D581A54553BB9D741745BAB2FBEB3F Burial Mt. Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene Co. TN Person ID I10252 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 11 Dec 2022
Father John A. OLIPHANT, b. 2 Jan 1749, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey d. 21 May 1823, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 74 years) Mother Hannah AMOS, b. 14 Jan 1756, Loudon County, Virginia d. 11 Sep 1814, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 58 years) Marriage 14 Jan 1776 Loudon County, Virginia Family ID F889 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane RANKIN, b. 20 Sep 1782, Stovers Creek, Greene Co, Tennessee d. 12 Apr 1844, Greene County, Tennessee (Age 61 years) Marriage 6 Jun 1803 Green County, Tennessee Bond Bond - Robert Rankin
Children 1. Sally Melinda OLIPHANT, b. Abt 1807, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown2. Mary Ann OLIPHANT, b. Abt 1808, Greene County, Tennessee d. 22 Sep 1859, Knox County, Kentucky (Age ~ 51 years)3. Malinda OLIPHANT, b. 15 Mar 1810, Greene, Tennessee d. 30 Mar 1895, Tennessee (Age 85 years)4. David Rankin OLIPHANT, b. 10 Mar 1812, Greene County, Tennessee d. 29 Jul 1870 (Age 58 years)5. William L. OLIPHANT, b. Abt 1815, Greene County, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown6. Nancy Alice OLIPHANT, b. 1826, Greene County, Tennessee d. 1858 (Age 32 years)Family ID F834 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - James Oliphant of Greene County, TN (28 Apr 1776-31 Oct 1855) was the great grandson of Duncan Oliphant the immigrant. This James was married to Jane Rankin (20 Sep 1782-12 Apr 1844). James and Jane (Rankin) Oliphant had nine children, viz.: Elizabeth Sarah, John, Malinda, Polly Ann, James, Hannah, Harriet, Nancy, and William. The following will extract applies:
From "Greene County, Tennessee Wills, 1783-1890," Goldene Fillers Burgner, pp. 82-83:
JAMES OLIPHANT 5 November 1855 $10,000
Son William L. to have plantation. Daughters, Sally Melinda and Harriet to have their support. Other children: Nancy, James, Polly Ann. To daughter, Nancy Russell, $375. To grandson, James O. Hoyal, $375. To grand-daughter, Pollyann Robertson, $375. Interest on money to school my grand children. If negroes unruly, they are to be sold.
Executors: David R. and William L. Oliphant. Will Dated 18 August 1855.
Witnesses: Lewis Rankin, John G. Rankin
Signed: James Oliphant
Frequently this James Oliphant of Greene County, TN has been confused with the James Oliphant of Rutherford County, TN. (Note that Greene County is in the very easterly part of Tennessee while Rutherford County is in middle Tennessee adjacent to Davidson County where Nashville is located).
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1830 January 29 Page 113 James Oliphant guardian to Alexander W., Nancy I., John H., William M., Eliza M. and Andrew G. Bell, minor heirs of James Bell, decd.
JAMES OLIPHANT and his wife JANE RANKIN came from Greene County, Tennessee. James was born in Farquire Co. Virginia in 1776 and died in Greene County, but Dr. JAMES OLIPHANT, the son, settled in McMinn County, after living for a time in both Loudon & Monroe Counties. Dr. Oliphan married Lavinia Ballard, daughter of William Ballard and his wife Mary, of the Loudon County Ballards. 1850 Census in Greene County: 7 334 334 James Oliphant 75 M Farmer 2000 Virga 7 8 Sally 43 F Tenn 8 9 Malinda 40 F '' 9 10 Harriet 28 F '' 10 11 James A. Hail 17 M Farmer '' / 11 12 William J. 21 M Farmer '' 12 13 William H. Russell 38 M Preacher '' 13 14 Nancy 26 F '' 14 15 Caladonia 7/12 F '' 15
Other children, who died prior to James' death"
John 1807-1834
Sarah Jane 1810-1811 died in infancy
Hannah Jane 1818-1834
All buried next to James and Jane as well as Nancy Alice who died after her dad James did. Vellare Antinette 1819-1854 also buried here (wife of son David)
- James Oliphant of Greene County, TN (28 Apr 1776-31 Oct 1855) was the great grandson of Duncan Oliphant the immigrant. This James was married to Jane Rankin (20 Sep 1782-12 Apr 1844). James and Jane (Rankin) Oliphant had nine children, viz.: Elizabeth Sarah, John, Malinda, Polly Ann, James, Hannah, Harriet, Nancy, and William. The following will extract applies:
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