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died in 1827. H is children were Frances J ., Ann, Sarah, E lizabeth , the wife of Bezaleel G. Brown , Th eodosia, the wife of Edmund Brown, John E . , James , William, Robert J., J onatha n, Mary and l\'lartha. Of these James attained a prominent position in the affairs of the county. He wa s a successful business man , was appointerl a magistrate in 1816, and served as Sheriff in 1843. He was an earnest Episcopalian, and displayed his zeal in active efforts to rebuild the ruins of the old Buck Mountain Church. His home was on the north fork of the Rivanna, sOllth of Piney Mountain. He died in 1850. His wife was Frances, daughter of Thomas Garth Jr., and his children Mary Elizabeth, the wife of William T. Early, Virginia, Susan, Adeline, Dr. J . Augustus, Th omas, Theresa, the wife of Lucian Michie, Alexander H. , and Henry Clay. Jonathan married a sister of Thomas J. Michie, of Staunton, and his children were John P., Margaret, the wife of Dr. Theodore Michie. Frances, the wife of Dr. R. N. Hewitt, of Campbell County, Thomas, Chapman and Franklin. William Michie. son of William, married, it is believed. Susan, daughter of his uncle Pa trick. His chi ld ren were Dr. James W., David and Frances. H is brother David was a man of great enterpr ise and thri ft. In early li fe he was a merchant first in the Michie Tavern neig-hborhood, and afterwards at Milton. He invested in real estate in di{ferent parts of the county. purchasing" in 1805 from Randolph Lewis his plantation Buck Island on the north side of the Riv3nn3, whi ch be seems to have made his home till 1837. In that year he bought the brick house on the northeast corner of Market and Seven th Streets in Charlottesville. where he resided until his death in 1850 . He left no children, and his large estate was divided among his numerous relat ives, under the direction of George Carr, as administrator. Jame s Mic;hie Jr., or Beau Jim, as be was commonly called, was the son of a \Villiam Michie. His residence was at Longwood, west of Earlysville. His death occurred in 1847. He married Eliza Graves, of Rockingbam, and b 路s children were Dr. Theodore. Octavius, Joseph P., Lucia~, Oran.